The truth is that the matter is not settled. In the end, Sakura decided to find a chance to tell Sasuke the truth. After all, as the person involved, he still has the right to know. Besides, after the death of the Sandaime, Sasuke also needs a specific target for revenge, and Danzo is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. As for Koharu Utatane and En Mitomon, it depends on whether Sasuke is willing to forgive them. Thinking like this, Sakura returned to the vicinity of the stadium. At this time, the souls of the Shodaime and the Nidaime have been sealed by Sarutobi Hiruzen's Shiki Fujin, and the battle between Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen has come to an end. And the death gods summoned by Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen are in a tug-of-war for souls. But Orochimaru did not sit still and wait for death. He used the Kusanagi sword spit out by the summoning snake to try to kill the third generation of Hokage before his soul was sealed. In the end, the old third generation was defeated by himself and the years. As his body was completely pierced by the Kusanagi sword, the hands used to fix Orochimaru's shoulders also fell powerlessly. But the third generation of Hokage still let the god of death cut Orochimaru's soul and take away his hands when he was dying.
The ninjutsu taught to Orochimaru by the third generation eventually entered the belly of the god of death with the soul of the third generation. "Where Konoha flies, the fire will also continue..." After leaving this last words, this ninja hero who dominated Konoha for more than 50 years and ruled Konoha for 31 years, fell asleep with a smile. He was 69 years old. "Damn old thing, what are you laughing at!" Orochimaru looked at his old mentor who passed away peacefully and fell into anger rarely. At this time, Orochimaru felt his hands drooping uncontrollably, accompanied by an intense burning sensation, as if every nerve in his hands was being burned. The pain of the separation of soul and body made Orochimaru sweat coldly. At this time, his hands could no longer form seals. It is no exaggeration to say that his combat power, which mainly used ninjutsu and summoning techniques, was less than half of the original. "Lord Orochimaru!" Sakon, who was supporting the barrier, also noticed that Orochimaru was in a bad condition. "The action is over, there is no need to maintain the barrier anymore, let's go." Orochimaru endured the pain and issued an order to retreat. Originally, Orochimaru was going to see his teacher off and then fight a wave of autumn wind to see if there were any forbidden techniques related to the soul in the second generation's legacy. But according to Orochimaru's current state, retreating immediately is the wise choice. "Yes!" ×4 In Otogakure, Orochimaru's words are the imperial decree. The five Otogakure who received the order immediately lifted the Four Purple Flame Formation and gathered around Orochimaru. Under the cover of Kidomaru and Sakon Ukon, Tayuya and Jirobo held Orochimaru's arms and escaped the pursuit of the Anbu. Watching Orochimaru fleeing in a panic, Sakura couldn't help shaking her head. Originally, Sakura was very curious. A mere Four Purple Flame Formation made the entire Konoha helpless. Are the barrier team a bunch of people who eat nothing?
Or is it that this barrier cannot be broken by force? Now seeing the expressions of the collapsed faith of the ninjas around her, Sakura suddenly realized: It turned out that most of them did not take Orochimaru seriously. In their hearts, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the "strongest Hokage", would definitely be able to lead Konoha through the crisis. It can be said that the lies woven by the Sandaime harmed him to a certain extent. As for those smart people who know the real strength of the Sandaime... "Boom!" Gamahiro suddenly appeared, and with a single blow, he killed the three-headed python that was a little bloated. Jiraiya's timing of returning to Konoha was very good, "just" joining the battle after the battle between Orochimaru and the Sandaime ended. At the same time, the major ninja clans also "just" finished dealing with it and joined the battle. Under the leadership of Hyuga Hiashi and Nara Shikaku, they solved all the invading enemies with a crushing force. These smart people can clearly know the strength of the Sandaime, and naturally they can see more things. Jiraiya is no longer the young man like Naruto back then. If this happened 20 years ago, he would definitely chase Orochimaru at all costs. As a middle-aged man, Jiraiya can see some of the political skills of the Sandaime. Without the support of the Sandaime and Danzo, Orochimaru's research would not have been able to proceed at all. Jiraiya felt that there was no need to intervene in the affairs between them. As for those ninjas, In their view, this is completely a conflict within the Hokage faction. Whether Orochimaru wants revenge or wants to see off the Third Hokage, they don't care at all, and they may even want to sit on the mountain and watch the fight. But once the two of them decide the winner and the battle may expand to the entire Konoha, they will choose to take action and solve the enemy. And for these ninjas, this matter also has positive political significance: When Konoha is really in crisis, who will repel the enemy and protect the lives and property of the villagers in the end? It's us! It's our big families! So, is there a problem if we eat more resources in the future? Sakura looked at the scenes in front of her and felt deeply ironic: Konoha under the leadership of the old monkey still has a foundation, but the atmosphere of political struggle has been rotten to the bones. ------ In the Konoha Forest, Asuma, who came to support Shikamaru and others, was looking at Kiba, Shikamaru and Neji, who were responsible for the bait work, with a complicated expression. At this time, the three were exhausted. Not far from them, more than a dozen bodies of Oto-nin were lying. Originally, Asuma was ready to make a handsome appearance in front of his juniors, but what he didn't expect was that only three Genin could deal with more than a dozen Chuunin-strength enemies. Inuzuka Kiba was in the best condition. After all, he was in his prime before the pursuit and was not injured.
