"I think you should ask Lord Third Hokage that question." Orochimaru gave Jiraiya a disdainful look.
Jiraiya stuck out his tongue. Ask Teacher Third Hokage? Weren't you afraid he'd hammer you with his Adamantine Staff?
"After doing something this big, we should at least tell the old man. Especially about Uchiha Madara." Tsunade casually fiddled with the seed as she spoke.
"Of course. I couldn't possibly hide something as major as Uchiha Madara from them." Sarutobi Toru nodded. "So now, let's sort through what we gained. What can be revealed, and what can't."
The group exchanged glances and immediately smiled. Orochimaru spoke calmly. "Other than that plant seed, I don't think there's anything we can't tell them."
"Mm-hm, exactly. We can't hide everything, after all!" Hiruko nodded.
Tsunade curled her lip. Aside from that seed, weren't all their other gains just scraps? Things like the Sharingan and Hashirama Cells—Root Base might not have lacked them either. They had simply never brought them out, for the sake of village unity.
Sarutobi Toru had never hidden any of this from her. Konoha was wealthy and powerful; aside from the Minor God Tree that could produce White Zetsu, they did not care much for anything else.
"The most pressing issue now should be cultivating the Minor God Tree." Hiruko brought the topic back, staring worriedly at the seed before him.
After all, who knew how many years Uchiha Madara had spent cultivating it successfully? If it took ten or twenty years, that would be an absurd waste of time.
"Don't worry." Sarutobi Toru spoke up. "By my estimate, cultivating it should take around seven or eight days."
In truth, if Sarutobi Toru used his Hormone Fruit ability, he could make it grow into the Minor God Tree it had once been in an