Akihara Kagura...
is a descendant of the Senju Clan.
Everyone present heard this.
The two smartest Hokages in Konoha's history, Second Hokage Senju Tobirama and the Third Hokage's disciple Orochimaru, were the first to see through the secrets behind the bark.
Senju Tobirama kicked Orochimaru away, grabbed a Kunai, and charged towards Tsunade, speaking the truth he had deduced.
"Orochimaru guessed correctly."
"Akihara Kagura is indeed a descendant of the Senju Clan."
Senju Tobirama had no fondness for Akihara Kagura, who also hailed from the Senju Clan, and spoke coldly: "In the millennial history of the Senju Clan, the ancestors of this branch of the clan discovered the secrets of the Senju Clan, betrayed their own people, and in the chaos of the Warring States Era, secretly stole the historical legacy artifacts, attempting to unravel their secrets using Wood Release Chakra..."
"Unfortunately."
"This branch of the clan never awakened the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai, thus they could only guard the Senju Clan's treasures without being able to uncover the truth..."
"In other words..."
Orochimaru pulled out the Kunai stuck in himself and immediately continued Senju Tobirama's conjecture: "Until the First Hokage passed away and Konoha began researching the cells left behind by the First Hokage, Akihara Kagura and his clansmen found an opportunity to awaken the Wood Release..."
At this point, Orochimaru even began to chuckle: "They even found out that I was researching the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai..."
"If nothing unexpected happens..."
Orochimaru recalled what Kabuto had mentioned about the bark: "The last of this branch of the Senju Clan was only Akihara Kagura, in order to smoothly enter Konoha, Akihara Kagura had to first enter the Konoha Orphanage..."
"Coincidentally, however."
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly, and when talking about Akihara Kagura's scheme, he gritted his teeth a bit: "The Wood Release experiment was halted by the old man, and I was forced to flee as the old man discovered my illegal human experiments..."
"To obtain the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai, Akihara Kagura left Konoha, hid the Senju Clan's historical relics in the orphanage, and on my way to escape Konoha, he found a way to approach me, becoming my experiment subject. I eventually helped him transplant the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai cells, successfully awakening the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai..."
"In order to reclaim the Senju Clan's relics, Akihara Kagura kept trying to return to Konoha, even wanting to kill me on the day he obtained the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai..."
Orochimaru thought of the day Akihara Kagura first awakened the Wood Release and attacked him, biting his teeth and said: "At that time, Akihara Kagura wanted to pretend that the experiment was out of control, seizing the chance to kill me and return to Konoha..."
Fortunately.
At that time, Orochimaru used a Curse Seal to imprison Akihara Kagura's body, and as he recalled what happened afterward, he still somewhat resented Akihara Kagura.
"That brat even used my intention to make him a vessel, exploiting the alliance between me and Danzo, finally returning to Konoha, even using his identity as a Wood Release genius to free himself from Danzo's control, and return to the orphanage to retrieve the bark he hid..."
"It was at that time..."
"Akihara Kagura colluded with Uchiha Obito..."
"Not colluded."
"Akihara Kagura merely used him."
Senju Tobirama interrupted Orochimaru, solemnly adding: "Because there's also a historical secret of the Ninja World on the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet, Uchiha Madara had already seen the secret recorded on it, and Uchiha Obito is just Madara's pawn..."
"But..."
"The Senju of the Forest and the evil Uchiha have always been opposing existences, the historical secrets recorded on the Uchiha Clan stone tablet and the Senju Clan relics should be the same..."
"Akihara Kagura realized that Uchiha Obito also knew some secrets of the Ninja World, so he pretended to collude with Uchiha Obito, hiding that he was also an insider..."
"That brat actually planned to use the strategy of usurping the nest, taking Uchiha Madara's and Uchiha Obito's plans for his own use..."
Senju Tobirama patiently finished the rest of the story.
With the tacit understanding of Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru, they believed that the story they speculated about Akihara Kagura was largely close to the truth...
At least.
Everyone present knew Akihara Kagura's background.
Even Kabuto pushed up his glasses, seemingly unable to believe Akihara Kagura's identity and mind could be so deeply dark.
"..."
Black Zetsu listened and was taken aback.
If Akihara Kagura was an insider who knew the Ninja World's history through the Senju Clan's relics, could his own plan still succeed?
No!
If Akihara Kagura was an insider...
Why would he still want to obtain the Rinnegan and betray the Ninja World?
Why isn't he worried about the resurrection of the Ten-tails and Kaguya?
That's also wrong...
Because Akihara Kagura attacked Nagato, interrupting the process of the Ten-tails' resurrection, this guy wanted to control the Ten-tails himself, and never hid this intention!
That guy...
Does he want to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?
No...
There's still something not quite right...
Black Zetsu felt his brain was about to explode!
"No matter what..."
Black Zetsu shook his head slightly, making up his mind: "I must first find out what secret is recorded on the Senju Clan's bark..."