Konoha: From meeting Kaguya Otsutsuki

Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly startled. After a long while, he looked at Sasuke deeply and said slowly, "What you need to think about is, after the Uchiha clan was exterminated, who benefited the most and who gained the most. That is the truth that is closest to the facts."

Sasuke's mind was a mess, and he counted on his fingers what had happened in the village after the Uchiha clan was exterminated.

With his circle of friends, he naturally couldn't understand the changes in the various families after the Uchiha clan was exterminated.

He only remembers some major events.

After the Uchiha clan was exterminated, didn't what happened was that Tsunade suddenly appeared and the Third Hokage lost power before her?

Is there anything else? No.

But how does this connect with the annihilation of the Uchiha clan? There seems to be no connection.

Sasuke racked his brains to figure it out, so he asked tentatively: "...the fifth Hokage who is about to take office?"

"..." Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer. His expression was calm. He neither admitted nor denied it.

Sasuke was even more frantic.

What is the truth?

After a long time, the expression on his face turned cold.

The person who killed people was Uchiha Itachi. No matter what, he could not escape his responsibility.

"Teacher Jiraiya, the third-generation grandfather is not dead..."

Naruto ran out of Orochimaru's base, walked into a room, and shouted inside.

In the room, Jiraiya was stunned when he heard this, and then he immediately realized that it must be Orochimaru who used the Impure World Reincarnation.

His heart was full of anger.

Orochimaru, I told you a long time ago not to do that kind of thing.

Chapter 136 Death is just a new beginning

"Naruto, Sarutobi Sensei is dead." Jiraiya said earnestly.

"No, I saw it all." Naruto kept shaking his head.

Jiraiya sighed, he knew Naruto didn't want to believe that the Third Hokage was dead.

But that's the fact. What's the point of indulging in false lies?

After much thought, he decided to take Naruto to see the truth.

After wandering outside for a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to where Orochimaru was.

Five unconscious ninjas were thrown in by Orochimaru's men.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't understand, so he just asked, "Orochimaru, why did you revive me?"

"Teacher Sarutobi, don't you want to continue living?" Orochimaru said lightly.

"I am attached to the world, but I definitely don't want to live this way."

Orochimaru observed his expression carefully and found that he had no intention of taking action, so he temporarily put his mind at ease, laughed and ignored him.

He pulled out another scroll containing materials.

Orochimaru collected the flesh and blood of many ninjas. In addition to top-level strong ones like the Third Hokage and the Fourth Raikage, the rest was the flesh and blood of some ordinary ninjas.

These people were mainly used by him to experiment with the sophistication of the Impure World Reincarnation.

According to Orochimaru's speculation, the Impure World Reincarnation should be like his Living Corpse Reincarnation. When a person is summoned too many times, it will cause damage to the soul.

Orochimaru certainly doesn't care what happens to the souls of the dead, he just doesn't want the Impure World Reincarnation of those top strong men to fail to meet his expectations.

Therefore, ordinary experiments are usually completed by ninjas of little value.

"Orochimaru, what do you want to do?" Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.

He knew most of the ninjutsu in Konoha Village, including the forbidden ones.

The moment Orochimaru formed hand seals, he understood that Orochimaru was using the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.

"Teacher Jiraiya, you see, what I said was right."

Naruto's voice came.

Jiraiya followed in his footsteps.

The moment he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen, he was indeed in mixed emotions and didn't know how to face it.

Jiraiya opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Only a few days had passed, but when he saw his teacher again, he felt as if centuries had passed since that day.

The technique of Impure World Reincarnation is not only a blasphemy to the dead, but also a mockery of the living.

Surprise, reunion? No.

What do life and death really mean?

"Jiraiya, why do you have that expression? Death is just a new beginning." Orochimaru's teasing voice came into his ears.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and was about to say something.

Orochimaru had completed the hand seals, and the bodies of the ninjas lying on the ground began to change visibly.

The originally normal skin turned into a paper-like texture, and even the appearance became that of another person.

This was the first time Naruto had seen the entire process of Impure World Reincarnation. He stared at the scene blankly and asked aloud, "Why did they become another person?"

"One life for another. This is how Sarutobi Sensei was resurrected." Orochimaru said calmly without any warmth in the words.

Jiraiya frowned, "Orochimaru..."

Before he could finish his words, Orochimaru interrupted calmly, "Jiraiya, the one who needs my help is you."

"Besides, they may be the ones who can help you the most in the future." Orochimaru said meaningfully.

Jiraiya was suddenly speechless.

Even if it went against his own principles, he really had no right to say anything to Orochimaru.

