Pirate: If you are immortal, I will first fill up the overlord color.

Chapter 573: One Tail Arrested

"The barrier is opened!"

"What happened in there?"

"Everyone, prepare for battle!!"

Kakashi was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked to see that the barrier in front of him, which covered a very wide area and blocked all external things, was actually slowly receding.

But for some reason, he felt an inexplicable heaviness in his heart.

The huge barrier slowly receded, revealing the details of the scene. After seeing everything clearly, everyone's pupils shrank.

"The Third Hokage-sama!!"

"Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninjas?!"

"What on earth happened??"

Both the ninjas of Konoha and the ninjas of Sunagakure were completely bewildered and confused at this moment.

It was clearly the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Hokage who were wrapped in the barrier, but it was Orochimaru and the Third Hokage who appeared instead.

The most shocking and disheartening thing was that the Third Hokage fell limply to the ground, already breathless.

"Hokage-sama!!!"

"No, it won't, right?"

"How can this be?"

"Orochimaru, what on earth did you do?"

A series of screams of fear were heard one after another, and everyone was shocked and terrified by the scene they saw.

Orochimaru raised his head, looked at the expressions on the faces of the ninjas on both sides, and licked his lips.

“What a funny expression!”

"But your question is a bit stupid, isn't it?"

"The reality is already in front of you, but you still can't see clearly what's in front of you."

The faint words came out and entered the ears of everyone present.

The leading Konoha ninja had a shocked expression and fear in his eyes. He stared at the fallen Third Hokage and Orochimaru who was standing there in the costume of the Wind Kage. He couldn't believe what he saw.

Kakashi's lips moved, and his eyes were equally shocked.

The next second, his body flashed and he was in front of the Third Hokage, stretching out his hand to check the other's body.

But as soon as his fingers touched his neck, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

A gloom flashed across his eyes, and Kakashi slowly stood up, looking at Orochimaru with a serious look.

"Are you crazy? Do you want to start a war between Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village?"

Orochimaru smiled softly: "Don't get me wrong, this matter has nothing to do with the Hidden Rain Village."

“It’s just what I wanted to do.”

Kakashi's pupils contracted, and then he said in a deep voice: "Why?"

“As a student, I want to give the teacher I admire a decent ending.”

“It’s what we should do!”

Orochimaru said softly.

Then, his eyes fell on the Third Hokage, and a complex look flashed across them.

"Bury him properly!"

"After all, he has sacrificed a lot for Konoha."

Kakashi looked grim: "You don't need to tell me about this."

"So, the Sunagakure raid was also your conspiracy?"

Orochimaru smiled faintly: "Without them to draw my attention, it would be difficult for me to face the old man."

Kakashi clenched his fists upon hearing this.

"asshole!"

At this moment, an angry roar was heard, and Kai rushed towards Orochimaru and kicked him hard.

This kick was a bit unexpected, hitting Orochimaru's abdomen. But the strange thing was that his body was as soft as a snake, his abdomen was sunken, and his whole body was extremely distorted.

After landing on the ground, Orochimaru quickly dragged his feet back a long distance.

"I have finished my work."

"Well, see you next time if we are lucky."

Orochimaru chuckled and looked off into the distance again.

"I think you have more troubles now."

"Of course, if you want to fight, I don't mind causing more damage to Konoha."

As the words fell, his mouth slowly opened to an incredible extent.

A large number of poisonous snakes rushed out quickly with their tongues spitting out. In the blink of an eye, they covered the sky and flooded like a flood.

"Get out of the way! Kai!"

Kakashi's face changed drastically and he shouted immediately.

Kai and the surrounding jonin all looked nervous and dodged in panic.

When the tide of snakes passed, everyone looked up and could no longer see Orochimaru.

"Damn it!"

Kai clenched his fists.

Kakashi lowered his head and picked up the Third Hokage.

"Our current mission is not to fight the Sand Village, but to tell everyone the truth about this war!"

"Kai, go everywhere immediately and find the person in charge of the Sand Village!"

"The war must stop immediately!"

He said with a gloomy expression.

"it is good!"

