Chapter 232: Epilogue (2)
Chapter 232 Ending (2)
"Master Tsunade, Master Tsunade!"
Shizune ran along the wooden corridor of the hotel, opened the door of the room, and called Tsunade who was sleeping in the room.
"The big thing is bad, Tsunade-sama!"
Ignoring Tsunade who was sleeping, he directly shook her out of sleep.
"What, it's mute, it's noisy here early in the morning, can you let me sleep for a while?"
Tsunade rubbed his eyes with his hands, and glanced at the sun that had just risen outside the window, with a slightly dissatisfied look on his face.
"Now is not the time to talk about such things?"
"What's the matter? Just now I kept shouting that the big thing is not good... Is it the end of the world?"
Tsunade didn't seem to wake up, and was about to lie down and take a nap.
"Please be serious, Master Tsunade, something serious happened in the village!"
Shizune looked serious, and took Tsunade's arm to prevent her from lying down.
Tsunade frowned: "I said you..."
Seeing Jing Yin's extremely serious face, it seems that he is not joking.
Tsunade became a little more awake, and didn't directly ask Shizune what happened, but stood up and walked out of the room.
"Master Tsunade, what are you doing?"
"Wait here for me, I'll go out and buy a newspaper."
"Newspaper? At this time..."
Before Shizune could speak, Tsunade's figure had disappeared from the corridor outside.
Shizune had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and waited quietly in the room for Tsunade to come back from buying the newspaper.
Didn't let Shizune wait for long, about a few minutes later, Tsunade walked in from outside with a newspaper in his hand.
As soon as she entered the room, she walked towards the cabinet in the corner, opened the drawer, and took out a piece of paper from it.
"This is the lottery that Tsunade-sama bought a while ago, right? Why are you looking at this?"
Shizune looked puzzled.
"To me, this is an artifact that predicts good and bad luck."
Tsunade replied with a solemn expression.
Then she picked up the lottery ticket and compared it with the winning numbers published in the newspaper, her body stiffened.
"All? All!?"
Shizune's eyes widened.
Seeing that the lottery numbers were exactly the same as the winning numbers published in the newspaper, it was the first time she had seen such a big reward in Tsunade after following Tsunade for so long.
Because the two words Tsunade and winning the prize are really missed.
"I probably know what level of bad news you mean by 'big things are bad'."
Tsunade smiled wryly.
To her, winning the lottery meant something bad happened.
Once the winning amount is larger, it means that things are getting worse.
"The winning amount worth 150 million taels is really a catastrophe."
Tsunade sighed.
"Master Tsunade..."
Tsunade waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, things can't be so bad. Tell me, what happened in the village?"
Tsunade is mentally prepared for bad things to happen in the village.
It's just that she couldn't think of any bad things that could happen in the village.
It is impossible for Yunyin Village to break through the eastern defense line of Fire Nation and directly invade Konoha Headquarters, right?
"Master Orochimaru has defected."
Shizune took a deep breath, and told Tsunade the news of Orochimaru's defection.
This news has already spread throughout the major countries, but they are currently on vacation and mixed in a remote small country, so the time to get this news is a little later.
After Shizune finished speaking, she glanced at Tsunade with some concern.
After all, Orochimaru is Tsunade's friend since he was a child, and even a companion who was born and died together... This incident happened, and the blow to Tsunade can be imagined.
Sure enough, after hearing the news, Tsunade's mind was buzzing, and it went blank.
"You, what are you talking about? Orochimaru...he defected to the village? Are you kidding me..."
It wasn't that Tsunade didn't believe it, but that this kind of thing really made her unbelievable.
Suddenly, my heart felt like it was being torn apart, and it hurt endlessly.
This feeling of being betrayed reminded her of the betrayal five or six years ago.
The student I had trusted all along suddenly betrayed the village in the same way.
Now Orochimaru has also embarked on this path... Tsunade really wants to ask Orochimaru himself why he did this.
Just rationally told her that there must be some reason for this.
Guys like Orochimaru cannot betray the village for no reason, there must be something else hidden in it.
"It's absolutely true, Master Tsunade. Master Orochimaru used ninjas from the same village for human experiments and murdered the lives of many innocent people. After the incident was revealed, he fled from the village. Now he is an extremely dangerous S-rank defected ninja just like Shiraishi-senpai."
