Bang—!
"What were you thinking? How could you let Orochimaru go to the battlefield? Don't you know how important she is to Konoha?"
Utatane Koharu's furious roar came from the conference room—no, the command room.
The Ninja guarding the command room door stared straight at the wall in front of them, pretending not to hear anything, emptying their minds, their eyes somewhat dazed.
This wasn't the first time this had happened; they were used to it. Some things, even if heard, had to be pretended not to be heard.
"Nonsense! This is utter nonsense! You're being too reckless! Even if Danzo goes to the battlefield, Orochimaru shouldn't! It would be better if we went!"
Utatane Koharu slammed the table in a fit of rage, scolding the three silent figures.
After Orochimaru unveiled the research results of the Limb Regeneration Technique, her position in Utatane Koharu's heart was completely different from before. Previously, she was a genius worthy of special attention, with intelligence, talent, and cunning, the best candidate to succeed the Third Hokage as the Fourth Hokage.
Now, Orochimaru was Konoha's treasure!
What if, just what if, something happened to Orochimaru on the battlefield? What would they do?
She had thought they had already realized how important Orochimaru was to Konoha, but she hadn't expected them to still let Orochimaru go to the battlefield!
"Koharu, Orochimaru volunteered to go to the battlefield."
Danzo Shimura said in a deep voice. He also didn't want Orochimaru to go to the battlefield, but since Orochimaru had volunteered, what could he do to stop her?
"Hiruzen, why did you agree to let Orochimaru go to the battlefield?"
How could Danzo Shimura let Hiruzen Sarutobi act all profound?
He had to drag him down and let him bear Utatane Koharu's wrath.
"Hiruzen, as the Third Hokage, can't you even persuade your own disciple?"
Utatane Koharu's anger, which had been spread among the three, now focused on Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Homura Mitokado, seeing this, couldn't help but give Danzo Shimura a thumbs up.
"You all know Orochimaru's personality. If I could persuade her, she wouldn't be in the team heading to the battlefield."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep drag from his pipe, slowly exhaling smoke. His heart was bitter. Originally, Danzo Shimura and Homura Mitokado were sharing the pressure, but with Danzo Shimura's move, all the pressure was now on him.
"Alas, Hiruzen, your authority as Hokage is still insufficient."
Danzo Shimura wouldn't miss an opportunity to pressure Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Yes, I've deeply realized that."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded in agreement, feeling that the documents he had sent to Danzo Shimura were still too few; there should be more.
"Hiruzen, you wouldn't be…"
Danzo Shimura realized something.
"After the war ends, I should also retire. The Hokage position might as well be…"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze swept over Danzo Shimura, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado one by one.
"Hiruzen, although your authority as Hokage is insufficient, you are still qualified."
Homura Mitokado said seriously. Are you kidding? Who wants to be Hokage?
Just looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi being pressured, if that pressure were on him, wouldn't his hairline recede crazily?
"Tobirama-sama passed the Hokage position to you out of trust, Hiruzen. You cannot disappoint Tobirama-sama!"
Utatane Koharu also didn't want to be Hokage, so she brought up the matter of Senju Tobirama passing the Hokage position to Hiruzen Sarutobi many years ago.
"That's right, Hiruzen, you can't disappoint Tobirama-sama! You are still young, and the Will of Fire is still burning brightly. How can you retreat at a time like this?"
To make Hiruzen Sarutobi abandon that dangerous idea, Danzo Shimura had to bring up the Will of Fire, which even he himself didn't believe in.
Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that his old friends all didn't want to be Hokage. When it came to pressuring him, they were all more formidable than the last, but when it came to giving them the Hokage position, they started to frantically refuse.
According to intelligence relayed by Ninja, the Iwagakure forces planned to enter the Land of Fire from the Land of Grass to attack Konoha. The Konoha forces were heading to the Land of Grass to meet them in battle.
Among the Konoha forces, everyone was wearing combat armor, except for Orochimaru, who was dressed in a white robe, making her stand out and seem out of place.
"Orochimaru, why are you wearing that?"
Jiraiya looked at the white robe on Orochimaru and couldn't help but ask.
This was what all the Ninja wanted to know.
"The defense and comfort of this robe I'm wearing far exceed combat armor."
Orochimaru touched the cool, silky white robe. How could a white robe sewn from Ichikishimahime's snake skin be comparable to ordinary combat armor?
Defense superior to combat armor?!
Everyone found it hard to believe that the seemingly flimsy white robe on Orochimaru could surpass combat armor in terms of defense.
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