Tsunade: I Know Orochimaru Too Well

That evening, at the Hokage Building in Konoha.

"Lady Tsunade, an urgent letter from Sunagakure."

"Give it to me!"

Tsunade took the letter from Shizune, opened it, and glanced at it briefly.

"I didn't expect Orochimaru to be involved as well. Is this a conspiracy by the Akatsuki?"

Tsunade's expression turned serious, and she unconsciously crumpled the letter into a ball.

Shizune asked somewhat nervously, "Lady Tsunade, has something major happened in Sunagakure?"

Tsunade said irritably, "Take a look for yourself!"

Shizune took the letter and glanced at it, a hint of worry on her face.

"Lady Tsunade, this..."

Tsunade said with a solemn expression, "If it's Akatsuki's conspiracy, then Orochimaru's goal must be to incite conflict among the Five Great Shinobi Villages!"

"Sunagakure... if Sunagakure and Kumogakure go to war..."

Shizune calmly said, "The Raikage may have a volatile temper, but surely he wouldn't do something like this?"

Tsunade nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Although the Raikage has a bad temper, Kumogakure is one of the strongest villages among the Five Great Shinobi Villages. In addition, Konoha is the biggest threat to Kumogakure right now, so Kumogakure will not start a war with Sunagakure at this time.

Because there's absolutely no benefit to it.

Even if Orochimaru were to stir things up, the Raikage wouldn't do that.

"Actually, what I'm most worried about is..."

Tsunade's expression was uncertain. After hesitating for a long time, she said with a worried tone, "If my previous guess was correct, the secret medicine taken by the Hyuga Clan was made by Orochimaru. Then it proves that the Hyuga Clan is connected with Orochimaru."

Shizune's expression changed slightly, and she asked nervously, "Lady Tsunade, are you worried that the Hyuga Clan is behind this incident?"

"It's not impossible!"

Tsunade's tone was somewhat unpleasant. At present, everything was just speculation, Tsunade had no evidence whatsoever. Although Tsunade was inclined to her own speculation, she could not directly do anything to the Hyuga Clan.

After all, being in the position of Hokage requires evidence for everything.

Tsunade now understood why the Third Danzo, because Hokage could do many things that the Danzo couldn't do.

Even if things end badly, all that's needed is to punish Danzo.

As Hokage Tsunade of Konoha, Tsunade couldn't even manage to send out the Anbu to monitor the Hyuga residence.

Because if any Anbu appear near the Hyuga residence, it's as if the village and the Hyuga Clan have a complete falling out, and their relationship will immediately plummet to rock bottom.

Although the Hyuga Clan Hyuga Hiashi, has many secrets, they have not done anything to harm the village.

The Uchiha back then. The Uchiha was not popular to Hyuga, and given the Nine-Tails Incident, it was reasonable for them to be monitored by the village, and the other clans in the village wouldn't have any objections.

Even so, Konoha's surveillance of the Uchiha clan directly drove them to the point of rebellion.

The Hyuga Clan is more united than the Uchiha clan, especially Hinata, who is the strongest Shinobi World and is completely devoted to the Hyuga Clan.

Even the ninjas from branch families, after years of brainwashing and the threat of the 'Caged Bird,' dare not easily betray their clans.

Many people may think that the Hyuga Branch Family should resent the Main Family, especially under Neji's influence in the Original Story, which makes people think that the relationship between the branch family and the Main Family must be very bad.

But that's not actually the case.

Danzo's Root organization also controlled its Root with the "Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal." If anyone failed a mission or affected Konoha's reputation, Danzo would secretly deal with them.

But if brainwashing is done well, even Root Ninja will be loyal to Danzo.

The Ninja World is not the information-exploding, liberated 21st Century. Even in Hinata's previous life in ancient times, many clans trained samurai who were completely loyal to the clan.

The Hyuga Branch Family members were brainwashed by the family from a young age and forcibly instilled with the idea of protecting the Main Family and the clan.

Few members of the branch family who grew up in this environment harbor resentment towards the Main Family.

Even Neji in the Original Story, after resolving his inner conflict over his father's death, was still willing to die to protect Hinata.

Because protecting Hinata was a concept that Hizashi Hyuga Neji from a young age.

In this situation, the Hyuga Clan can be described as an impenetrable wall.

Tsunade used Shikamaru to transfer Hinata Konoha, originally in order to investigate the Hyuga Clan.

However, this clan is difficult to infiltrate. Hyuga Hiashi capable and prestigious, and Tsunade has gained nothing in the past two weeks due to the inability to conduct an open investigation.

Tsunade considered carefully and said, "Shikamaru intends for Hinata to track Orochimaru, and I think this is a great opportunity!"

Shizune frowned and said, "But the Land of Wind is vast. Even Hinata would probably have a hard time finding Orochimaru's whereabouts..."

"Of course I know that!"

Tsunade looked at Shizune and said with a faint smile, "Shizune, didn't the letter say that Orochimaru deliberately revealed his whereabouts?"

Shizune nodded and said, "Yes! Moreover, Orochimaru deliberately let the people of Sunagakure guess that he intentionally revealed his whereabouts... What exactly is Orochimaru plotting?"

Tsunade chuckled lightly, "I know Orochimaru too well. That guy acts recklessly, making it difficult to understand his thoughts..."

"Perhaps from the perspective of Sunagakure, Orochimaru deliberately revealed his whereabouts to intimidate them, after all... Orochimaru killed the Fourth Kazekage!"

"Cut!"

Hinata is still in Sunagakure!

Thinking of Orochimaru's wariness of Hinata, Shizune's eyes flickered, and she exclaimed in shock, "Orochimaru's goal is to transfer Hinata away from Sunagakure?"

Tsunade looked at Shizune and said with certainty, "If I'm not mistaken, the Kumogakure should be making its move soon!"

After a pause, Tsunade continued, "Of course, the fact that Orochimaru deliberately lured Hinata away proves nothing at all."

Although Tsunade was concerned about the affairs of Kumogakure's goal was not Konoha, so paying general attention was enough.

For Konoha right now, the movements and objectives of the Hyuga Clan are the most important things Tsunade must investigate.

"It's understandable that Hinata can't find Orochimaru. Orochimaru might have transferred Hinata away from Sunagakure because he was afraid of Hinata's power."

Tsunade analyzed, "However... Orochimaru was ultimately one step behind!"

As she said this, Tsunade's expression became extremely confident.

"Whatever Orochimaru's purpose in transferring Hinata away from Sunagakure, all we need to do is keep Hinata in Sunagakure!"

At this point, Tsunade suddenly stood up, looked at Shizune and said loudly, "Shizune, immediately send a message to Shikamaru, tell him to observe the situation and not to change any arrangements... Also, inform Sunagakure that Kumogakure is very likely to take action during the Second Exam!"

Shizune said admiringly, "Yes!"

Tsunade chuckled softly and muttered to herself, " With the Raikage not in Sand Village and the people of Hidden Cloud Village not obeying Orochimaru's orders, they will definitely proceed according to the original plan!"

"Then Hinata's actions are crucial!"