"What do you mean?"
Orochimaru stopped and looked sideways at the masked man, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Haha, since you even know that I have Hashirama's power, then you must also want to know what secrets Minato Namikaze has, right?"
The masked man chuckled. Someone like Orochimaru wasn't even afraid of the threat of death.
The only leverage was what interested him.
"It seems that you've noticed it too?"
Orochimaru was slightly stunned at first, as he thought he was the only one who had noticed something unusual about Minato Namikaze.
However, when he carefully recalled the details of the masked man's attack on Konoha, he began to understand.
It seems that although their plan to attack Konoha failed this time, they did not leave empty-handed.
"Even if you can achieve immortality by yourself, if you want to know the answer, you'll have to wait until Minato Namikaze dies."
Judging from Minato Namikaze's current age and abilities, his future achievements might reach the same level as the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
"But whether you can uncover his secrets at that time is another matter."
The masked man said calmly, and Orochimaru in front of him hesitated for a moment.
"You've said so much, but you just want to use me."
After pondering for a while, Orochimaru said that although he was quite interested in the secrets of Minato Namikaze,
He was not the kind of person who could be manipulated by simple trickery.
"It's not exploitation, it's just a coincidence that our goals are the same." The masked man shrugged.
"Oh?"
Orochimaru smiled faintly and said, "I agree with what you just said. I am indeed very interested in Minato Namikaze's special physique."
"It's just that, for the time being, you and your companions won't be able to create opportunities for me to achieve my goals in a short period of time, so our cooperation can only begin when you have enough strength."
"No problem."
The masked man said that he had never intended to directly win Orochimaru over.
It is more dangerous to let such a person get too close to you and know your true purpose.
"Good luck to you then."
The masked man said that after Uchiha Yoruki found Jiraiya, Konoha would no longer try to bring Orochimaru back.
The latter would also become a wanted criminal on Konoha's wanted list.
After the conversation, Orochimaru ignored the masked man. Since he dared to leave Konoha like this, he must have had a plan.
Even though Konoha was very powerful now, it was almost impossible to capture Orochimaru, who was once one of the Legendary Sannin.
"Whoosh!"
The space in front of the masked man's eyes distorted immediately, and then his body was directly pulled in.
After he left, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly.
Because he had studied the power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, he was able to sense the secret of this masked man.
But even Orochimaru, who had some information, could only infer that this person was not Uchiha Madara.
He also had doubts about the final outcome of the battle in the Valley of the End.
Everyone believed that the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, won the final victory and Uchiha Madara died there.
Is this really the truth of history?
After Uchiha Yoruki returned to the village, he didn't even have time to report to the Hokage's office, but sent Jiraiya directly to the Konoha Hospital.
"This is Orochimaru's poison. What happened?"
When Tsunade saw Jiraiya, her expression suddenly changed.
"I cannot tell you about this yet. I will leave it to you, Jiraiya-sama. I must report to the Hokage first."
Uchiha Yoruki said, and then disappeared and headed towards the Hokage's office.
Hokage's office.
"Is Jiraiya-sensei okay?"
When Uchiha Yoruki informed Minato of the basic situation, the latter suddenly stood up from his seat.
The relationship between Minato and Jiraiya had long surpassed that of master and disciple. In the former's heart, the latter was like a father.
No matter what Orochimaru did, Minato absolutely could not bear to see Jiraiya get hurt.
"Notify the Third Hokage to go to the Konoha Hospital. I will handle the rest of the matters there." Minato gave instructions to the people below and suddenly disappeared from the spot.
Not long after, Minato arrived at Jiraiya's ward, and from what he sensed, the latter's breathing was no longer in danger.
It was obvious that Tsunade had already removed the poison from his body.
"Minato, can you explain to me what is going on?"
Tsunade asked. She spent almost all her energy on the continuous improvement of the medical ninja system, so she knew most of the things happening in the village very late.
So she knew nothing about the abnormalities in the village in recent times.
"Tsunade-sama, how is Jiraiya-sensei doing?"
Although there was no problem with his perception, Minato still asked one more question.
"Although the poison has been cleared, the nerve paralysis will still take some time to heal," Tsunade replied.
Only after getting her answer did Minato feel truly at ease.
He pulled Tsunade out of Jiraiya's ward, and during that time Minato gave Tsunade a brief explanation.
Not long after, the Third Hokage arrived.
At this moment, the old face of Hiruzen was filled with an expression of disbelief.
"Lord Third, I'm sure you already know this," Minato said in a deep voice.
"Why would Orochimaru do such a thing!?"
Hiruzen gritted his teeth and said that Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were all disciples he had trained and were the pride of his life.
But he could never have imagined that one day they would actually fight each other with lethal intent.
"I'm sorry, but I think my previous suspicion was correct."
Minato said, before pulling out a torn scroll and a damaged Konoha forehead protector.
These were all found by Uchiha Yoruki near the place where Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought.
"I asked Jiraiya to observe Orochimaru before. Now it seems that he found the evidence."
"It's just that he still had illusions about his former companion and tried to dissuade him, but failed."
Minato also felt very sorry. Although he did not have a very good impression of Orochimaru, the latter was a Konoha ninja and had made great contributions in two Ninja World Wars.
Until now, no matter how much Hiruzen and Tsunade struggled, they had to accept this fact.
"After Jiraiya wakes up and makes a final confirmation of the matter, I will issue an S-rank wanted order for Orochimaru."
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