From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 400 Hiruzen: So it was me who got set up

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was somewhat solemn.

Orochimaru was his favorite disciple, and Asuma was his genius son. The two were close, which should have been a happy thing.

But the two of you teaming up to do things secretly and keeping it from me is going too far.

In an instant, a feeling of being green filled his heart.

Looking up, all I could see was green!

"Old man, do you know what I'm most worried about?"

Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a grave expression. "Orochimaru is a genius, and Asuma is an even greater genius. I'm not worried about them harming Konoha, but geniuses like them are very self-centered and will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. What I'm worried about is that they'll cause a huge mess, especially with the experiments Orochimaru has been conducting, and Asuma..."

"Alright, that's enough." Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his hand to stop Tsunade. "You're the Hokage now. It's your responsibility to control these two. I need to calm down!"

Yes, he needs to calm down.

After Tsunade told him about the relationship between Asuma and Orochimaru, his mind instantly went through the recent events, and then he realized that he seemed to have been tricked by these two guys.

Yes, they played a trick.

Why did I choose to fight Danzo in the first place?
For what was it again?

Oh, right, it was because Root leaked information at the border, which led to Asuma being surrounded and killed, and then he fought back and killed them.

Regardless of whether he fought back or not, he was angry that Root had leaked information and plotted to kill Asuma. He believed that Root was starting to get out of control, which is why he set out to deal with Root. It was from that time that he had Orochimaru secretly investigate Danzo.

But what if the leak wasn't done by Danzo, but rather orchestrated by Orochimaru and Asuma themselves?
Orochimaru had long since secretly controlled the Root members, then orchestrated a whole drama to make himself despise Danzo, and then, during the Jonin meeting, he dropped the bombshell, delivering a fatal blow.

In front of so many Jonin and clan leaders, Danzo's plot to steal the Sharingan was exposed. He had no choice but to be punished, and I was just going along with it at the time.

Going with the flow?

He then recalled how, on the day of the meeting, Asuma, along with a group of classmates who had graduated early, had made outrageous remarks at a barbecue restaurant. Although they weren't speaking to his face, it was practically speaking to the entire village, and Tsunade happened to be there at the time...

In the end, I went along with it.

Damn it, could they have prepared this water and boat all along?

Did they anticipate my decision?
This……

These two colluded and pulled some strings to bring down my best friend. I even did it myself.
The worst thing is to overthink things; the more you overthink, the more cold sweat you'll break out in.

Recalling what had happened during this time, he suddenly felt as if he had been sleepwalking the whole time. When he came to his senses, his back was soaked with cold sweat!
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Country of Hot Springs

Inside a secluded underground cave, Asma sat behind a large rock, watching as a group of evil cultists performed a blood sacrifice in the vast underground space.

Evil God Cult!
Or rather, Hidan, one of the Akatsuki's immortal duo, is his target this time.

He wasn't interested in Kakuzu, one of the immortal duo; he was only interested in Hidan, his immortality, and the ninjutsu he developed based on it—the Death Possession Blood Technique—that was his target.

Well, this has nothing to do with whether the original body died in his hands or not.

Just out of curiosity.

However, on the other hand, he died at Hidan's hands more than 20 years later. It is still a question whether the current Hidan has been born yet. But regardless of whether he was born or joined Jashin Cult, one fact cannot be denied: Hidan's immortality comes from this Jashin Cult.

So he was very curious about what this evil god was.

In the Naruto world, there are two gods: an evil god and a death god. Asuma suspected when he read the manga that these two might have been the original native gods of the ninja world. Later, the Otsutsuki clan intervened in this world, planted the God Tree, and plundered the natural and life energy of this world. These two gods were also easily defeated by them, which is why they became like this. But no matter what, a god is a god after all, and is not on the same level as ordinary humans.

As a former celestial official, he knows a great deal about these native gods!

Therefore, he came to the Land of Hot Springs because he had his eye on the power of this evil god.

However, after watching for a long time, seeing them perform human blood sacrifices, pushing people one by one into the blood pool while chanting incantations that he couldn't decipher, but the altar still didn't react at all, he was quite disappointed.

This evil god died quite completely.

Perhaps only a special person like Hidan could awaken even a tiny bit of its power. As for the other Shinigami...

He has already taken care of it.

As a being from the underworld, upon first seeing the Grim Reaper appear, I was certain that the Grim Reaper was a being from the underworld of this realm, and the most powerful one among all the beings in the underworld of this realm. He had grown into the Grim Reaper of this realm, and was then dragged out by the Otsutsuki and beaten up, thus becoming weak.

However, even though it's withered, it still has some use.

Using the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique, he summoned the Grim Reaper, which was merely a remnant soul bearing the mark of the Grim Reaper. He then refined it using the Taiyin Refining Technique.

In other words, from now on, anyone who uses the Reaper Death Seal technique will not summon the Grim Reaper, but rather Sarutobi Asuma.

The problem is that even after refining the Grim Reaper, he still couldn't find the passage to the Pure Land. Or rather, the Pure Land was originally supposed to be the Grim Reaper's territory, but the Grim Reaper was beaten to the point of near death and stripped of his right to enter the Pure Land. In fact, to lock it down, the old man of the Pure Land even blacklisted him. In other words, others can enter after they die, but even after refining the Grim Reaper and dying, As Dao still can't enter the Pure Land.

That's it, it boils down to one word: Do it!

He came here today to see this evil god, and it felt like a fellow sufferer was looking out for his brother. The Grim Reaper has been reduced to a ninjutsu technique, so what about this evil god?
Yes, they died completely. Only something resembling the origin of divinity still exists, but not in the present world. It should be in some other dimension. And the sacrifices of these members of the evil god cult do not seem to be enough to awaken the origin of divinity.

One more offering is needed!
So, As made his move.

Condensation Release: Rain Manipulation Technique
Among the crowd of priests, the elderly man who looked like a bishop at the head of the group looked at the motionless pool of blood and sighed inwardly.

There aren't enough offerings!
But with their current capabilities, obtaining a dozen or so offerings at once is almost their limit.

He glanced at the group of cultists behind him out of the corner of his eye, feeling somewhat disappointed.

There are still too few people. The cult needs to expand. Only by expanding its scale can it have enough power. With enough power, it can obtain more offerings. With enough offerings...

Snapped!
As he was pondering this, he suddenly felt a cool sensation on his forehead, as if something had landed there. Instinctively, he raised his hand and wiped it, and then…

Sticky and wet...

This isn't water!

Damn it, it's stuck!

He touched the droplet on his forehead with his finger and was about to put his finger in front of his eye to take a look, but he found that his finger could not be removed after just touching the liquid-like substance.

As he watched in astonishment, more slime began to fall from the sky. Not only him, but the entire underground cave was covered by this slime, which fell like raindrops from the air. The group of evil gods behind him also noticed something was wrong and began to cry out in alarm...

"What……"

The bishops of the evil god realized something was wrong and had just opened their mouths when they were covered by a large number of "raindrops" falling from the sky, and they could no longer make a sound...

The same situation occurred with the more than one hundred members of the evil god cult. At first, they tried to struggle, but soon they were entangled by a large number of condensed escape techniques and could not move.

"Since you can use others as sacrifices, then I can naturally use you as sacrifices!"

Asma revealed himself, looking at the desperate followers of the evil god with a cold smile.

(End of this chapter)