Chapter 139 Orochimaru, you will be the fifth Hokage!

"Old man! You actually performed this forbidden technique. Do you really want to kill me?"

Orochimaru lost his composure slightly.

He is now almost fearless of any ninjutsu. The only thing that can kill him is this extremely rare soul-related secret technique.

Sensei Sarutobi really wants to kill him!

"You, you tainted the soul and attacked Konoha. Your crime is unforgivable..."

"I shouldn't have let you escape from the village back then. That's why today's disaster happened."

"I can only do my best to make up for it. As long as you are taken away, Konoha's crisis will naturally be resolved!"

Sarutobi didn't intend to die with Orochimaru at first.

As the fight went on, he found that Orochimaru was far beyond his expectations and even mastered the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation.

Leaving him behind would be too harmful to Konoha, so he had no choice but to prepare to drag Orochimaru to be buried with him.

Of course, the main reason.

It was because Orochimaru had been deliberately intimidating Sarutobi.

During the battle, he repeatedly mentioned that he had joined forces with Sand Village and Sound Village to launch such and such terrorist attacks on Konoha. If Sarutobi can't win quickly, Konoha will be destroyed, blah blah...

Plus being trapped by the barrier.

This made Sarutobi mistakenly believe that the Sand Village was really attacking, and Konoha was facing the great danger of the village being destroyed!

That's why he became more and more anxious and panicked.

Finally, he found that he really couldn't defeat Orochimaru, so he chose to exchange his life for his own.

If Sarutobi knew that the entire "Konoha Collapse Plan" had only so many enemies, why would he be so anxious to die?

What a joke.

There were only a few hundred Sand Ninjas and Sound Ninjas, and they only caught Konoha off guard by a surprise attack.

Really waiting for Konoha to fire at full power.

This number of people is not enough for Konoha to fill the gap!

Even the enemy forces in the entire venue combined are not enough to be beaten by Kai alone.

How can we talk about destroying the entire Konoha?

"Old man, you, you are so stupid!"

"Can't you see through this scale of attack?"

Orochimaru laughed in anger, and finally understood why Sarutobi teacher was so desperate?

Is it because I really scared him? Does he really think he can destroy Konoha?

"But, but you are willing to bring the Jinchūriki of Sand Village. Isn't this to destroy the village?"

Sarutobi calmed down a little, and vaguely felt that Orochimaru did not want to destroy Konoha, but still had many doubts about his methods.

"I just wanted to show you that Sand Village has surpassed Konoha in terms of its control over Jinchūriki and the power of the tailed beasts!"

"And you are old, but you are still complacent and unwilling to make progress."

"Even the next generation of Hokage does not have an accurate successor."

"If you continue like this, Konoha Village will sooner or later perish in your hands!"

Since it has been said, Orochimaru simply did not hide it.

This is one of the fundamental purposes of his launching the "Konoha Collapse Plan".

Otherwise, he would not have reminded Sarutobi at the beginning of the war that it would be better to appoint the next Hokage successor as soon as possible.

Moreover, at this time, Orochimaru had already joined [Akatsuki] and defected from [Akatsuki].

After seeing the terrifying comprehensive strength and ambition of [Akatsuki], as well as the bottomless strength of the leader [Pein]. Comparing with Konoha, he realized the corruption and weakness of Konoha now.

Such Konoha will sooner or later die at the hands of [Akatsuki]!

That's why he tried to rely on a "Konoha Collapse Plan" to spur Konoha's progress and promote Konoha's innovation.

At least it can make Konoha stand firm in the next storm that sweeps the ninja world, and will not be completely destroyed by other forces.

As for defeating Sarutobi and proving himself indirectly, it is just a side purpose.

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"Orochimaru, you, you are not here to destroy the village?"

"Teacher, if I really want to destroy Konoha, would I only bring so few people?"

Orochimaru became more and more speechless.

Who could have thought that a farce would end up being a dead end that would cost him his life?

If he really wanted to destroy Konoha, even if he didn't have enough manpower, he still had [Immortal Reincarnation]!

He would definitely form a whole army of Impure World Reincarnation to invade Konoha. Who would want to fight with Sarutobi alone?

"You..."

Sarutobi was also completely stunned, realizing that he had overestimated Orochimaru's ambition.

He didn't care about Konoha at all.

He just wanted to use Konoha as a threat to force him to go all out.

Who would have thought that he would force [Shiki Fuujin] out.

If it weren't for the intervention of Mr. Tobirama and the others, maybe he would have become a delicious pastry of the god of death with Orochimaru...

That would be a huge loss!

"Enough!"

"You two idiots!"

Tobirama Senju, who was standing by, understood what he heard and yelled at him.

"You have to make that private conflict a problem for the whole village."

"I really wish I could..."

As Tobirama was talking, he habitually whipped out a water whip, obviously the sequelae of the last whipping of Danzo had not yet been eliminated.

Sarutobi's scalp was numb.

