"The people who know everything..." Orochimaru licked his lips, looked at a corpse lying on the technique seal, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a sinister smile, and murmured, "The God of Shinobi who pacified the Warring States period and created Konoha..."
However, before he finished speaking...
"Um..."
Suddenly, a voice came through the air...
"Although it seems Lord Orochimaru is doing something important."
With a tone that was gentle and familiar...
"But I might not have that much time to wait for you to finish."
Orochimaru also stopped his actions, turned his head, his eyes carrying a meaningful tone, looked at the blonde young man standing behind him, his face wearing his signature smile, and said hoarsely, "It's Minato!"
"How did you find this place?"
"I went to Lord Hiruko's house and saw Teacher Jiraiya." Minato scratched his head and said apologetically, "Then, Teacher Jiraiya told me you were here, so I came."
He looked at the corpse behind Orochimaru, narrowing his eyes...
"Uzushiogakure actually allows you to desecrate corpses and conduct human experiments?"
He remembered when Lord Orochimaru was about to become the Fourth Hokage, the village suddenly spread rumors that the Third Hokage's disciple was desecrating corpses!
Could it be that Orochimaru was also doing it in Uzushiogakure...
"This is not a human experiment." Hearing Minato's words, Orochimaru licked his lips, his tone still hoarse, "Here, it is called clinical trials."
"It is part of preventing disease, understanding disease, and deciphering genes for humanity."
The corners of his mouth held a smile...
"It is legal in Uzushiogakure, it is voluntary. Here, every new drug and surgery is first tested on humans. As for the corpses..."
Orochimaru glanced at the corpse on the technique seal...
"They are all from deceased people who voluntarily donated their bodies for the future of humanity and the progress of medicine."
Of course...
This one was not. It was one he had Uzu-nin bring from the battlefield. After all, this world still believes in burying the dead, so very few people actually donate their bodies.
"So that's how it is..." Minato fell silent upon hearing Orochimaru's words, then said with emotion, "These people are truly great!"
"Yes." Orochimaru glanced at the corpse, nodded, sighed, and said hoarsely, "Truly great..."
Then, looking at the somewhat mature Minato before him, he felt filled with emotion...
"Why have you come to find me?"
The Second Great Shinobi War...
A trace of reminiscence appeared in Orochimaru's eyes...
"I didn't expect so many years have passed."
"Konoha!" Minato's eyes held determination as he looked at Orochimaru, saying with a serious expression, "I came this time for Konoha's future."
"Sorry!" Orochimaru shrugged casually, "I am just a prisoner now, I can't return to Konoha." He licked his lips, a sarcastic smile appearing, "And isn't Konoha doing quite well under the old man's leadership?"
"Yes!" Hearing Orochimaru's words, Minato said bitterly, "But..."
"That's only for now."
He raised his head, gazing firmly at Orochimaru...
"I want to change Konoha, to make Konoha like Uzushiogakure, full of smiles, confidence, peace, equality..."
Whether it's jinchuriki, civilians, or shinobi...
They can all live freely in Konoha, without being mocked, bullied, or discriminated against...
Minato bowed, speaking to Orochimaru with sincere earnestness, "I hope Lord Orochimaru will help me."
However...
"Tsk, tsk!" Orochimaru showed a sarcastic smile and said, "But Konoha is not Uzushiogakure after all. It cannot become Uzushiogakure."
Uzushiogakure has a wise Daimyo, a Daimyo at the peak of the shinobi world. What does Konoha have?
Complex clan influences, higher-ups holding power, shinobi with blind loyalty, what else is there?
"I will work hard." Minato clenched his fist and said, "No matter what, I will move step by step towards this goal, slowly changing Konoha."
"This is a foolish goal!" Orochimaru laughed, his voice hoarse, "In that case, why didn't you go find that idiot Jiraiya, and came to me instead?"
You should know...
That idiot is your teacher...
"Teacher loves Konoha too much." Minato sighed, his face showing helplessness, "Especially towards the Third Hokage, Teacher dare not take action."
As for Lady Tsunade...
She is even less likely. No matter how much she curses Konoha or hates it...
It is still her home.
However...
"..."
Hearing Minato's words, Orochimaru was speechless.
Didn't he love Konoha too?
You should know...
The Third Hokage was his teacher!
"No!" Minato shook his head firmly, "Lord Orochimaru also loves Konoha, but..."
He looked deeply at Orochimaru...
"Lord Orochimaru loves himself more!!!"
"Haha!" Orochimaru was momentarily stunned upon hearing Minato's words, then laughed loudly, "Minato, you are much smarter than your idiot teacher."
"Teacher is not an idiot, he just doesn't like to think that much." A smile appeared on Minato's lips, "Teacher, he..."
"Is smarter than anyone!"
"No, he is just an idiot!" Orochimaru snorted disdainfully, then looked at Minato with a playful smile, asking hoarsely, "Speak, what do you want to do?"
"I want..." Minato's face showed a relieved and free and easy smile, "To destroy everything, to let Konoha start over!!!"
As soon as the words fell...
"You want to..." Orochimaru's eyes widened immediately, staring at Minato with an incredulous look, saying hoarsely, "Destroy everything?"
The blonde boy before him was Konoha's Fourth Kage!
And he actually wanted to destroy Konoha!
"Yes." Minato nodded, saying with a serious expression, "Because my strength is not enough to destroy Konoha, I still need your help, Lord Orochimaru."
He didn't truly want to destroy Konoha, but wanted to sweep all the decay, the obstacles, the things holding Konoha back into history.
By himself, he could probably only hold off the Third Hokage.
Especially now that most of Konoha's shinobi have come to Uzushiogakure to participate in the war. If they act now, they won't encounter so many shinobi, and...
The casualties won't be as high...
"Let me and Lord Orochimaru awaken Konoha together!"
By then...
The shinobi returning from Uzushiogakure will surely be able to follow his vision!
It's just that he feels a bit sorry...
For Kushina...
However...
"I don't want to die yet!" Orochimaru licked his lips, looked at Minato, shook his head, squinted his eyes and said, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome. I have a better way!"
He turned his head, squinting at the corpse on the operating table...
"There is a person..."
"He is more suitable than us for destroying Konoha."
...
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
"So this is the Impure World Reincarnation that Orochimaru researched?" Chiro looked at a stack of information in his hand, nodded, and said with emotion, "Truly worthy of being one of the Legendary Sannin!"
"Alright, I know Orochimaru is a genius." Hiruko rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "Whether it's physics or biology, he's a genius."
Then, with an urgent tone...
"Have you prepared everything I asked for?"
Uzushiogakure doesn't have time for us to be here.
"Everything is ready." Chiro nodded and said, "I went to dig it up alone this morning."
He took out a bottle...
"Don't tell anyone, otherwise, a bunch of Director Madara's students will tear my old bones apart."
Desecrating the dead is ultimately not acceptable.
"I know." Hiruko shuddered, quickly adopting a casual tone, "Let's start quickly!"
Then, he walked over to the place where the corpse was laid out...
"Director Madara, please don't blame us! It's your granddaughter and your great-grandson who miss you. This is really just an accident."
As soon as the words fell, his eyes focused...
"Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu!!!"