Uchiha You explained to the confused Miwa Masayo: "Although it seems unreliable for the Snake Hermit to hide in Myoboku Mountain at first glance, Myoboku Mountain is really suitable. There is enough food, sufficient natural energy, and it is also secretive and safe enough."

"After the White Snake Immortal has passed, the only problem that needs to be resolved is the hostility between the giant snakes and the giant toads."

"As far as I know, although Toads and Snakes hate each other, they don't hate each other."

"So this contradiction is not difficult to resolve. Just take out enough treasures and keep a little distance, and the problem will be solved."

Uchiha You looked at the tabby cat and continued, "Think about it carefully. When we intercepted the White Snake Immortal just now, there were really a lot of treasures hidden under each of its scales."

"Even when performing an illusion, it was reluctant to discard some of the treasures. This shows how much it values ​​these treasures."

"If it was just a matter of money, it wouldn't have gone this far. If the money would affect its subsequent survival, then that makes perfect sense."

At this point, Uchiha You nodded heavily and asserted with certainty: "The White Snake Immortal must have escaped to Myoboku Mountain!"

"Thanks for reminding me."

Although it was Miwa Masayo who reminded Uchiha You of his idea, she still found it hard to believe this conclusion. However, Uchiha You's analysis made sense and there were no major flaws.

The tabby cat could only shake its head in confusion and remain silent.

Uchiha You lifted her up with both hands and said with a smile: "Cheer up, my lovely Lihua-chan, now the whole Ryuchi Cave belongs to us."

"Meow?" Miwa Masayo raised her head. The confusion and puzzlement in her eyes had all disappeared. She asked in surprise, "Such a large dragon cave is ours?"

"Of course, will the Fourth Hokage fight with me? Will the White Snake Sage dare to come back?"

Uchiha Itachi said confidently: "As long as I am here, no one in the ninja world can compete with me."

[Unless you are not from the Ninja Realm. ]

Miwa Masayo was happy.

The tabby cat struggled to jump out of Uchiha You's hands and began to pace in its own territory.

The owner's things are her things, so this is her territory. Walking on her own land, it really feels different.

Miwa Masayo said happily: "This is our third cave."

Uchiha You denied it, "That can't be counted like that. Too many people know about the existence of the Longdi Cave, which is a hidden danger. Moreover, the Longdi Cave itself is inside the body of the True Spirit Long Shengyan, which is also a big hidden danger."

"So Ryuchi Cave will never become my third cave. I will share it with the Uchiha clan, the Cat Castle lineage, and Konoha Village."

"Any ninja who practices fairy arts can come here to practice."

Orochimaru suddenly interrupted, "What a great idea! Konoha Village is willing to pay for the mission and bonus for this."

As Orochimaru spoke, Akaga, covered in red scales, swam in from outside.

Even though the giant snake had Orochimaru's promise and was supported by its self-esteem, it still slowed down its speed out of guilt, fearing that it would cause displeasure to Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo.

The killing power displayed by these two is too terrifying. If either of them waves its hand, the creature will be killed before it can react.

The tabby cat really reacted. She took a half step forward and said in an ambiguous tone, "There's actually a snake that slipped through the net, meow."

I have to say, this tabby cat went on a killing spree today and enjoyed it so much that now its hands are a little slippery and it can't control its killing intent when it sees a snake.

As Miwa Masayo's murderous intent grew, the evil spirit from the killing of the snakes today was aroused, and a murderous aura emanated from her body that terrified all the scaly creatures.

This is the unique murderous aura of snake killers, revealing the unique information of their scaly natural enemies.

Overwhelmed by this terrifying murderous aura, Chiya's slow movement immediately stopped, his body stiffened like a sculpture, and he dared not move anymore.

The snake's eyes could not move, so it could neither look up at Orochimaru for help, nor did it dare to lower its head to be alert to the actions of the cat hermit.

Without being able to see the specific situation, the fear in his heart would increase infinitely. Soon Chiya scared himself half to death, and the scales all over his body began to tremble, making a rustling sound.