"Teacher Sarutobi, in order to prevent you from causing trouble, I can only let you go to rest."

After saying that, he put a kunai engraved with a talisman into the back of Sarutobi Hiruzen's head.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes suddenly became dull.

Naruto was confused.

However, Orochimaru's words of one life for another were kept in mind by him.

Are all those people just now dead?

Thinking of this, he felt a little uncomfortable and his impression of Orochimaru was greatly reduced.

"Why, are you two going to stay here and watch me do the experiment?" Orochimaru spoke when he saw that the master and disciple didn't want to leave.

"Naruto, wait for me outside." Jiraiya said.

Naruto left obediently.

"Orochimaru, let Sarutobi teacher return to the pure land." Jiraiya said in a deep voice after Naruto left.

"It would be more meaningful for Sarutobi-sensei to stay here than in the Pure Land." Orochimaru not only did not do as he said, but also mocked him, "Jiraiya, you must not die, or I will summon you."

"..."

"Honestly, Jiraiya, do you know them? Do you know why they were chosen by Kaguya?"

Jiraiya was speechless.

"So, you are always losing, and you and Naruto are like headless flies, bumping into walls everywhere, and getting entangled in some trivial things."

"You have nothing now. Even if you go to someone and tell them the so-called truth, no one will listen."

"In the past you were one of Konoha's Sannin, the Hokage's apprentice, you had fame and status, so people were willing to listen to you. Now that's no longer possible."

Jiraiya's expression changed for a while, and then he asked: "Orochimaru, what do you want to say by saying this?"

"I am just reminding you that I am not your enemy, and I am not the one you should restrain."

Before you manage the world, you should manage yourself first.

After scolding Jiraiya, Orochimaru continued his experiment.

Try adjusting the refinement of the Impure World Reincarnation.

He always felt that he couldn't call out the chakra of the tailed beasts in the body of the tailed beast Jinchuriki because his current Impure World Reincarnation was not perfect enough.

Even if the tailed beast is stripped away, it is impossible to extract all the chakra.

Before I knew it, Jiraiya had quietly left.

Orochimaru called an assistant and said, "Go collect the information and intelligence of all the previous Jinchūriki and give it to me. From the One-Tail to the Nine-Tail, I want them all."

"I obey my orders."

"Ninety-nine percent of the cells in White Zetsu's body are the same as Hashirama's cells, but Senju Hashirama only lived for less than a hundred years. The peculiarities in them are probably due to the sacred tree. Moreover, according to Jiraiya and the others, even if they have bloodline limits like the Hyuga, they can still copy perfectly. If..."

After his subordinates left, Orochimaru said to himself.

...

In the following days, Orochimaru continued to experiment with human lives in an attempt to improve the Impure World Reincarnation.

Even Naruto, who didn't pay much attention, could always see corpses being carried out one after another, and he felt more and more uncomfortable.

"Teacher Jiraiya, why didn't you stop it?"

Jiraiya didn't respond until Naruto asked for the third time, then he whispered something to himself.

The sound of the wind drifted into his ears, Naruto didn't hear it clearly, but the package on Jiraiya caught his attention, "Teacher Jiraiya, where are you going?"

"I'm going to the Rain Country."

"Teacher Jiraiya, aren't you taking me with you?"

"Just a few days."

Chapter 137: The Land of Rain

"Jiraiya, are you leaving?" Orochimaru appeared and asked.

Jiraiya nodded.

"Capture a few more White Zetsu, preferably alive. The alive ones are the most valuable for research." Orochimaru said calmly.

Jiraiya looked at him with a strange expression, always feeling that he was working for Orochimaru.

Retracting his thoughts, Jiraiya left calmly.

Naruto looked at Orochimaru who was still standing there, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Orochimaru chuckled and simply said, "Naruto, every war has its sacrifices."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Naruto couldn't comprehend the meaning of these words for a moment.

He still felt very uncomfortable.

Why would Sensei Jiraiya let me stay here?

Why do we have to cooperate with such a pervert who kills people at will?

He still couldn't figure it out.

"What do you want to tell me again?" In the training ground, Sasuke turned around and looked at Naruto who had been staring at his back.

"Sasuke, don't you think Orochimaru is disgusting? He is using living people for experiments. Why should we be with such a person..."

Before Naruto finished speaking, Sasuke understood what he meant. He suddenly smiled with obvious sarcasm on his face.

"It's very simple. Either you defeat him and save those people, or you leave here and forget about it. It's unnecessary and hypocritical to worry about these things when you can't do anything."

Naruto was startled, "I..."

"Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do. I'm not as idle as you. I have goals and things to do." Sasuke said coldly.