"Senior Orochimaru, the last team of wounded soldiers to withdraw from Konoha from the Land of Grass, including a team of dozens of people, it was confirmed that all contact was lost last night..."
Namikaze Minato thought about it for a long time, but decided to get straight to the point and tell Orochimaru the news directly.
He wanted to see how Orochimaru would respond and whether there might be any flaws.
However, it is a pity that after Orochimaru heard this, his expression was just slightly surprised: "Such a thing could happen?"
"Where was the accident?"
After asking a question knowingly, Namikaze Minato replied calmly: "Within the Land of Grass."
"That's it...it seems that I may have to take responsibility for this matter..."
Orochimaru's eyes suddenly became flickering, and after a long time, he actually said something shocking.
Is this a self-destruction?!
After Namikaze Minato heard Orochimaru's words, his heart suddenly shook. This was really an unimagined path...
He had considered countless situations, but he never expected that Orochimaru would admit it so generously.
He was surprised in his heart, but Namikaze looked calm on the outside, and then pretended to be a little strange and said: "What does Orochimaru-senpai mean?"
"After all, I am the deputy commander of the battlefield in the Kingdom of Grass. If I hadn't come back early, maybe this kind of thing wouldn't have happened..."
Orochimaru's tone was rather regretful, and then he changed the topic and said bluntly: "However, as the defeated party, Kusanagi Village humbly sued for peace on the surface, but secretly acted evilly. This is really against common sense."
"The Yondaime, I think this matter was probably done by Iwa Ninja..."
Good guy, it turns out I want to act in a full set of dramas...
Namikaze Minato suddenly felt that he was still too young to be naive enough to think that Orochimaru might surrender...
But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed reasonable and reasonable to put the blame on the grass ninja and the rock ninja. Or maybe Orochimaru may have considered this before attacking dozens of injured ninjas.
It's a pity that no matter how good your acting skills are, you can't deceive me, who has read the script before.
"Ahem, that makes sense."
At this time, Namikaze Minato no longer had any hope of saving Orochimaru, so he had to change his strategy and make his attitude clear.
"Speaking of which, similar disappearances have actually happened many times. Senior Orochimaru thinks that this collective disappearance of wounded soldiers is related to the inexplicable disappearances of ninjas in the village in the past?"
"Hehehe, why does the Yondaime think so?"
Orochimaru suddenly smiled evilly and said lightly: "Human life itself is extremely fragile, and war is just a phenomenon that completely amplifies this fragility."
"And in this phenomenon, it is not surprising that life disappears in any form and for any reason."
The meaning of this sentence is very straightforward. War is a meat grinder. During this period, ninjas died. It is not surprising to see any way of death...
It's really useful to use war as a shield.
Namikaze Minato sighed slightly in his heart, and soon took it into consideration and suggested: "No matter what, the village must give an explanation to the families of the missing persons about this matter, and the truth must be found out."
"Senior Orochimaru, why don't you be responsible for investigating this matter?"
After saying that, Namikaze Minato looked at Orochimaru with a half-smiling expression.
And finally, this time, there was a rare hesitation and surprise in Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils.
Logically speaking, someone else should be responsible for this incident, both emotionally and logically. After all, Orochimaru was the last person responsible for leading the team back to the village, but Minato Namikaze handed over the investigation task to him without hesitation.
he......
Could it be that during the last encounter with Ryo Ida, the Yondaime discovered clues and began to doubt me?
But I shouldn’t have exposed any flaws...
"Hehehe, I didn't expect that the Yondaime would trust me so much."
After a long time, Orochimaru suddenly smiled hoarsely, and then his eyes met with Namikaze Minato's eyes, saying: "In this case, I will definitely live up to your trust..."
"Then... I'll leave it to you." Namikaze Minato wore the same warm smile as before, and finally, he suddenly added: "By the way, I have also arranged an assistant for you."
"Come in, Kakashi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a silver-haired ANBU came in outside the office. He had obviously been waiting for a long time.
By this time, Orochimaru should have understood Namikaze Minato's intention no matter what. He instructed himself to investigate and sent ANBU to accompany him to monitor him. It was clear that he wanted to force himself to reveal his flaws.
It seems that the experiment can no longer be hidden for too long...
A few minutes later, Orochimaru left the Hokage's office building, thinking about how to deal with the investigation as he walked.
In the end, he decided to go to the Shimura Clan's residence first...
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Konoha Hospital, outside a special ward.
Five or six young genin were waiting anxiously. There were men and women among them, and they were basically all elite ninjas of the same age. What everyone was concerned about was obviously the situation in the ward.
"Ibiki, there shouldn't be much problem with Senior Kosuke's injury, right?"
Among the people, a genin couldn't hear a single movement in the hospital room, and he couldn't help himself, so he asked Morino Ihiki.
Ibiki has a calm and calm personality and outstanding abilities. He has also served as the temporary team deputy captain, so the other genin have great trust in him after this mission.
For a moment, the eyes of the rest of the people also focused on Ibixi.
Obviously, this issue is of great concern to everyone.
"Based on my subjective wishes, of course I very much hope that Captain Kosuke's injury can be easily recovered, but unfortunately I am not a medical ninja and cannot guarantee this..." Morino Ihiki's tone was a little regretful.
Overly calm and rational remarks are obviously not what everyone wants to hear at this time.
Therefore, Yibixi's words not only did not make everyone feel relieved, but made them even more worried.
However, in the anxious atmosphere, a mocking girl's voice sounded: "Tsk, tsk, do you understand the importance of strength at this time? Isn't it too late?"
"When we ignored tactics and recklessly faced the enemy, causing everyone to be trapped in a tight siege, some people felt that they were omnipotent..."
As everyone looked around, they soon discovered that the venomous taunt came from a purple-haired girl standing with her back against the wall and her arms folded in the distance.
"Anko Mitarashi!! What did you say?!"
"Don't think that just because you are Lord Orochimaru's direct disciple, you can look down on us!!"
Several rebuttal voices immediately sounded.
Along the way, such quarrels among the elite genin blocking team led by Kosuke have long been commonplace. Because everyone is an elite genin, most people have the arrogance of geniuses, so few people can tolerate the arrogance of Mitarai.
Hongdou attacks with venomous tongue from time to time.
Just when a few people were arguing again, the door to the ward next to them suddenly opened, and then a short-haired girl in a white coat walked out.
"Do you guys know that silence is required in the hospital?!"
"Hokage-sama and Tsunade-sama are all in there. They really don't understand any rules!!"
