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Chapter 289 This is not your fault, it is Danzo's fault!

Orochimaru!

Everyone present stared in shock at the man who had stretched out his neck!

This person…

Is he dead or not?!

Whenever people in the ninja world thought Orochimaru was dead, or even when they were saddened by his passing, or when they were about to forget about him, he would always inexplicably reappear, letting everyone know that he was still alive.

"You're still alive!"

Jiraiya's face lit up with surprise, and he readily told a white lie: "We couldn't find you anywhere, and we thought you died in that explosion..."

"Thank you so much..."

Orochimaru's body, like a snake, slowly slithered into the hospital room through the window, then quickly reverted to human form. A mysterious smile spread across his lips: "I've been following you all this time, and it seems I haven't noticed any sign that you've even considered looking for me..."

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Jiraiya scratched the back of his head, then laughed somewhat sheepishly: "The situation was urgent, you'll understand..."

"It's okay, it's forgivable."

Orochimaru's smile deepened: "Because I've been following you all this time to see if you'll get hunted down..."

"You bastard!"

Jiraiya was furious and immediately started applying double standards!

"alright."

Orochimaru chuckled, not wanting to argue with Jiraiya about such matters. He had come here to inform Jiraiya of an important piece of information: "According to the intelligence I've received, Akihara Kagura has another way to obtain the Rinnegan..."

"It's highly likely that Sasuke and Itachi, these two brothers, also possess the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan is an evolution of the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. Akihara Kagura doesn't care about this pair of Rinnegan at all; he's already prepared a backup plan..."

"!!!"

The expressions on everyone's faces changed.

If that's the case, what should they do?

"First, control Sasuke..."

Jiraiya proposed a solution.

"You're late."

Tsunade's face darkened, her brows furrowed, and a deep worry settled on her face: "Jiraiya, shortly after you left Konoha, the entire Root organization mobilized to hunt down Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito. I even sent several squads to assist them..."

"..."

Everyone fell silent.

"I see..."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed as he said this: "That little guy had already launched his plan when Jiraiya went to the Land of Rain. With two plans being implemented simultaneously, one of them was bound to succeed..."

"There's another troublesome problem..."

"Among the men I sent out was the Seventh Squad..."

Tsunade's eyes twitched, as if she had thought of something terrifying: "If Akihara Kagura's goal also includes tailed beasts..."

So…

She personally delivered the Nine-Tails into Akihara Kagura's hands!

"The Nine-Tails is of utmost importance."

Lying on the hospital bed, Nagato whispered a reminder: "If Akihara Kagura wants to revive the War Weapon, she'll definitely want to take away the Nine-Tails..."

"I will immediately dispatch the four former Hokage!"

Tsunade immediately prepared to get up and leave, saying in a deep voice, "As long as there are four former Hokage, Kagura can do whatever she wants..."

"etc…"

Jiraiya quickly stopped her, bringing up another problem: "Kagura keeps claiming that the four resurrected Hokage are all under his control. The first thing we need to do is seal away the past Hokage to prevent them from being controlled by Kagura to attack us..."

"That's impossible!"

Tsunade quickly shook her head, skeptical: "Based on my observation, the Hokage of each generation and Akihara Kagura have never gotten along very well..."

To put it bluntly...

The four previous Hokage never approved of Akihara Kagura's proposal.

Of course, the main reason for this is that Akihara Kagura's proposal was too frightening.

of course.

The four previous Hokage also disagreed with Tsunade's proposal.

These four previous Hokage had far more governing experience than she and Akihara Kagura, and their governing policies and proposals were more in line with the interests of Konoha.

"I do believe that..."

Orochimaru chuckled and offered an interesting perspective: "Because when Akihara Kagura and I colluded, I personally witnessed her resurrect four Hokage using Edo Tensei, and those four Hokage were unable to escape her control..."

"!!!"

Everyone present looked at Orochimaru with strange expressions.

This guy…

Why does what you're saying sound so strange?

Orochimaru opened his palm and chuckled as he reminded Tsunade, "If the four Hokage were free from Akihara Kagura's control, why didn't they tell you about his collusion with me?"

"..."

Tsunade remained silent.

Yes…

Orochimaru got to the point.

If the previous Hokage knew that Akihara Kagura was colluding with Orochimaru, why didn't they tell her? At the very least, they could have made her more wary of Akihara Kagura...

"and…"

"If nothing unexpected happens..."

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade and pressed, "Did Akihara Kagura claim in Konoha that Danzo was still alive, and that he had always respected Danzo?"

"Yes."

Tsunade nodded.

Jiraiya couldn't help but frown, and said in a deep voice, "Danzo's influence on Akihara Kagura is too profound, which is why he turned out like this..."

"ha…"

Orochimaru scoffed, mocking his two former friends: "Since I orchestrated the Konoha Crush, has anyone seen Danzo?"

"this…"

Tsunade recalled what Akihara Kagura had said about Danzo, and explained in a deep voice, "That Danzo colluded with you to kill the old man, which is why he's been hiding in Root all this time..."

Danzo is long dead.

Orochimaru shook his head and sneered, "The Konoha Collapse was orchestrated by me, Danzo Shimura, and Kagura Akihara!"

"Without the cooperation of Konoha's strongest fighter, how could I have dared to launch the Konoha Crush Plan! The purpose of this plan is to make Akihara Kagura the Hokage!"

