Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Here, Minato, this is a newly submitted document today. It must be reviewed and confirmed by you, the fourth generation Hokage, before it can be executed."

Nara Shikaku put a stack of documents half a man tall on Namikaze Minato's desk. Namikaze Minato, who was about to be buried in the pile of documents, listened to the heavy muffled sound, and his face showed fatigue. The tiredness suddenly became much stronger.

"It's not easy to manage a village well... I really don't know how the Third Generation managed to deal with all kinds of things for thirty years and develop Konoha better and better."

"Okay, stop complaining Minato, the Third Hokage doesn't have such a workload every day," Nara Shikaku, who had heard many anecdotes about the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen from his father, rolled his eyes. While moving his shoulders, he said:

"The end of the war, the replacement of old and new, and the protests of the Uchiha and Hyuga families. If so many things hadn't come together, it wouldn't be said that there would be so many things that need to be dealt with centrally."

"Everything is in vain." Namikaze Minato moved his neck and sighed sincerely.

"Yes, not only are there many things waiting to be done, but it is also time to deal with problems that we did not have the energy to deal with before."

Hearing what Nara Shikaku said, Namikaze Minato's expression became serious.

"Has the Third Generation finally begun to investigate the root causes of various things?"

"Well, it has already begun. The third generation of adults is thoroughly investigating the various human experiments, development of forbidden arts and brainwashing methods left over from Danzo's period. So far, some are quite hidden and involve very difficult issues. The character’s information.”

Nara Shikaku nodded, and sighed with some worry: "The Third Generation said that we can just leave this matter to him, and we don't need to come into contact with the darkness born because of his incompetence... But I always have some Not a good feeling."

"...Believe me, the Third Generation. After all, he is the Hokage who has been with this village for more than thirty years. He is much clearer and more skilled than us on how to deal with those things in the darkness."

Namikaze Minato picked up a report from the Konoha Police Force, looked at the sharp and passionate speech on it, and covered his eyes helplessly.

"What's more, the trouble we have to deal with here is quite big. The hawks of the Uchiha clan have been protesting to us recently, asking us to remove Uchiha Shisui from Kirigakure at all costs. In exchange for it..."

"Really, try to use your brain, Uchiha guys..."

Nara Shikaku complained like this while making a headache move similar to that of Namikaze Minato, "Shisui is a super genius who opened the three magatama sharingan at the age of nine. If you hold him in your hand, Kirigakure will It is absolutely possible to create another Uchiha clan of our own... How can such exaggerated benefits be exchanged casually?"

"In contrast, the reaction of the Hyuga clan is much more realistic... Although several ninjas from separate families were punished within the family for poor protection, under the management of the clan elders, most Hyuga clan members People of this clan can still accept the fact that Byakugan was taken away."

"Thanks to this incident, the frequency of quarrels and conflicts between the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan has become much higher recently. The Uchiha hawks mocked the Hyuga clan for not even having their blood inheritance limit taken away. Cowards who dare not speak out, the Hyuga clan in turn attacks the Uchihas, only daring to shout in words, but in reality they dare not take any action."

Namikaze Minato looked at another report submitted by the Anbu and sighed sadly:

"In the past two days alone, eight ninjas from the Hyuga clan were arrested by the police force because of conflicts with people from the Uchiha clan. Among the Uchiha who clashed with them, only two were symbolically arrested. Some punishment was imposed, and a dozen other people were released without charge on the spot after being questioned..."

"...Minato, you'd better go talk to Fugaku first."

Nara Shikaku took a deep breath, walked to Minato and said:

"At least let the Uchiha clan not show their double standards so obviously... Konoha can no longer bear the impact of the full-scale rebellion between the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan."

"Then I'll ask Shikaku to help you deal with these matters for the time being."

Namikaze Minato nodded, stood up and took off the Hokage's robe hanging on the side, and then disappeared into the Hokage's office in a blink of an eye, leaving only Nara Shikaku sighing at the pile of documents. stand up.

"Minato, and the Third Generation-sama... you must clean up the matter. If something big and eye-catching happens again, the war that finally ended will come back soon. "

…

"Are you here to see me, old man?"

Sitting in his public laboratory, Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and the ANBU who came in with a leisurely expression, and asked in a relaxed tone.

"Orochimaru."

Looking at this disciple who had unknowingly stepped into the darkness and walked very far inside, Sarutobi Hiruzen was glad that he did not hand over the root to Danzo after his death. While tightening his gauntlets, he asked in a deep voice:

"When did you start conducting those forbidden experiments with Danzo?"

"There's no point in asking when you know the truth, Sarutobi-sensei..."

Orochimaru responded to Sarutobi Hiruzen's question in a nonchalant manner, "You are the one who has known Danzo for the longest time and understands him the most deeply. After taking over everything he left behind, why bother to ask? What about this boring question for me, a latecomer?”

"Is it possible that deep down in your heart, you still have some thoughts that want to excuse everything Danzo has done?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face couldn't help but darken.

