Pirate: I'm cracked, but my mutation talent is incredibly strong.

In the root base of Konoha Village.

Danzo, the Dark Lord of Konoha, received some new information from Orochimaru.

"Does Sunagakure possess a special bloodline that is perfectly compatible with the First Hokage's cells?"

"If we can capture them, will it increase the chances of safely awakening Wood Release?"

Danzo frowned. This time, he and Orochimaru were secretly cooperating to provoke a war between Sunagakure and Konoha, so that Orochimaru could find an opportunity to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Then he would have the opportunity to become the Fifth Hokage and realize his dream.

Why has the plan changed so much now?

If he attacks Sunagakure, will it affect the current plan to destroy Konoha?

On one side is the hope of safely awakening Wood Release; on the other is the plan to destroy Konoha and eliminate Hiruzen Sarutobi...

Of course, he also suspected that Orochimaru, that treacherous snake-skinned monster, was plotting against him.

However, he didn't believe that Orochimaru had betrayed their cooperation so easily.

He immediately dispatched Root ninjas to gather intelligence.

If given the chance, I would certainly take the opportunity to capture those with special bloodlines.

In any case, Root would not show up to protect Hiruzen Sarutobi, the so-called Third Hokage, in their plan to destroy Konoha.

He had even secretly given Kakashi Hatake a lot of eye drops.

At that point, not only will Kakashi be able to stop Might Guy, but even the Anbu might not step in to protect Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Let Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru, master and disciple, put on a good show of master-disciple rivalry.

In Konoha, everyone fears and hates Danzo, but the various ninja clans also despise the power-hungry Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Especially the families that placed heavy bets on the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

After Minato Namikaze suddenly died in the Nine-Tails' attack.

One by one, their families were kicked out by Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had returned to power, and were moved away from the center of power.

They were even blackmailed by Danzo, who was in cahoots with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and were forced to hand over many of their clan members to become Root ninjas.

He practically became Danzo's slave, completely losing his freedom.

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What Danzo didn't know was that Orochimaru had actually betrayed him.

Orochimaru intends to exploit this darkness within Konoha to completely incite conflict between the Divine Child and Konoha.

Once these divine children start fighting with Konoha and wreak havoc in Konoha, he will have plenty of opportunities to personally kill his good teacher.

He didn't necessarily want the position of Fourth Hokage back then, but he couldn't stand his good teacher's "betrayal" and forcibly supported the young Minato Namikaze to take the position.

Unfortunately, this good teacher also used his eldest son, the head of the Dark Division, to firmly control the power of the Dark Division and sideline Minato Namikaze.

From that moment on, he saw through the teacher's true nature of power.

Later, his experiments on human bodies were exposed, forcing him to flee Konoha. It is unknown whether this was due to his teacher's instigation or Danzo's conspiracy.

In short, neither of those two old geezers is a good person.

Orochimaru has always been arrogant; he may not want the Hokage position, but Hiruzen Sarutobi cannot scheme against him like this.

This teacher even "forced" Tsunade and Jiraiya to leave.

With a Hokage corrupted by power, Konoha can never improve.

This plan to destroy Konoha is both to destroy Konoha and to help Konoha be reborn.

He knew that Danzo, that old codger, would never rise to power.

The position of Fifth Hokage will likely fall to either Tsunade or Jiraiya, one of her close friends.

Perhaps by then, Konoha will return to its former state.

This rogue ninja from Konoha hated not Konoha itself, but the corrupt higher-ups.

On the surface, he wanted to destroy Konoha, but deep down he also wanted to make Konoha a better place.

Of course, these were all things he did incidentally on his path to immortality.

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At this moment, they are in the groups of Sunagakure and Otogakure.

I thought these divine children would be in a great hurry.

To Orochimaru and Chiyo's surprise, these guys were all gluttonous eaters who ate like crazy the whole way.

They had witnessed firsthand the terrifying appetite of these divine children.

Each of these divine beings can consume enough food for more than a hundred people.

Is this why they are so powerful?

How exactly do their stomachs grow?

Where does the food we eat go?

This almost bankrupted Sunagakure and Otogakure.

This made matters worse for Sunagakure, whose finances were already in dire straits...

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"Ten years old? You're only ten years old?"

Gaara looked at Lu Ya, who was already 1.8 meters tall at the age of 10, with disbelief in his eyes.

Keep in mind that he is only 1.6 meters tall at the age of 12. What do these monsters eat to grow up like this?

However, seeing Katakuri's tall stature, there seems to be no need to be so shocked.

Gaara, who was hated by everyone in Sunagakure, actually got along very well with Lu Ya, Shanks, and the others.

Firstly, because these divine children don't actually fear or hate him like the villagers do.

Secondly, as long as these divine children are around, the monster Shukaku will become very quiet.

Gaara really enjoyed this relaxed feeling.

Lu Ya and Shanks are both very sociable people; anyone can become their friend as long as you don't have any ill intentions.

"What? You're only 14?"

Following Chiyo's instructions, Temari diligently served these divine children and also gathered as much information as possible.

It turns out that the seemingly mature and composed eldest brother, Kamui, is only 14 years old!

Keep in mind that Temari is already 15 years old this year and has not yet been officially promoted to Chunin.

She was actually older than these monster gods.

If she had to choose an ideal god child, she would indeed prefer the steady and taciturn Kamui, Ryoma, and Shamrock.

As for Katakuri, he's too tall and too terrifying.

Shanks and Lu Ya's shouting and yelling was too childish.

However, now that their real ages are known, these behaviors seem normal again.

After all, he's only 10 years old. But what 10-year-old kid would grow that tall!

In the ninja world, there are very few ninjas who are over 1.8 meters tall.

A height of 1.6 to 1.7 meters is considered normal.

"You're saying Mikiko's mother is over eight meters tall?!"

Kankuro also shamelessly chatted with Shanks, trying to glean various intelligence and information from their casual conversation.

These are pieces of information that Shanks and Lu Ya consider insignificant, yet they are not hiding this concept at all.

What use is it for them to find out this information in their little minds?

The only useful aspect is the Devil Fruit's weakness to seawater, and its ability to counter various Devil Fruit abilities.

Orochimaru and Chiyo didn't personally ask, but their ears were already perked up, not wanting to miss any information.

Katakuri's mother was actually a giant?

No wonder he's so tall.

But are there really giants in the ninja world?

However, one has to admire how powerful that god was, managing to marry so many wives!

Aside from the twins Shamrock and Shanks, each of these divine children has a different mother.

A god is a god! Amazing!

"Devil Fruit abilities?"

Orochimaru licked his lips, realizing that there were such amazing fruits in the world.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this a divine fruit.

Consuming it will allow you to transform into powerful divine beasts and mythical creatures, just like these divine children!

Not to mention Orochimaru, even Chiyo desperately wanted to obtain this amazing and powerful Devil Fruit!

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