Konoha's task master

Yakumo's expression didn't change at all, which was expected.

Namikaze Minato was the fifth generation Hokage selected by Hatake Sakumo and Sarutobi Hiruzen. This was the result of the joint efforts of two huge interests.

Although it has not been officially mentioned yet, it is already a certainty that Namikaze Minato will become the Fifth Hokage.

But the Sixth Generation is the target of the Uchiha clan.

"I'm looking forward to the competition between Naoki and Uchiha Itachi."

Yakumo replied seriously.

"Haha, you are just pretending to be confused."

Jiraiya curled his lips and smiled.

"Although Naoki is very talented, he can't be better than Uchiha Itachi. After all, Uchiha Itachi was trained by you yourself."

"This is indeed true, but the skills are not as good as the people.

Is it normal to lose?"

Yakumo asked back.

"Yes, this is normal." Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

"But the rope tree hopes that Tsunade will persuade you to influence the Uchiha clan and let them compete for the seventh generation Hokage."

"The eldest young master of the Thousand Hands Clan cannot afford to lose, right?"

"Yes, I also think his idea is unfair."

Jiraiya was very puzzled. The current Naoki was not like the person he remembered, and this vague feeling of strangeness became more and more serious.

"Currently, Tsunade is not ready to agree."

Yakumo understands what Jiraiya wants to express. Tsunade is just not wavering at the moment, but one day she will... choose to give in because of the hard work of the rope tree.

If Yakumo persuades the Uchiha clan to change their plan, this is indeed feasible, and Yakumo won't care too much about the slight dissatisfaction.

But Yakumo didn't intend to give in, and he didn't want to be in so much trouble.

Fair competition, the strong will go up and the weak will go down.

This is an eternal truth.

Yakumo always felt that this matter was not simple.

Although the resurrection of the Senju Rope Tree was Tsunade's wish, it was Orochimaru who contributed the most.

Why does Orochimaru want to resurrect the Senju Rope Tree?

"Yakumo?"

Seeing Yakumo being silent for a long time, Jiraiya couldn't help but call out softly.

"Jiraiya-sama, let me think about it."

Yakumo woke up like a dream, and after giving a simple response, he continued to enter brainstorming mode.

The scene in my mind began to respond.

Across the long river of time, Yakumo returned to the day when he raided Ryūchi Cave, and Orochimaru threw the item that sealed the art of reincarnation.

This scene is fixed.

Yakumo's figure came to Orochimaru's side and took a closer look. He smiled extremely sincerely and showed his true feelings in a way that made people sick to his stomach.

Orochimaru's true intentions were perfectly concealed.

Amidst the lightning and thunder, Yakumo appeared in front of Orochimaru.

He began to observe carefully and began to use his brain to analyze, not letting go of any clues.

Smile, eyes.

Through that sincere smile, Yakumo could feel Orochimaru's extremely indifferent face beneath the smile. Looking through his eyes that revealed his true feelings, there was a hint of malice that meant a treacherous plot had succeeded!

Orochimaru clearly knew how important the rope tree was to Tsunade, so he established a plan based on resurrecting the rope tree.

How long ago was this program established?

Yakumo couldn't help but ask himself, if what he expected was true, Orochimaru would start plotting against Tsunade when Uchiha Henen was resurrected.

Orochimaru resurrected Uchiha Henen in order to let Tsunade know that he has the ability to resurrect others.

Then, he still needs to let Tsunade have the idea of ​​resurrecting the Senju Rope Tree. This process can be easily accomplished based on his understanding of Tsunade.

Tsunade only has Kage-level strength, so naturally she is not worthy of Orochimaru spending so much effort on designing. Yakumo knows that Orochimaru's real target is actually himself.

So, all the problems now fall on the resurrected Naoki, hoping that Orochimaru's secret can be found in him.

Like a chess player placing a move on the board.

A person who is thoughtful and thoughtful is almost as smart as a demon.

One person goes straight forward and breaks the situation with force!

The scene in front of Yakumo quickly pulled away, and his consciousness broke away from his self-memory and returned to the real world.

"Let's go, I want to see the Rope Tree."

Yakumo said to Jiraiya.

"Well, Tsunade doesn't want him to meet outsiders."

Jiraiya said with some embarrassment.

"Perhaps I can detect the reason for the tree's sudden change of heart?"

Yakumo replied with a chuckle.

"If that's the case, Tsunade should be willing."

"Let's go."

Yakumo smiled slightly and looked at the blue sky. He secretly thought in his heart, "Let me see what kind of medicine Orochimaru sells in the gourd."

