158, the conspiracy is undercurrent, the curtain is lifted
The Fourth Raikage is dead, and the remaining remnants of the rebellion have become completely useless.
Konoha's ninjas shuttled through the streets and alleys, doing the aftermath.
After the sensory ninjas opened the perception barrier and searched the entire village over and over again, the villagers came out of the shelter under Shadow Rock.
All those who rebelled were killed, and those who were captured alive were captured alive.
"Hokage-sama ordered us to take over these rebellions."
Several ninjas dressed as ANBU came to the place where the prisoners of war were being guarded. The leader took out the token representing Hokage and said to the ninjas who were guarding the prisoners of war.
The man had no objection when he saw this, and left simply after the handover.
Apart from these rebellious people, the only ones left were this group of ANBU.
"Let's do it." The leader pulled out the short knife from behind and said in a cold voice.
In the rebellious and frightened eyes, all the ANBU drew their swords.
"Why, we have all surrendered..."
"No...don't kill me!"
"Help!"
At the same time in Konoha Prison, the same plot is taking place.
Not all prisoners participated in the riot. Some prisoners had the foresight to stay in the prison without going anywhere even when the cell door was opened.
Two Anbu arrived here before the Konoha ninjas took over again.
Looking at the dim prison entrance ahead, the two men each held short knives and their voices were indifferent.
"Eradicate all traces, leaving no trace behind."
"Know."
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Hokage Building, conference room.
The atmosphere was unusually quiet, and everyone in the room had different expressions.
A prison riot, who is behind the scenes?
Minato couldn't help but glance at Orochimaru, who was in the upper position, and he thought of what Shikaku once said to him.
Behind this chaos, someone is helping him.
"Minato." Tobirama suddenly named him.
"Did you impose the seal on Raikage's body?"
"That's right." Minato admitted.
Tobirama asked Minato: "Can anyone except you break the seal?"
Minato pondered for a moment and said, "If you are highly skilled in the sealing technique, you can break it."
This is an extremely conservative statement. All of his sealing techniques come from the Kingdom of Whirlpool and were learned through Kushina. His level is definitely second to none in the village.
"When the turmoil happened, Minato and I were together." Sarutobi said at this time, "At that time, Nara Shikaku was chatting at my house."
Tobirama asked: "Where is Nara Shikaku?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people present suddenly became heavy, and Minato clenched his fists silently.
"Nara Shikaku is dead." Tsunade said calmly.
"Did he die at the hands of the rebel ninja?" Tobirama asked.
But at this moment Orochimaru suddenly said: "No, I killed him."
Everyone was shocked.
Tobirama looked at Orochimaru: "Why?"
Orochimaru said calmly: "I suspected that he planned this riot, so I killed him."
Tobirama frowned and said, "You doubt it, are you just doubting it?"
Orochimaru asked calmly: "Why, don't I have this power?"
Sarutobi couldn't restrain his anger and stood up with a slap on his face: "Shikaku is a hero of the village. He has helped Konoha through difficulties several times. He is a companion who has lived and died with us on the battlefield. You just said this
Doubtful, how dare you kill him so easily?!"
Everyone at the table, except Zhen and Fugaku, was filled with grief and anger.
"Sandaime." Tobirama spoke calmly, signaling for him to be quiet. He glanced at everyone present and watched the expressions on their faces change.
Orochimaru was very calm when faced with the question: "Sarutobi-sensei, have you and I ever lived and died together?"
Sarutobi's eyes were gloomy, staring at Orochimaru.
"What do you mean!"
He didn't want to face his former disciple, so he avoided it again and again when faced with Shikaku and Minato's requests.
But what Orochimaru did was constantly breaking through his bottom line, and the relationship between them had reached the point where they were just about to break up.
Orochimaru said calmly: "It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that it would be too easy for him to kill Nara Shikaku like this."
Wow——
The wind outside suddenly blew closer, bringing a coolness to the dull room.
Outside the window of the conference room, the rain was still sliding down along the eaves, hitting the window sill with a loud sound.
Hashirama couldn't help but frown slightly, looking at the indifferent fourth generation.
boom!
