Yechen's account and the records in the documents revealed some of the truth about what had happened back then.
Kushina Uzumaki trembled all over as she looked at the documents in her hands. Hearing Yechen ask, "Is this the Konoha you want to protect?" only fueled her anger.
"No, you fabricated all of this!"
Kushina Uzumaki roared in fury.
It was not that she did not believe it; she simply did not want to. The faith she had held for years had crumbled in an instant, and she could not bear it.
"I fabricated it? Then let's ask Jiraiya, one of our Konoha Sannin. Did I fabricate this?"
Yechen looked at Jiraiya, and the others followed his gaze. Yechen continued,
"I imagine you didn't leave to travel just to gather material for your novels. You must have learned something about what went on behind the scenes in the village, become disappointed in it, and decided you didn't want to stay in a place full of scheming.
"But you have deep feelings for Konoha, and there are people here you care about. That's why you returned when Konoha was in danger.
"That's true of you, and of Tsunade too. Of course, there's one cold-blooded fellow who doesn't count."
The first part left Jiraiya feeling somewhat saddened, but the last sentence made him laugh again.
Orochimaru was thoroughly exasperated by that. He muttered inwardly, Divine Lord, how am I cold-blooded? I have feelings too, you know!
"Master Jiraiya..."
Kushina Uzumaki gave him a questioning look.
Jiraiya sighed.
"There are many things I don't know much about either. I only learned a little afterward. When the Land of Whirlpools faced an assault from the major ninja villages, the Konoha High Command did disagree over what to do.
"They weren't entirely to blame, either.