Sarutobi Hiruzen hung his head a little lonely, burying his face under the Hokage's hat shrouded in smoke.

Tsunade didn't look as careless as before. She sat silently across from Sarutobi Hiruzen. The smell of cigarette smoke that usually made her feel particularly bored seemed to become irrelevant at this moment.

The sound of opening the door did not break the silence in the Hokage's office. Tsunade raised her head and looked at Orochimaru who walked in. With a complicated expression, she mouthed at the teacher sitting behind the desk, gesturing for his most beloved disciple to come forward. Be comforted.

Orochimaru nodded noncommittally, walked slowly to the window, opened it, and let the smoke lingering in the room disperse a little.

"Mr. Sarutobi, I'm back!"

Another voice finally woke up the Third Hokage who was deep in thought.

Sarutobi Hiruzen put down his pipe, raised his head, and gave a forced smile to his disciple standing in front of the window.

"Um……"

"Just come back."

After a while of silence, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked hesitantly:

"Is Jiraiya's injury okay?"

Orochimaru shook his head.

"That kind of injury is not a problem for him who is committed to becoming a strong man."

When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard this, his expression seemed to be a little lower.

He nodded with a nonchalant expression and murmured softly:

"It's okay, it's okay!"

"It's because I, as an elder, are useless that things have become like this."

"I……"

In front of the two disciples who had grown up under his own guidance, Sarutobi Hiruzen, known as the hero of endurance, finally shed his former strong shell.

He shook his head slightly and sighed, as if he was blaming himself or regretting something.

Orochimaru frowned slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied with the teacher who was beginning to show signs of being indecisive.

The Sarutobi Hiruzen in his impression was a Shinobu who was given orders in a critical situation and could single-handedly stabilize Konoha, which was on the verge of collapse, and slowly grow stronger after the death of the Second Hokage.

Even in the Nine-Tails Rebellion in the future scene, he can take the lead and rely on the powerful existence of the psychic beast and the Nine-Tails to wrestle.

Instead of looking like this now, like a twilight old man, sitting there in confusion.

If things continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before the two consultants who are still in charge take over the power and allow Danzo to run amok in the village.

Orochimaru still has many plans that have not yet been implemented, and he does not want to be restrained by the guy hiding in the dark at this time.

"I heard the Mitarashi Jonin talk about those two seniors."

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know whether he heard what Orochimaru was saying, but he just made a perfunctory hum and nodded slightly.

"Ok!"

Orochimaru's frown deepened.

After a while of silence, a sneer appeared on Orochimaru's lips, and he snorted rather arrogantly.

"Humph!"

"I just came from Konoha Hospital."

"In the ninja cemetery over there, there are many ninjas who only left a cold name on the commemorative monument!"

"Being a ninja is much better than those guys who can't even find the body!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned, and a trace of anger suddenly rose in his eyes. He wanted to argue: 'That is his eldest son, and in the future...'.

But when the words reached his lips, they turned into a long sigh.

His disciple's parents were also part of the names on the cold stone tablet. Even after accepting Orochimaru as his disciple, the two had a profound exchange on Orochimaru in front of their tomb.

And the white snake, which symbolizes luck and rebirth, is still well preserved by Orochimaru.

"Ugh!"

"Let you see my old man's joke..."

After being stabbed in front of his disciple like this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was still a little depressed, but he had obviously put aside the heavy burden in his heart for the time being.

Orochimaru shook his head slightly, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who had regained some rational thinking, and said in a calm voice:

"Since the lives of those two seniors are not in danger, and the teacher is the Third Hokage of Konoha, it should be easy to protect two ordinary people to spend the rest of their lives safely in Konoha."

"So, teacher! Next, you still have to focus on the possible crises that may arise next."

"If I am not wrong in my judgment, Ohnoki's use of troops at the border of Grass Country is probably a signal that the Second Ninja War is about to begin."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was startled, put down the pipe in his hand, and looked at Orochimaru in surprise.

"Although the Earth Kingdom has been making some moves recently, from my point of view, this is just Ohnoki's move to test the current strength of Konoha."

"So after learning that Onoki appeared at the border of Grass Country, I decided to go and stop him."

"As for the Second Ninja War you mentioned..."

"What's the reason?"

Tsunade looked at the two people talking with confusion. Why did the conversation get related to the war?Didn’t you just finish a wave?

Orochimaru stepped forward to Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk, where there was a military map of the distribution of the five major powers.

Slowly unfolding it, Orochimaru reached out and drew a circle on the territory of the three kingdoms of Earth, Wind, and Fire, with the Kingdom of Rain as the center.

"Ever since the first generation of lords put down the war and occupied the Fire Country, which has the most abundant resources, the seeds for the Second Ninja World War have been planted."

"Leaving aside the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Water far away overseas, the two countries of Wind and Earth adjacent to the Country of Fire, in addition to the annual funds distributed by the daimyo of each country, the main source of income of the two ninja villages is Relying on the bounties earned by ninjas from taking on missions and the merchants traveling from various places."

"The environment of these two countries is harsh. The Country of Wind is located in a desert, suffering from drought all year round. The sandstorms that blow from time to time are even more daunting to the merchants and nobles who travel across the country."

"Although there is no drought in the Earth Kingdom, there are rocks everywhere that are not suitable for planting. Coupled with the rain of rocks that are frequently blown up by strong winds, it is not much better for those ninjas and merchants with limited strength. "

Tsunade came to the table and looked at the territory of the ninja world that looked like a ghost painting. She also looked at Orochimaru, who was talking with confidence, and felt quite frustrated that his intelligence was being crushed to the ground.

"You guys, after talking for a long time, you didn't say why the Second Ninja War was triggered?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the map for a while, then picked up the pipe again and took a puff silently.

"I probably understand what you mean."

"Are you saying that the two countries, Wind and Earth, might launch an attack on Konoha because the economy cannot bring growth to the Ninja Village?"

Orochimaru nodded slightly, but then shook his head slightly.

"Yes, but not entirely!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a hint of interest and exhaled a puff of smoke, somewhat looking forward to the continuation of his story by his best disciple.

"Teacher, do you still remember the first Five Kage Conference held by the First Generation?"

Orochimaru glanced at Tsunade, who was anxiously scratching his head, and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Well……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen smacked his lips, smoked his pipe, and nodded thoughtfully.

"I know a little bit about it."

"Where did you get this information?"

Tsunade finally waited for a question she knew, and immediately slapped Orochimaru on the shoulder happily and yelled at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"I know this."

"That guy Orochimaru sometimes goes to visit grandma. He doesn't do anything else but go into the library and look through the files."

"cut!"

"It's full of old records, not even a single ninjutsu. Except for Orochimaru, even grandma wouldn't look at those things."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded clearly, looking at Orochimaru with eyes filled with relief.

"it is good!"

"It never hurts to learn more about the history of the ninja world."

"Just like now, Orochimaru can analyze these things, and Tsunade you..."

Tsunade was immediately irritated by the obvious difference in treatment. She clenched her little fists tightly. If she hadn't seen that this old guy was her teacher and had just experienced an injury to her parent and child, she would have given him a slap on the head. Boxing is not allowed.

Orochimaru glanced at her and indicated with his eyes:

'If you can punch me, I, Orochimaru, will admire you as a man! '

Tsunade instantly understood the meaning of Orochimaru's eyes, snorted angrily, turned around and sat on the chair to sulk.

Orochimaru ignored her, faced Hiruzen Sarutobi, and continued the topic.

"Then does the teacher know that the first generation sold war weapons?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen also shrank his eyes and looked at Orochimaru in surprise.

"Do you know about the tailed beasts?"

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