Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

"Orochimaru, you are amazing. You developed such a powerful medical ninjutsu."

Tsunade thought of Orochimaru's limb regeneration technique and admired it sincerely, saying that it was something she could never do.

"The limb regeneration technique has nothing to do with medical ninjutsu. It's a clever trick that uses the vitality of Zero Tail's cells to stimulate their continuous division. To be more precise, it's a type of regeneration technique."

Orochimaru corrected her, saying she didn't consider her research findings to be medical ninjutsu.

"Isn't it applied to medical treatment?"

Tsunade's cheeks puffed out slightly.

"Then even if the limb regeneration technique is a medical ninjutsu..."

Orochimaru looked helplessly at Tsunade who was being serious.

"Let's go, it's time to go home."

"Well, go home."

Tsunade's face broke into a bright smile. She was now living in Orochimaru's house, and almost every night she had to engage in a battle of wits and courage with Uchiha Hikaru to compete for the spot on the bed.

Hokage Building

"Hurizen, if we don't want to be attacked, we have to take the initiative. Only in this way can we seize the initiative!"

Danzo Shimura told him the method Orochimaru told him. He believed that Orochimaru's method was very feasible. Even if other ninja villages attacked Konoha, they would fight alone instead of joining forces.

"No, Danzo, once the war starts, how many people will die? Have you ever thought about it?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that what Shimura Danzo said made sense, but when he thought about the cost of war, he found it difficult to make up his mind.

"Warfare always involves sacrifice! Having participated in the First Shinobi World War, don't you understand? This is a war that must be fought! At this point, Hiruzen, can't you see it clearly?"

Even though he was mentally prepared before coming, Danzo Shimura was still extremely angry at this moment. He wished he could kick Sarutobi Hiruzen off the position of Hokage, give all the orders himself, and then return the position of Hokage to him.

“It is because I have participated in war that I know the cruelty of war.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen put the pipe to his lips, took a deep breath, and when he closed his eyes, all he saw was a battlefield littered with corpses. It was because he had experienced the cruel war that he knew the value of peace.

"cowardly!"

Danzo Shimura knew that he could not convince Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he slammed the door and left angrily.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a long time before he sighed.

Volume 166: Chapter Orochimaru, are you a hardliner?

"Hey, Orochimaru, could you please pay attention to the road ahead?"

Tsunade couldn't bear it anymore when she saw Orochimaru almost hit the telephone pole for the third time.

"Don't you, Tsunade, stay by my side?"

Orochimaru raised his head and looked at Tsunade, his golden eyes narrowed slightly, revealing his trust in Tsunade, "Tsunade, you won't let me hit the telephone pole, right?"

"Of course! There's no way you could possibly hit a telephone pole with me here."

Tsunade felt Orochimaru's trust in her, her heart skipped a beat, her cheeks flushed, and she walked forward and took Orochimaru's arm.

"Then my safety is in your hands."

Orochimaru smiled and said.

"There's really nothing I can do about you."

Tsunade couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

"Come to think of it, Orochimaru, you went to the Root not just to collect data, right?"

"of course."

Orochimaru sensed it and confirmed that no one was following or hiding nearby, then said, "It's related to the war."

"war……"

Tsunade tightened her grip on Orochimaru's hand a little, "Is Konoha going to join the war?"

She had long anticipated that this day would come, but she had never expected it to arrive so soon and so suddenly.

"Danzo-sama wants to strike first, and the four major ninja villages are reducing the scale of the battle. It is obvious that they are afraid of Konoha. It is only a matter of time before they take action against Konoha."

Orochimaru looked at the notebook in his hand.

"So what do you think, Orochimaru?"

Tsunade wanted to know what Orochimaru was thinking.

"My thoughts? The sooner the war ends, the better. I've already wasted a lot of time on missions."

There was a hint of helplessness in Orochimaru's tone. She was tired of the task of protecting the daimyo. Perhaps her reputation had spread in the circle of powerful people, and many daimyo entrusted Konoha to specifically ask her to protect them.

It's really unbearable.

After meeting so many famous people, she realized that these famous people were just so-so. They had so many problems managing such a small place. She could do the same.

If only you could spend more time with me...

Tsunade really wanted to say this, but she swallowed it back when it reached her lips. Based on her understanding of Orochimaru, she had put almost all her energy into researching him, otherwise she would not have failed to notice that Mio, Hikaru and herself all liked her.

It's just a piece of wood!

Little did she know that Tsunade was even more stupid in Uzumaki Mito's eyes. Sometimes she couldn't help but want to give Tsunade some advice, but she held back because she wanted to see how stupid her granddaughter could be.

It can be said that Uzumaki Mito chose to move to the Spiral Tower partly because she couldn't stand Tsunade being so stupid and wooden, and she wasted many opportunities to narrow the distance and warm up their relationship.

Uzumaki Mito sometimes wonders, is this really my granddaughter?

There's nothing like me at all!

I couldn't help but sigh that Hashirama Senju's genes were too strong. He still looked so much like him after a generation.

"If war is unavoidable, I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if it started sooner rather than later."

Orochimaru thought that if he were the Hokage, he might find a soft persimmon to squeeze before other ninja villages attacked Konoha. The soft persimmon in his eyes was the Sand Village, which had no one who could fight except the Third Kazekage and Chiyo.

First, find something to take over the Sand Village, guard against attacks from the Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while keeping an eye on the movements of the Kirigakure.

After taking control of the Sand Village, we can propose an alliance to strengthen Konoha's strength. The three major ninja villages will have to think twice before taking action.