Minato couldn't hold it in any longer and suddenly stood up from his seat and rushed towards Orochimaru.
However, just as he was halfway there, he suddenly felt a terrifying pressure coming over him.
boom!
This coercion was just a pure chakra impact, but it made his whole body freeze and unable to move. Not only him, but everyone present tensed up at this moment.
Yamanaka Haiichi was almost blown away, but fortunately, Jiraiya on the side quickly caught him by the collar.
The conference room was shaking and dust was falling from the ceiling.
"It's still during the meeting. I hope you can calm down for the time being." Hashirama said slowly while looking at Minato.
"I said, I will let all grudges be settled here."
The pressure subsided and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
I just noticed that the chakra field in this area was directly disrupted. This is something that only tailed beasts can do.
This man is far more powerful than the tailed beasts, and the nine tails are like little kittens in front of him.
But this was something he had expected. Senju Hashirama was not on the same level as them at all, and it was only because of him that this meeting was able to proceed.
Cold sweat broke out on Minato's back. This was the first time he met someone with such a huge disparity in strength from him.
This is the first Hokage of Konoha, the god of the ninja world who calmed down the troubled times...
Compared with him, these younger generations are like young children.
Everyone was a little shocked. Hashirama laughed heartily at this time. After finishing his laughter, he said: "Since everyone is sitting together, please continue the meeting safely. If this is always the case, it is also delaying everyone.
Time will trouble me a lot."
When he said this, no one dared to object, and Minato silently returned to his seat.
Hashirama then said to Orochimaru: "The Fourth Generation, I also hope you can pay attention to your words. After all, the Third Generation is your teacher."
teacher?
Orochimaru looked sideways at Sarutobi with a hint of sarcasm, and turned around to meet Zhen's eyes looking at him again.
His true eyes are not as angry or contemptuous as others, but rather very calm.
This also made Orochimaru feel calm instantly.
Why do I have to be so eager to anger them? Those who should be my enemies will never change. What are I so anxious about...
"Then continue." Hashirama glanced at everyone.
"Are the people on duty at the prison still there today?" Tobirama asked.
There was a riot in Konoha Prison, and the ninja on duty might have been poisoned.
Jiraiya thought: "Not all prisoners will participate in this riot, and there may be witnesses."
Tsunade stood up and walked out of the conference room, asking the ANBU standing guard outside the door to investigate the situation and bring the ninjas or prisoners on duty at the prison today.
"It's all in vain," Orochimaru said.
"How could the person who planned all this leave a tail for himself in a place like this?"
His eyes moved slightly, Orochimaru was right.
Judging from the current time, his men should have taken care of everything.
Not to mention, the person Tsunade called to summon him was also one of his, and the entire ANBU was under his control.
Everyone was thoughtful after hearing this. If the clues were cut off here as Orochimaru said, then how would they continue to investigate?
"Watergate."
At this time, Haiyi's voice suddenly sounded in Minato's mind.
This is the telepathic technique of the mountain clan, and Minato is no stranger to it, so he immediately responded in his mind: "Hai Yi?"
Haiyi said in his mind: "We still have the dirty evidence against Orochimaru in our hands, and I will reveal it when the time is right."
Minato heard this and looked at the Third Hokage and Jiraiya silently.
"……I see."
At this moment, Hashirama suddenly glanced at Haiichi, and Haiichi was frightened and immediately turned off the telepathic technique.
Shinya also felt a subtle vibration of chakra, so he was not surprised to see that it was coming from Haiyi's side.
The words were spoken by Orochimaru, but Tobirama still had to wait until he left ANBU to send back the exact news.
If the truth of a matter cannot be found, then someone must be blocking it.
And the people who are blocking it are among the people present!
Tobirama's eyes traveled back and forth between the Sandaime, Yondaime, and Minato.
Who are the vested interests?
Orochimaru said at this time: "Just ask the witnesses to come over."
witness?
Everyone was startled, especially the Sandaime and Minato, who were clearly on the opposite side of Orochimaru.
What kind of witness? What does he want to prove?
Orochimaru's eyes were deep and mysterious, and he immediately called the ANBU in.