Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

How could someone as strong as Brother Scorpion's uncle be subjected to such humiliation...?

"So this is a tragic fate. The Uzumaki clan was almost completely wiped out because they didn't receive help from Konoha. However, the Uzumaki clan, along with the large population of the Land of Whirlpools, made it difficult to exterminate them all. Some people managed to escape during that battle. One of them was the wife of the Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash, who was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha. However, she was rescued by White Fang, who arrived last. Another mother and daughter were captured by the people of Kusagakure and secretly hidden away. They were eventually discovered by Shiki and taken back to Sunagakure by Kusagakure. Sasori's wife is the daughter who was taken back to Sunagakure from Kusagakure!"

"From a young age, Sasori displayed a puppetry talent surpassing even the grandmaster of puppetry. He studied the basics at three and was already capable of independently creating puppets by four. Anyone would know that with such talent, Sasori would undoubtedly become a pillar of Sunagakure, like Shiki. However, while Sasori was astounding, he had significant flaws in his personality. If left unchecked, his descendants would likely be a problem. Sasori's grandfather was the First Kazekage, and his grandmother, Chiyo, was a super elder. Although their family was small, their position in Sunagakure was unshakeable. Sasori was the designated Fourth Kazekage. Naturally, such a person would not be without descendants. However, Sasori's personality flaws made it impossible to let things take their natural course. Therefore, his family arranged a wife for him when he was very young—a little girl from the Uzumaki clan brought back to Sunagakure from Kusagakure... And because this little girl was a pure-blooded member of the Uzumaki clan, coupled with the Uzumaki clan's unique sealing techniques, her power was immense. It's not surprising that she could tie Sasori to the bed... Those who know, know."

Kakuzu watched his little brother diligently taking notes, and a sense of accomplishment welled up inside him. However, as for why Sasori was tied to the bed instead of off the bed, he didn't want to pry. He thought of how Sasori had returned from Sunagakure with a pale face and unsteady steps, and how little Karin was born after a little something was added... It was their family matter, and even Pain, the leader of the Pain Alliance, couldn't interfere, so he didn't feel comfortable saying anything more.

All I could give my little brother was a knowing look that every man understands.

"(⊙_⊙)? What do you mean by 'those who know, know'?"

Hidan, who just couldn't understand Kakuzu's expression and heard Kakuzu's vague words, was filled with confusion.

"Well... you'll understand once you've experienced more. You've only been around for a few years, take it slow. If we ever pass through the Land of Fire, I'll take you there to experience it; they have a lot of entertainment..."

Seeing his younger brother's naive and innocent demeanor, Kakuzu inwardly scolded himself for being too uncaring, saying that at his age, he was still too innocent and hadn't experienced anything like this...

.......

"Lord Orochimaru, your hand..."

In the Hidden Sound Village, Orochimaru's devoted followers are all his underlings. The ace spy, Yakushi, looked at Orochimaru, who was soaking wet, and asked him with concern.

Orochimaru had originally planned to abandon Otogakure and not return before the plan was completed, because he knew he would be exposed if the plan succeeded. Konoha was alright, as Sakumo had to guard his home and couldn't come out. Even if that idiot Jiraiya came after him, Orochimaru could easily outmaneuver him. His main concern was the Akatsuki. If Pain still harbored ill intentions towards him, it would be very troublesome.

But plans can't keep up with changes. He never expected his dear teacher to have such strong vitality. He summoned a Grim Reaper and managed to seal two of them without them falling. If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he probably would have been taken down by his dear teacher's incredible ability to carry three people at once. Even the people of the Uzumaki clan would be moved to tears by this.

He's now starting to suspect that his dear teacher might have half-Uzumaki clan genes, otherwise how could his vitality be so strong?

The sealing of his hands was something he hadn't expected at all, because he hadn't prepared beforehand. All the experimental equipment was in the Sound Village, so he still had to return to the Sound Village to find a way to break the seal on his hands.

1023. Snake: Does this mean we'll have to use our tongues to form hand seals from now on?

"...Phew, I didn't expect Sarutobi-sensei to have such strong vitality."

Orochimaru looked at the hands that were beginning to rot and stink, and shook his head with a solemn expression.

Even though he was erudite and possessed exceptional scientific talent, breaking a seal of the level of the Corpse Demon Sealing Blade was still too difficult for him.

After all, this was a super sealing technique passed down by the Uzumaki clan for hundreds of years. Since returning to Otogakure, he had tried every possible method, using dozens of different techniques, but he still couldn't break the seal on those hands.

Losing his hands caused him considerable distress. After all, without hands, how he would perform hand seals was a problem. Of course, there were many solutions; he could simply use other places to perform hand seals. However, he didn't have Jiraiya's hobby of using his feet to perform hand seals. But now that his hands were useless, if he didn't use his feet... could he use his tongue?

This is a very difficult problem. With his talent, practicing tongue hand seals shouldn't be too difficult, but the thought of himself using his tongue to form hand seals is just too low-class and doesn't suit his image as a great scientist at all.

