Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

Even though the doubts about the Third Hokage had just surfaced, they were enough to send chills down the spines of the Konoha ninjas.

That's the Third Hokage! To question him is utterly rebellious!

But this thought just kept popping up, and I couldn't suppress it no matter what I did.

The Konoha ninjas found it strange; they weren't usually like this. Could it be that they were already so dissatisfied with the Third Hokage?

Of course there was dissatisfaction. The Third Hokage, Inui, had so many troublesome things that anyone would inevitably encounter or know a little about.

But Konoha Village is so large, and there are so many Konoha ninjas, and the Sarutobi clan didn't expand to the exaggerated extent it would have been twelve years later, so individual Konoha ninjas knew very little.

Although they all felt upset, they both thought it was just a minor matter.

After all, Konoha Village was so prosperous, the number of Konoha ninjas was increasing, and they were victorious in the end.

This was indeed a huge shock. The Konoha ninjas fought with their lives on the line, sacrificing the lives of thousands of their comrades, and finally managed to defeat the Cloud Village army.

However, the appearance of the Cloud Village ninja meant that the Third Hokage would casually say "for peace" and erase everyone's efforts and sacrifices.

All the Konoha ninjas felt uneasy, but it wasn't enough to shake the Third Hokage's prestige, and it shouldn't have caused such a turbulent situation.

This unusual situation is because Chu Jiu from the mountains has returned.

Uchiha Shisui carried him and caught up with the raiding force, traveling nearly 300 kilometers westward before returning to the new Konoha defense line.

When they were still several kilometers away from the defensive line, Yamanaka Chuku felt the emotional fluctuations of the Konoha ninjas, and he almost instinctively began to provoke them.

Honestly, he didn't mean it at first.

In the past few days, Shan Zhongchujiu has been almost constantly sensing emotions, locating enemies, provoking their emotional fluctuations, and calming his own people.

He had already made it a habit.

However, what started as habitual provocation became a deliberate act of Yamazaka Chuju afterward to continue stirring up emotions.

He realized that the emergence of doubts about the Third Hokage among the Konoha ninjas must have been orchestrated by Orochimaru in secret.

Whether his Orochimaru teacher did it for him or for his own sake, it perfectly aligned with his purpose.

Given this, Yamanaka Chukyu naturally had to secretly encourage this emotion to continue brewing, using it to solidify the seeds of thought against the Third Hokage.

Once this seed is planted, all sorts of outrageous actions by the Third Hokage will become the nutrients for the seed to sprout and grow.

When this seed grows into a towering tree, it will be easy to take down the Third Hokage, and then, using the crimes of the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura as a pretext, completely overthrow the power structure of Konoha.

Yamanaka Chujiu's lips curled up slightly, a smile that, though seemingly genuine, revealed a hint of ferocity.

That's right. Since we're pushing Orochimaru to become Hokage, we need to take advantage of his dislike of politics and completely change the system of Konoha Village.

The purpose of such a grand undertaking is, of course, to promote the transformation of the ninja's role from a pure killer and consumer to an all-around role that combines producer and researcher, thus completely occupying a key ecological niche in society.

I believe Orochimaru, the greatest scientist in the ninja world, would be very happy to see the changes in ninjas.

Yamanaka Hatsukyu's second goal was to use Konoha as a base to completely unify the core area of ​​the ninja world, namely the five great nations and all the smaller nations sandwiched between them.

With over 90% of the ninja world's population concentrated in this core area, the cost of governance is relatively low, making it possible to establish a highly centralized superpower.

Only a superpower like this can gather enough intelligence and manpower to develop a sufficiently powerful military to fight against the future Otsutsuki clan from outer space.

As for the Six Paths Immortals in the Pure Land who remain immortal even after death...

All I want to say is that the dead should just sleep peacefully!

If a hero like the First Hokage wanted to briefly awaken and see the new world, he could welcome him.

If the Sage of Six Paths still wants to use his son's soul as a tool to continue manipulating the fate and history of the ninja world, then he is indulging in wishful thinking!

Thinking of this, Shan Zhongchu felt a surge of pride and his heart was filled with energy.

Suddenly, he was startled: When did I become so positive?

Am I really a good person?

Was it because I was truly a good person that my thoughts actively entangled with Uchiha Shisui back then?

Pooh!

You're the good person!

Your whole family are good people!

Shan Zhongchu Jiu thought hard with a dark face, "I also have my own selfish motives!"

With a superpower as a foundation, Lao Tzu was able to expand the Rising Sun Organization to the entire ninja world, promote his faith through education, and thus become a god through his faith!

In this world where power resides within oneself, one has no right to live without the overwhelming force of violence and the strength to stand alone against the Otsutsuki clan.

So, I'm working hard just to survive!

Shan Zhongchujiu convinced himself in this way.

He doesn't want to be a good person; being a good person is just too difficult.

People naturally like to be close to good people, but they also have an instinct to destroy them.

Purely good people are like blank sheets of paper. Even if they are slandered and smeared, everyone will stare at the filth and despise the innocent good people.

Good people never have a good ending!

Sakumo Hatake was a good person, and Shisui Uchiha was a good person too; they both met terrible ends.

Shan Zhong Chu Jiu would never be a good person, but he also doesn't want to be a bad person!

Bad people like Danzo Doshimura are like foul-smelling latrines; no one can like them no matter what.

Even if it's useful, it can only be used as a rag, specifically for dealing with dirty and smelly garbage, and in the end, it will be disposed of as even dirtier garbage.

Shan Zhongchu Jiu wanted to appear as someone with both good and bad qualities, a complex mix, but ultimately leaning towards the light.

After all, the world is inherently a colorful mix of grays.

Under the protection of the Konoha ninja, the Kumogakure ninja arrived at Konoha in less than a day.

The arrival of the Cloud Village ninjas, who were engaged in war, naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Orochimaru's ninjas took the opportunity to spread the news of a key victory on the northern front and the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure's request for peace.

In an instant, the entire Hidden Leaf Village was detonated.

The heavy burden on the hearts of the ninjas and villagers vanished, and all their worries turned into ecstasy.

Countless villagers spontaneously took to the streets, gathering in the square in front of the Hokage Building, chanting victory slogans.

Of course, there are also slogans like "Long live Lord Orochimaru".

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in his office, listening to the villagers' cheers and slogans, sometimes smiling, sometimes with a complex expression.

Danzo Shimura quietly entered and said to his old classmate, "Are you worried that Orochimaru's reputation is too high and will affect the balance of the village?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a puff of smoke softly: "Yes."