"What?! First Uchiha Shanhuo led two teams and eight Police Force members to defect to Danzo? Then Orochimaru also went to see Danzo?!"
In Hokage's Office, Utatane Koharu slammed the table and stood up, causing the teacup on the table to jingle. Her wrinkled face was distorted with anger, and her voice was so sharp that it almost pierced the roof.
Third Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, and the sparks in the pipe flickered in and out with his rapid breathing. Mitokado Homura had a gloomy face, tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously, making an annoying clicking sound.
"Damn Danzo!" Utatane Koharu gritted his teeth, "We have worked so hard to plot Uchiha, but it would be better for him to hide behind his back and pick peaches?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath of cigarette and exhaled slowly. "Koharu, calm down. Aren't there just two teams, plus Uchiha Shanhuo, there are only nine people? It's not really picking peaches..."
"Hiruzen!" Utatane Koharu interrupted sharply, "Have you forgotten that Danzo knows how to make Uchiha open his eyes? Nine Three-Tomoe Sharingan is nine Mangekyō reserves!" Her voice trembled with excitement, "Ordinary Three Tomoe is indeed not worthy of attention, but what if there are nine Mangekyō?"
Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting cold light. "And Orochimaru... When they get together, who knows what tricks they will come up with."
"Probably... no way." Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone was obviously lacking in confidence, "Orochimaru is my disciple after all..."
"Hmph!" Utatane Koharu sneered, "Hiruzen, don't kid yourself. Orochimaru has changed a long time ago, otherwise you wouldn't have excluded him as a candidate for the Fifth Generation."
This sentence was like a sharp knife, piercing Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart. He lowered his head in silence, and the Kakkō in the pipe gradually dimmed.
The office fell into suffocating silence. After a long while, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally said with a wry smile, "But Uchiha voluntarily defected to Danzo, and we... there is nothing we can do about it."
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked at each other and saw a deep sense of powerlessness in each other's eyes.
"No!" Utatane Koharu suddenly slammed the table, "We can't just let it go! Danzo is still in the lockdown period, so we might as well ban him from meeting anyone and let him reflect on it!"
"No!" Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head suddenly, a sharp flash in his eyes, "This will completely anger Danzo. With his character, we can't predict what he will do when the time comes."
Mitokado Homura pushed up his glasses and thought thoughtfully, "Danzo is really not easy to move directly... but Orochimaru is Hiruzen's disciple after all. You can call him here and give him a beating."
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "That's fine. By the way... find out what he talked about with Danzo." He turned to the door, "Someone, please come and invite Orochimaru."
ANBU immediately took the order and left.
"Sure enough, Kagami Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan fell into your hands, Master Danzo." Orochimaru licked his lips, a greedy light flashed in his eyes, and there was a hint of joking in his tone.
"Hey, Mangekyō Sharingan will actually go blind as his pupil power is depleted?" Orochimaru looked at the information in his hand, with a look of surprise on his face, "I didn't expect that Root actually researched something."
"As expected of Orochimaru, it was obviously just a report without any conclusion, but you came to the conclusion in one go. Not bad." Danzo nodded, with a hint of appreciation in his tone.
"It's a pity, this is just scrap information. If this is all your information, I will really suffer a big loss." Orochimaru spread his hands, with a hint of disappointment in his tone.
"After all, Root's researchers are not as good as you, otherwise I wouldn't be looking for you." Danzo said helplessly, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.
"Okay, as long as the money is in place, everything doesn't matter." Orochimaru said with a chuckle, then opened his mouth and swallowed the information scroll.
"Humph, I understand. I will make arrangements. You can leave first." Danzo waved his hand with a hint of impatience in his tone.
"Hehe, then I'm looking forward to the reward from Master Danzo." Orochimaru smiled evilly, then turned around and left Danzo's restricted area.
As soon as he walked out of Danzo's confinement place, a ANBU came to Body Flicker and said respectfully, "Lord Orochimaru, Lord Hokage, please come over."
"Really? Let's go then." Orochimaru chuckled, with a hint of amusement in his tone.
"Sir Danzo, Orochimaru was taken away by Anbu Ninja. It should have been summoned by Lord Hokage." Root Ninja reported in a low voice.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter, Orochimaru won't say it." Danzo said calmly, with a hint of confidence in his tone.
Soon, Orochimaru came to Hokage's Office.
"Koharu's mother-in-law and Uncle Yan are here too." Orochimaru said with a slight smile, with a hint of ridicule in his tone.
"Orochimaru, didn't I tell you not to get involved with Danzo all the time? Why did you go to his place again today?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with a hint of anger, his eyes full of disappointment.
"Didn't you see that Mr. Danzo was grounded and went to catch some autumn wind? Who knew that Mr. Danzo was so stingy that he couldn't use it himself and was not willing to give it to me." Orochimaru continued to say with a chuckle, with a hint of joking in his tone.
"You lied, Uchiha Shanhuo went in with the front foot, and you arrived with the back foot. Is it such a coincidence?" Utatane Koharu asked in a cold voice, his eyes full of doubt.
"What Master Koharu said, I don't know if it's a coincidence or not. I didn't see that Uchiha Shanhuo." Orochimaru spread his hands with a hint of innocence in his tone.
"Orochimaru, you'd better tell me honestly, what exactly are you and Danzo plotting?" Mitokado Homura frowned, with a hint of sternness in his tone.
"Uncle Yan, you have wronged me with what you said. I just went to Mr. Danzo to get some research information. How could there be any conspiracy?" Orochimaru shrugged, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Orochimaru, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes. He knew that Orochimaru was no longer the pure disciple he was before, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that Orochimaru could turn around.
"Orochimaru, I don't want you to have anything to do with Danzo anymore, do you understand?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said in a deep voice, with a hint of pleading in his tone.
"Teacher, you are worrying too much. I am just doing research." Orochimaru smiled, with a hint of perfunctoriness in his tone.
"Orochimaru, you..." Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to say something more, but in the end he just sighed and waved his hand in disappointment, "Forget it, go back first and think carefully about what I said."
"Yes, teacher." Orochimaru nodded, then turned and left Hokage's Office.
Walking out of Hokage's Office, Orochimaru had an evil smile on his lips, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Teacher Sarutobi, I already know what I want, and you are too old to support me anymore!" Orochimaru murmured in a low voice, and then disappeared into the shadows.