Therefore, finding a way to treat these hands is the right thing to do.

But he had already tried every method he could think of, and none of them worked.

"Is there really no other way? A ninja's strength lies mostly in his hands."

Kabuto Yakushi is definitely Orochimaru's number one fanboy, to the same extent that Shinto idolizes Madara... Seeing even his omnipotent idol shake his head, Kabuto Yakushi is genuinely worried for his idol.

"There is one person who could give it a try, but..."

Snake's eyes darted around, and he instantly thought of his friend Tsunade. However, considering that he had just killed his teacher, he wondered if his friendship with Tsunade had been ruined.

If it's just about killing the teacher, that's fine. He could try to get Grandpa Thousand Hands and Grandpa Thousand Hands to act as intermediaries, and maybe there would still be hope.

what?

He killed the Hokage. Will the Senju elders act as his advocates?

Orochimaru stated that conning two out-of-touch old fogies was effortless, and had nothing to do with talent or intelligence...

But now even the souls of Thousand Hands Master and Thousand Hands Second Master have been sealed away, so he has no way to summon them at all.

However, he still planned to try his luck with Tsunade, hoping she would help him out considering the two Kusanagi swords on Nawaki's back and the nutritional expenses he had provided for Nawaki over the years...

"Who is it? No matter how difficult it is, we have to try. I'll go and bring them here."

Kabuto Yakushi said, his voice slightly agitated.

"Heh... Let's just capture them, otherwise you might get killed by Shiki... Let's go there, but before that, let's move everything here. This place has been exposed, and I think Pain has already sent people here."

Orochimaru was deeply moved by Kabuto's loyalty and naturally couldn't let his subordinate go to his death.

Go capture Tsunade?

Just kidding. Putting aside the size of Tsunade's fists, with Shiki's dog-like temper, it's no wonder he issued a ninja world rape and murder order...

......

"Sigh! I never expected the Naruto to be dead..."

At this time, Nawaki was very sad. There were many people in the world who cared about him, but if we were to say who cared about him the most, besides his older sister who would beat him up at the drop of a hat and Orochimaru, who worried that he was malnourished and sent him pocket money every month through the White Snake, it would be the Hokage.

Thinking back to when I was a child, the Naruto uncle would come to me with a Book of Sealing in his left hand and a complete guide to sealing techniques in his right, asking me every day if I was eating and sleeping well, with such a kind face.

Now, however, he was killed by Orochimaru, the older brother who had cared for him so much, and Nawaki couldn't help but feel sad.

They're clearly master and disciple, so why can't they sit down and talk things out instead of escalating the situation to this extent?

But to say he hates Orochimaru is impossible. Orochimaru has taken such good care of him since he was a child. Everyone else has given up on him, but Orochimaru hasn't. He's still working hard to find a way out for his genes.

Despite being a rogue ninja, knowing that admitting he had learned the Second Master's despicable forbidden technique would make his older sister furious, he still risked being killed by her to personally come and help him summon the Second Master. He even gave him the only two divine weapons he possessed in order to tailor-make the Three-Sword Style.

How could he possibly hate such a good older brother?

So during this time, Rope Tree was really heartbroken. He couldn't eat or sleep. In just two months, he suffered a lot. He really wanted to ask Orochimaru why he did this, but every time he summoned the little white snakes to ask him, the little white snakes would never return.

This caused him considerable distress.

"Don't think about it too much. Everyone has to go through this sooner or later. The old man has lived to this age, which is already considered a long life."

"That bastard Orochimaru went too far, hmph!"

Seeing her younger brother's melancholy and lost expression, Tsunade comforted him before letting out an angry snort.

She noticed her younger brother's mood was off lately, so she didn't even go to the casino. She stayed by his side every day, worried that he might cause some trouble.

She has been through too much in her life, from her grandfather, second grandfather, father, mother to grandmother. She has already grieved for all the people she could, and her tears have all dried up. Now, she only cares about her younger brother and doesn't care whether anyone else is alive or dead.

Besides, ninjas are inherently a short-lived profession. There's nothing to be sad about the old man being alive. The only thing that makes her angry and confused is why that bastard Orochimaru wanted to kill the old man. To say that Orochimaru has no feelings is pure nonsense. If Orochimaru had no feelings, he could have simply denied that he didn't know that forbidden technique of his second grandfather when they came up with the method of taking off from the rope tree. There was no need for him to personally go to Sunagakure to help them summon his second grandfather.

They would no longer regularly send money to Rope Tree via the little white snake.

Orochimaru's feelings for the old man were the deepest among the three of them, and he couldn't just throw that feeling away.

But she had no idea what Orochimaru, that bastard, was thinking, or why he wanted to kill the old man.

What angered her even more was that Orochimaru, that bastard, actually summoned her grandfather and great-uncle to fight the old man, resulting in their souls being sealed away. This made her angrier and angrier.

