Things did not develop in the direction that Tobirama and Hashirama originally thought.
What they originally wanted to find was the source of evil in this turmoil, but as they went deeper, some shady things were about to emerge.
This covers too many people, not just one individual.
Tobirama doesn't care whether a person's methods are dark and despicable, as long as they don't harm the village.
If it's for the sake of the village, his tolerance limit is very high.
That's why he still tried his best to maintain Orochimaru's majesty as Hokage even though he knew that Orochimaru was not a good man.
But judging from the current trend, when the whole incident is over, no matter who is left behind, it is no longer worth entrusting the village to Tobirama and Hashirama.
But apart from these people, who else can inherit this position.
Tobirama glanced at Hinata Makoto and Uchiha Fugaku, who had not participated in the whole argument. Being able to sit here meant that their status in the village was not low.
But one is Hinata and the other is Uchiha, and the one from the Hinata family is too young.
What about the rope tree?
It suddenly occurred to him.
As their direct descendants, they are already adults now. If the rope tree is capable enough, then it would be the best thing.
As Tobirama's thoughts were racing, Kakashi in the field took out a scroll.
According to what he said, these should be the shady things he investigated about Orochimaru.
Everyone's eyes were attracted.
Hashirama did not ask Kakashi to present it immediately, but looked at Orochimaru aside.
He didn't show any panic or anger, and didn't even glance at the scroll, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Kakashi held the scroll in both hands and brought it to Hashirama. Hashirama asked Orochimaru: "Yondaime, what do you think is in this?"
Orochimaru chuckled and said, "Besides my merits, what else can I have?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Hashirama slowly opened the scroll, and he immediately frowned after just one glance.
He read the entire scroll carefully and then handed it to Tobirama.
"Are these...all true?"
After reading the scroll, Tobirama asked Orochimaru in a deep voice.
Orochimaru sneered and asked, "Who are you asking?"
It's just a scroll, and it's not ironclad evidence. How can you convict a person?
The things described above can be completely fabricated. It would be too childish to bring out such a thing and try to convince others.
"Did you kill Danzo?" Tobirama asked.
"He collaborated with the enemy and treason, and intended to commit rebellion, so he should be killed." Orochimaru said directly without denying it.
"What crime did you convict him of?"
"As Hokage, am I not qualified?" Orochimaru responded calmly.
Danzo Shimura was once a very powerful person in the village. Like the Sandaime, he was a student of the Second Hokage. This is known to everyone here.
Tobirama continued to look down, used young children for human experiments, and single-handedly planned the attack on the daimyo...
Although these things were despicable, in Tobirama's opinion they were not enough to put a Hokage to death.
Until he saw the end of the scroll.
In order to gain fame, Orochimaru took the initiative to pass information to Iwagakure Village during the Third Ninja War, causing heavy casualties in Konoha and the sacrifice of thousands of ninjas.
Danzo Shimura and Hinata Hizu were both insiders and helpers. Later, Orochimaru killed Hizu to silence him and put all the blame on him.
Appalling!
Tobirama looked at the scroll for a long time, and he realized that he still underestimated Orochimaru's ruthlessness. Although this guy was the Hokage, he didn't care about anything about the village at all.
The Sandaime on the side couldn't help but take it and take a look at it, and then stood up with a bang, his face turning blue and white.
He gritted his teeth and said: "Orochimaru! How dare you, how dare you?!"
He took several deep breaths, looking shocked and angry.
"How dare you actually do such a thing that harms Konoha? You can do such a thing as pass information to Iwa Ninja?!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present looked shocked.
Yamanaka Haiichi and Minato were equally horrified. This was not included in the information they had.
Orochimaru was unmoved. He didn't look at the scroll at all. He heard the sound but said calmly: "If I really did such a thing, would I leave a written record and let others discover it?"
When Zhu Jian heard this, his eyes kept flickering, and he was also thinking about this.
