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Chapter 111 I, Orochimaru, am the Acting Hokage

"Orochimaru, have you gone mad?"

Nara Shikaku stared wide-eyed at the Konoha rogue ninja with suspicion, and said in a deep voice, "Back then, you harmed your own village ninjas and stole the First Hokage's cells to conduct inhumane human experiments. Your crimes are unforgivable. What right do you have to impeach the Third Hokage?"

A ninja who defected from Konoha years ago returns to impeach the Third Hokage?

It has a kind of dark humor feel to it.

Despite being accused, Orochimaru maintained his smile, as if he had been prepared for this all along, and calmly said, "Your Ino-Shika-Cho clan has always been accomplices in protecting the Third Hokage!"

"I made it very clear that it was Danzo Shimura and the Third Hokage who actually conducted human experiments and stole the First Hokage's cells. I was deceived by them and acted as a test for them. After learning the truth, I wanted to expose them but was framed and expelled from Konoha!"

"The one who truly devours and destroys Konoha is not me, but the shadow bathed in sunlight!"

Nonsense! This is blatant distortion of the truth!

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, his lips trembling. This baseless accusation filled him with anger mixed with a hint of amusement.

Danzo and Orochimaru collaborated on human experiments, and Danzo only realized this when he was exposed. The accusation that he stole Hashirama's cells was completely unfounded.

Just as he was organizing his thoughts to refute, he suddenly realized...

Previously, after Sasuke Uchiha caused a great disturbance, Danzo Shimura's Sharingan on his right arm and the face of the First Hokage were exposed to everyone.

It has been confirmed that Danzo Shimura conducted human experiments and that Orochimaru was in contact with him.

In this way, his past decision to let Orochimaru go out of pity and not expose or punish Danzo would be seen by everyone as...

Orochimaru was forced to leave the village by the combined forces of the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura!

Hiruzen Sarutobi abruptly stopped himself from saying what he was about to say.

He glared angrily at Orochimaru, his most prized disciple. It was always others who took the blame for him, and this was the first time he had ever experienced the frustration of being a scapegoat.

Seeing Orochimaru's still unsatisfied expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, feeling he couldn't let the other continue.

He scattered his shuriken, forming hand seals with his fingers, and several shuriken transformed into a sky full of black shadows.

Orochi-ryu Substitution Technique.

Orochimaru, riddled with holes, crawled out unharmed, licking the slime off his face, his smile undiminished.

His voice suddenly became shrill.

"Sarutobi-sensei, are you planning to kill me to cover your tracks?"

"I'm impeaching you for the sake of Konoha. Your crimes are numerous. Besides human experimentation, you allowed Danzo to spread rumors that led to the death of Hokage candidate Sakumo Hatake in order to consolidate your power!"

"During the Nine-Tails' attack, the Uchiha clan wanted to rush to their aid, but you instructed Danzo to stop them, leading to the death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!"

"Naruto Uzumaki, the orphan of the Fourth Hokage, allowed the rumors about the Nine-Tailed Fox to spread, yet he himself played the good guy, trying to keep the Jinchuriki under your control!"

"The Cloud Village ninja brazenly kidnapped the Hyuga clan leader's daughter in Konoha! You are weak and incompetent, even allowing the ninja protecting the village to sacrifice themselves to appease the Cloud Village ninja, causing the Konoha ninja clan to live in fear and become alienated from the village!"

"Sarutobi-sensei, you're too old. Your heart is numb, your flesh is decaying. You've stolen Konoha's resources for your own enrichment and raised your own Sarutobi army. You've long since lost the right to sit in the Hokage's seat!"

One impeachment after another, some true and some false, the atmosphere fell into a long silence.

Naruto Uzumaki had his fists clenched, ready to attack Orochimaru, the rogue ninja who had attacked the village, but he froze on the spot when he heard that he was the orphan of the Fourth Hokage.

"My father is the Fourth Hokage?"

"I am not... a fox spirit!"