Mute also sighed with a complicated expression.
"Damn! That **** Orochimaru, what the **** are you doing?"
Tsunade punched the ground with his fist without hesitation.
With a click, the ground of the entire hotel began to vibrate, and an exaggerated crack extended to the wall in the courtyard, until the wall was also neatly divided into two halves, and the extension still did not stop.
Jing Yin swallowed her saliva. If she hit a human body with this kind of force, she would be killed by one punch.
"Where is Sarutobi-sensei? Why did he let Orochimaru leave the village?"
Tsunade's eyes were full of anger at the moment.
"Master Hokage... I heard that he was injured when he intercepted Master Orochimaru."
"That old thing!"
Tsunade roared angrily, Shizune was also frightened by Tsunade's burning expression at the moment.
It was the first time she saw Tsunade who was so angry.
When Shiraishi betrayed Konoha, he was not so angry.
"That, Tsunade-sama..."
Shizune wanted to dissuade Tsunade to calm down, but found that he didn't know how to dissuade Tsunade.
"If he wants to stop Orochimaru, how could Orochimaru injure him and escape from the village? What is going on in his mind?"
Regardless of the reason for Orochimaru’s defection, no matter how you look at the human experiment, it doesn’t seem like Orochimaru’s cautious style.
What makes Tsunade most angry is that Orochimaru intends to betray Konoha, and the teacher Sarutobi Hiruza is indecisive.
Doesn’t he know what a terrible disaster Konoha will suffer once Orochimaru escapes from the Land of Fire?
Oshemaru is different from Shiraishi, he is Konoha's real high-level.
His knowledge, technology, and intelligence will bring huge losses to Konoha.
Injured by Orochimaru, unable to stop... No matter how you look at it, he seems to be shirking responsibility. He is Konoha's Hokage.
Faced with such a serious matter of defection, how can you abolish the public for personal reasons?
Shizune didn't dare to say a word, and his body trembled under Tsunade's anger.
What a terrifying murderous look!
At this moment, Jing Yin seemed to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in front of her eyes.
After all, Sannin is Sannin. Even if he is usually careless, it is definitely a terrible thing to take seriously.
Especially in this rage.
"Let's go! Mute!"
"Let's go? Where are you going, Tsunade-sama?"
"Whatever, as long as it's not the Land of Fire."
Seeing that the village left by his grandfather was ruined to such an extent, Tsunade could only feel the infinite cold surrounding him, suffocating to the point where he couldn't breathe.
She knew that Konoha's Anbe was probably already on his way to find her, and conveyed the order of the Third Hokage to return her to the village immediately.
Oshemaru defected, and only by letting her, who is also a Sannin, return to the village, can the floating hearts of the people in the village be stabilized and some dissatisfied voices suppressed.
Because she is the granddaughter of the first Hokage, Konoha's most pure heir to the will of fire.
Two ninja world wars, the medical ninja who saved countless lives for Konoha, made outstanding contributions to Konoha's medical system.
It can be said that her influence is the most powerful among the Sannin.
"Eh? Is this really good? The village needs Master Tsunade's help right now."
"I would like to, but I can't do anything when I go back now. It will only make Konoha more and more messy. Out of sight, out of mind."
Tsunade smiled wryly and shook his head.
She was afraid that if she went back by herself, she would not be able to resist directly confronting her teacher Hiruzaru Sarutobi, and even use the influence of the Senju Clan to adjudicate the illegal Anbu department of Genbu.
Even if the root cannot be judged, huge restrictions must be imposed on the root, and Danzo cannot be allowed to move freely.
And these things are precisely the strategies that his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen is least willing to implement.
Danzo has made so many mistakes and is still able to secure a high-level position. Her teacher Hiruza Sarutobi can be said to have contributed a lot.
Hirizhan who can’t do this, she can only compromise with this old man named benefactor when she returns to Konoha now.
"Alas, Minato passed away so suddenly..."
When Tsunade said this, his eyes also became lonely.
If Minato had not died, Konoha might be in a different situation now.
She has been able to guess that Danzo led his roots, and now he must be domineering again in Konoha.