Seeing the embarrassment of the giant snake, Orochimaru shook his head helplessly and laughed.

Uchiha Youya couldn't help laughing, half squatted down to comfort the raccoon cat, and said: "Okay, Akaya should stand on the side of Konoha Village. Its position now is that it is one of us, not an enemy."

Hearing Uchiha You's words, Akagi's mind suddenly relaxed, and his over-tense muscles also relaxed, and he almost fell to the ground.

When Miwa Masaya saw Akagi's look, he restrained his murderous intent, obediently returned to the throne on his shoulder, lay down, opened his mouth and yawned.

The lazy kitten is still so cute.

Uchiha You smiled and said to Orochimaru: "Fourth Hokage, forget about the mission and bonus. After all, it is not in line with the original mission process."

Orochimaru asked, "What are your conditions?"

Uchiha You replied: "The ninjas from Konoha Village who come to Ryuchi Cave must be qualified to practice immortal arts. The purpose of coming here should be to practice immortal arts."

"During the training period, they must undertake some work or perform tasks, and use their labor to maintain the operation of Longdi Cave."

Orochimaru agreed, "That makes sense. If you enjoy the benefits of Ryuchi Cave, you should work for it."

"But you have to ensure their safety."

Uchiha You smiled and said, "It's just working in this dragon cave, cleaning, building, feeding the snakes, what danger can there be?"

"Of course, if the White Snake Immortal counterattacks Longdi Cave with powerful reinforcements, it will be very dangerous indeed."

Orochimaru was very satisfied and stopped dwelling on this issue.

He looked at Uchiha You and asked, "I have an opportunity to deal with a tailed beast. Do you want to join us?"

Uchiha You was shocked when he heard this and exclaimed, "Fourth Hokage, you want to attack Kushina?"

"Of course not!" Orochimaru's nose was crooked with anger: "I am the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, my bottom line is not that low!"

Uchiha You said with relief: "It's good that it's not the Nine-Tails. The other tailed beasts are no problem. You decide which one we should deal with, and I will flatten this ninja village by the way."

Orochimaru laughed bitterly and said, "Don't be reckless. I have come to understand in the past two days that Konoha Village is not capable of unifying the ninja world now."

"You see, we have suppressed the Sand Village to the point where they have lost all their ambition. They cooperate very well in everything we ask them to do, but they still can't cope with the huge situation of the Wind Country."

"Forget about managing the Kingdom of Wind. I can't even manage the Kingdom of Fire. I can only receive money through the daimyo and nobles. The unification you told me about is simply not feasible."

Uchiha You didn't care about it, and said with a smile: "Even if we can't unify, it won't prevent us from destroying several ninja villages."

Orochimaru frowned and said, "I believe that You-kun's strength can easily destroy the three ninja villages, but the order will inevitably be in chaos afterwards, which will also have a great impact on the Fire Country."

"What impact can it have? Aren't they just some caravan goods?"

"No, Yu-kun, those goods also represent money. If the order inside the Land of Fire is disrupted, the financial gains of the Land of Fire will decrease, and the operation of our Konoha Village will also be in trouble."

"Stop!" Uchiha You stopped Orochimaru without any hesitation and asked, "Fourth Hokage, who told you this?"

Orochimaru frowned and said, "Of course it's the daimyo and nobles of the Fire City..."

Halfway through his words, he realized the problem and stopped talking.

All the government information he obtained was told to him by people from the daimyo, not by his own trusted subordinates, so such information was not credible at all.

Orochimaru was not a stupid person, his thinking was just constrained by the habits of a ninja. Now he suddenly realized that he might have been deceived.

Does the Fire Daimyo want to annex the Wind Kingdom?

Perhaps he wanted to, but his current power foundation was unstable. The power of all daimyo was unstable because they did not control the strongest military force.

The power that the daimyos hold now is actually the administrative delegation power that arises from the balance of power between ninja villages and the need for financial support for competition among them.

