Chapter 188: How to make the Two Hokage Participate in Konoha Collapse Plan

Chapter 188: How to make the Two Hokage Participate in Konoha Collapse Plan

"Team 7, withdraw from here immediately."

Akihara Kagura glanced at Orochimaru and the two mindless puppets, instructing Hatake Kakashi and Team 7: "Take these kids and get as far away as possible."

"You? What will you do?"

Kakashi stopped.

"What do you think I can do?"

Akihara Kagura looked at Kakashi and said, "Orochimaru has set traps all around here. It would be disappointing if I didn't walk right into one, wouldn't it?"

"You really..."

Kakashi tried to persuade Akihara Kagura further.

No ninja in all of Konoha was as crucial as Akihara Kagura; his presence was the foundation of Konoha's strength.

"Enough."

Akihara Kagura cut off Kakashi's words, whispering, "There might be spies in the village, possibly even among the higher-ups; otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't have found out that I left Konoha, and even known that I was coming to the Land of Waves on a mission..."

"Root..."

Kakashi immediately grew suspicious.

"Root has never escaped my surveillance."

Akihara Kagura shook his head and continued, "Only a few people knew I was coming to the Land of Waves for this mission. Perhaps this was a trap set by some people in collusion with Orochimaru, or maybe it was deliberately to send me on this mission. It could even involve people from the Mist Village..."

"The Mist Village?"

Kakashi frowned.

"Yes."

Akihara Kagura seized the opportunity to slander the Mist Village: "Orochimaru must be in cahoots with people from there; otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared in the Land of Waves, a mere base for smugglers between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire. Only those connected to the Mist Village would appear here without reason..."

Akihara Kagura felt his slander wasn't persuasive enough and offered more compelling evidence: "These major ninja villages like to collude with rogue ninjas from other villages to target enemy villages. Just a few days ago, I also colluded with Momochi Zabuza, a rogue ninja from the Mist, to carry out a task for me..."

"..."

Kakashi twitched the corner of his eye.

Over the years, Kakashi had seen plenty of people throwing mud at others, but it was rare to see someone throw mud at themselves to suggest others were dirty too...

But...

Akihara Kagura made a lot of sense.

He was reminding Konoha to be wary of the Mist Village, their ally.

"Right, protecting Tazuna and completing the construction of this bridge is your mission, isn't it?"

Akihara Kagura glanced at Tazuna and then at the members of Team 7: "Once I defeat them and also ensure Tazuna finishes this bridge, remember to give me the payment for this mission; after all, I have solved two threats for you..."

"..."

Kakashi couldn't help but smile wryly.

Was this the time to worry about the payment!

Kakashi knew Akihara Kagura was joking, trying to make his friend relax. He nodded to show he understood Akihara's point: "Alright, but as the supervising jonin, I can only take part of the payment. The rest is up to these kids..."

"My share goes to Kagura!"

Uzumaki Naruto, ever loyal, didn't fully understand the situation and even offered to stay behind to help: "I can stay..."

"..."

Akihara Kagura tapped Naruto's head: "Right now, you can't even beat Karin, so don't drag me down..."

"I don't want my share either."

Uchiha Sasuke had no objections either.

"Me neither."

Haruno Sakura quickly agreed with Sasuke.

"It's as if I'm bullying children..."

Akihara Kagura tousled Naruto's hair, chuckling: "Alright, let's go. Karin and the Root ninja will stay behind to help me."

"Okay."

Kakashi could only nod in agreement.

In Team 7, only he could help, but he was also injured, with not much chakra left in him, so he could only temporarily lead Team 7 to retreat.

After they left, Karin ordered the Root ninjas to fall back to the bridge, and she looked at Akihara Kagura: "Lord Kagura, may I..."

Karin believed Kagura's Mind's Eye could be of help, and if Akihara Kagura was injured, he could even drink her blood, but Akihara Kagura interrupted her with a single sentence.

"Just stay put."

Akihara Kagura waved his hand, asking her to wait by the bridge: "Set up the fishing rod for me. Once you've prepared my fishing spot, it will be nearly finished."

"Yes."

Karin could only bow her head and move back to the bridge.

On the entire bridge.

Only Akihara Kagura remained, along with Orochimaru, as well as the two Hokages, Hashirama and Tobirama, while fog slowly spread across the bridge surface.

"Lord Orochimaru."

Akihara Kagura looked at Orochimaru and quietly asked: "I'm actually quite curious about something. If there was a ninja student in the village, holding two sharp kunai and wanting to challenge you holding the Kusanagi Sword, what would your feelings be?"

"..."

"That Orochimaru is a rogue ninja from Konoha!"

Tobirama was deeply worried about his elder brother's judgment: "Big brother, you've been deceived by that guy!"

"Eh?"

Hashirama looked dazedly towards Orochimaru.

He was deceived?

This guy claimed to be Tsuna's friend?

"..."