Although the information brought by Kakashi was too shocking, its source could not help but make Hashirama puzzled. It could not really be discovered by Kakashi, a small ANBU, through his own investigation.
And looking at the expressions of the Sandaime, Minato and the others, it was obvious that this was the first time they had learned about this.
Tobirama asked in a deep voice: "Yondaime, is everything above true?"
Facing various questions, Orochimaru laughed to himself, folded his arms on his chest, and let his hair fall down.
"Why are you laughing?" Tobirama's face became even darker and he said coldly.
Orochimaru's voice subsided slightly, but the smile on his lips did not diminish at all: "I'm laughing, how could you be so stupid."
This extremely straightforward and insulting remark made Tobirama's face look extremely ugly, as if he was about to get violent at any moment, and a piece of the tabletop in front of him was crushed into pieces with his palms.
Orochimaru continued: "Nidaime, haven't you noticed that this so-called trial meeting has been led by others?"
After Kakashi said the next words, Orochimaru already knew whose handwriting it was.
Orochimaru's repeated blatant provocations made Tobirama intolerable.
"What do you mean!"
Orochimaru slowly raised his head to look at him, with disdain in his eyes.
"Nidaime, to be honest, before I met you, I still had some respect for you in my heart."
"After all, you can create a ninjutsu with the genius idea of reincarnation."
If this forbidden technique of resurrecting the dead were spread, it would definitely make the entire ninja world go crazy.
"You are judging from a high place that people like us will do whatever it takes to fight for power, but do you rarely do such things yourself? Fugaku, you Uchiha have a deep understanding of this, right?"
Fugaku's face changed when he heard this, and he laughed repeatedly: "No... nothing."
The Uchiha used to have a very special status in the village. Because of their strength and prosperity, they could be said to be the most famous sect in Konoha.
However, he was repeatedly marginalized politically, and his clan was relocated from the center of the village to the edge of Konoha by the Second Hokage.
You know, the whole of Konoha was originally built by Senju and Uchiha. As the elder family of Konoha, they can only get such treatment. However, the position of Hokage is inherited from the same line, and the will of the second generation is also passed on.
Come down.
Until Shin and Orochimaru changed everything.
Tobirama could no longer hold back and said angrily: "You killed thousands of your companions in the village!"
Orochimaru sneered coldly: "Do you have any definite evidence for this kind of thing, just because of one side of the story on that scroll?"
"Senju Tobirama, you are too arrogant."
"Are you already thinking about who can succeed me as Hokage?"
"In the final analysis, you just regard Konoha as your own private property. I don't know whether you are angry because of the death of thousands of people, or because something that belongs to you has been tainted by others?"
Tobirama was shaking with anger, and his eyes already showed murderous intent, but just when he was about to take action, Orochimaru suddenly formed a seal with one hand in front of him.
In an instant, Tobirama felt that his body could no longer move.
This is a method to control the reincarnation of the dirty land. Although this technique was made by him, due to the special nature of the sacrifice, he could not escape Orochimaru's control.
"Orochimaru!" Tobirama yelled out Orochimaru's name angrily.
Hashirama sat nearby and watched all this happening but remained indifferent.
Orochimaru's expression gradually became calmer, and he said: "The reason why I am playing with you until now is just to see what other methods you all have."
"Is it really you who passed the information to Yanyin Village in the first place?"
"What? Sarutobi-sensei, did you not doubt me at all?" Orochimaru said sarcastically.
Sarutobi was silent, how could he not have doubted it? Not only had he doubted it, but many people had hinted to him that maybe Orochimaru was the mole... It wasn't until Hinata Hizashi's death that he took away the blame.
That's the end of it.
"That's right." Orochimaru suddenly spoke in a cold voice and said something that surprised everyone present.
"It is indeed the information I took the initiative to pass on to the Iwa Ninja."
No one expected that Orochimaru would take the initiative to admit that the one-sided words he said were not convincing at all.
They think it is true because they have an inherent impression of Orochimaru in their minds.
