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Chapter 294 Tree Bark! Tree Bark! Akihara Kagura's Ultimate Secret!

Kabuto Yakushi is a medical ninja.

As a medical ninja, one should not be hindered from entering the hospital.

However, this time, when he entered Konoha Hospital, the Anbu ninjas who had been stationed there seemed to be on high alert, and even the three legendary Sannin of Konoha came down to greet him.

Please do not be hostile towards me.

When Kabuto saw Tsunade, he still had a gentle smile on his face: "If I'm not mistaken, is Kagura already going to become an enemy of the entire ninja world?"

"You know his plan?"

Tsunade's expression immediately turned ugly.

The Hokage looked at Kabuto Yakushi and began to consider whether to capture him immediately and send him to the torture chamber.

"I know a little bit."

Kabuto adjusted his glasses, the lenses gleaming in the sunlight. "After all, Kagura and I were from the same orphanage. He even told me about his desire to be an enemy of the ninja world, but unfortunately, I couldn't persuade him to change his mind..."

"Why wasn't this reported to the village?"

Tsunade's face darkened, and she questioned Kabuto in a deep voice.

"Kagura is a high-ranking member of the village."

Kabuto Yakushi looked up at Tsunade, a mocking smile on his face: "If I report this to Lady Tsunade, she'll probably choose to kill me to avoid a conflict between the Hokage and his assistant, right?"

"I am currently the most senior member of Root..."

"I was in Root when the first leader, Danzo Shimura, was still alive. Root secretly assassinated ninjas who wanted to report Danzo Shimura to the Third Hokage. There was even a lot of information on the Third Hokage's desk, but he never dealt with it. I saw all of this with my own eyes..."

"..."

Tsunade was speechless.

because…

Everything Yakushi Kabuto said is true.

Even Tsunade knew something about Danzo when she was young.

Danzo Shimura did indeed do a lot of wrongdoings, and even though someone reported it to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, it was never dealt with.

Even Danzo Shimura was like this…

What's more, it's Akihara Kagura, who is even more powerful than Shimura Danzo?

If Kabuto Yakushi had indeed reported these things to her at that time, Tsunade might not have killed him in order to appease Akihara Kagura, but she would definitely have imprisoned him.

At that time, Konoha could lose Kabuto Yakushi, but it absolutely could not lose Kagura Akihara. Before Kagura Akihara completely betrayed Konoha, Tsunade could only try to win back the Hokage's support, rather than stirring up internal strife within Konoha.

This kind of thing needs to be discussed openly...

In reality, it was the Konoha leadership who wronged these sacrificed ninjas.

"Now that you're here..."

Tsunade glanced at the bark-like object in Kabuto's hand, her brow furrowing slightly. "Is the purpose to provide us with information about Kagura?"

"..."

Kabuto shook his head, then nodded, and spoke up, "I don't know what Kagura's purpose is, but this thing should be very important to him..."

After saying that, Kabuto handed the bark in his hand to Tsunade.

"What is this?"

Tsunade gestured for the ANBU to take the bark from Kabuto Yakushi's hand.

"have no idea."

Kabuto shook his head, indicating that he didn't know; he had only made up a story: "I've only ever seen Kagura use Wood Release chakra to examine the information on it. The bark is extremely hard and seems to have been around for quite some time..."

Kabuto Yakushi looked at the tree bark and continued, "I've also secretly studied it before. It seems to be able to absorb a lot of chakra. I'm worried that using powerful ninjutsu would destroy the information on it, so I haven't dared to do too much to it..."

"This piece of bark must be extremely useful."

"When Kagura was still in the orphanage, she loved to hold this piece of bark and never let it out of her sight. Even after she left the orphanage, she hid it. After returning to Konoha, she retrieved the bark and kept it in her office. I just secretly took it out when she was away..."

"..."

Tsunade frowned, somewhat puzzled by the tree bark she had received.

"Only Wood Release chakra can read the information on the tree bark..."

"If Kagura had been hugging this piece of bark since she was little..."

Orochimaru glanced at the piece of bark, his expression suddenly turning serious. He thought of something extremely terrifying: "When I found him, it wasn't an accident; it was that little guy deliberately trying to get close to me..."

Orochimaru's face turned extremely pale, his heart pounded, and he felt a fear as if he were falling into an abyss: "That Akihara Kagura guy... this was all his premeditated plan. He needed to awaken his Wood Release before he deliberately approached me..."

