Chapter 67 Qingguang, please don’t take it to heart (Ch 67)

As soon as Orochimaru walked out of Hyuga Muneki’s mansion, he saw Haruki standing outside the door. He walked quickly forward and greeted him like a spring breeze.
“Qingguang, why are you still here?”
Orochimaru, why are you talking so angrily?
“Senior Orochimaru, are you done? If nothing else, I’ll go back first.”
Seeing Haruko preparing to leave without looking back, Orochimaru quickly followed.
With Qingguang’s personality, he would naturally feel uncomfortable seeing such shameful deeds and even having to cooperate and assist.
Orochimaru took advantage of the opportunity and said in a gentle tone: “Harumitsu-kun, you know the current situation of the village. Sarutobi-sensei is also worried about the village and is uniting all the forces that can be mobilized.”
“Some things can be let go by turning a blind eye. You should also understand Sarutobi-sensei’s difficulties, right?”
“Don’t take it to heart.”
The tea-like remarks made Qingguang couldn’t help but smile bitterly and stop.
“Orochimaru-senpai, I know what you said. I understand.”
The subtext is, I understand, but I don’t like it and I won’t do it.
“Don’t let me carry out this kind of mission next time. After all, I’m not the head of the police department.”
Witnessing Haruki’s departure, Orochimaru was extremely satisfied with his performance.
Haruki, what a perfect ninja.
He is simply the most outstanding person in the ninja world. No matter who meets such a leader, it would be difficult for them to resist recruiting him.
Sarutobi-sensei, the first and second Hokage were both in office for about ten years. Now, it’s about time for you to choose the fourth Hokage, right?
Don’t blame me~
Orochimaru walked leisurely to the Hokage’s office and reported the results of the discussion with the Hyuga clan.
However, he just skipped over the private conversation between himself and Zonghui.
After all, it was an internal matter of the Hyuga clan and the affairs of the elders of the main family, and there was no need to report to Sarutobi Hiruzen, even if he was the Hokage.
After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very satisfied with the result, so he sent another 5 jonin, 15 chunins, and 45 genins. With so many extra pairs of Byakugan, Konoha would be able to monitor the entire border of the Land of Fire and make up for the previous weak checkpoints.
However, he didn’t expect that Qingguang would be implicated.
Qingguang is smart, so he will definitely have some misunderstandings about him.
However, Orochimaru’s move was also to preserve his reputation as the Hokage, which made him feel miserable.
“Orochimaru, thank you for your hard work. This job was done well.”
“Next, I’ll trouble you to lead these ninjas to the western border. I trust you to guard against the Hidden Rain Village.”
Orochimaru nodded and accepted it. This was a task he had anticipated, but there was one thing he needed to remind Sarutobi Hiruzen.
“Sarutobi-sensei, what about Harumitsu’s surgery? Does it need to be done in advance?”
The surgery was originally scheduled every two months, but there was less than half a month left until the next one, which put Sarutobi Hiruzen in a dilemma.
According to the information Jiraiya passed on through Haruki, when winter comes and snow falls, it is very likely that Hanzo will lead the Rain Country to war.
This time point just happens to overlap with Qingguang’s surgery schedule.
Finally, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and agreed: “Okay then, tonight, you will perform another operation on Haruki.”
“Remember to pay attention to the dosage and make sure Qingguang is safe. I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I’ll leave it to you.”
“Yes, Hokage-sama.”
At midnight, Qingguang, who had just finished the operation, rushed home from the laboratory.
[Wood Release: 5145/10000]
[Kaleidoscope: 102/10000]
For a month and a half, he relied on practicing the Kaleidoscope to increase his power very slowly. At this rate, it would take at least ten years to awaken the Eternal Eye.
However, tonight, Orochimaru injected more Wood Release cell solution than last time. With his current Wood Release level, he has surpassed Yamato and is probably on the same level as Afei.
The trees created by Wood Release are difficult even for Orochimaru to destroy, and they can only be cut down with the Kusanagi sword in his collection.
After two more injections, when the Wood Release is advanced, he can use the new points to continue to upgrade the Mangekyo.
Qingguang’s current strength is enough for him to protect himself in the war. As long as he wants to run, no one can stop him.
But when Qingguang returns home, he is met with an unexpected visitor, a hooded figure standing at his door.
Through the Sharingan, he could see the dense chakra spots in the forest.
“Senior Longma, I wonder what brings you to visit me so late at night?” Although the visitor had bad intentions, Qingguang still greeted him with a smile, adhering to the principle of courtesy before force.
Ryoma looked up at Haruki, his eyes beneath his sunglasses filled with an emotion called jealousy.
“Qingguang, I came here today just to tell you one thing.”
“When facing Danzo-sama, you must learn to respect him. A ninja from the Root has no past, no future, no feelings, and you should not question Danzo-sama.”
“Even if it’s a lie, as long as it’s an order from Lord Danzo, it must be carried out. Everything is for Konoha.”
“Do you understand?”
As Danzo’s most trusted and valued ninja in the Root, Aburame Ryoma’s strength is not even inferior to Orochimaru. At the same time, he regards Danzo as a god-like existence in his heart.
Never allow the feeble doubts like those Haruki had before to appear again.
Haruki smiled and shook his head: “You are right, but I am not a ninja from the Root. I naturally respect Danzo-sama very much. He is like a teacher and a father to me.”
“What happened between me and Lord Danzo has nothing to do with the Root, and even less to do with you,” Haruki said firmly.
He had no intention of agreeing to Longma’s request.
At this moment, the darkness in Longma’s heart was completely aroused, and the surrounding parasitic insects swarmed towards Qingguang.
Qingguang opened his eyes, and three black magatama appeared in his eye sockets: “All your flaws are exposed in front of these two chakras.”
Just as the two were about to fight, a gust of wind blew past and Danzo’s figure appeared between the two.
Boom~!
The cane tapped the ground.
“That’s enough. Stop it.”
Danzo walked up to Aburame Ryoma and without saying a word, slapped him in the face.
“Go apologize to Harumitsu.”
Aburame Ryoma gritted his teeth, but still lowered his head. His legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and he came in front of Harumi.
He fell to his knees with a plop, his forehead touching the ground: “I’m sorry.”
Then he stood up and walked behind Danzo, saying nothing but lowering the brim of his hat.
“Harumitsu, what you said just now is right. You are different from the ninjas of the Root.” After leaving these words, Danzo and Ryoma disappeared.