Chapter 53: The Third Hokage: Orochimaru, you must protect Yufeng!
Konoha Village, inside the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-sama, this is what Tsunade-sama meant..."
Uchiha Yufeng rushed back to Konoha and informed the Third Hokage of Tsunade's recent situation.
Even though the Third Hokage was mentally prepared, he felt a little disappointed when he heard that Tsunade did not want to come back after all.
As a teacher, am I too disappointing?
The Third Hokage couldn't help but begin to doubt himself.
Among his three disciples who were famous in the ninja world, two were not in Konoha Village.
One of them is now an alcoholic and gambler, and the other is a novelist. He travels around in search of the legendary child of prophecy, but has never found any trace.
Seeing that the war was about to begin, the only person he could use was his reliable disciple, Orochimaru.
The Third Hokage was still somewhat wary of Orochimaru.
After all, I had asked him to cooperate with Danzo Shimura to conduct human experiments using village volunteers, but the results were too poor, so I eventually stopped it.
From then on, the Third Hokage felt that he could not see through his disciple Orochimaru...
If Hatake Sakumo were still alive now, and used to fight against the war launched by the Sand Village, wouldn't they not be so passive?
Sadly, he died in the end...
"Hokage-sama, Orochimaru-sama is here."
After hearing the report from the Anbu, the Third Hokage finally came to his senses from his memories.
"Let him in!"
Not long after, Orochimaru walked in.
When he saw Uchiha Yufeng in the room, a strange and fiery look flashed in his eyes.
"Orochimaru, Konoha has no choice but to respond to the invasion of the Sand Village. Facing the complicated ninja world today, we urgently need to end the war quickly! I'll leave the command to you!"
Hearing this, Orochimaru was not at all surprised.
He nodded, but his eyes fell on Uchiha Yufeng.
"Teacher, can I bring someone with me when I go to the front line this time?"
The Third Hokage looked at Orochimaru seriously.
"Who do you want to take?"
"he!"
Orochimaru raised his hand and pointed at Uchiha Yufeng beside him.
"Uchiha Mikaze?"
The Third Hokage was a little surprised, why was it Uchiha Yufeng?
"Yufeng, he's just a Chunin, following you to the front line..."
"Ding, Uchiha Sasuke (Mangekyo Sharingan) fragment +3."
"Ding, Kabuto Yakushi (Shippuden) fragments +2."
Hearing the system's prompt, Uchiha Yufeng, who had wanted to reject Orochimaru's invitation, changed his expression.
He bowed to the Third Hokage.
"Hokage-sama, I want to follow Lord Orochimaru to the front line! To be the first line of defense to protect Konoha's safety!"
Hearing these righteous words, the Third Hokage was silent for a moment.
He looked at Uchiha Yufeng with approval and let out a long sigh.
"Okay, but Orochimaru, you must protect Uchiha Yufeng well!"
Let Orochimaru protect himself?
The strange look just now was totally unlike the way one looks at a human being.
It's more like looking at some lab mice.
I guess he now wants to throw himself into a petri dish and have his blood drawn for research!
Uchiha Yufeng thought this in his heart, but his expression was serious and respectful.
The Third Hokage walked forward and patted Uchiha Yufeng on the shoulder.
"Yufeng, when you come back from the battlefield, I will make an exception and promote you to a special jonin!"
Special jonin?
This old man is going to start painting big pictures for himself again!
You have to give some money to supplement the household expenses.
I have been on a mission lately, secretly killing many ninjas from the Sand Village, and I have left all the money I collected to Tsunade. Now I am very short of money...
Orochimaru and Uchiha Mikaze came out of the Hokage Building and walked side by side.
It seemed that Uchiha Yufeng was about to go to the Uchiha clan’s territory.
Orochimaru then spoke.
"Tsunade, will you come back?"
Uchiha Yufeng didn't expect Orochimaru to ask Tsunade, and shook his head.
"Lady Tsunade is living a life of drunkenness and dreaming every day, she may not come back."
After hearing this, Orochimaru grinned.
"I know Tsunade will definitely come back, because she can never let go of Konoha!"
Uchiha Yufeng looked at Orochimaru who looked confident and did not refute him.
"Lord Orochimaru, you're still thinking about Lady Tsunade! That's rare!"
When Orochimaru heard this, his expression changed slightly.
"After all, they were once...companions!"
Orochimaru said coldly, turned around and walked in another direction.
"Ding, Uchiha Sasuke (Mangekyo Sharingan) fragment +1."
"Ding, Kabuto Yakushi (Shippuden) +1."
"Lord Orochimaru, why are you taking me to the border?"
Orochimaru stopped and turned back to look at Uchiha Yufeng meaningfully.
Not explained.
Uchiha Yufeng looked at Orochimaru who had disappeared on the street, with a serious look on his face.
"What the hell is this Orochimaru doing?"
Uchiha Yufeng thought for a moment and thought of several possibilities, but he was still not sure in the end.
“Forget it, I don’t want to think about him anymore. Anyway, starting tomorrow, I will follow him to the front line.
I guess it’s a good thing that I can see him every day.
After all, the fragments of Kabuto Yakushi and Sasuke are far apart in terms of level required to upgrade.
This is just right. I can use this period to repair some fragments from Orochimaru.
As for the fragments of Senju Tobirama (the young man)... the Third Hokage hasn't revealed a single fragment since his work report today, so I guess he has really drained all of it.
The only one left who could be touched and produce the fragments of Senju Tobirama was Tsunade.
Now that I have obtained Tsunade's position, when the front line is not so tight and I have some free time, I will sneak away to see Tsunade!"
Uchiha Yufeng was planning, with certainty in his mind.
Not long after, Uchiha Yufeng returned home.
Looking at the clean yard, Uchiha Yufeng smiled more.
Our younger brother Shisui is the best. Even now after practicing with the strong men of the family, he still knows how to do housework.
He found a mat in the room and lay down directly in the yard.
Turn over and lie on it.
Don’t mention how comfortable it is!
I have been very busy lately and haven’t had a good rest yet!
Close your eyes slightly and enjoy it.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
Uchiha Yufeng sensed the person outside and his comfortable expression disappeared.
"Squeak!"
After opening the door, Uchiha Yufeng looked at the visitor with a polite smile on his face.
"Madam, how come you have time to come here? Why don't you come in and sit down?"
The person who came was Uchiha Mikoto.
Looking at the beautiful woman who was a little thinner than before, Uchiha Yufeng was not as enthusiastic as before and spoke calmly.
"Yufeng, I'm sorry to bother you!"
Uchiha Mikoto seemed to have expected Uchiha Yufeng's attitude. She spoke softly with a gentle look on her face.
Uchiha Yufeng did not stop her and let her in.
"This is the sushi I made for lunch today. Don't you like the sushi I made? I heard that you were back at the family, so I brought some for you!"
"Thank you, Madam Patriarch!"
Uchiha Yufeng politely took the lunch box handed to him and then put it on the table.
"Yufeng, I heard that you will follow Orochimaru to the border tomorrow..."
Uchiha Yufeng was a little surprised. It had only been a few hours since the dispatch to the border, but the Uchiha side already knew about it.
"Yes!"
After hearing Uchiha Yufeng's admission, Uchiha Mikoto stared at Uchiha Yufeng seriously and said seriously.
"Yufeng, don't get too close to Orochimaru."
Hearing this, Uchiha Yufeng frowned.