"good…"

"I remember now..."

Orochimaru recalled his time in the Grass Country laboratory: "That little guy approached me on his own initiative, gained my trust, and proposed to me that he wanted to conduct a Hashirama cell transplantation experiment. His goal was to awaken Wood Release by transplanting Hashirama cells..."

"..."

Tsunade and Jiraiya's expressions also changed.

"How old was he back then?"

"Did that child already possess such cunning at that time?"

If all of this conspiracy was a strategy devised by Akihara Kagura when she was a child, then this is too terrifying. How could everyone be completely unaware of it!

The three legendary Sannin of Konoha simultaneously envisioned the same scenario.

A little boy with a sinister expression sat in the Konoha orphanage, clutching a piece of bark tightly in his hands. He knew that a great secret was hidden in this piece of bark.

However, unlocking the secret of this tree bark requires Wood Release chakra as a key, and to obtain Wood Release chakra, it is necessary to transplant the cells of the First Hokage…

but…

These are all Konoha secrets.

How was this child conceived?

Regardless of how the little boy learned Orochimaru's secret of transplanting Hashirama cells, he deliberately allowed himself to be kidnapped by Orochimaru, who loved scientific experiments, and intentionally gained Orochimaru's trust. In the end, he was transplanted with Hashirama cells and successfully awakened Wood Release.

After the little boy awakened his Wood Release, he took advantage of Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura's secret to return to Konoha, retrieve the tree bark he had hidden in the orphanage, and obtained the secret information hidden on the bark, thus beginning the conspiracy he had vowed to carry out since childhood...

"We need to go back to the origin first..."

Orochimaru, being quite intelligent, spoke in a deep voice: "How exactly did Akihara Kagura know that the tree bark held a secret? What was the source of her knowledge that the bark contained a secret, and why does this bark require Wood Release to open...?"

Just as Tsunade and Kabuto were talking, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju and the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze simultaneously received an order!

"Go and steal that piece of bark!"

Akihara Kagura's will appeared in their minds, coldly issuing her command: "Yakushi Kabuto betrayed me; he stole my things. We absolutely cannot let that piece of bark fall into the hands of Konoha!"

"Tree bark?"

Senju Tobirama was surprised to hear a familiar word.

The Second Hokage immediately remembered something.

In their initial investigation into Madara Uchiha, they visited the Uchiha clan's Naka Shrine to view the millennia-old stone tablet passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan…

At that time...

They still seemed a little puzzled that the Senju of the Forest, who were on par with the Uchiha clan, had no artifacts recording history...

At that time...

Akihara Kagura seemed to have unintentionally mentioned that the Senju clan might have a piece of tree bark or something!

Does this mean...?

Akihara Kagura had already obtained that piece of bark!

At that time, that guy was testing himself and his older brother Hashirama Senju, trying to find out from them whether the piece of bark belonged to the Senju clan!

Tobirama Senju immediately realized one thing: that piece of bark might belong to the Senju clan, and Kagura Akihara had already obtained it!

It contains the secrets of the Senju clan!

However, Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze could not disobey Kagura Akihara's orders. The two of them rushed directly towards Tsunade, wanting to get the bark that had fallen into Tsunade's hands!

"They moved!"

Jiraiya's face showed great surprise.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru simultaneously stopped the two Hokage!

While being forced to fight Orochimaru, Tobirama Senju conveyed his suspicions to Tsunade in a low voice: "Tsunade, that piece of bark is a heirloom of the Senju clan of the Forest. It must contain extremely confidential historical information. We absolutely cannot let it fall into our hands!"

"I know…"

Tsunade immediately realized what was happening.

"You need to decipher the information above as quickly as possible!"

While wielding kunai and attacking Orochimaru, Tobirama Senju warned, "That's a treasure passed down through generations of the Senju clan. It might contain records of the history of the ninja world, or it might even hold its secrets!"

After saying this, Tobirama Senju continued, "The Uchiha clan's stone tablet requires the Sharingan to decipher. Madara Uchiha used his Sharingan to see through the stone tablet's secret, and then secretly used others to begin his plan to collect the Tailed Beasts..."

"As the Senju of the Forest, who once opposed the Uchiha clan, this tree bark might hold the secret to breaking Madara Uchiha's plan. We must not let that piece of bark fall into our hands; we must obtain the secret on the bark as soon as possible!"

"good!"

Tsunade nodded and quickly agreed.

