In the commander's camp on the border of the Land of Fire, Orochimaru looked at Zhuge Qingyun sitting next to him, and said with a playful expression: "Qingyun, in the information I sent back to Konoha Village, I deliberately reduced your participation in this war.
You won’t blame me for the credit, right?”
"The teacher deliberately reduced my presence in the war to protect me."
Zhuge Qingyun heard this, poured a cup of tea with his own hands and handed it to Orochimaru, and said with a smile: "I still understand the principle that the wind will destroy the trees that are beautiful in the forest. The disciple should also thank the teacher!"
Orochimaru looked at Zhuge Qingyun's sincere eyes, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are a little kid! But you are so smart, so I feel relieved."
In the information previously sent back to Konoha Village, Orochimaru pointed out more of his contribution as the commander, while Zhuge Qingyun's performance was briefly mentioned.
However, the reason why Orochimaru did this was not to rob Zhuge Qingyun of his achievements, but more to protect Zhuge Qingyun.
As one of the top leaders of Konoha, Orochimaru himself understands the fact that Konoha is gradually decaying better than others, and he is also very aware of the darkness hidden in Konoha's top brass.
For example, "Konoha White Fang" Sakumo Hatake committed suicide a few years ago. He was actually a victim of the struggle among Konoha's top leaders. Behind his suicide, there were actually shadows of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo.
Senju Hashirama, the first Hokage who founded the Leaf Village, was a fierce man who could single-handedly suppress the entire ninja world, so he could allow his subordinates to increase in strength.
However, since the death of Senju Hashirama and the successor of the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama, he did not have the extraordinary strength of his elder brother, so he began to be afraid of the Uchiha clan and began to implement policies targeting the Uchiha clan everywhere.
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After Senju Tobirama died in battle, his two disciples, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, also inherited his political methods very well.
During the Second Ninja War, Hatake Sakumo made great contributions and earned the title of 'Konoha White Fang'.
Originally, Hatake Sakumo was supposed to be the great hero of Konohagakure, but unfortunately he was not from the Hokage faction, so the end result of his great achievements was death.
Although the ceremony of Konoha Village's election of Hokage seems fair, in fact only people of the Hokage's lineage are qualified to succeed to the position of Hokage.
Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara founded Konoha Village together, so after Senju Hashirama passed away, it was actually a member of the Uchiha clan who should succeed the second Hokage.
However, the position of the second generation Hokage was stolen by Senju Tobirama, and before Senju Tobirama died in battle, he passed the position of Hokage to his apprentice Sarutobi Hiruzen.
As for the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh generation Hokage in the original plot, they are actually all members of the Hokage faction.
Among them, Namikaze Minato is the disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade is both the apprentice of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the granddaughter of the first Hokage, while Hatake Kakashi is the disciple of Namikaze Minato, and Uzumaki Naruto is the disciple of Namikaze Minato.
The son of the door.
Of course, Sarutobi Hiruzen himself did not intend to kill Hatake Sakumo, he just wanted to suppress Hatake Sakumo's reputation.
After all, Hatake Sakumo is also a Kage-level master. If Sarutobi Hiruzen kills Hatake Sakumo, wouldn't it be equivalent to cutting off his own arm?
Unfortunately, what Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't expect was that with his acquiescence, Danzo Shimura had murderous intentions for Hatake Sakumo.
Because Hatake Sakumo's prestige in the Leaf Village is too high, if he does not die, then he is likely to inherit the position of the Fourth Hokage, so Shimura Danzo deliberately sent people to create public opinion and took advantage of Hatake Sakumo's one
The mission failed and he was forced to death.
If it weren't for Sarutobi Hiruzen's acquiescence and Shimura Danzo's secret manipulation, it would have been impossible for Hatake Sakumo to have the idea of committing suicide just because of a failed mission.
After all, looking at the entire Konoha Village, there are not many ninjas who can guarantee a 100% mission completion rate, so a mission failure is not a big deal?
What's more, Hatake Sakumo still wanted to rescue his companions, which led to the failure of the mission. Moreover, protecting his companions is more important than completing the mission, which is actually more in line with Senju Hashirama's philosophy.
Now Orochimaru is one of the candidates for the Fourth Hokage. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen also has great expectations for him, Danzo Shimura and the Uchiha clan also covet the position of Hokage.
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As a disciple of Orochimaru, Zhuge Qingyun will become a victim of the competition for the position of Hokage if he is not careful, so Orochimaru does not want him to be too prominent, otherwise it will easily attract the prying eyes of Shimura Danzo and others.
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"Qingyun, although I have not reported back all your achievements, it is an indisputable fact that you have made great contributions in this war, so I want to reward you."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, he took out a huge psychic scroll and said with a smile: "This is the psychic scroll of Ryūchi Cave. As long as you sign your name and blood contract on it, you can summon the psychic beasts of Ryūchi Cave to fight for you.
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"Dragon Cave? Psychic Beast?!"
When Zhuge Qingyun heard Orochimaru's words, he couldn't help showing an expression of surprise.
Zhuge Qingyun is no stranger to the name Longdi Cave. This is a sacred place for psychic beasts that is as famous as Miaomu Mountain and Shigu Forest.
The founder of Ryuji Cave is the White Phosphorus Orochi, also known as the "White Snake Sage", who has existed since the time of Otsutsuki Kaguya, and he also masters celestial arts that are completely different from chakra.
Kaguya Otsutsuki is the ancestor of chakra. She is an alien from outside the earth. Before the arrival of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the creatures on the earth also had their own way of cultivation, which was - senjutsu!
The chakras of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's two sons, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo (Six Paths Sage) and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, were all separated from her body.
Logically speaking, Six Paths Sage and his younger brother should not be opponents of Otsutsuki Kaguya, but they finally sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya.
The most important reason for this is that the Six Paths Sage and the others learned celestial magic from Toad Sage, so they defeated Otsutsuki Kaguya with the blessing of celestial magic.
Zhuge Qingyun's final task in clearing the script world this time is to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki, so he must master the magic of immortality, and the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave is his goal.
Originally, Zhuge Qingyun was still looking for an opportunity to ask Orochimaru to teach him psychic skills, and then took the opportunity to ask him for the psychic scroll of Ryūchi Cave. Unexpectedly, Orochimaru took the initiative to hand over the scroll of Ryūchi Cave to him.
"Thank you, teacher, I'm in need of psychic beasts right now!"
After Zhuge Qingyun reached out and took the psychic scroll from Ryudi Cave, he thanked Orochimaru happily.