REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 89: The Uchiha Stand Up at Last
The Land of Water was an island nation on the far side of the shinobi world, separated from the Land of Rain by the Land of Fire and a stretch of ocean. To reach the Land of Water, passing through Fire Country was inevitable.
"Ah, perfect. We can check on how Konoha's reconstruction is progressing."
"After all, we're both from Konoha Village originally. We should contribute our share to the village's rebuilding efforts, shouldn't we?"
Yasushi spoke with a cheerful smile to Orochimaru as they traveled.
After hearing this, Orochimaru's mouth stretched into a wide grin, his long serpentine tongue flicking across his lips as he replied with clear interest.
"Yasushi-kun's resentment truly runs deep, doesn't it?"
"Even though Konoha Village has already been mostly destroyed, you still refuse to let them go."
"Hehehe—" Yasushi laughed coldly. "Let them go? How could I possibly let them go?"
"The Uchiha clan has been completely wiped out, but Konoha Village still exists!"
"If you want me to let go of this grudge, it's actually quite simple."
"As long as Konoha Village vanishes into smoke and ash, this grudge will naturally be resolved."
"So does Yasushi-kun plan to rampage through Konoha Village again?" Orochimaru asked with a smile. "Since we're passing through anyway, doing something along the way wouldn't delay us."
"Not quite that simple." Yasushi shook his head with a cold laugh. "Killing a few ordinary jonin would have no real impact on Konoha Village."
"My objective is to find an opportunity to ambush and kill Tsunade."
"Right now she has hemophobia, but once she returns to Konoha Village and sees its current wretched state, that hemophobia will likely cure itself immediately."
"This is the easiest time to eliminate Tsunade."
"So the question is, Orochimaru-sama—will you try to stop me?"
Yasushi stopped walking, his expression somewhere between a smile and something darker as he looked at Orochimaru.
Uchiha Yashiro and the other two reanimated clansmen shifted their positions, forming a triangle that surrounded Orochimaru, clearly ready to fight at the slightest provocation.
"Now, now, don't look at me with such frightening expressions!"
Orochimaru showed no fear whatsoever, maintaining his unsettling smile as he replied pleasantly.
"From the day I became a shinobi, I understood that as a ninja, one might inevitably die in some filthy gutter someday."
"Tsunade and I do have a good personal relationship, but ever since I became a rogue ninja, our relationship could never return to what it once was."
"If necessary, I would kill Tsunade without any psychological burden."
"Similarly, Tsunade would do the same to me."
"So if you plan to ambush Tsunade, I'll at most watch from the sidelines. I won't help, but I won't stop you either."
"Whichever of you kills the other, I don't mind."
"Mm—at most I'll help collect the corpse."
"Haha—" Yasushi clapped his hands together and laughed loudly. "Orochimaru-sama's corpse collection is really just to acquire experimental materials for yourself, isn't it?"
"Do you mind?" Orochimaru asked with a smile.
"Of course not!" Yasushi's laughter grew even more cheerful. "After I'm dead, I couldn't care less what happens!"
"If I really do die, take my corpse and do whatever you want with it. I have no objections whatsoever."
"That's excellent then." Orochimaru flicked his long serpentine tongue again, clearly very satisfied with this answer.
"In that case, let's take a different route and go welcome Tsunade properly."
Yasushi waved his hand and immediately ran off in another direction.
The three reanimated clansmen followed closely behind him, never leaving his side.
Orochimaru smiled silently and followed along.
Before taking action, Yasushi had specifically ordered his subordinate clansmen to secretly gather relevant intelligence. He'd already estimated Tsunade's travel route. Acting now, he naturally had a clear target and wouldn't come up empty.
After waiting at the predetermined location for half the day, he finally saw a group of several people hurrying toward them from the distance.
The leader wore green garments with an impressively ample chest, a diamond-shaped red mark on her forehead, fair skin, beautiful features, and long legs. This was unmistakably one of the Legendary Sannin and future Fifth Hokage—Tsunade!
Behind her, a young beauty cradled a small pig—clearly Shizune.
The other three shinobi were unfamiliar faces, likely just the disposable ANBU messengers responsible for delivering news.
Tsunade's vigilance was extremely high. Despite Yasushi's group leaving no obvious traces, as she approached the forest, Tsunade suddenly stopped and directed her gaze toward them.
"Come out!"
"These crude little tricks aren't nearly enough to ambush me!"
"Clap clap—" Yasushi smiled cheerfully while applauding, slowly walking out from the forest. "Truly worthy of being Tsunade of the Sannin! You detected our presence from so far away."
Seeing the distinctive black cloak with red clouds that Yasushi wore, Tsunade's expression immediately turned grave as she clenched her fists.
"Akatsuki?"
The people following behind Tsunade saw Uchiha Yasushi's face and immediately cried out in alarm.
"Tsunade-sama, he's the village's rogue ninja—Uchiha Yasushi!"
"Uchiha Yasushi?" After hearing this name, Tsunade's expression immediately grew complicated. She'd clearly already learned the truth about the Uchiha clan's massacre.
"Oh my, so Tsunade-sama knows about me!" Yasushi said with a cheerful smile.
"That's right, I'm the Uchiha survivor that Konoha Village failed to completely exterminate—Uchiha Yasushi!"
"Hey, Tsunade, are you going to eliminate me on behalf of the Third Hokage today? Finish off this last Uchiha survivor?"
"Yasushi, Orochimaru—" Tsunade looked at the two people before her, and the three reanimated Uchiha behind them with eyes burning red like flames. An indescribable irritation surged in her heart.
These were all elite shinobi from the village. They should have been core pillars of Konoha, but now...
"Yasushi, Orochimaru—I know the village did some extremely excessive things that completely disappointed many people, but this time I'm returning to the village with a firm resolve to thoroughly change how things are done—"
"Ugh, wrong, all wrong—" Yasushi impatiently waved his hand, cutting off Tsunade's words.
"Why is Tsunade-sama saying such things to us rogue ninja?"
"What does Konoha Village's future have to do with us?"
"Does Tsunade-sama really think that just giving me some verbal promises will resurrect the dead Uchiha?"
"That it'll make me suddenly repent and return to Konoha Village to continue being your loyal dog?"
"You're deluding yourself!"
"I'm officially declaring right now—the Uchiha clan, from that night forward, has stood up at last!"
"The Uchiha clan will never be anyone's dog again!"
"Hokage, daimyo, all of you can go straight to hell!"
"From this day forward, the Uchiha clan lives only for itself!"
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