"In addition, we also need to guard against other villages,
If the information leaks out, other villages will definitely believe that Konoha has a way to recreate the wood escape.
They will definitely keep a close eye on us, make a fuss about this matter, discredit us, and slander us.
They even kept sending spies into the village to dig up intelligence."
Unable to control his emotions, the Third Hokage picked up his pipe, lit it, and smoked heavily.
The conference room was filled with smoke.
"I will give the villagers an explanation."
"You said it easily."
Tsunade wanted to slap the Third Hokage in the face, but in the end she chose to give in and didn't go too far. She sat back on the chair and gritted her teeth and said:
"Old man, please publish everything. Everyone has the right to know. We also want to know what happened in the middle."
"I agree."
In this regard, Jiraiya, who had always chosen to escape, chose to stand with Tsunade.
He felt that he should not remain silent forever.
Otherwise his conscience will be uneasy.
Let him kill enemies, spy on intelligence, and disrupt other villages, and he won't even frown.
But the village used war orphans for experiments, even Konoha villagers and ninjas were not spared, and Jiraiya couldn't accept it.
"Tsunade, the most important thing now is to deal with..."
When Xiaochun went to bed, she still wanted to suppress the matter.
The Third Hokage interrupted her.
"Koharu, it's okay. I think what Tsunade said is right. Everyone has the right to know all this."
"But......."
Koharu was a little unwilling to go to bed, Mito Monoyan shook his head slightly at her.
It's too late to think of a solution now, be prepared for the storm.
There's no point in hiding it anymore at this point, it's better to just confess.
With Mito Menyan's persuasion, Koharu reluctantly sat down after moving to bed.
"It all starts with the teacher."
The Third Hokage put down the pipe in his hand and began to recall:
"In order to maintain order and peace in the ninja world, the teacher took the lead in launching experiments on wood escape.
Although the cells of the first generation are indispensable for research, the teacher did not touch the remains of the first generation and only kept some cells for research."
"The research encountered great resistance, and eventually the Ninja War broke out."
"After the Ninja War, my teacher died in the battle. I became the third generation Hokage of the village. I inherited my teacher's will and continued the experiment on Wood Release."
"After many years of experiments, the research on replicating the wood escape was very difficult. In the end, I stopped all experiments and research on the wood escape."
"What happened to Danzo and Orochimaru?"
Tsunade didn't believe that the Third Hokage didn't know:
"Don't tell me, you don't know that without the support of the village, Danzo and Orochimaru alone don't have that much power to mobilize enough funds and equipment."
Facing Tsunade's question, the Third Hokage hesitated.
Mito Kadoyan, who was sitting aside, had his eyelids twitching and said quickly:
"Koharu and I were negligent in this regard. Danzo wanted to expand the scale of the root, so he applied for a lot of funds and equipment. Koharu and I didn't know that he was using it for experiments, so we agreed."
This is their fault, and there is no need to run away, because the Third Hokage did not know about it in the early days.
"You are really negligent."
Tsunade couldn't help but sneer.
She finally saw these two advisors and elders clearly. They were capable of doing all kinds of bad things, and they were capable of doing all kinds of bad things.
Being ridiculed by Tsunade, the two of them were very embarrassed, but had no words to refute.
I can only curse Danzo and Orochimaru secretly in my heart, it's all your fault, it's not you, how could this happen.
Shame!!
It's so embarrassing.
The Third Hokage didn't pay attention to this and continued:
"During the Third Ninja War, Danzo and Orochimaru's behavior became very strange. They took advantage of the war to use the war orphans collected from the village for experiments, and they did not stop even after the war.
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"The first-generation target cells are terrible. When transplanted into the human body, it is as if the cells have become cancerous and will turn the person used in the experiment into a tree."
"The experiment encountered many difficulties and many people died.
Because the war stopped, there were not enough experimental subjects, and after I paid attention to the orphanage, Orochimaru reached out to the villagers and the ninjas in the village."
"..."
Everyone's faces became increasingly ugly.
Like Jiraiya, although they did not agree with such a cruel experiment, they just resisted it from the bottom of their hearts.
But reaching out to the villagers and the village's ninjas is unacceptable.
"According to the files of the police department, in the period after the Third Ninja War, many people and ninjas did disappear in the village, including even Uchiha people."
Fugaku happened to interject.
Even the family ninja moved?
This bottom line is constantly being exceeded!!!
Everyone here was not calm.
To attack the villagers and the village's ninjas is to cross the line.
Even the family ninjas took action, which was a stab at the ninja families in Konoha.
"The Shimura clan has the largest number of missing persons. It is unclear whether they were captured or sent over."
A cowardly patriarch can also stab him at critical moments.
Damn Uchiha Fugaku, no one will think you are mute if you don’t speak!!!
Who told you to talk too much?
"It's nonsense. How could the Shimura clan support such an unscrupulous thing?!"
In order to protect themselves, the Shimura clan is also anxious:
"Hokage-sama, the Shimura clan has never been involved in these matters, let alone sending clan members and ninjas there for experiments."
You must not take this blame, otherwise the Shimura clan will be finished, truly finished.
"Okay, I believe in you and the Shimura clan."
The Shimura clan cannot take the blame for this. Regardless of whether they have supported Danzo in this matter, the Third Hokage will not let them take the blame.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama, for your trust."
Patriarch Shimura was so excited that he almost cried.
He did not forget to glare at Fugaku with a ferocious look, Uchiha Fugaku, I really have you.
"Everyone knows what happened later. I discovered that Orochimaru was a person with a dark heart, so I recommended Minato and made him the Fourth Hokage of the village. Orochimaru's matter was soon discovered by the ANBU.
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"It was my mistake and dereliction of duty that this happened. I will give an explanation to the villagers. Let's discuss this, about the fifth generation election."
When this kind of thing broke out, it was definitely an earthquake. The Third Hokage was very self-aware and knew that he would no longer be able to sit in the position of Hokage.
Simply take advantage of this opportunity and let everyone elect the right candidate.
"Wait!!!"
Tsunade raised her hand and asked directly without giving the Third Hokage a chance to retreat:
"The matter of the Hokage candidate can be put aside for a while. I want to know, old man, what will you do with Danzo."
This is a hot potato, the kind that would irritate anyone who throws it into their hands.