Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

The intelligence ninjas who took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Konoha looked at the crashed aerial fortress in shock and passed on the collected intelligence through various means.

Utane Koharu and Mitokado En watched Orochimaru put away the thermos that sealed the Zero-Tails, and they seemed to be hesitant to speak, as they really wanted Orochimaru to hand over the Zero-Tails.

They are well aware of the power of the Zero-Tails. It is equivalent to a tailed beast created using the Nine-Tails. If the Zero-Tails can be used well, it will greatly enhance Konoha's strength.

But it was Orochimaru who sealed the Zero-Tails, so they couldn't say this out loud.

It was Orochimaru who destroyed the Sky Ninja Aerial Fortress, and it was also Orochimaru who sealed the Zero Tail. Even if they wanted Orochimaru to hand over the Zero Tail, they couldn't ask now.

Danzo Shimura looked at the expressions on Utane Koharu and Mitokado En's faces and knew what they were thinking. He didn't care. As long as it didn't pose a threat to Konoha, it didn't matter whether it was Zero Tail or not, it wouldn't be a bad thing in Orochimaru's eyes.

The ninja troops from the western, northern and eastern borders of the Fire Nation retreated. The Konoha ninjas who went to meet them still don't understand what they were doing. It was not until they returned to Konoha that they learned that Konoha had been attacked by the Sora Ninjas, and that Konoha won a great victory in this war between them.

These ninjas who rushed back from the border were in such a miserable state.

The ruins of the sky fortress are strictly guarded and no one is allowed to approach.

The ninjas of Anbu and Root searched the ruined aerial fortress, hoping to find something useful. It would be even better if they could crack the secret of the aerial fortress.

No one noticed that an inconspicuous snake in the corner was quietly passing by with a scroll with the word "secret" written on it in its mouth.

Hokage Building, Hokage Office.

"What's the situation in the Uzushiogakure Village?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Anbu ninjas he sent to the Whirlpool Country. He hoped that he was worrying too much. The action of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure was to create an opportunity for the Sky Ninja to attack Konoha.

"Hokage-sama... Uzushiogakure was destroyed. I saw the bodies of ninjas from the four major ninja villages in Uzushiogakure."

The Anbu ninja truthfully told everything he saw in the ruins of the Hidden Uzushio Village.

The pipe in Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth fell onto the table, sparks flew, and the burning tobacco scattered on the desk and documents, setting the paper documents on fire.

"how so……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his eyes wide, unwilling to believe that the Uzushiogakure Village, which had been on good terms with Konoha for generations, was destroyed just like that.

The documents began to burn, and the flames shone on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face. He sat decadently in the chair, looking at the burning documents on the desk.

"Lord Hokage!"

The Anbu ninja was frightened by this scene and couldn't help but shout loudly.

In an instant, several Anbu ninjas appeared in the Hokage's office and hurriedly put out the fire.

Volume 117: Chapter 4 (K) From Cooperation to Enmity

Bang—the cup of water in her hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. A faint medicinal fragrance filled the air. This was the medicinal tea prepared by Orochimaru for her, which had a calming effect on her health.

"Hiruzen, what did you just say?"

Uzumaki Mito put down the teapot, sat in the chair and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen. She hoped she had heard it wrong.

"Miyato-sama... Uzushiogakure was destroyed. When I sent the Anbu there, it was already destroyed. Judging from the bodies left at the scene, it was a joint action by Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure... The information that you are the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has been leaked."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously that he had thought about hiding it from Lord Mito, but he thought that the correspondence between Lord Mito and the Uzushiogakure Village would be exposed soon, and he could not risk forging letters. Instead of deceiving Lord Mito, he chose to tell the truth.

Until now, he still hasn't found out who leaked the news that Mito-sama is the Jinchūriki.

"I understand. Hiruzen, if you have nothing else to do, leave."

Uzumaki Mito closed her eyes, her voice was a little low and no emotion could be heard.

The Uzumaki clan's sealing technique...

Uzumaki Mito knew very well why the four major ninja villages invaded the Uzushiogakure in this way. She was able to seal the Nine-Tails perfectly and suppressed it for many years without it going out of control.

These alone are enough to make the four major ninja villages want to kill the Uzushio Village.

Whether it's the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique or the Uzumaki clan's bloodline...

But...it was me who brought destruction to the Hidden Uzushio Village...I was the one who became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki...

"Yes, Mito-sama, I would like to take my leave now. I will come back to inform you if there is any new news."

