Konoha: The New Will of Fire

With the ability to swallow the fruit, Mikichi created many new poisons for which the ninja world could not find an antidote.

But today, Gan Qiao did not choose to use it. What he mixed in his blood was only a highly toxic snake venom, not a synthetic poison. Gan Qiao's purpose was not to capture Orochimaru and hand it over to Minato.

He could capture Orochimaru only if Orochimaru left the village.

Ganqiao's goal from the beginning was Orochimaru!

Qian Qiao believed that if it were just snake venom, Orochimaru would not be able to play with snakes at all.

I'm afraid Orochimaru had detoxified him long ago and continued to appear poisoned in order to relax his vigilance and wait for an opportunity to give him a fatal blow.

At this moment, Qianqiao and Orochimaru twitched their ears and looked to the southwest at the same time. The two of them sensed that several people were coming here almost at the same time.

Judging from the chakra, it should be the ANBU team.

Kakashi was weak and had never learned the perception ninjutsu, so he didn't sense the ANBU, but he guessed it by looking at the movements of Inkyo and Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's face darkened, the ANBU would be here soon, and he couldn't continue to delay it. The few ANBU were lucky enough to say that if Minato and Sandai came, he wouldn't be able to leave.

Knowing that the ANBU was about to arrive, Kakashi, who felt that he was able to do it again, jumped out from the side, blocked Orochimaru's retreat, and said loudly.

"Orochimaru, you can't run away, just capture him without mercy!"

Qian Qiao didn't say anything. He held the broken sword tightly in front of his chest.

Faced with the critical situation of being attacked from both sides and with a large number of ANBU arriving not far away, Orochimaru did not panic at all.

Orochimaru glanced at Ganqiao, then at Kakashi behind him, and sneered: "You two little guys want to catch me."

After finishing his words, Orochimaru quickly formed seals with his hands.

Ganqiao immediately gave Kakashi a look, and Kakashi understood it, activated the thunder cutter, and rushed towards Orochimaru. Ganqiao acted almost at the same time, rushing towards Orochimaru with the broken sword in hand.

The sword is attached with Thunder Release Chakra, emitting a layer of dull blue thunder light.

At this time, Orochimaru also formed a seal and drank in a low voice.

"The Array of Ten Thousand Snakes!"

I saw Orochimaru opening his mouth, and a large number of colorful venomous snakes crawled out like a swarm. This scene was extremely disgusting.

In the blink of an eye, there were a large number of venomous snakes under Orochimaru's feet. These venomous snakes were entangled with each other, crowded together, and spitting out worms, like densely packed maggots.

The next moment, thousands of venomous snakes formed a swarm, split into two, and started to kill Ganqiao and Kakashi respectively.

Looking at these densely packed venomous snakes entangled together, Qianqiao and Kakashi not only felt their scalps numb, but also felt extremely sick.

This kind of ninjutsu was what Orochimaru could imagine, and it was essentially nothing more than summoning a group of snakes, but Orochimaru chose to spit it out from his mouth, so he didn't find it disgusting.

Facing the incoming snakes, Kakashi held his right hand, and the lightning condensed in his right hand exploded into dozens of thunderbolts that crashed around, killing hundreds of venomous snakes, but to the snakes, this number was like a drop in the ocean. .

Kakashi was instantly swallowed by the sea of ​​snakes.

Gan Qiao directly formed a seal and used Earth Escape to create an earthen prison to protect him.

"burst!"

Following Orochimaru's soft drink, the next second, a booming explosion sounded.

Thousands of snakes exploded at the same time, like countless detonating symbols exploding, and the entire group of snakes was blown away.

The destructive force of the explosion covered a kilometer range. Big trees were broken, gravel flew, the earth cracked, and the ground rolled like waves.

The sound of a huge explosion spread throughout Konoha. Every household was awakened and felt the ground shaking. The villagers thought it was an earthquake and ran out of their homes one after another in fear. The whole Konoha was in chaos.

After a while, the dust and smoke dissipated, revealing the scene on the battlefield.

Looking around, it is a mess, the ground is full of potholes, the original forest has been moved to the ground, leaving only scorched earth.

"Cough cough..."

Gan Qiao pushed away the dead branches that were pressing on him, and the dust flew up, choking him and making him cough.

Not far away, Kakashi emerged from the scorched earth, looking as gray as a mole.

Rest, rest…

Several blasts of sound pierced the air, and Minato led the ANBU to finally arrive on the battlefield, followed closely by the Sandaime, who also led his direct ANBU to arrive.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the third and fourth Hokages frowned, and a bad feeling completely exploded in their hearts and filled their bodies.

At this time, Inkyo and Kakashi came over, and Minato asked quickly: "Kakashi, Inkyo, what happened, who are you fighting?"

"Orochimaru!" Kakashi lowered his head and spoke in a decadent tone.

"what!"

The Sandaime and Minato were shocked, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Rather than knowing, the third generation was more excited than Minato: "What on earth is going on?"

Kakashi narrated in a deep voice: "Tonight, I met outside... After I sent the emergency rescue signal, I met Orochimaru who was about to escape, and then a battle broke out. Orochimaru personally admitted that he secretly captured the village. Ninja, conduct human experiments, and study ninjutsu."

