hotmtlnovel Chapter 91 This matter is not over until Konoha Village is disbanded.
Chapter 91 This matter is not over until Konoha Village is disbanded.
Chapter 92 This matter is not over until Konoha Village is disbanded.
These minute details could only be understood by Orochimaru, who was standing nearby.
Orochimaru licked his lips again, his opinion of An's performance rising even higher.
"He's quite a dangerous guy—"
After finishing his chant, Orochimaru stepped forward with a smile and sealed Tsunade's corpse inside the scroll.
"Heh heh—another top-quality experimental subject!"
"Lady Tsunade!"
Shizune and the others were stunned and couldn't help but scream as if they had lost their parents.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Uchiha Eighth Hokage and his two companions struck again, killing two ANBU members.
"Alright, stop!"
An smiled and waved, stopping the three clansmen from killing him to cover their tracks.
An was in a very good mood after successfully intercepting and killing Tsunade.
He waved his hand at the silence, as if shooing away a fly.
"Hey, Miss Shizune, you can go back to Konoha Village to report this now."
"Tell those guys in Konoha that I, Uchiha An, did this, and that this kind of thing will happen often in the future."
"This matter isn't over until Ye Village disbands!"
"I don't necessarily have to kill powerful ninjas like Tsunade. I'll kill any Chunin or Genin without hesitation!"
"If I run into a Konoha ninja on a mission outside the village, whether they live or die depends entirely on my mood!"
"Anyway, I'm happy as long as I see Konoha Village doing badly."
"You—" Shizune trembled with anger, but she wasn't stupid. She knew she was no match for Uchiha An and didn't rush in to her death.
She glared angrily at An for a while, deeply imprinting An's appearance in her mind, then shifted her gaze from An to Orochimaru beside her.
"Lord Orochimaru, you are also one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Please, for the sake of your past friendship with Lady Tsunade, return her remains to me so that I can take her back to the village for burial."
Orochimaru hesitated for a moment, but ultimately shook his head.
"Jing, I understand your feelings."
"But Tsunade is the last member of the Senju clan in the world. Her remains are of immeasurable value, a rare treasure in the world, and it is truly impossible to part with them."
"What?!" Shizune was completely bewildered by what she was hearing. "Does Lord Orochimaru really intend to use his former comrades as test subjects for research?"
"Silence, it's obvious you're not a researcher and you completely misunderstand the principle that in a researcher's eyes, everything is experimental material."
"When people are alive, they laugh and talk, they have flesh and blood, and they can be companions. But once they die, they are nothing more than a pile of rotten flesh."
"Whether you respect or despise the deceased, the deceased themselves cannot feel it. Those who can feel it are the living people around the deceased."
"Whether it's a noble lord or the shadow of a village, once they die, it's all over; they have nothing left!"
"Therefore, only living has value!"
"Only the secret to immortality is humanity's eternal pursuit!"
"What?!" Shizune looked like her worldview had been completely reshaped, and she was utterly bewildered.
Orochimaru, too lazy to waste any more words on such a hopeless case, turned and left.
"Alright, An, you've achieved your goal. Let's hurry on our way to the Land of Water to complete our mission!"
"My experiment is at a critical stage; I can't afford to waste too much time outside!"
"Ah, that's true, I don't want to waste any more time outside!" An chuckled and waved to Shizune. "Hey, Miss Shizune, let's part ways here!"
"See you next time."
"Hmm, I suppose you wouldn't want to see me again."
"Remember to relay my words to the people of Konoha!"
"Tell the higher-ups of Konoha that we Uchiha can build Konoha, and we can destroy it too!"
"Without the Uchiha clan, Konoha has absolutely no reason to exist; it might as well just be disbanded!"
"Each ninja clan can divide up the assets and invest in other ninja villages. Once they leave Konoha, they will naturally be off my list of targets for revenge."
"Damn it!" Shizune watched the departing figures of the group, her hands clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, drawing blood, but she felt nothing, her heart filled only with pain and hatred.
Konoha Village, the new Hokage Building, the temporary Hokage office.
Not far from the window is the towering, enormous meteorite that seems to pierce the clouds.
With the ninja world's construction capabilities, even the largest meteorite could have been cleared away long ago. However, the attacks from the other four countries tied down a large number of ninjas, leaving no time or energy to rebuild Konoha Village.
This Hokage Building was specifically built and put into use to build confidence among the villagers.
Beneath the meteorite, in many makeshift buildings, medical ninjas were busy going in and out, treating the wounded.
Some were the lucky survivors of the previous battle against Konoha, while others were newly wounded in the recent fighting on the front lines.
Jiraiya, who had just returned, stood by the window with a solemn expression, looking at the devastated village and listening to the Third Hokage recount what had happened.
"Nagato?" Upon hearing the familiar name, Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, his entire expression changing.
"How is that possible?"
"How could they—"
"Hmm?" The Third Hokage stared at Raiya with a strange look, his gaze filled with scrutiny. "Raiya, do you know that leader of the Land of Rain named Nagato?"
Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, then recounted his story with Nagato and the others, finally sighing:
"Back then, the Akatsuki was a very pure group, and everyone was wholeheartedly dedicated to working for peace in the ninja world."
"Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan were all very kind children, so how come they are now—..."
"You fool!" The Third Hokage trembled with rage, waving his pipe back and forth in front of Jiraiya. "How could you keep something as important as the Rinnegan a secret from Jiraiya?"
"If you had brought them back to the village in the first place, how could they have ended up going astray under the influence of the Will of Fire?"
"How could the village have suffered such a calamity?"
"Hmph!" Raiya, unfazed by the Third Hokage's accusations, retorted sharply, "Their entire families were killed by Konoha ninjas. If we bring them back, how will we deal with those ninjas who indiscriminately slaughtered innocent people?"
"You're not really going to execute those ninjas just for the sake of a few innocent children, are you?"
"Or are you planning to throw them into Root and let Danzo brainwash them into killing machines?"
"Nagato and the others are geniuses, but geniuses without a solid foundation won't last long in Konoha!"
"Sakumo is dead, Minato is dead, and now even a powerful clan like the Uchiha is wiped out. You still want me to bring the child back to the village?"
Jiraiya's words rebuked the Third Hokage, who was speechless with a gloomy face.
If the Third Hokage had known earlier that Nagato and the others were so powerful, he might have actually done something to uphold justice.
But if it's just a few children, even those with the Rinnegan bloodline limit, they don't deserve his special treatment.