Orochimaru could not help letting out a quiet laugh.
He was truly quite satisfied with the Hyuga clan's current attitude.
Back in the day, the Hyuga main family had been so arrogant it was almost unbelievable, as if nothing in the world was worthy of their notice.
As for those pitiful branch family members, they had basically lived bitter lives, full of resentment, working like laborers with no end in sight.
Now the Hyuga clan was left with only what used to be the branch family. And the fact that they could clearly see the situation they were in was honestly no small thing.
In the last war, they had also made quite a few contributions.
Orochimaru knew that Rengoku intended to unify the entire world. Having the full support of the Hyuga clan would naturally be even better.
Facing Hyuga Aoto, who stood before him, Orochimaru did not beat around the bush. He spoke directly, "These Byakugan can be exchanged for two resurrection slots."
"Resurrection requires part of the person's corpse."
"And it will take five to six years of preparation. Once you decide who to revive, just bring the body here."
After saying that, Orochimaru lowered his head and began carefully examining the condition of the Byakugan.
Hearing this, Hyuga Aoto first showed a look of shock. But almost immediately, that shock was replaced by uncontrollable ecstasy.
He nodded again and again, "Yes, I understand! I'll go back right away to discuss this and make the necessary arrangements as soon as possible!"
After giving a bow, he immediately ran out.
Even though there were only two resurrection slots, this was resurrection! What more could you possibly want?
The Hyuga clan was currently in a precarious state. What they needed most urgently was a strong core figure to lead the family forward.
Whether it was Koshin being revived, or Sota regaining a new life, for the entire Hyuga clan, it would undoubtedly be a huge blessing. It would surely lead the clan members toward a more stable and prosperous life.
After all, waiting for Neji to grow to an age where he could shoulder heavy responsibility would take at least a full ten long years.
And even if Neji did grow up smoothly in the future, whether he would have outstanding leadership ability was still an unknown.
As for the others who had unfortunately died in the New Bud Plan, that could only be set aside for now, to be dealt with in the future by other means.
The most crucial question at present was, who exactly should be given these two precious resurrection slots?
Orochimaru carefully put away all the collected Byakugan.
His long, narrow eyes slightly narrowed as he thought to himself, 'Looks like there's a brand new research topic to start on.'
———
Three days later, above the vast land of the Wind Country—
A group of figures soared lightly through the sky like birds.
Chiyo, dressed in a black cloak, stood steadily atop the Third Kazekage puppet. Standing beside her was Sasori of the Red Sand.
On the other side, Namikaze Minato, Makumi, Uchiha Itachi, and Shisui stood together on a huge platform made of paper.
This paper platform, which looked fragile, was under Konan's powerful chakra control.
Like a ship riding the wind and waves, it carried everyone as they sped toward Sunagakure.
It is worth mentioning that they had not flown like this the entire way.
In fact, after entering the borders of the Land of Wind, and only when they were close to Sunagakure, they chose to use flying ninjutsu to rise into the sky and speed up their advance.
Along the way, Minato had also thrown out quite a few Flying Thunder God kunai, just in case.
Sunagakure, as one of the Five Great Nations' ninja villages, although relatively strapped for money, still had everything it should have.
Of course, they had a dedicated sensory team responsible for detecting enemies.
At this moment, with Minato openly leading a large group appearing in the sky, and flying at a height that was not particularly high, such a conspicuous target was quickly discovered by Sunagakure's sensory unit.
What's more, the people who came along with Minato were all recently famous Uchiha clan members.
Especially after the unfortunate death of Uchiha Rengoku—
(Of course, this was only the false information Sunagakure had received. After all, no one knew that Rasa had even deceived his own people to avoid being punished.)
The top experts of the Uchiha clan, aside from Fugaku, had almost all come out in full force.
The sharp and piercing alarm rang throughout the entire sky above Sunagakure.
The sound was like raging waves crashing down, striking the eardrums of every villager.
It is worth mentioning that Sunagakure had not had such a thing before. It was only after Karatachi Yagura attacked Kumogakure that they installed this system.
Unfortunately, in the face of this sudden crisis, Sunagakure was clearly unprepared.
The ordinary villagers stood there like wooden chickens, eyes wide open, faces full of confusion, frozen in place without the slightest instinct to avoid danger.
From this alone, it was clear that Sunagakure had never conducted effective drills for this kind of emergency.
Just as the villagers were still in a daze, large numbers of well-trained Sunagakure ninja surged out like a roaring tide.
"Go take shelter, now!"
"Konoha is attacking!"
"Everyone to the shelters!"
Only then did the civilians snap out of it, hurriedly running toward the direction of the shelters.
Konoha's group continued flying in the air, but their speed was not fast, almost no different from the pace of an ordinary person walking quickly.
Although there were four people riding together this time, making the weight relatively heavier, this was not difficult for Konan.
If she felt the lift was not enough, she could simply make her wings larger to deal with it.
In fact, the reason they were flying so slowly was intentional.
One purpose was to put enormous psychological pressure on Sunagakure, letting them feel Konoha closing in step by step.
The second was to deliberately give the spies from Iwagakure and Kumogakure enough time to pass on the news.
After all, among the Five Great Nations, it was an open secret that the five ninja villages sent spies to each other.
Aside from Kirigakure, which was located overseas and in a more special position, making it harder for other villages to successfully plant spies,
the other villages all more or less had informants from other lands.
These spies usually hid among other ninja villages as ordinary civilians.
While they could not obtain core secrets or truly critical intelligence, they certainly would not miss such obvious troop movements like this.
That was precisely why Konoha had deliberately waited a full three days before setting out.
During that time, the spies from Iwagakure and Kumogakure had already successfully received instructions from their respective villages, ordering them to closely monitor recent developments.
And now, just like that, Konoha had come knocking at the door.
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