Orochimaru, dressed in an ordinary kimono, shuttles alone through the major towns of the land of water with a playful face.

Because of the scorpion, he didn't leave the water country as planned, and because there were almost no enemies in the water country that he and the scorpion needed to join forces to deal with, he didn't stay with the scorpion.

The turmoil in the fog has been going on for a long time.

And this turmoil almost exhausted all the vitality of the fog hidden, and several major blood succession families that became famous in the fog such as Kaguya, Xue Yi, etc., were all wiped out one after another, and the ninja clansmen with blood succession died or fled, scattered all over the place.

Fortunately, the Land of Water is located in a corner, and the neighboring Konoha and Yunyin are in the midst of confrontation and peace talks, so they don't have the energy to take care of anything else, otherwise, it is unknown whether the Fog Hidden Village can survive.

Suddenly, a strong man with a sharp blade blocked Orochimaru's way, with a fierce face: "Hurry up and hand over the money!" ”

Orochimaru stretched out his slender tongue, wiped it on his lips slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Idiot who can't even feel danger, it's really sad." ”

The strong man was furious: "You are looking for death!" ”

Bang dang...

Before the strong man could finish speaking, the sharp blade in his hand slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground.

After looking down with difficulty, he suddenly found that at some point, a green snake only the thickness of a finger had bitten on his throat.

Orochimaru passed by the strong man, and the whole time, his hands did not leave his pocket.

The strong man fell to the ground and lost his breath.

After walking around the Land of Water for so long, there are very few people who dare to trouble Orochimaru, because even the most unpopular Misty Hidden Ninja can feel the cold aura on Orochimaru's body.

Only a pure civilian murderer like a strong man would stupidly come forward to find death.

It can also be seen that the turmoil in the water country is no longer limited to the ninja class, and the lives of the common people have also been seriously affected, and the entire water country can be said to be in chaos.

Walking around a corner, Orochimaru suddenly stopped, his eyes drawn to a garbage heap in the corner.

In front of the garbage heap, a ragged child was squatting on the ground, tearing up a small lump of blackened bread and distributing it to a few skinny wild cats.

"Hey, that's a good chakra!"

Orochimaru licked his tongue and walked slowly to the garbage heap.

The sudden approach of Orochimaru made the child feel frightened, and he curled up and wanted to hide in the corner, but when he thought of the little wild cats under his feet, he gritted his teeth and opened his arms to protect the little wild cats.

Orochimaru glanced at the scrawny child in front of him, then at the crumbs of bread that the child fed to the wild cats, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The child replied cautiously, "My name is Bai." ”

Staring at the white pure and clean eyes, Orochimaru shook his head, then turned to leave.

This kid himself is skinny, and he also gave the little food left to the little wild cat, even if he has a good chakra, such a kind child is not suitable to be a ninja, so just by looking at each other, Orochimaru dispelled the idea of taking the child away.

But after a few steps, he suddenly stopped again, because he remembered the child named Shigego.

Shigego is a child who can absorb the energy of nature, and it is precisely because of this child that Orochimaru's research project has added an experiment called 'Curse Seal'.

Looking back at Shiro, Orochimaru muttered, "Such a pure child may be able to carry that kind of power." ”

At this moment, a figure landed beside Orochimaru, he was none other than Orochimaru's partner Scorpion.

The scorpion glanced at the thin white in the corner, his gaze did not stop, he turned to Orochimaru and said, "Let's go, the person I am looking for has appeared!" ”

Orochimaru smiled: "Are you looking for a person, not a corpse?" ”

The scorpion gritted his teeth and said, "I'll turn him into a corpse!" ”

Orochimaru rarely saw a scorpion so annoyed, so he pretended to be casual and asked, "Who are you looking for?" I don't have the kung fu to follow you around! ”

"One of you ninjas in Konoha!"

The Land of the Wind.

With the assistance of Kushinobi, after a month, Hinata finally found the traces of Loulan's remnants.

After turning over a sand dune, the grass ninja dragon orchid pointed to the conspicuous oasis at the far end, and said to the Hyuga mirror: "The Loulan remnants you are looking for are there!" ”

Hinata looked over and saw a circle of caravans parked on the periphery of the oasis, sparse figures coming and going in the workshop, some fetching water in the oasis, some tending to the camels and sheep, and some cooking on a fire.

Frowning, Hinata Mirror wondered, "Why are there only so many people?" ”

The entire convoy next to the oasis, counting all the people up and down, is only two or three hundred, far below the expectations of the Hyuga Mirror, in his opinion, there may not be many remnants of Loulan, but it should not be less than two or three hundred.

A local guide who was found by the grass ninja hurriedly explained to Hinata: "Since Loulan City was abandoned, these Loulan remnants have lost their livelihoods, walked and died, and now these are the only ones left. ”

Hinata asked again, "Even if there is no town, their life will not be so miserable, right?" ”

The guide was just about to explain, when he suddenly saw something, so he pointed to the far end: "Look at it! ”

Hinata looked in the direction of the guide's finger, and saw two sand hidden ninjas come to the oasis and negotiate with the Loulan remnants there.

The two sides seemed to be a little unpleasant, and after a bit of an argument, the two ninjas of the sand left the oasis, and their bodies gradually disappeared into the wind and sand.

Hinata asked, "How did the ninja of the sand appear here?" ”

The guide sighed with emotion: "I heard that Sha Yin has been collecting taxes from these Loulan relics, and the two ninjas from Sha Yin just now should be the ninjas who came to collect taxes." ”

After a little pondering, Hinata understood the intention of the sand hidden.

How much tax can a fleet of two or three hundred people collect?

Sha Yin did this, firstly, to use this as an excuse to monitor the remnants of Loulan. Second, it may be hoped that through economic pressure, the remnants of Loulan will completely return to Shayin Village.

In this way, Sha Yin can rightfully occupy the dragon vein.

For these small actions of Sha Yin, Hyuga Mirror feels that it is normal, after all, there is such a huge amount of chakra source as the dragon vein, if Sha Yin doesn't care about it at all, it is really abnormal!

Long Lan of the grass ninja asked, "Mr. Mu, do you need to go over and confirm who you are looking for?" ”

Hinata shook her head: "No need. ”

Long Lan said: "In this case, what about our commission this time? ”

Hinata didn't say anything, and directly handed over the final payment to Long Lan...