Now, Orochimaru only had two words for Konoha:
disappointment!
Seeing that Orochimaru was acting strangely, Kabuto asked worriedly, "Lord Orochimaru, are you alright?"
Orochimaru, still seething with anger, merely glanced at the letter from Kabuto.
The letter mentioned three things.
First, the location for the Chunin Exams had changed to Sunagakure in the Land of Wind.
Second, Danzō Shimura was the Fifth Hokage.
Third, Orochimaru must cooperate with him to capture the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure.
These were the methods Danzō had come up with.
Konoha had lost its Jinchūriki, so they would capture another one.
If the other villages were too difficult to capture, then they would pick the easy target, Sunagakure.
Originally, after being stripped of all power, Danzō Shimura had planned to take a desperate gamble and join forces with Orochimaru to launch the Konoha Crush plan, thereby eliminating Sarutobi Hiruzen and seizing the Hokage position.
But now that he was Hokage, wouldn't it be crazy to launch the Konoha Crush Plan again?
Just then, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) had escaped, and the location of the Chunin Exams had changed.
It would be truly unreasonable not to capture the One-Tailed Beast to stabilize the situation in Konoha and secure one's own position.
Of course, Danzō Shimura did not mention that Kurama had run away.
He simply said that he wanted to capture the One-Tailed Jinchūriki and hoped that Orochimaru could provide some assistance.
"Lord Orochimaru, then all of our efforts were in vain?"
After reading the letter, Kabuto looked utterly speechless.
They had been preparing for the collapse of Konoha, not for Danzō to capture the One-Tailed Beast.
Now that the Kazekage had been killed, they were telling him the exam location had been changed?
If the letter had arrived even a minute earlier, they would have spared the Fourth Kazekage's life.
Ironically, the letter had arrived right after he died.
"Take Kimimaro back first. I'll go deal with the Sunagakure issue."
Orochimaru was also feeling extremely uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed a fly.
However, in order to maintain cooperation with Danzō, he had to swallow his pride and bear it.
As for Danzō's plan to capture the One-Tailed Jinchūriki, he was not surprised at all.
They wouldn't even consider the possibility that the Nine-Tails had escaped.
Danzō was never a peaceful person; he always wanted to cause trouble.
For example, the death of the Daimyō of the Land of Waves had undoubtedly been orchestrated by Danzō.
No one but him would do something so heinous.
Nowadays, the Chunin Exams were being held in Sunagakure.
If Danzō did not cause some trouble, Orochimaru would think that this Danzō was a fake.
In short, capturing a Jinchūriki from an allied nation was just like Danzō!
After Kabuto Yakushi left, Orochimaru used the Henge no Jutsu (Orochimaru style) to transform himself into the appearance of the Fourth Kazekage and returned to Sunagakure.
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Kabuto was preparing to take Kimimaro back to Otogakure for treatment.
But they had not gone far when they heard a whooshing sound as something cut through the air.
Immediately, a large sword fell from the sky, blocking his way.
In that instant, cold sweat trickled down the doctor's forehead.
He had just fought the Fourth Kazekage and almost exhausted his chakra.
Now, with another enemy attacking, he felt extremely nervous.
"Who is it?" Kabuto looked around warily.
"Orochimaru has quite a few talented people under his command; he's even managed to remain calm under these circumstances," Zabuza said from atop the Kubikiribōchō, looking down at Kabuto.
"Kirigakure, Momochi Zabuza?"
Kabuto Yakushi felt a wave of despair as he looked at Zabuza who had appeared before him.
He was confident that he could escape this place with Kimimaro if anyone weaker came.
However, facing one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Zabuza Momochi, who was also skilled in silent killing techniques, he had no confidence in surviving.
"You actually know my name?" Zabuza Momochi looked at Kabuto Yakushi with interest. "Do you remember Nonō Yakushi?"
Upon hearing Zabuza utter that name, Kabuto Yakushi's body trembled violently.
Of course he remembered that name.
To him, Yakushi Nonō was like his mother, the most important person in his life.
But fate was so unfair. The person who was most important to him actually wanted to kill him, and in the end, she did not even remember who he was.
When she asked Kabuto "Who are you?" as she was dying, Kabuto's heart died completely.
Of course, this fate had been created by Danzō Shimura himself.
He had used Yakushi Kabuto to manipulate Yakushi Nonō, and at the same time used Yakushi Nonō to manipulate Yakushi Kabuto.
They made both sides work for them and prevented them from meeting.
This meant that Yakushi Nonō could only confirm Kabuto's growth through photos.
Unfortunately, during this process of growing up, Kabuto's photo had been replaced with someone else's.
This directly resulted in Yakushi Nonō not recognizing Kabuto at all when they met again.
"Why do you know this name?" Kabuto Yakushi asked, his head bowed, his expression unreadable.
The incident involving Yakushi Nonō left Kabuto feeling extremely lost, losing faith in this dark world and feeling that he had no reason to live.
It was Orochimaru, his mentor, who gave him hope and dispelled his confusion.
"Not only do I know; I can also bring her back to life."
"So? How about joining my organization, breaking away from Orochimaru, and working with me?"
Zabuza Momochi extended an olive branch, his purpose in coming here being to recruit Kabuto Yakushi.
From Black Zetsu, he had learned that Kabuto Yakushi was a very capable person, capable of providing a great deal of help for the Eye of the Moon Project.
With his addition, the Eye of the Moon Project would be more stable.
"Resurrected?" Kabuto Yakushi pushed up his glasses. "You mean Edo Tensei, right?"
"If I wanted to, I would have asked Lord Orochimaru to help revive her long ago."
"But what's the point of being resurrected? She still wouldn't recognize me; she has no idea who I am!"
The First Dream Master, a great scientist who later rivaled Orochimaru in skill.
Despite his frequent moments of confusion, Kabuto Yakushi knew perfectly well that resurrecting Nono Yakushi through the Edo Tensei was utterly pointless.
"What if time could be reversed, allowing you to return to the moment you first met, and none of the subsequent tragedies would have occurred?"
"Can you really remain unmoved by such a life? Or is it that you don't even have Yakushi Nonō in your heart?"
Zabuza Momochi was not good at deceiving people, and he did not know anything about these things. However, all he needed to do was repeat what Black Zetsu had said.
This was not a difficult task for a dignified demon.
Madman!
Kabuto Yakushi had assumed that Zabuza Momochi would be like Lord Orochimaru, spouting lofty pronouncements, but it turned out he was just daydreaming.
"I never expected that the so-called Hidden Mist Demon was just a mental patient. I really feel sorry for you."
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