Konoha's Destiny Twins

On April 15, 1948, in Konoha, in front of the heads of major families in Konoha and many elite ninjas, the Third Hokage handed over the hat symbolizing the position of Hokage and the uniform of the Fourth Hokage to Orochimaru.

As a result, Orochimaru became the fourth Hokage of Konoha.

This handover ceremony, which was supposed to be grand, was held in an extremely silent atmosphere, with no laughter from the victors and no dejection from the losers.

Everything seemed so quiet and strange.

And after the handover was over, the newly appointed fourth generation Hokage did not hold the follow-up ceremony as usual, but directly "disappeared".

Coincidentally, the Sandaime Hokage and a group of Konoha senior officials also disappeared from the crowd's sight.

"Jiraiya-sama, is this...?" Many ninjas who didn't know the truth looked confused.

"I don't know either, hahahahaha."

Jiraiya, your laughter betrays yourself...

"Teacher?" Minato looked at Jiraiya in confusion.

"Minato, victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. This defeat can lay a solid foundation for our next victory..."

"No..." Minato shook his head, indicating that this was not what he cared about. He gestured to the ANBU ninjas who had suddenly decreased in number around him, and asked in a low voice, "Is something happening? Is it related to Qingshui?"

"Ahem, cough, cough." Jiraiya waved his hand and said loudly at the same time, "Everyone can continue to carry out your original mission."

Seeing the teacher's reaction, Minato already had a vague answer in his mind.

Then let's wait until everything comes to light.

So driven by Jiraiya's change of direction, many Konoha ninjas gradually dispersed.

On the other side of the passage, Uchiha Fugaku was looking at Hinata and Hinata. The two major pupil arts in Konoha have always been in fierce competition.

Fugaku was the first to speak: "Nizu, what you just said surprised me."

"No, you are the one who surprises me. You can actually give up the position of the Fourth Hokage that is so easy for you."

"No...I am far different from Orochimaru-senpai.

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"Oh, Orochimaru-senpai is indeed extremely talented."

"So this is the reason for your defection?" Fugaku seemed to have grasped the key.

"Fugaku, you and I are both understanding people..." Hiashi looked at Fugaku and said, "No matter who becomes the Hokage, we are all part of Konoha."

"So we will only choose the Hokage who can bring more benefits to Konoha!"

Fugaku was stunned for a moment, then replied: "I think so too. Senior Orochimaru is indeed brave in battle and very popular among the people."

"I think that under his leadership, Konoha will become more and more proactive in diplomacy."

"Haha..." Rizu left slowly and did not stop at the venue.

Looking at Rizu's leaving figure, Fugaku recalled the opponent's clear-cut stance just now, and suddenly regretted whether he had been too cautious just now.

In fact, from many clues, he had already deduced that Qingshui and Orochimaru had an extremely secret cooperation. Supporting Orochimaru was tantamount to "loyalty" to Qingshui. However, in the weird atmosphere just now, he finally chose to wait and see.

That's all, you can ask Qingshui for more information afterwards.

But now, he still has thorny problems to deal with.

That is... questioning and even revenge from Danzo!

With this thought in mind, he turned around and walked towards the other end of the passage, where a figure was standing.

The blood-red kaleidoscope quietly opened...

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After April 15, Konoha 48, many rumors spread that were not confirmed by Konoha's top brass.

One of the more credible rumors is that there are no log records of the ANBU who were on duty in Konoha Village that day.

What secret mission they performed and why they didn't record it is completely puzzling.

The second rumor is that the two-tailed Nekomata went berserk. A large number of ninjas with strong senses once felt the burst of the two-tailed chakra, but they were quickly suppressed, and a person appeared in that direction at the same time. The huge black round sphere covered an entire area of ​​several kilometers.

However, that area was quickly sealed off, so the outside world had no way of knowing what was going on there.

The third rumor is that rumors about a new war are spreading throughout the village.