Now Orochimaru is [-]% a traitor, so Kakashi didn't add the word "sama".

After listening to Kakashi's story, Sandai was shocked. One of his proud disciples, Orochimaru, defected. Suddenly, Sandai was surprised to find that he didn't feel so shocked.

The third generation watched Orochimaru grow up little by little. There is no doubt that Orochimaru is stronger than Tsunade and Jiraiya in terms of talent, but Orochimaru's thoughts tend to be negative, and his eyes are full of malice and ambition.

This is why the Third Generation did not agree with Orochimaru becoming Hokage.

Hokage needs not only talent, but also the recognition of the village and the selfless dedication to sacrifice everything for the will of fire.

The last two points are more important than the first point. Unfortunately, Orochimaru has none of the last two points.

Negative thoughts, coupled with inflated ambitions, if you think about it carefully, Orochimaru's defection seems to be cleaning up again.

However, the defection of the best disciple still made the third generation instantly seem several years older.

Minato was keenly aware of the changes in the third generation, sighed slightly, beckoned Shiranui Genma to approach, and whispered: "Inform Jiraiya-sensei as quickly as possible, saying that Orochimaru has defected."

As a disciple of Jiraiya, Minato was very aware of the friendship and bond between Jiraiya-sensei and Orochimaru. This matter must be informed to Jiraiya-sensei both emotionally and rationally.

"Sandaime-sama, the most important thing now is to bring Orochimaru back. Once he successfully escapes from the Land of Fire, it will cause unpredictable heavy losses to Konoha, and may even trigger a new war," Minato worried. .

Hearing this, the third generation put away his sorrow. Minato was right. The most important thing now was to capture Orochimaru.

Orochimaru, as a high-ranking member of Konoha, knows too many secrets of Konoha. Those secrets are time bombs. If any one of them is leaked, it will cause huge losses to Konoha.

If Orochimaru defected to other villages, the third generation couldn't help but take a breath just thinking about what might happen.

The defection of a high-level official like Orochimaru would be terrifying to any village.

"Orochimaru hasn't run far yet, and it's too late to summon the rest of the ANBU. I'll take the ANBU present to track him first, and I'll leave the subsequent processing to you, Minato."

Sandai knew the importance of military strength and speed, and he also knew the abilities of his disciple. At this time, every minute and every second could not be wasted.

Minato shook his head and said: "No, Sandaime-sama, I am the Hokage of the village. I should personally lead the team to hunt down the traitorous ninja, and you have more experience in handling these matters later than me."

"Minato, it is precisely because you are the Hokage that you should stay in the village. When something like this happens, people's hearts fluctuate. Only you, the Hokage, can handle all this, and...".

As he said that, the third generation turned to look outside the village, his eyes suddenly sharp: "Orochimaru is my disciple. If the disciple defectes, naturally I, the teacher, must catch him back!"

Looking around the ANBU with sharp eyes, Minato brought two ANBU squads. He brought one ANBU squad, plus the three ANBU squads that came before and after hearing the signal, there were six ANBU squads in total, which was enough to disperse the pursuit. .

"The purpose of this emergency mission is to capture Orochimaru, who has defected. Judging from the time he left, he has only just left Konoha. It is not easy to escape the Land of Fire."

"Listen carefully, the knowledge, intelligence and technology possessed by Orochimaru are precious treasures for Konoha, but they are also a huge danger. Once Orochimaru successfully escapes, it will cause a huge blow to Konoha. Please be sure to Try your best to find it."

"In addition, Orochimaru is very powerful. None of you are his opponent. Once you find Orochimaru, send a rescue signal first. You don't need to fight him. You just need to follow him secretly and wait for my arrival."

"Yes!"

All the Anbu responded in unison and immediately jumped away.

The third generation gave Minato a few more instructions, and then led the ANBU directly under him to pursue Orochimaru.

In the blink of an eye, only Minato, Inkyo, and Kakashi were left on the battlefield.

When Qianqiao saw the third generation leaving, he said to Minato: "Hokage-sama, when I was searching the base, I found the root ninja killed by Orochimaru in the bottom passage."

"Gen?" Minato frowned slightly, he had no good impression of this sharp sword hidden in the darkness.

He has a careless style of doing things and has great authority. The root ninja only knows that Danzo is there, but he doesn't know that there is a Hokage above Danzo. He is simply Danzo's private soldier.

If it weren't for the fact that the three generations had saved "Gen" and Danzo several times, Minato would have already thought of disbanding "Gen".

'Gen' actually reached the base faster than Ganqiao. Could it be that there is an accomplice behind Orochimaru, and this person is Danzo?

The more Minato thought about it, the more likely it became that Orochimaru had a close relationship with Danzo. Danzo had recommended Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage, and Orochimaru had served under Danzo for a period of time.

A research base established inside the village has not been discovered for all these years. There must be someone behind it to help Orochimaru cover it up. Danzo has both this ability and this motive.

If these speculations are true, this will be a good opportunity to bring Danzo down!