Konoha Tatsuno

Chapter 40 Orochimaru invites you

Three days later, the Nine-Tails Rebellion has completely subsided, and peace has returned to Konoha Village.

At the gate of the Akidao clan, a large group of Akidao clan ninjas dressed in black walked side by side towards the memorial monument to the west of the village.

At the front of the crowd were several senior members of the family, headed by the clan leader Akimichi Ryota, all of whom were prominent jonins of the family. Among them was the younger generation successor to the clan leader, Akimichi Tingza Hao Ran.

After these people, the chuunin and genin of the family lined up one after another, and the team of dozens of people was divided into three columns.

In a ninja family like the Akimichi clan, strength is almost equal to status. The stronger the strength and talent, the higher the voice in the family.

Everyone held a bouquet of white flowers in their hands and looked solemn and sad.

On that night three days ago, several ninjas from the Akimichi clan were killed in the Nine-Tails Rebellion.

Among them, the most heartbreaking ones are the deaths of Akimichi Tōfeng, the older generation of the family, and Akimichi Akizuki and Akimichi Sanshu, who were in their prime of life.

These three people are all Jonin of the Akimichi clan.

The family didn't have many jounin, but they lost three of them in one fell swoop.

Moreover, if Akimichi Ryuu hadn't been blocked by the brown pill that Kyoko carried that night, he might have been killed on the spot.

Even so, Akimichi Langyu was seriously injured. He was not among the family ninja team that went to the memorial monument today to pay tribute. He was still lying in the village hospital for treatment.

That night, Longye's psychic beast Green Snake almost died.

The powerful corrosive power of Nine-Tails' chakra is really astonishing. If Tatsuno hadn't decisively used the Seal Technique to quickly replenish the life energy of the Green Snake, it would have died due to the erosion of Nine-Tails' Chakra.

Even so, the green snake has been wilting in the past few days, relying entirely on Long Ye's continuous supply of large amounts of food to continue to replenish its life energy.

According to the estimation of the biochip, it will probably take half a month for Green Snake to recover like this.

During this half month, Tatsuno had to spend tens of thousands of dollars every day to buy food for the green snake.

Arriving at the square in front of the Memorial Monument, a dense crowd of ninjas had gathered, all of them dressed in black and holding white flowers in their hands.

Among the crowd, Tatsuno saw the top management of Konoha headed by the third generation in front, and also saw the large Uchiha clan and Hyuga clan. The Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans were gathered together.

In the middle front, Tatsuno also discovered Kakashi, Metkai, Moonlight Hayate, Kamizuki Izumo, Morino Ihiki and other talented elites of the same period. As for his classmates Sagawa and Yuhi Hui, Ranked in the middle and back position.

During this, Tatsuno couldn't help but take a few more glances at the eye-catching Yuhi Hong.

However, at this time, Yuhi Hong, who had just lost her father, was completely immersed in grief and had no reaction to Tatsuno's inspection.

Beside Yuhi Kurenai, senior dog licker Asuma has been watching silently.

Beside Tatsuno, the pretty Jingzi stood quietly beside him, holding white flowers in her hands.

Everyone present was dressed like Tatsuno and the others, and the entire square was immersed in a sad atmosphere.

Among the people lying down that night were relatives, friends, companions, and the Fourth Hokage, whom everyone respected.

The Nine-Tails Rebellion was undoubtedly a serious disaster for Konoha, which had just experienced the Third Ninja War.

Although this disaster did not last too long, it brought great losses to Konoha.

In addition to causing casualties to Konoha's personnel and buildings, the violent Nine-Tails also caused subsequent problems that almost plunged Konoha into catastrophe.

In this battle, the situation of Konoha, which was already in a talent crisis due to the third war, was even worse. A large number of Mesozoic ninjas, such as Iruka's parents and Yuhi Kurenai's father, died in this turmoil.

The mid-level strength of Konoha Village such as chunin and special jounin almost broke down.

This is not the most fatal thing. The death of the fourth generation Hokage Namikaze Minato and the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Kushina who had just been jounin is the most unacceptable.

Naruto is the strongest ninja in Konoha Village, and Namikaze Minato, who has always been regarded as the son of destiny by Jiraiya, is at the peak of his youth.

If he had been alive, who knows how far he could have taken the village in the future?

Coupled with the death of Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina, Konoha temporarily lost the power to control the Nine Tails.

In just one night, the village lost two of its top combat forces.

Without the nuclear deterrent and Namikaze Minato's reputation for fighting in the Third Ninja War, Konohagakure's power to intimidate other hidden villages was greatly reduced.

This will also directly lead to a long-term confrontation and friction between Konoha and Cloud Hidden Village in the near future.

At the front of the crowd, the third generation Hiruzen Sarutobi had his hands behind his back, a pipe in his mouth, and silently stared at the newly erected memorial tablets in the commemorative monument.

At this time, he might not have been able to predict that Cloud Hidden Village would soon start another war with Konoha Village, but the unoptimistic situation in the village still made him full of worries when he took over the position of Hokage again.

Once, Konoha had reached the pinnacle of the Ninja Village under his personal leadership, but under his own eyes it had become so weak that it was in this situation.

However, although the situation was not optimistic, Sarutobi Hiruzen still had no despair in his heart.

Where the leaves are flying, the fire is still alive!

He believed that the younger generations who inherited the will of fire would continue to emerge, and Konoha, with its many geniuses, would eventually remain the ninja world.

A grand memorial ceremony ended in a solemn and sad atmosphere.

"Dragon Field"

After the ceremony, Long Ye was about to return with the tribe's team when he was stopped by a voice.

Turning his head and seeing the person coming, Long Ye could not help but feel a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Mitre Washed Red Beans!

With her iconic purple hair, paired with a fishnet lining and a windbreaker, she has the appearance of a sassy girl.

At this time, she was looking at Long Ye with a round face and an unhappy look.

"Anko? What do you want from me?"

Looking at the arrogant Mitarashi Anko, Tatsuno frowned slightly.

Mitarai Anko was considered a genius among the ninja school students of the same period. She and Tatsuno had no interaction in the past, but now she suddenly came to see her, maybe it was related to Orochimaru.

"Hey, come with me, my teacher is looking for you!"

Tatsuno's performance made Mitarai Anko feel even more unhappy. She snorted slightly and turned around to leave.

After hearing this, Long Ye was silent for a few seconds before following him.

Sure enough, I guessed it myself.

Following Mitarashi Anko, Tatsuno soon arrived at a forest not far from the Memorial Monument.

At the edge of the woods, Orochimaru, dressed as a Konoha ninja, stood quietly under a big tree.

"Teacher, I brought you the person!"

Coming closer, Mitarashi Anko said respectfully to Orochimaru.

"Well! Hongdou, you go back first!"

Orochimaru nodded and glanced at Tatsuno who was silent.

"Um"

The expression on Mitarashi Anko's face was slightly tangled. After struggling for a while, she glanced at Tatsuno reluctantly and turned away obediently.