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Chapter 46: Unrecognized Disciple

After Danzo walked out of the door, he still couldn't help but feel angry. He had fought for Sarutobi Hiruzen for so long and sacrificed so much for the village! Why couldn't he be the Hokage? !
Wasn't it with their help that Sarutobi Hiruzen secured the position of Hokage?
Yes, he is indeed not as good at fighting as Sarutobi Hiruzen, but he is not that much worse!

Why!

But Danzo became angrier the more he thought about it, but he didn't show it on the outside. Instead, he quickly returned to his root base underground.

However, he did not go back to his office directly to check the latest intelligence because it was meaningless.

Monkey strictly ordered him not to interfere with the peace talks. Under such circumstances, he had no way to interfere with the peace talks.

So he went to another place.

Root experimental base.

He walked into the laboratory aggressively, without any intention of knocking on the door, but the feminine man doing experiments in the laboratory was not surprised at all. He continued to do his experiments quietly, carefully dripping the liquid in the dropper into the test tube, and then asked while shaking it.

"Didn't the teacher agree?"

Orochimaru asked this question, and he was not opposed to negotiating with the Hidden Mist Village on generous terms. He also agreed to give them a portion of the mission share because after losing so many ninjas, Konoha would not be able to handle all the missions in the short term.

But you don't want a penny in compensation, even just one or two ounces is fine. You can show a tough attitude and say that I don't want it, but you have done something wrong and you must compensate me.

What kind of attitude is this, which is almost like longing for the other party to give him peace?
So he was always ready to go to the front line and use his own strength to cooperate with Minato to deter the Water Country from saying they would join Kirigakure and Iwagakure.

With Li Ke, Namikaze Minato, and his words, the Hidden Mist Village would have no chance of resistance at all.

Just by looking at Danzo's expression, he knew that Danzo's idea of ​​asking the Hidden Mist Village for compensation was rejected by his teacher, so his idea of ​​asking for a fight was probably also rejected.

"That's right, Hiruzen is getting weaker and weaker! He gave up such a good opportunity just because a few people died!"

Danzo knocked his cane hard. He was really very dissatisfied with this.

Orochimaru was silent for a while.

"Are you afraid of death?"

He looked at the test tube in his hand, which was a solution for cultivating cells, a new formula for cultivating Wood Release cells.

But before he could train a new Wood Release ninja, a new Wood Release ninja appeared in Konoha Village.

But when he thought about the fact that his teacher was afraid of death, he smiled.

His own teacher was not afraid of death. He became Hokage because he was not afraid of death. Of course he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of the death of people around him.

Under his leadership, the Konoha Village became more docile, because all the fangs were given to the man in front of them.

"maybe."

He sighed and looked at Danzo.

"There aren't enough test subjects, Danzo. If you want Wood Release ninjas, you'd better send me more test subjects."

Danzo shook his head in silence.

"Impossible. There are only a few test subjects that meet your requirements. Now that the contract is about to be signed, my roots are no longer able to plunder people from villages in other countries, so..."

Danzo didn't finish his words, but Orochimaru already knew what he meant.

He was silent for a while and then asked.

"Who is in charge of negotiating peace with Kirigakure? Is it Jiraiya?"

He asked pretending to be nonchalant, and Danzo gave him a nasty smile.

"It's Minato Namikaze." Orochimaru was silent for a while again and nodded.

"I understand. I will help you find some test subjects. For now, it will be enough."

He neither agreed nor denied it, but he already knew that the person his teacher chose was not him.

Danzo just sneered and left.

He was just reminding Orochimaru that he and Sarutobi were not the same kind of people after all, so that Orochimaru could help him conduct the Wood Release experiment.

Orochimaru waited until Danzo left, then he clenched his hands and the test tube shattered, but he didn't care at all. He only cared about one thing.

Why……

Why is he Jiraiya’s disciple?
Looking at the glass opposite and seeing his own somewhat out-of-control appearance, Orochimaru couldn't help but ask.

"Teacher...what are you afraid of?"

He didn't understand that his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen should be the one who understood his thoughts and ideas best!
After a moment of silence, Orochimaru walked out of his laboratory. It was hard for him to calm down, so he planned to go and see the situation in the village.

However, walking on the street, all he could see was pain and sorrow.

He walked along the streets and all he saw was death, death, and more death.

In any family with a ninja, there would basically be dead people. For the few families that didn't have dead people, one could hear the cries of disabled ninjas.

The further he walked, the silenter he became, and the more irritated he felt.

Death is the thing that makes people feel the most fear, and it is also the thing that makes people feel the most sad, because once you die, there is nothing left.

Unconsciously, he walked to the front of Konoha's memorial. Looking at the densely packed tombstones of ninjas behind him, he became even more silent.

On the memorial tablet, he looked at the densely packed names, the names of his subordinates, the names of those who had once called him classmate, adult, senior, and teacher, and couldn't help but raise his head.

At this time, a light rain fell, and he also heard a suppressed cry.

Because it was a familiar voice, Orochimaru knew who it was without even looking.

It's Tsunade.

At this time, Tsunade was leaning against a tombstone, covering her face and crying. However, at this moment, no one could say that Tsunade was weak because there were countless people crying in this cemetery.

"Teacher... your decision will only make the next war even more brutal..."

Touching a name on the memorial tablet and looking at the name of his first disciple, Nawaki, Orochimaru didn't know how to meet Tsunade for a moment.

The other party handed her brother to him with great expectations, but he let her brother die on the battlefield, and died in front of him!
he……

Clenching his fists, Orochimaru didn't know what he should do at this moment, because he almost forgot what Nawaki looked like, and the sound of his voice calling him, and he -

"teacher!"

The voice calling him made Orochimaru open his eyes in surprise. He turned around and looked behind him, but he only saw Red Bean who wanted to hold an umbrella for him.

Mitarashi red beans.

"teacher?"

Red Bean, who was frightened by Orochimaru, looked at Orochimaru in astonishment for his big reaction, and didn't quite understand what was going on.

(End of this chapter)