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#358 - The Return of Snake

"Spring Autumn, you should already know about Sasuke's situation, right? Do you think he really betrayed Konoha? Also, Sasuke, why did he assassinate Lord Danzo?"

Inside the Hokage's office, while Jiraiya spread out the Pain's Six Paths intelligence flowchart drawn by Liang Yue in front of everyone, and personally explained to Tsunade, the Third Hokage, as well as Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado and other high-level Konoha officials about their experience in Amegakure.

Naruto came to his side and asked with a face full of doubt.

While speaking, his tone also carried a hint of undisguised disappointment.

To be honest, Liang Yue found it difficult to understand Naruto's obsession with friendship.

Anyway, from childhood to adulthood, he himself had never had such an exaggerated attachment to the feelings between companions.

Perhaps this has something to do with Naruto's childhood experience, or perhaps it is his personality.

In short, in the original plot, the entire storyline of the Naruto world in the later stages was mostly composed of events triggered directly or indirectly by the Konoha group, led by this little blonde, in search of Sasuke.

Originally, Liang Yue thought that with his intervention and the elimination of Orochimaru as a cause, this entire plot would collapse.

Unexpectedly, although Sasuke left Konoha a few years later, he ultimately did not escape the identity of a missing-nin.

"Maybe it's related to his own affairs. After all, over the years, Sasuke has never given up on avenging the Uchiha clan."

"As for Danzo, it's probably related to this matter as well, but Sasuke's departure is indeed a bit strange and needs to be thoroughly investigated."

According to Tsunade's previous statement, the cause of this matter may be that Orochimaru told Sasuke some information from back then.

As a former high-level figure and powerful figure in Konoha Village, Lord Orochi naturally knew the whole story of the Uchiha clan's extermination.

It is also possible that Danzo courted death himself, sending people to find trouble with Sasuke. As a result, Sasuke's training was successful, and after learning the Sword Aura from Liang Yue, his strength greatly increased.

After those who came to make trouble were defeated by Sasuke, they were interrogated with Sharingan and genjutsu. Sasuke must have learned something from this.

Of course, if Liang Yue were to make his own guess, the two explanations given by Tsunade above are actually not very reliable.

In his opinion, the most likely situation is that Obito Uchiha, hidden in the shadows, has quietly contacted Sasuke, using the information from back then as bait to invite Sasuke to join his organization or business.

After all, according to the director's script, the ninja world has now reached a time of upheaval...

Obito originally planned to disrupt the ninja world and launch the Fourth Great Ninja War. The Akatsuki organization's collection of tailed beasts is also being planned by him behind the scenes.

With that one hand, after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan and bringing along the space-time ninjutsu ~ Kamui, he can now easily and silently sneak into Konoha Village.

As for ~ seducing Sasuke.

Obito originally didn't need to bother with these efforts. After all, in the original plot, Konoha, after the deaths of the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, had long been strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and had been reduced to a second-rate force in the ninja world.

If it weren't for Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who had plot armor, supporting him, Konoha's situation would have been dangerous if a ninja world war broke out.

Just like in the original plot, Pain's Deva Path used a Shinra Tensei, and most of the entire village was directly destroyed.

If Nagato hadn't lost his mind in the end, even if Naruto could defeat him, Konoha would have suffered heavy losses.

But since Liang Yue appeared, the strength of Konoha Village at this time is completely different. The difficulty of capturing the Nine-Tails in this situation is really not ordinary.

Especially since Obito's last act of courting death, in the battle against the Fourth Hokage, he was severely beaten. It is estimated that he is no longer dare to rashly face the Hokage in a one-on-one challenge.

You must know that Konoha at this time can be said to be unprecedentedly powerful, aside from Liang Yue, this unknown factor.

The Third Hokage who regained his youth, Jiraiya, the Fourth Hokage's master, as well as Orochimaru, who is also known as one of the Sannin along with Jiraiya, and Tsunade.

With the blessing of powerful unknown sage techniques, these four people have undoubtedly stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world.

Although Konoha in this state has not tried to expand or provoke ninja world disputes, that powerful, faintly visible pressure is enough to repel many troubles invisibly.

In this situation, Obito dare not act rashly, and can only secretly reduce Konoha's strength, play some conspiracies, and provoke internal disputes in the village.

Nagato Uzumaki, who possesses the Rinnegan, although not Obito's puppet and cannot be directly driven by him, is working hard to collect tailed beasts, intending to realize his terrifying balance plan. Sooner or later, Nagato will also confront Konoha.

And now Sasuke's departure has obviously triggered some subtle waves within Konoha.

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"Do you think Orochimaru is behind this?"

Naruto pursed his lips at this time, with some indignation in his eyes.

Okay ~ It seems that since experiencing the last defection incident and the failed Konoha Crush plan, Lord Orochi has not left a good impression in the hearts of the Konoha people...

It is estimated that Obito also thinks so ~

"It shouldn't be. According to my understanding, whether it was defecting from Konoha in the first place or returning to Konoha now, Orochimaru's purpose has always been very clear."

"That is, he wants to research a technology that can make people immortal. He has just obtained that ~ Sage Technique cultivation method from me not long ago."

"The whole person is still immersed in cultivation, and has no intention or need to engage in these small actions."

Looking at the little blonde in front of him who was a bit conspiracy-minded, Liang Yue patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Hehehehe ~ I didn't expect Lord Chunqiu to understand me so well."

As this abrupt voice fell, the door of the Hokage's office was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and then Orochimaru walked in leisurely.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that compared to two years ago, Lord Orochi at this time seemed to have become much younger, and even had a tender feeling on his cheeks and nose...

In addition, Orochimaru, who originally gave people a cold feeling on weekdays, has now become much more pleasing and gentle.

That is a kind of...

The temperament on his body began to settle down.

"Orochimaru? What are you doing here?"

Upon seeing Lord Orochi in person, Tsunade frowned slightly at this time, looking at the other party's overly youthful face, this old aunt naturally guessed the reason, so she curled her lips and asked.

In contrast to Tsunade's stiff attitude at this time, Orochimaru still replied with a gentle manner.

"My sage technique has been successfully cultivated, and things are indeed as Lord Chunqiu said. The level of chakra has become higher, which is really amazing, hehehe ~ So."

"Now I am planning to find a decent opponent to fight and personally feel the difference from before. A few days ago, I happened to hear that the ninja world seems to be in turmoil."

"So, this time I came back to see if there are any interesting opponents appearing. How about it, does Konoha have any suitable tasks for me now?"

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