"How is Uchiha Obito now? Have his eyes returned to normal?"
In an underground room somewhere in the Ninja World, the aged voice of Uchiha Madara sounded.
"Obito's eyes have basically returned to normal..." Aloe White Zetsu answered truthfully.
"Did you find out the cause?" Uchiha Madara asked again.
He already knew about the problem with Uchiha Obito's eyes.
"We did not find out. Everything seems to be without issue, including that female nurse..." Aloe White Zetsu shook his head and replied.
"Seems?" Uchiha Madara's voice was very cold. He was very dissatisfied with Aloe White Zetsu's answer.
Unfortunately, dissatisfaction was one thing, but in the end, he still had to rely on them to handle matters and relay information.
"Forget it. Since Obito's eyes have returned to normal, then go and invite him into the game..."
"I cannot hold on much longer!"
Uchiha Madara had a premonition that his time was near. He could not wait any longer for Uchiha Obito to awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan!
"Yes..." Aloe White Zetsu and Spiral White Zetsu nodded. The two simultaneously submerged into the ground and disappeared.
Otogakure.
Since returning to the village, Ryun spent most of his time on two things. First, studying and training in the Flying Thunder God Technique. Second, very seriously engaging in baby making efforts with Kushina.
One day, while Ryun was training in the Flying Thunder God Technique on his lawn, Orochimaru took the initiative to come find him.
"Hanzō of the Salamander from Amegakure is dead. The 'sleeper agents' we left there have almost all been cleaned out. The one ruling Amegakure now is supposedly a god called Pain..." This was the first piece of information Orochimaru brought.
"Dead, huh..." Ryun subconsciously repeated.
Hanzō of the Salamander was dead. That meant that guy Nagato had risen, and the Six Paths of Pain were probably all created!
"You don't seem surprised?" Looking at Ryun's expression, Orochimaru asked with some surprise.
"His killer is the leader of the Akatsuki organization. He is also Jiraiya's student, named Nagato. The so called Pain on the surface is just a puppet." Ryun did not mind revealing this information to Orochimaru.
"What! Jiraiya's student, you mean... those three orphans he taught in the Land of Rain?" Orochimaru asked, his face full of shock.
"Yes..."
Ryun nodded, but did not tell Orochimaru more detailed information, such as the intelligence about the Rinnegan. Saying too much would mean needing to explain more, which was troublesome for him.
"That guy Jiraiya has some skill, actually teaching a student capable of killing the Demigod. I wonder if that fool knows about this." Orochimaru licked his lips and smiled.
"He does not know. Also, those three students are not close to Jiraiya." Ryun answered offhandedly.
"How do you know so clearly..." Orochimaru frowned.
"Just assume I guessed it..."
"..."
"That guy Hanzō had been useless for a long time. Being useless was one thing, but he still clung to power. It was only a matter of time before he was killed." Ryun said casually, playing with the Flying Thunder God kunai in his hand.
"Even if he was useless, anyone who can kill him is probably not simple. This Akatsuki leader should not be underestimated..." Orochimaru couldn't help but remind him.
"Just a kid who just grew up." Ryun said with a laugh, giving his evaluation.
Their ages were actually roughly similar, but whether in terms of experience or strength, Ryun was qualified to give this evaluation.
"Heh... He thinks defeating the 'Demigod' makes him a 'True God', that he can proclaim himself a god. Little does he know you had already achieved this twelve years ago. He really is still too green..." Orochimaru generally agreed with Ryun's view.
Actually, for Orochimaru himself, if he encountered Hanzō of the Salamander again, he was confident he could win too. The so called 'Demigod' was no longer that unattainable peak of the ninja world!
The young always grow up, but that Demigod had already grown old...
"I have found the specific whereabouts of another S Class Rogue Ninja..." After a moment of silence, Orochimaru revealed the second piece of information.
"Oh? Found Sasori of the Red Sand?" Ryun asked subconsciously.
"How do you know again???"
This time, Orochimaru was truly shocked.
"I'm still guessing. After all, there are only a few S Class Rogue Ninja in the ninja world. It's not hard to guess after excluding Kakuzu..."
"Alright..."
This answer was somewhat reasonable, and Orochimaru could barely accept it. But the next moment, as if he thought of something, he immediately licked his lips and asked.
"Since you're so good at guessing, then guess where he is now..."
"If I could guess, would I still need you to keep an eye on these people's locations?" Ryun couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
"???"
Orochimaru felt a bit choked up, but couldn't find words to refute.
After a long while, Orochimaru handed over a map with a location clearly marked on it.
"He is in a certain town in the Land of Rivers, very close to the main battlefield between Wind and Fire."
Ryun glanced at the map and nodded. "After you return to the Shadow Tower, call a Chunin for me. I'll have someone take a Flying Thunder God kunai and go there first..."
"You learned the Flying Thunder God Technique so quickly???"
Orochimaru looked astonished. Ryun had only obtained the Flying Thunder God Technique from him five days ago. He felt it was unlikely this guy learned it so fast, as it was a space time ninjutsu with S Class learning difficulty.
"Yes, can use it preliminarily..."
As Ryun spoke, he threw the kunai in his hand. The next moment, as he formed a single hand seal, his whole person suddenly appeared at the other end of the lawn, right where the Flying Thunder God kunai he had just thrown landed.
"You really are a monster..." Orochimaru couldn't help but sigh.
"I studied summoning formulas a long time ago, and have also researched some spatial formulas. The core of the Flying Thunder God Technique lies in the spatial formulas. Once you understand them, it's not hard to learn." Ryun explained truthfully.
With his shadow clone training cheat, as long as he genuinely wanted to study a jutsu, there was none he couldn't learn.
"Alright, you always manage to surprise me..."
"Previously, you killed over two hundred Iwa nin. Iwagakure seems to have sent people again. They are investigating the cause of death of those people. I estimate someone will soon come to settle accounts with our Otogakure..." Orochimaru said the third matter.
"That guy Ōnoki, used to throwing his weight around... Does he really think the great nations are so amazing?" Ryun's face showed a look of disdain.
"How many people did they send over?"
"About twenty or thirty. Their strength is not bad. Ōnoki attaches great importance to this matter." Orochimaru replied.
Hearing this, Ryun frowned slightly. Twenty or thirty people weren't even worth him making a trip.
"Send people to tell them to get out of the Land of Rice. If the other side objects, then just kill them directly. Also, issue an official announcement. Without the permission of Otogakure, any ninja troops daring to enter the Land of Rice... will die!"
Ryun's action was intended to warn the Five Great Nations not to cross the line. Otherwise, he wouldn't mind using Iwagakure to establish his authority again.
Did they really think the Land of Rice was still the weak, easily bullied country it used to be?
"I know..." Orochimaru said.