"Only women and children?"
Yang Hao pondered for a moment, roughly guessing who Orochimaru was referring to.
Orochimaru merely smiled without saying anything. It was someone else's family matter, and he had no opinion on it. As long as they came to seek refuge with their people, that was enough.
Besides, he was quite happy with that arrangement. According to the records, the Chinoike Clan was very similar to the Uchiha. Their clansmen tended to be rather extreme, especially after being imprisoned for so many years, with far too much negative emotion accumulated in their hearts.
He had no desire to bring people like that into the village. Otherwise, they would inevitably become a hidden danger.
Women and children, by comparison, were much easier to manage and more readily integrated into the village.
Yang Hao did not ask any further questions. Instead, he silently considered sending a White Zetsu clone over afterward to collect the bodies and obtain the Chinoike Clan's bloodline power.
"The old man and the others will definitely make a move afterward."
Orochimaru offered a reminder. They had now chosen to lay their cards on the table, forcefully gaining merit and prestige in order to seize the position of Fourth Hokage.
The old man and the others certainly would not yield. They did not care about open methods, but they needed to be wary of what might be done in the shadows.
"I'm waiting for them to make a move. That way, I'll have a legitimate excuse to fall out with them."
Yang Hao knew this would happen, but that was precisely what he had planned for.
Even if he did not become the Fourth Hokage, he still had to take some people away with him.
Hokage was merely a title. What mattered was power. As long