Chapter 119: Chapter 119: The Worst Betrayal in History
The sun rose in the early morning.
The smoke and flames from various parts of Konoha finally died down.
Ninjas, who were busy with various tasks, stood atop the ruins.
Looking at what was once a prosperous Konoha, now only about half of the village remained.
Countless Konoha ninjas had blank expressions.
Their eyes filled with exhaustion.
Even though the village was destroyed, it could be rebuilt.
But!
What made all the Konoha ninjas feel despair now was the Hokage of Konoha!
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi… was dead!
Killed by the rogue ninja Orochimaru.
Jiraiya lay in the hospital bed of Konoha, looking at his chest tightly bandaged.
But even so, he still faintly felt the pain from the wound.
'Uchiha... Sasuke...'
"Uchiha Sasuke... stole our Konoha's Forbidden Scroll. As expected, the Uchiha clan is beyond saving!"
The Konoha jonin in the bed next to him was angrily shouting.
Jiraiya sighed helplessly.
Orochimaru really did succeed in his revenge on Konoha this time!
Such a major event had happened in Konoha.
At the same time, the war had lasted the entire day, and the information had already been transmitted to the major ninja villages.
At this moment, in the Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village.
Inside the Raikage building atop the mountain peak!
The Fourth Raikage was handling some internal village issues, as the entire village leaned towards a martial faction.
As a result, the most common events in Hidden Cloud Village were fights.
The Raikage was getting quite impatient with these restless individuals.
Just as he was about to release some of his frustration by picking a fight with two overly energetic people, the door to his office suddenly crashed open.
A Hidden Cloud intelligence ninja quickly knelt before the Raikage.
"Raikage-sama, I bring urgent news."
"Konoha has encountered a crisis!"
Upon hearing the words "Konoha," the Raikage's expression became much more serious.
"What... happened?"
What could have caused the Hidden Cloud ninja to panic like this?
Could Konoha be about to declare war on Hidden Cloud?
With Sarutobi Hiruzen, that old man, could they even move?
"Konoha's Chunin Exams were disrupted. Konoha's rogue ninja Orochimaru assassinated the Fourth Kazekage, disguised himself as the Kazekage of Sunagakure, and launched the Konoha Collapse Plan with Sunagakure and the Sound Ninjas!"
What?
The Fourth Kazekage was assassinated by Orochimaru?
Heh, it seems the Kazekage isn't much either!
"The Jinchuriki from Sunagakure went berserk in Konoha, and Konoha was destroyed by more than half!"
"Revenge was brought to Konoha by its own disciple. I wonder what Sarutobi Hiruzen is thinking now!"
"The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, is dead!"
What?
At this moment, the Fourth Raikage could no longer stay calm.
The greatest ninja of the Shinobi World is finally dead?
Even more laughable, he was killed by his own disciple?
The Fourth Raikage was about to say something, but the Hidden Cloud ninja continued, "During this Konoha turmoil, the worst defection in Konoha's history also occurred!"
"A Konoha genin, the last member of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Sasuke, stole the Forbidden Scroll of Konoha and defected!"
The remaining bloodline of the Uchiha clan?
Uchiha again? It seems like these incidents always involve the Uchiha clan!
"And this ninja, Uchiha Sasuke, injured one of Konoha's Legendary Three Ninjas, Jiraiya!"
The Fourth Raikage's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light.
Stealing the Forbidden Scroll and defecting was one thing, but injuring Jiraiya?
Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Three Ninjas?
He was strong enough to become Hokage himself, and even the Fourth Raikage wouldn't dare say he could win against him.
A mere ninja from the Uchiha clan was able to injure Jiraiya and escape with the Forbidden Scroll from Konoha, a low-ranking genin?
Wait!
"How old is this Uchiha Sasuke?"
Upon hearing this, the Hidden Cloud ninja handed over the information in his hand to the Fourth Raikage.
The Fourth Raikage looked at the information in his hand.
He froze in place.
After a long time, he slowly sat down and placed the information on the desk.
The Hidden Cloud's intelligence department wouldn't make a mistake.
Something this big couldn't possibly be wrong.
"Twelve years old!"
"A genius!"
"Developing lightning-style jutsu at an astonishing rate!"
"He even developed a physical technique that could rival Konoha's Eight Gates of Chakra!"
"A ninja this outstanding... is only twelve years old!"
...
Now, the Fourth Raikage was stunned.
How monstrous must this child be? A twelve-year-old boy who could achieve such feats.
Twelve years old! What was he doing at twelve?
Why do such exceptionally talented ninjas always appear in Konoha?
The Fourth Raikage took a deep breath.
"I'm quite interested in this lightning-style jutsu this kid developed!"
It was praised as being on par with the Hidden Cloud's Raikage Chakra Mode technique!
The Fourth Raikage wanted to see just how fast this lightning-style jutsu really was. Could it compare to the Raikage Chakra Mode of Hidden Cloud?
"And this physical technique is also quite impressive, able to rival Konoha's Eight Gates of Chakra!"
"Have someone investigate this kid's whereabouts. Notify me immediately if they find anything. These two techniques are based on lightning!"
"They fit perfectly with Hidden Cloud!"
If they could obtain these two techniques, Hidden Cloud might be able to produce many more powerful ninjas.
Uchiha Sasuke!
Now the Fourth Raikage was eager to meet this prodigious kid in person!
In the Land of Earth, Iwagakure.
The Tsuchikage, Onoki, also put down the intelligence report at the same time!
"A child, yet he made such a world-shaking impact!"
"He developed two incredibly powerful forbidden jutsu. Such talent, yet Konoha didn't properly value him and turned him into a rogue ninja!"
"What a pity! That old man, Hiruzen, is dead too!"
Onoki sighed silently. Unlike the Fourth Raikage, who was in his prime, Onoki preferred peace and stability.
In the Land of Water, Kirigakure.
Still in a semi-closed state, Kirigakure had not yet officially decided on a new Mizukage.
However, the acting Mizukage, Terumi Mei, was also reviewing the intelligence regarding Konoha.
"The worst defection in Konoha's history. The Forbidden Scroll of Konoha has been stolen!"
"This might be something we can try to search for. If we get our hands on Konoha's Forbidden Scroll, Kirigakure could quickly recover its strength!"
"We could rapidly train a large group of powerful ninjas!"
"Uchiha Sasuke, I'll remember this kid... I wonder if he's dead yet. If he is, it would be such a waste."
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