After the end of the Second Ninja War, there was no end to the small-scale strife, and there were countless small countries and blood families among the five major countries, they were weak and could not shake the big ones, but they could set their sights on the equally weak existence.

Nibby, plunder, or sheer **.

Whatever the reason, the strife between small countries has never stopped, and they seem to be creatures in nature, still the fittest.

And the big countries and ninja villages that have begun to pay attention to cultivation and recuperation are sitting back and watching the collision between small countries, not interfering on the surface, but secretly letting ninja villages take tasks from them to make profits, and Konoha is naturally no exception, most of the more difficult tasks are taken from small countries, and there are many tasks to assassinate the head of a country.

Hokage's office.

The third generation Hokage slowly tapped his index finger on a piece of paper on the table, and looked up at the team in front of him with a deep groan, led by his proud protégé Orochimaru, although the Orochimaru team has performed extremely well during this time, but it is still extremely risky to perform tasks that are almost S-level difficult, he is not worried about Orochimaru, but he is worried about the juniors who have grown up a lot.

When everything is in ruins, new blood is crucial.

There are a lot of beautiful people in this generation, led by Ye Zi, Mizumon, and Jiu Xingna, these are all valuable talents of Konoha, although Konoha urgently needs to take on tasks to make a profit, but also focus on the preservation of talents.

After thinking about it for a long time, the three generations of Hokage decided not to let the Orochimaru team receive this task, after all, there were two geniuses in this team, and one of them was still a nine-tailed human pillar force.

"Orochimaru, this mission is not for your squad." The third Hokage said slowly.

A trace of mockery flashed in the depths of Orochimaru's eyes, and he said coldly: "Ye Zi is good at assassination, Jiu Xingna has excellent perception ability, and the ears of the Northern Starry Night can catch the wind and shadows, plus I lead the team, where is it not suitable?" ”

The three generations of Hokage were suddenly dumbfounded, looking at Orochimaru with a cold expression, rubbing his forehead with a helpless expression.

Orochimaru knows that the focus of the three generations of Hokage tends to be talented, and the preservation of talents is the most important thing compared to the profit of a mission, but in the eyes of Orochimaru, who grew up in the war since he was a child, if he can't even perform a task that is not mortal, then can such an existence be called a talent?

To die is to fail.

Life is value.

"Three generations of Hokage, I'm afraid you still underestimate them." Orochimaru smiled coldly.

The three generations of Hokage glanced at Ye Zi and them, then looked at Orochimaru, and said seriously: "Orochimaru, are you serious?" ”

"Of course." Orochimaru said immediately.

"Hmm..."

The third generation Hokage groaned, his index finger suddenly stopped, his eyes slowly became stern, he stared at Orochimaru, and said in a deep voice, "I agree with you to take this task." ”

He didn't say the rest of the story, because he knew that Orochimaru would understand.

The corners of Orochimaru's mouth hooked slightly, and after receiving the relevant task instructions, he took Ye Zi and them out of the office.

The three generations of Hokage watched Orochimaru leave, and sighed lowly.

The man who has not had any students alive since he led the team, will he be serious this time?

Risk always comes with benefit, a ninja wants to grow quickly, war is the fastest shortcut, and the risk of death is also the highest.

"Don't let me down..."

The three generations of Hokage muttered in a low voice, during this time, the difficulty of the tasks received by Orochimaru's team has gradually increased, and he has also noticed that in the dark, he also seems to have noticed that Orochimaru, who has an indifferent temperament, seems to have something to expect in his heart, and that expectation... Most of them are the children who are very similar to Orochimaru when he was a child.

"Will he be the second Orochimaru?"

The three generations of Hokage shook their heads slightly, and thought of another genius, Bo Feng Shuimen...

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Ye Zi and they had no opinion on the extremely difficult task that Orochimaru had taken over, because Orochimaru had already passed through their qi before.

Perhaps out of trust in Orochimaru's strength, even Beixingye did not have the slightest fear of this mission.

In fact, in how many missions, Beixingye himself did not realize that he was no longer his former self.

"The mission is to assassinate the lord of the Gray Country, and I will talk about the relevant matters on the way, and now I will start preparing to set off immediately."

Orochimaru looked at the three of them and said coldly.

Hearing this, Ye Zi immediately turned around and walked in the direction of the residence, on the other hand, Jiu Xingna and Beixingye were the same, they knew in advance that they would receive a difficult mission, but they didn't know that it was an assassination mission to another country.

To be a good ninja, knowledge of geography is one of the must-haves.

The Gray Country is located in the gap between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, and it is said that it is a gap, but in fact, it is not a small area compared to the plate of the map, and there are many small countries in that area.

This time, it was the country of grass that issued the task that was opposed to the country of ash, because the country of grass has been suppressed by the country of ash, and the disadvantage became more and more obvious in many battles, and when it came to a precarious situation, the country of grass poured out the only remaining funds to go to Konoha Village to issue a mission, wanting to win the war by assassinating the lord of the country of ash.

Generally speaking, assassinating the lord of the country does not necessarily lead to victory in the war, however, for the current Gray Country, if the lord of the country is successfully assassinated, it is indeed very likely that the Grass Country will win, because the Lord of the Gray Country is a very good person.

After preparing for the long journey, Orochimaru's team walked out of the gate of Konoha Village.

Along the way, Orochimaru recounted in detail the brief amount of information provided by the publisher, and one of the more useful pieces of information was that there were many ninjas under the command of the Gray Country, and the Lord of the Gray Country himself had a lot of strength.

This information alone can indicate the difficulty of this mission.

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Working 10-11 hours a day, or night shifts, the need for sleep time is too great.