Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 304: Forcing a Way In

As they got closer and closer to Konoha, Ōnoki and Ishiro also slowly reduced their flight speed. Finally, a few dozen kilometers away from Konoha Village, the two slowly descended to the ground.

However, neither of them dispelled their Light/Heavy Rock Jutsu or Camouflage Jutsu but instead flew close to the ground through the dense trees of the Land of Fire.

Although he had only been to Konoha twice, Iwagakure's intelligence investigation of Konoha had never ceased. Ishiro and Ōnoki were very clear about Konoha's layout.

On the outskirts of Konoha, where the prison was, where the Uchiha clan was, where the Forest of Death was, where Konoha ninjas frequented, and where there were fewer people—Ishiro and Ōnoki probably knew better than many ninjas living in Konoha.

The two chose a direction with fewer passing ninjas and began to wait.

Konoha had the Byakugan, so the two didn't dare to get too close, only observing quietly from a distance.

The two of them were very fast. At this time, the news from Ikura's side had not yet reached Konoha. Ishiro needed to wait for Konoha to receive the news and dispatch a Kage-level individual to the border before Ōnoki would allow him to enter Konoha Village.

...

And while Ishiro and Ōnoki were waiting outside, Orochimaru had already successfully infiltrated Konoha Village.

Orochimaru was a Konoha rogue-nin and was very familiar with Konoha's sensory barrier. Although Konoha had been changing it over the years, for a ninja of Orochimaru's level, it was all too easy to find a few flaws. Not to mention, among Konoha's middle ranks, there were still some of his hidden subordinates.

Even if he couldn't find a flaw in the barrier, Orochimaru could still find his subordinates and, with their cooperation, enter Konoha silently.

At this time, Orochimaru, disguised as an ordinary villager, was drinking in an izakaya.

Not long after, a middle-aged female ninja wearing a Cloud Village forehead protector also entered the izakaya. This person was the deputy envoy of the Cloud ninja delegation, the Elite Jonin Ayumi Tahara.

On the surface, Ayumi Tahara was just the deputy envoy, but in fact, she was the real person in charge of the Cloud delegation this time. The Fourth Raikage had chosen her, considering that women were easily overlooked and more suitable for doing things in the dark.

After this person arrived at the izakaya, she directly requested an empty private room and ordered a pot of sake and a few side dishes, looking like a normal person dining out.

The villager Orochimaru was disguised as just glanced at her forehead protector, then turned his head away indifferently, still muttering, "Damn Cloud ninjas," with the authentic air of a Konoha civilian.

But in Orochimaru's heart, he was sensing the surroundings of the tavern.

"One, two, three... eight. Exactly two Anbu squads, led by two Elite Jonin. Hmm, there should be no one else." After confirming the number and location of the Anbu, a small snake slowly slithered out from Orochimaru's clothes. The small snake, from a blind spot in everyone's line of sight, skillfully slithered into Ayumi Tahara's private room.

Seeing the small snake, Ayumi was not surprised. She said softly, "Orochimaru, when will the time you mentioned arrive?"

Orochimaru's voice came from the small snake's mouth, "In three days, that will be the time to strike."

"Three days from now?" Ayumi analyzed the time. "The birthday of the Hyuga clan's young lady?"

"Your intelligence is quite up-to-date. That's right. On that day, all members of the Hyuga clan will gather in their clan territory. All the Hyuga clan members gathering together should be the time when their defense is tightest, but since everyone thinks so, the Hyuga clan will actually be at their most lax at that time."

"Moreover, the birthday of the Hyuga clan's young lady involves cumbersome ceremonies. After it's over, everyone will go home to rest. That will be the best opportunity to make a move."

Ayumi nodded lightly. The two chatted about some more details, and then the small snake dissipated into a cloud of smoke.

Not long after, a waiter walked into the private room. While serving Ayumi her dishes, the waiter carefully observed the surroundings. At the same time, his nose twitched slightly, and before leaving, a small black insect fell from his trouser leg.

Ayumi glanced at the parasitic insect without changing her expression, said nothing, and began to drink her sake and eat her food.

That waiter was actually a ninja who had used the Transformation Jutsu. He was a member of the Inuzuka clan, and his nose was particularly good. And the parasitic insect came from his teammate, an Elite Chunin from the Aburame family.

Afterward, he found several more excuses to suddenly enter Ayumi's room for inspection. However, Ayumi said nothing; anyway, her business was already done.

Until Ayumi left the izakaya, the Inuzuka ninja disguised as a waiter did not find anything abnormal. Similarly, the parasitic insect also discovered nothing.

...

Two days later, the Konoha higher-ups received news of Iwagakure's unusual movements. First was Ikura's high-profile visit to the Land of Grass. Then, an intelligence ninja planted in Iwagakure suddenly risked exposure to urgently send back a message: Iwagakure was mobilizing elite ninjas, their destination unknown.

Combining these two things, the Konoha higher-ups suddenly came to a terrifying conclusion: Iwagakure might be planning a surprise attack on the Land of Fire.

Although this was inconsistent with the usual style of the "Fox of Iwa," Ishiro, considering that there was also a Cloud ninja delegation in the village with ill intentions, Konoha couldn't help but overthink it.

The Cloud delegation said they were here to negotiate a peace treaty, but from the negotiations these past few days, the Konoha higher-ups had a feeling that the Cloud's purpose was not this, or rather, that they had other intentions.

