"Hehehe..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not give a reply, but Orochimaru suddenly laughed for no reason at this moment. His laughter changed from deep to wild, and his face showed a hint of ferocity when he laughed.

He suddenly reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, yawned and said, "It's really boring to hear you ask questions like this. It makes me tired."

He looked at Sarutobi and sneered: "Sarutobi-sensei, do you still want to continue to play the show of deep master-disciple love in front of me?"

His expression became colder and colder, and his voice became colder as well, as if he had left out all emotions, or as if some emotion had gone to the extreme.

"Do you think you can survive today?!"

The whole place was dead silent, and the situation seemed to be out of control.

Fugaku, who was sitting silently in the corner without saying a word, felt a little numb.

He only had one thought at the moment.

Crazy, all crazy!

Seeing Orochimaru's current appearance, Tsunade suddenly felt a sense of sadness.

Orochimaru, were you crying just now... Why did you deliberately look like this again?

"Monkey, monkey!" Tobirama suddenly shouted, awakening the third generation Hokage who was in a daze.

Hashirama let out a long sigh. He felt that his thinking was too simple. They were already in a life-and-death struggle. The relationship between them could not be explained clearly in a few sentences.

I originally founded this village to connect people from different families and build bonds. Why did this happen?

We are obviously close friends, so why would we go against each other just for the sake of illusory power?

He suddenly thought of what the man he killed with his own hands had said to him before he died: The village was born out of the bond, but the village itself was put above everything else. It was putting the cart before the horse.

"Everyone." Hashirama said.

"Can you go back to your seat and sit down first?"

Jiraiya looked thoughtful and pulled Minato back to his seat and sat down.

Even if we have to fight, even if we have to take action, it should not be now. Without the permission of the First Hokage, anyone who acts rashly is seeking death.

"I think everyone needs to calm down. How about taking a break first?"

"What Shodaime-sama said is that everyone should take a rest first." Fugaku said quickly at this time. He felt that he needed to come out to smooth things over at this time.

Everyone was arranged in different lounges, and they could move around freely in the Hokage building. The first and second generation didn't care at all whether some people were colluding or not.

Kakashi was taken with him by the Senju brothers.

In the Hokage's office, Hashirama looked thoughtfully at the photos of himself, his brother and Sarutobi hanging on the wall, then came to the desk and flipped through the documents on it.

Tobirama stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the scenery outside in trance.

He used to stand here and enjoy the scenery like this.

Things have changed, and he is already a dead person.

Hashirama walked up to him and said: "Tobirama, don't just regard these people as juniors. They may have experienced more than us. Hiruzen, for example, is actually older than us.

You have to treat them as equal individuals."

Tobirama looked calm, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly said: "Brother, it's because we didn't live long enough."

Hashirama was stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly: "Why... do you think so?"

Tobirama said: "Am I wrong to think so? Only when I returned to this world did I realize that everything here makes me feel nostalgic."

"Death is really painful."

"..."

And the conference room on the other side.

Orochimaru was still sitting motionless in his seat, looking calmly out the window.

The door of the conference room was left open, and the ANBU standing guard at the door also left.

Apart from him, Tsunade was the only one in the room who was leaning against the wall at the door, looking at him quietly.

"Tsunade." Orochimaru suddenly called out her name.

"I can let you see the Rope Tree, do you want to see it?"

Tsunade looked slightly startled: "Why?"

"..."

Orochimaru lowered his eyelids, his snake-like eyes flashed with luster and returned to calm.

"It's better not to see him anymore, lest he miss this life and be helpless. That would be the greatest pain."

The conference room became quiet again.

In another lounge.

There are only two people here, Zhen and Fugaku.

"Are you scared, Fugaku-senpai?"

"Ah... I just think Zhenjun is too bold."

"Don't worry, Fugaku-senpai just needs to do what you want to do when you feel confident. I won't force you this time."

"It's best if True Lord can understand me. After all, I am also the head of the clan."

Half an hour has passed since the break.

Everyone returned to the conference room one after another.

When Zhen walked into the room, he glanced at Orochimaru and saw that his face was calm and he was no longer as confident as he had been at the beginning.

Hashirama said at this time: "Then let's continue."

Everyone was sitting upright, with different expressions.

Kakashi in the field suddenly raised his hand.

"Lord Shodaime."

"Kakashi, is there anything else you want to say?"

"...Yes." Kakashi took a deep breath.

"When Mr. Shikaku asked me to investigate the Yondaime-sama's affairs, I did find out something... Can I tell you about these things?"

Zhu Jian was thoughtful.
Chapter completed!