Chapter 330 - 328 Zetsu couldn't understand why Orochimaru insisted on extending Uchiha Madara's life

Zetsu couldn't understand why Orochimaru insisted on extending Uchiha Madara's life, especially since she thought so little of the Eye of the Moon Plan and disdained the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Was it just because of a promise?

Humans are too difficult to understand... Zetsu once believed that human hearts were something it could manipulate at will, but in Orochimaru, it discovered the diversity and extreme complexity of the human heart.

Once Uchiha Madara died, his Rinnegan and the body that awakened the Rinnegan would be her best research material. It had hinted at this, but while Orochimaru was tempted, after the temptation, she remained unchanged, showing no intention of letting Uchiha Madara die!

Can't you just put down your research and let Uchiha Madara die quickly?!

We have more important things to do!

"Saving the Rabbit Goddess is not something to rush. You've waited a thousand years; can't you wait this short amount of time now?"

"I'll be seeing Mother soon, so it's natural to be a bit excited and eager. I've waited too, too long for that day. If it weren't for the despicable Hagoromo and Hamura..."

Zetsu hadn't forgotten its persona, sparing no effort to slander Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura in front of Orochimaru. It even attributed the long-standing feud between the Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan to Otsutsuki Hagoromo's deliberate unfair treatment of his sons, Indra and Ashura.

It wanted Orochimaru to mistakenly believe that Otsutsuki Hagoromo deliberately acted that way, intending to provoke conflict between the brothers and create a series of tragedies.

"Just wait. Rushing this matter is useless. Without certainty, accidents can easily occur, and there can be no accidents in liberating the Rabbit Goddess."

Orochimaru extended her hand, clenching it into a fist, letting out an uncontrollable laugh.

"The truth of this world will finally be unveiled by my own hands! I will be the explorer of this world! The revealer of truth! The origin of Ninja, everything, everything! Hahahahaha!!!"

This lunatic... Zetsu subconsciously took a step back. Looking at its retreating foot, it couldn't believe that it was actually afraid of this lunatic.

Orochimaru, once Mother is rescued from the Gedo Statue, your death will come!

Zetsu once again solidified its decision: Orochimaru absolutely could not be allowed to live after rescuing Mother. This lunatic was simply too dangerous!

Given enough time, she might even pose a threat to its Mother!

It would never allow anyone who could threaten Mother to live!

May 30, Konoha Year 33, Konoha Hospital.

Chiyo waited anxiously outside the delivery room. Upon learning that Eryu was due, she rushed from Sunagakure without delay. For this, she even encountered a squad of Hidden Mist Ninja. To quickly deal with them, she directly used the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets.

"Mom, Eryu, how is Eryu doing?"

Akagitsune, panting, rushed into Konoha Hospital and quickly walked towards his mother, who was waiting outside the delivery room.

"Akagitsune, how dare you even ask? What were you doing at such an important time?"

Chiyo, furious, landed a solid punch on Akagitsune's abdomen, almost making him throw up his breakfast.

"I was... I was asking for leave..."

Akagitsune tremblingly raised his hand.

The work Konoha assigned to Akagitsune and Eryu was very ordinary, unrelated to Ninja.

"Wah ah wah ah ah—!"

A baby's loud cry came from the delivery room. Akagitsune instantly straightened up and quickly walked to the delivery room door.

"Mother and child are safe."

The delivery room door opened, and a doctor wearing a mask walked out. She smiled at Akagitsune and Chiyo, who were anxiously waiting outside, feeling especially relieved upon learning that Chiyo had rushed over from Sunagakure.

Inside the delivery room, a weary Eryu struggled to open her eyes, wanting to see her child. Upon seeing the baby with red hair like Akagitsune's, held in Chiyo's arms, a happy smile appeared on her face. She weakly said, "Mom, let me... let me hold the baby..."

"Eryu, you've worked hard."

Chiyo gently placed the baby beside Eryu. Today was, without a doubt, the happiest day of her life. She had a grandson; she was going to be a grandmother.

"Eryu, what should we name this child? I only thought of girls' names; I completely forgot to think of boys' names!"

Akagitsune paced back and forth by the bed, annoyingly scratching his hair.

"How about Sasori?"

Eryu touched the baby's slightly wrinkled little face.

"Sasori, huh... That's a good name! It's decided, our child will be named Sasori."

Akagitsune, with a beaming smile, poked Sasori, who had just stopped crying, and said with anticipation, "Sasori, you must grow up quickly and become a man like your dad!"

"A man? You big idiot who can't even take care of his own wife!"

Hearing this, Chiyo couldn't help but leap up and kick Akagitsune to the ground.

Although Chiyo wanted to stay in Konoha longer, Sunagakure was also at war, so she had to return to the Village as soon as possible to join the fight. Before leaving Konoha, she reluctantly glanced at her grandson.

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Under a cloudy sky, torrential rain poured down. On the battlefield where Konoha and Iwagakure clashed, the rainwater was stained red with blood.

Bodies shattered by exploding tags and limbs severed by sharp blades were everywhere.

The tragic battlefield was like a mad "meat grinder." Konoha and Hidden Stone Ninja were like "meat" constantly being thrown into the "meat grinder" and ground to pieces.

Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya stood back-to-back, facing the surrounding Hidden Stone Ninja. There were no longer any comrades beside them; everyone else had died on the battlefield.

This battle had been going on for two days and two nights, and their bodies had long reached their limits, with little Chakra remaining.

They had thought they could hold out until reinforcements arrived, but to their surprise, Hidden Stone reinforcements arrived even sooner.

"What bad luck!"

Jiraiya looked at the hundreds of Hidden Stone Ninja surrounding them, grinning as he spoke. He felt it was difficult to even grip his Kunai. He took out a soldier pill, threw it into his mouth, recovering his dwindling Chakra, trying to squeeze out every bit of his body's potential, because if he fell here, he would die.

"It is bad luck, but the bad luck is theirs."

Orochimaru supported her body with her kusanagi sword. She still had many trump cards unused.

Now was the time to reveal her trump cards and turn the tide of battle!

The remaining Chakra was enough to take Tsunade and Jiraiya and escape using the Flying Thunder God Technique, but under these circumstances, a desperate escape would be too disgraceful.

Those who made her undignified, she would help them die with dignity.

"Tsunade, Jiraiya, you two go first. Next, I will destroy everything here."

Orochimaru held a white paper with a Sealing Technique formula between her fingers. This was an exploding tag sealing Chakra explosives. Sage Art Explosives would naturally not be used on these mere pawns.

Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Chakra explosives were enough to deal with them.

"Orochimaru, what are you talking about?!"

Tsunade was slightly stunned, biting her lip as she spoke. How could she leave Orochimaru here and escape with Jiraiya at a time like this?

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to buy you time to escape, but rather I'm worried about accidentally harming you."

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