Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

Tobirama Senju held up Danzo's corpse and examined it carefully for a long time.

A powerful surge of chakra erupted from his body, and with a gentle wave of his left hand, he unleashed: "Water Release: Retreat!!"

The vast ocean visibly receded, disappearing in just a few breaths, revealing the earth and the trees lying scattered about.

Tobirama Senju pointed his finger at the ground: "Earth Release: Earth Rising Dig!"

The earth churned and cracked open, revealing a deep fissure.

The Second Hokage glanced at Danzo Shimura one last time, then bent down and threw his body into the crack. He then clasped his hands together and wiped away the crack in the earth, leaving not a trace.

After recalling everything that happened last night, Tobirama Senju slowly stood up and casually tossed the Sharingan he had removed to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru seemed to have been prepared, as he caught the liquid directly in a test tube filled with the active liquid and immediately sealed and stored it away.

Tobirama Senju ignored Orochimaru's actions regarding the Sharingan, his gaze fixed on the direction of Konoha Village, his brows furrowed with an unyielding gloom.

Orochimaru and Yamanaka Hatsukyu stepped forward and bowed to Tobirama Senju.

Orochimaru spoke first: "The Second Hokage is indeed powerful. He defeated Danzo so easily with less than 30% of his chakra."

Yamanaka Chuji followed up with thanks, saying, "Thank you, Second Hokage, for cleaning up the parasites of Konoha Village."

Tobirama Senju looked at the two of them, his tone softening slightly: "Today's troubles are because I acted on impulse back then and didn't decisively eliminate the hidden danger."

"Hiruzen is a bastard too. He skipped your generation and let a young Konoha ninja who should have become the Fifth Hokage rise to the position by suppressing his seniors. Not only did he wrong Orochimaru, but he also killed such a talented young man."

"This is truly forcing growth!"

"As a dead man, I shouldn't be meddling in the affairs of the living, but since you've resurrected me through Edo Tensei, I must eliminate the hidden dangers I left behind, including Danzo... and Hiruzen too!"

Orochimaru nodded slightly: "Thank you, Second Hokage. I resurrected you with the Impure World Reincarnation technique to peacefully resolve the conflicts in the village and prevent the outbreak of a civil war in Konoha."

"After all, Konoha is where I was born and raised, and I want to protect my home."

Tobirama Senju finally smiled: "Danzo's sins exposed the corruption of the Third Hokage, and that nonsensical Root organization is a mess of power."

"Ultimately, it was my mistake to trust Hiruzen Sarutobi too much and think that he could protect Konoha Village."

"Let's go back to Konoha together. I want to personally address my mistakes and clean up the mess left by the Third Hokage's group."

"I will restore peace to Konoha and give Orochimaru justice."

Yamanaka Chukyu said, "There are also senior Hatake Sakumo, senior Nawaki, senior Kato Dan, the Uzumaki clan from Uzumaki Village, and the Senju clan who sacrificed themselves on the way to rescue Uzumaki."

Tobirama Senju said with a wry smile, "Don't say anymore, there's too much, far too much..."

As the moisture gradually dissipated, sunlight shone on the land of the Land of Fire. Tobirama Senju, Orochimaru, and Hatsukyu Yamanaka walked towards Konoha.

Behind them were excited Konoha ninjas and expressionless Root living puppets.

There aren't many of them, but everyone believes they are creating a legend!

Konoha Village one day later.

The village gates were tightly shut, and the walls were densely packed with Konoha ninja.

Armed and tense, they stared intently at the eastern forest.

The entire village was under martial law, and the air was thick with a suffocating sense of dread. Even the Hokage statue on Hokage Rock looked gloomy.

The villagers and ninjas knew that a terrible enemy was coming from the east, and a terrifying storm was approaching.

Tobirama Senju walked at the very front of the group. The sense of fragmentation brought about by the Impure World Reincarnation did not diminish his majesty; on the contrary, it made his aura even more aggressive.

After all, it's a dead person; there's no need to think too much about it.

Behind the Second Hokage was Orochimaru, who wore his signature robe and used a shimenawa (a type of rope) as a belt. His golden vertical pupils casually glanced at the city wall, and a smirk played on his lips, making no attempt to hide his mockery.

Konoha Village, your Hokage has returned. Are you going to greet him with weapons?

Because he was in a very relaxed state of mind, Orochimaru's chakra was steady and restrained, and he even had his hands behind his back, showing no sign of attacking Konoha.

Walking beside Orochimaru, Yamanaka Chuku had a look of pure schadenfreude written all over his face, a stark contrast to Orochimaru's composure.

When their group approached Konoha Village by a thousand miles, they triggered the village's outer perimeter alert, and the Anbu ninjas immediately relayed the information back to the village.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, immediately learned that Danzo Shimura's ambush had failed. His face turned pale as he summoned his three classmates.

After confirming through various means that Danzo had not only failed but was also dead, the three ordered the mobilization of ninjas from the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mitomon clans, who, together with the elite ninjas of the Konoha Anbu, formed a Konoha army of up to 5,000 men.

On one hand, they imposed martial law in the village, blocked the roads, and drove everyone, especially the ninja clan, back home.

On the other hand, they deployed heavy troops at the east gate of the village, setting up traps, sealing arrays, and barriers in preparation for Orochimaru's impending attack.

When further intelligence arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Orochimaru had not brought the army that had annihilated Kirigakure, but only a dozen or so Konoha ninjas and some ninjas who originally belonged to Root.

Konoha F3 couldn't understand why this was happening, but they thought: since Orochimaru had fewer people, they should surround him, eliminate him directly, and then deal with the subsequent troubles.

At this moment, Orochimaru was the center of the Third Hokage's ninja army, which had surrounded them in three layers.

The first layer consists of ANBU ninjas dressed in black and wearing masks.

The ANBU ninjas were all elites selected by Jin Xin. They stood tall and straight, their auras were concealed, their weapons gleamed coldly, their chakra was concentrated and boiling, and their eyes were fixed on Orochimaru, Yamanaka Hatsukyu, and Senju Tobirama.

As long as the Third Hokage gives the order, they will launch a deadly attack without hesitation.

The second layer consists of ninjas from the four major ninja clans, excluding the Sarutobi clan.

They were dressed in their respective clan's clothing and wore Konoha headbands. Even though they couldn't see Orochimaru, who was being blocked, they still looked ahead with tense vigilance.

The third tier consists of the Sarutobi clan ninjas, with 1,500 fire-style ninjas as their core, demonstrating strength and discipline far surpassing the other three clans.

"Stop!"

The head of the ANBU, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, stepped forward and loudly shouted to stop him.

His voice was as cold as iron, devoid of any emotion: "Ahead lies Konoha Village. You must lay down your weapons and submit to the control of the Anbu before you can enter!"

"Konoha Village is a forbidden area at the heart of the Land of Fire. Anyone who trespasses will be killed without exception!"

Shinnosuke's tone was icy, filled with undisguised murderous intent.

He didn't know that the ninja standing in front of Orochimaru was the Second Hokage, the most politically talented man in Konoha's history; he only thought that he was going to deal with Orochimaru.

Therefore, I felt no fear whatsoever.