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and left, thinking about returning home and asking Biwako to come over to check on Lord Mito in case anything happened.

Uzumaki Mito sat quietly on the chair, his hands on the table, recalling his life in the Uzushiogakure Village. His heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife, and before he knew it, his face was covered with tears.

Kyuubi sensed the sadness in Uzumaki Mito's heart and didn't dare to offend her at this time. Life was already hard enough, and it didn't want to make its own life even more miserable.

(The Nine-Tails was sealed in Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kushina one after another. It was really suffering every minute and every second. It was better in Uzumaki Naruto's body. Many people on the Internet said that the Nine-Tails killed Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, and Uzumaki Naruto could forgive it...

I just wonder, how can they survive if the Nine-Tailed Fox doesn’t extend its claws?

One of them died without a tailed beast, and the other's soul was in the stomach of the god of death. In any case, they died. Why is it blamed on the Nine-Tails? If the Nine-Tails took the blame, then the blame would be the Nine-Tails's?

It's really selective blindness!)

"Mito-chan, crying is bad for your health."

A white handkerchief was handed to Uzumaki Mito.

"Orochimaru, why are you here?"

Uzumaki Mito took the handkerchief and wiped the tears from her face.

"Mother-in-law Mito, there is something I hope you can keep secret."

Orochimaru originally didn't intend to tell it. After the people of Uzushio Village in Wave Country recovered, the news of them in Wave Country would definitely spread to Konoha and the major ninja villages. But when she saw Grandma Mito so sad, she felt sorry for her.

"what's up?"

Uzumaki Mito's voice was a little hoarse.

"You have to promise me first before I tell you."

"Okay, I promise you."

Seeing that Orochimaru was so serious and insisted that she agree, Uzumaki Mito realized that what she was about to say was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Is it...

Uzumaki Mito thought of the close relationship between Orochimaru and Uzumaki Chigusa, and a glimmer of hope arose in her heart.

"The survivors of the Hidden Uzushio Village are in the Land of Waves, at the White Snake Medical Technology Company."

"Orochimaru, are you telling the truth?"

Uzumaki Mito looked at Orochimaru in surprise. The Uzushiogakure Village was destroyed. She thought that all the people in the Uzushiogakure Village had been killed by ninjas from other villages.

"Mother-in-law Mito, before I returned to Konoha, I went to the Uzushiogakure Village... I sent them to the White Snake Medical Technology Company. Because of my relationship with the company, the company took in the survivors of the Uzushiogakure Village."

Orochimaru nodded and said that everything she said was true and not a single word was a lie.

"Orochimaru, you kid!"

Uzumaki Mito hugged Orochimaru excitedly, expressing her gratitude to her for helping the Uzushio Village and feeling relieved.

If it weren't for Orochimaru, the people of Uzushiogakure might...

"It's nothing, it's what I should do, it's just..."

Orochimaru put his finger in front of his mouth and continued, "Mother-in-law Mito, you must remember what you promised me not to tell anyone about this. No matter what choice the people of Uzushio Village will make... please don't interfere too much."

"I see."

Uzumaki Mito showed a kind and gentle smile on her face. She touched Orochimaru's head and found that she had become a little smaller than before, from 18 years old to 16 years old, and she had shrunk a lot.

"Orochimaru, why did you become smaller?"

Uzumaki Mito pinched her arm and cheek in surprise. This was not a transformation, but a shrinking of the body.

"Maybe it's because of the Sage Mode. I'll become more mature when I enter Sage Mode."

Orochimaru exited Sage Mode and his body became a little smaller, but he did not return to his 14-year-old appearance but to 16.

"Orochimaru, you already know about the existence of the tailed beasts. What are you going to do with the sealed Zero-Tails?"

Uzumaki Mito's mood improved a lot when she thought of the Zero Tail that was sealed in the thermos by Orochimaru using the Ryoji Seal.

In the Hidden Village of Uzushio, the Yin-Yang Seal is also called the Yin-Yang Seal. It requires two casters to perform. It is a relatively special seal. One caster uses Yang Release Chakra to form a Yang seal technique, and the other caster uses Yin Release Chakra to form a Yin seal technique.

The Yin-Yang Sealing Technique combines the Liang Yi Seal to form a sealing technique whose sealing power will not weaken with the passage of time. However, the sealing effect is not as good as the Four Symbols Seal, and it also requires the caster to be proficient in using Yang Release Chakra and Yin Release Chakra.

