Start with the Mangekyo Sharingan: Follow Lord Madara out of Konoha

Afternoon, Konoha, a secluded training ground.

"Ah~ After finishing training, I'm exhausted. Only a dip in the hot springs can soothe my body and mind..."

Jiraiya hummed a self-composed ditty, walking in the lead with his hands behind his head.

He glanced back, striking a pose and said, "Anyone want to go to the hot springs with me? By the way, the generous Jiraiya is in a good mood today and might even pay for everyone..."

Tsunade suddenly said, "Jiraiya, go by yourself. I have something to discuss with Orochimaru."

"Something? What can you two have to talk about?" Jiraiya turned around sharply, his eyes full of vigilance. "Also, what secrets can't I hear?"

He scurried up like a mongoose, looking at Tsunade and then at Orochimaru, but found that both of them looked bad, as gloomy as storm clouds.

Jiraiya then remembered that these two had been absent-minded during training today, as if something had happened?

At this time, Orochimaru spoke in a low voice:

"Nian really defected?"

"What!" Jiraiya looked shocked, his tone incredulous. "Uchiha Nian? He...he defected?"

In his opinion, this was a guy who could use Wood Release like the First Hokage, and he was from the Uchiha clan. Although he had always been low-key, his future was bound to be unlimited!

Such a guy actually defected!

"Shut up first!" Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya, ensuring with a threatening look that he wouldn't spread the word, and then sighed.

"Although the village is blocking the news, I went to his house this morning. His house... no longer exists." Tsunade looked at Orochimaru. "I immediately ran to find the teacher and only heard about this from him after some questioning."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. "The village wants to block the news?"

"That's not right. Why didn't his sudden disappearance attract anyone's attention?" Jiraiya couldn't help but ask.

Orochimaru glanced at him. "He's an orphan. Now, apart from me, he has no friends in this village."

"Oh, oh." Jiraiya scratched his head and asked in confusion, "That's not right either. Tsunade, why did you go to him for no reason?"

A few hints of guilt flashed in Tsunade's eyes, and her voice suddenly lowered. "Actually... I think... the teacher and the others are deliberately hiding something, and Nian didn't really defect."

Orochimaru took a deep breath. "Tell me in detail."

Tsunade sighed and began to tell the story of how she became curious about Nian's Wood Release, how she silently investigated Uchiha Kagami, and finally how she met Uchiha Nian at night, including all her thoughts, to the two of them.

The more Jiraiya listened, the more panicked he became. He almost covered his ears several times, because what Tsunade said was too rebellious. If the facts were really as she guessed, then the village might have killed a hero who saved Konoha, and even their teacher, the current Third Hokage, couldn't escape suspicion!

Orochimaru's eyes were lowered, and as Tsunade narrated, his pale face became more and more gloomy, like dark clouds before a storm, and half of his face was swallowed by shadows.

"So, before you went to him, Nian was already being monitored by the village, and after you left, he defected?" He asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Tsunade gritted her teeth and punched the wooden stake beside her. "Damn it, it's all my fault. If I had insisted on staying with him at the time, I might have known what happened. No! If I hadn't gone to him, this wouldn't have happened at all!"

"No, this isn't your fault. There's a problem with the village." Orochimaru said.

"No, buddy, you can just think about this in your heart. How dare you say it directly?" Jiraiya quickly came to cover Orochimaru's mouth, but was scared away by the other party's cold vertical pupils.

"Nian has never been an extreme person. On the contrary, his emotions are even more stable than Kirito, who is always laughing." Orochimaru looked at Tsunade. "I don't believe he would defect."

"That is to say, you don't believe the village either?" Tsunade raised her eyes.

"Uchiha Kirito? That's right, could it be that he changed drastically due to excessive grief over Kirito's death? That's why he defected?" Jiraiya slapped his head as if he had found a blind spot.

"Absolutely not." Orochimaru glanced at him faintly.

Kirito was still alive. Only they two knew about this in the entire village, and even his own sister, Naori, was kept in the dark.

'Because he exposed his Wood Release? Or is it related to his background?' Orochimaru thought to himself, various thoughts flashing through his mind.

He racked his brains, but couldn't come to a conclusion.

Three days later, someone knocked on Orochimaru's window late at night.

"Who is it?"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and cautiously lifted a corner of the curtain, and a familiar white-haired figure came into view.

"Hiruko?"

He quickly opened the door and let Hiruko in, and then quickly scanned the street outside the door, confirming that no one was following him, before closing the door tightly.

"What are you doing here so late? I told you that the time isn't ripe yet, and we can't act rashly now," he frowned.

"Your judgment is correct. The time is indeed not ripe. The underground secret room is full of various experimental equipment. Most importantly, there are ninjas guarding it at all times, and there are many experimental personnel who are not usually seen, secretly researching something," Hiruko said faintly.

Orochimaru said in surprise, "How do you know this?"

Hiruko sighed softly, "It's me, Uchiha Nian, and I am now using the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' to control this guy's body and talk to you."

"You think I'll believe that?" Orochimaru immediately showed a suspicious look. "Say Kirito's favorite food in two seconds."

"Mint ice cream." "Hiruko" immediately replied, reacting quickly.

"It really is you!"

Orochimaru instantly confirmed Nian's identity and believed it without a doubt, because this was a secret that only the three of them knew.

Although Kirito outwardly claimed that his favorite food was Naori's home-cooked dishes, both Nian and Orochimaru had the pleasure of tasting them. The taste was really...hard to say.

Kirito, who would happily eat all the dishes every time and call out "Ten more bowls!", would go to the convenience store to buy mint ice cream afterwards.

"What about the defection? Where have you been these past few days?" Orochimaru asked immediately.

Nian sighed, "After Tsunade left that day, Danzo made a move on me, forcing me to join his 'Root'. I didn't agree, so they tried to kill me until Senior appeared and took me away."

"Danzo?" Orochimaru frowned. "Does the teacher know about this?"

"This matter is likely to be approved by the Hokage." Nian said expressionlessly, "Senior told me that my father, Uchiha Kagami, led Konoha to win against the Cloud Village on the front lines, but the Konoha leaders instigated public opinion and framed him, slandering him as a traitor... It's a long story, but in short, I am now completely disappointed with Konoha."

"Senior's words are beyond doubt..." Orochimaru muttered, he suddenly felt that everything made sense. "Danzo made a move on you, perhaps precisely because he was worried that you would know the truth and turn against the village. Killing you in advance is the best policy..."

"Let's leave my matter aside. I came to you for another matter."

Nian looked directly into Orochimaru's eyes, his eyes burning, "Orochimaru, are you going to defect?"

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