Without the suppression of Minato, it is impossible to suppress Danzo with her old teacher alone.
It was true in the past, and it is true now.
Knowing that going back will do nothing, but will be used as a gun...
At least the last dignity should be preserved. That's what Tsunade was thinking at the moment.
"Minato-senpai... I heard that the incident of the Nine-Tails Rebellion seems to be related to Shiraishi-senpai. I don't know if it's true."
Hearing Tsunade mention Minato, Shizune thought of Shiraishi instead.
Tsunade shook his head and didn't say much. The Nine-Tails Rebellion has too many doubts. It may be related to his student.
"Let's go quickly. When Anbu comes, it will be difficult to escape."
Tsunade took the package neatly, greeted him in a silent voice, and walked towards the door.
As for the lottery ticket that won the jackpot, it will be left to the owner of the hotel as the repair fee for her destruction of the hotel.
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"Tsunate...don't plan to come back?"
Masumi Asami, who was sitting in the office of the Director of Pharmacy Department of Konoha Hospital, received information from Kakashi.
Anbe searched for Tsunade, one of the Sannin, to no avail. Tsunade seemed to deliberately avoid Konoha Anbe, and he is now missing.
It is not difficult to see that Tsunade's refusal to return to the village is extremely firm.
As for the reason behind this, Asami Masumi doesn't quite understand.
However, all she cares about is whether Tsunade will return to Konoha, and now she is sure that Tsunade will not return to Konoha at this time, which really makes her breathe a sigh of relief.
Now is the critical moment for her to lay out Konoha Hospital and the entire Konoha Ninja system'network'. If Tsunade returns to the village at this time, it will not be difficult to take control of Konoha Hospital with Tsunade's identity and influence, and the plan of Konoha Hospital may be delayed.
Tsunade refused to return to the village, so she could take advantage of the opportunity.
The network she arranged in Konoha was always too fragile.
Konoha Hospital is in charge of her. Anbu already has Kakashi, and there are still many places to be arranged.
Intelligence Department, Torture Department, Ninja School, Barrier Department and other departments must constantly put people in.
Having said that, it is actually very difficult to install personnel.
When Shiraishi left Konoha, there were actually not many spies in Konoha, and there were only four of them in the middle and upper ranks, including her and Kakashi.
As for the four of them, none of them can touch the secret of Konoha's true core.
At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in."
Asami Masumi resumed her usual indifferent expression, and said to the people outside the door.
A male medical ninja in a white coat walked in.
"Director Asami, this is the drug usage status for this month."
He put a large stack of documents on the desk in front of Asami Masumi, and said respectfully.
"Thank you for your hard work, I will come back to deal with it later."
"Is director Asami going out at this time?"
Medical Ninja asked in surprise.
Asami Masumi nodded.
"Well, go out for a walk and be back soon."
Regarding this, the male medical ninja has no doubts. As long as the statistical work of drug use can be completed within working hours, Masumi Asami, as the director level in the hospital, can indeed relax in his usual work.
Leaving Konoha Hospital, Masumi Asami is going to meet someone.
This person is not a subordinate spy that Shiraishi personally planted in Konoha, but a talent she dug out in Konoha last year, before the Fourth Hokage took the throne.
It is an overestimation to say that it is a talent, because in her opinion, the other party is actually very ordinary from any angle.
But it is precisely because of this ordinary nature that he can display a relatively outstanding talent in spying.
This may be the only shining point in him.
Go to the meeting place agreed in advance, which is in a relatively secluded wood near the park.
Usually only students from the ninja school will come here to play ninja games.
In a clearing in the woods, a man with a five-pointed star hairstyle stood there anxiously, waiting for something.
"You're so nervous, can't you get used to things like this?"
After Asami Masumi came here, she didn't make a sound of footsteps, and stood behind the man. These words suddenly sounded behind the man.
The man was also taken aback, turned around hastily, and was slightly relieved when he saw Masumi Asami's familiar face.
"Asa, Miss Asami..."
The man was a little hesitant, seeing Asami Masumi's slightly displeased face, and there seemed to be murderous flashes in his eyes, he quickly changed his words and said, "Master Asami."
Asami Masumi's expression eased, but she still didn't give the man a good look: "After thinking about it for so long, you still haven't made up your mind to do something for me, Haruno?"
