[Uchiha Compound]
Rengoku had already sent Kaori to take Ryuri back home.
He, on the other hand, brought Tsunade to Orochimaru's laboratory.
"Orochimaru, is what Rengoku said true?", Tsunade's face was dark.
Orochimaru was usually too busy. Today Rengoku hadn't told him in advance about this matter.
Tsunade's questioning left him confused.
"What matter?"
Rengoku reminded him from the side, "Danzo's affairs."
"Oh, that."
Orochimaru gave Tsunade, whose face was gloomy, a mocking smile, "That's not exactly the attitude of someone asking for help."
Tsunade looked at the calm Orochimaru, took a deep breath to suppress the emotions surging in her chest, "Orochimaru, you want me to beg you?"
Orochimaru stared at Tsunade for two seconds, then suddenly laughed, "No."
Tsunade suddenly felt she'd been toyed with.
"Follow me then," Orochimaru waved his hand casually, telling her to come along.
He quickly led Tsunade downstairs.
Orochimaru swiftly prepared the materials and sacrifices.
"Edo Tensei no Jutsu!"
Same formula, same flavor.
As the talisman papers surged, Danzo appeared here.
Tsunade was a medical ninja, not like Senju Tobirama.
Watching the sacrifice scream in despair at the moment of death, it was still a bit shocking to her.
But seeing Danzo really resurrected, she couldn't help exclaiming, "So this is the Edo Tensei my granduncle invented?"
Rengoku sneered from the side, "Don't sigh yet. After you finish your questioning, you'll just sigh that your granduncle was an idiot, choosing a clan-killer to bring out."
Tsunade glared at Rengoku, but he was completely unconcerned.
From the results, Tobirama really was an idiot.
Meanwhile Orochimaru had already placed Danzo under control.
"It's ready. Ask him directly."
Tsunade impatiently asked, "How did Nawaki and Kato Dan die?"
Under Orochimaru's control, Danzo began to spill every hidden detail from back then.
Hearing it, Tsunade's teeth clenched so hard they ground.
"BASTARD!"
She smashed her fist into Danzo's head.
The monstrous strength of her punch made Danzo's Edo Tensei head explode instantly.
But Edo Tensei's greatest weakness was its body's fragility, and its greatest strength was automatic regeneration.
Tsunade watched as countless talisman papers fluttered and Danzo slowly restored himself.
But after his head was destroyed, his mind seemed to clear.
"Where is this? Could it be I'm not dead?"
"Tsunade? Rengoku?"
"You two—"
BANG!
Seeing this old bastard still running his mouth, Tsunade smashed Danzo's head again.
As the talisman papers flew, Danzo revived once more.
BANG!
Tsunade blew his head off again.
BANG! BANG! BANG!…
With red eyes, Tsunade smashed Danzo's head seven times in a row before slowly calming down.
The Edo Tensei body didn't feel pain. Though Danzo looked disheveled, he also realized Tsunade couldn't kill him.
His first instinct was to look at Orochimaru.
"What is this secret jutsu?"
Orochimaru flicked out his tongue, "Of course, it's a jutsu that lets even a dead man speak."
Danzo scanned the room and noticed Rengoku as well.
He whispered, "I know a lot of intel. We can cooperate."
Rengoku clicked his tongue in amazement, "As expected of Root's leader. Even now, you won't give up."
"Your intel, I've long since known. This was only for Tsunade to hear."
Tsunade glared at Danzo, "What about the Senju clan's Mokuton experiments?"
Danzo glanced at Orochimaru and Rengoku, who was smiling faintly, then obediently answered, "Hiruzen used that as an excuse to drain the Senju of all their prime fighters."
"At first, the Senju had suffered too much loss and were going to stop. But it was Hiruzen who told them the experiment was just a little short of success…"
Rengoku clicked his tongue repeatedly, shaking his head. The Third Hokage really was skilled, even knowing how to use the 'sunk cost' effect.
BANG!
Tsunade's forehead veins bulged, and she blew Danzo's head apart again.
"Damn it!"
"I'll KILL him!"
Suspicion was one thing. Now that there was proof, it was completely different.
On top of Nawaki and Kato Dan's matters, now Tsunade wanted nothing more than to personally kill Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Rengoku's face showed the expression of someone ready to enjoy a show, 'Now not even Jesus can save Sarutobi Hiruzen.'
Danzo was resurrected once more. Seeing Tsunade's furious appearance, he didn't say a word, fearing another head explosion.
Orochimaru had stood by all this time. For him, this was already a waste.
"Any more questions? I've got work to do."
Tsunade's eyes were icy with killing intent, "No. There's no need anymore."
Seeing Orochimaru start forming seals,
Danzo immediately shouted, "No! I'm still useful… I still—"
Orochimaru had no intention of humoring him. He directly released the Edo Tensei.
Danzo scattered into a pile of talisman papers and the dead sacrifice.
As Tsunade turned, Rengoku pressed a hand on her shoulder.
"Wait."
Tsunade still listened when Rengoku spoke. After all, without him, she'd never have known these things.
"Don't worry. Once the Third Hokage dies, I won't fight you for Fifth Hokage."
Rengoku shook his head, "What I mean is, killing Sarutobi Hiruzen like this is too cheap for him."
Tsunade drew a long breath. She agreed with Rengoku's thinking, "So what do you have in mind?"
The corners of Rengoku's mouth curled into an evil smile, "Ever heard a saying?"
"Killing the body is nothing. Killing the spirit is true punishment."
Before Tsunade could ask, Rengoku explained, "Sarutobi Hiruzen is a man who puts his clan above all."
"The Sarutobi clan, that's what he values most." [T/N: I think it's his reputation.]
"Nailing his name forever to the pillar of history's shame."
"Wiping the Sarutobi clan from existence, that's the best revenge!"
"Just like what he was preparing to do to the Uchiha."
Tsunade's brow twitched, "You're planning to wipe out the Sarutobi clan?"
Rengoku said coldly, "Solely the Sarutobi? Not enough. The Mitokado, the Utatane, the Shimura, they all colluded with him."
"If they're not all slaughtered, it's an insult to the clans who died."
Rengoku meant the Uchiha. Tsunade automatically substituted the Senju.
Tsunade fell silent. Though she wanted revenge on Sarutobi Hiruzen, the ones Rengoku mentioned weren't just a few people.
The Sarutobi clan alone, all of them were in Konoha.
After so many years, their fighting force numbered in the thousands. As for civilians and non-combatants, needless to say, there were countless more.
Add the other three clans, and you had twenty or thirty thousand people.
"Even the civilians?", Tsunade asked carefully.
Rengoku chuckled, spreading his hands, "Not a single fighter left alive."
"As for the civilians, it depends on them. Abandon their surnames, contribute to Konoha's future, what's wrong with that?"
'Change the surname, issue a kill-on-sight order, and the Sarutobi clan will vanish forever from the ninja world."
"Among non-combatants, producing a ninja is still extremely difficult."
Rengoku also didn't care whether someone came seeking revenge later.
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