Naruto: Steering the Story with My Diary
Chapter 124

The last dance, part two

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Hiss~

"Because..."

Orochimaru extended his long tongue and slowly licked his kunai.

"You will die here, Third."

Hiruzen Sarutobi merely turned his head to look at Orochimaru without saying a word.

With the battlefield sealed off by a barrier, the others could not help their Hokage. All they could do was deal with the situation outside. Sunagakure's Kazekage had attacked their Hokage, so naturally, the Sunagakure participants in the Chunin Exams had to be arrested!

It was quiet here, so quiet that Hiruzen Sarutobi could hear Orochimaru's heartbeat.

Orochimaru held his kunai against Hiruzen Sarutobi's neck. In that silence, tears actually spilled from his eyes.

"Heh, are you that happy?"

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked mockingly.

"Or perhaps...?"

Crunch!

The sound of a kunai piercing flesh rang out!

Drip, drip!

Blood dripped before Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes. Orochimaru had stabbed himself with the kunai to settle his emotions.

"I expected you to want to kill me, your teacher."

"But I never thought you would still feel sorrow."

"No, I'm just sleepy."

Orochimaru spoke calmly, brushing away the tears at the corners of his eyes with one hand.

"The tears only came from yawning."

"I feel much better now."

Orochimaru displayed his arm, pierced by the kunai and still dripping blood, as he spoke with a smile.

"Heh, I knew you would say that."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was full of amusement, as though he really had expected it.

Tap, tap, tap!

Orochimaru actually withdrew the hand holding the blade against Hiruzen Sarutobi's neck and walked in the opposite direction.

The sight shocked those outside the barrier!

"I know you aren't someone who acts out of hatred."

Even in this situation, a smile appeared on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face.

"You have no purpose, no motive..."

His words seemed to be an

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