"Who?" Torifu could hardly believe his ears.
"Orochimaru."
Everyone's eyes were neatly fixed on Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Hiruzen's face turned green. He stared at the speaking shinobi and said: "Are you sure it's Orochimaru?" There was a strong flavor of threat in his words.
At this point, Hiruzen couldn't afford to ignore the matter. Orochimaru was his disciple and there were rumors that Hiruzen had intentionally let him escape.
Not long ago, Orochimaru cooperated with Kumo to attack Konoha outposts, resulting in the death of twelve Uchiha Jonin and the injury of Funan.
Now, no one wanted to be related to Orochimaru.
In fact, every time Orochimaru caused trouble, everyone would look at him with more strange eyes.
Even if he had to use threats, he couldn't allow himself to be linked to Orochimaru.
"I'm not sure." The shinobi, he was part of Ino-Shika-Cho, could not disobey Torifu's orders to follow Hiruzen's. Thinking for a moment, he replied: "But, the person used techniques like the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and his figure looked very similar to Orochimaru."
The surrounding shinobi nodded and said, "We have seen it too, and we do feel this way."
"That's Orochimaru!"
"We are sure!"
There were no doubts.
One person could be wrong, but that many?
Torifu glared at Hiruzen fiercely, thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed: "Won't Orochimaru have been hiding in Konoha all this time?"
Everyone was shocked. This hypothesis was very plausible.
Furthermore, there was another point.
In Kumogakure, the Eight-Tails had gotten out of control. It was said to be the work of Orochimaru. Now it was the Nine-Tails' turn?
"Investigate!"
Following Torifu's order, the entire Konoha began to move at high speed.
Afterwards, Torifu stared at the Jinchuriki and said coldly: "Let's deal with the Jinchuriki first. Where is the sealing team?"
"Here!"
The sealing squad appeared, carrying several sealing instruments.
"I will get you a chance. Be ready to act at any time."
Torifu stretched his limbs as he looked at the Jinchuriki, whose skin had a dark reddish hue, and sighed with a headache.
[Swoosh!]
A figure appeared beside him.
Jiraiya!
"Acting Hokage Lord, I am here to help you!" Jiraiya spoke in a deep voice.
Torifu glared at Jiraiya fiercely.
Hiruzen and others also looked angry.
"What have you been doing? In the past few days, haven't you been following the Jinchuriki and teaching him?"
Jiraiya coughed dryly and said nothing. What could he say? Of course it's about collecting materials.
Moreover, if he knew that Orochimaru would come, he would definitely not leave. They haven't seen each other for so many years, and he misses Orochimaru too.
'Dude, you come back to Konoha, and you don't even see me. Furthermore, you attack my disciple. Next time I see you, I will definitely scold you!'
He glanced at Naruto out of the corner of his eye, not too worried. He knew that Minato had left a precautionary measure that had not yet been activated.
"Forget it, let's suppress the Nine Tails first." Torifu said with resignation, taking out his weapon, a long staff.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and stopped, looking around before turning to Hiruzen with a grim face. "Hiruzen, where is Danzo? Why isn't he here?"
Everyone's attention was once again focused on Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The Third Hokage's face was now livid.
"Speak, why don't you say anything?" Torifu shouted sharply: "What? Do you really want me to confirm his identity as a deserter?"
Hiruzen's face was already turning purple. He understood the meaning of Torifu's words.
Rumors had spread about the incident with the Second Hokage, saying that some of them were deserters.
And now this!
The Nine-Tails was causing trouble again. Where was Danzo?
Hiruzen was cursing and about to cry. Damn Danzo! Even if you don't want to fight, couldn't you at least be present? You don't even show yourself. What are you doing? No wonder people criticize you.
Torifu, you bastard, you are such a bastard. Danzo is not here, why are you blaming me? Is it my responsibility? Why do you always push me?
"Now, immediately, go find him!" Torifu, containing his fury, ordered a nearby ANBU. "If he doesn't come, he better wait for me to die, because if not, I'll kill him."
"Yes sir!"
The ANBU was so frightened that he didn't even look at Hiruzen and turned around and ran away.
"Torifu, where are the Uchiha?" Hiruzen suddenly said. "With a problem as big as the Nine-Tails out of control, why aren't the Uchiha here?"
He wanted to divert attention to the Uchiha.
And it worked!
Many people frowned and their expressions were full of dissatisfaction.
"Ahem!" A shinobi coughed and cautiously said: "Acting Hokage Lord."
"What's wrong?"
"The Uchiha sent someone just now."
"Did they send someone?"
