That might have been true, but how could hatred be so easily erased?
The First Hokage had subdued the other nations and given Konoha the most fertile land. How could the other ninja villages accept that? While the First Hokage was alive, they had not dared to say anything, but now that Konoha was steadily declining, how could the Shinobi World accept it?
And could the people of Konoha accept that the Second Hokage had died in Kumogakure? Of course not.
As for the Third Raikage, Ōnoki had plotted his death, and Kumogakure still resented Iwagakure deeply. During the last mission instance, Yugito Nii had beaten Shu up as soon as she saw him.
Not to mention Sunagakure, whose people lived in the desert. No wonder they tripped Konoha up at every opportunity. Who could accept living like that?
[The footage continued.
The scene shifted to Kumogakure. Because the Eight-Tails' seal was not very stable, Blue B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, had been placed somewhere in the village where no one would disturb him.
After becoming a Jinchūriki, Blue B had found that the people around him had all changed the way they treated him, leaving him increasingly exhausted in both body and mind.
A Tailed Beast would rampage when its Jinchūriki was at his weakest, and as a result, Blue B's condition was now extremely unstable.
Blue B needed dedicated medical staff to prepare medication to calm his mind and suppress the powerful turmoil within him.
The doctor in the footage was preparing Blue B's medicine for the day when a small snake slowly crept up behind him, out of his sight.
The snake then transformed into a woman who looked remarkably like Orochimaru.
[Fourth Raikage: Someone broke into Kumogakure? What's going on!]
The Fourth Raikage suddenly felt a surge of unease, or rather, suspicion. There had been far too many suspicious details surrounding the Eight-Tails' rampage back then.
Although Blue B had not been in good shape at the time, the Eight-Tails had not shown such a strong desire to rampage, right up until it was subdued.
Kumogakure had lost a full eight elite ninja. That incident had undoubtedly dealt the village a tremendous blow.
[Dodai: Something to do with snakes... Could that person be Orochimaru?]
Dodai's speculation made the Fourth Raikage even angrier. If it was true, he would make absolutely sure Orochimaru remembered it for the rest of his life.
[Orochimaru, disguised as a female ninja, suddenly struck. The Kumogakure doctor was dead before he could react.
Orochimaru immediately took the doctor's appearance and hurriedly cleaned up the area.
Less than a moment later, Blue B walked in, looking haggard. It seemed he had not slept well again the previous night.
Orochimaru handed Blue B the medicine he had prepared.
Blue B looked it over and asked, "Why does today's medicine look a little different from before?"
Orochimaru answered his question unhurriedly.
"This is a new medicine. It'll help you sleep better."
Blue B did not suspect anything. He took the new medicine and left.
That night, Blue B did indeed sleep soundly.
By then, Orochimaru had already come to his bedside.
"Living must be exhausting. I'll free you from the pain of being a Jinchūriki."
He clapped a hand over Blue B's mouth to keep him from making a sound. Blue B woke with a start and saw a female ninja standing by his bed.
Orochimaru pulled off his disguise, and Blue B's pupils contracted at the sight of him.
Yet no matter what he did, he could not use any of his abilities.
"Don't bother struggling. What you took today was a special Genjutsu drug I made!"
Orochimaru instantly undid the Eight-Tails' seal on Blue B, then used a drug to amplify the Eight-Tails' violent impulses without limit.
After doing all that, Orochimaru hurried away and waited for the Eight-Tails to go on a rampage.
Sure enough, not long after Orochimaru left, the Eight-Tails began wreaking havoc. Blue B had lost his senses and was rampaging wildly.
[Fourth Raikage: It was you after all! Orochimaru, I'll tear you to pieces!]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Enough. Doesn't Kumogakure often pull underhanded tricks in secret too?]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: If I remember correctly, you once planned to capture Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.]
[Minato Namikaze: The Fourth Raikage does owe Konoha an explanation.]
[Fourth Raikage: Konoha didn't suffer any major losses, but Kumogakure lost a full eight Elite Jonin!]
[Orochimaru: Since it was war either way, using slightly cruel methods wasn't going too far, was it? After all, my disciple died at Kumogakure's hands.]
[Dodai: Your disciple died when he set off an Explosive Tag himself. Don't try to pin everything on Kumogakure.]
[Ōnoki: Look how you're passing the blame. Weren't those Explosive Tags planted by Kumogakure?]
[Recap quiz: Why did Orochimaru infiltrate the Land of Clouds and cause the Eight-Tails to lose control?]
[A. To avenge his disciple]
[B. On orders from his village]
[C. To obtain the Eight-Tails' cells]
[D. Orochimaru resented Kumogakure]
Once the answers to the recap quiz appeared, everyone was stunned by Orochimaru's reason.
[Mei Terumi: Do we even need to think about it? He was obviously avenging his disciple.]
[Ōnoki: Indeed. Kumogakure killed his favorite disciple, after all.]
[Tsunade: I never expected that. Orochimaru, I misunderstood you before.]
Tsunade was moved by what Orochimaru had done. She had never expected that the man who spoke so heartlessly would ultimately make such a choice.
[Jiraiya: Orochimaru... Would you really make a choice like that?]
[Tsunade: You idiot, Jiraiya. Where are you fooling around now?]
Tsunade's scolding frightened Jiraiya into quickly abandoning his plans to do research. He had recently been looking for inspiration for his novel, and he could not let Tsunade find out.
[Tsunade: You bastard, don't let me find out you're going around doing research again!]
Jiraiya looked helpless. He had his reasons for doing research too.
Meanwhile, the Konoha youngsters began to envy Anko. They had never expected her to have such a responsible teacher. It was so touching.
The youngsters all decided to choose A, and none of them saw anything wrong with it. Not only that, everyone in the Shinobi World believed Orochimaru was avenging his disciple.
Only Orochimaru paused to think. Then he made a baffling choice, decisively selecting C.
[Ding! The answer is C.]
[Congratulations to Orochimaru for answering correctly.]
Everyone was stunned. What was going on? He had not been trying to avenge his disciple?
Only Orochimaru himself knew that if he had wanted to avenge Nawaki, he would never have done it this way. Granted, this method had cost Kumogakure eight Elite Jonin.
But it simply was not his style.
[Congratulations to Orochimaru for answering correctly. Reward: one slot in a large-scale instance.]
[Ding! The large-scale instance "Konoha Crush" will open soon.]