After a moment of shock, Kai finally reacted and left with a serious expression.

After a while.

"Konoha's ninja, are you kidding me?"

"You actually said the Fourth Kazekage?"

"Don't lie, this war is the highest order issued by Lord Sand Village!"

The Sunagakure ninja yelled angrily.

"If you don't believe it, try to contact your Lord Kazekage!"

Asuma Sarutobi said with a grim expression.

Since his old man is gone, he is naturally in a bad mood.

Upon hearing this, the Sand Village members temporarily stopped fighting and quickly contacted the Fourth Kazekage. However, the result made them look ugly and their hearts sank to the bottom.

"News just came from the village that Lord Luosha's body was found in the desert."

When this voice sounded, everyone's face trembled.

What the Konoha ninja said was actually true!

Afterwards, after a brief discussion, both sides immediately decided to suspend the fighting and retreat to their respective ninja villages.

Wait until the internal affairs of the two villages are resolved before continuing the conversation about this war.

This was because the leaders of two villages had lost their lives, and this incident was extremely serious and was enough to shake the foundations of the villages.

Only after waiting for the Sand Village to leave did Konoha temporarily stabilize.

Immediately afterwards, the whole village fell into temporary grief.

The Third Hokage has been in office for many years, and his prestige and status among the people are naturally high. Now that an accident has suddenly occurred, the whole village has pressed the pause button.

"Now, more importantly, we need to decide who will be the next Kage!"

"Konoha cannot be without a leader, otherwise, the future will inevitably fall into chaos!"

"But the question is, who is qualified to take over Konoha?"

The elders were very worried about the Hokage's affairs.

The jonin around were all very quiet, no one spoke a word.

Kakashi stood there with a serious look on his face, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart.

Orochimaru's sudden action directly caused the death of the Third Hokage and also led to temporary chaos in Konoha. But in addition to that, he intuitively felt that something bad might happen in the future.

The meeting progressed quickly and reached a conclusion.

"Call back Jiraiya and Tsunade!"

"The candidate for Hokage will be chosen from between the two of them. Only they are now qualified to take over Hiruzen's position!"

Kakashi turned and left.

In addition to the selection of Hokage, he also needs to worry about another issue.

After a while.

"Naruto!"

Kakashi slapped Naruto on the shoulder.

"Kakashi-sensei!"

Naruto turned his head sharply and immediately asked the question in his mind.

"Where's Sasuke?"

Kakashi shook his head and said helplessly: "Your question really stumped me."

"You must know!"

Naruto exclaimed.

"And Uncle Xia Le, Uncle Huo Guang and the others are gone!"

"In the end what happened?"

Hearing this, Kakashi's expression became serious, staring at Naruto: "If I say that they return to their home, then, Naruto, how will you feel?"

Naruto's body was shocked, but he quickly denied it and said, "Sasuke, Uncle Huo Guang's home is in Konoha, where else can they go back to?"

Kakashi patted the other's shoulder helplessly: "Naruto, maybe you have a deep relationship with Sasuke, so you think so!"

"But what about Sasuke?"

"Will he think the same as you?"

"His family, his brother, his parents, appeared in front of him alive."

After saying this, Kakashi sighed and his expression became complicated.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the past scene.

Why did you stay in Konoha at that time?
Oh, it's for Sasuke, for the fire.

So, what now?

What other reason does he have to stay here?

You know, not only Sasuke's parents are in the Rain Country, but his father and teacher are also there.

For a moment, Kakashi was confused.

"I don't care, I'm going to get Sasuke back!"

Naruto gritted his teeth.

Kakashi sighed and reached out to grab Naruto.

But what shocked him was that he grabbed nothing. A golden light flashed in front of him, and Naruto was actually more than ten meters away.

"This is?!"

Kakashi's pupils contracted and his heart was shaken.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
-
In the desert outside Konoha Forest.

A group of figures were moving forward quickly, and their conversations could be faintly heard.

"Damn it, Orochimaru actually killed the Kazekage-sama and used us!"

"This time, both us and Konoha suffered heavy casualties!"

