Ch 149 : Escape

Samui wanted to attach herself to Makoto, believing that this would ensure her future stability in Konoha.

During their time together, she realized that Makoto was far from an ordinary man.

When it came to matters between men and women, he seemed to have no boundaries.

Despite already having a pregnant beautiful wife at home, he could comfortably engage in intimate actions with other women.

He had no psychological burden about it.

It wasn't that he was a pervert, but he wasn't the type of person who couldn't function around women.

Samui had shifted from initially wanting to control him to seeking to please him.

But even so, Samui still didn't feel that his regard for her had increased.

It was as though he always saw her as nothing more than a tool for his amusement.

Samui was extremely confident in her body and appearance.

Back in the Kumogakure, she had many admirers among her peers, and wherever she went, she felt the gaze of admiration and longing.

Now, after working as Makoto's secretary for some time, a few Konoha ninjas had even confessed their feelings to her.

She didn't even glance at these ordinary, lower-class men, but Makoto's attitude towards her made her feel discouraged.

Samui had been waiting for the day when Makoto would completely possess her.

She had long prepared for it.

Perhaps things would change then, but that day had yet to come.

At most, Makoto had only taken some advantage of her body.

Samui didn't let any opportunity to get closer to Makoto slip away.

She tried every way possible to do so, even lying on his lap and cuddling in his arms earlier—it was all deliberate on her part.

But the key and scroll Makoto had shown shattered her fantasies.

To him, she was always just a tool.

Samui sat up, staring at the key and scroll in front of her.

"Are you planning to... release Raikage?" she asked.

"I pity him. I'm just letting him come up for some air," Makoto said, withdrawing his hand from her collar.

Samui paused for a moment before saying, "Yugito wouldn't do that. She won't release Raikage."

Makoto replied, "Whether she releases him or not is her business. You just need to do your job."

.......

As night fell, at Sarutobi's residence.

"Are you not planning to leave yourself any way out, Shikaku?"

In the empty corridor, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Nara Shikaku sat together, with only a tea tray between them.

Neither had touched their tea.

Hiruzen kept smoking, the white smoke swirling in front of them.

"How else should I retreat, Lord Third Hokage?" Shikaku asked, his gaze fixed on Hiruzen.

"To endlessly tolerate his oppression— is that your way of retreating?" Hiruzen asked again. "Minato shouldn't have agreed to this, right?"

Shikaku, with an unchanged expression, responded, "Lord Third Hokage, it seems you all understand Minato quite well."

Everyone had said similar things to him: "Minato wouldn't have agreed to this, you're acting on your own," and so on...

But at this moment, it was Minato who needed them!

Yet these people only thought about going along with the flow.

Shikaku asked, "If Minato doesn't take the initiative to do something, should Lord Third Hokage just turn a blind eye to it?"

He had never had this attitude towards the Third Hokage before.

Hiruzen did not get angry at his words.

He sat in silence, deep in thought.

What Orochimaru did were things that the village could not tolerate, but as long as they didn't expose it to outsiders, no one would know.

Even if it were made public, it wouldn't be impossible for Orochimaru to suppress it.

Trying to bring down Orochimaru through public opinion was impossible.

Orochimaru was the Hokage now, and as Hokage, he held all the power.

These pieces of evidence would only change their attitude toward Orochimaru, nothing more.

Shikaku had come to force him to take a stance.

If Orochimaru became a criminal, then, as the former Hokage, it was only natural and his duty to eliminate this threat for the village.

When he had handed over the position of Hokage to Orochimaru, he had secretly made a resolution.

If Orochimaru dared to do something that harmed Konoha, he would have to get rid of this disaster!

Now, he was truly facing this situation, but his resolve was wavering.

Had Orochimaru truly betrayed Konoha? ...He was just after power, wasn't he?

Didn't Danzo do similar things? And wasn't he, too, repeatedly tolerated?

Moreover, compared to Danzo, Orochimaru did have tangible achievements.

Konoha was recovering and developing well.

Orochimaru had also helped many ninjas who had been crippled by the war to heal their bodies.

And if the assassination of the Daimyo were to be leaked, it would push Konoha into opposition with the Daimyo…

Hiruzen's heart kept trying to justify Orochimaru.

After realizing this, Hiruzen felt deeply ashamed.

He exhaled a puff of smoke, covering his face with it.

He said, "Do you know that by doing this, only Konoha will be harmed?"

Shikaku felt a deep sense of disappointment.

As the Hokage, he was avoiding responsibility.

Was it because of their master-apprentice relationship, or was it because the current Orochimaru was too powerful?

No wonder Tsunade had acted to shatter the Hokage Statue Rock and left the Third Hokage behind.

Shikaku asked, "Do you think Konoha will be safe under his control?"

Silence.

Hiruzen thought of an answer, but he suppressed it.

He wanted to say that Konoha was still in a weakened state, unable to withstand too much disruption, and they could wait until the village had recovered enough...

Even he found this reasoning absurd.

By the time the village had recovered, Orochimaru's hold over Konoha might be even more entrenched.

Perhaps they wouldn't even reach that point.

With the current situation facing Kushina, if Minato didn't act, Orochimaru would definitely make a move first.

Hiruzen knew this in his heart.

Just as the two were sitting in silence, a figure suddenly appeared beside Shikaku.

It was Minato, who had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive.

Hiruzen was taken aback and looked at Minato, "Minato?"

This was the first time Minato had arrived in such a manner.

Minato glanced at the two of them, then said in a deep voice, "Kushina is in trouble!"

A brief silence followed, and Shikaku stood up abruptly.

"What happened?!"

Hiruzen's pupils constricted upon hearing this.

Minato furrowed his brows and said, "Rin went to find Kushina today and found her acting very strangely, as if someone else was impersonating her. She came to me to report this... Kushina has my Flying Thunder God seal on her, and now the connection has been lost. She must have been sealed."

The courtyard was unusually silent.

Hiruzen remained seated, silent, his expression neither sad nor happy, and it was hard to read his feelings.

He just tightly gripped the cigarette in his hand.

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