Next, we can consider finding an excuse to attack Kumogakure. The Sand Village, which has a grudge against Kumogakure, will most likely help Konoha fight Kumogakure, even if it is just a marginal OB to hold the fort.

In order to preserve their strength, Iwagakure and Kirigakure will most likely not attack Konoha at this time. They may send a small force to harass Konoha, but the troops left behind in Konoha will be enough to cope with it.

The most powerful person on the Cloud Village side is undoubtedly the Third Raikage Ai. As long as Konoha can hold him back, they will be able to gain an advantage on the battlefield. If they can persuade the Third Kazekage to come to the battlefield to fight Ai and hold him back.

It is not impossible for Konoha and Sunagakure to join forces to severely damage Kumogakure.

The severely damaged Kumogakure needs to recuperate. The next enemies Konoha will face are Iwagakure and Kirigakure. If Iwagakure and Kirigakure do not take any action.

Then, the Second Shinobi World War can be declared over, unless Iwagakure and Kirigakure want to fight a war of attrition.

Of course, we also have to be on guard against Sunagakure stabbing us in the back.

Backstabbing is not impossible.

Ugh……

Orochimaru really wanted to end the war quickly, but unfortunately, the war was not what she wanted, and she had no interest in the position of Hokage.

"I didn't expect you to be such a hardliner, Orochimaru!"

Tsunade said in surprise, she thought Orochimaru didn't care when the war would come.

"Rather than being a hardliner, I just don't want to waste my time on meaningless things. War is meaningless to me."

Orochimaru said with disdain, his face showing disgust for the war, it was clear that there were no winners in this war, but the major ninja villages paid a heavy price for it, and they were deeply aware of their mistakes and would not make the same mistake again next time.

"There's nothing we can do. War is not something we can decide."

Tsunade sighed softly. She knew that Sarutobi was trying his best to prevent the war from affecting Konoha. War was like a huge whirlpool. Konoha, which was at the edge of the whirlpool, would eventually be pulled to the center of the whirlpool.

"At least this winter, the war will cool down a bit."

Orochimaru stretched out his hand to catch a falling snowflake. A cold wind blew, ruffling the black hair that was scattered over his shoulders.

Before Orochimaru and Tsunade reached the doorstep of their home on the edge of Konoha, heavy snow began to fall, visibility plummeted, and she could no longer continue to look at the data she had collected.

"Welcome home."

Hinata Mio opened the door and looked at Orochimaru and Tsunade standing at the door with a gentle smile on her face.

So unhappy...

Tsunade felt very uncomfortable looking at the smile on Hinata Mio's face, and felt like she was the outsider.

"The snow fell very suddenly."

Hinata Mio cleaned the snow off Orochimaru, but Tsunade had to clean it off herself.

"Yes."

Orochimaru nodded. It didn't look like it was going to snow before, but then it started snowing.

Uchiha Guang, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a book, put down the book in her hand and ran to the entrance. She had a single ponytail and her hair on both sides moved like cat ears when she ran.

"Orochimaru, you're back!"

Uchiha Hikaru hugged Orochimaru, buried his face in her chest, raised his head, and his big black eyes showed a hint of joy.

So it can be like this...

Tsunade looked at Uchiha Hikaru's actions and suddenly realized what was going on, but was too embarrassed to do so.

"How long can you stay this time?"

Uchiha Hikaru hugged Orochimaru's waist tightly. He missed her very much during the time when she was away on a mission.

"There shouldn't be any missions in the recent period, right?"

Orochimaru said uncertainly that there shouldn't be any missions for her to perform in the cold winter when there is heavy snow.

"Great!"

Uchiha Hikaru cheered happily.

Hinata Mio was also very happy about this. Although she could often come into contact with Orochimaru's shadow clones, it would not be easy for her to develop a close relationship with the shadow clones, right?

At night, in a bathroom filled with white steam, Orochimaru sat in a bathtub filled with apple-flavored carbonated bath salts, squinting his eyes comfortably.

The sound of splashing water was heard, and Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Hikaru sitting in his arms, and put his hand on her head and touched it.

Really...you still treat me like a child!

Uchiha Hikaru's cheeks bulged slightly. She really wanted Orochimaru to realize her feelings for her, but she couldn't say it directly. The most important thing was that her love rival was right next to her!

Sister Mio and Tsunade are both her love rivals!

There is that old woman rival in love far away in the Land of Waves!

"Orochimaru, I miss you so much..."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at Orochimaru's cold white skin that shone under the warm light, and rubbed his cheek against her soft chest gently.

"I can't help it. As a ninja of Konoha, I can't refuse a mission."

Orochimaru hugged Uchiha Hikaru, trying his best to avoid touching that embarrassing place. No matter how much he treated Hikaru as a child, it was better to avoid touching some sensitive places.

Excluding the time she was sealed underground, Xiaoguang is 15 years old now after the Chinese New Year. Now that her body has been completely healed and she no longer needs to be soaked in the incubator, she is only slightly shorter than her peers, about meters tall.

Isn’t it about time for Xiaoguang to sleep alone?

Orochimaru suddenly thought of this. Initially, Uchiha Guang slept with her because he had nightmares and couldn't sleep at night. When she was out on a mission, she slept alone.

Let's wait a little longer...

Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Hikaru, who was like a clingy kitten, and was worried that his words would make her sad, so he told her to stop thinking about it.

Tsunade pushed the door and walked into the bathroom. Looking at Uchiha Hikaru sitting in Orochimaru's arms, she couldn't help but regret going treasure hunting.

What is this?

I've dug up a love rival for myself!

"Squeeze in!"

Tsunade squeezed into the bathtub forcefully, making the originally spacious bathtub even more crowded.