Land of Iron.
After Shizune left.
"Mr. Shamu, you can speak now."
Shamu gathered his thoughts. "Lady Tsunade, you know about Konoha's Wood Release experiments, right?"
Tsunade nodded. "Of course I do. Weren't the Wood Release experiments already sealed away?"
Shamu shook his head. It seemed Tsunade knew nothing at all.
"Konoha has continued conducting Wood Release experiments in secret all these years, and they've been extremely bloody human experiments!"
"Human experiments!?" Tsunade's brow furrowed deeply. As a medical ninja, she was intensely disgusted by such desecration of life.
Shamu added more fuel to the fire. "The reason Orochimaru defected was because sixty infants went missing from Konoha, and those infants were taken to serve as test subjects for Wood Release."
Tsunade slammed the table. With a bang, the entire table shattered into pieces.
"Orochimaru actually conducted human experiments!?"
Shamu shrugged. "Lady Tsunade, you misunderstand. Danzo was behind it. He wanted to obtain the power of Wood Release, so he planned the infant kidnappings."
"Orochimaru only conducted the experiments. He had no idea where the test subjects came from, but in the end, Orochimaru took all the blame."
Tsunade's face was grave, making her seem like an entirely different person from the drunken gambling addict she had been moments ago.
"Is there any evidence?"
Shamu took a confidential scroll from his person and handed it to Tsunade.
"I have some dealings with Lord Orochimaru. This is a letter he personally wrote to you."
Tsunade's brow furrowed even more deeply. How had Shamu gotten involved with Orochimaru too?
She would first see what this was about.
Tsunade took the confidential scroll and saw that it indeed bore their secret contact code.
The letter confirmed that what Shamu had said was true. Orochimaru had worked with Danzo.
Danzo had even acquired part