Therefore, in the Uzushiogakure Village, there are very few people who master this seal.

At the beginning, when she was teaching Orochimaru the sealing technique, she didn't expect that Orochimaru could master the Yin-Yang Seal.

"Grandma! I'm hungry!"

The two-year-old Rope Tree, like a little carrot, staggered into the hall, and his eyes lit up when he saw Orochimaru.

"Sister Orochimaru!"

Nawaki quickened his pace and almost performed a fall in front of Orochimaru.

Orochimaru reached out and picked up Naoki, who was almost lying on the ground. He poked his cheek with his finger and said, "Naoki, I've told you many times not to run around in the house."

"whee……"

Nawaki bared his teeth and showed a smile exactly the same as Tsunade's when she was a child. He soon noticed that Orochimaru was different from before.

"Sister Orochimaru, what's wrong with you?"

"I've grown a lot since I last saw you."

"growing up?"

Shengshu tilted his head, not quite understanding these overly complicated words.

"Granny Mito, don't worry, I'm just interested in Zero Tail's huge vitality." She was a little interested in the regeneration technique of that guy named Shennong.

Orochimaru put down the rope tree without saying the second half of the sentence.

She summoned many snakes and searched for things related to forbidden techniques in the ruins of the aerial fortress right under the noses of the Anbu and Root ninjas.

She was quite interested in how Shennong used part of the Nine-Tail's flesh and blood to create the Zero-Tail, and was even more interested in how to utilize the Zero-Tail's huge vitality and chakra.

If we figure out all this, maybe we can use Zero Tail's vitality to fill the gap in Uzumaki Nano's vitality.

She can also conduct some experiments with Zero Tail to accelerate her research in biotechnology.

I have to say, Zero Tail is a big treasure.

Hokage Building, Hokage Office.

"The Zero-Tails was sealed by Orochimaru. Could it be that... you want to..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Mitokado En and Utane Koharu who suddenly brought up the matter of the Zero Tail.

"The demise of the Hidden Uzushio Village has sounded the alarm for us. Konoha needs to improve its strength as soon as possible. How long can the barely maintained peace last?"

Mito Kado En wanted to use the Zero-Tails to increase Konoha's strength. Think about how Shennong used the Zero-Tails to hold back the four of them. Even though they had consumed a lot of chakra to push the aerial fortress out of Konoha before that, it was an indisputable fact that he fought them alone for so long.

"Huruzen, I agree with Yan on this point. Last time... when the Second Hokage, Tobirama-sama, was still around, the ninja villages from various countries joined forces to attack Konoha... Who can guarantee that after this action, they will not join forces to attack Konoha again next time?"

Utane Koharu knew very well that now was not the time to say these words after the Uzushiogakure Village was destroyed, but for the sake of Konoha, there were some things that had to be considered.

"You guys tell Orochimaru that I can't force her to hand over the Zero Tail."

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew very well what they were worried about, but even if he was the Hokage, how could he force Orochimaru to hand over the Zero Tail?

Not to mention that Orochimaru destroyed the Sky Ninja's aerial fortress, eliminating Konoha's biggest threat, and even sealed the Zero-Tails. The reason why there were not too many casualties in the village this time was also because of the regeneration pills she developed.

Considering Orochimaru's contributions to Konoha, forcing her to hand over the Zero-Tails would be foolish, and he couldn't do such a thing.

"I just hope Orochimaru can see the crisis Konoha is facing and be willing to hand over the Zero-Tails."

Utane Koharu was also unsure, and to be honest she didn't want to make her relationship with Orochimaru too awkward.

"Give it a try..."

Mitomon En was also well aware of Orochimaru's contribution to Konoha.

Compared to Zero Tail, Orochimaru is obviously more important.

Not long after, Orochimaru walked out of the Hokage Building, his cold face was slightly gloomy. How could she hand over the Zero Tail if she wanted to study it?

You can guess with your toes what they are thinking. They have just witnessed the power displayed by Shennong using the Zero Tail, and they think how great it would be if this power could be used by Konoha.

Orochimaru didn't care what they thought. The Zero Tail fell into her hands, and it was hers. If he wanted to force her to hand over the Zero Tail...

Given the irreproducibility of the Zero Tail, Orochimaru is ready to run away.

She used the Flying Thunder God Technique to place the forehead protector on the Hokage's desk, and Orochimaru was no longer a ninja!