The next day, heavy snow fell on the sky.

People who were already wearing thick clothes were covered with a thick layer.

The Konoha masters who received the news on the front line... Hakumizuno, Kohina Mui, Hinata brothers, Pig Deer Butterfly, Yumi Shiwei, Inuzuka Janus... and hundreds of elites rushed back overnight.

And the Sand Hidden Mansion.

Everyone did not sleep all night, looking forward to dawn.

But as time passed, time had reached nine o'clock and there was still no change. Everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed and depressed.

"fraud!"

Someone in the crowd cursed angrily.

Yashamaru looked at him and saw that he was a fifteen-year-old girl.

Her name is Yang, and she is an elite puppet master who came to learn medical ninjutsu together.

Yashamaru frowned slightly, but then stretched out and went to comfort him, "Yang, what are you talking about?"

"Scammer, the captain is just a liar!" Yang cursed loudly, "If you say that you can hold on until today, you can take everyone back together, but nothing happened."

"Just today..."

"How can we go back safely together in this situation?"

The questioning from behind made Yashamaru, who wanted to make words to calm everyone's mood, fell into silence.

Yes, how can we go back safely in this situation?

They were not blaming Long Er for not taking them back, but for blaming him for giving them hope.

Everyone is an elite ninja and has long been used to life and death, but Ryuji encourages them again and again, gives them hope for life, and then fails to fulfill their promises and let them shatter their hopes.

This ups and downs is the most tormenting.

"Swish!"

The main house door is opened.

Ryuji walked out with his hands in his sleeves, followed by Hong, Yin, Wanlijiang, Hei, Karura and four captains of the Uenin who were escorting the team.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and the girl who had just spoken cursing showed a timid expression on her face.

But then he stood up and said, "I'm just scolding you, you liar, why do you..."

"What are you talking about?"

Long Er looked at the girl for no reason.

"I……"

"Forget it, I don't have time to talk about it." Long Er interrupted the girl who wanted to say something and looked at the others, "I didn't say it yesterday and I'll be safe until today? Why are you all stunned here? Get your luggage up quickly!"

"ha?"

Everyone looked confused.

Yashamaru looked around and asked, "But, but, why is it safe?"

"The people who came to pick us up arrived. Hurry up and pack up all the luggage you want to take away, and all the war equipment in the yard were removed and put away, so don't leave it for Konoha."

"this……"

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but they looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Long Er chuckled softly, "Look at the sky!"

As the words fell, the sky darkened and the snow stopped.

Everyone subconsciously looked up and saw a continent floating in the sky with countless dense black dots flying down from above.

...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

A shrill alarm sounded over the leaves.

Countless villagers fled in panic.

On the street, there were ninjas running back and forth everywhere on the roof.

Naruto Building.

The third generation of Naruto stood in front of the window, looking out in shock.

"It's like this, it's like this, it's like this..."

At this moment, the confusing behavior of Aoki Ryuji not choosing to escape from Konoha, but taking people into the suburbs' house finally got an answer.

He was not alone, but had foreign aid that Konoha could not resist now.

Looking at the puppets that were equipped with propulsion devices flying over Konoha and destroying everywhere, the third generation of Naruto felt like the sky had collapsed.

"Sir Naruto!"

Several Anbe ninjas came to the room to report information.

"Enemy is a puppet that can act independently, with a number of about 5,000!"

"Lord Naruto, these puppets are extremely powerful and can repair themselves after finally destroying them."

"Sir Naruto..."

Listening to one bad information after another, Sarutobi Hirazo was very regretful.

(It should have killed him when he came to Konoha!)

——Xuan Qilong Er, Sahiniang Shangnin, a genius puppet master.

Since he returned from his failed trip to Loulan in Shuimu, he realized the threat of the man Xuan Qi Long Er.

Especially after knowing that he was creating a powerful ninja like Gin, this sense of crisis became stronger and more obvious, and his desire to kill Aoki Ryuji became more and more obvious.

But due to the situation, I have not taken action for a long time.

He knew that letting Long Er develop, this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Otherwise, he would have killed Ryuji as he fought for the risk of going to war with three great ninja villages at the same time.

"Sir Naruto, all departments are waiting for your order!"

The subordinate's voice brought Sarutobi Hinato to his senses.

He looked at his four Anbu and looked at him with anticipation. He took a deep breath and calmly issued an order, "Let the sealing squad cooperate with the actions of each ninja team, use seals to solve the puppets, and also call all the experts in the village. We put on gas masks and find Ryuji."

"yes!"

...

"Is this your trump card, Xuan Qijun!"

Looking at the chaos outside the window, Orochimaru fell into deep thought again.

He has been used to separation from life and death since he was a child, and thus realized the fragility of life and wanted to live forever.

But it is too difficult to realize this wish.

Even with Konoha, the No. 1 ninja village in the ninja world, it would be difficult for him to achieve this goal.

What's more, Konoha will not support those things that are contrary to common sense and human ethics.

But Long Er can.

With the technical strength he showed, he can fully realize his wish of immortality.

As a scientific researcher, he will definitely understand and support himself in doing experiments that are contrary to common sense and human ethics.

If you defect to him, your ideal will definitely be realized.

But.

Although Orochimaru is an alien as a ninja, he also has the same things as ordinary people.

That's what's important.

In addition to his desire to live and die, he also respects and loves to teach his ninjutsu, take care of his teacher Sarutobi for nearly thirty years, loves Jiraiya and Tsunade who share happiness and sadness with him.

Even if a village that doesn't matter, it has the blessing of giving birth to itself.

Even an alien like him is willing to work hard for it.

If you want to surrender to Long Er, you have to give up these precious things.

On one hand, it is an ideal, but on the other hand it is a treasure...

Both are the things that humans desire the most. If you throw away anything, you will be sad and even regretful for life.

The snake has to consider it carefully.

"Are we going to pursue our ideals or protect the precious things in front of us?"

Looking at the window passing by, as if he had not seen his own self-disciplined knight puppet, Orochimaru's heart was slightly tilted in a certain direction.
To be continued...