Chapter 391 Modified Memory
Before Danzo could enumerate Jiraiya's faults, several jonins who had received Jiraiya's favor walked up to Danzo and said in a cold tone:

"Master Jiraiya betrayed the village? We want to know when Master Jiraiya betrayed the village!"

The questions raised by several jonin were also the thoughts of most of the jonin present.

Jiraiya was not reluctant to give his all and slightly refused to become the Hokage of Konoha. Secondly, he worked diligently and carried out espionage activities outside for many years, and made great contributions to Konoha.

It can be said that anyone can betray the village except oneself.

Facing the questions from the jonin, Danzo chuckled and then said:
"Have you forgotten what Jiraiya did during the Second Shinobi World War? He abandoned the village for three whole years in order to take in the three advisors he rescued in the Rain Country."

"If he had stayed in the village for the past three years, the village would have been much more relaxed..."

Hearing this, the jonin were silent for a few seconds, and then someone seemed to remember something and said, "The people that Jiraiya-sama took in should be Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato from the Hidden Rain Village."

"If Master Jiraiya hadn't taken these people in, Amegakure wouldn't have become our ally."

"When we have an explosive war with the Hidden Cloud Village, we will not receive support from the Hidden Rain Village."

Danzo stared at the jonin for a long time, and began to say: "Do you think I didn't talk to Hanzo back then? After the Third Shinobi World War, Hanzo had no other choice but to form an alliance with Konoha."

"You now feel that maintaining a good relationship with the Hidden Rain Village is the right choice."

"But what if I tell you that the Hidden Rain Village has secretly surpassed the Hidden Rock Village, the Hidden Cloud Village, and our Konoha, and has become the strongest ninja village in the ninja world?"

"The Hidden Rain Village is the strongest ninja in the ninja world? How is this possible?"

"Danzo is talking nonsense. Do you believe what Danzo says? I don't believe it anyway."

Danzo's words caused controversy among the senior ninjas. They did not believe Danzo's words at all. Konoha had been the number one ninja village since its inception.

During this period, they did encounter challenges from other ninja villages.

But neither the Sand Village, the Iwagakure Village, nor the Cloud Village can shake the status of Konoha Village. Even now, Konoha still maintains a great advantage over the single ninja village in the ninja world.

Danzo's action was obviously like a mad dog biting someone indiscriminately, trying to throw dirty water on Jiraiya before he died.

After successfully arousing public anger, a group of senior ninjas launched an attack on Danzo. Danzo felt helpless. He had deceived many people in his life, but these few words were the only ones that came from the heart.

In his opinion, Jiraiya was truly a traitor to the Konohagakure.

If Jiraiya had not saved Yahiko and others, Akatsuki would not have been created, Hanzo of the Salamander would not have been defeated and deprived of power, and the Hidden Rain Village would not have embarked on a completely different development path and become a super-standard ninja village independent of the five major ninja villages.

Thinking of this, Danzo's head felt like it was splitting apart and countless images flashed through his mind.

He suddenly remembered the memory sealed deep in his mind, from several years ago, a memory that completely changed the course of his life.

One day, Shisui unveiled a Mangekyō eye technique called Kotoamatsukami.

In order to eliminate the hidden danger of Shisui and also to obtain the eye technique Kotoamatsukami, Danzo set a trap outside the Root base, invited Shisui under the pretext of discussing peace, and then launched an attack on Shisui.

This is when the memory started to deviate.

In his existing memories, he successfully obtained Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, and at the same time performed the transformation technique on Shisui, thus recruiting the strongest man of the Uchiha clan as his subordinate.

In the following time, he ordered Uchiha Itachi to destroy the Uchiha clan, took over the Uchiha legacy in its entirety, and turned the elite ninjas of the security force into tools of the Root.

Even though he had enough fighting power to overthrow the Konoha Village, he still endured in front of the Third Hokage.

It was not until he joined forces with Rasa and Orochimaru to formulate the plan to destroy Konoha that he came to the fore and moved step by step towards the position of Hokage.

However, in that forgotten memory, he did not take down Shisui.

Shisui and a mysterious man teamed up to destroy all the Root ninjas present, and also used the Kotoamatsukami illusion to control his will, turning him into a puppet.