"However, Tsunade stole the fruits of this plan halfway through. On the very night the Konoha Collapse ended, Shimura Danzo was used by Kagura as a sacrifice to resurrect the old man. All the previous Hokage were also resurrected that very night!"

"I know about this too..."

Nagato cautiously added from the side, "When Danzo died, the Akatsuki's liaison, White Zetsu Awei, reported this to me..."

"!!!"

Tsunade's eyes widened. She took a deep breath, suppressing her surging temper: "This matter... was clearly approved by the higher-ups before Kagura resurrected the past Hokage... to prevent you from using Edo Tensei to control the past Hokage and attack Konoha..."

"That's a lie..."

Orochimaru chuckled, looking at his old friend Tsunade as if she were a naive little girl: "In fact, when you were chosen to succeed as Hokage, Kagura had already figured out how not to be influenced by you as Hokage..."

"to this end…"

"Before you returned to Konoha to assume the Hokage position, Kagura had me and Kabuto Yakushi specifically bring the resurrected Dan Kato to attack you. He even knew about the relationship between Dan Kato and you. All of this was to make you believe one thing..."

"He must be resurrected using Edo Tensei..."

"Otherwise, I will control the successive Hokage to threaten Konoha."

"After you succeeded to the position of Hokage, he pretended that he had just resurrected four Hokage using Edo Tensei, and began to secretly use the identities of the four previous Hokage to control the political situation in Konoha..."

"That bastard!"

Tsunade swung her fist and slammed it into the hospital wall!

Boom!

The entire wall was suddenly blasted open by a single punch!

However, no one present spoke; they simply shrank back slightly, all understanding the Hokage's feelings.

You all know...

You all know...

As someone destined for the Hokage position, she was already being manipulated and controlled by others before she even took office.

Even after Tsunade shattered the hospital wall with a single punch, she was still unable to calm down, recalling the first time she met Akihara Kagura…

At that time...

Having just assumed the Hokage position, all I could think about was how to work together with this new Hokage to protect Konoha...

Even after the four Hokage were resurrected and entered politics, the Hokage's assistant would always support her proposals and even take the initiative to help her with some troublesome matters that the Hokage couldn't handle.

At that time...

Tsunade even understood why Hiruzen Sarutobi used Danzo Shimura.

The results of it?

His plot was to resurrect the four Hokage using Edo Tensei.

His conspiracy also included having the four Hokage participate in politics.

The decision made by the four Hokage was actually his conspiracy.

That bastard!

When the four Hokage were resurrected, he still believed that they would support him and make it easier for him to govern Konoha. However, he found himself constantly constrained...

"Oh, I see..."

Tsunade stood before the ruins of the hospital, gazing at the scenery of Konoha. She narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "So, before I even entered Konoha, I had already stepped into that guy's trap step by step, without even realizing it..."

"It's not entirely a bad thing, is it?"

Orochimaru, seeing Tsunade seemingly on the verge of exploding in rage, chuckled and offered a comforting remark: "Regardless, Kagura certainly helped Konoha solve a lot of troubles when she was there, and Konoha has indeed come to where it is today because of her..."

If it weren't for Akihara Kagura, Konoha would have been nothing more than a lucky ninja village among the five great nations, occupying a rich and prosperous land, constantly coveted by other ninja villages...

It was precisely because of Akihara Kagura that Konoha was able to continue its upward trajectory, even successively subjugating Sunagakure and Kirigakure, while Iwagakure and Kumogakure had no choice but to bow down to Konoha...

"I'll dispatch the sealing squad immediately!"

Tsunade glanced at everyone present and said in a deep voice, "The Anbu personnel must also be mobilized as a whole. We must first find a way to seal away the four former Hokage to prevent them from becoming tools for Akihara Kagura to attack Konoha!"

"I actually agree with that opinion..."

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade, smiled, and continued, "The combined fighting power of the four previous Hokage, especially the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, was enough to destroy the entire Hidden Leaf Village..."

"..."

Tsunade felt like her head was about to explode, but she had to forcefully carry out this task: "Even so, we can't just sit idly by. We can't keep letting Akihara Kagura lead us by the nose. We have to find a way to seal away the four former Hokage first..."

"That's not easy..."

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade and smiled as he offered his opinion: "To seal them, we must first destroy the bodies of these Edo Tensei resurrected beings..."

"Of the four previous Hokage, the Second and Fourth Hokage were both skilled in the Flying Thunder God Technique. If they wanted to leave this place, they could easily escape..."

"but…"

Jiraiya interrupted Orochimaru, saying something that would be advantageous to them: "Furthermore, I believe the four previous Hokage still want to protect Konoha. Kagura shouldn't have lost their will, and I think they will definitely cooperate with us to be sealed away..."

"Xiao Nan and I can also help..."

Lying on his hospital bed, Nagato spoke up, saying, "Although the Six Paths of Pain were almost completely destroyed by Kagura, I have already revived them..."

"Besides..."

"This trouble was caused by us..."

Looking at everyone present, Nagato took the initiative to admit his mistake: "If we hadn't wanted to collect the Tailed Beasts to create weapons of war, this matter wouldn't have been exploited by Akihara Kagura..."

"This is not your fault, Nagato."

Hanzo of the Salamander crossed his arms and coldly comforted him, saying, "If I had to put it bluntly, the reason you have such thoughts is because the previous Hokage of Konoha assisted Shimura Danzo in threatening me to kill Yahiko..."

Let's go eat first!

(End of this chapter)