Yes, it was the ninja village that entrusted the political power of governance to the daimyo, not the Ming Dynasty and the nobles as they promoted, that they entrusted the military power of armed protection to the ninja village.

In fact, the daimyo's power was obtained through fraud.

If the Fire Country annexed the Wind Country under the leadership of Konoha Village, it would mean that Konoha Village would lose its real rival, the Sand Village.

If only the Sand Village disappeared, the situation might not collapse immediately, but the previous war proved that it would take the combined strength of the four ninja villages to be on par with the Konoha Village.

After the disappearance of the Sand Village, this balance certainly no longer exists.

The strength of Konoha Village will definitely overwhelm other ninja villages. Sooner or later, Konoha Village will completely destroy the remaining three ninja villages.

When Konoha Village was the only ninja village, and when the Hokage looked around the ninja world and saw no other rivals.

The modern Hokage will surely find that he no longer needs a Daimyo.

How should Daimyo deal with himself then?

Uchiha You concluded: "Maybe I am too dark-hearted, but I just think that there must be a tacit understanding between the daimyo to prevent a certain ninja village from becoming too strong."

"Fourth Hokage, let me just make a random guess. The Sand Village obeys your orders. Did the Daimyo of the Wind Country punish his own ninja village inexplicably?"

"For example: reducing funding and stopping the issuance of tasks?"

Orochimaru's expression suddenly turned very ugly because Uchiha You had guessed everything.

He asked, "You-kun, in your opinion, the Daimyo of Wind deliberately did something that harmed himself?"

Uchiha You asked back: "Who said he was harming himself?"

"The power of the Sand Village has never belonged to the Daimyo of Wind. It's just that they were in the same camp and were allies in the past, so they supported each other."

"The power of the Sand Village now belongs to you and to Konoha Village. It is a threat to the Daimyo of Wind. Of course, he must try his best to weaken it and force the Sand Village ninjas to live a difficult life and make them despair."

"When the Sunagakure ninjas fall into absolute poverty, it only takes a simple propaganda of hatred to make them associate their suffering with Konoha Village and develop an endless hostility towards Konoha Village."

"Even if I suppress it again, it won't work."

"After all, between dying in hardship and fighting to death, ninjas usually choose the latter."

"As long as the Sand Village no longer obeys the Hokage's orders and becomes enemies with Konoha Village, I believe the Wind Daimyo will resume supporting the Sand Village."

Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a mixture of anger and confusion. He felt that what Uchiha You said made sense, but he was not sure if it was true.

This made Orochimaru very distressed and even felt great pain.

"How can I prove that what you said is right?"

Uchiha You shook his head and replied: "Fourth Generation, this is your problem, of course it is up to you to find a way to solve it."

"I will just follow my own pace and execute my plan."

Even though Orochimaru was also a madman, Uchiha You's performance today really scared him. When he heard Uchiha You say that he wanted to carry out his plan, he felt his heart beating wildly.

He asked cautiously, "What else are you going to do?"

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "Fourth Hokage, you think too much. This is just a declaration of my attitude. I don't have any specific plans."

"Look, wasn't it you who suggested going to the Hidden Cloud Village?"

Orochimaru said flatly: "Then I won't go!"

Uchiha You objected, "That won't work. You said it, I know it, and it would be inappropriate not to go."

"Besides, Lord Yondaime, don't think that you are the only one who did something to the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."

Orochimaru's eyes widened: "What did you say?"

Uchiha said quietly, "Back then, you took the opportunity to leave a hidden hand on the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in the East Sea of ​​the Land of Hot Springs, right?"

"Don't doubt it, I did find out. Because I followed you and did something, leaving the Flying Thunder God Mark."

He pointed at his nose and said, "I can appear behind Bulubi at any time, but I don't know when is the right time."

"Because I found out that the backup plan you left behind was to monitor Bulubi, especially his physical condition, so I have always believed that the two of us can cooperate."

"Right?"

Orochimaru took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "You bastard, you have to promise me that you will not destroy the Hidden Cloud Village!"

