Konoha, I have the Herrscher of the End core in my body.

The death of Rope Tree was a key link in Orochimaru's ideological change. It was because of the death of Rope Tree that Orochimaru began to think about the meaning of life, and thus developed the forbidden technique of Reincarnation to prolong life.

For Orochimaru at that time, he thought that Nawaki's death was only because he failed to protect him. Now he found out that everything was a conspiracy of his teacher, and the last bit of respect he had for the Third Hokage disappeared.

"Orochimaru." Feeling Orochimaru's strong murderous intent, Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart sank. Sand Village, Orochimaru, if it was at other times, Konoha would naturally not be afraid with its foundation, but now with the addition of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto, it is completely different. If things go wrong, Konoha may suffer heavy losses.

As the leader of the five major ninja villages, if Konoha suffers heavy losses, the consequences will be catastrophic. The other four major ninja villages will definitely not give up the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Haven't you seen that the Sand Village has torn up the alliance?

This was the excuse that the Third Hokage used to convince Itachi why he chose to betray his family. Once the Uchiha clan officially rebelled, even if Konoha could suppress it, it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

As for the fact that Danzo ordered Itachi to massacre the Uchiha clan, the Third Hokage was completely unaware of it. This is simply a joke. If it were some trivial matters, it would be fine for the Kage of a village not to know about it, but this was to massacre the Uchiha clan, a large ninja family in Konoha. Without the approval of the Third Hokage, there would be no way that things could be suppressed so easily.

If the Third Hokage was really that useless, Danzo, who always wanted to become Hokage, would probably have been the Fifth Hokage long ago.

As a result, after the Third Hokage died in battle, Danzo was not the Fifth Hokage, but Tsunade returned. It was not until Pain destroyed Konoha, Tsunade fell into a coma, and Konoha suffered heavy losses that Danzo took the opportunity to take over and become the acting Sixth Hokage. From this we can see how powerful the Third Hokage was.

"I really shouldn't have let you go."

"Let me go? I'm afraid not, Sarutobi-sensei. You need me to defect so that you can lure that idiot away and prevent him from staying in Konoha to help the Fourth Hokage consolidate his power. That way you can better take charge of Konoha, right? As the Fourth Hokage, after serving as Hokage for several years, you can't even control the Anbu. Teacher, you really chose a good puppet."

Naruto added a lot of information in the book about why Orochimaru lost the competition with Minato Namikaze for the Fourth Hokage. Anyway, for such things, except for the parties involved, others can only rely on imagination.

However, it is true that the Fourth Hokage did not control the Anbu. Naruto had specially investigated this. Of course, the reason used by the Third Hokage and others at the time was very legitimate. The reason was that Mizuki was too young and they would let him control the Anbu after a few years.

"you."

Orochimaru's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen's chest heave, but he did not say anything else because he knew that at this point, any explanation would become a cover-up.

To be honest, the Third Hokage chose Minato Namikaze to be the Fourth Hokage because he was born a commoner. Even if he became Hokage, he could only rely on these old guys. However, the Third Hokage did not want to kill the Fourth Hokage. In fact, if Minato could have lived longer, he would have taken control of Konoha sooner or later. After all, Minato was much younger than the Third Hokage.

Who could have thought that the Fourth Hokage and his wife would die so early, resulting in the Third Hokage, the old guy, standing up again. Naruto probably knew how much of his fabrication was true and how much was speculation and uncertainty, but since his opponent was an enemy, he naturally would not show mercy.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hands."

"Fire Escape Fire Dragon Flame Bullet."

Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who were talking to each other, suddenly started to attack at the same time. Although they were just talking to each other, they were actually looking for each other's flaws.

"Art fire escape ho fireball."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had released the Fire Dragon Flame Bomb, suddenly moved his feet and leaped back in an instant. At the same time, he formed seals with his hands again and used Fire Release again, hitting the group of snakes that broke through his Fire Dragon Flame Bomb.

Orochimaru's Hidden Snake Hand used the outer snakes as a barrier, allowing the innermost snakes to suddenly launch Sarutobi Hiruzen's first Fire Release.

However, just when Sarutobi Hiruzen used his second fire escape to destroy the swarm of snakes, the snakes buried in the flames suddenly rushed out of Orochimaru's figure and kicked Sarutobi Hiruzen in the chest. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had never expected Orochimaru's sudden appearance, only had time to put his hands in front of him to block Orochimaru's kick. However, even though he blocked it, the force of the kick still made the Third Hokage fly backwards nearly ten meters before he could stabilize his body.

"Teacher Sarutobi, I haven't fought with you for a long time. I hope you won't let me down." After kicking Sarutobi Hiruzen away, Orochimaru immediately began to rush towards Sarutobi Hiruzen in a roundabout way.

"Then let me see what progress you have made over the years." Sarutobi Hiruzen stood in place, his eyes constantly tracking the figure of Orochimaru moving around, until Orochimaru rushed in front of him and the two sides started a physical battle.

"Hokage-sama, ah."

While the Third Hokage and Orochimaru were trapped in the barrier, several Anbu quickly rushed out from the side. One of them wanted to attack the purple flame wall of the Four Purple Flame Array with the kunai in his hand. As a result, when his kunai just touched the flame wall, the purple flame immediately spread from the kunai to his whole body in an instant. The scorching flame made him scream and then he completely lost his voice.

This scene immediately made the Anbu dare not approach the barrier of the Four Purple Flame Array at will. Afterwards, these Anbu immediately threw kunai, shuriken, thousand swords and other hidden weapons into the barrier. However, these hidden weapons were melted by the purple flames immediately after coming into contact with the flames.

"What a high temperature! The Four Purple Flame Formation."

Naruto, dressed in ANBU attire, stared at the flaming wall of the Four Purple Flame Array for a long time, then suddenly flew to the edge of the barrier, stretched out his index finger and touched the flaming barrier.

"Don't touch." When Naruto took action, the Anbu standing nearby immediately reminded him loudly. It seemed that she regarded Naruto as a companion.

But Naruto naturally ignored him. His fingers soon touched the purple flame wall, and then the purple flame immediately burned on his index finger, but did not spread.

"I am the Herrscher of Fire. Wouldn't it be too strange if I was burned to death by flames?" Naruto has developed the ability of the Herrscher of Fire to the second highest level after the Herrscher of Space.

"Herrser of Fire, I see. In that case, Uchiha Itachi, I look forward to meeting you."

Feeling the power of the purple flame on his index finger through the ability of the Herrscher of Fire, Naruto's eyes suddenly lit up as he suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Forget it. Now is not the time to study this kind of thing." Naruto extinguished the purple flame on his index finger, glanced at the Anbu and others who could only watch from the side, and disappeared from the edge of the barrier with a flash of his body.