Senju Tobirama's eyes showed naked murderous intent, but Orochimaru didn't even look at him anymore.
He continued to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said: "Sarutobi-sensei, don't you want to know why, or do you know?"
Why did Orochimaru do this? It was for fame.
After that battle, Orochimaru became the savior, and thus became a strong candidate to compete for the position of Hokage.
Doesn't Orochimaru have a name?
How could he not be one of the three ninjas? Anyone in the village would be respectful to him when meeting him?
But at that time, Orochimaru was placed in the rear by Sarutobi, and there was only one person active on the battlefield, and that was Golden Flash.
Sarutobi Hiruzen understood everything.
Unspeakable guilt and grief filled his heart.
He looked at the man with a cold face sitting there, but it slowly overlapped with the appearance of a frail young man in his memory.
This is his favorite student.
Sarutobi Hiruzen paused for a moment, then slumped down in his seat helplessly.
Jiraiya, who had not spoken much, said in a deep voice: "Orochimaru, no matter what the reason is, you should not use the lives of your companions as bargaining chips."
Orochimaru chuckled: "That's really nice to say. Everyone present is really nobler than the last one."
"The life and death of Konoha doesn't matter to me at all. It's just something that belongs to me. I don't like it being taken away. But since you all regard it as a treasure, I might as well give up the position of Hokage."
Everyone was shocked, they could no longer understand Orochimaru's behavior.
Speaking of this, Orochimaru acted very free and easy, as if he had finally given up everything he wanted to give up.
Makoto knew clearly in his heart that Orochimaru wanted to cut off the bond with the Sandaime, but as long as he was still in the position of Hokage, he would never be able to cut things off and create chaos.
Orochimaru looked at Senju Hashirama: "Let me ask, Shodaime, do you have a suitable candidate in mind for the next Hokage?"
Hashirama fell silent and glanced at Minato.
Haiyi and others couldn't help but feel nervous.
"No." Just listen to Hashirama say.
"Among the people I have met, no one has shown the qualifications and talents that a Hokage should have."
Minato looked startled, the words spoken by the First Hokage were obviously directed at him.
It would be a lie to say that he is not disappointed. After all, the person who evaluated him is the ninja god.
Orochimaru suddenly laughed wildly.
"Sarutobi-sensei, did you hear that the person you have always been optimistic about does not seem to have the qualifications and talents."
He smiled and stretched out his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes.
Orochimaru looked at Minato again, and said with a smile: "Don't be too disappointed, Minato. It's not like the Shodaime can do whatever he says. The current Konoha is not his."
His tone became relaxed, as if he was talking to an ordinary friend.
Minato just remained silent, staring at him closely.
Orochimaru's eyes began to scan all the people in the conference room one by one, starting from the Sandaime Hokage, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, and finally stopped at Makoto.
He said calmly: "Everything Kakashi said is indeed true. Shodaime, what are you going to do, kill me?"
Senju Hashirama also spoke calmly: "I don't know what you went through to become like this. It can be seen that the Sandaime also had high hopes for you..."
"But to me, anyone who hurts Konoha cannot be forgiven!"
Orochimaru sneered and asked, "What about the person who planned this prison riot?"
Senju Hashirama's eyes darkened slightly: "Same, I won't take it lightly."
"Orochimaru……"
A very low voice came from Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth.
He then said: "Sama Shodaime,...can I ask you not to do anything?"
Hashirama didn't respond.
The Sandaime continued: "I guarantee with my life that Minato was absolutely unaware of the prison riot!"
Hearing this, Hashirama did not comment, but turned to Minato and asked: "Minato, when did you know about it?"
This is a very strange question, and the word "informed" is too meaningful.
Minato was silent.
He was indeed unaware, but as soon as the riot broke out, he made the decision to leave the villagers.
Hashirama asked again: "Do you know you are the beneficiary?"
Minato remained silent.
Hashirama asked expressionlessly: "Then I just said that you have no qualifications. Do you have any objection?"