He has even practiced his Haki, and you say this is Naruto?

"Teacher..."

The third generation didn't understand why the second generation chose to die at that time.

He shouldn't have died. As the creator of the Flying Thunder God Technique and the top shadow in the ninja world at that time, how could the second generation Hokage be killed by Kinkaku and Ginkaku?

But in the third generation's memory, when the second generation left, he had already taken the determination to die.

It was at that moment that the third generation seemed to have grown up.

He had always listened to his teacher's teachings and trusted his companions very much. Even if he knew that Danzo had done something secretly, the third generation would choose to turn a blind eye.

But he didn't understand that the companions that the second generation Hokage was talking about were not only Danzo, Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu, but also the entire Konoha, including the Uchiha clan.

When the second generation Hokage died, a road had been paved for him.

"Teacher... am I wrong? Or did I really fail the teacher?"

Orochimaru's words were heartbreaking, constantly hurting the third generation's heart, and the memories of decades ago came like a tide.

If he had only been the Hokage for ten years, or twenty years, perhaps Konoha would not have become what it is now.

The third generation looked outside the barrier. There was no Konoha ninja outside the barrier. He was the only Kage left in the entire Konoha.

The third generation took off his forehead protector. He felt guilty not only to the second generation Hokage, but also to Minato.

"Was Minato like this at that time?"

"No, Minato was not like this. He never owed anyone. Even if he was alone, he still protected Konoha."

"Teacher, I am a real failure as a Hokage."

A line of turbid tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. He really didn't have the courage to face the first and second generations. He didn't have the courage to face the three Kages on the Hokage Rock.

He was an incompetent Kage.

The third generation put his hands together. As the flames and the aftermath of the explosion slowly dissipated, a huge white shadow appeared behind the third generation.

"Shiki Fujin!!"

The third generation summoned the god of death at the cost of his own life. At this moment, Orochimaru's soul felt a chill.

As the flames and dust dissipated, leaves fell one by one, and the souls of the first and second generations also dissipated with the falling leaves.

The third generation appeared in front of Orochimaru and controlled him.

"Are you going to die? I haven't seen the new world with my own eyes yet."

Orochimaru looked at the third generation in front of him. The tears on the third generation's face were not dry. He opened his wet eyes, but his vision was blurred by tears, so he couldn't see Orochimaru's face clearly.

He could only see the leaves falling continuously, and the leaves fell one by one, blurring his vision and making his body colder and colder.

"Are you going to die?"

"So, death feels like this."

"Teacher, I'm so scared, so scared to see you..."

Behind the third generation, the god of death's knife pierced his body and cut into Orochimaru's arms

Chapter 72 Return to the roots

"Is this what death feels like?"

The body of the third generation finally fell down powerlessly.

As the third generation Hokage of Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen is also an absolute top figure in the current ninja world.

Whether in strength or in mind, he is the best.

The only shortcoming is that as the third generation Hokage of Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen does not really belong to this era.

From the Warring States period, Hashirama and Madara who I saw when I was young, to the teacher "Senju Tobirama" who I met in my youth.

Whether it is Hashirama or Madara, their strength is a terrifying existence in the era of suppression. In front of these two people, no genius can be called a genius.

The brilliance of all the genius ninjas of that era was overshadowed by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

There are only two people who can stand out slightly under the glory of the strong in this era of suppression.

One is Uchiha Izuna, and the other is Senju Tobirama.

Madara and Hashirama appeared as if it was fate, and Izuna and Tobirama also had outstanding strength and wisdom as if it was fate.

As for others, others are called ordinary people in this era.

Even a "genius" like Sarutobi Hiruzen who can control five types of chakra is just one of the living beings.

From childhood to adulthood, Sarutobi Hiruzen has never been proud of his talent. Any pride is not worth mentioning in front of the genius of that era.

After the death of the first generation Hokage, Tobirama became the second generation Hokage, and also became Sarutobi Hiruzen's teacher.

It was from that time that Sarutobi Hiruzen really saw how strong Tobirama was, who was overshadowed by Hashirama and Madara in that era.

The incredible creativity of ninjutsu, he developed countless forbidden techniques with his own efforts, and the water escape ninjutsu he mastered can be said to be the top of the ninja world.

In addition, Tobirama is proficient in politics, diplomacy, military affairs and so on.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is indeed a genius, but any genius will feel inferior after meeting such a person.

There is also a gap between geniuses.

This gap made the third generation dare not cross, and he could only live under the shadow of the first generation Hokage and the second generation Hokage for the rest of his life.

Perhaps without the suppression of these two geniuses, the third generation would have gone further, but reality often does not satisfy everyone.

Tobirama naturally understood that he bet the future of Konoha on the third generation, but until his death, the third generation could not overcome the suppression of Tobirama and Hashirama because they were too outstanding, and this excellence formed a cage.

The upper limit of the third generation is directly locked. If it cannot be crossed, it cannot be transcended.

Even at the moment of death, the third generation was still unable to take that step. It could even be said that the third generation's will had collapsed when he saw the purpose of the first generation and the second generation.

Everyone has their soft and fragile points, and Sandai's most vulnerable points are the two Kage who firmly locked his upper limit deep in his memory.

"Peng!"

The third generation's body fell to the ground from above. Orochimaru's hands naturally dropped and he looked at the third generation's body on the ground.

"Still as soft-hearted as ever...old man."

