Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

Volume 80: Chapter 4 (K) Both the inside and the outside

An Anbu ninja looked at the gate of the Senju Mansion in front of him and felt a lot of pressure. He raised his hand and put it down, raised his hand and put it down again, his fingers hesitating in front of the doorbell for a long time.

This was the order from the Hokage and the two advisors, and he had to carry it out.

However, this is the home of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who is known as the God of Ninja, so he must be very careful about his attitude.

This was the first time he had come through the main gate to look for someone since he became an Anbu ninja. In the past, he would appear quietly at the target's home.

"Hey! What are you doing at my doorstep?"

Tsunade put her hands on her hips and stared at the Anbu ninja with a bad look. Every time she saw these Anbu ninjas wearing masks on their faces, nothing good happened.

"You're here to find me, right?"

Orochimaru placed his hand on Tsunade's shoulder, stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Anbu, am I right?"

"Orochimaru, Hokage-sama asks you to go to the Hokage Building. Hokage-sama wishes to see you."

The Anbu ninja said respectfully that everyone in Konoha knew that Orochimaru was the one who should not be provoked.

Not only is she on good terms with the Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka clans, but the Ibri clan even addresses her as "Adult," not to mention the recent commotion that shocked the entire Konoha, allowing everyone to see how much Konoha values Orochimaru.

(Aburame Shisuke: What about us, the Aburame clan?)

"Sarutobi-sensei?"

Tsunade pulled Orochimaru behind her and said to the Anbu ninja, "What does Sarutobi-sensei want from Orochimaru? Could it be another troublesome matter?"

"I'm sorry I can't tell you."

The Anbu ninja said calmly.

"Is that so? Then I can't let Orochimaru go with you."

Tsunade was just making things difficult for this Anbu ninja. She felt that it was not a good thing for Sarutobi Sensei to ask Orochimaru to go to the Hokage Building. Besides, it was almost time for dinner, and she was really looking forward to Orochimaru cooking!

Besides, she had been begging Orochimaru for a long time before he agreed to this meal, so how could it end like this?

Facing Tsunade's challenge, the Anbu ninja looked at Orochimaru with help in his eyes. He really had no way to deal with Princess Tsunade. After all, her grandfather was the first Hokage and her second grandfather was the second Hokage. He really couldn't afford to offend her. He was just a small Anbu ninja!

"Don't worry, Tsunade. It's probably Sarutobi-sensei who wants to have a casual chat with me."

Orochimaru knew very well why Sarutobi Hiruzen sent the Anbu ninja to find her. It was simply because of the Hyuga clan's mess. She didn't want to get involved at all. A corrupt and inflexible clan would eventually rot.

Since Hinata Mio and the others did not betray her in that situation, Orochimaru doesn't mind settling the matter for them, provided that the Konoha high-level officials don't make a stupid decision.

"Then I'll go with you."

"Tsunade, go home and wait for me."

Orochimaru handed the food in his hand to Tsunade, and hugged her for a rare moment, just a gentle hug.

"It shouldn't take too long."

perhaps……

Orochimaru added in his mind, if the Konoha high-level officials did not intend to protect her.

Then, she would leave Konoha soon and perhaps never come back.

Go home and wait for me...

Tsunade took the ingredients handed to her by Orochimaru and was hugged by Orochimaru again. These words kept echoing in her head and she felt her face getting hotter and hotter.

After Orochimaru left with the Anbu ninja, Tsunade didn't know how she got back home.

"Tsuna, why is your face so red?"

Uzumaki Mito looked at Tsunade who walked in with a red face and a dazed expression.

"Ah! Blushing? Why would I blush? It's just too hot outside!"

Tsunade shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly.

"Where's Orochimaru? Didn't he go shopping for ingredients with you?"

Uzumaki Mito looked at the ingredients in Tsunade's hands. How come only one of the two people came back when they went out?

"Orochimaru! Sarutobi-sensei wants to see her, and I don't know why. It's so annoying!"

Tsunade said a little angrily, she was looking forward to the lunch made by Orochimaru!

"Tsuna, it's not good enough to always let Orochimaru cook. It's about time you learned a thing or two."

Uzumaki Mito had a kind smile on his face.

"Grandma, are you sure you want me to cook?"

Tsunade recalled the food she had cooked on a whim. It was no longer just unpalatable; it was simply impossible to swallow. It was a torture to put it in her mouth.

She didn't understand why she could make such bad food, as she had followed every step of the recipe given by Orochimaru.

Could it be that there's something wrong with the recipe Orochimaru gave me?

Tsunade, who had eaten Orochimaru's cooking countless times, was more inclined to believe that it was her own problem.

