Naruto Shura Road

"Alas... these days have finally come to an end..."

After signing the last document of the day, the Third Hokage stretched his old waist. He was not young, and he was already on the verge of retirement...

Fortunately, these days should be over soon for him. After the new Fourth Hokage is elected, he can retire happily and no longer have to deal with such drudgery.

A village of shadows looks beautiful, but a ninja village is not a centralized system. The hard work a village of shadows have to pay far exceeds what he can get. If anyone thinks that being a shadow is a good job that only needs to enjoy rights, then just change him

Come up, I guarantee he will want to run away within a day.

It's a pity, not to mention that he is still the Hokage now, even if he really retires, what happens next will cause him to have several myocardial infarction attempts...

"Hokage-sama!"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a Konoha ninja rushed in, with a look of panic on his face.

"Something big happened!"

"Um!?"

The third generation is very familiar with this ninja. He is one of the ANBU members directly under him. It is not that he has never seen big scenes, but now he is so panicked...

An extremely bad premonition came to his mind.

"Speak slowly and clearly!"

As he spoke, he secretly prayed that during this critical period, no big trouble would be caused to him...

But if prayer was useful, people all over the world would have worshiped the great god collectively.

"It's... Lord Orochimaru! Our people just discovered that all the people in his mansion have disappeared. The people who went to search found his disciple Anko. It seems that some kind of experiment was done, and now his life hangs by a thread!"

"What!?"

The third generation stood up from his seat with a "hoo!"

"What about the others!?"

"They left the village! The barrier team just determined that a considerable number of people passed through the barrier and left the village! And..."

"And what!?"

Sandai really wished he could faint at this moment...

"Hongdou named a location. According to her, that's where she was injected with a substance before being taken back to the mansion."

"Damn it! How could this happen!?"

The third generation only felt that his vision went dark. This "sap" blow almost choked him to death. The matter was really serious. Orochimaru... he actually wanted to...

His body swayed, and his feet suddenly felt a little weak, but only for a moment. The sense of responsibility as Hokage for decades had pulled him back from the emotional chaos. He held on to the corner of the table and looked at him with a serious expression.

own subordinates,

"Notify Jiraiya and Minato immediately and ask them to come see me! And... don't make this matter public!"

He couldn't call others. It was his own who discovered the situation first. This was his luck. Otherwise, the matter would only be bigger. He only hoped that the two masters and disciples, Jiraiya and Minato, could handle this matter well.

Already...

He was not in a hurry to find Orochimaru. As Orochimaru's teacher, he knew exactly what Orochimaru would do next, even if it was not what he wanted to see.

"yes!"

This ninja also knew that the matter was of great importance. In fact, before he came here, he had already asked others to keep the secret closely. He turned away almost as soon as he responded. In the current situation, every second counts.

Soon, when the third generation was almost losing his mind with impatience for the first time in his life, Jiraiya and Minato arrived.

"Old man! That boy Orochimaru, he really wants to..."

Jiraiya almost shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door, and Minato, who knew his teacher's temper, closed the door as soon as he entered.

The Hokage's office is a place with good sound insulation, so you are not afraid of being heard by people passing by.

"It's true..."

The third generation looked at Jiraiya with a complicated expression. From tonight onwards, Jiraiya will be his only remaining disciple...

"Sandaime-sama, what should we do?"

Minato looked solemn. Tsunade's departure had already made the "Sannin", the pillar of Konoha, crumbling. Orochimaru's departure was the last kick to kick this pillar away. This was far more serious than White Fang's suicide.

Much!

When White Fang died, Konoha still had three ninjas to support it, but now in Konoha, once the three ninjas are lost, there is no one to replace them...

He had never thought about his current status in Konoha...

"I'm going somewhere!"

Sandai frowned in pain,

"It's okay if I can keep him, but if I can't, I'm afraid I'll have to take action from you, Jiraiya."

"..."

Jiraiya suddenly became speechless. He looked at his teacher because he knew that the third generation had always had high hopes for Orochimaru.

Saying this sentence does not mean giving up the relationship between master and disciple, but also negates the past efforts of three generations...

"Old man, you..."

At this moment, he really didn't know what to say.

The only thing he wants to do now is to find Orochimaru and ask him: What happened to you!?

"Sandaime-sama, Mr. Jiraiya, why don't you let me go!"

Minato, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up,

"Senior Orochimaru is your disciple and companion. In comparison, I can feel a little more relaxed."

"no!"

This time, Sandai and Jiraiya spoke out almost at the same time,

"No, you absolutely can't fight with him!"

Probably feeling that they had a tacit understanding, they looked at each other, and finally it was the third generation who explained to Minato,

"You and Orochimaru are both candidates for the Fourth Hokage, so you absolutely cannot fight him at this time!"

"Yes, just leave Orochimaru's matter to us. You have more important things now!"

Jiraiya nodded on the side,

"You have to go to Taki Country immediately!"

"Takigakure... Ninja World Conference!?"

The fourth generation immediately understood what his teacher meant.

"Should we stop playing and return to the village immediately?"

"No."

Sandai shook his head,

"This is not necessary, but you need to protect them."

He has never been so troubled as he is today in his life, and his brows are almost knotted...

"In a few days, the whole Ninja world will know about Orochimaru. Those children going to the Ninja World Conference are the leaders of our new generation. Once the news about Orochimaru is conveyed, there is no guarantee that some people will have thoughts that they shouldn't.

That’s when you need to take action!”

"Yes, especially the two children Qi and Kakashi!"

Jiraiya also added,

"You have taken them. I believe you don't need me to tell you how important they are."

"Understood……"

Minato took a deep breath, his eyes flashed coldly,

"Unless I die, no one can take advantage of those children!"