Naruto Uzumaki raised his head in a daze, his eyes, as pure as a blue lake, revealing a complex emotion as he looked at his Third Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his head in shame and said in a low voice, "I should have told you about this sooner, Naruto."

"Did you already know?"

Faced with Naruto's question, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only remain silent.

Not only Konoha, but the other four great ninja villages also used this method to deal with Jinchuriki, but saying these things now is meaningless.

Naruto Uzumaki didn't say anything more. Clutching the remaining revival coins in his hand, he ran towards his small apartment building without looking back.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face darkened as he retorted, "These are all baseless rumors! Orochimaru, you rogue ninja, how dare you use such a pretext to frame the Hokage?"

In any case, these are not things that can make a final decision. Although they could shake the Hokage's authority, they are not enough to...

Clang.

Two large, brown-spotted snakes coiled around two cold corpses, head down, while the Sound Ninja Village headbands slammed against the ground.

"A frame-up? These two ninja corpses had Wood Release cells, which is why the two resurrected Hokage were able to withstand the combined attack of the Three Kage. Sarutobi-sensei, should I have the Anbu investigate?"

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and laughed wildly; at this moment, all his plans were completely completed.

"No need. I haven't seen through your schemes. It's too late to say anything now... What exactly do you want!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi finally understood what it meant to feel bad about the Sound Ninja corpses.

He was manipulated by Orochimaru from beginning to end, with the aim of completely crushing him.

But what is the purpose of doing this?

"Sarutobi-sensei, stop saying such meaningless things. I have already reported you to the authorities and removed you from your position as the Third Hokage. After you are imprisoned, a thorough investigation will be conducted to uncover the evidence of your crimes against Konoha."

"During this period... I will serve as Acting Hokage!"

Orochimaru spoke without hesitation what he had planned in advance, his eyes fixed warily on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Fearing that his former teacher might become desperate and use his terrifying strength to attack after hearing that he was to be imprisoned, he decided to take action.

"Is that so?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was unusually calm.

For Orochimaru to dare to say such a thing, he must have already colluded with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Normally, when Konoha wasn't attacked, these petty tricks wouldn't be considered respectable. But now, with Konoha riddled with holes, most of its ninja dead or wounded, and Orochimaru's elaborate schemes, he, the Hokage, found himself unknowingly on the opposite side of most people.

The defeat is set.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed. He was imprisoned but still had a chance to turn things around. He had been a Konoha ninja all his life and had no desire to resist. Was the once glorious Third Hokage going to become a rogue ninja?

Wouldn't that be a huge joke?

"Orochimaru, if I find out you've done anything to harm Konoha, even if it means falling into the abyss, I will personally kill you!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Orochimaru a deep look before being shackled by the Fire Country Daimyo's troops following behind Orochimaru.

Click.

That sound.

This completely brought the Konoha Crush plan to a close.

The war continues, and despite the loss of nearly 10,000 Konoha ninja at the border strongholds, it still cannot stop the loss of the Land of Fire's territory.

Half a month later, Orochimaru, the acting Hokage, convened a meeting of all ninja clans to make a decision. He changed the position of Hokage to National Advisor and appointed Enshō, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, to personally take charge of the ninja village. The village was renamed Konoha Castle, the capital of the Land of Fire, making it the first military empire in the ninja world where the Daimyo held real power.

The once stable and long-standing Hyuga clan of Konoha split up. Hyuga Neji and the branch families who broke the Caged Bird Seal became the new elites of the empire. A group of Hyuga clan members, led by Hyuga Hiashi, left the Konoha Empire and were wanted by the lord Enshō.

Meanwhile, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, together with a group of civilian ninjas, broke into prison to rescue the former Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been tortured to the point of near death and had lost both legs. After defeating the pursuers, they established the new Konoha in the Land of Hot Water and declared a permanent enemy of the Land of Fire.

The once strongest village in the ninja world has now completely fallen apart!

(End of this chapter)