"Just kidding, forget it."

Uzumaki Mito thought of the black thing that Tsunade had cooked on a whim before. It was a dish called soy sauce chicken. It was really hard to describe. It was even more disgusting than the previous Bingliangmaru.

Hokage Building

"Sarutobi-sensei, Danzo-sama, and the two advisors."

Orochimaru came to the conference room and looked at the Konoha high-level officials gathered here with feigned surprise. His eyes fell on Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Sarutobi-sensei, what is it that you called me here for?"

Mitomon En looked at Orochimaru and said, "Orochimaru, you are closest to Hyūga Mio of the Hyuga clan. You should have heard about the civil unrest that took place in the Hyuga clan today."

"Were you the one who tampered with the caged bird seal? Orochimaru, I hope you can answer this question truthfully."

Utane Koharu asked.

"I didn't tamper with the caged bird curse?"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mito Kado En breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it had nothing to do with Orochimaru, it would be difficult to deal with if it had something to do with Orochimaru.

Isn't it too early to breathe a sigh of relief now?

Danzo Shimura, who already knew everything, observed the expressions on their faces and thought with glee.

Just as the three were rejoicing that it wasn't Orochimaru, they heard Orochimaru continue, "I studied the caged bird seal on Hinata Mio's forehead. I unlocked the caged bird seal and improved it. The new caged bird seal cannot be controlled by the main family of the Hyuga clan. The new caged bird seal exists only to protect the Byakugan."

They realized that they relaxed too early. Didn't this mean that nothing had been done?

This completely cracked the Caged Bird Curse, and also developed a new Caged Bird Curse based on the Caged Bird Curse!

If the head of the Hyuga clan knew about this, they would go crazy!

This is no longer just about shaking the foundation of the Hyuga clan, but directly uprooting the foundation of the Hyuga clan's main branch.

For a moment, the conference room fell silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mito Kado En looked at each other. They obviously had a lot to say, but it was as if they had been deprived of the right to speak. They couldn't say a single word they wanted to say.

Surprised? Shocked?

This was nothing to them as they had long guessed that Orochimaru might have tampered with the Caged Bird Seal. The only thing they didn't expect was that Orochimaru cracked the Caged Bird Seal and developed a new Caged Bird Seal.

Danzo Shimura took a sip of tea leisurely. He had known what was going on for a long time and was not surprised at all. After experiencing so many things, he would not be surprised by anything that happened to Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, you really gave us a difficult problem."

There was a hint of blame in Utane Koharu's eyes when she looked at Orochimaru, but she was not angry at all. On the contrary, her heart was filled with joy.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen dares to make a bad decision, let alone whether they will object, even the ninja clans that have received help from Orochimaru's research results will not ignore it. By then, it will not just be them sitting here, but the clan leaders of all the ninja clans.

"Orochimaru, have you not considered the consequences?"

Mizutomon En frowned slightly. He felt that Orochimaru was being too inconsiderate. She was just a child to begin with. How mature could she be?

"I want to study the caged bird curse seal, and Hinata Mio is willing to serve as a test subject for me to study the caged bird curse seal. I have no interest in the Hyuga clan's main and branch family system. She and I are just a cooperative relationship where we each get what we need."

Orochimaru said calmly.

"Orochimaru, why do you want to study the caged bird seal?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't understand why no one had ever wanted to study the Hyuga clan's caged bird seal.

"I've observed the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan's main and branch families. The main family's Byakugan has a 360-degree field of view, while the branch family's has a 359-degree field of view, with a blind spot extending 1° from the first thoracic vertebra to the back."

"I suspect this symptom is caused by the Caged Bird Curse affecting the optic nerves. This is why the branch family's byakuran has a 1° blind spot. Furthermore, the main family can activate the Caged Bird Curse to destroy the branch family's brain and byakuran."

"During that time, I was interested in medical ninjutsu and read a lot of books, so I wanted to study why the caged bird seal caused a 1-degree blind spot in the Byakugan..."

Orochimaru explained why he was interested in the Caged Bird Seal in the first place, how Hinata Mio rejected him, and why he found her later and agreed to let her study the Caged Bird Seal.

"That's how I became interested in the Caged Bird Seal and began researching it."

Orochimaru concealed the fact that Danzo Shimura had provided her with books related to the curse seal.

They were silent as they listened to Orochimaru's words. Every research result of Orochimaru started from her interest, including the caged bird seal.

"Orochimaru, caged bird seal..."

Danzo Shimura had no interest in the Hyuga clan's caged bird seal before, but since Orochimaru had completely cracked it, he became interested in it.