Hyuga Neji was in the worst condition, lying on the ground sweating and panting. Adrenaline has the greatest bonus for physical ninjas like him, but the side effects after use are also the most obvious. As for Nara Shikamaru, he was sitting on a big rock at this time, thinking about why he always got involved in trouble, and looking at the clouds listlessly: I really want to be a ninja, (the eighth Hokage) Make some money, (inherit the family's forest and deer) Then marry a woman who is neither beautiful nor ugly (the blonde fishing net iron fan princess) and have two children, the first is a girl (Nara Shikadai), the second is a boy... Just when Asuma was thinking about whether to continue chasing or send Shikamaru and the others back first, he happened to meet Aburame Shihui who was about to send Shino, who had just been detoxified, back to the family. The appearance of Shihui just solved Asuma's dilemma. In the end, Asuma decided to continue to support Uzumaki Naruto and the others and let Shihui send them back. "It's useless. Their means of hiding their whereabouts are very clever. If there were no female insects on Shino's body, I wouldn't be able to track them." Aburame Shihui explained. "Yes, Asuma-sensei, Sakura's plan is very meticulous, completely eliminating the possibility of reinforcements chasing. Of course, not only the enemy's reinforcements, but also Konoha's reinforcements can't find them. But since Sakura is so confident in Naruto and the others, we should choose to trust her." Shikamaru also briefly explained the battle plan to Asuma. Hearing that even the reconnaissance experts, the Aburame clan, could not find Sakura's trace, Asuma also gave up the plan of support and escorted the younger generations back to the village with Aburame Shihui. ------ "Boom——" Bunta's iron cannon ball and Shukaku's air training bullet collided in the air, making a loud noise. With the impact of the wind bullet in the air, the shattered iron cannon ball turned into a torrential rain, falling down. "Damn it!" Because he had used illusions to control Gaara's half-tailed beast many times before, Sasuke's chakra was exhausted at this time, and the Heaven's Curse Seal left by Orochimaru was able to break through the evil seal and crawl out. In this state, Sasuke was in great pain and had no strength to fight again. So all Sasuke could do was to be furious. Seeing the huge toad summoned by Naruto, Sasuke remembered what Sakura said to him that night: Naruto's potential is the highest among them. At that time, Sasuke was skeptical, but after seeing the violent orange-red chakra on Naruto, he understood that Naruto not only had the strong physique of the Uzumaki clan, but also had a monster like Gaara in his body. As long as he could control this power, he would become a top powerhouse who was not weaker than the Hokage.
Originally, Sasuke thought that after a month of training, even if he could not beat the cunning Sakura after learning Chidori, it would not be a problem to control Naruto. But now, the cruel fact is in front of him. Sasuke is the weakest among the three members of Team 7. While Sasuke was daydreaming, the battle between Bunta and Shukaku had entered a white-hot stage. Bunta could feel that Shukaku's strength was getting stronger and stronger as he gradually woke up. So the steady state Decided to use Naruto to transform into a beast with fangs and claws to control Shukaku, creating an opportunity for Naruto to wake up Gaara. "Bang——" As a large cloud of white mist rose and dissipated, Bunta turned into a huge nine-tailed demon fox. In a hurry, the first beast that Naruto could think of subconsciously was the Nine-tailed. "That's! The Nine-tailed Demon Fox?" Tenten, who was also watching the battle, looked at Bunta in disbelief at the giant fox he turned into. Although Tenten was only one year old during the Nine-tailed Rebellion and had no memory at all, the Nine-tailed's reputation in Konoha was so fierce that it could stop children from crying at night. "He can actually suppress that monster! Who is he?" Temari on the side was also stunned by the scene in front of her. At this time, her legs were sniped by Tenten, and her ninja tools were confiscated by Hinata. She could only sit weakly next to the tree. In Temari's memory, when Shukaku appeared, only her father, the Kazekage, could suppress him. "Naruto-kun..." Hinata, who was bandaging Temari, saw it most clearly. Now she could also vaguely feel that there was a power in Naruto's body that did not belong to him. Soon, Naruto headbutted Gaara in the eyes of everyone's horror. Because Gaara was forcibly awakened from the sleep technique, Shukaku's figure quickly collapsed, and he returned to Gaara's body while cursing. Gaara also fell to the ground powerlessly. "Ha-ha-" This battle also consumed Naruto a lot. The exhausted Naruto could only rely on willpower to slowly crawl towards Gaara... Gaara looked at Naruto who was slowly crawling towards him, and he no longer had the mind to resist. He didn't expect that even if he awakened the monster in his body, he couldn't win. Gaara, who didn't want to die like this, could only repeat desperately: "My existence will not disappear like this... It will never disappear... It will never disappear..." Looking at Gaara like this, Naruto, who had the most similar experience to him, could fully understand Gaara's feelings.
"You must be very painful to be alone all the time! I don't know why I can understand your feelings..." Naruto felt sympathy for Gaara, and his eyes looking at Gaara became softer. Naruto felt that although he was not good at speaking, he still had to try his best to persuade Gaara to stop hating the world... Young Gaara was also moved by Naruto, and he didn't expect that there was someone in the world who understood him so well... Finally, in Naruto's words, Gaara also decided to try to accept this cruel world and try to treat others well. Soon, Sasuke carried Naruto away in Gaara's envious eyes. The awakened Kankuro also saw the flare fired by Temari, and he happened to see this scene when he came to look for him. "Well, we have decided to give up the mission, please spare us..." Looking at his sister and brother who were unable to move, Kanjiro knew that he was definitely not a match for these Konoha ninjas. Sasuke ignored Kanjiro, gave Tenten and Hinata a look, and then carried Naruto to the village. When he heard Tenten and Hinata say that they were responsible for the source and erasing the traces, Sasuke guessed that the remaining people might act as bait to attract reinforcements. Compared with Gaara and the others, Sasuke was more worried about Sakura's safety. Seeing Sasuke's acquiescence, Kanjiro helped Gaara up without hesitation, and then took out his puppet, Crow. With the chakra he had just recovered, he controlled the puppet to pick up Temari and headed towards the direction of Sand Village. In this way, with the end of the battle in the forest, the grand Konoha collapse plan came to an end.