Chapter 389 Konoha Civil War
Jiraiya was also waiting for the best time to strike, in order to take down Orochimaru.

As Orochimaru's eternal opponent, he knows Orochimaru's strength very well. Orochimaru's strength is on par with his, but Orochimaru has mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique and can drive the First and Second Generation Hokage to fight.

In the entire ninja world, the only ninja who can deal with the first and second generation Hokage together is Bai Ye.

So he had to find a suitable opportunity to quickly defeat Orochimaru before he used the Impure World Reincarnation to prevent the situation from getting worse.

The Konoha Jonin team that came to support were somewhat confused when they saw this scene.

They didn't understand why Jiraiya was lurking here. It was obvious that Tsunade and Danzo were already working together to attack Orochimaru. If they just went to reinforce the two of them, they would have a chance to capture the traitor Orochimaru.

However, considering Jiraiya's status as the acting Hokage, they didn't say anything in the end.

Even though Orochimaru attacked the village and killed the Third Hokage, this was ultimately the Hokage's "family affair" and outsiders like them were not allowed to interfere.

Jiraiya noticed the looks from several people and quickly explained what had just happened.

When they heard that Danzo attacked and controlled Uchiha Shisui, and might have been involved in planning the collapse of Konoha, these senior ninjas all looked incredulous.

Aren't Danzo and Orochimaru both from your Hokage faction? How has the internal struggle within the faction reached this point?

Nara Shikaku thought for a moment, then said, "Master Jiraiya, do you have any witnesses or physical evidence regarding Master Danzo's betrayal of the village?"

Jiraiya waved his hand, signaling the Anbu beside him to take off his mask and stick out his tongue.

When they saw Shisui's appearance, his scarlet Sharingan, and the clearly visible Tongue-Destroying Mark on his tongue, the expressions of the jonins instantly became much more solemn.

The seal of the tongue that kills evil on Shisui's body is not fake, and Jiraiya could not have deceived them in this regard.

The most crucial thing is that judging from Danzo's attitude towards the Uchiha clan, it is really possible that Danzo would attack Shisui. After all, Uchiha Itachi, who personally wiped out the clan, has a close connection with Danzo.

After looking at each other, the jonin all looked at Jiraiya, and then looked at Tsunade and others in the distance.

They knew that it was time for them to take sides. It no longer mattered whether what Jiraiya said was true or not, or whether Danzo had betrayed the village and colluded with Orochimaru to attack Uchiha Shisui.

What matters is their stance, whether they support Jiraiya or the Root leader.

However, it was not difficult for them to decide which side to take this time. Whether from an emotional perspective or from a benefit perspective, they all supported Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

Jiraiya is a disciple of the Third Hokage and a role model for missions in Konoha's history. He has the most completed S-level missions in the entire Konoha and has made great contributions to Konoha.

Although Danzo did a lot for the village, they were all shady tasks.

The most important thing is that the ninjas that the Root Organization has to deal with are not only enemies, but also ninjas within the village. No one will like the Root Organization that will attack them.

Standing silently behind Jiraiya, they made their choice with practical actions.

On the battlefield.

After using Wind Style Shuriken to force Orochimaru back, Danzo used several high-level Wind Style Ninjutsu in succession. The sharp Wind Style turned into an invisible blade that seemed to be able to cut through space, making Orochimaru dare not get close.

Even Orochimaru, his collaborator, had to sigh at Danzo's strength.

Danzo's wind-style ninjutsu has reached perfection. It would be difficult to find a ninja in the entire ninja world who can surpass Danzo in wind-style ninjutsu. Even the Kazekage of the Sand Village cannot do it.

After retreating and creating some distance, Orochimaru also began his own performance. He frowned and looked at Danzo, and said:
"Danzo, are you really going to stop me from taking Tsunade away?"

"Tsunade is your rival on the road to becoming Hokage. If you let me take her away, you might be able to become the Fifth Hokage."

Danzo had already noticed the Konoha ninjas lying in ambush behind him, and said righteously:

"I will not use such despicable means to become Hokage. Even if I save Tsunade, I can still defeat Tsunade head-on in the jonin vote."

