Chapter 169
In the afternoon, in Konoha Village, in a secluded training ground.
“Ah~ I’m exhausted after training, and a hot spring can soothe my body and mind…”
Jiraiya hummed his own tune, and walked in front with his hands on the back of his head.
He stole a glance behind him and said in a pretentious tone: “Does anyone want to go to the hot spring with me? By the way, the generous Jiraiya is in a good mood today, and he may pay for the meal…”
Tsunade suddenly said: “Jiraiya, go by yourself, I have something to say to Orochimaru.”
“Something? What can you two have?” Jiraiya turned back suddenly, his eyes full of vigilance, “Also, what secrets can I not hear?”
He came up like a mongoose, looked at Tsunade, and then looked at Orochimaru, but found that the two of them looked very bad, as gloomy as dark clouds.
Jiraiya then remembered that the two of them looked absent-minded during training today, as if something had happened?
At this time, Orochimaru spoke in a low voice:
“Did Nen really defect?”
“What!” Jiraiya was shocked and said in an unbelievable tone, “Uchiha Nen? He…he defected?”
In his opinion, this is a guy who can exert the same wood escape power as the first generation Hokage, and he is also an Uchiha clan member. Although he has always been low-key, he must have a bright future!
Such a guy actually defected!
“Shut up first!” Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya, and after using a threatening look to ensure that he would not go out and talk nonsense, she sighed.
“Although the village blocked the news, I went to his house this morning, and his house no longer exists.” Tsunade looked at Orochimaru, “I immediately ran to find the teacher, and after some questioning, I heard about this from him.”
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, “Does the village want to block the news?”
“That’s not right. Why didn’t others notice the sudden disappearance?” Jiraiya couldn’t help asking.
Orochimaru glanced at him, “He is an orphan. Now in this village, he has no friends except me.”
“Oh oh.” Jiraiya scratched his head and asked in confusion: “That’s not right, Tsunade, why did you go to him for no reason?”
Tsunade’s eyes flashed with guilt, and her voice suddenly lowered, “Actually… I think… the teachers are deliberately hiding something, and Nen is not really defecting.”
Orochimaru took a deep breath, “Tell me more.”
Tsunade sighed, “The story started with the Hell Valley Blood Pond Riot a year ago…”
Next, Tsunade told the two about her curiosity about Nen’s Wood Release, her silent investigation of Uchiha Kagami, and her final night meeting with Uchiha Nen, including all her thoughts.
Jiraiya became more and more panicked as he listened, and he almost covered his ears several times, because Tsunade’s words were too outrageous. If the facts were really as she guessed, the village might have wiped out a hero who saved Konoha. Even their teacher, the current Third Hokage, could not escape the suspicion of being the murderer!
Orochimaru lowered his eyes, and as Tsunade narrated, his pale face became more and more gloomy, like the dark clouds before a rainstorm, gloomy and continuous, half of his face was swallowed by the shadow.
“So, before you went to find him, Nen was already under surveillance by the village, and after you left, he defected?” he asked in a deep voice.
“Yes.” Tsunade gritted her teeth and smashed the wooden stake beside her with a punch, “Damn it, it’s all my fault. If I had insisted on staying with him at the time, maybe I would have known what happened. No! If I hadn’t gone to find him, this would never have happened!”
“No, you can’t be blamed for this. There was a problem in the village.” Orochimaru said.
“No, brother, just think about it. How dare you say it out loud?” Jiraiya hurriedly covered Orochimaru’s mouth, but was frightened by his cold vertical pupils.
“Nen has never been an extreme person. On the contrary, his emotions are even more stable than Kirito, who laughs all day long.” Orochimaru looked at Tsunade, “I don’t believe he will defect.”
“In other words, you don’t trust the village either?” Tsunade raised her eyes.
“Uchiha Kirito? Yes, will he be too sad because of Kirito’s death, causing a drastic change in his emotions? That’s why he defected?” Jiraiya slapped his head, as if he had discovered a blind spot.
“There is absolutely no such possibility.” Orochimaru glanced at him lightly.
Kirito is still alive. In the whole village, only the two of them know about this, and even Chiri, his biological sister, is kept in the dark.
‘Is it because of the exposure of Wood Release? Or is it related to his life experience? ‘ Orochimaru thought to himself, and various thoughts kept flashing in his mind.
He pondered over it, but could not come to a conclusion.
Three days later, late at night,Someone knocked on the window of Orochimaru’s house.
“Who?”
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and lifted a corner of the curtain alertly, and a familiar white-haired figure came into view.
“Hiroyuki?”
He quickly opened the door and let Hiiroyuki in. He quickly glanced at the street at the door and confirmed that no one was following him. Then he closed the door lightly.
“Come to me so late? Didn’t I say that the time is not yet ripe and we can’t act rashly now?” He frowned.
“You are right. The time is indeed not ripe. The underground secret room is full of various experimental equipment. The most important thing is that there are ninjas guarding it at all times, and there are many experimental personnel who are not seen on weekdays, secretly studying something.” Hiiroyuki said lightly.
Orochimaru was surprised and asked, “How do you know this?”
Hiroshi sighed softly, “It’s me, Uchiha Nen, who is now using the ‘Spiritualization Technique’ to control this guy’s body and talk to you.”
“Do you think I will believe it?” Orochimaru immediately showed doubt, “Tell me Kirito’s favorite food within two seconds.”
“Mint-flavored ice cream.” “Hiroshi” answered immediately, reacting quickly.
“It’s really you!”
Orochimaru instantly confirmed Nen’s identity and believed it, because this was a secret that only the three of them knew.
Although Kirito claimed on the surface that his favorite food was the food made by Chiri-sister, both Nen and Orochimaru had the honor of tasting it, and the taste was really… I can’t praise it.
Kirito, who always ate all the food happily and shouted “Ten more bowls”, would go to the convenience store to buy mint ice cream afterwards.
“What about the defection? Where have you been these days?” Orochimaru asked immediately.
Nian sighed, “After Tsunade left that day, Danzo attacked me and forced me to join his “Root”. I disagreed, so they killed me until Senior showed up and took me away.”
“Danzo?” Orochimaru frowned and said, “Doesn’t the teacher know that he did this?”
“This matter is likely to be tacitly approved by the Hokage.” Nian said expressionlessly, “Senior told me that my father Uchiha Kagami led Konoha to defeat the Cloud Ninja on the front battlefield, but the Konoha high-level officials incited public opinion to harm him and slandered him as a traitor… This matter is a long story. In short, I am now extremely disappointed with Konoha.”
“Senior’s words are naturally unquestionable…” Orochimaru murmured, and he suddenly felt that everything made sense, “Danzo attacked you, perhaps because he was worried that you would know the truth and turn against the village, and it would be a good idea to kill you in advance…”
“Let’s not talk about my business for now. I came to you for another matter.”
Nian looked directly into Orochimaru’s eyes, his eyes burning, “Orochimaru, are you going to defect?”