Konoha is not without Wood Release ninjas.

in contrast.

There are many Wood Release ninjas in Konoha now.

According to Kabuto Yakushi, the bark requires Wood Release chakra to read the information on it, and all he needs to do is find a Wood Release ninja.

and many more…

Something seems off?

Tsunade suddenly realized something: most of Konoha's Wood Release ninjas were in Root, but most of Root members were out on missions. Even the only Wood Release ninja under the Hokage, Tenzo, had been sent out to lead Team 8...

Not good!

At this time...

Konoha doesn't have any Wood Release ninjas!

Underground.

Black Zetsu also saw the piece of bark.

Compared to the short-sighted people of Konoha, Black Zetsu immediately recognized the true material of the bark: it was the outer skin of the Ten-Tails' body, the shed skin of the Gedo Mazo!

In other words…

Only one person in history has been able to manufacture this kind of thing!

The Sage of Six Paths…

Only the legendary Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, could create it, and only the Sage of Six Paths could record information on that piece of bark. Only the Sage of Six Paths would leave the bark to the Senju clan!

Both the Uchiha and Senju clans are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki; one inherited his eyes, and the other inherited his physique.

The Uchiha clan possesses a stone tablet that records history…

How could the Senju clan not have a vehicle for recording history!

Black Zetsu never found a vehicle used by the Senju clan to record history. After the death of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, he searched everywhere for any trace of Hagoromo's historical records, only finding a stone tablet belonging to the Uchiha clan. This led Black Zetsu to believe that it was impossible for the Senju clan to have a vehicle for recording history...

just now…

Black Zetsu suddenly realized he was wrong!

The ancestors of the Uchiha clan, Indra and the Senju clan, clashed, and their chakra continued to be reincarnated and clashed. The Uchiha clan possessed a stone tablet that recorded history, so why didn't the Senju clan have anything to record history?

No!

We absolutely cannot let the Senju clan's tree bark reveal the secrets of the ninja world!

Black Zetsu lies hidden underground. A thousand years ago, it altered the history recorded on the Uchiha clan's ancestral stone tablet. We absolutely cannot allow what is recorded on that piece of bark to be exposed!

No matter what... absolutely not!

In particular, Madara Uchiha must not know the information above!

Once Madara Uchiha learns about the history of the ninja world, he will definitely doubt the records on the Uchiha clan's stone tablet and will surely abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan!

According to Black Zetsu's speculation, the history recorded on the Senju clan's tree bark and the history recorded on the Uchiha clan's stone tablet should be very similar, and must record the history of the Ten-Tails' resurrection and the history of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra...

Absolutely not!

Black Zetsu's figure moved frantically underground, its body hidden at Tsunade's feet, ready to snatch the piece of bark at any moment!

No, no, no…

There was other information that I missed.

Black Zetsu had been eavesdropping on everything, pondering why the piece of bark had ended up in Akihara Kagura's hands, and why Akihara Kagura knew the secret of the bark...

"The Senju Clan..."

Black Zetsu felt a chill run down its spine; it realized things had suddenly returned to the basics of logic: "That brat Akihara Kagura... is a member of the Senju clan!"

"The Senju Clan..."

Orochimaru was very clever. While fighting Tobirama Senju, he remembered the origin of this matter: "Akihara Kagura... is a member of the Senju clan!"

"Only this way..."

"Only then can all the logic make sense!"

"Akihara Kagura is a member of the Senju clan, even a direct descendant of the Senju clan, which is why she was able to successfully transplant the First Hokage's cells and awaken Wood Release!"

"It's precisely because Akihara Kagura is a member of the Senju clan..."

"Only that brat would know the secret hidden in this piece of bark!"

"good…"

Tobirama Senju was equally intelligent, and he quickly figured it all out.

The Senju clan had lost countless members during the Warring States period, and even the children of the clan chief were living in constant fear.

War not only means sacrifice, but also disappearance. Perhaps a descendant of a senju clan chief learned the secret of the bark and stole it, disappearing with it, thus causing the senju clan to completely lose this historical heirloom...

This piece of bark is very light, unlike the immovable stone tablet of the Uchiha clan…

Tobirama Senju could even picture what the clansman who stole the bark in history looked like—someone as skilled in research and scheming as himself, but with a wicked heart, wanting to steal the clan's secrets for himself…

Akihara Kagura…

He is a descendant of that Thousand Hands clansman.

It's climax! It's climax!

(End of this chapter)