In the years that followed, Shisui took on his identity, inherited his will, became the new Danzo, and established the intricate Root organization in the darkness of the Konoha Village.

Subconsciously looking forward, Danzo saw Shisui hiding in the crowd and stretched out his hand.

Shisui looked at Danzo with indifference, the same way that Danzo looked at the Root Ninja, regarding him as a tool that could be discarded at any time.

After swallowing, Danzo opened his mouth and said, "Be careful of the ninjas in the dark..."

Before Danzo could finish his words, Shisui reactivated the technique left on Danzo, allowing Danzo to passively activate the Inner Four Symbols Seal.

As the seal was opened, the surrounding Konoha jonin felt a fatal threat and retreated dozens of steps.

Then their eyes fell on Danzo who was not far away. They saw that Danzo's body was covered with dense seals. These seals gathered into balls of ink and splashed in all directions.

The next moment, everything within a distance of fifteen meters centered on Danzo was covered by the Inner Four Symbols Seal.

This is an extremely terrifying sealing technique, which can destroy the tailed beasts within a radius of ten meters at the cost of one's own life. Even a powerful ninja like the Five Kage cannot survive.

After the seal of the Four Symbols was lifted, only the half-sealed overpass was left.

Looking at this broken overpass, all the Konoha ninjas present were stunned, unable to believe what they saw.

The elder Danzo, who had fought the Third Hokage for half his life and even plotted to assassinate him, died so easily? He didn't even put up any decent resistance before he died.

After a long time, Kakashi was the first to break the silence and said to everyone: "Everyone, now is not the time to be absent-minded. Let's seal the Root Base first and go to support Master Jiraiya."

Might Guy and others nodded, they all agreed with Kakashi's suggestion.

A lot of things happened tonight, and they were also very shocked, but now is not the time to dwell on the past. They must act immediately and resolve the current dire situation.

Danzo is dead, and disappeared in the ninja world with Danzo's memories and body.

But there must be clues left by Danzo in the root base. As long as those evidences are found, Danzo's fault can be proved and he can be nailed to the pillar of shame of Konoha.

As they returned to support Jiraiya, many of the jonin recalled what Danzo had said.

Danzo's statement that Lord Jiraiya betrayed Konoha was nonsense, Lord Jiraiya could not possibly betray Konoha, but the rest of Danzo's words still made some sense.

After witnessing Bai Ye's performance in Konoha's collapse plan, they gradually understood the strength of the Hidden Rain Village. The Hidden Rain Village is now very strong as an ally, enough to intimidate the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Cloud Village, but if one day the Hidden Rain Village becomes the enemy of Konoha, it will be more likely than the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Cloud Village.

There may be friendship in the interactions between ninja villages, but there are more eternal interests.

When Jiraiya was alive, thanks to his status as their mentor, Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village could maintain a good relationship for at least a dozen years, but this may not be the case in the future.

Jiraiya will die sooner or later, and the Hidden Rain Village will eventually welcome a new ruler.

More people were thinking about the future of Konoha Village. After Danzo's death, Tsunade also lost her competitor and was only one step away from becoming the Fifth Hokage.

Is Tsunade really qualified to be Hokage? After being away from Konoha for so long, does Tsunade still understand the village?
When everyone returned to the Forest of Death, the battle between Jiraiya and Orochimaru was nearing its end. Both sides summoned Gamabunta from Myoboku Mountain and Manabu from Ryuchi Cave respectively.

The battle between the two huge creatures easily swept through the nearby mountains and forests, razing the slopes to the ground.

On the forest floor, the battle between Jiraiya and Orochimaru was even more intense. Jiraiya used various fairy techniques, while Orochimaru used his bloodline limit to resist.

After several years of experiments, Orochimaru finally cultivated a clone that possessed multiple bloodline limits at the same time.

And by accelerating the ripening process, he made the clone a suitable reincarnation object for him, which increased his combat effectiveness by several dozen percentage points.

However, although multiple bloodline ninjas are powerful, they also have fatal weaknesses.

Due to the mutual opposition and repulsion between the bloodline limits, Orochimaru is unable to fully utilize the advantages of his bloodline limits.

