Chapter 39: Teacher, Have the Enemies Already Breached Our Internal Defenses!? (2/2)

"..." Orochimaru's smile froze for two seconds. "Wakaho-kun… what are you talking about?"

Why is he still bringing up those two gatekeepers? Didn't you already burn them with your Fire Style at the hospital?

"I always found it strange," Wakaho said passionately. "They were clearly spies, but Hokage-sama, Sensei, and the Anbu all said there was no issue with them!"

Wakaho's face was filled with anger. "Now I understand. They were actually those rats' people!"

"It's just that at the time, I didn't have the Fire Style's will as a Chūnin, so I couldn't sense the dark aura on them!"

"Damn it!" Wakaho slammed the scroll onto the ground. "Konoha has already been infiltrated by these rats to this extent!"

"..."

Orochimaru was silent.

"..."

Orochimaru remained silent for two minutes.

"..."

Orochimaru couldn't hold back anymore. "Wakaho-kun…"

"We need to rescue people, Sensei!" Wakaho suddenly declared.

"Hm?" Orochimaru still couldn't follow Wakaho's train of thought. "Rescue people?"

"Yes! We must rescue them!"

Wakaho pointed at the scroll on the ground, his face serious. "Sensei, haven't you realized? This is their conspiracy!"

"Conspiracy?" Orochimaru was even more puzzled. What did you discover?

…Discover what?

"Yes, a conspiracy!" Wakaho was certain. "From the beginning, our rescue mission was supposed to support this team, but it was altered by them!"

"They didn't want us to support them and kept sending people to attack us to delay time!"

"Seeing that time was almost up, they then gave us the true mission details to erase the traces of their modification!"

"And in the end, this mission will fail, the people we are supposed to rescue might die, and these rats will be laughing in the end, continuing to erode Konoha!"

"..."

After listening to Wakaho, Orochimaru's thoughts suddenly became clear.

So that's what's going on…

To be honest, if Orochimaru hadn't already had a rough idea of the truth, he wouldn't have been able to point out any flaws in Wakaho's logic.

"I see…" Orochimaru nodded.

"I understand now, Wakaho-kun… you're right."

Orochimaru had indeed realized what was happening.

To follow Wakaho's line of thought, the first thing he needed to do was forget about the so-called "truth."

This child had a unique perspective. Although it seemed absurd, the logic was tight and flawless.

From another angle.

Danzo and his rats…

Heh… weren't they just spies infiltrating the higher-ups of Konoha?

"We don't have time to waste, Sensei!"

Wakaho took off his shoes, which had become soft from the recent battle. He was attached to these shoes and had planned to pass them on to Obito and Shisui.

Clap—

Wakaho put his hands together and quickly formed the hand seals.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon!"

Boom—

A massive fire dragon appeared, and Wakaho stepped onto it with bare feet!

"Sensei, get on!"

"We need to reach that bridge as quickly as possible!"

"..." Orochimaru took half a second to consider whether to ride the fire dragon.

The answer was that his body might not be well-suited for it…

"It's too far. Let's not waste too much chakra, Wakaho."

Orochimaru bit his finger and pressed it firmly on the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu!"