Konoha's Destiny Twins

"Strength is the best right to speak."

"Only you are qualified to talk to me." Orochimaru showed his usual smile, "Only you can help me."

"You said." Qing Shui frowned, and Orochimaru's smile was really uncomfortable, especially after learning about Orochimaru's massacre of prisoners.

However, I have to admit that Orochimaru does have the potential to become a hero, his behavior is ruthless and courageous, and he is also extremely brave.

"I think April-Jun appears here with a mission... Then I'll tell you straight."

"I want to become the Fourth Hokage, so I need Yuki-kun's help."

Just kidding, the Fourth Hokage belongs to Minato, how could he do such a favor? !

Qingshui subconsciously wanted to refuse, but before he could speak, Orochimaru continued: "I know that even today, Yuki-kun actually does not really agree with many of the actions of the Sandaime Hokage."

Is this incitement to rebel?

Oh no, Qing Shui was not loyal to the Sandaime Hokage in the first place.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has always been known as the Third Hokage, is a very controversial character. People have mixed praise and criticism for him and are polarized.

Some people think that he ushered in the most powerful period of Konoha, taught outstanding apprentices like the Sannin, and stood firm despite being surrounded by enemies on all sides for three battles.

Some people think that he is too weak, which has led to constant internal strife in Konoha and serious internal strife. Even the major wealthy families in Konoha cannot escape the fate of decline.

From Shimizu's perspective, the Sandaime Hokage is indeed a kind elder who has always cared about and protected the growth of the next generation of Konoha.

However, he is also a qualified politician. Whenever it touches Konoha's core interests, he will not give in.

"And I actually have no quarrel with April Lord, nor do we have any life-or-death enmity."

"On the contrary, we had two pleasant trading experiences. Speaking of which, April Jun's Water Escape can achieve this level of success now, and it is indeed because of the original notebook."

Qingshui stopped talking, forget about taking credit... Orochimaru actually immediately dismissed all the things that had been designed to solve him.

You must know that if Qingshui showed a little timidity at that time, he would be a specimen now...

"Besides, just because others can't see it... doesn't mean that I can't feel it - April Lord is also an ambitious person."

"And I'm afraid the ambition is no less than mine."

"Yiyuejun, you and I are the same kind of people."

"You and I join forces, why not?"

Qingshui did not respond directly to Orochimaru's temptation and invitation. He instead asked: "How can I help you ascend to the position of Hokage? You must know that I have no power now."

"I want to destroy Sunagakure's mountain pass in the southwest of the Land of Fire and cut off their supply of food and grass."

It turns out that Orochimaru called him here to do this, in order to gain military merit that far surpassed Minato.

But this is too risky!

Konoha had not put any thought into Sunagakure's passage, but Sunagakure had already put up heavy defenses there, making it difficult to penetrate.

"In addition, I will attack the camp where Sunagakure stores food and grass."

This... Orochimaru is crazy.

There was only one thought left in Qing Shui's mind.

Sunagakure's grain and grass were placed on a ridge 30 kilometers behind Sunagakure's army. The view there was wide and the terrain was dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Not to mention that Sunagakure has now deployed a large number of defenses there.

Not to mention the possibility of being discovered in advance while trying to make a sneak attack, even if a strong attack is made at a considerable cost, it is not necessarily possible to capture this ridge.

Because of the distance of 30 kilometers, Sunagakure's tens of thousands of troops can divide their forces and return for reinforcements at any time.

When the time comes, stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

However, in Qingshui's view, these two combat plans are not completely impossible to succeed, as long as the troops responsible for the raid have sufficient strength.

It's just that with Konoha fighting on two fronts now, how can there be more troops to risk a fight?

If a desperate move results in the emptiness behind being revealed by Kumogakure and Kirigakure, will it trigger a new war?

Therefore, the top management of Konoha, or the Third Hokage, chose the safest approach: first powerfully snipe Iwagakure who had not yet made a large-scale invasion, and then Sunagakure slowly followed suit. Because everyone believes that Sunagakure, which has maintained a state of aggressive war for a long time, will have problems with the supply of food and grass sooner or later due to the long supply lines.