With the help of Zhu Lu Die and others, the snake gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Orochimaru, just surrender. I don't want to kill you today!"

Jiraiya also saw that Orochimaru was at a disadvantage, so he stopped and advised Orochimaru. He really didn't want to kill Orochimaru, his friend of several decades.

As he gets older, he doesn't have many friends anymore.

Especially after the death of the Third Hokage, he suddenly realized that he was already the oldest among the Konoha Village and could no longer escape his responsibilities.

Orochimaru did not get angry but laughed instead and continued to attack Jiraiya.

When Jiraiya was forced to start defending, Orochimaru thought about leaving. Even though Byakuya's plan had been realized, there was no need for him to stay in Konoha.

Before leaving, Orochimaru deliberately left behind a snake clone to confuse Jiraiya.

When Jiraiya approached, Orochimaru's clone pounced on Jiraiya and said to him: "Jiraiya, in order to prevent you, a fool, from seeking death, I leave you a piece of advice."

"Always be careful of the Akatsuki organization, always be careful of Bai Ye, and don't stand against Bai Ye."

After hearing this, Jiraiya frowned. He didn't understand what Orochimaru was talking about and why he was asking him to be careful of Akatsuki and Byakuya.

Aren’t Byakuya, Akatsuki, and the Hidden Rain Village allies of Konoha?

Even if Bai Ye really had some problems, Yahiko, Konan and the others would have told me in advance, so there would be no need for Orochimaru to remind me.

However, Jiraiya still asked the Toad Sage on his shoulder: "Brother Fukasaku, what do you think of Orochimaru's warning just now?"

Fukasaku touched his chin and said:

"I don't know much about your ninja world, but based on my experience, it doesn't matter if you are a little more careful. Bai Ye is too powerful, so you can never be too vigilant."

Jiraiya nodded, kept Fukasaku's words in mind, looked in the direction where Orochimaru fled, and sighed softly.

Judging from Orochimaru's final warning, Orochimaru is still concerned about his own safety.

But I still can't understand why Orochimaru attacked the Third Hokage. Did Konoha really become a stagnant pool and lose its vitality because of the rule of the Third Hokage?

If possible, Jiraiya wanted to find Orochimaru and ask him clearly.

But it was too late. If he rashly went to chase Orochimaru, he would most likely be ambushed. Instead of taking the risk of chasing him, it would be better to protect Tsunade.

After walking to Tsunade's side, Jiraiya said to Nara Shikaku, "Shikaku, how is Tsunade's injury?"

Nara Shikaku sighed:

"Tsunade is not seriously injured, but she has suffered a serious mental shock. I don't know when Lady Tsunade will be able to overcome her hemophobia."

"This time it was Orochimaru who discovered this. If someone else finds out next time..."

At this moment, Tsunade suddenly opened her eyes and said to Nara Shikaku and Jiraiya: "No need, I have overcome hemophobia, hemophobia is no longer my weakness."

After saying that, Tsunade cut her arm, let the blood flow, and forced herself to look. After a few seconds, Tsunade completely adapted to her hemophobia, and a tenacious look appeared in her eyes.

Hemophobia is a mental illness. The core reason is that Tsunade is afraid of bleeding and is evading responsibility.

After taking over the responsibilities of Konoha's high-level leadership, Tsunade naturally adapted to her hemophobia and no longer used it as an excuse to escape.

"Are you cured?" Zhu Ludie was very happy.

Tsunade is an excellent ninja and an excellent doctor, but she lost her ability to do so due to her hemophobia. Once she adapted to this weakness, she turned it into a strength.

Tsunade will play her full part and become a powerful ninja and an excellent doctor.

He also served as the banner of Konoha, uniting the wavering centrists in the village.

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment, then said to Tsunade: "Welcome back Tsunade, we can fight side by side again."

Tsunade nodded, responding to Jiraiya.

At this time, Kakashi and others also arrived here smoothly, bringing the news that Danzo committed suicide using the Four Symbols Seal, as well as the observations and current situation of the Root organization's base.

After hearing the news of Danzo's death, Tsunade and Jiraiya were also stunned.

They were ready to go back and fight Danzo, but they didn't expect that Danzo was already dead, and ended his life in a nearly suicidal way.

(End of this chapter)