"Whether it was against Bei Liuhu back then, or against me...even against a person like me who has committed such a heinous crime, he wouldn't be able to do it."

Orochimaru sighed, his emotions were complicated, he Orochimaru was never a good person, if Danzo's death ten times was not enough, then he Orochimaru should die at least five times.

However, in the end, the third generation only cut off the souls of his hands and disabled his hands.

"..."

Orochimaru didn't know how to evaluate the third generation, and he was not qualified to evaluate the third generation.

The old man is a good teacher, a good teacher who treats him like family, but the old man is definitely not a good Hokage.

"It's time for fallen leaves to return to their roots."

A snake emerged from Orochimaru's arms, and Konoha's forehead protector spit out from the snake's mouth and placed it next to the third generation.

The third generation put it on Orochimaru himself, but now, it's time to return it.

As a gust of wind blew by, and as the barrier slowly dissipated, the third generation's body gradually blurred among the fallen leaves, disappearing behind Orochimaru's back.

At this time, Kabuto was also late. When he saw Orochimaru's hands, Kabuto was stunned for a moment, but he quickly told the current situation in Konoha.

"Kidomaru and the others have passed on all the information and want to ask Orochimaru-sama what you mean.

After all, those people just want to know whether there are devil fruits in Konoha, I think..."

"I'll take care of it myself."

Orochimaru looked at the scroll in Kabuto's hand, and Kidomaru told everything about their encounter with Shanks without any reservation or concealment.

"See you in the new world? That guy..."

This is what Shanks said to everyone. Orochimaru carefully tasted what Shanks said.

"I know what I should do? This guy... is really difficult to handle."

Orochimaru shook his head, he was sure that Shanks definitely didn't know his identity.

But there is no need to know, because as long as the Devil Fruit and some information are leaked, someone will try it.

And once someone succeeds, they will definitely go to Shanks to verify it.

At this time, Orochimaru also realized that it was reasonable and reasonable for him to send Kidomaru and others out, and it was also reasonable for Shanks to send Kidomaru and others back.

Shanks not only released Kidomaru and others, but also released all the pirates.

伈 and accurately conveyed a message that the lives of those people should be used in the new world, not that kind of place.

"What do Shanks mean? Do you want me to give the Devil Fruit to those people?"

Orochimaru sneered and said, he would naturally give Shanks face.

But Orochimaru has never been such a person to be manipulated by others.

"Let's go and have a look. If I'm not mistaken, Shanks should be on his way here already."

At this time, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure Village led his elite troops, together with the three Inokacho families and the ninjas of Sunagakure Village, rushed back towards Konoha. The three parties had reached an agreement.

Although Tsuchikage didn't trust Kakashi very much, he didn't want to have a conflict, so he had to compromise in the end.

On the other side, deep in the forest, the battle between Naruto, Sasuke and others and Gaara and others has ended.

Xiang Rin was covered in blood, and the kunai in her hand stopped at Gaara's heart, but she still didn't stab it.

A wisp of sand climbed up from Gaara's body and grabbed Xianglin's hand. The fragile sand could not stop Xianglin's attack.

But Xianglin still stopped. Using the same practice method as Shanks, Xianglin already possessed the domineering power of seeing, hearing, and color.

At this moment, Xianglin felt the love of Gaara's dead mother on that wisp of sand, and her attack stopped.

The kunai fell to the ground, and he stood up in despair, tears flowing down uncontrollably, and walked deep into the forest.

Seeing this, Temari and Kankuro lifted Gaara up and evacuated quickly.

Naruto chased in the direction of Xianglin, but as soon as he raised his feet, he stopped again.

He didn't know how to speak. He could feel Xianglin's pain, but... he didn't know how to comfort her.

"Naruto, take Sakura back to the village quickly."

Sasuke said that the scale of the battle on their side was not small, but the scale of the battle elsewhere was equally terrifying.

At this time, on the real main battlefield, Danzo and his team had almost been wiped out, and only one barrier was struggling to hold on.

At this moment, they truly felt how terrifying the "enemies" faced by the chuunin and genin who went out to clean up the pirates were.

They have no power to fight back. Facing such an enemy, they have no power to fight back at all.

This is because the other party did not kill him. If the Raikage and others really killed him, Danzo should have crossed the Naihe Bridge by now.

"Danzo, we came here just to confirm one thing, whether Konoha has devil fruits or not."

"How could Konoha have such a thing!! How could we know about devil fruits? The information clearly came from Shanks."

"But no matter how you think about it, the heritage of the Uzumaki clan should be in Konoha's hands, right? You mean, only Shanks knows, and you didn't get any benefits from the Land of Whirlpools?"

Mei Terumi sneered, still stubborn at this time.

And this group of pirates also said that the news about the devil fruit pointed to Konoha.

Of course, Kidomaru and others did not tell Dark directly, but Orochimaru was in Konoha, didn't that mean that the devil fruit was in Konoha?

So compared to Danzo in front of them, the pirates naturally believed Shanks more, after all, with the courage of Shanks, he would not lie.

And at this time, Qing noticed that a large amount of chakra was rushing in this direction.

"Konoha's reinforcements are here."

As soon as Qing finished speaking, Kakashi appeared on the other side with Kai.

Danzo was about to speak, but Kakashi spoke first.

"I'm sorry, everyone, we don't know what Danzo-sama did, but if you trust me, I can make all the information about Konoha public."