Suddenly, the Konoha higher-ups became tense.

However, before Konoha could make a move, a delegation sent by Iwagakure swaggered into the Land of Fire.

At the Konoha high-level meeting, Tsunade said with a grave expression, "The Cloud's intentions are still unknown. If we act rashly, we will not be in the right, and it will easily give the Fourth Raikage an excuse to start a war. So, for the Cloud delegation, we will mainly focus on surveillance."

"The same goes for the Iwa delegation. Before the other party makes a move, we still need to treat them with courtesy. Have the Anbu monitor this Iwa delegation, and try to delay their speed as much as possible, so they don't have a chance to meet with the Cloud delegation."

"We cannot relax on the border matters. Ikura is Kage-level; we cannot underestimate the enemy, but we also cannot provoke Iwagakure too much. We just need to put on a prepared posture. It would be best to send a ninja who can hold off Ikura."

After speaking, Tsunade looked at Hiruzen and Danzō. As the Hokage, she couldn't move easily, so that only left these two.

Unfortunately, these two were not people she, as Hokage, could casually command. Whether to go or who to send was still up to the two of them to decide.

Hiruzen said, "Danzō, you make a trip to the border."

Actually, the most suitable person to go to the border was Hiruzen himself. Danzō's greater use was in the shadows, for example, monitoring the Cloud delegation and finding out their purpose; these were things Danzō was better at.

Similarly, he, Hiruzen, was better at frontal confrontations. He was more professional at dealing with Ikura and any possible subsequent Iwa elites.

But Hiruzen didn't feel at ease leaving Danzō and Tsunade in the village together. What if the Cloud made some unusual move, and Danzō suddenly made a move against Tsunade? He knew better than anyone what his best buddy was like.

Even if Danzō didn't kick her while she was down, if Tsunade ran into trouble, he would choose to stand by and watch.

Danzō did not argue with Hiruzen on this matter. Staying in the village, he was just Tsunade's deputy. But leading an army out, he was the number one. Whether it was winning over subordinates or eliminating dissidents, he had the final say.

The matter was sudden, and Danzō did not delay much in the village. Taking his Root members and a batch of regular ninjas urgently mobilized by Tsunade, he headed for the border of the Land of Grass under Hiruzen's urging.

The commotion of Danzō leaving Konoha was not small and naturally couldn't be hidden from Ishiro and Ōnoki.

Seeing this, Ishiro smiled faintly and said to Ōnoki, "Lord Third, tonight I will enter Konoha."

Ōnoki did not stop him, only telling him to act carefully. If there was any change, as long as he made a big enough commotion, he would come to his aid.

That night, Ishiro left his hiding place and secretly moved towards Konoha.

This time, Ishiro still took the main gate. Since Ishiro had decided to force his way in, the main gate was actually more convenient. Because under normal circumstances, the main gate was a blatant flaw in a hidden village's sensory barrier.

It wasn't that the barrier had a loophole, but that too many ninjas entered and exited from here, so the sensory team wouldn't be overly alarmed by abnormal fluctuations.

However, Ishiro did not intend to enter Konoha with his own face. He used the Transformation Jutsu.

Ishiro transformed into Orochimaru's appearance, and then used the Camouflage Jutsu, hiding his tracks as much as possible.

However, Konoha's gate guards were still very responsible. They carefully observed the movements outside the gate. Although it was night, and although Ishiro tried his best to hide his tracks, as he got closer and closer, the two gate guards still discovered something was wrong.

Seeing this, Ishiro, with a Body Flicker, pounced towards the two of them.

As Ishiro used the Body Flicker Technique, his Camouflage Jutsu was automatically dispelled at the same time. The two gate guards finally saw clearly the source of the unusual movement.

But the moment they saw clearly, both of them broke out in a cold sweat, "O... Orochimaru."

Seeing that the newcomer was Orochimaru, the hands of the two reaching for the signal flare both paused for an instant.

Just in that delay, Ishiro, with several consecutive flashes, arrived in front of the two of them.

Two karate chops later, the two were knocked out by Ishiro.

The moment he entered the main gate, Ishiro sensed a trace of chakra fluctuation. He was very familiar with that feeling of being probed; Iwagakure also had this kind of barrier.

Ishiro was not flustered. He walked forward slowly. After getting far away from this area, he suddenly accelerated, at the same time using the Light/Heavy Rock Jutsu, flying at extreme speed. In a short while, his figure disappeared into the depths of Konoha Village.

At the same time, in the Konoha Barrier Team station.

A Jonin on duty saw the fluctuation of the barrier. He immediately perked up and looked towards the barrier control center. When he saw that the location of the abnormal sensation was at the main gate, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The main gate position had dozens or hundreds of abnormal fluctuations every day; he had long since gotten used to it.

After carefully identifying the type of this fluctuation again, this Jonin frowned and said to himself, "This kind of fluctuation... is it an unfamiliar chakra fluctuation? The intensity is Jonin, not yet Elite Jonin."

Hesitating for a moment, this Jonin placed his hand on the sensory barrier and probed the state of the two gate guards. It was one thing not to probe, but this probe immediately startled him. From the chakra fluctuations of the two gate guards, they were actually currently in an unconscious state.

The sensory Jonin, realizing something was wrong, immediately sounded the alarm.

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