Regarding Danzo and Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen has always believed that no matter how dark their acting styles are, their ultimate goal is to protect Konoha, not for their own ambitions...

But the many experimental records and mission reports found in the root's confidential information library gave him a big mouth.

In order to obtain experimental data, he did not hesitate to abduct Konoha residents who met the needs as experimental subjects. In order to eliminate dissidents, he used the power of his roots to assassinate dissidents. Even behind the suicide of White Fang Hatake Sakumo, Danzo's men were behind it. Secretly guiding and fueling the flames...

Sarutobi Hiruzen gradually realized what kind of monsters Danzo and Genbe had turned into due to his laissez-faire and incompetence.

"That's nonsense, Orochimaru, figure out your current identity!" Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was confused by Orochimaru's rhetorical question and didn't know how to speak, an ANBU behind him took the initiative and sternly reprimanded: " Do you think that by virtue of your status as a Sannin, you can be freed from the many crimes you committed during your roots?"

"Yiwu, don't be so extreme -"

The companion standing next to the excited ANBU wanted to stop him from speaking, but almost at the next moment, a big snake burst out of Orochimaru's hand and bit the shoulder of the ANBU who was speaking. He shouted and was hoisted into the air.

"Sarutobi-sensei, is this how you educate your ANBU? Can a brat who has never performed an S-level mission alone speak so loudly in front of me, who has shed blood and made countless contributions to Konoha?"

Orochimaru looked coldly at Anbu, whose skin was rapidly turning purple, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose eyes suddenly became sharp, with an evil smile on his face:

"Or is this stupid young man specially prepared by you so that you can justifiably take me down, Sarutobi-sensei?"

"Orochimaru, don't be impulsive! Let go of Oto, I didn't come here to kill you!"

Facing Sarutobi Hiruzen's speech, Orochimaru's expression darkened and became colder to the naked eye. He casually smashed the impulsive ANBU into the ANBU behind Sarutobi Hiruzen, knocking them upside down. , and then stared into Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, his tone as cold as ice:

"So, did you stand in front of me just to ban all my research and cut off my future, Sarutobi-sensei?"

"Those cruel human experiments should not have been continued... Konoha must not give someone unlimited privileges or even cover his behavior of harming his companions just because he has made contributions."

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood in front of the exit of the laboratory and said firmly:

"Orochimaru, forget about those things you obtained through wrong methods... That way, you can continue to be admired by the people in the village as one of the Sannin of Konoha."

"I see, are you planning to cooperate with the Yamanaka clan's secret technique to seal away part of my memory, Sarutobi-sensei?"

Orochimaru suddenly laughed with some relief when he listened to Sarutobi Hiruzen's speech, which until now was still full of unrealistic illusions.

"It seems that the fate between me and Konoha has ended here...but that's fine, in this case, I no longer need to have any unrealistic illusions about Konoha."

"What are you going to do, Orochimaru?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen decisively summoned his own psychic beast, the monkey demon, grabbed the Vajra Wishful Rod it transformed into, and asked sternly.

"Of course I will pursue the knowledge and ninjutsu that I desire, Sarutobi-sensei."

Orochimaru stood up from where he was sitting, bowed to Sarutobi Hiruzen, then expanded his mouth enough to tear the corner of his mouth, and said with a strange smile in a hoarse voice:

"I hope that after cutting off the rotten parts of us in the darkness, Konoha's future will be bright... Otherwise, I will do my best to laugh at you in a place where you can hear me."

hiss--

A huge amount of dark purple poisonous gas that was so strong that it turned black spurted out from Orochimaru's mouth, instantly filling the entire laboratory space. Then, when the ANBU elites all began to use their own methods to prevent the poisonous gas from invading the body, Orochimaru A long figure suddenly emerged from Maru's mouth and quickly rushed towards the exit of the laboratory.

when!

With just one stick, Sarutobi Hiruzen hit Orochimaru seven inches in the face of Orochimaru, who had transformed into a white phosphorous snake and tried to escape, and smashed it into the ground.

But the mouth of the white phosphorus snake opened again, and a slightly smaller snake body was sprayed out again. Under the astonished eyes of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he escaped without looking back.

"Ahem, cough, cough... Lord Third... Orochimaru, have you escaped?"

A ninja from the Yamanaka clan asked Sarutobi Hiruzen in his heart while covering his mouth and nose with a mask he had prepared early.

"He ran away."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the ferocious-looking snake shed at his feet and closed his eyes with complicated emotions.

"Use the telekinesis technique to inform the people in the village that Orochimaru... has defected."

"yes."

Sorry, sorry, my eyes suddenly hurt last night when I was halfway through writing. I really couldn't hold on, so I took a rest first.

I went to the hospital for a checkup this morning, and the doctor repeatedly warned me that I must stay up less late, otherwise the next time I come back it won't be a minor problem like overuse of my eyes...

This chapter is just to make up for the update I owed yesterday. I’m still working hard on today’s normal update.