The man surnamed Haruno said with a wry smile, "Isn't it hard for an individual to make up his mind right away?"
Because of the task Asami Masumi entrusted to him, it cannot be said that it is not good for Konoha, but it must have ulterior motives.
For example, let him collect information about the people around him, and find out all their personalities, abilities, hobbies, etc. without missing a single one.
He is a low-level ninja with a fairly cheerful personality, so even in his twenties, he is still a Chunin, and he still has popularity.
Asami Masumi thought that even a guy of this level would come in handy one day, so he used some means to make him succumb.
"Don't forget, it was who was in the hospital that saved your wife and made their mother and daughter safe."
"..."
The man surnamed Haruno became uncertain, and finally sighed.
"I see, as long as I don't shoot them, I will obey the order."
"As I expected, you are indeed a family-oriented man."
Gu family?
The corner of the man's mouth was slightly bitter.
When his wife was giving birth, she encountered an extremely rare medical accident. It was the woman in front of her who saved the lives of his wife and daughter.
He should have been grateful to her, but this woman also used this incident to exercise control over him.
It doesn't matter to him, but when he thinks of his wife and daughter who are waiting for food at home, they will be threatened unfairly... He can only succumb to such a puppet fate.
"As long as you work honestly, the organization will not treat you badly. The alimony of your wife and daughter will all be reimbursed by the organization."
"yes."
What else can I do?
He is just an insignificant Chunin in Konoha Village. What he can usually brag about is his relatively good contacts.
It was precisely because of his connections that he was targeted by this woman and became a **** in her hands, and he was the kind he couldn't resist.
As for the organization...he has no idea who Masumi Asami is.
I don’t know what the organization is, how many people are in it, how powerful it is, and how far it has penetrated Konoha.
He only knows one thing, the organization's financial resources are astonishing, and it must not be a casual organization established casually.
Moreover, for a low-level person like him, he only needs to obey orders, and the rest does not need to be considered.
Received an unopened portfolio from the man, which contained information collected by the man after months of hard work.
These Konoha ninja information are not high-strength ninjas, but the bottom-level Chunin and Genin, and there are even some ordinary passers-by.
"I understand how to collect information about ninjas. Why do you even collect information about those villagers?"
The man looked at Asami Masumi in puzzlement.
"Those villagers may not be ninjas, but their husbands and wives may be ninjas. When necessary, they will also become the eyes of the organization."
Asami Masumi explained a little bit.
"Haruno, you can go back. Based on this information, I will find some useful talents in Konoha. When the time comes, you will be in charge. If you fail, you should understand the consequences."
The man's face changed slightly, he nodded, turned and left.
Watching the man away, Asami Masumi snorted softly, put on the thick-rimmed glasses on her chest, her simple face was slightly cold.
"This guy, it seems that he needs to be strictly trained."
She is very clear that the man has not completely surrendered to her, and there is still a risk of betrayal.
Although she can immediately eliminate the threat before the opponent betrays, it will take a long time to find a suitable person to monitor the lower Konoha. She doesn't have that much time to waste.
"Haruno Zhao, I hope you can understand current affairs."
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"Teacher Baishi, what is so happy?"
Entering the laboratory, Lin saw Baishi smiling and holding a scroll to read, and she didn't know what she was happy about.
Seeing Lin walking in, Shiraishi said without concealing: "According to the information from Konoha, Masumi has done a better job in Konoha Hospital than I imagined. She and Kakashi are both bright and dark, so it can be said that they cooperate perfectly."
Orochimaru defected, and Tsunade did not return to Konoha. For Shiraishi, this was a happy event.
No matter what the reason for Orochimaru's defection to Konoha is, it means that Konoha's strength has been further weakened.
Thinking about it carefully, Shiraishi was a little startled by the various changes in Konoha over the years.
Since his teacher Sakumo Hatake committed suicide, Konoha feels like he has been cursed by something, and almost nothing good has happened.
The Fourth Hokage died in battle, Orochimaru defected, Tsunade refused to return to the village, Shimura Danzo seemed to be planning something secretly, the third Hokage's influence weakened again, and he could no longer control most of Konoha's voice as before.
