"Thank you all for coming. The Yondaime Hokage succession ceremony will begin now."

"The ceremony will be presided over by me, the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"Now, we have him to appear. The Fourth Hokage, known as the Yellow Flash during the Third Ninja World War - Minato Namikaze!"

As the Third Hokage spoke on the stage, the ninjas below cheered.

“Brother, I think that in terms of fame alone, you can compete, but it’s a pity that you are a little young.” The Third Raikage said to Dawn from the audience.

"Brother, I don't have much obsession with the position of Hokage. Besides, there are so many things to do as a Hokage, I don't want to be one." Dawn said indifferently.

On the stage, Namikaze Minato, dressed in a divine robe, walked over from behind, and the Third Hokage handed him the hat on his head that symbolized the position of Hokage.

"Yondaime, the village will be handed over to you from now on." The Third Hokage looked at Minato and said earnestly.

"Even if it costs my life, I will protect the village." Namikaze Minato said solemnly. No, now he should be called the Fourth Hokage.

Next, the Third Hokage’s passionate speech on the will of fire came to the end.

"Have the Hokage of your Konoha always been so good at speaking?" The Third Raikage, who had been listening for a while, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was still speaking above, and asked Dawn.

"At least, that's how the Third Hokage has always been. But it's not bad, is it?" Dawn answered for the Third Raikage.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen's speech does contain a lot of truth, but it is a bit too long. Brother, you should go and take a look next time when we take over the Hidden Cloud Village. We focus on being decisive and swift." The Third Raikage invited.

"Haha, then I'd like to see it for myself." Poxiao laughed.

After the ceremony, people from various ninja villages left one after another. At this time, an Anbu ninja came to the Fourth Hokage and said something. After hearing this, Minato's pupils shrank, and then he asked the Third Hokage and Dawn to come to the Hokage's office alone.

"What happened? Minato." The Third Hokage asked with some confusion.

Minato glanced at Dawn, then said, "Orochimaru... defected."

"what!"

Dawn and the Third Hokage were shocked at this moment.

"I was wondering why I didn't see Orochimaru coming to the ceremony today, and I was going to look for him later." said the Third Hokage.

Today, Dawn was mainly accompanying the Third Raikage and had not noticed that Orochimaru was not there.

"Who brought this news?" asked Dawn.

"It's the news from the Root. When they went to the laboratory today, they didn't see Orochimaru, so they reported it to the Anbu. After verification by the Anbu, they found that the bodies in Orochimaru's laboratory included not only ninjas from other countries, but also many ninjas from our Konoha Village. After careful inspection of the bodies of these ninjas, they found that these were all missing ninjas who had been reported to the Konoha Guard in the past six months, including the genius of the Uchiha family, Uchiha Shisui..." Minato explained to the Third Hokage and Aurora what the Anbu had just told him.

Poxiao immediately understood the clue. No matter how crazy Orochimaru was about science, he would not attack the ninjas in his own village, let alone conduct research on Uchiha Shisui openly.

Besides, Orochimaru now only wants eternal life, and the people of the Evil God Cult are far more attractive to him than the Uchiha clan's Sharingan.

Therefore, all this probably happened because Danzo went to Orochimaru for something, but Orochimaru refused, so Danzo framed him, and then Orochimaru defected.

At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.

"boom"

The door of the Hokage's office was violently pushed open, and a trio led by Danzo followed by Menyan and Koharu walked straight into the Hokage's office.

"Huruzen, look at the disciples you have accepted. First, Tsunade left Konoha without a word, then Jiraiya was nowhere to be seen every day, and now Orochimaru is going even further. He actually uses ninjas from the same village for experiments. It's simply..." As soon as Danzo came in, he began to question the Third Hokage.

"Danzo, nothing can be concluded until the matter is investigated thoroughly." The Third Hokage glanced at Danzo and said lightly.

"What else is there to investigate? Aren't all the evidences in Orochimaru's laboratory? Hiruzen, do you want to show favoritism?" Danzo said to the Third Hokage with narrowed eyes.

Minato didn't know what to do at this time, but the Third Hokage patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are the Fourth Hokage now, and you make the decision on this matter."

With the support of the Third Hokage, Minato gradually became more confident and said, "The most urgent task now is to find Orochimaru first so that we can better understand the situation."

Then, Minato turned to Dawn and said, "Dawn, you and Orochimaru should be the most familiar with each other. The task of finding him is left to you, okay?"

Just as Poxiao was about to nod and agree, Danzo immediately interrupted and said, "Him? He and Orochimaru are both teachers and friends. I don't agree to send him to find Orochimaru."

Minato patiently said to Danzo: "Elder Danzo, Dawn does have a good relationship with Orochimaru. Because of this, he is the easiest person to find Orochimaru, and I believe in Dawn."

Danzo chuckled and said, "Fourth Hokage, do you know that if we don't catch Orochimaru, the reputation that we Konoha has just accumulated in the Third War will vanish into thin air, and we will become the laughing stock of other ninja villages, you..."

Poxiao was a little unhappy after hearing what Danzo said. At the same time, he also felt the bloody aura in the sword left by his father behind him was a little restless, so he interrupted directly: "Danzo, what we are talking about now is to find Orochimaru and understand the situation, not to arrest him directly. Does finding the bodies of Konoha ninjas in his research institute count as evidence? You know, his research institute is built in the headquarters of your Root. I also want to know how Orochimaru got those bodies in without anyone noticing. Are all you Root ninjas blind?"

"Little brat, you!" Danzo was about to scold Dawn, but was interrupted by Dawn again.

"Lord Danzo, I remember that your hand was injured during World War II? It just so happens that I have made a breakthrough in medical ninjutsu recently, so how about you untie the bandage now and let me help you take a look?" Dawn said with a smile.

Poxiao knew at this time that although Danzo did not have a hand full of Sharingan like in later generations, he had at least transplanted Uchiha Kagami's Sharingan.

When Danzo heard this, his heart tightened. Did this kid know something? This shouldn't be the case. Even Orochimaru didn't know about this. The medical ninja who performed the operation on me was also solved. But what Poxiao said obviously showed that he knew something. It seems that now is not the time to argue with this kid.

"That's not necessary. Since the Yondaime has spoken, you will be responsible for finding Orochimaru." Danzo's sudden change of attitude made Menen and Koharu behind him unable to react.

The Third Hokage took a deep puff of his pipe and looked at Danzo's leaving back. Danzo's reaction just now seemed extremely abnormal to him, and what Dawn said was not unreasonable. It was said at the beginning that Danzo would provide the experimental subjects and Orochimaru was only assisting in the research. Although for some unknown reason, Orochimaru became the main researcher later, but as far as he knew, the experimental subjects were still provided by Danzo.

If that’s the case, then why did Orochimaru go looking for experimental subjects himself?

These questions may only be answered when we find Orochimaru.

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