After cultivating into Sage Mode, Chao Yanqian could not wait to leave Ryūchi Cave and found a small town nearby to have a nice meal.
During the two months of practicing in Ryūchi Cave, the biggest torture for Chao Yanqian was the food problem. To be honest, Chao Yanqian was not picky about eating even tasteless dry food could be eaten with relish when he was performing tasks.
But when it came to some unusual things, Chao Yanqian always felt frustrated and somewhat speechless.
After a full meal, Chao Yanqian found a hot spring in the town to relax.
After merging the First Hokage's cells and cultivating into Sage Mode, nothing important would happen for a long time. The only thing that deserved the attention of Chao Yanqian was the Nine-Tails Incident, which could happen at any time.
The timing of the Nine-Tails Incident was not impossible to guess. It should probably happen in Konoha's 48th year, the day Naruto was born.
But as for the exact day, Chao Yanqian still didn't know. However, when Uzumaki Kushina became pregnant, he could use her expected delivery date to predict the specific time of the Nine-Tails' arrival.
On that day, in addition to protecting the Be Feng Shuimen family, Chao Yanqian had one more thing to do.
After soaking in the hot springs, Chao Yanqian walked along the streets of the small town, relaxing and inquiring about major events that had happened in the Ninja World over the past two months.
The Ninja World, having experienced the baptism of the Third Shinobi World War, seemed much calmer. In fact, each ninja village had its own changes now.
Especially in Kirigakure (the Hidden Mist Village), although Kirigakure was isolated overseas and information was difficult to transmit, previously it had not been lcompletely without diplomacy. But in recent months, Kirigakure had become completely closed off, including the Land of Water, severing ties with other countries.
Hearing this news, Chao Yanqian finally confirmed that Tobi (masked Obito) had grown up and taken over Kirigakure from Uchiha Madara's hand.
In Naruto's original work, Kirigakure became isolated, fell into civil strife, and underwent the Bloodline Purge, and a great Ninja Village was almost destroyed. Fortunately, the Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei, launched a coup that saved the future of Kirigakure.
However, according to Chao Yanqian's analysis, Kirigakure was the culprit behind Nohara Rin's death. Tobi must have taken revenge against Kirigakure deliberately. Whether it was the civil strife or the Bloodline Purge, it was a bloody revenge against Kirigakure by Tobi.
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, had already been controlled by a Sharingan, and the entire Kirigakure was under Tobi's control. Cleansing the Bloodline families brought no real benefit to him.
Aside from revenge, Chao Yiqian could think of no other reason.
It must not be long before the Fourth Mizukage officially took action against the Bloodline families in Kirigakure, after which the village would be thrown into complete chaos.
And Chao Yanqian was considering whether to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire Haku and Kimimaro.
Haku and Kimimaro were both very talented bloodline limit users Haku with Ice Release and Kimimaro with the Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse) both extremely powerful. However, one was not suited to being a ninja, and the other suffered from a fatal disease, which limited their usefulness.
In contrast, Chao Yanqian preferred Guren, the Crystal Release user.
It was a pity that Chao Yanqian could not be sure where Orochimaru had found Guren; otherwise, he would have taken action earlier.
Long ago, Chao Yanqian had the idea of cultivating one or two loyal followers. After all, many things were difficult to do personally. However, at present, Chao Yanqian could use Konoha's vast resources, and gathering intelligence was no longer a problem.
But there would always be things Konoha could not know, and for that, other people would be needed.
After much deliberation, Chao Yanqian decided to find an opportunity to abduct Kimimaro. Haku's personality really wasn't suited for being a ninja. Even Zabuza couldn't change Haku; instead, he was gradually influenced by him. Such a subordinate would inevitably be troublesome.
In contrast, Kimimaro was much more reliable. Although he suffered from a hemorrhagic disease, Chao Yanqian was a savvy medical ninja. If he could find the cause of the disease early enough, there might be a cure.
"It seems that in addition to paying attention to Uzumaki Kushina's situation recently, I should also keep an eye on the movements of Kirigakure. If Orochimaru makes a move too early, abducting Kimimaro will become troublesome," Chao Yanqian thought secretly.
As for the situation in the other great ninja villages, there was no major news worthy of attention.
There were occasional conflicts between Kumogakure and Konoha, and Sunagakure and Iwagakure also had friction, but now the major villages were silently licking their wounds, and large-scale war was unlikely.
On the contrary, some small ninja villages, such as Kusagakure and Takigakure, were very active during this period.
When the major villages weakened, these small villages saw an opportunity. For more resources, plundering and fighting were inevitable.
Judging from the memories of Karin in the original work, when Naruto and the others were seven or eight years old, Kusagakure was still at war.
Thinking of Karin, Chao Yanqian realized her sensory abilities and rapid healing capabilities were excellent. As a member of the Uzumaki Clan, she might have other hidden values. If given a chance, he would abduct her as well.
After strolling along the street for a while, Chao Yanqian found a hotel and checked in.
Since it was rare to go out , Chao Yanqian didn't want to return so early. Before going back to Konoha, Chao Yanqian wanted to visit the Land of Rain to observe Akatsuki's activities.
The Akatsuki Organization could be regarded as a terrorist group that ran through the entire Naruto storyline. Almost all of the minor bosses in the early parts were members of Akatsuki.
Now that the Third Shinobi War had ended, Chao Yanqian had passed his weakest stage Chao Yanqian had grown completely. From now on, he no longer needed to live as cautiously as before. Many things he wanted to do could now be done.
As for the development of the Akatsuki Organization, Chao Yanqian did not intend to destroy it. Instead, he still intended to let the plot develop according to the original: the Fourth Great Ninja War, Uchiha Madara's resurrection, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's rebirth.
The mysterious energy of chakra obviously did not belong to humans, and where the Divine Tree came from was a mystery that perhaps only Kaguya Ōtsutsuki knew.
Therefore, Chao Yanqian was looking forward to Kaguya's resurrection, hoping to learn some ancient secrets, including the origin of the Divine Tree.
As for whether Kaguya's resurrection would bring chaos, the probability of that was very low.
Judging from the original work, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had no real combat experience. She was simply overwhelmingly powerful and had an incredible amount of chakra. After a thousand years of Ninja World development, this was no longer the era where Kaguya ruled unchallenged.
When Kaguya was resurrected, she appeared dazed and confused.
If Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke had grown up by then, resealing Kaguya would not be a big problem.
And Chao Yanqian only hoped that during the time Kaguya was revived, he could obtain the answers he sought.
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