If Orochimaru isn't taught a lesson, will that bastard summon his grandma and dad to fight next time...?

Tsunade was unaware of this idea, but Orochimaru wasn't without his own thoughts. However, considering Mito Uzumaki's status as a sealing master—a figure even the Senju brothers feared—who knew what unpredictable methods this master possessed? He might be the first to be killed if she summoned them. Therefore, Orochimaru simply didn't dare. As for Tsunade's father…

With the Senju brothers' two fighter jets already, who needs paper airplanes...?

1024. Rope Tree: Orochimaru, what brand of skincare products do you use?

"Sis, the Hokage is dead, aren't you even a little bit sad?"

Rope Tree wiped away the tears that had welled up in his eyes since he turned 18 in 1982, and looked at his older sister who was leisurely drinking one glass of wine after another.

After all, the Naruto uncle was his older sister's teacher, and he felt that his older sister was acting too calmly and without any emotion.

"boom!"

"Idiot, what's the point of being sad here? People are dead, and sadness won't bring them back to life. I'd like to ask that bastard Orochimaru why he brought Grandpa and Second Grandpa out here!"

Nawaki's words only fueled Tsunade's anger, causing her to smash the table next to her to pieces with a single punch, leaving the tavern owner trembling with fear but too afraid to ask for compensation.

Princess Tsunade is incredibly famous, especially in their area where everyone knows her. Judging by her anger, if she goes to demand compensation, she'll definitely get a beating...

"...Hehe, I only asked the First and Second Hokage for help because I couldn't handle the teacher. This is the only time I'll do it."

At that moment, Orochimaru emerged from the ground and chuckled softly.

Seeing his friend on the verge of exploding, Orochimaru was a little nervous. His friend's punches were incredibly powerful; although he'd never been hit by one, the fact that Jiraiya's intelligence points were steadily declining each year showed just how formidable his friend's fists were...

"You bastard! You dare show your face in front of me? Are you trying to die?!"

"boom!"

Upon seeing her companions, Tsunade's fiery temper flared up, and she punched a large hole in the wall next door, causing the tavern owner in the distance to clutch his chest and burst into tears.

That's a load-bearing wall...╥﹏╥

"Orochimaru, why did you kill the Hokage?"

When Orochimaru appeared, Nawaki excitedly came to Orochimaru's side and asked.

This problem has almost become his inner demon lately. He has a premonition that if he doesn't solve this problem, he will be unable to break through his convictions. Even if he learns the Three-Sword Style that his second grandfather developed for him, he still won't be able to fly.

"...Nawaki, Sarutobi-sensei is getting old. Rather than letting him die alone, it's better to let him be a hero one last time..."

Orochimaru said to Nawaki with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"(⊙_⊙)? What does it have to do with anything?"

Nawaki looked puzzled, indicating that Orochimaru's words were too profound. He understood each word individually, but the whole thing was too complex to comprehend.

“ε=(′ο｀*))).....Tsunade, this time I want to ask you to help me see if there is any hope for my hands.”

Looking at his younger brother, who had been hanging out with Tsunade in the casino with its mix of dragons and fish for decades without making any progress, Orochimaru remained silent for a long time before letting out a long sigh.

Orochimaru is exceptionally talented, a prodigy, and a genius who always gets full marks on exams, with teachers always adding an extra point for him. However, he seems to have no affinity for geniuses. He accepted a favor from a friend and agreed to be Nawaki's teacher, but Nawaki turned out to be a low-budget version of Jiraiya, that idiot. Later, Anko, whom he had a connection with, turned out to be mediocre, even worse than Nawaki.

Then look at that idiot Jiraiya. He was a complete failure since childhood, a total academic slacker. But from Minato Namikaze to those two in Akatsuki, they were all geniuses.

Looking at Nawaki, who is so simple-minded, Orochimaru would have really vomited if he didn't have a good mindset. Why didn't he encounter a decent genius?

Hmm... Kimimaro is one, but he's almost dead. What good is genius anyway?

"Speaking of which, Orochimaru-nii, you seem... to haven't changed at all! You're still so young, almost as old as your older sister. What brand of skincare products do you use...?"

After Orochimaru finished speaking, Nawaki noticed something was amiss with his older brother. He looked him up and down carefully for a while before realizing what was going on. Orochimaru was about the same age as his older sister, and he looked just as young. He appeared to be in his early twenties, which surprised him. His older sister was able to maintain her youth because of the Yin Seal passed down from their grandmother, but Orochimaru didn't have such a seal. Yet, he was already in his forties, while Orochimaru was still as energetic as a young man. It would be strange if he wasn't a bit frivolous.

Even someone as capable as his future brother-in-law couldn't maintain his youth, while Orochimaru's older brother actually did!

"Hehe... This is the longevity technique I've researched, but it's not completely perfected yet. If you're interested, I can teach you."

Orochimaru praised his younger brother's insight. He had gone to great lengths and endured so much infamy to research the art of immortality, all for the sake of others' shocked reactions like Nawaki's.