Yakumo's original plan was to use the Sea Key to enter the One Piece world after Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke were born.

But Yakumo didn't expect that in the past few months, Orochimaru would be so lingering, adding a bit of spice to his life.

The two of them, one behind the other, quickly shuttled through the streets of Konoha and jumped into the Senju mansion from the wall.

In the training ground, Senju Nawaki is practicing nintaijutsu and kaijujutsu under the guidance of Tsunade.

This kind of ninjutsu, which is extremely difficult to get started and has extremely high upper limit, is the inherited ninjutsu of the Senju clan. It is only after the improvement of Tsunade that it can be considered to be officially carried forward.

The power that explodes in an instant is comparable to forbidden magic.

This is the first time Yakumo has seen Senju Nezuki. He has short brown hair, and each hair is growing unruly upwards. At this time, he is practicing the strange power technique seriously, and his face is covered with sweat.

There was a slight arc at the corner of his mouth, which did not appear to be sunny, but rather a bit cold.

Tsunade stopped moving and looked at Yakumo.

At the same time, Naoki also saw Yakumo... He almost subconsciously hid behind Tsunade, and cautiously stretched out his hand to grab Tsunade's clothes.

This is like real fear.

"Yakumo, why are you here?"

Tsunade asked, her eyes widening as she glared at Jiraiya.

Yakumo: "Let me take a look at the problem of the rope tree."

After saying these words, Yakumo moved forward slowly. As he approached, Naoki's trembling became more terrifying, and there was a faint anger rising in his heart.

"Damn it, who is he??"

Thousand-armed rope tree felt that his state was very strange at the moment, with endless fear and everything-burning rage.

"Kill him, must kill him!"

Tsunade's lower back was scratched painfully by the rope tree, but she found that her well-behaved brother had already rushed out like a furious beast.

The change was so sudden. When Yakumo was three meters close to the rope tree, the latter immediately launched an attack and dodges at extremely fast speed.

Naoki's right hand grabbed Yakumo's neck, and fine white scales came out from under the skin, and they were fastened tightly, like a layer of white armor.

His pupils were erect, filled with fierce killing intent.

"Snapped."

Yakumo's expression did not change at all... He put his hands together, and the roots grew from the ground, wrapping around the Thousand-Armed Rope Tree like a python. The roots gathered together and the Thousand-Armed Rope Tree lost the ability to move.

But his eyes were still red and he roared like a monster.

On his body, more white scales emerged from under the skin, and even his face became blurry and ferocious, like an evil ghost returning from hell.

The Thousand-Handed Rope Tree let out a deafening roar.

Tsunade belatedly let out a scream of pain. She really couldn't understand why her cute and well-behaved brother became like this.

Even though there were many differences between the appearance of the rope tree after its resurrection and the appearance in the memory, Tsunade only thought that it was the change after life and death.

After all, Rope Tree has also grown a lot. He is no longer naughty and has become thoughtful. He is no longer lazy and casual, but practices in an orderly manner according to the time plan.

He even stopped talking back to her and became extremely well-behaved and obedient.

Tsunade was extremely happy about this, because her brother had finally returned from hell, and she was no longer alone in this world.

But now, no matter how unwilling Tsunade is, she must admit that her brother has not returned.

Now there is an evil spirit living in this body!

Tsunade's tenacious nerves collapsed instantly, and tears burst into her eyes.

She came to Shengshu in disbelief, stretched out her hand and gently touched the extremely ferocious face.

Even if the standing scales cut her palm open, Tsunade did not stop, looking at the strange-looking creature in front of her with gentle eyes.

Blood flowed down the palm, staining the pure white scales red.

Under her comfort, or because the struggle was hopeless, the white scales re-buried under the skin, like a retreating swarm of insects.

The intense and high-spirited heartbeat gradually disappeared, and the heartbeat returned to normal.

"Sister, why are you injured?"

Thousand-Hand Rope Tree's struggling movements calmed down, and his eyes became clear and full of energy. He seemed to wake up from a hazy dream and lost all his memories.

This acting skill is natural, like an instinct.

"Sister, don't cry."

The Thousand-Hand Rope Tree tried to wipe away the tears from the corners of Tsunade's eyes with his hands, but his arm was tightly controlled by the roots of the tree and could not move at all.

"Yakumo, let him go."

Tsunade's eyes were filled with tears and she spoke with a hint of pleading.

good."

Yakumo nodded and released the control of the rope tree. Thanks to the special nature of Soul Slayer, he had already noticed the problem with the rope tree.