Orochimaru didn't mind being exposed, his expression somewhat sinister, hurriedly manipulating the two Hokages to continue attacking Akihara Kagura: "Don't mind these details, you can't resist my control anyway!"

"Kid, you must be the Akihara Kagura they mentioned?"

Tobirama, forced to attack Akihara Kagura, had to bring up old matters seriously, teaching: "Teaching you now how to break the Edo Tensei is useless, because you cannot be a match for big brother..."

Boom!

Chakra within Akihara Kagura suddenly erupted, flipping the two attacking Hokages right over, and even the sea surface was momentarily blown into waves by this force!

Even if Hashirama and Tobirama were strong in their lifetimes, at this moment, their power could not contend with this chakra. The two Hokages could only raise their arms to block in front of themselves, flying backwards and awkwardly half-kneeling on the ground!

"This chakra..."

Hashirama looked at Akihara Kagura with some shock, then suddenly turned his head towards Orochimaru: "Hey, that kid who claims to be Tsuna's friend, this little guy right here might even be stronger than me when I was alive. Even if you resurrect me, it would be useless..."

Orochimaru clenched his fists tightly, staring intently at Akihara Kagura, and with a grit of his teeth, he spat out: "That guy is just an experiment I cultivated using cells from the First Hokage, how could a counterfeit be exactly like the original?"

Silence followed.

Hashirama's brother, Tobirama, also had a look of disbelief.

However, Tobirama sensed that Akihara Kagura, who wore the Konoha Village forehead protector, had a presence nearly as formidable as his brother's during the Battle at the Valley of the End.

Hearing Hashirama's words, Tobirama frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with his brother's remarks: "Big brother, this kid is at best on par with you..."

After he spoke, even Tobirama fell silent, as in the history of the ninja world, who else could match his brother's strength? A single Hashirama had ended the Warring States period!

The next moment!

Akihara Kagura suddenly appeared right beside Hashirama!

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Tobirama was shocked, disbelievingly looking at the other: "You even know my technique? When did you place a Flying Thunder God mark on my brother?"

Akihara Kagura slapped Hashirama's body, and instantly a vine wrapped around Hashirama, drawing his chakra.

Somewhat unfortunately.

The chakra quantity of Hashirama revived through the Edo Tensei was a bit low, but the chakra endlessly restored itself, making it not so unfortunate after all...

"To be able to use my Flying Thunder God Technique and also my brother's Wood Release..."

Tobirama took a deep breath, forced to admit the young man's excellence: "That kid called Akihara Kagura, you are a ninja of the Konoha, who is the current Hokage?"

"It's the Third Hokage."

Akihara Kagura stepped towards Tobirama, casually raising his palm and also binding the Second Hokage with Wood Release, before introducing himself: "The Third Hokage is almost seventy years old now, and I am his Hokage assistant."

Tobirama slowly nodded, seemingly unconcerned by Akihara Kagura's deception: "It seems you are the village's next Hokage..."

"I might have to leave the Konoha Village."

Akihara Kagura looked at Tobirama, who didn't mind his deception, and sighed, continuing: "Someone colluded with Orochimaru, ordering me here to execute a mission, and I ended up falling into this trap, just like the previous Hokage assistant, Danzo, who also stepped into a trap, had to leave the village without returning, and was then declared a rogue ninja by the village. I might also have to leave the Konoha Village..."

Tobirama immediately fell silent for a long time before speaking: "Danzo... defected? Was someone forcing him to defect?"

"Yes."

Akihara Kagura didn't say much more.

After all, the one forcing Shimura Danzo to defect was himself.

Hashirama became curious and asked incredulously: "Why leave the Konoha? If there's someone in the village colluding with rogue ninjas forcing you guys to defect, why not just deal with them?"

"Big brother!"

Tobirama interrupted his own brother.

His brother's political sensitivity was too low; he hadn't realized the situation at such a time. Someone so powerful and serving as the Hokage's assistant, clearly a candidate for the next Hokage, was ordered to carry out a mission and being forced to leave the Konoha Village...

Other than someone with more power, who else could do it?

"Lord Orochimaru."

Akihara Kagura looked towards Orochimaru and asked: "When you defected and became a rogue ninja, you weren't killed by the Third Hokage but continued to receive resources for scientific research and even learned the forbidden jutsu from the Scroll of Seals. Who was supporting you from behind?"

Silence.

Orochimaru silently watched Akihara Kagura.

Although Orochimaru was unaware of Akihara Kagura's exact purpose, he knew that Akihara Kagura certainly intended to tarnish the Third Hokage's reputation in front of the two Hokages.

Silence again.

Orochimaru bit his lip, feeling a faint twinge of conscience.

Then, Orochimaru quickly realized he lacked a conscience or any morals, and with a sneer, he said: "Kagura, you must have already guessed who was supporting me, right? Because that person's status is too high, you don't want to believe it, right?"

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