At that time, Konoha could easily defeat the enemy. This was a very safe strategy to preserve vitality.

"Of these two tasks, doing only one of them will not achieve the goal of completely defeating Sunagakure. So I will be responsible for attacking Sunagakure's granary, and Yuki-kun will be responsible for the southwest passage of the Land of Fire."

Orochimaru waited patiently for Shimizu's reply.

In his opinion, defeating Sunagakure is a difficulty that he must overcome on his way to becoming Hokage. As long as he still wants to become Hokage, he has to force himself to take these risks.

Otherwise, if you don’t have enough military merit, how can you convince the public? Why should he overshadow Namikaze Minato?

"Yiyuejun, you don't seem to agree with the plan?"

"I think it's difficult." Qing Shui said calmly and objectively, "Our strength is not enough to complete the two tasks you envisioned."

"...Yuyuki-kun, where do you think the name Sannin came from?" Orochimaru suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Hanzo gave alms." Qing Shui replied calmly, he was not afraid of angering Orochimaru.

Because in Qingshui's view, Hanzo did not dare to anger Konoha, and in order to please the third generation, he spared the lives of the three of them.

"Haha... I made it up. In the Second Ninja War, we stepped on countless corpses and earned our name with fearless courage." Orochimaru said solemnly.

"Do you think that old immortal Hanzo is really as relaxed as he appears?"

"At that time, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and I did try our best but failed to win. However, Hanzo did not defeat us either."

"The most important thing is that the three of us dare to fight him, but Hanzo doesn't dare."

"He chickened out."

"He gave himself a step up, so he gave us the title of 'Konoha Sannin'."

This is a statement that Qingshui has never heard before. It is the statement of the person involved and the explanation of the battle that made the Sannin famous.

"...Perhaps. But so what?" Qingshui was noncommittal, "Momentary success can only represent the past and cannot determine your future success or failure."

"Yiyuejun, do you think I'm crazy?"

Qingshui, who was poked into his thoughts, didn't have the nerve to reply "yes".

"If it was the past, it would not work. But now, the teacher has reorganized Konoha's intelligence system."

"This means that Konoha's current information Sunagakure cannot be obtained in a timely manner as before."

"In other words, soon, as long as we go north with Minato first, I think Sunagakure will only think that we are participating in the war against Iwagakure."

"When the opponent loses our whereabouts, we will split up and attack the mission target as quickly as possible."

"As long as no trace is discovered during the whole process... I think April Lord, you can imagine the destructive power caused by a mysterious team suddenly appearing behind the enemy, right?"

Make false claims in the east and attack in the west, cover up the enemy's supply of food and fodder, attack the enemy's granary...

Unexpectedly, Uncle Snake is not only a scientist, but also a strategist.

Maybe it really works...

Qing Shui found that he was actually a little convinced. Could it be that he had such a strong risk-taking factor in his bones? !

This is a life-and-death struggle. Once exposed or besieged, there is a high chance of a narrow escape.

As for the mission of the Sandaime Hokage...that can't be said to be a mission, just some advice and suggestions from his old man.

Moreover, Qing Shui also felt that what Orochimaru said did make sense, rather than being a brainless and crazy radical.

As long as the mission is successful, it will be a huge benefit to Konoha. For someone like the Sandaime Hokage who puts the interests of the village first, it is impossible to do anything to him, but should praise him.

In the end, Shimizu believed that even if these two tasks were successful, Orochimaru would not be able to become the Fourth Hokage after the war.

He is inexplicably confident that the original plot of "Minato becoming the Fourth Hokage" will inevitably happen.

So... overall, worth a try!

But Orochimaru's favor was not in vain.

Yes, this was just another mutually beneficial transaction, so Qingshui asked bluntly: "What about your sincerity?"

"The remaining three pages of the Nidaime Hokage..."

"I don't want this." Qingguo flatly refused.

The Flying Thunder God obtained from the last transaction is almost moldy...

He doesn't have time to learn these ninjutsu and can't learn them... Doesn't he know how much talent he has?

Therefore, it is useless to give him more peerless ninjutsu, except for the rotten warehouse.