For the spies he arranged in Konoha, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their power.
And Asami Masumi did not waste such a great opportunity, stretched out his fangs to all levels of Konoha, and perfectly completed the tasks he assigned.
"Masumi? Konoha Hospital? Could it be that Shiraishi-sensei is talking about Senior Asami Masumi?"
Lin connected the key words in Shiraishi's mouth together, and it was easy to think of a senior medical ninja from Konoha Hospital that she knew when she was in Konoha.
"Exactly."
Lin knows Asami Masumi, Shiraishi is not surprised.
"Is she also on Teacher Shiraishi's side?"
"It was just a chance to meet her. But she is indeed a very good medical ninja. When I was still in the ninja school, she had been praised by Tsunade-sensei more than once."
"According to this, Konoha's hospital and Anbu are staffed by you, Mr. Shiraishi. It's really exaggerated. I don't know if Konoha's other departments have also been infiltrated?"
Lin was secretly shocked by Shiraishi's layout in Konoha.
Leaving aside Kakashi who works in Anbe, based on Asami Masumi's performance in Konoha Hospital, it is very likely that he is in a high position in Konoha Hospital at this moment.
"It's still early. Kakashi's entry into Anbu was just a surprise. Because of my professional relationship in Konoha, it is more convenient to place staff in Konoha Hospital. Of course, the same is true for Ninja School."
As for the other important departments such as the Torture Department and the Intelligence Department, there is no suitable manpower placement.
"Looking at it this way, Konoha's threat to the kingdom of ghosts has almost been lifted."
"Not all of them have been lifted yet. Konoha is far stronger than you think. The real main force of Konoha is actually those ninjas. They are the most powerful force in Konoha. The three ninjas are powerful, and they are only three people, while those ninjas are in groups."
Shiraishi shook his head.
It is a fact that Konoha's strength has been weakened, but the current Konoha should not be underestimated too much.
The team left by the first generation of Hokage is too solid. The collapse of Konoha's building will never be completed overnight.
But some actions in the future can indeed be more presumptuous, and there is no need to take Konoha's feelings too seriously.
"Speaking of which, how is the practice of communicating with the tailed beast?"
Baishi put down the scroll in his hand, and began to ask Lin about the progress of practicing forbidden arts.
"I'm also here to tell you about this, Teacher Baishi. After these months of practice, I have initially mastered the technique of communicating with tailed beasts."
Lin replied with a smile.
This also means that she can practice perfect Renzhuli at any time.
After hearing this, Shiraishi nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Then let's start next week. I'll let the ninjas from the Obito and Uzumaki clans assist you."
When Lin was practicing perfect human strength, the power of the tailed beast in her body was likely to go berserk and out of control.
Ninjas of Obito and Uzumaki clan can use Kaleidoscope Sharingan and sealing technique to avoid the risk of Tailed Beast runaway.
"I see."
Lin lightly brushed the hair around her ear, and smiled slightly.
"In addition, you have to be prepared for a long-term fight with the tailed beast. It is too difficult for you now to make the tailed beast submit. In three years, do you think you can do it?"
"Three years?" Lin murmured to herself, and then her eyes showed a firm color: "I will work hard to overcome it."
"It's good to have confidence. According to my inference, the longer you fight with the tailed beast after using this technique, the lower the chance of success. If you can't defeat the tailed beast within three years, the practice of perfecting Jinchuriki will end in failure."
Shiraishi did not lie.
Any forbidden technique is risky when used.
Three years is the best time for Lin to cultivate the perfect Renzhuli.
Once this time is missed, it means Lin bids farewell to Perfect Inchuriki.
"In the next few years, the Demon Council will gradually expand to the outside world. If you can become Perfect Renzhuli at that time, you will also play a vital role in this plan."
This is what Baishi is very concerned about.
Given the current size of the Kingdom of Ghosts, it is already quite saturated.
If you want to continue to grow, you can only expand externally and touch the interests of those with vested interests.
At first, there will be a little contradiction, and then due to the gap in systems and technologies, greater contradictions will arise, intensifying conflicts, and finally war will come, and the benefits will be redistributed.
Reform has never been about everyone sitting together peacefully and enjoying a peaceful afternoon tea party, but a trial of blood and fire!
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