Danzo spoke loudly enough for everyone nearby to hear clearly.

After hearing Danzo's remarks, Tsunade looked incredulous. A dark person like Danzo could actually say such words.

However, he had just been rescued by Danzo, so it was difficult for him to refute.

The Konoha ninjas in the dark also felt that Danzo was a bit hypocritical. This was normal when heard from other Konoha ninjas, but it would always sound weird when heard from Danzo.

Furthermore, after listening to Jiraiya's explanation, they increasingly felt that Danzo had teamed up with Orochimaru to plan this action in order to put it on display for him.

After all, if there were no preparations in advance, how could Danzo, who was always timid, appear here first, save Tsunade without hesitation, and fight against Orochimaru.

You know, whether it was the Nine-Tails Rebellion or the recent Konoha Collapse Plan, Danzo's Root was the last to arrive at the battlefield.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are not so easy to dispel.

After righteously rejecting Orochimaru, Danzo attacked Orochimaru again, while not forgetting to observe the woods behind him, waiting for support from Konohagakure.

After a few minutes, Danzo realized that something was wrong.

Has the Konoha ninja hiding in the dark been attacked? Why hasn't he jumped out to help me at this time? Does Orochimaru have other plans?

Thinking of this, Danzo looked at Orochimaru not far away and frowned.

In Danzo's opinion, the reason why the Konoha ninjas did not support him could only be because of Orochimaru. Could it be that there was a problem with Shisui as well?

But he only asked Shisui to disguise himself as Orochimaru's subordinate and go to stop Jiraiya, and they could retreat in half a minute.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Danzo could only continue to attack Orochimaru and continue his performance.

A few minutes later, the Konoha ninjas hiding in the dark finally took action. They surrounded Orochimaru from different directions and even set up a sealing barrier.

Orochimaru's expression changed slightly, and he immediately activated the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation to interfere.

A vast number of poisonous snakes appeared on the ground, biting the surrounding ninjas madly, trying to overwhelm the Konoha ninjas.

Jiraiya did not hesitate at all and directly used Fire Release.

With the help of fairy arts, Jiraiya's fire escape was extremely terrifying. It instantly destroyed the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation and turned all the poisonous snakes in it into ashes.

Orochimaru's face turned a little ugly. He felt a little painful after losing so many poisonous snakes at once.

Looking up at Jiraiya not far away, Orochimaru said with a wry smile: "Long time no see, Jiraiya. I didn't expect that we would meet here." "Why did you attack Tsunami?" Jiraiya asked.

Orochimaru said disapprovingly: "I need Tsunade's help for my experiment, but unfortunately she refused me, so I can only take her away by force..."

"I just didn't expect her hemophobia to be so severe. She was defeated in an instant."

Jiraiya was very angry at Orochimaru's attitude, and he said with his eyes wide open: "Tsunade's rejection of you is her freedom, you have no right to force her, but I haven't settled the score with you about the Third Hokage yet."

"Old man?"

Orochimaru was stunned at first, then he smiled and said, "You don't need to thank me for this. Letting the teacher die as a hero of Konoha is my last gift as a disciple."

"You don't want your third-generation teacher to grow old and eventually die in a hospital bed, do you?"

"For a ninja, dying of old age is a torture. The only destiny of a ninja is to end his life in a spectacular way on the battlefield."

There is some truth in what Orochimaru said, but this is not a reason to be an enemy of the Third Hokage.

Jiraiya said loudly to Orochimaru:
"It may be the old man's wish to die in battle, but he would not want to see his favorite disciple and closest old friend plotting against him. This is not a glorious death at all. He died in a conspiracy."

"Jiraiya...I don't quite understand what you are saying?"

Orochimaru tilted his head and said with some doubt: "I left Konoha, so it's normal for the enemy of Konoha Village to use any means. You are still as naive as you were back then."

"Am I naive?" Jiraiya snorted coldly, then pounced on Orochimaru.

When Orochimaru saw Jiraiya rushing towards him, he quickly raised the Kusanagi sword to resist. He felt that Jiraiya was stronger tonight than before, and his body was full of natural energy. Maybe he had even entered the Sage Mode.

Sage Mode is an ability that is beyond his reach and is also the ultimate form of the curse.