"Yes, a genin of about ten years old." The shinobi responded with a suffering face. "They said that since Danzo-sama does not trust them, the Uchiha will monitor themselves and guarantee, for the honor of their clan, that none of them will come near the Nine-Tails."
Everyone: "..."
Torifu nodded expressionlessly and said calmly: "Danzo, I'm going to fuck you."
The Uchiha's words showed their anger.
Not only for Danzo, but also for Torifu.
The recent order had angered the Uchiha, and this was their response.
It is even unknown whether the Nine-Tails' loss of control has anything to do with Uchiha.
However, Torifu could only scold Danzo now. Otherwise, he will be the only one who is embarrassed.
At this moment, Torifu suddenly discovered that The Shinobi of Darkness is really useful sometimes.
He turned his head towards Shikaku and said: "If I die, make sure you kill Danzo so he can accompany me to the grave."
"Oh and notify the entire village that when the Acting Fifth Hokage died in battle, Danzo was not present."
Shikaku's lips twitched. "Don't say such things!"
We just elevated you to the position. If you die, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans will suffer greatly.
We still owe the Uchiha money.
At least hold on until we pay the debt, otherwise the Ino-Shika-Cho clans wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Hmph!" Torifu waved his hand and started making hand seals. "Follow me!"
"Multi-Size Technique!"
With a roar Torifu transformed into a giant tens of meters tall.
"Acting Hokage Lord!"
Many in the village saw it and started cheering.
"Argh!" Naruto roared. At this moment, his mind had already been disturbed by the Nine-Tails' chakra. He felt Torifu's huge chakra and rushed forward.
"Stop him!" Torifu roared angrily.
A shadow advanced towards Naruto, and the instant it touched his shadow, Naruto stopped.
Nara Shikaku!
Nara Clan Secret Technique: Shadow Imitation Technique!
But the effect lasted only a moment.
Naruto barely moved and broke the bond. Shikaku let out a groan.
At that moment, Torifu's attack came. "Take this!" He launched a heavy punch, hitting Naruto squarely.
"Argh!"
Naruto let out a shrill roar and then repelled Torifu's attack. In addition, tails began to appear on his back.
Naruto already had two tails. His aura also became more powerful, and suffocating chakra surged out.
"Ugh!" Torifu groaned and had burn marks on his fist. "What a terrifying chakra!"
Jiraiya tried to approach Naruto while shouting: "Naruto, wake up and see who I am!"
Despite being dozens of meters away, Naruto's chakra formed a fist that was launched towards Jiraiya.
Jiraiya used a clone to receive the chakra fist, while his white hair spread out to envelop Naruto.
"Graaah!" Naruto roared angrily.
Jiraiya's hair began to burn.
[Swoosh!]
At that moment, Hiruzen appeared in front of Naruto and hit him on the shoulder with his staff.
[Boom!]
The ground beneath Naruto's feet was shattered. His body was also bowed down.
"I've got it under control, sealing squad!" Hiruzen shouted loudly.
The sealing squad rushed over and opened a scroll.
"Graaah!" Another tail appeared behind Naruto and lunged towards Hiruzen.
Hiruzen had no choice but to retreat.
Torifu attacked again. He slapped Naruto hard and knocked him directly into the ground.
"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"
Jiraiya seized the opportunity.
The soil covering Naruto's body immediately began to change, wrapping Naruto and dragging him downwards.
[Boom!!!]
Naruto launched several arms of chakra from the Underworld Swamp, grabbing onto the ground and pulling himself out.
"Roar!!!" Naruto roared again, blue and purple-black chakra condensing in his mouth.
Tailed Beast Ball!
Torifu stopped holding back, and launched a powerful blow at Naruto, dispersing the Tailed Beast Ball.
"Sealing squad!"
"Yes sir!"
The sealing squad opened their scrolls and threw them towards Naruto, enveloping him.
Naruto roared and struggled to free himself.
Hiruzen hit him again with his staff, sending him back to the ground.
The sealing squad finally managed to pin him down.
"Phew!"
"Finished!"
Torifu breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the sealing squad complete their task. The only thing left was for them to reinforce Naruto's seal.
"Where's Danzo?" After securing the situation, Torifu turned his attention to Hiruzen.
Hiruzen felt a wave of frustration. "How will I know?" Hiruzen responded irritably.
"If you don't know, who will know!" Torifu replied coldly. "Everyone in the shinobi world knows your relationship with Danzo. Do you want to pretend here?"
Hiruzen: "..."
"What do you mean 'everyone knows'?" Hiruzen said angrily: "Danzo is an independent man, a fellow member of our village. He is not my son. How will I know where he is?"
"Do you believe this yourself?" Torifu continued coldly. "Listen to what's being said about you and Danzo. Are you still sulking at me?"
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