Konoha, which had just come out of the Third Ninja War, was really exhausted by the possibility of another war. This was not only because of the impending economic collapse, but also because of the fatigue of the people.

During the entire Third Ninja War, too many ninjas were killed or injured, and almost every middle- and lower-class ninja family had some casualties.

Tired of the war, they immediately formed a powerful anti-war force. As the rumor intensified, the contradictions became increasingly prominent.

More than 20 days after the election of the Fourth Hokage, one day in early May, in Ward 309 of Konoha Hospital.

An ANBU was reporting the recent situation to Orochimaru, the Fourth Hokage.

When Orochimaru listened to the entire report, he waved and said: "I understand. You can continue to perform the mission."

"yes!"

After the ANBU left, Qingshui asked curiously: "Is this ANBU your confidant?"

Since he was lying in Konoha Hospital, this was the first time he saw Orochimaru so generously letting ANBU listen to the conversation between the two of them.

"It's not... Haha, you know it, Yuki-kun. I didn't make a big move against the ANBU troops of the Sandaime Hokage."

From Qingshui's understanding, it was not just that there was no major war, Orochimaru could be said to have almost no action. At most, he only mobilized his cronies from the third war and established a new ANBU brigade, while the rest of the organization basically remained unchanged. Change.

This is also to stabilize these secret powers of Konoha as much as possible.

Therefore, all Orochimaru's current actions can be said to be transparent to Konoha's top management and Danzo.

It was literally penetrated into a sieve.

"You're also surprised. If it were you before, you would definitely have pulled out those rats." Qingshui was also amazed. It seems that Orochimaru has really changed. It's a miracle that he can tolerate these small actions now.

Or maybe the environment changed him?

"Yi Yijun is joking. It's just that the time is not yet ripe. Besides, I have just taken over. There are still a lot of people who are dissatisfied with me."

"Perhaps the brutality and bloodshed can be suppressed for a while, but it is definitely not a long-term solution."

"So now, we should still focus on stability."

Now Qingshui looked at Orochimaru with admiration. This is the pattern that a person in power with a true overall view should have.

"You are really a born politician." Qingshui sighed at the end, and then brought the topic back to the focus of their previous discussion, "So, what are you going to do about Kirigakure?"

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils flashed with dangerous light: "Hit."

"Assemble a small number of elites in the village to intercept and kill Kirigakure's assault force within the Kingdom of Water."

Attacking the opponent in the Kingdom of Water can also catch the opponent by surprise. This method has certain feasibility.

"Since this period of time, I have been constantly sending more manpower to the border areas, but as you know, April-kun, Konoha today is simply unable and unable to mobilize troops on a large scale. So I can only do it once every once in a while. Send a small number of ninjas and send them to the front lines in the name of regular missions."

If only a small number of teams take action at one time, this can indeed avoid the backlash of the anti-war faction to the greatest extent, and it can also confuse the line of sight.

But Qing Shui still frowned slightly, how many troops could be gathered with this kind of dispatch method?

"Limited by supplies and the current poor financial situation, I plan to send a total of two brigades of ninjas." At this point, Orochimaru paused and then continued, "Coupled with Inuzuka who was originally stationed there, Oil There are nearly 30 ninjas from the female and Hyuga clan, totaling about 100 people."

"This is the limit of what I can do now."

It is indeed an extremely difficult task to go to the Land of Water with a force of 100 to raid Kirigakure's possibly thousands of invading troops.

"Actually, the disadvantage in numbers is not the biggest problem. After all, Konoha's most outstanding reconnaissance ninjas are stationed there, so we definitely have an advantage in terms of intelligence."

"The key is the choice of commander for this operation..."

Qingshui felt that he had already predicted the words Orochimaru was about to say.

Orochimaru suddenly lowered his voice, and his slightly magnetic voice said in a low voice: "Minato is always out, and at the same time, he also has other tasks that he can't get out of, so..."

Can I say no?

"Now Konoha is facing an extremely serious situation, everything depends on you, Yuki-kun."