"Konoha... Uchiha Kazuto... Is this the power of the Sharingan?"
On a mountain in the distance from Konoha, Orochimaru held a pair of binoculars and quietly spied on the village.
What surprised him was that Jiraiya was still alive, even now. He could even wander around the village. This was not what Orochimaru had expected. By rights, after learning Jiraiya's identity, Uchiha Kazuto should have gone after him. Why had nothing happened?
It was baffling.
Still, during this time, Orochimaru had managed to figure out the power of Uchiha Kazuto's Sharingan.
Anyone who belonged to the village and violated the laws Uchiha Kazuto had established would automatically suffer various punishments. It was an extremely efficient way to govern a territory.
Even so, knowing about it didn't help Orochimaru in the slightest. If anything, he was relieved that he was no longer part of Konoha. The village no longer allowed people to kill unlawfully. Only those who had been authorized were allowed to kill.
For ordinary people and unauthorized shinobi, killing was a crime. Orochimaru had no authorization to kill, and if he were still a Konoha shinobi, Uchiha Kazuto's Dojutsu would already have affected him.
He couldn't understand how this power worked at all.
Even Jiraiya, who had Sage Mode, couldn't resist it. Orochimaru certainly didn't believe he could.
"I wonder if this identity recognition can be escaped by switching bodies..."
Orochimaru mused.
"Hm? Is that... Tsunade?"
Suddenly, Orochimaru noticed a familiar figure at the gates of Konoha.
"Shizune, Asuma, you two go on ahead."
Tsunade glanced at the two people beside her and waved them away. After showing her credentials and confirming that she was a member of Konoha, she entered the village.
"Uchiha Kazuto, I've come to kill you!"
Tsunade headed straight for the Hokage Building. At the