During this time, a strange thing happened among the top leaders of Konoha, that is, Orochimaru, who was at odds with the Sandaime, suddenly began to care about his teacher.
This immediately made the high-level officials of Konoha who knew about it look at each other, completely confused as to what was going on.
After all, the relationship between the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen and his disciple Orochimaru cannot be said to be good, and it is almost the same to describe it as like water and fire. Anyway, it just highlights one of them who has a grudge and a grudge.
Especially after the Fourth Generation was selected, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Orochimaru was no longer a stranger to his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
There are even some family patriarchs who are worried about whether Orochimaru, the famous Sannin in the ninja world, will choose to rebel against the village. It seems that it is not impossible, after all, Orochimaru's temper is there.
But for some reason during this period, Orochimaru suddenly began to care about his teacher, and would send him some cigarettes from time to time, and it was a very good kind of tobacco.
Who is Sarutobi Hiruzen? Although he is no longer a qualified ninja in the eyes of some people, his years of political career have tempered him, so he is also suspicious of his disciple's sudden kindness.
But no matter how you check, these tobaccos are all from beginning to end, and there are no problems. They are just ordinary tobaccos.
There was even a time when Orochimaru personally took Sarutobi Hiruzen to the store and bought it on the spot.
And it seems that he knew the rumors, so Orochimaru, who planned to prove his innocence, often smoked with his teacher. For a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen's house was filled with smoke.
Sarutobi Biwako secretly scolded his old man countless times for this.
But no matter what, Orochimaru's changes are visible to the naked eye.
Therefore, the rumors about Orochimaru's "returning from evil and returning to righteousness" and "respecting teachers and respecting Taoism" gradually became more and more. Sarutobi Hiruzen knew who it was as soon as he heard it, and it was probably the old guy Danzo.
"Ha, you are giving me eye drops." Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in his seat with an unhappy look on his face, and then took another puff of cigarette.
"Sandaime-sama, maybe Orochimaru-sama has really changed his mind. That's a good thing, right?" The fourth generation Namikaze Minato pinched his eyebrows helplessly and comforted the old man with a wry smile.
Namikaze Minato was a little troubled. Although he had successfully served as the Fourth Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders of Konoha had no intention of taking care of themselves in old age.
From time to time, he would give advice and come to the Hokage Building to listen. Danzo, in particular, would often whisper in his ears that the Uchiha clan was rebellious and would definitely be detrimental to Konoha in the future.
This made Namikaze Minato feel a little confused. He even began to wonder if the Sandaime chose him because he didn't have Orochimaru's connections and reputation, so it was easier to control him?
But many times Sarutobi Hiruzen also respected his own opinions, although occasionally he would show his experience in handling government affairs from time to time, which made Namikaze Minato feel a little ashamed of his lack of proficiency.
But overall it's still passable.
"Oh... Orochimaru, he might have been a very good ninja." The third generation took another puff of cigarette. He did not use the tobacco sent by Orochimaru.
Although there was nothing wrong with Orochimaru's performance of being harmless to humans and animals, he just didn't use it and sold them all behind his back.
Sarutobi Hiruzen always felt that his disciple had evil intentions, but he couldn't see what exactly they were now.
Namikaze Minato glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen, ever?
Namikaze Minato felt that something was wrong. After all, he was not an idiot. He had made some progress in being the Hokage for such a period of time. Naturally, he could tell that the Sandaime seemed to have something in his words.
But the Sandaime didn't say anything, and it was hard for him to ask.
"By the way, Yondaime, your wife's due date is still a month away, right? You must keep it secret during this period." Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes became deep.
Although he is no longer a pure ninja, he is still the Hokage of Konoha Village, and he can dedicate everything to the village.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki cannot be compromised. If something goes wrong with the Nine-Tails, then Konoha will lose at least a piece of flesh, and may even be seriously injured.
"I know, please kindly ask the Sandaime-sama to take care of me when the time comes." When mentioning his wife, Namikaze Minato became a lot more serious.
"I know." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and took another puff of cigarette.
Katsuyuki is Konoha's Jinchuuriki, which is a good thing and a bad thing, but when Namikaze Minato was sleeping during this period, he didn't know how many times he wished that his wife was not a Jinchuuriki.
A jinchuriki is one of the pillars of a village, and a jinchuriki who is about to give birth is weak among the weak. It can be said that his defense power is extremely low.
If someone attacks the Jinchuriki at this time, the consequences will be disastrous.
But Minato Namikaze is still more worried about his wife's life safety. If something goes wrong with Kushina and her unborn child, wouldn't it be...
Namikaze Minato shook his head violently. This was unlikely. Even Danzo, a Konoha elder who often had trouble with him, knew the importance of jinchūriki. Kyukina would definitely be fine.
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"Teacher, it's normal in the village during this time." Amemiya Kenichi was extracting the teacher who was helping him, and the neck of the experimental subject lying in front of him had begun to turn white.
The first-generation target cells passed the rejection test in the other party, but problems still occurred after the official transplantation, and the other party was about to die.
"Yeah." Orochimaru wiped his hands and stopped. This consumable is definitely going to die. This is his experience. He has gained experience through experiments.
It is conceivable how eager Danzo is for the cells of the first generation. Orochimaru thinks that Danzo probably wants to master the wood escape ability of the first generation.
Mu Dun has a very great reputation in Konoha Village, which is why the previously successful experimental subject was taken away by Danzo and carefully trained.
Amamiya Kenichi glanced at his teacher. The teacher had been smoking during this period. He could feel that some cancer cells had formed in the teacher's lungs, but they were quickly eliminated.
Amamiya Kenichi didn't have any thoughts of taking action against his teacher. After all, he knew very well that even if the teacher was really tricked by him and entered the terminal stage, he could still reincarnate into another body through his immortality.
What's more, he gets along well with his teacher now.
"The more normal it is, the less normal it is. If you count the days, it will be soon." Orochimaru smiled.
