Chapter 591 Guess
"You're awake, teacher."
Tsunade appeared from the window of this house. After being stunned for a moment, she smiled and said hello to her mentor.
"Um......"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's smile was a bit forced, and he felt very complicated.
After waking up and finding himself in Konoha Hospital, and hearing his youngest son introduce to him the incident of Shangguan Mo leading a group of psychic beasts to raid Konoha, he felt both lucky and helpless.
In Konoha Hospital, he looked optimistic on the outside, but in reality he was extremely melancholy.
As a former third-generation Hokage, he knew that no matter in terms of his body or the current situation of Konoha, he could no longer get involved in the Hokage's rights!
"Hey! It doesn't matter, it has to be left to the young people after all. Although Kyuubi escaped, at least Minato still saved the village in Shangguan Mo's hands..."
After sighing for a while, the Third Hokage's complexion gradually regained its composure.
Isn't this quiet life what he once wished for? What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
Tsunade asked with concern.
"Teacher, how has your body recovered during this time? Has the old disease in your body not recurred?"
He was worried that Hiruzen Sarutobi might be injured secretly by Hidden Rat's space ninjutsu, and he couldn't take it lightly when it came to his teacher's safety.
"It's okay. You checked it yourself. What's the problem? It's recovered to its best level now, and I don't feel any discomfort at all."
As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes dimmed.
With his strength, he was defeated at the hands of a psychic beast. However, he still knew nothing about the enemy's abilities, characteristics, and limits, and was unable to fully understand them.
Yunin Village has become Konoha's biggest enemy!
He was convinced of it.
Those who have tasted the sweetness will never be satisfied with the status quo.
In addition, General Asuma told him everything that happened during the Five Kage Conference. After knowing that Yu Ninja Village had signed a peace treaty with the other four major Ninja Villages, Sarutobi Hiruzen became more sensitive. Chi had a premonition that the war was about to rekindle and burn throughout the entire shinobi world.
And the direction of the war can only be Konoha!
"I think Minato understands what you mean, but..."
Tsunade hesitated in her words, with deep worry on her face.
Do they, the Konoha ninjas, still have the ability to prevent the crisis from happening? In other words, does Konoha have enough power to prevent this war?
Jiraiya, one of the most famous three ninjas in the ninja world and after turning on the sage mode, was surrounded by enemies and easily killed!
The elite ninjas in the village suffered heavy casualties, and the ordinary chunin and genin suffered heavy casualties last year.
Some of the vitality that had just been restored was no longer there.
Coupled with the drastic change in personality of Namikaze Minato who became arbitrary and extreme, Tsunade couldn't help but become even more worried about the future of Konoha.
For the first time, she was not sure of victory in the battle that might happen next!
"Really? Minato has changed so much now..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen could not understand Tsunade's despair. In his opinion, there was a situation inside Konoha that even he, the former Third Hokage, felt stressed.
Maintaining stability among the various powerful ninja clans and high-level factions in the village is already a laborious task.
Sarutobi, Uchiha, Hinata, Shimura, which one is not a well-known ninja clan?
How dare he not be completely defeated by a young man who has only been rising for a few years!
But he could understand Tsunade's fear of the previous failed war, coupled with Jiraiya's death, which caused huge psychological trauma to her.
After a long moment of silence, a look of extreme complexity suddenly appeared on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.
He asked hesitantly.
"Orochimaru...have you found it?"
"...I'm sorry, teacher, I let you down. Anbu and I searched the whole village, including the underground..." Tsunade looked at the teacher's sad face full of wrinkles, I actually felt at a loss.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was shocked.
"Forget it... As long as you're okay. As long as you're okay..." Hiruzen didn't blame her.
If we want to say who is responsible for Orochimaru's disappearance, he, the teacher, must bear the brunt of the blame!
"Teacher, Orochimaru has this kind of character. Otherwise...I will go outside again..."
"No, no need to look for it."
He interrupted Tsunade flatly.
He closed his eyes, not wanting Tsunade to see the tears in his eyes.
"Just pretend...I don't have this disciple!"
"what!?"
Tsunade's face instantly turned pale.
......
squeak~
The door was slowly closed.
Staring blankly in the direction Tsunade left, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't calm down for a long time.
No one knows Orochimaru's disciple better than him, not to mention that Danzo had already explained it to him before under questioning.
Danzo had already given Orochimaru the forbidden art of Earth Reincarnation in a trade!
And the long period of disappearance undoubtedly proved to Sarutobi Hiruzen...
Orochimaru's defection has actually become a fact!
But even though Orochimaru was so determined, Sarutobi Hiruzen said that to Tsunade before.
But he still held on to some illusions about Orochimaru's return, and did not publicly label him as an S-level rebellious ninja of Konoha!
Once he does that, there will be no room for reversal of Orochimaru's betrayal!
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