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "Fourth Generation, I respect you very much, so I won't lie to you."

"I will never promise not to destroy the Hidden Cloud Village."

Orochimaru was immediately furious: "Yu-kun!"

Uchiha You's smile suddenly turned into a devilish one, and he said to Orochimaru: "I can't promise anything, but as long as you agree to go with me, at least you can grasp the timing, right?"

“But if you don’t go with me, then the time I go will be very random. What if I run into the Third Raikage in the Hidden Cloud Village, or even run into the Jounin meeting in the Hidden Cloud Village…”

"Do you think the Hidden Cloud Village is in danger of being destroyed?"

Orochimaru's eyes rolled back in anger, but he finally held his breath and reluctantly agreed: "I'll go with you. You decide the general time frame, and I'll decide the specific time."

Uchiha You raised his thumbs up and praised loudly: "You are so generous, you are worthy of being one of the four great Hokages!"

Uchiha Yu and Orochimaru agreed on a time frame for going to the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning. Orochimaru could no longer stay there and left the Ryuchi Cave in dejection with Akana.

At this time, Akaya naturally knew that Orochimaru could not control Uchiha Yu. The fear in his heart reached its peak, and he ran at an absolutely fast speed.

…

In fact, Uchiha You did not have a specific plan, but his goal was very clear. He wanted to eliminate all threats to the ninja world in a short period of time and then have a long period of peaceful life.

But more importantly, he had to eliminate the tentacles of a certain existence that might interfere with the ninja world and interfere with him!

I don’t know why, but since Dong Hai returned to Konoha Village, his life rhythm has been disrupted.

There are always various things popping up, making Uchiha You overwhelmed.

Sometimes it is because of one's confused mind that one makes impulsive judgments and ends up doing something terrible.

Sometimes, the situation forces us to do so and the interests we care about are seriously threatened, so we have to resort to violence to solve the problem.

The reason for the attack on Longdi Cave this time was even stranger.

After witnessing Black Hawk's heroic performance when he survived the heavenly tribulation, he was so excited that he could not control himself. He threw all his past concerns behind him and excitedly pulled Orochimaru to Ryuchi Cave.

But Orochimaru was also annoyed by the government affairs, so he set off with him without thinking, completely unlike his previous cautious attitude.

In Longdi Cave, he even violated his long-standing combat principles. He did not start his first attack with the White Snake Immortal, but chose to attack after seeing the three snake immortals.

Orochimaru also launched a bottom-fishing operation without considering what to do in case of failure.

Both of them behaved abnormally, even Miwa Masayo showed excessive violent tendencies.

But no one noticed that there was anything wrong with themselves, nor did anyone notice that there was anything wrong with their comrades. Instead, they all felt refreshed and comfortable.

I even feel that my past caution was a mistake, and that my current recklessness is the right thing to do.

Uchiha You discovered that something was wrong with him when the True Spirit Dragon Shengyan was revived and attracted the remnants of the gods, and he pulled the gods into the Purple Mansion space.

The time in the Purple Mansion World itself is only related to one's own feelings, so the 49 minutes he closed his eyes and handed the battle to Miwa Masayoshi were the time he had to discover and solve problems in the Purple Mansion World.

After destroying and suppressing all the gods, he spent seven days and seven nights thinking to free himself from the anomaly.

While thinking carefully about his own problem, he considered various possibilities, eliminated them one by one, and finally realized where the problem lay.

[Six Paths Sage Otsutsuki Hagoromo, I don't know how you attacked me, but I am sure it was you who did it, and it was a great move! ]

[I lost my rhythm under your calculations. It seemed that I conquered the ninja villages and destroyed the holy places one after another, but I exposed my existence and made you see clearly that your enemy is me. ]

[I lost this move, but this round is not over yet. Do you think I will stop and start the next round? ]

[You wish! I won't end this game. I will fight you. Even if it means smashing the world to pieces, I will cut off all your tentacles! ]