Kabuto is a medical ninja.
As a medical ninja, entering the hospital should be unobstructed.
However, this time, when he entered the Konoha Hospital, the Anbu ninjas stationed there were on high alert, and even the Sannin of Konoha personally came to greet him.
"Please don't hold hostility towards me."
Kabuto smiled gently when he saw Tsunade: "If I'm not mistaken, isn't Kagura already making enemies with the entire Ninja World?"
"You know his plan?"
Tsunade's face immediately turned grim.
The Hokage stared at Kabuto, already contemplating whether to capture him immediately and send this fellow directly to the Interrogation Department.
"I know a bit."
Kabuto adjusted his glasses, the lenses gleaming in the sunlight: "After all, Kagura and I are from the same orphanage, he even told me about his plan to make enemies with the Ninja World, unfortunately, I couldn't persuade him to change his mind..."
"Why didn't you report this to the village?"
Tsunade's face turned sour, questioning Kabuto in a deep voice.
"Kagura is among the village's high ranks."
Kabuto raised his head to gaze at Tsunade, displaying a sneering smile: "If I had reported this to Lord Tsunade, wouldn't Lord Tsunade choose to kill me to prevent conflict between the Hokage and the Hokage Assistant?"
"I am now the oldest member of Root..."
"I was in Root even when the first Root Leader Shimura Danzo was still there. Root would privately assassinate those who wanted to report Shimura Danzo's misconduct to the Third Hokage, and many reports sat on the Third Hokage's desk, yet he never dealt with them, all of which I witnessed firsthand..."
"..."
Tsunade found herself at a loss for words.
Because...
What Kabuto said was true.
Even Tsunade knew some things about Danzo in her youth.
Shimura Danzo indeed committed many violations, even if someone reported them to the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, they were never addressed.
If Shimura Danzo could do this...
What about the more powerful Akihara Kagura?
If Kabuto had actually reported this to her at that time, Tsunade would have, to stabilize Akihara Kagura, perhaps not killed Kabuto but definitely imprisoned him.
Because during that period, Konoha could afford to lose a Kabuto, yet absolutely could not afford to lose Akihara Kagura. Before Akihara Kagura completely broke ties and betrayed Konoha, Tsunade had to find ways to make the Hokage Assistant reconsider rather than incite internal conflict within Konoha.
Speaking out about such matters...
Actually, it was the upper echelons of Konoha wronging these sacrificed ninjas.
"Now you appear here..."
Tsunade looked at the tree bark-like object in Kabuto's hand, her brow slightly furrowed: "Is your purpose to provide us with information about Kagura?"
"..."
Kabuto shook his head, then nodded, speaking proactively: "I don't know what Kagura's purpose is, but this thing should be very important to him..."
After finishing, Kabuto handed the tree bark in his hand to Tsunade.
"What is this?"
Tsunade signaled the Anbu to take the tree bark from Kabuto's hand.
"I don't know."
Kabuto shook his head, indicating his ignorance, and concocted a story: "I've only seen Kagura using Wood Release Chakra to examine the information on it. This piece of bark is extremely durable, seemingly having been passed down through many years..."
Kabuto looked at the bark and continued: "I've secretly researched it, it seems capable of absorbing a lot of Chakra, I fear using powerful ninjutsu might destroy the information on it, so I've refrained from taking too much action..."
"This piece of bark must be extremely useful."
"When Kagura was in the orphanage, he loved to hold onto this bark and never let go. Even after leaving the orphanage, he hid it away, retrieving it when he returned to Konoha, always keeping it in his office. I only took it out while he was away..."
"..."
Tsunade furrowed her brow, perplexed by the bark she held.
"If only Wood Release Chakra can read the information on the bark..."
"If Kagura, that little fellow, has been holding onto this piece of bark since childhood..."
Orochimaru glanced at the bark, his gaze suddenly became grave, he thought of something extremely horrifying: "When I picked him up back then, it wouldn't have been accidental but rather him deliberately wanting to approach me..."
Orochimaru's face turned exceedingly grim, his heart beating faster; he felt a fear akin to falling into an abyss: "Akihara Kagura... this was all his deliberate plan, he needed to awaken Wood Release and thus deliberately approached me..."
"Indeed..."
"I remember now..."
Orochimaru recalled his experiences in the laboratory in the Land of Grass: "That little guy approached me proactively back then, gained my trust, and proposed the idea of conducting the First Hokage cell transplant experiment. His intention was to transplant First Hokage cells to awaken Wood Release..."
"..."
Tsunade and Jiraiya's expressions also changed.
"How old was he at that time?"
"At that age, did that child already have such cunning?"
If all this conspiracy was a strategy devised by Akihara Kagura during his childhood, wouldn't this matter be truly terrifying, that everyone was totally oblivious to it!
The Sannin of Konoha simultaneously thought of a scene.