Konoha, I have the Herrscher of the End core in my body.

The words of the Fourth Kazekage made Sarutobi Hiruzen's face darken immediately, but he had no way to refute it. The weakening of Konoha was naturally a good thing for the other four major ninja villages. Didn't they see that even the Sand Village had betrayed its alliance with Konoha?

"Your Excellency the Fourth Kazekage, it's still not too late to stop now." Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression quickly returned to calm, and he said to the Fourth Kazekage solemnly.

"In this situation, it's not too late to stop. You're really a weakling who is useless to others." These words of the Fourth Kazekage made Sarutobi Hiruzen's face twist unconsciously. These words were really too harsh. This was Naruto's evaluation of Sarutobi Hiruzen in the book.

"you are?"

But at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have discovered something, and looked at the Fourth Kazekage who was holding him hostage with a look of shock. The tone of the Fourth Kazekage's last words was completely different from the previous ones. It was a tone that was very familiar yet unfamiliar to him. It was the tone that came from someone he thought he might never see again in his life.

"Long time no see, Sarutobi teacher, I'm a little sleepy." The Fourth Kazekage said as he put the kunai in his right hand on Sarutobi Hiruzen's neck, but suddenly it pierced into his left palm and he yawned.

"Four Purple Flame Formation."

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was shocked at the true appearance of the Fourth Kazekage, four Konoha Anbu suddenly appeared around the two of them. The four of them immediately took off their disguises, and then formed hand seals at the same time, activating a barrier formation. A rectangular barrier composed of purple transparent flames trapped the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Kazekage inside.

"It's you, Orochimaru."

At the moment when the Four Purple Flame Array barrier was completed, Sarutobi Hiruzen used his Hokage robe and hat as cover to escape from the Fourth Kazekage, no, to be more precise, Orochimaru's hold.

"Yes, it's me, Sarutobi-sensei. It's been a long time since we last met. I missed you so much."

Orochimaru didn't care at all about Sarutobi Hiruzen's escape. Strictly speaking, he didn't seriously intend to hold the Third Hokage hostage. As a disciple of the Third Hokage, Orochimaru knew something about his teacher's strength. Don't think that he seemed to have the upper hand just now. In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen had some means of escape.

As he spoke, Orochimaru threw away the disguise of the Fourth Kazekage, revealing his true face. The Konoha ninjas and Anbu members who were blocked outside the Four Purple Flame Array barrier couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw that the Fourth Kazekage was actually Orochimaru.

"Why is it Orochimaru, Lord Kazekage, damn it."

When the Sand Village ninja Maki saw this scene below the arena, his brows furrowed immediately. This scene gave him a very bad premonition that the Fourth Kazekage might be in danger.

"Temari, Kankuro, Gaara, you return to the village immediately." After hesitating for a moment, Maki immediately issued an order to Gaara and the other two around him.

Maki originally disapproved of this plan to destroy Konoha. It was not because he had any good feelings towards Konoha, but because Orochimaru, who came to discuss cooperation, was too dangerous. Unfortunately, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa was attracted by the scene described by Orochimaru, and felt that this was a good opportunity to severely damage Konoha.

This cannot be blamed on Luo Sha for being eager for quick success, but the Sand Village is too poor. Not only are there few missions, but the Daimyo of the Wind Country often deprives them of their funds. In order to better develop the Sand Village, they can only set their sights on their ally Konoha.

"Hurry up and go." Just as Temari was about to say something, Maki immediately scolded in a low voice. Things have come to this point. Even if things turned out as he expected and the Fourth Kazekage encountered an accident, it would be impossible to stop the attack of the Sand Village. The only thing they could do was to save Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro.

Gaara and his two siblings are the best of the younger generation of Konoha and the future of the Sand Village. Maki naturally doesn't want anything to happen to them.

"It's actually Orochimaru. Naruto, this is your plan. Do you really want to destroy Konoha?"

Kakashi, who was fighting against the attacking Sound Ninja in the arena's audience stands, suddenly turned cold when he saw Orochimaru appear. The sudden attacks from the Sand Village and the Sound Village, as well as the appearance of Orochimaru, made Kakashi blame Naruto. In other words, Naruto unknowingly took the blame for Orochimaru.

Originally, the plan to collapse Konoha was formulated by Orochimaru, but now in Kakashi's mind, it was Naruto who used the one-month period of the third game of the Chunin Exam to connect the Sand Village and Orochimaru.

If it was Naruto in the original work, Kakashi would definitely not think so, but the current Kakashi, especially his previous behavior in the high tower of the 44th training ground, made Kakashi have to think so.

"Naruto, where are you?" Thinking of this, Kakashi immediately began to search around for Naruto's traces.

"Kakashi, this is not like you." While Kakashi was trying to find Naruto around, Might Guy kicked away a Sound Ninja who was trying to attack Kakashi from behind.

"Looking for Naruto."

"Naruto?"

When Kai heard Kakashi mention Naruto, he immediately fell silent. Konoha, which was once a sunny and harmonious place, had become like this because of his actions. For a moment, Kai didn't know how to face Konoha. He had never imagined that the respected Third Hokage had done so many things in secret, and even his father's death was related to him.

"Kakashi, no matter what, let's repel the invaders first."

"good."

It was really difficult for Kai to think about these problems, so after he found that he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it and began to concentrate on dealing with the enemies in front of him. No matter what the Third Hokage did, it did not change their desire to protect Konoha.

"I didn't expect that he would contact you. I really underestimated him."

It wasn't just Kakashi who blamed Naruto for the Konoha collapse plan. Sarutobi Hiruzen did the same. His idea was similar to Kakashi's.

"Sarutobi-sensei, you really underestimated him, that's why you are in this situation now, isn't it?"

Orochimaru immediately understood the meaning of Sarutobi Hiruzen's words. Naturally, he had no intention of clarifying it. He even continued to speak along the lines of Sarutobi Hiruzen's words. In short, Naruto was bound to take the blame for the collapse of Konoha this time.

"Hmph." Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted coldly and did not say anything. At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would rather give up the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and kill him in advance.

"I also underestimated you, teacher. I thought you really expelled me because of my experiments. I didn't expect it was just because I threatened your position as Hokage, or Nawaki. Teacher, you are really good at scheming."

When Orochimaru spoke, his eyes were filled with cold murderous intent. Compared to the original Orochimaru, the current Orochimaru has much greater murderous intent. Orochimaru has always remembered Ropeki's death.