Seeing Kakashi Hatake's condition, Yamanaka Inoichi knew things were going to get bad. He gave a cold shout to wake him up, and at the same time helped up the unconscious Shikaku Nara, preparing to leave as quickly as possible.
Struggling now is useless. Sarutobi Asuma is dead, and some news has already spread. They need to hurry back to the village and report the situation.
As for whether the Third Hokage will take his anger out on him for his son's death...
The current Konoha is still inseparable from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
They rise and fall together; at most, the three generations would just get a little trouble, but he wouldn't dare to wipe out the three clans outright.
As for Kakashi Hatake...
They couldn't care less about all that, and like those people just said, someone who would still help Konoha after his father was forced to his death...
At least within their families, people who disregard family interests and hatred are considered to have no value.
"Wait a minute, I want to know, do you have any evidence for what you just said?"
After regaining his senses, Kakashi Hatake shook his head at Inoichi Yamanaka, then turned back to look at the people who had been with Shikaku Nara. He needed to know where they had gone and what they had seen.
And what exactly happened to Sarutobi Asuma? We need to get more information about that.
"Of course there's evidence. We were taken to a place where a living Uchiha showed us the memories of the Third Hokage's son. These memories not only revealed the true culprits behind the destruction of the Senju and Uchiha clans, but also many secrets about Konoha. Your Hokage and leadership in Konoha are truly filthy!"
The bandaged man from Sunagakure was still smiling, his eyes fixed on Kakashi Hatake, his gaze full of mockery towards Konoha.
Anyway, one of Konoha's members is dead and the other is unconscious. The remaining two are no match for them, so there's nothing to fear.
Moreover, he was telling the truth, and everyone saw it!
"Could I have a copy of the evidence?"
Regardless of whether they were laughing or not, Kakashi Hatake only wanted to know if the information was true.
"I happen to have one here. Do you have any money with you? I'll sell you one. I'll make copies of the rest when I get back. Then the five great nations will put on a show so that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, can really make a name for himself!"
The person who had previously targeted Kakashi has stepped forward again, producing a videotape, ready to exchange money for goods.
"I don't have any money with me, so I'll owe you for now. You can come to me for the money later."
Kakashi took the videotape, but didn't pay him.
This is a mission, and an emergency one at that. Who would carry a lot of money with them?
"Fine, then. It's free. We'll be re-broadcasting it for free later anyway, so everyone gets a share today. We can't just offer discounts to Konoha. Come on, everyone take a few back and let others watch..."
This person seemed to be in a good mood. He said he wanted money, but then suddenly didn't want it anymore. Moreover, he sent a portion to the ninjas from the other villages as well.
Everyone was happy with the result, except for Kakashi, who was saddened.
However, the thought that everyone had witnessed some of the dirty schemes of the Third Hokage and the Konoha leadership suddenly stirred a secret excitement within him.
Just as the videotapes were being distributed and everyone was preparing to disperse, a rumbling sound suddenly came from upstream of the Valley of the End.
"It's Lord Raikage!"
The people of Kumogakure were the first to realize that the figure crackling with lightning was their Raikage.
At the same time, the others finally began to wonder what they had come here for.
The Raikage led his men to attack the Sound Village, but how did the battle end up at the Valley of the End?
Moreover, it's beyond their comprehension that anyone in the Sound Village could fight the Fourth Raikage to such an intense degree.
"Go and see who's fighting the Raikage!"
The representatives of the major ninja villages exchanged glances. At this point, they didn't dwell on their allegiance; since they were all just there to watch, they decided to go and see what was going on.
The three from Konoha also quickly appeared upstream, found a few treetops to stand on, and looked towards the center of the battle.
The Fourth Raikage is easy to recognize; he's the one with lightning-style armor, and there's no one else like him.
The other one is a bit scary. Is the one who clashed with the Raikage using taijutsu Orochimaru?
When did Orochimaru acquire such strength?
"That's Orochimaru... He uses taijutsu and Wood Release..."
Yamanaka Inoichi knew Orochimaru; they had both gone on missions together when they were young.
Looking at Orochimaru now, who was completely young and whose taijutsu was no weaker than Konoha's Might Guy, he suddenly felt his heart was a little confused.
Sound Ninja Village, Orochimaru.
What that boy told him before, about Otogakure becoming the strongest, might actually come true.
Looking down at the 'unconscious' Nara Shikaku, he seemed to know the answer, but he couldn't tell anyone.
I'll say hello to Choza Akimichi when I get back, and then just wait quietly.
"Wood Release?"
Orochimaru and taijutsu were of little interest to the other ninjas, who were currently only interested in Wood Release.
That belonged to Hashirama Senju, the only true Wood Release ninja in legend. Is a second one about to appear?
