novelraw Chapter 292 The Gap Between the Three Ninjas
Chapter 292 The Gap Between the Three Ninjas
"I...I'm a little girl who was picking mushrooms when I heard a noise, so I came in to check..."
Hiruko spoke in a low, guttural voice, trying to bluff his way through.
To be honest, Hiruko's bandaged appearance in her normal state does resemble a white-haired loli, which could easily lead unsuspecting people to make a mistake and stumble upon her by accident.
As for Beiluhu's true gender and appearance...
That's a different matter.
"Hiruko? Is that you?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly pointed at Hiruko with a look of astonishment, recognizing him.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
Hiruko, who had been feigning pitifulness, suddenly changed his expression and glared fiercely at Hiruzen Sarutobi.
At first, pretend you don't recognize him to give him hope.
When he started pretending to be a little girl, they suddenly recognized him again.
Are you deliberately waiting for him to embarrass himself first?
"Hiruko? Monkey, was he one of your subordinates during your tenure? Was he a rogue ninja?"
When Tobirama Senju realized that Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized him, he asked him a question.
Upon hearing this, Hashirama Senju also began to rub his hands together in anticipation.
He's a very easy person to talk to.
Rogue ninjas aren't necessarily bad.
What if they have their own reasons?
Just like Madara ran away from home.
But if you don't have your own reasons.
That's really not a big deal.
As long as one survives an elbow strike from a wooden dummy, it's forgivable.
Faced with the First and Second Hokage each holding one of her shoulders, Hiruko seemed to have truly turned into a Konoha loli, trembling and afraid to move.
However, neither the First nor the Second Hokage paid any attention to Hiruzen's reaction; they were both staring at Hiruzen Sarutobi, waiting for their disciple's explanation.
Instead of listening to Hiruzen Sarutobi's rambling, it's better to listen to the more trustworthy one.
"That's right. Hiruko was in the same class as Tsunade and the others, but his talent was inferior to Jiraiya's. In pursuit of power, he trained in the forbidden technique, Oni-ro-ya no Jutsu."
After I discovered him by chance, I sent the three legendary ninjas to pursue him, but he escaped and we haven't heard from him since.
I never expected that he would still be alive after all these years. Judging from his appearance, it seems he has successfully cultivated."
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed deeply, "First Hokage, Second Hokage, this is yet another mistake I made during my tenure."
"It's alright. You've been in office for a long time, so it's understandable that you've made more mistakes. We've already scolded you for what needed to be scolded."
By this time, Tobirama Senju had become accustomed to it.
Even the massacre of the Uchiha clan has happened, so nothing else can provoke him anymore.
"This story sounds familiar, doesn't it?"
Hashirama Senju scratched his head, tilting it as he pondered.
"What sounds familiar?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment.
He had never told anyone about his past.
Because Hiruko was originally a marginal figure, but he was very good at escaping, and the Sannin probably spared his life because of their friendship.
So Hiruzen Sarutobi never paid any attention to it.
If Hiruzen hadn't appeared today and been captured, he probably wouldn't have even remembered this person when he died.
Oh right, he's dead.
When Tao Bo killed him, his revolving lantern did not contain Biruhu.
"Oh, I remember now!"
Hashirama Senju clapped his hands, his eyes lighting up. "Isn't this the story of Orochimaru?"
"..."
Uh.
He does seem to resemble Orochimaru quite a bit.
But isn't this obviously Orochimaru copying Hiruko?
After all, Orochimaru was one of the Legendary Sannin who pursued Hiruko when she defected.
"The Ghost Sprout Technique? It's just a forbidden technique; is there any need to defect?"
Tobirama Senju suddenly noticed a problem as well.
"what?"
Upon hearing this, the frightened Hiruko was stunned.
But upon closer reflection, what this person said is actually not wrong.
Most of the forbidden techniques in the Book of Seals were developed by this person.
Among them were those who were condemned by the Third Hokage as blasphemous impure resurrections, yet the Third Hokage did not purge them or strip the Second Hokage of his political rights for life after taking office.
"I'll go and bring Orochimaru here."
After Tobirama Senju finished speaking, he disappeared.
Orochimaru was brought in shortly afterward.
Upon seeing his former classmate, Orochimaru chuckled: "What a pity. Whether it's fusing bloodline limits or developing your power, you're far behind."
Why is it "[not long after]" instead of "[in an instant]"?
Orochimaru also had Tobirama Senju take him to capture Hiruko's three subordinates who were under his surveillance.
Three ninjas were tied up.
His three subordinates had very simple names: One Two Three, but in capital letters.
One of them was a woman in a tight-fitting bodysuit.
"Orochimaru! The victor is king, the loser is villain. You have no need to mock me!"
"Damn it! I never expected that you would summon the First, Second, and Third Hokage through Edo Tensei! All I wanted to do was follow in your footsteps, what did I do wrong!"
Hiruko, provoked by Orochimaru, could no longer hold back.
His most vulnerable point was that he felt he was inferior to the Three Ninjas.
This is an inferiority complex that I've had since childhood.
"Am I wrong? You defected even earlier than me, and after all these years, you only have these pitiful three subordinates."
I joined the Akatsuki organization first, and then established the Sound Village in the Land of Rice Fields. The scale of the Sound Village is much larger than yours.
"Oh, by the way, as a rogue ninja, you've never been recruited by the Akatsuki. That shows your skill level is really lacking."
Orochimaru spoke in a "just stating the facts" tone, which made Hiruko even more defensive.
Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.
Just as Hiruko was about to explode and fight to the death, he suddenly realized that the bandages on his face could not be untied.
Bai Mo was holding a roll of tape, which he had wrapped around Bei Liu Hu's face several times without anyone noticing.
Seeing that Hiruko was looking at him in a daze, Bai Mo put away the tape and explained, "You look too ugly when you take off your bandages. It's easy to scare children."
too ugly.
It scared the children...
Hiruko broke through the defenses again.
Decades have passed.
His strength didn't catch up with the Three Ninjas, his power didn't develop much, and his appearance became incredibly ugly, like a monster.
Hiruko was already itching to swing around on the swings inside the house and have a tug-of-war with the ceiling.
Just as Hiruko was on the verge of collapse and despair, Orochimaru suddenly made a move.
Orochimaru spread a scroll out on the ground.
The small jars were neatly arranged on the reel.
"Come on, didn't you want to complete your five bloodline limits? Choose one."
Orochimaru said to Hiruko.
"?"
Hiruko looked at the small jars on the ground, and even saw the Sharingan he had been longing for in one of them.
Is this the difference?
Is this the difference between him and the three legendary ninja?
He spent decades painstakingly gathering four bloodline limits of considerable strength and fusing them into one.
So Orochimaru's side gets to eat at a buffet?