It was more difficult to handle than he thought.

Tsunade immediately hugged Naoki in her arms, not noticing the flash of rejection in Naoki's eyes.

Half a minute later, the two separated, and Tsunade's right hand had stopped bleeding.

"Yakumo, do you know the reason why the rope tree changed like this?"

Tsunade held Naoki's right hand. The image of the beast just now still made Tsunade uncontrollably tremble when thinking about it.

Now Naoki is holding Tsunade's hand, and his body is quietly hiding behind Tsunade, like a wounded little beast, and has become a well-behaved and sensible younger brother.

"Is the problem serious?"

Jiraiya was much calmer than Tsunade. After seeing the change in Yakumo's expression, he asked with some concern.

"I can't do anything. Part of Orochimaru's soul is mixed into his soul, which also gives him part of Orochimaru's talents.

For example, the state of being covered in white scales just now."

"this......"

Jiraiya was at a loss for words and didn't know how to ask questions. He was really confused about the knowledge about the soul.

Tsunade's beauty turned pale, and her face was as pale as a piece of paper.

"What harm will happen if this continues?"

Yakumo thought for a moment, then stared at Nezuki's evasive eyes and said.

"The character will undergo a great change. He will gradually lose himself and become closer to Orochimaru's character. Orochimaru may wake up in the body of the rope tree at any time."

Jiraiya asked for Tsunade: "Is there no way?"

"No, his soul is too fragile compared to Orochimaru."

"Huh..." Tsunade let out a long breath.

Now she knew the reason why the rope tree became so well-behaved, but she couldn't feel happy at all.

Tsunade cursed. "Damn Orochimaru!"

"His great fear and aggression toward me should be due to the emotions carried in Orochimaru's soul that have affected him," Yakumo said.

This kind of thing is not common in the ninja world. For example, the reincarnation of Asura is often optimistic and kind, has the ability to unite others, and is eloquent.

In contrast, Indra's reincarnations often have powerful talents that make people fearful, cold, arrogant and paranoid, like a lone wolf walking alone on the grassland.

"Shengshu, you go over there to train first."

Tsunade patted Naoki's back and ordered softly.

"Okay, sister, I will go practice first."

Senju Naoki's sunny smile even gave Tsunade some illusion, as if her brother had never left.

Tsunade looked at the back of the tree and didn't look away for a long time.

"Don't look at it, it's just acting out of fear."

Yakumo could clearly feel the malice the rope tree had towards him, like the lighthouse shining through the dark clouds on the dark sea.

"What's the meaning?"

Yakumo's words destroyed the warmth in Tsunade's heart.

"Nasaki is very seriously affected by Orochimaru. Please don't communicate with him in the same way as before. Just like when you held him just now, he was actually very averse to washing his face with milk."

Tsunade obviously didn't believe Naoki would lie to her, and looked at Yakumo angrily.

"Yakumo probably didn't lie to you about this. He can indeed clearly sense the changes in other people's emotions." Jiraiya said seriously.

After a long silence, Tsunade spoke quietly.

"Is there really nothing we can do about this situation?"

Yakumo shook his head and replied: "No."

Yakumo had only just glimpsed the secret of the soul. With the talent he received from Nasus, he temporarily had the ability to harm souls.

The ability to separate two intertwined souls is a very subtle manipulation, which is tantamount to dancing and leaping on a thin film. If you are not careful, the tree will die directly.

The atmosphere on the training ground suddenly became audible, and Yakumo's words were tantamount to a death sentence for Tsunade.

She had just gained, but was facing loss.

Tsunade asked again, "Yakumo, are you really powerless?"

Yakumo could only nod, once again bringing Tsunade to the brink of despair.

Jiraiya came to Tsunade and gently held her in his arms.

This time, Tsunade didn't mind Jiraiya's behavior of taking advantage, but buried her face in that broad chest, sobbing silently.

Relating the changes in Nezuki during this period, Tsunade believed that what Yakumo said was true, and that his brother was really gradually losing himself and becoming beyond recognition.

Yakumo turned his head and started to take steps.

He left this sad space.

In his perception, Tsunade's despair was pressing down like a thick layer of snow.

This sad will cannot be dissolved, it is piled up layer by layer, and in an instant... it disperses as quickly as a strong wind.

Her love for the rope tree is very complicated and can be called the ultimate love. Only this level of love can give birth to such pure despair.

Tsunade didn't shed tears, she was just sobbing silently.

The pain was so extreme that there was only endless pain in my heart.

Jiraiya comforted Tsunade in a low voice.

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