No, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not be allowed to make another move.
At the very least, he could not be allowed to reach Orochimaru—or even his teacher—so quickly!
Otherwise, if I found an opportunity to deliberately hand the Scroll of Seals over to Orochimaru, privately research Wood Release, research the Sharingan, research Hashirama-sama's corpse, and so on... everything would be exposed.
As Shimura Danzō thought this, he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi had already created clones and was preparing to use the Great Five Elements Consecutive Spheres Technique to take out the Water Dragon in the sky in one go!
Seeing this, Danzo immediately formed hand seals and cast Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, mixing his ninjutsu Chakra into the Great Five Elements Consecutive Spheres Technique and creating a flaw that caused the spheres to explode before they could touch the Water Dragon!
Danzo!
Hiruzen Sarutobi shot Danzo a vicious glare but said nothing. Instead, he made a hand signal.
The next instant, Hyuga Hiashi, Fugaku Uchiha, the heads of the two great dojutsu clans, members of the Ino–Shika–Chō clans, and even more Konoha Jonin all attacked together.
Dozens of ninjutsu were unleashed, blasting apart the Water Dragon in the sky and turning it into a torrential downpour.
As the rain fell across Hiruzen Sarutobi's face, his heart darkened further... The reason was simple: Danzo had just interfered with his Great Five Elements Consecutive Spheres Technique. It was hard to say he had not done so deliberately.
This immediately gave him a new suspicion:
Perhaps Danzo had truly dug up his teacher's corpse, used Impure World Reincarnation on it, and ultimately lost control...
Anxiousness rose within Hiruzen Sarutobi. He turned to Hyuga Hiashi beside him and said, "Hiashi, use your Byakugan to keep watching that Chakra coordinate. We'll continue onward."
Upon hearing this, Hyuga Hiashi opened his eyes wide and looked toward the target, only to discover that the mysterious ninja's Chakra had vanished. Only Hinata's Chakra remained at the location.
This gave Hyuga Hiashi a very bad feeling. After all, the mysterious person leaving Hinata likely meant the eye extraction had already been completed... and Hinata's Byakugan had been taken away.
"Hokage-sama..."
With an ugly expression, Hyuga Hiashi reported what he had observed.
"That mysterious person's Chakra has vanished? Even the Byakugan can't see it?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned extremely grim as well. Then, he swiftly used the Body Flicker Technique and continued forward.
Seeing this, the other ninjas hurried after him.
Meanwhile, in the heart of the Forest of Death, Roman lowered his hand, turned to Hinata, and said with a smile, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique was incredibly effective... even overly so. It actually developed intelligence and could spit water balls at enemies to block their attacks..."
Hinata Hyuga was stunned for a moment before considering it. "Actually, it isn't hard to understand. After all, it was Furina who underwent Soul Resonance with us in Chaos Hall.
"In the future, 490 years from now, she will obtain a Hydro Vision. When using her combat skill, she can summon three Hydro Elemental Life forms with self-awareness that can attack on their own!
"Chevalier Ushers, Mademoiselle Crabaletta, and Mademoiselle Seelie... This is enough to show how exceptionally gifted she is at controlling the Hydro element."
"You mean the Water Dragon Bullet I cast has self-awareness and intelligence... thanks to Furina." Roman nodded in sudden realization as he spoke.
"Yes, that's it!
"The Soul Resonance with Furina the other day did not merely bring a qualitative transformation to our Water Nature Chakra. It also gave our Water Release Ninjutsu intelligence!"
"Alright, alright, this isn't the time to talk about that." Looking into the distance with her Byakugan, Hinata Hyuga said, "Hiruzen Sarutobi, my father, and the others are almost here. It's time to leave."
"Leave? No." Roman shook his head slightly. "Neither of us has learned how to conceal our Chakra. And I've stored all my Chakra inside you, so to your father, your Chakra is like a firefly in the darkness.
"Your presence is overwhelmingly obvious, so there's no way we can get away."
Hinata Hyuga frowned slightly and looked at Roman. "If we can't leave, then this is troublesome... They won't dare attack me, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Clan, if they can't find the person who cast the ninjutsu. But the same might not be true for you.
"After all, Roman, although you have moved into the Hyuga Clan at my invitation, in Konoha Village, where status politics are paramount, you are still a commoner with no Chakra who cannot cultivate Chakra... Danzo and ninjas from the Yamanaka Clan may very well use Ninja Art: Mind Reading Technique to forcibly read the memories in your head and learn what happened."
"They won't do that." Roman shook his head slightly and smiled at Hinata.
"After all, everything I used just now was Water Release Ninjutsu... And I used Water Release Ninjutsu far beyond its normal rank in an environment with no water around, filled entirely with water-absorbing plants!
"Who do you think Danzo will believe the caster is?"
A strange glint flashed through Hinata Hyuga's eyes. "You mean Senju... Tobirama?"
"Exactly." Roman nodded slightly. "And since all the Chakra in my body is stored within you, Danzo will never guess that I was the one who cast the ninjutsu.
"He would rather believe that someone used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, from the Pure Land into the real world.
"And in fact, according to my memories from before I transmigrated, there happens to be a Konoha Rogue Ninja in this Naruto World who obtained the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
"He will even truly use Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu in the future to summon Tobirama Senju from the Pure Land!"
Hinata Hyuga, who also possessed the original Transmigrator's memories from before reincarnation, found her eyes growing even brighter when she heard this.
"You mean Orochimaru."
"That's right. We only need to quietly imply that Orochimaru did everything." Roman nodded slightly with a smile.
"Neither the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Danzo will choose to reveal before all of Konoha's ninjas that their former disciple and secret partner, Orochimaru, used the forbidden technique Impure World Reincarnation to dig up the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's corpse—using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive and desecrate the Second Hokage!
"After all, if it came to light that Orochimaru had done something like that, the repercussions would be enormous!
"As the saying goes, pull up a radish and bring up the dirt with it. If anyone cared to investigate even a little, they would uncover that Shimura Danzō's cooperation with Orochimaru was not clean either.
"And as Orochimaru's teacher, the Third Hokage would naturally be held accountable as well!
"Perhaps the election for the Fifth Hokage would begin early...
"It could be said that as long as we imply that Orochimaru did everything, the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō will not only refrain from letting anyone from the Yamanaka Clan use memory-reading ninjutsu on me—they will instead help cover it up!"
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