If Tobirama really wanted to whip him, as a disciple he could only bear it.

Besides, he couldn't resist at all!

"Speaking of which, Orochimaru, why did you defect back then?"

Hashirama looked at Orochimaru stupidly and asked.

Orochimaru sneered and glared at Sarutobi:

"Then you have to ask my dear teacher Sarutobi. He didn't allow me to study forbidden techniques, and he also blocked all forbidden techniques in Konoha."

"I could only learn secretly, and then he found out and forced me to defect from the village."

Sarutobi's face changed drastically, and he quickly explained:

"It was you who studied the taboo technique in private, and even participated in live experiments!"

Orochimaru retorted: "How funny, you are the same as Danzo."

"In order to reproduce the Wood Release, you also conducted human experiments in private, but ultimately failed. You just blocked the information and destroyed the records..."

"Teacher, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?"

"You are only allowed to study the taboo, but I am not allowed to touch the taboo?"

Sarutobi immediately denied: "No, I didn't..."

Tobirama glared at Sarutobi: "Monkey, I didn't teach you to lie. You did it, don't you have this responsibility as a Hokage?"

Sarutobi was stunned, bowed his head in shame, and was shocked.

How could Tobirama know this? This should be top-secret information!

Sarutobi certainly didn't know.

No. 2 Tobirama had long been in the No. 4 Ninja Realm and knew all the scandals that Sarutobi and Danzo had done in the early days.

Seeing this.

Hashirama poked Tobirama and sighed softly.

"Is it really caused by the research of forbidden techniques and taboos?"

"Tobirama, I told you. You really shouldn't have invented so many forbidden techniques... Look..."

Tobirama shouted:

"Brother, shut up!"

"Researching forbidden techniques is not the point, the point is how to use them?"

"Immortality is indeed dangerous, but I have also used it to protect the village!"

"If you just stand still, how can ninjutsu develop? How can the village progress?"

"Don't forget, other villages will not always stand still!"

Hashirama was stunned and shook his head helplessly.

He really couldn't argue with his younger brother Tobirama, unless he used his fists to make a hard argument.

And Tobirama's theory of the progress of ninjutsu does have certain practical significance.

If you don't make progress yourself, you can't stop the enemy from making progress.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and if you are weak, you will be beaten.

But it is an eternal truth.

"Alright!"

"We'll talk about the right and wrong of studying forbidden techniques later."

"Monkey, where is the successor to the next Hokage you chose? Let him come over and let me see him..."

Tobirama skipped the topic and said to Sarutobi.

He is already old, and he can't count on such a lame monkey. It's better to meet the successor to the next Hokage and train him in advance.

Sarutobi was speechless: "Teacher Tobirama, this..."

"Huh? You don't have a successor?"

"Uh..."

"You are ready to fight for the Shikigami Fengjin, but you haven't even chosen the successor to the next Hokage?"

Tobirama was furious, wondering how Sarutobi could be so stupid?

The most taboo in the succession of power is ambiguity.

Before choosing to die, he would deliberately designate Sarutobi as the next Hokage in public, just to avoid the turmoil of the succession of Hokage.

And Sarutobi is already old, and it has been more than ten years since Minato's death.

He hasn't decided on a successor yet?

How greedy is he for power? Or do you really think you won't die? Or is there really no one to choose from?

"There are so many ninjas in the village, and you can't even find a suitable successor?"

"I..."

Sarutobi opened his mouth.

Many candidates flashed through his mind, but he rejected them one by one in the end.

Danzo? Sarutobi ruled him out first. He was as old as himself and had done so many dirty jobs. He was really not suitable for the majestic image of Hokage.

Jiraiya? An irresponsible old pervert who traveled abroad all year round and didn't respond after so many times of persuading him. Moreover, he had poor government affairs handling ability and was lazy, so he was not suitable for Hokage.

Tsunade? A gambler who hadn't shown up for more than ten years and no one knew where she was gambling. Although her identity was suitable, Sarutobi was really afraid that she would gamble away the entire village, not to mention that she was still suffering from hemophobia, so she was not suitable for the position of Hokage.

Kakashi? It was okay. Unfortunately, since Minato's death, he had been negative for many years, his strength had not improved much, and his prestige and fame were not enough.

There is really no one to succeed!

Seeing this.

Orochimaru on the side also showed a slight sneer.

He just couldn't stand the old Sarutobi becoming so indecisive; when he was young, he was more courageous and decisive than anyone else.

"Teacher, I have said it long ago. Your hesitation will only harm the entire Konoha Village!"

Tobirama turned his head to look at Orochimaru, and suddenly had an idea.

"Hey, Orochimaru, right? Do you want to be Hokage?"

"Me?"

Orochimaru was stunned for a moment. He wanted to refuse freely, but his heart was subconsciously slightly moved.

Back then, he also took the position of Hokage as his life goal.

"What? You don't want to? Don't want to surpass your teacher?"

Hiss——!