Or is it that Orochimaru was actually a descendant of the Senju clan when they were destroyed?
Having just received too much unusual information, these ninjas, currently in a state of wild imagination, have seen their thoughts drift in uncontrollable directions.
Chapter 287 Orochimaru is still Orochimaru after all.
"Eight Gates Formation..."
Kakashi Hatake removed his eyepatch, revealing his Sharingan.
He has discovered why Orochimaru can fight the Raikage using taijutsu.
That was the Eight Gates technique he had once seen on Might Guy.
Opening the eight gates within the body amplifies the body's power with each subsequent opening.
According to his observations, Orochimaru has now opened the Sixth Gate.
"You're saying that's the Eight Gates technique? The Eight Gates that Might Dai used to kick and destroy the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?"
Yamanaka Inoichi thought of Might Guy in the village, and naturally also thought of Might Dai, who made the Eight Gates technique famous.
Might Guy, who had been a genin of Konoha for many years, opened the Eight Gates and directly defeated the once-famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, giving taijutsu practitioners a great sense of satisfaction.
Unfortunately, that fame came at the cost of his life.
Later, only Might Guy practiced the Eight Gates technique, but he never saw the later gates open.
"That's the one..."
Kakashi watched Orochimaru gradually fall behind in the battle, wondering how many gates Orochimaru could open.
If he really opens the final gate of death, he should be no weaker than the Raikage, but the price he would pay is his life.
Orochimaru, one of the Konoha rogue ninja, is said to be an extremely cunning and treacherous individual.
This person's ability to establish a ninja village and develop profitable products has already exceeded many people's expectations. Would he really fight to the death for the village?
"As far as I know, the title of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha was earned through battle, right?"
Someone uttered a sigh, bringing back the impression of Orochimaru to the past when he had risked his life for Konoha.
The title of "Konoha's rogue ninja" is indeed very bad.
But that was before. Now that these people have heard what the Konoha leadership is like, they suddenly feel that there is something wrong with the title of Konoha traitor.
Some people even think that it's really abnormal that Kakashi is still risking his life for Konoha in his current state.
Working for the man who killed her husband—what family would raise such a son? Most people would probably think it would be better to have a placenta.
The battle continued, with a dozen or so people from the five great ninja villages watching from afar, discussing the fight while also mocking Konoha.
Regardless of their previous feelings, they have not realized that they have reached a completely similar state of mind when targeting Konoha.
Even the hatred that originally existed between individuals was temporarily set aside when it came to Konoha.
Above them, a long-haired little girl in spirit form was gracefully dancing, her movements accompanied by the sound of bells that only spirits could hear.
"The bell rings, the heart is in turmoil; the ritual dance, the illusory sound tugs at the heartstrings."
Ashura rested on Sasuke's shoulder as they watched the dance performed by Genin.
From the moment they entered that illusion space, Huan Yin began to perform a bewitching dance.
Those so-called replicated memories were just illusions created by Sasuke, of course, in conjunction with the past that Sarutobi Asuma himself had explained.
The idea of reading memories is fake.
However, he could make Sarutobi Asuma confess, and then erase that memory, which led to the subsequent effects.
All the high-ranking ninjas from these five great ninja villages, regardless of which one, were under bewitching and control from the moment they entered the illusion array surrounding the Sound Village.
To make it even more effective, Sasuke also used Shadow Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu to insert two inside agents, just to supplement information and stir up the atmosphere.
It seems to be working very well now, so well that Konoha will face countless attacks and targeting before he even graduates.
The Will of Fire's brainwashing ability is quite good, but Sasuke feels that it's still not enough.
After working with Aizen for several years, he preferred this combination of illusion and control, a dual approach to transforming people into what he wanted them to be.
"It's open! Orochimaru has opened the Gate of Death!"
When Ashura saw Orochimaru's body emitting a blinding white light, he jumped up excitedly and assumed a cat-like stance with his legs standing upright.
"Everyone's Eight Gates Formation is different. Orochimaru's Eight Gates Formation is really something to look forward to."
Sasuke was genuinely waiting to see the show, and of course, he had people prepare filming from all directions. From filming the battle just now to now, only this final step was left.
Hopefully, Orochimaru won't do anything strange; he doesn't want the promotional video to need to be reshot during post-production.
It wasn't just Sasuke watching; the ninjas below were also eagerly anticipating it.
The Eight Gates Formation is something that no one has ever seen since the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Now that they've seen him in person, even the few ninjas from Kumogakure are temporarily too preoccupied to care about their Raikage.
"A dragon? Orochimaru's Eight Gates Formation is actually a white dragon?"
Ashura wilted the moment he saw the white dragon appear.
He thought Orochimaru might have some new transformation, but it turned out to be just a dragon shape formed from gathered chakra.
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