I defected before Genocide Night

"The way the Uchiha clan obtained power is really surprising. To open his eyes, Taki actually killed his disciple with his own hands and trained another disciple who hated him."

Facing Jiraiya's probing eyes, Orochimaru made no secret of his coveting of the Sharingan.

Orochimaru's eyes were full of enthusiasm, and he seemed to have thoughts about Uchiha and Sharingan.

Knowing that he has always been obsessed with power and immortality, Jiraiya frowned and warned: "The Uchiha clan is difficult to deal with now, so don't mess around!"

Uchiha Itachi, who has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, has the power to control tailed beasts.

Even if Orochimaru is one of the three ninjas, he may capsize in the gutter if he is not careful.

Jiraiya reminded him out of good intentions.

"Ho ho ho... I don't need you to worry about what I'm going to do." Orochimaru laughed inexplicably and said unappreciatively: "Jiraiya, if you want to get the Sealed Book back, I suggest you go find it.

Uchiha Taki."

After a pause, remembering Taki's previous humiliation, Orochimaru reminded him with a gloomy expression: "Don't think that Taki is still the same Taki as before. With his current strength, even I don't have a good way to deal with him."

"Thanks for the reminder!" Jiraiya sighed.

Then, he looked at Orochimaru: "Do you want to go back to Konoha with me?"

In order to convince Orochimaru, he even revealed information about Pain and the Akatsuki organization.

"Konoha now has many enemies, including Payne from the Akatsuki organization, and Obito and Taki who defected. These people are thinking about how to destroy Konoha every moment."

"Konoha needs your and my power now."

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru with a sincere expression.

But Orochimaru shook his head and rejected him: "I used to be a member of Akatsuki's organization. Payne's plan is to resurrect a monster called the Heretic Golem by collecting tailed beasts."

"However, even if Pain has any conspiracy, it has nothing to do with me." Orochimaru revealed his indifference to Konoha without concealment: "There is nothing worth remembering about Konoha, and I also want to see how the old man consumes it.

How would he look if the village he devoted his life to protecting was destroyed?"

Orochimaru barely concealed his malice towards Konoha, which made Jiraiya realize even more clearly that it might not be that simple to bring back this former companion.

But he didn't feel surprised.

If Naruto and the Sealed Book hadn't been in urgent need of resolution, he would never have left so simply.

Before leaving, Jiraiya had to ask Orochimaru for information: "Where did Taki go?"

Orochimaru was stunned, thinking of the information Danzo had sent him, and thinking of Konoha's upcoming jinchūriki replacement ceremony, he showed a gloomy smile: "He is in Konoha!"

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"Damn it, I don't believe I will lose this time!"

In the casino, Tsunade, who was furious after losing, rolled up her sleeves and stepped on the stool.

The ninjas around her looked at her like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Sir, which side are you going to bet on?"

With some purpose in mind, the gamblers gathered around Tsunade and looked at her eagerly.

When Tsunade finished placing her bets, these people happily pushed their chips to the other side.

Tsunade sneered with a look of displeasure on her face: "Just wait until you lose Kabutobu!"

Huddled next to her, Shizune was about to cry like a little daughter-in-law, pulling on Tsunade's clothes: "Tsunade-sama, you can't gamble anymore. If we lose again, we won't even have the money to stay in the hotel."

"No matter what you do, money will always be there if you want it." Tsunade pushed her away and threw the banknotes on the table boldly.

"Come again!"

Until late at night, two guys with empty pockets walked out of the casino dejectedly.

Walk to the quiet alley.

"Really, I told you a long time ago that I can't gamble anymore..." Shizune hugged the pet pig Dodo and followed Tsunade, complaining constantly.

"The money I borrowed from the Daimyo of the Land of Tea has now been lost. What should I do in the future?" Counting the remaining coins, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and almost lost her temper.

"If we don't have money, let's go back to Konoha and make peace." Tsunade said nonchalantly.

Shizune paused and asked doubtfully: "Is it because of that rumor that you want to return to Konoha..."

They had also heard the news about Konoha being haunted in the past few days.

Those gamblers in casinos are willing to say anything when they get excited.

After hearing that the man-eating demon called himself Kato Dan, Tsunade almost demolished the casino.

Later, news came out that the Senju Roden Tree was forcing the villagers to pay living tribute. Tsunade didn't seem to care, but kept walking in the direction of Konoha, the Country of Fire, while gambling.

Clenching her fists, Tsunade's eyes were particularly sharp: "The broken and rope trees died fighting for peace. I will never allow anyone to use their deaths for fun."

"Maybe it's just a rumor!" Shizune said uncertainly.

"Hmph! If you allow such ridiculous rumors to spread, the old man must be trying to force me to return to Konoha in this way." Tsunade said in a not pleasant tone.

She had recently heard about the Akatsuki organization's collection of information on tailed beasts.

The third generation condoned such rumors because he probably wanted her to return to Konoha.

But after witnessing the death of her lover and being unable to do anything about it, Tsunade suffered from hemophobia.

Later, for the sake of the peace expected by the top leaders of the Fire Country, she, like many ninjas, was forced to let go of the hatred of the death of her loved ones.

After exiting the stage of Konoha, she no longer paid attention to Konoha's situation.

Just like Granny Chiyo in the original time and space, she will only appear again when she involves someone she cares about.

Tsunade may not care about her own reputation, but "the reputation of the Duanwa Noshu tree must not be damaged because of this."

This is also the reason why she plans to return to Konoha this time.

She must clarify her attitude and completely cut off the thoughts of the third generation and those advisors and elders.

Otherwise, I don't know how these old guys who control the interests will play tricks to call her back to Konoha.

Of course, it would be even more appropriate if he could easily ask for gambling funds from Konoha.

Along the way, the closer Tsunade got to Konoha, the more intense the rumors she heard about Kato Dan's cannibalism spread.

She didn't know that it was Uchiha Taki who used illusions on many people to make them witness Kato Dan cannibalizing people.

Later, he felt that it was not exciting enough, so he pretended to be a Senju Rope Tree and "eat people" everywhere.

The rumor that the grandson of the God of Ninja World cannibals is even more exaggerated than Kato Dan.

Every time Tsunade passed by a place and heard the local people talking about this kind of thing, she would get into a rage and smash the ground into craters.

"Calm down, calm down, Tsunade-sama!"

Fortunately, Shizune came out to stop her every time.