Chapter 456

A large, somewhat rough hand lifted the curtain, and then two figures stepped into the tent one after another.

One of them had short white hedgehog-like hair, and the other had long black hair draped over his shoulders.

Both of their states didn't look very good, and their expressions were also somewhat different.

Tsunade looked over, her emerald eyes full of anger.

Needless to say, the two were the returning Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

The Sannin met again, but the atmosphere between them seemed a bit subtle.

"You all go out."

Tsunade said to the other Konoha ninjas in the tent in a calm voice, and the group of Konoha ninjas breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and hurriedly left.

Nothing else, the aura on Tsunade at this moment was like a volcano about to erupt; this suppressed and deep anger was really too much pressure for them.

After all the Konoha ninjas left, only the three remained in the tent.

Orochimaru's expression was calm and composed; he walked to the shadow in the corner of the tent by himself, hugged his arms, closed his eyes, and didn't say a word.

And Jiraiya on the side was not so relaxed; his gaze was downward, his hands were clenched and loosened from time to time, and his expression was quite ugly.

"Tell me, what on earth is going on."

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya coldly, her emerald eyes full of disappointment.

From Jiraiya's expression, she could also guess that his plan to surround and kill Hanzo of the Salamander must have failed.

"I..."

"I failed, which led to the death of Inuzuka Jonin."

"I am willing to take full responsibility for this result."

Jiraiya lowered his head and said with a struggling tone.

At this moment, he didn't dare to raise his head to look at Tsunade's expression and eyes at all, because he knew that the disappointment revealed in those emerald eyes was enough to pierce his heart with thousands of holes.

Following Jiraiya's voice, there was silence in the tent for a long time.

Not only did the encirclement fail, but it also led to the loss of an elite Jonin.

Hearing this, the anger that Tsunade had accumulated for a long time could no longer be endured, and her eyes were almost spitting fire.

Jiraiya's remarks made Tsunade's anger even worse.

"Take full responsibility? What are you taking responsibility with?"

"If one sentence can cover everything, then can Inuzuka Jonin be resurrected?"

"Does your action like this deserve the village and the Third Hokage teacher?"

"Today was originally the best opportunity to strike at the vital strength of the Rain ninjas; why didn't you act according to the plan!"

Tsunade said with hatred for iron not becoming steel, and her sharp words were like a sharp blade, striking directly at the deepest part of Jiraiya's heart.

Jiraiya's body trembled slightly, and he opened his mouth wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything. Because he knew that what Tsunade said was right; it was his insistence that killed Inuzuka and delayed the battle opportunity.

Facing Tsunade's angry scolding, he naturally had nothing to say.

"Hoo..."

Seeing Jiraiya silent, Tsunade didn't continue to speak, but the disappointment in her eyes was still hard to hide.

This was not the end; Tsunade suddenly shifted her gaze to Orochimaru on the side and looked at Orochimaru fiercely.

Tsunade's eyes made Orochimaru feel inexplicable; he didn't provoke Tsunade, so what is this about?

However, seeing Tsunade so angry, he could only laugh hoarsely twice, and then made a sound like a snake spitting out its tongue, opening his mouth to smooth things over.

"Hehe, hiss..."

"There's no need to be too demanding; all in all, this battle was still a victory, wasn't it."

Orochimaru's words did not make Tsunade's anger subside, but instead made Tsunade's beautiful eyes narrow slightly, revealing a dangerous expression.

Orochimaru's words were certainly correct, but this is not a reason to explain their mistakes.

According to the plan, Orochimaru was indeed supposed to take risks to ignite the explosive tags in the camp, but as a descendant of Ryuchi Cave, Orochimaru was fully capable of escaping the camp before the explosive tags exploded.

And after completing the task of igniting the explosive tags, Orochimaru should have participated in the subsequent battle against the Rain ninjas, creating greater advantages for Konoha.

But the final result was that after Orochimaru ignited the explosive tags, he disappeared without a trace for the whole time, not knowing what he was busy with.