"Hasn't Orochimaru always been in the Land of Rain? This is information we have obtained a long time ago. Could it be that the Hidden Rain Village is also behind this war?"

"Shh, don't say such things."

"During the battle just now, no one from the Hidden Rain Village was seen, and the Rain Shadow also left from the beginning."

"Besides, neither we nor Konoha can contend with the Rain Shadow Village, especially at this juncture when our Kaze Shadow is here."

Having said this, a heavy sigh was heard.

In the team, Kankuro carried Gaara on his back and walked forward in silence.

In their eyes, the Fourth Kazekage was not only a Kazekage, but also a father. Now, hearing this sad news, their feelings were extremely complicated.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew from the front, sand flew, blocking the view, and two figures could be vaguely seen rushing out.

"Who?"

"what!!!"

"Enemy attack!!"

Almost in an instant, the Sand Village team was greeted by a tense atmosphere, with loud roars coming one after another.

But soon, the roar within the team turned into fear.

"no, do not want!"

"stop!"

Screams of terror were heard quickly, and Kankuro and Temari's expressions changed suddenly.

They looked forward and saw two figures rushing towards them quickly. Although there were few people, the feeling of oppression was unimaginable.

In just a blink of an eye, two figures appeared in sight.

"Hurry and run with Gaara!!"

Kankuro had a terrified expression on his face, and was about to hand Gaara from his back to Temari, while he himself stood up to block the two people who were approaching.

But before he could move, the two men were already standing in front of him.

One of them wore a black mask and a black robe, while the other wore a whirlpool-faced mask with only one eye exposed.

"Hand over one of them, and you won't die."

The man in the Uzumaki mask said in a cold voice.

In an instant, Kankuro and Temari felt a chill coming from behind and an enormous pressure.

Gaara lay on Kankuro's back, slowly opened his eyes, and wanted to open his five fingers to launch an attack, but the injuries he suffered during the match made him unable to move.

"It seems that you are not going to accept my advice!"

The Uzumaki-masked man said calmly.

Kankuro put Gaara down, then shouted loudly and rushed towards the other party.

But what shocked him was that he and Crow's weapon mysteriously passed through the opponent's body and could not hit him at all.

The next second, the man in the vortex mask stretched out his hand, and the thick vines bound his whole body, and then threw him away fiercely.

"boom!"

Kankuro's head buzzed, his vision went dark, and he knew nothing.

When Temari saw this scene, her face changed, but she could only raise her weapon and rush forward.

But another figure flashed and appeared in front of her.

Two breaths later, Temari fell limply to the ground.

"I don't know what's going on with White Zetsu."

"The interior of the Hidden Rain Village is empty. The most powerful forces have all gone out."

"With his skills and the strength of others, it shouldn't be a big problem."

The vortex-masked man said calmly.

"I hope so!"

"Quickly pull the tail out of his body!"

The black-faced man said coldly.

Gaara raised his head and stared at the two people behind him with cold eyes. He wanted to struggle, but in just a moment, the vines in the hands of the black-faced masked man pierced his abdomen.

At this moment, he suddenly understood.

He thought he was evil and cruel enough, but there were many people in the world who were crueler than him.

"If White Zetsu succeeds, we'll have two tailed beasts in our hands!"

"Once we gather all nine tailed beasts, we will have the power to change the world!"

The cold conversation reached Gaara's ears.

The next second, his world fell into darkness.

In the empty desert, a beast roar suddenly sounded, and a huge tail rushed out of its body. When it saw the two figures, it immediately rushed up angrily.

"Humph!"

The black-faced masked man simply glared, then stopped in his tracks, and blood-red magatama appeared in his eyes.

Surprisingly, he has been controlled.

"Take it back and inject it into the Outer Path Golem."

The black-faced masked man said coldly.

"Are those new guys reliable?"

The swirl-faced man asked calmly.

"What does it matter if it's reliable or not?"

"As long as I'm here, they can't cause any trouble!"

"From now on, our only goal is to collect the tailed beasts and gain powerful strength."

"Then, defeat Xia Le completely!"

The black-faced masked man said coldly.

(End of this chapter)