Two years ago, Aburame Tetsumaru had finally figured out how to use the Insect Swarm. Commanding hundreds of thousands of Ninja Insects, he swept through six Rain Ninja strongholds and killed more than a hundred Rain Ninja, including two Jonin. Even if they were Rain Ninja Jonin, it was still a terrifying record.
After that, Aburame Tetsumaru carried out several more combat missions, casually harvesting dozens or even hundreds of heads at a time. Even the Iwa Ninja had performed no better than the Rain Ninja.
Then Aburame Tetsumaru was put on ice. By order of the Hokage of Konoha, to protect this "important" combat asset, he could no longer undertake independent combat missions.
Both Aburame Tetsumaru and Orochimaru believed that was merely an excuse. There was only one real reason: Aburame Tetsumaru was not part of the Hokage's direct faction, so he should not shine too brightly.
Little Sun's achievements ten years later would be even more outrageous than Aburame Tetsumaru's. Yet why had the Hokage not "protected" such an important combat asset?
Orochimaru had once told Aburame Tetsumaru that if he went all out with Tetsumaru's Insect Swarm as the foundation, he could drive the Suna Ninja and Iwa Ninja out of the Land of Rain within three months, force Hanzo to bow his head and admit defeat, and make him obediently withdraw from the war.
Aburame Tetsumaru also believed it was feasible. If Orochimaru coordinated his insects and the ninja army, then one million insects combined with four thousand Konoha Ninja as the backbone would be equivalent to the combat strength of forty thousand ninja.
Unfortunately, the Hokage could not accept that.
Because victory would create an Aburame Tetsumaru with enormous prestige. Behind him stood a massive clan counted among the Hokage's camp, while above him stood