Chapter 345 Skinning
Picture this.
A madman, a madman who was oppressed to the point of collapse by the sense of mission he imposed on himself.
After finally doing all this, this is how I comforted myself.
"I succeeded! I succeeded in preventing the civil war in the village, I prevented the war!"
"I have fulfilled my friend's instructions! I have shouldered this bloody sin."
"I am the unsung hero! I am a true ninja!"
"Shisui, I didn't let you down, right?"
"Sasuke, you will understand me, right?"
This was Itachi at the age of 13, a hysterical madman.
As for the few years after leaving Konoha, Itachi began to recognize himself again, and at the moment of his final death in battle, he finally recognized himself.
After being reincarnated as dirt again, he finally dared to face his incompetent and failed self bravely.
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Only then did he finally understand the true meaning of Shisui entrusting everything to him.
Unfortunately, even if he repented, the Uchiha clan had already disappeared.
No matter how strong the remaining Sasuke is, he can't support Uchiha's glory.
This is why Itachi finally warned Sasuke like this.
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Itachi's mind also grows. There should be a difference between the Itachi when he was young and the Itachi who grows up.
After Itachi entered ANBU when he was young, what he faced the most every day was the teachings of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Even earlier, he had already begun to praise and kill Weasel.
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The most powerful thing about Hiruzen Sarutobi is that he single-handedly controlled the annihilation of the Uchiha clan.
But he picked himself clean.
In the end, Sasuke only thought that Danzo was the real culprit.
Similar operations by Sarutobi Hiruzen were used in the White Fang incident, the Fukoku Escape incident, and even the final defection of Orochimaru.
It seems that they are all Danzo's handiwork, and the third generation is at best guilty of neglecting inspection.
But judging from the results.
Itachi's incident left Konoha without the Uchiha, an uncontrollable family.
The White Fang incident left Konoha without White Fang, the uncontrollable candidate for the Fourth Hokage.
In the case of the Mudun Incident, the young men of the Thousand Hands Clan were almost extinct, and the Thousand Hands Clan had no successors.
Pretending not to know, Danzo continued to study Wood Release.
After Danzo gets the results, he can pick peaches by himself.
Maybe there are some omissions.
Maybe the White Fang incident might just be an attempt to suppress it, but White Fang committed suicide as a result.
Tsunade discovered the clues about the Senju clan and ran away from Konoha.
Danzo kidnapped a large number of babies, and then put the blame on Orochimaru.
Orochimaru didn't bother to explain and defected directly.
Danzo concealed the fact that some people survived the experiment.
But these were minor issues, and they have now been resolved.
In terms of political direction, Sarutobi Hiruzen is the biggest beneficiary.
Here is Konoha's ultimate weapon, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki.
Sarutobi Hiruzen put in much more effort than anywhere else.
It was sealed that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
But he deliberately released the information that Naruto was the son of the demon fox to ordinary villagers who didn't understand anything.
Let Naruto be isolated and disliked since childhood, without enough to eat, without warmth, and without anyone to rely on.
At such a fragile time, Naruto was filled with gratitude for showing some insignificant care.
As the last orphan of the Uzumaki clan, the son of the Fourth Hokage, he does not have any inheritance from his parents at his disposal.
Ordinary villagers may not know who Naruto is, but what about Minato's old subordinates and friends?
Are they all dead?
Of course not, but they were all prohibited from contact with Naruto by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He needs to be the only light on Naruto's path to growth.
He needed to use the will of fire to brainwash Naruto and ensure that Naruto grew into what he wanted.
In the end he succeeded and failed.
His success was that Naruto became the Holy Mother.
And when Konoha was in decline, he became the biggest pillar of Konoha Village, and even saved the ninja world in the end.
His failure was that Orochimaru didn't want to see him rot anymore, so he chose to kill him.
And no matter how many Sarutobi clan members he left behind, there was no way they could compare to Naruto who saved the ninja world.
The Leaf Village did get a continuation, but not the continuation Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted.
Hiruzen Sarutobi is a standard clansman, and he spares no effort to develop the Sarutobi clan.
When Sarutobi Asuma was young, he gave Asuma a lot of training resources.
But Asma chose to be a rebellious boy.
It wasn't until the death of the Third Hokage that Asuma truly matured.
Unfortunately, Asuma also had an accident soon.
Konohamaru was still young and had no one to guide him.
No one from the Sarutobi clan, like Sarutobi Hiruzen, has ever stood up.
Otherwise, the fact that there were so many ninjas in the Sarutobi clan would never have been exposed during the Fourth War.
After Natsuki turned Orochimaru away, no one launched a plan to destroy Konoha.
The Third Hokage still has a high reputation among civilians.
If he retires peacefully under this situation, he can still be the same as he was in the fourth generation.
Keep holding on to some power.
His old partner is still a consultant elder and still holds powerful authority in his hands.
Instead of letting the Third Hokage and these elders do things behind their backs.
It's better to peel off the skin of the third generation and send all these complicit elders away.
He had to give up all his power to Orochimaru.
As far as Natsuki knew about Orochimaru, this method was, at best, just stripping the "face" of these elders.
If Orochimaru were to come, it would probably not be as simple as being "shameless".
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Although Orochimaru didn't look good when he left, after returning to his laboratory.
He completely recovered. After all, this was what Xia Mu had discussed with him.
Not long after he arrived, Hongdou followed Xianglin.
"Lord Orochimaru, Senior Sister Anko has arrived."
Xianglin said happily.
Orochimaru turned around and looked up and down Anko's fat body.
Anko's eyes dodge, not daring to look at Orochimaru.
She felt that she was so fat and not good-looking at all.
"I understand, Xianglin, please go down first. If the Third Hokage comes, come and notify me."
"I know Orochimaru-sama!"
Xianglin jumped down.
Kagura's Heart Eye is very useful for Orochimaru.
With this, there is no need for other guards.
"Hongdou, it seems you have thought about it."
Orochimaru didn't seem to care that Anko was fat.
Anko saw that Orochimaru didn't look disgusted, and she breathed a sigh of relief and said at the same time:
"Teacher, I was too naive before."
Orochimaru nodded with satisfaction:
"I happen to be short of people, please come to me and help me from now on."
Anko said happily: "Okay, Orochimaru-sama!"
Orochimaru walked to the nearby laboratory and waved to Anko:
"Let me check your body first."
"Let's see if it's because of the missing curse seal that you've gained weight."
Anko was confused one second, and shocked the next.
He quickly ran up:
"Teacher, is it because I lost the curse seal that I gained weight?"
Orochimaru said naturally:
"That's natural. The curse seal must have energy to survive, otherwise you think you're drinking too much every day."
"What's the reason for overeating and eating so many desserts without getting fat?"
Anko didn't notice at all why Orochimaru knew her living habits so well.
After she gained weight, anxiety about her figure and appearance nearly destroyed her.
She couldn't wait to change back to her original appearance.
"Teacher, is there any way? I don't want to be like this now." Hongdou said with a sad face.
Orochimaru chuckled twice: "Don't worry, let's check first."
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