To put it bluntly, he wanted to use Orochimaru's research results. The Caged Bird Seal is extremely convenient in terms of punishment. It is a terrible seal that can make people dare not show their rebellious thoughts and can only obey orders obediently!

"Danzo-sama, I cannot give you anything about the caged bird seal."

Orochimaru knew exactly what Shimura Danzo was thinking, and continued, "Including Sarutobi-sensei and the two advisors, I hope you can understand that I have no interest in changing the system of the Hyuga clan's main and branch families, nor do I want the results of my research to appear on someone else's forehead one day in the future."

She doesn't mind her research results being used, but the premise is that her research results will not become a tool for others to oppress others. It is obvious that the Caged Bird Curse is such a tool that will become an oppression tool if it falls into the hands of others.

"Well, I'm just a little curious."

Danzo Shimura coughed lightly and said that he thought he was a little too impatient. After all, facing the temptation of the Caged Bird Curse, who could not be tempted?

"The Hyuga clan's main family wants us to find the person who tampered with the caged bird seal."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru and asked, "Orochimaru, what are you going to do?"

"Sarutobi-sensei, Danzo-sama, and the two advisors, what are your plans? Do you want me to be handed over to the main Hyuga clan, or do you want me to help the Hyuga clan branch gain freedom and truly integrate into Konoha?"

A smile appeared on Orochimaru's quiet and cold little face. The parasitic insects with the Flying Thunder God technique were distributed in Konoha and the forests near Konoha. As long as she wanted, she could pick up the bucket and run away at any time, and she could also use the Flying Thunder God technique to go to the Land of Waves.

Because of this, even if there was a very small probability that they decided to hand her over to the main family of the Hyuga clan, she could still run away in front of them, taking away some people and all the forbidden scrolls in the forbidden technique room. It was not impossible.

Thinking about it this way, the benefits of running away would be much higher than staying in Konoha, especially those extremely precious forbidden scrolls. It's just that doing so is a bit too...

She, Orochimaru, is not an ungrateful person, right?

"Orochimaru, how are you going to resolve the issue between the Hyuga clan's main and branch families? The Hyuga clan's main family won't be easily persuaded. They won't give up control of the branch families."

Utane Koharu waved at Orochimaru and expressed her position very directly. When it came to the Hyuga clan's caged bird curse, she stood on Orochimaru's side.

Orochimaru walked over to Utane Koharu, thought for a moment, and said, "The feud between the Hyuga clan's main and branch families has been going on for a long time. The hatred has been accumulated over the years. The main family will definitely not tolerate the branch family, who have been driven and oppressed by them, becoming equals. It's impossible to persuade them."

"If I were to do it, I would replace the caged bird seal on the foreheads of all the branch family members. The main family would no longer be able to control them through the caged bird seal. At that time, would the main family of the Hyuga clan still stick to their current ideas?"

Orochimaru looked at the expressions on their faces and continued, "The main family would actively seek peace in order to prevent the branch family from being blinded by hatred from being killed. If you appear at this time to take charge of the situation, the Hyuga clan's system of main and branch families will naturally become useless. And you will not arouse the vigilance of other ninja clans by intervening in the Hyuga clan's affairs. On the contrary, the entire Hyuga clan will be grateful to you for appearing in time to take charge of the situation and avoid bloodshed."

"Then do as Orochimaru says!"

Utane Koharu hugged Orochimaru and rubbed her hair. She was very satisfied with Orochimaru's plan to cut the Gordian knot. It was exactly what she wanted.

"Indeed, this is the best way."

Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe, took a puff, and slowly exhaled the smoke.

If he handed over his beloved disciple, wouldn't that be asking for his life?

He was sure that as soon as he made this decision, Lord Mito and the clan leaders of various tribes would come to put pressure on him.

Orochimaru's research results brought real financial benefits to various ninja clans and also contributed to the improvement of Konoha's overall strength.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also thought Orochimaru's plan was a good one. It allowed Konoha's high-ranking officials to gain both financial and personal benefits. While not interfering in the Hyuga clan's internal affairs, they also had the opportunity to abolish the Hyuga clan's unreasonable system of main and branch families.

They came forward to avoid bloody conflict. The Hyuga clan, whether it is the main family or the branch family, are all members of Konoha. How could they watch the main family and the branch family of the Hyuga clan fighting each other until blood flowed like a river?

Volume 81: Chapter : A Cry for Freedom

"If you think it's okay, then leave this matter to me. In order to better complete this plan, I need to meet with the branches of the Hyuga clan."

The most important and crucial part of Orochimaru's plan is when the conflict between the Hyuga clan's branch family and the main family is about to break out, and Hyuga Mio and others are very suitable to lead the branch family to fight against the main family.