And from the moment she saw Orochimaru just now, Tsunade keenly sensed Orochimaru's abnormality.

The aura on Orochimaru's body was extremely weak, and it seemed that he had suffered very serious injuries.

So Tsunade concluded that Orochimaru must have something he didn't say, and there must be some secret on him.

As for what Orochimaru's secret is, Tsunade has no interest in knowing; everyone has their own secrets.

Even on her, there are secrets that cannot be made public, such as Mizunuki Ryosuke, which is naturally normal.

But at such a critical juncture, Orochimaru's actions inevitably had the suspicion of putting private interests above public ones.

If Orochimaru had appeared in time, maybe he could have stopped Jiraiya.

Regarding this, Tsunade just glared at Orochimaru, but didn't break the matter.

How was she not like this herself?

As soon as she saw Mizunuki Ryosuke, she sank into it directly, leading to her failure to stop Jiraiya's behavior in time.

From this perspective, she also had the suspicion of putting private interests above public ones.

Thinking of this, Tsunade couldn't help but feel a bit sullen.

"Bad guy!!!"

Tsunade secretly scolded someone in her heart and didn't condemn Orochimaru.

After all, she was like this herself, so how could she have the position to condemn Orochimaru, who was similar to her.

Although she vented some of the depression in her heart through Orochimaru and Jiraiya, most of her thoughts at this moment were on Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Since things have already happened, excessive investigation has no meaning, so she has no heart to continue arguing here.

On the contrary, what she cares more about is Mizunuki Ryosuke's side.

"What on earth is Ryosuke hiding from me?"

Tsunade's eyes flickered slightly, and her thoughts were no longer staying here.

"Hmph!"

So Tsunade simply didn't continue to entangle, turned around, and left angrily.

Looking at Tsunade's back, Orochimaru also sensed Tsunade's abnormality, and a trace of inexplicable color flashed in his snake pupils.

And Jiraiya stretched out his hand, seeming to want to keep Tsunade, but in the end, he opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.

"Swish!"

Following the sound of lifting the curtain, Tsunade's figure had already left this room.

Although the battle has already come to an end, there are still many things that have not been dealt with, and tomorrow is the time to formally discuss the results of the battle.

Now it was just the time for the three to meet and exchange opinions in advance, but the result was that these three old teammates ended up breaking up on unhappy terms.

Seeing Tsunade leave, Orochimaru also dragged his body, which was still somewhat stiff and uncoordinated, turned around and walked out of the shadows, and also set off to prepare to leave.

Tonight, in order to test the Living Corpse Reincarnation, he indeed had no energy to participate in the battle.

Just as Tsunade thought, he indeed had the ability to escape before the explosive tags exploded, but in order to test the effect of the Living Corpse Reincarnation, he could seek death.

Similar to Tsunade, Orochimaru was also somewhat absent-minded at this moment, and his heart was constantly echoing everything that man he met tonight said to him.

Now, Orochimaru can basically conclude that "Living Corpse Reincarnation" indeed has huge flaws as that man said.

And that man was right; the body after Living Corpse Reincarnation can only support it for at most three years.

Three years later, this body will rot because of rejection with the soul.

Orochimaru, who has experienced one Living Corpse Reincarnation, is like Pandora who opened the box, and has no way back, and can only go further and further on this road where the end is unknown whether it is hell or heaven.

"Slap!"

When passing by Jiraiya, Orochimaru slowly raised his hand and patted Jiraiya on the shoulder.

A trace of depth flashed in his snake pupils, and I don't know what he saw, but everything seemed to be unspoken.

Tsunade today seems to be a bit wrong, but what Orochimaru can be sure of is that the reason for Tsunade's "wrongness" is not from Jiraiya.

The fallen flowers have the intention to follow the flowing water, but the flowing water has no heart to love the fallen flowers.

Subsequently, Orochimaru also moved his somewhat awkward footsteps and left the tent. Only Jiraiya was left in place for a long time.

In the end, Konoha, which should have won a great victory, failed to achieve its goal in a dramatic way under the private thoughts of the three commanders.