Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

After meeting with his family and playing with his niece Ino one last time, Yamanaka Chukyu left Konoha Village for the northern front.

Uchiha Shisui set off a day earlier than the ninth day of the month.

The attacks from the Hidden Mist ninja on the eastern front were even more ferocious than those from the Hidden Cloud ninja, bordering on insane. The losses suffered by the Hidden Leaf ninja were too heavy, and the front line was on the verge of collapse.

The Hidden Leaf Village mobilized a large number of ninjas, including members of the Uchiha clan, students who graduated early from the Ninja Academy, and ninjas whose injuries were nearing recovery in the hospital. They eventually formed a reinforcement force of six thousand ninjas.

A vast army of ninjas lined up in front of the Hokage Building, their heads surging, their momentum magnificent, and their morale soaring to the heavens.

The surge of emotions surged like a tidal wave, impacting the mind and spirit of Chu Jiu in the mountains, leaving him restless.

But it was merely a feeling of unease.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the sun, a radiant elixir, rose into the sky above the mountain, and the emotional surge of the Konoha Village rally swept in, yet it could not shake him in the slightest.

He felt it wasn't so much a gentle breeze as being outside a concert venue, being bothered by noise.

Yamanaka Chujiu was even able to observe carefully and find several unique sources of emotion within this magnificent wave of emotions.

The eternal genin Might Guy's emotions were extremely stable, as unshakable as solidified crystal.

Forever a genin, Maru Seikosuke remained completely unmoved, his resolve as firm as the vast earth itself.

Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan, experienced extreme emotional fluctuations, as turbulent as the heartbeat of a dying person.

The paper-doll ninjas familiar from the story now appear vividly before me, each radiating unique emotional fluctuations, giving Yamanaka Hatsukyu a strange feeling of witnessing history.

Shan Zhongchujiu couldn't help but think of the most terrifying emotional tidal wave he had ever experienced.

Two years ago in the Land of Rain, the decisive battle between Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Konoha and Amegakure saw more than 20,000 ninjas crammed into an area of ​​less than 2,000 meters, engaging in a frenzied killing spree.

The emotional upheaval that erupted on the battlefield at that time was filled with the flavor of killing, death, and madness, and the people in the mountains suffered terribly.

At the height of the final battle, the madness, resentment, and despair of death crashed into the Heartbreak Realm wave after wave, and Shan Zhong Chu Jiu nearly fainted several times under the terrifying impact.

He didn't even know if he was just lucky to have survived the battlefield.

……

"Orochimaru-sensei, slow down, I can't keep up."

Mitarashi Azuko's prayer startled Yamanaka Hatsukyu, who was lost in thought.

He turned to his junior sister and imitated Orochimaru's voice and tone, saying, "Anko, I reminded you, you can't say anything cowardly on the battlefield."

Red Bean was startled by his attitude and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Orochimaru-sensei."

Instead of comforting Hongdou, Shan Zhongchujiu said to everyone, "Speed ​​up!"

Four Anbu ninjas, four Root ninjas, two Intelligence Department ninjas, and two Sealing Squad ninjas, plus Mitarashi Anko, who has just been promoted to Chunin, constitute the lineup protecting Orochimaru this time.

Yamanaka Hatsukyu's Orochimaru disguise was so convincing that even Mitarashi Anko couldn't detect it, showing that there was no flaw in his appearance.

Orochimaru trusted Yamanaka Hatsukyu's command abilities, but the Third Hokage wouldn't, and neither would the Konoha ninjas struggling on the northern front.

He simply stopped explaining and had Shan Zhong Chu Jiu take his place, using his identity to take command at the front lines.

Indeed, Shan Zhongchu Jiu was incredibly bold, readily agreeing with great interest.

The master and apprentice didn't even consider informing Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The disguise on Yamanaka Hatsukyu wasn't an illusion, but rather a giant snake skin that Orochimaru himself had crafted, likely one of the prerequisite techniques for the "Reanimation Jutsu".

After enduring the nausea, Yamanaka Hatsuyu put the snakeskin on, and it wriggled and fit perfectly against his skin, automatically transforming into Orochimaru's appearance. Even the difference in height was compensated for by the snakeskin on his heels.

Moreover, I didn't feel any discomfort on the ninth day; it felt like I was wearing a thermal undershirt.

Even more remarkably, the snake skin could also emit Orochimaru's chakra and aura, completely masking Yamanaka Hatsukyu's chakra fluctuations.

Even the Hyuga ninjas couldn't see through the disguise; at most, they could only marvel at Orochimaru's strong chakra control, making him appear like an ordinary Jonin.

Yamanaka Hatsukyu went to the northern front in Orochimaru's place, while Orochimaru himself stayed in Konoha.

On the one hand, several experiments had reached a critical point, and he was unwilling to give up all his previous efforts.

On the other hand, it is necessary to deal with illicit experimental materials to prevent sudden reports from the roots.

Orochimaru agreed to Yamanaka Hatsukyu's request, so naturally he would seriously compete for the position of Fifth Hokage and not leave any openings for Shimura Danzo to exploit.

Just then, Shimura Danzo was appointed as the commander of the eastern front and left Konoha with a large number of Root ninjas, allowing Orochimaru to move freely within the village.

In just ten days, he will be able to erase all traces of himself, including the Wood Release bloodline limit fusion experiment he conducted in cooperation with Root.

But this experiment was his primary goal.

Yamanaka Chukyu told Orochimaru that the Root organization had not stopped experimenting even after sixty failed live experiments.

Because the experiment was not a complete failure, one of the sixty test subjects survived and awakened the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

Orochimaru believed Chu Jiu's words immediately and devised this substitution plan to retrieve the precious Wood Release Kekkei Genkai Awakening Experiment Subject.

He wasn't even going to take it directly; instead, he wanted to uncover the secret laboratory at the root, exposing all the darkness to the sunlight.

After the Root's evil deeds were exposed, Hiruzen Sarutobi, not wanting to be disgraced, had no choice but to sever ties between Root and Anbu and shift the blame to Danzo Shimura.

From then on, whenever Danzo accused Orochimaru of conducting human experiments, Hiruzen Sarutobi would first suspect that he was framing him.

The Wood Release bloodline limit test subject could not escape Orochimaru's grasp.

The Third Hokage obtained a Wood Release experimental subject, and whether to ensure the subject's health or to prove his own impartiality, he had to hand him over to Orochimaru for treatment.

The entire plan was meticulously calculated, and although it took several detours to obtain the Wood Release test subject, it also cleared Orochimaru's name and established a psychological defense against framing for him.

This is not Orochimaru's way of thinking, but rather Yamanaka Hatsukyu's suggestion.

From then on, the Third Hokage would inevitably fix his suspicious gaze on Shimura Danzo.

He will experience the feeling of being framed and unable to defend himself.

Thinking that Shimura Danzo was about to be in trouble, Yamanaka Hatsukyu couldn't help but laugh. Fortunately, the snake skin concealed him, preventing Orochimaru's character from collapsing.

After two days of frantic running, Yamanaka Chujiu and his group arrived at the northern front of the battlefield, the central camp of the Konoha front.

This place is 300 kilometers away from the border of the Land of Hot Springs.