After the Anbu dragged Hiruzen Sarutobi away, Danzo Shimura sat with his eyes closed in the seat reserved for the Hokage.
A look of enjoyment appeared on his face, and his mood became more excited than ever before.
Back then, he had only hesitated for a moment and missed the position of Hokage, but after so many years of effort, he was finally going to realize his dream.
Now, with Tsunade and Orochimaru having both defected, coupled with the various losses Konoha had suffered previously, everyone had completely lost trust in Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi were to be revived, he would have no choice but to temporarily retreat to the sidelines under the pretext of recuperating, in order to avoid being purged.
And he could use this opportunity to rightfully take control of Konoha as the acting Hokage.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly "killed" him once to quell public anger, which led to him being unable to appear in public, what did that matter?
A shadow in the darkness is still a shadow.
From today onwards, Konoha will enter a new phase under his control!
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Hidden Cloud Village.
Doi, Mabui, Ay, Third Raikage, and others looked in shock at Orochimaru, who had come to defect, almost kneeling before Uchiha Yuzuru.
There was no need to ask; Orochimaru's defection must have been because of Uchiha Yuzuru.
Two of Hiruzen Sarutobi's three Disciples, the Konoha Sannin who shook the Ninja World, had now come to defect to Hidden Cloud Village.
This could no longer be described as merely crazy; it was simply outrageous.
If this continued, Konoha would probably be hollowed out by Uchiha Yuzuru, right?
Uchiha Yuzuru was also somewhat surprised by this.
According to his guess, Konoha was currently plagued by internal and external troubles, so Orochimaru shouldn't have become a pawn discarded by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura as he did in the original story.
But unexpectedly, those two guys still forced Orochimaru to become a rogue ninja... It just goes to show that the strongest internal strife king lives up to his reputation.
Fortunately, he had led his clan members away from Konoha in advance, otherwise, the Uchiha Clan would probably not have been able to achieve such rapid population growth as they were now.
However, despite his surprise, Uchiha Yuzuru's expression remained calm and composed, as if everything was under his control.
The Third Raikage looked at Orochimaru with a smiling face and gently asked, "Orochimaru, whatever you want, we can satisfy you."
Orochimaru also smiled, replying in a hoarse voice, "I only want a laboratory where I can conduct my research in peace."
"I don't like fighting; I only like doing scientific research."
Upon hearing this, the Third Raikage's smile became even warmer.
For the current Hidden Cloud Village, a talent like Orochimaru was simply too rare.
He immediately patted his chest and guaranteed, "First, think about what you need, write a list and give it to Yuzuru, and we will try our best to satisfy you."
Orochimaru was not modest and replied directly, "I will."
After quickly completing the familiar procedures, Uchiha Yuzuru took Orochimaru, who was now wearing a Kumogakure forehead protector, and left the Raikage Building.
Walking on the bustling streets, Orochimaru couldn't help but exclaim, "The Land of Lightning is developing so well now, it has far surpassed the Land of Fire."
All along the way, Orochimaru had a dreamlike feeling.
Within the Land of Lightning, there were no wandering beggars, no bandits or mountain brigands robbing people, no wild dogs gnawing on human bones... Everything looked so harmonious, almost like a legendary paradise.
Compared to his last visit to the Land of Lightning, it was no exaggeration to say that earth-shattering changes had occurred.
Uchiha Yuzuru, beside him, slowly said, "My goal is to make the entire Ninja World like the Land of Lightning."
Orochimaru paused for a moment, then said, "Yuzuru-kun, even if you truly unify the Ninja World, this is not an easy task to accomplish."
Uchiha Yuzuru shrugged and did not continue to argue, but instead asked, "Why did you suddenly come to me?"
"Because I have lost everything in Konoha," Orochimaru said calmly, as if speaking about something unrelated to himself, "Just as you said back then, I not only failed to become Hokage, but instead became a street rat that everyone shouted at and beat."
"Although I have never been a naive person, I never thought that one day I would truly fall to this point."
"So I came to you." Orochimaru licked his face with his tongue, then spoke with a hint of excitement, "Yuzuru-kun, can you fulfill the promise you made to me back then?"
"Provide me with experimental equipment and Materials, and let me conduct my research in peace."
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded: "Provided that you can complete the tasks I assign to you, none of this is a problem."
"This request is not harsh." Orochimaru smiled elegantly, "What do you want me to do?"
"All kinds of human experiments."
"..."
"What's wrong?"
Feeling Uchiha Yuzuru's gaze, Orochimaru showed a sincere smile: "Yuzuru-kun, I should have come to you earlier."
Ever since being defeated by Uchiha Yuzuru last time, Orochimaru had been conducting human experiments.
On one hand, it was to gain the ability of eternal life, and on the other hand, it was to have more trump cards for self-preservation.
Now, Uchiha Yuzuru's request was for him to conduct human experiments, which for him was no request at all.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru spat out a scroll from his mouth: "Yuzuru-kun, these are some of my research results, consider them a welcoming gift from me."
Looking at the slime on the scroll, Uchiha Yuzuru waved his hand in disgust: "Orochimaru, I'm not interested in these things. Just hand them over to Fugaku when you have time."
Facing Uchiha Yuzuru's disdain, Orochimaru was not annoyed and reopened his mouth to swallow the scroll back into his body.
Just then, footsteps sounded behind the two of them.
Uchiha Yuzuru and Orochimaru turned to look, and saw Tsunade walking quickly towards them.
Orochimaru proactively greeted her: "Tsunade, long time no see."
Tsunade snorted softly, raising an eyebrow and asking, "Orochimaru, I didn't expect you to have left Konoha as well."
Hearing this, Orochimaru smiled: "Actually, I should be the one saying that. It's more surprising that you, a descendant of the Senju Clan, left Konoha."
"No matter what, it's quite unexpected for us, the Konoha Sannin, to meet in such a place," Tsunade said with a smile, shaking her head. "Come on, I'll treat you two to some barbecue."
"No problem."
Orochimaru didn't particularly like such things, but he hadn't seen Tsunade in a long time, so he still agreed.
Facing Tsunade's invitation, Uchiha Yuzuru naturally had no objections.
Watching Orochimaru and Tsunade walk ahead, Uchiha Yuzuru's lips curved slightly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, Utatane Koharu, I, Uchiha Yuzuru, would call you the strongest support.
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