Chapter 307: Why Isn’t This Considered Kage-level?
The Lynx looked at the corpse of the squad leader who had been hammered to death by Tsunade, his shock in his heart indescribable.
This squad leader was not a Root Ninja, he was the squad leader of his Lynx Squad!
This squad leader had temporarily entered Root to help train Root new recruits.
Why did he die here?
Not only was the Lynx shocked, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo were equally shocked.
Tsunade… had she gone mad?
Root was so tense right now that they hadn’t added any formal members yet, and had been training new recruits all along.
These new recruits were the ones Danzo personally watched training every day, personally taught ninjutsu to, and who bore the heavy responsibility and expectation of rebuilding Root.
Today, right here, 4 of them were hammered to death by Tsunade?
And the Anbu squad leader, that was a special jonin of no small strength.
Yoru was the first to react, commanding the Anbus on the scene to quickly cleanse away the surrounding idle people, preventing other villagers from seeing the situation here.
Fortunately it was late at night; if it had been daytime, they would have been finished.
Orochimaru thought to himself, he had been waiting tonight to receive a new batch of test subjects, but now it looked hopeless.
Seeing that no one else was speaking, he spoke first: “Tsunade, why did you kill the Root new recruits and the Anbu squad leader?”
Yoru thought to himself, Orochimaru was used to being arrogant and actually directly stated the truth.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly said: “Lynx! Verify their identities! See if these people are spies!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi had still compromised.
What else could he do if he didn’t compromise?
“What Root new recruits? What Anbu squad leader? I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Tsunade took the chance to back down and said:
“Today I heard from the Third Hokage that spies from other villages have actually been abducting children from the village all along.
At first I didn’t believe it, but tonight I happened to encounter them, and only then did I understand that the Third Hokage wasn’t lying; there really are spies abducting children from the village.
These people are spies from other ninja villages.
Not only will I kill them tonight, but in the future, whenever I encounter them, I will kill them all without hesitation!
Konoha Village is the dream established by the Senju Clan with countless deaths.
I absolutely will not allow spies to abduct children from the village!”
Yoru nodded repeatedly at the side.
Good, this is what you all chose; it’s you who time and again used any means for your purposes, forcing out the awake Tsunade.
Though Tsunade was willful, she was extremely decisive.
Since she was going to act, she would kill, and kill right in front of everyone.
Moreover, Tsunade had found a reason for herself, giving it a somewhat righteous and proper feel.
Danzo slightly closed his eyes, then thought of his own weak and feeble Root, opened his eyes with a dangerous gaze, and pondered in his heart how to characterize Tsunade’s actions as slaughtering Konoha compatriots.
Hiruzen Sarutobi at the side saw Danzo’s flickering gaze and quickly said: “Lynx! Are these corpses spies!”
“Yes…” The Lynx said with difficulty: “They are spies!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Tsunade, you did well. You discovered spies and cleaned them up in time.”
Danzo glared angrily at Hiruzen Sarutobi, just about to say something, but heard Tsunade still pressing aggressively.
“Oh? They really are spies.” Tsunade said:
“I don’t know which village’s spies these people are from.
Kazematsuri Yuzu’s son was also abducted by spies; I’m taking these corpses. I will extract information from their brains. Maybe I can find clues about Kazematsuri Yuzu’s child.”
Faced with Tsunade’s continuous provocations, Danzo knew that Root had suffered another loss today; he said: “Investigating spies is something that doesn’t require Princess Tsunade’s involvement; Root will determine the spies’ identities ourselves.”
He waved his hand at the Lynx.
The Lynx quickly had people take away the tragic four corpses.
Tsunade didn’t stop them either, coldly watching the several high-ranking officials.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tsunade’s contemptuous and scrutinizing cold gaze, sighed in his heart, and said nothing more.
The high-ranking officials body flickered away, as if nothing had happened.
Yoru also left, but he didn’t go to the Hokage Building; he was just passing by and happened to be nearby, so he wouldn’t deeply involve himself in Root’s affairs.
