Sarutobi Clan Defects from the Village

While Sasori's family was reuniting,

Natsuki and Orochimaru had already stepped out, leaving the room to them.

Kakashi also knew that Orochimaru had helped revive Sasori's Parents through Impure World Reincarnation.

When Chiyo first saw Kakashi, she had mistaken him for Sakumo.

However, with Orochimaru and Natsuki present, Chiyo had not made a move.

Only later did she realize that he was not Sakumo at all.

Orochimaru had not hidden the purpose of this trip from Kakashi, who knew that Orochimaru had come to revive them through Impure World Reincarnation.

Kakashi remained silent. War always caused all kinds of pain.

Some people even spent their entire lives healing from that pain.

When Orochimaru and Natsuki came out, Kakashi was standing guard outside.

"Fifth Hokage Lord, this is a message from Konoha."

Kakashi handed Orochimaru the intelligence he had just received. After reading it, Orochimaru passed it to Natsuki.

It said that Asuma had taken Kurenai and over a dozen others toward the Daimyo's Mansion.

Orochimaru smiled. "Looks like Asuma is quite clever."

Natsuki handed the intelligence to Kakashi as well and replied,

"After guarding the daimyo for so long, he must have made some progress."

Kakashi had not been allowed to open it before Orochimaru read it, so only now did he learn what the intelligence contained.

Seeing that both Asuma and Kurenai had left Konoha's vortex, Kakashi was quite relieved.

After all, the Sarutobi Clan was now something everyone in Konoha despised. No one knew what would happen next.

Kakashi had left Asuma a message, but Asuma would still have been in danger if he remained.

Now that Asuma had directly removed himself from the situation, Kakashi finally felt at ease.

Natsuki calculated the timing. "Tonight should be when the Sarutobi Clan Members flee, right?"

Orochimaru nodded. "Tonight. I've