Chapter 64
Orochimaru, who was pretending to be the Kazekage, suddenly released a smoke bomb and attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, holding him hostage on the roof.
Haruno Sakura was a little confused.
Why did Orochimaru take action so quickly? Shouldn't he wait until after Sasuke's game?
The Four Sound Ninjas suddenly appeared, occupied the four corners of the roof, and activated the Four Purple Flame Formation, trapping Sarutobi Hiruzen inside.
Actually, Orochimaru originally wanted to watch Sasuke's competition with Gaara.
As a result, Gaara was eliminated in advance by Haruno Sakura, and Sasuke's opponent became Tossin.
This duel was almost without suspense. Tossin was not Sasuke's opponent, so he lost interest.
After watching the game of the Nine-Tails kid, he had no patience to wait and directly sent out the signal to take action.
Seeing that things were not going well, Kakashi dodged and joined Might Guy in the stands.
The two of them dealt with the Sand Ninjas and Sound Ninjas who came out of nowhere.
Sakura Haruno and Sasuke looked at each other and immediately split up to dispel the illusion of Naruto and the others.
Maki, the leader of the Sand Village, had already noticed the abnormality of Kazekage-sama.
He was hesitating whether to do what Kazekage-sama said.
At this time, after Sakura Haruno dispelled Naruto's illusion, she left them and went straight to Maki's location.
"You people in the Sand Village have been fooled. That Kazekage-sama is Orochimaru in disguise. The real Kazekage-sama has already been killed by him."
Hearing what Sakura Haruno said, Temari and Kankuro, who had just reunited with Gaara and Maki, were shocked and their faces were full of disbelief.
Gaara was also a little surprised. He was stunned for a moment, and then he returned to normal.
Maki's face looked a little ugly. He seemed to have thought of something and believed what Sakura Haruno said in his heart.
Sakura Haruno saw Maki's doubt and sneered immediately.
"Hmph! This is the end of seeking the skin of a tiger!"
"Please think carefully about what to do next."
"Don't be sold out and help others count money, that would be a joke."
I hope the people of Sand Village can be smarter. Orochimaru obviously regards Sand Village as cannon fodder.
Now the highest person in charge of Sand Village is Maki.
As long as he announces his withdrawal from the attack, the pressure on Konoha will be greatly reduced.
At this time, Orochimaru showed his true colors, and Maki and Gaara saw it clearly.
Although he was still a little unwilling, Maki made a prompt decision and immediately ordered Gaara and the other two to return to Sand Village.
This conspiracy against Konoha Village is likely to have sacrificed Lord Kazekage, and he must save the life of the Jinchuriki.
Haruno Sakura wanted to stop it, but then thought that if he went to war with Gaara here, if Shukaku accidentally came out, it might cause heavy damage to the village.
After such a hesitation, the three of them had already left in the direction of the Sand Village.
When Haruno Sakura was confronting Maki, Kakashi came to Haruno Sakura with Naruto and Sasuke.
He quietly gave the three of them an A-level mission, asking them to hunt down Gaara together, while he faced Maki.
The Sand Village was indispensable to this turmoil.
If their Jinchūriki could be captured, then Konoha Village would have to settle the matter afterwards.
Haruno Sakura had already seen Jiraiya appear at the outskirts of the village, summoning Gamahiro with two samurai swords on his back, and solving a giant python with the momentum of a mountain crushing down.
Since Jiraiya had already taken action, she was relieved.
Although Haruno Zhao was on a mission outside, Haruno Meibuki was also settled by her and would not be affected by this incident.
But after all, after living in Konoha for so many years, of course, she did not want the people in the village to suffer heavy casualties.
Now that Jiraiya appeared, it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.
So Haruno Sakura and the other two followed Kakashi's summoned ninja dog Puck and chased in the direction where Gaara and the other two left.
The three of them jumped and moved between the trees, and Naruto was still a little confused.
"Sakura, what's going on? Why did the people of Sand Village attack us?"
Sasuke was also a little confused about why the people of Sand Village and Sound Village would unite to attack Konoha.
Haruno Sakura knew that Naruto would not be able to help asking, so she explained: "Sand Village and Sound Village should have reached an alliance to attack Konoha Village together."
"But Orochimaru is not a good partner. It is estimated that because of a disagreement, he killed the Fourth Kazekage and disguised himself as him."
"It seems that Sand Village is just a pawn of Orochimaru."
Naruto was shocked, and when he thought of the fight between Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen he saw before, he was a little confused.
"Hey, Sakura, didn't you say that Grandpa Hokage is Orochimaru's teacher?"
"Then whyWhy would Orochimaru plan to attack Konoha and want to kill Grandpa Hokage? "
Haruno Sakura was silent for a moment, then replied: "Maybe it's just to prove to Lord Hokage how stupid it was not to choose him as the Fourth Hokage."
In short, he just can't accept it.
After so many years of hard work, he lost to the junior Namikaze Minato.
He, who claims to be a genius, certainly can't accept such a gap, so he chose to turn evil.
Although I'm not very white to begin with.
(Orochimaru with a pale face: Please open your eyes and see if I'm white or not?)
Sasuke looked at Haruno Sakura in confusion, always feeling that she knew a little too much.
So he asked directly: "Sakura, these should be considered secrets, how do you know? "
Haruno Sakura was not surprised that Sasuke would ask this.
Naruto, who is a careless person, would definitely not question why he knows so much.
But Sasuke is thoughtful and will definitely have doubts, but Haruno Sakura has already thought of a reason.
So she smiled and said, "Of course, it was Jiraiya who told me, plus the conclusion I came up with."
Anyway, they couldn't go to Jiraiya to confirm.
"Is that so? The lustful sage actually told you this." Naruto was a little confused.
As soon as Naruto finished speaking, Haruno Sakura suddenly found someone following them.
But she was a little surprised that it was the two of them.
"Someone is chasing us, let's wait."
Parker also smelled it, "It seems to be an acquaintance."
They stopped, and soon two figures appeared in front of everyone. It turned out to be Shikamaru and Shino.
Haruno Sakura was also a little surprised. She was not surprised that Shino would come, but Shikamaru actually took the initiative to follow.
"I didn't expect you to come, Shikamaru. "
Shikamaru said helplessly: "It's very troublesome! But I was arranged to reinforce, although I feel that with you here, adding me won't help much."
"But now Konoha's Chunin and Jonin are busy dealing with the invading enemies, and only we Genin can be used."
He turned to look at Shino.
To be honest, this colleague has always been very mysterious and his presence is very weak. He didn't understand why he took the initiative to follow.