Once the others had all disappeared, Senju Minami came behind Tsunade and asked:
“Princess Tsunade, now that Danzo has taken a loss, will he retaliate against us in other ways?”
Tsunade coldly snorted and then said:
“Danzo and the others still haven’t figured out the matter of Uchiha Madara and Heinosuke Sarutobi; isn’t that enough to give them headaches?
If they dare to escalate the conflict, I will without hesitation retaliate back.
Gambling means constantly raising the stakes, raising them until others don’t dare to follow or can’t afford to; this was just my first bet.
Today I finally confirmed that Konoha is no longer the Konoha of before.
Except for still having the name Konoha Village, it is completely a different village from the Konoha at the time of its founding.
What we must cherish is Konoha’s ideal and Konoha’s name, not this current Konoha.”
Tsunade turned to look at the bewildered orphans who knew nothing and said to Senju Minami:
“Minami, Second Grandpa Tobirama once said that Konoha’s bloodline should be integrated into Konoha Village; even if women who marry out of the Senju Clan give birth to geniuses, they cannot return to the Senju Clan.
I have no intention of changing Second Grandpa Tobirama’s policy, but the situation is special right now; during these few years, we must protect these children who possess half of the Senju Clan’s bloodline.
Until the village or our Senju Clan masters Wood Style, we cannot let them fend for themselves.”
Senju Minami couldn’t help but ask: “Is it really possible for the village to master Wood Style?”
Tsunade shook her head and said: “I don’t know; sometimes I really feel like Grandpa and Second Grandpa had bad brains.
Grandpa was simply a bit stupid, while Second Grandpa passed on all his unlimited research to several Hokage guards.
Why did Second Grandpa have to use experimental methods to research Wood Style? Leading to the current high-ranking officials having reason to continue those experiments.”
Senju Minami also felt very bitter in his heart.
Clan Head Hashirama’s policy of Senju charging ahead and covering the rear led to the Senju Clan suffering heavy casualties in the war.
Clan Head Tobirama’s designation of six heirs nearly completely wiped the Senju Clan from the village.
Those two were too harsh in their treatment of the Senju Clan.
Senju Minami went to gather the orphans with Senju bloodline, preparing to house them in the Senju Compound.
The Senju Compound was very empty now; they could clear out four or five large courtyards to let these orphans grow up together in the Senju Compound.
In the Hokage’s Office.
Orochimaru leaned against the wall and said:
“I forgot to tell you, Teacher Hiruzen, Tsunade has already mastered the Shadow Seal and the Hundred Healings Jutsu.
If Tsunade had continued acting just now, I wouldn’t have been her opponent.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned; joy at his disciple’s growth first appeared on his face, then turned to the bitterness of his disciple being more outstanding yet more disobedient.
“So that means we can’t regard Tsunade as an elite jonin anymore.” Hiruzen Sarutobi said:
“Since Tsunade is already a Kage level ninja, we can’t treat her with the previous policies. What do you think, Danzo?”
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo; Danzo stared expressionlessly at the tea table in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also had a headache; he had just had the Lynx Squad help Root, and that night Root had suffered another huge blow.
It really was a case of when it rains, it pours.
Danzo stood up, not interested in hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi persuade him to forgive this Kage level disciple Tsunade.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly gave the Lynx a look, telling the Lynx to follow.
After the Lynx had also left, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Orochimaru: “Orochimaru, has your strength improved? Have you reached Kage level?”
Orochimaru said: “Hehe, no. But I can guarantee that no Kage level ninja can kill me.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered the logic of this statement and finally said:
“Fine, someone a Kage level can’t kill, how is that not Kage level?
By that logic, the fox now has Kage level strength too.”
Several days later, at the Ninja Academy.
The Third Hokage was on the high platform lecturing on the Will of Fire; Yoru brought two squads responsible for the Third Hokage’s guard.
Minato Namikaze was about to graduate.
