I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I don't need approval

Chapter 244 244. Death of the Third Hokage

"Gaara's favorability has reached the level of recognition and he has received the reward [Sand Control Technique]. Lonely children always long for recognition, even if it means becoming a part of the monster, it doesn't matter."

After hearing the system beep ringing in his ears, a strange look appeared on Naruto's face.

He didn't expect that Gaara's favorability towards him would increase so quickly, and he didn't do anything to increase Gaara's favorability. He could only blame it on Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, being a bad person.

After all, letting his brother-in-law assassinate his own son is really rare in the ninja world.

After complaining in his heart, Naruto looked towards the distant Konoha Forest. After solving Gaara's trouble and harvesting Shukaku's chakra, he could go over and watch the drama of master and apprentice fighting each other.

In addition to Naruto, many ninjas on the Konoha side also looked in the direction of Orochimaru and the Third Hokage.

Led by Naruto, the group rushed towards the location of the Third Hokage.

It didn't take long before I saw the Third Hokage fighting hard in the Four Purple Sun Formation, as well as Orochimaru and the First and Second Hokage of the Evil Land as opponents.

Sensing the movement within the Four Purple Sun Formation, Naruto had to admit the strength of the Third Hokage.

Under the pressure of three shadow-level experts, the Third Hokage was able to hold on for so long, worthy of his reputation as a doctor of ninjutsu.

However, what surprised Naruto was that the Third Hokage did not use the corpse sealing technique to deal with Orochimaru, but relied on the Wishful Rod and physical strength to support him. Could it be that after losing the position of Hokage, he also lost the one who died with him? courage?

Naruto was wrong about this.

The Third Hokage in the Four Purple Sun Formation wanted to use the corpse-sealing technique, but could never find the opportunity. Orochimaru seemed to have known for a long time that he would choose to die together, and always kept a safe distance, allowing the First and Second Hokages to take action. .

For the third generation Hokage, it is undoubtedly not cost-effective to just seal the first and second generation Hokage.

Only by making the culprit Orochimaru lose his fighting ability can he save the village and give the misguided tribesmen a chance to be forgiven. Otherwise, the Sarutobi tribe will be squeezed out by other ninja tribes until they completely lose their living space.

"Orochimaru, I will definitely kill you with my own hands and completely stop your conspiracy!"

"Teacher Sandaime, it seems that your comfortable life has made you completely old, and you have completely lost your judgment."

Looking at the panting Third Hokage, Orochimaru's face was very calm, and his eyes did not show the pain of the hand blade teacher, nor did he hate the Third Hokage, and he said calmly.

Hearing this, the Third Hokage suddenly thought of something, but quickly regained his determination.

"I will not be swayed by you. You have betrayed the village and are Konoha's enemy."

After waving the wishful stick and repelling the attacks of the first and second generation Hokage, the third generation Hokage tried to approach Orochimaru again, but the sharp Kusanagi sword had pierced his heart.

"Teacher Sandaime, have you ever thought that the person who has hindered the development of Konoha for more than ten years is yourself."

The Third Hokage vomited blood and widened his eyes: "Impossible, my decision is all for Konoha. Without me, Konoha would have fallen apart long ago."

Orochimaru asked the earth clone to come to the Third Hokage and whispered: "Teacher, you think of yourself as too important. Konoha can still develop well without you. By the way, the news of Sunagakure's invasion this time, Jiraiya has known about it for a long time, why didn't he inform you?"

The Third Hokage didn't hear the last half of the sentence clearly, so he fell to the ground helplessly.

After killing the Third Hokage with his own hands, Orochimaru let the psychic beast bite off a piece of the Third Hokage's flesh, and then looked outside the barrier at Naruto and Konoha ninjas who were rushing towards this place.

At the signal from Naruto's eyes, Shisui instantly killed the sound ninja who was maintaining the Four Purple Sun Formation, and the barrier collapsed.

After stepping into the barrier, Tsunade and others first saw the Third Hokage lying in a pool of blood, as well as Orochimaru and the First and Second Hokage not far away.

"Aren't those the First and Second Generations? Why are they standing behind Orochimaru?"

Some ANBU ninjas recognized Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, with shock written all over their faces. They were at a lower level and didn't know that the art of filth reincarnation existed.

Tsunade's face turned livid, Orochimaru actually defiled the elder and second grandfather to deal with Mr. Sarutobi.

This was not only a blasphemy against the undead, but also pitted Sarutobi-sensei, the third generation Hokage, against the first and second generation Hokage.

Unable to bear it any longer, Tsunade gathered her chakra into her arms and blasted towards Orochimaru. After being dodged by Orochimaru, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground.

Orochimaru asked the First and Second Hokage to protect him, and said with a chuckle: "Tsunade, I have no intention of taking action against you. You are the granddaughter of the First and Second Hokage."

Facing the murderous Hashirama and Tobirama, Tsunade gave up her plan to die, and her top priority was to save the third generation first.

At this time, the ANBU rushed over and said: "Tsunade-sama, the Sandaime is dead. The cause of death was heavy bleeding and excessive chakra consumption."

Tsunade frowned, resisting the aftereffects of hemophobia, bit her finger and summoned the slug clone.

The moment the giant slug appeared, it turned into hundreds and thousands of small slugs, flying in all directions. Then Tsunade released the Yin seal, entered a fighting state, and rushed towards Orochimaru.

Even though she was overestimating her abilities, she couldn't let go of Orochimaru, the master of the sword.

Compared with the excited Tsunade, Naruto looked very cold. After walking to the dead Third Hokage, he found that he did not hate the Third Hokage as much as he thought, and gently closed the Third Hokage's eyes.

His current identity is the leader of the Uzumaki Country, and he can't say whether he likes or dislikes the former Hokage of Konoha.

The Third Hokage's achievements and mistakes in Konoha have nothing to do with him. If the Third Hokage had been less exploitative and more caring towards him, he might not have left Konoha.

But it is a pity that he gave the Third Hokage many opportunities, but the Third Hokage did not grasp it.

In this case, the life and death of the Third Hokage would have nothing to do with him. The two parties were just familiar strangers.

Seeing the Third Hokage die in front of them, Namikaze Minato and Kushina also had complicated emotions.

No matter how unbearable the Third Hokage was, he was still a big figure in Konoha that they had known since they were young. Almost all the ninjas they knew were born and grew up under the watchful eyes of the Third Hokage, and their names were engraved on the cold memorial tablets.

Naruto sensed the emotional fluctuations of Namikaze Minato and Kushina, and after lifting some of the restrictions, he said slowly:

"We've finished watching the scene of master-disciple fighting each other. Next, the heroes of Konoha will appear. But I won't be involved for the time being. If you want to do something, please feel free to do so."