If he didn't handle it carefully, he would most likely die at Jiraiya's hands tonight, unless he used the Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokage.

But after using the First and Second Hokage last time, Orochimaru decided not to use the Impure World Reincarnation Technique easily in the future, especially against the First and Second Hokage.

He felt that the First Hokage could break free of the shackles of the Command Seals at any time and become a free Impure World Body.

Once the First and Second Generation of Impure World Reincarnation get out of control, he dare not imagine how miserable his future life will be. He does not want to be hunted by these two Hokage for the rest of his life.

Looking at the Konoha ninja walking towards him, Danzo felt that something was wrong.

Aren't these jonin supposed to support Jiraiya? Why are they walking towards him with murderous intent in their eyes?

Clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Danzo spoke to the jonin in front of him:
"I'm not injured and I don't need your protection. You should go and support Jiraiya first. We must take down Orochimaru this time."

"Don't worry about Orochimaru's identity. After killing Hiruzen, he is no longer a Konoha ninja."

After hearing Danzo's words, the Konoha jonin did not react much. They looked at Danzo coldly, and their eyes showed their attitude: they did not trust Danzo.

"What on earth are you going to do?"

Danzo panicked, his voice became more and more urgent, with strong anxiety and uneasiness, he said loudly:
"I am the advisory elder of Konoha. Are you trying to betray the village? Or are you all spies planted in the village by Orochimaru?"

Faced with Danzo's questioning and accusations, the jonin class, who were already unhappy with Danzo, firmly stood on Jiraiya's side and looked at Danzo in unison.

Kakashi went straight to the point and said:

"Elder Danzo, your crimes have been exposed. The conspiracy you secretly planned has been ruined by Lord Jiraiya. Now we are here to arrest you."

"You can choose to fight us, or you can continue to fight back."

"But if you choose the latter, we won't let you continue to be decent. Considering your age, we really don't want you to suffer too much."

"What conspiracy? You, a bunch of Orochimaru's spies, are framing me."

Danzo spoke angrily, pointing at Kakashi and said, "Kakashi, you must have bewitched Jiraiya to take revenge on me!"

Kakashi said without changing his expression:

"Really? I did always want to take revenge on Elder Danzo, but you must have been the one who gave Tenzo the order to kill me."

"If it weren't for the Sandaime, I would have had my Sharingan taken away and died long ago."

"You keep slandering me. I have never issued such an order..."

Danzo's eyes were filled with shock, he couldn't believe that Kakashi dared to tell him what happened back then. You're just a mere elite jonin, so what on earth give you the right to question him who holds the power of the Root.

Thinking of this, Danzo suddenly looked at Jiraiya in the distance and immediately understood many things.

Kakashi didn't dare to expose what happened that year because he didn't have enough prestige and power in the village, but if he got Jiraiya's permission, the situation would be different.

Although Jiraiya did not control a violent department like the Root organization.

But with the status of Hokage's disciple and one of the three ninjas, he was able to attract a large number of ninjas to serve him. This was the capital that Jiraiya had accumulated over the years.

Jiraiya, Jiraiya, you are really good at hiding things.

On the surface, he recommended Tsunade to be the Fifth Hokage, but in fact he wanted to become the Hokage himself. He deliberately made Tsunade look bad in front of everyone to lower her impression.

He also asked Kakashi to dig up some of his past scandals and asked him to withdraw from the Hokage election.

In just a few steps, he defeated all his opponents and took the position of the Fifth Hokage. He was worthy of being the Sannin who had stayed with Sarutobi Hiruzen the longest, and his mind was as sinister as Sarutobi Hiruzen's.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was able to become Hokage by virtue of his disguise in front of Tobirama Sensei.

However, relying on this method is like bringing down an old man, but it still lacks some skills. Jiraiya would not think that he did not take into account the possibility of unexpected situations when he made plans with Orochimaru.

In order to prevent Orochimaru from turning against his allies at the last minute, he deployed a large number of Root ninjas nearby.

With just one order, the situation will be reversed instantly if the misleading Kakashi is taken down. The other centrists will just stand by and watch and will not take any action against him.

(End of this chapter)