Fortunately, Xiaohao had experience studying medicine before. After the two formed an alliance, Xiaohao provided Orochimaru with detailed cell culture technology with the memories in the memory palace. Standing on the shoulders of giants, he even directly told Orochimaru some of the contents of the telomere theory.

Because he had the support of specific theories, Orochimaru saved at least ten years in his research on longevity.

As for Xiaohao himself, the moment he chose to form an alliance with Orochimaru, it meant that the entire Konoha would no longer be on guard against him, including the safe house and specific location of the Root organization, the various forbidden techniques of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and the First Hokage's Wood Release that Xiaohao had been thinking about.

If it were in the past, each of the above information would be top secret to him. If it were not for the full support of the Uchiha clan, it is likely that Xiaohao would never be able to access this top secret in his lifetime.

However, for Orochimaru, who was born into the Hokage faction, these were just things within his reach.

When allies are able to satisfy their pursuit of interests, the relationship between them will be fully stabilized.

In the 46th year of Konoha, due to the defeat of the Land of Earth on the front battlefield, Namikaze Minato successfully took the reputation of "Golden Flash".

It was also at this moment that the Sandaime began to withdraw his troops from the border. If his eldest son had not died, he would not have needed to use this method to increase his prestige.

No matter how precocious the ninjas in the Naruto world are, it is absolutely difficult for a 12-year-old to be exposed to political affairs. Therefore, no matter how talented he is, he is still not among the nominees for the Fourth Hokage.

It can even be said that from the moment he stepped into Konoha as a small idiot and handed over the military power in his hands, he was not even as good as a Konoha villager.

After all, adult Konoha villagers can vote in the election of the Fourth Hokage, but ordinary Jonins can only be at the mercy of the Third Hokage.

At the end of the world line, Namikaze Minato officially succeeded as the Fourth Hokage in the 46th year of Konoha, known as the Three Ninjas. Orochimaru, who had made great contributions to Konoha, unfortunately lost in this election.

According to the plot of the original work, the failure of this election will become an indirect cause for Orochimaru to defect from Konoha in the future. However, because of the variable of the trumpet, Orochimaru is currently addicted to the experiment of immortality and has no energy to care about those trivial matters.

If you look at it this way, the third generation really has to thank the small account.

Time always passes quickly, and before we know it, it is already the 48th year of Konoha.

At this time, it had been two years since Minato took over the position of Hokage. According to common sense, the new era should have brought new atmosphere.

It’s just that the third generation did not completely delegate power to Minato in the name of assistance, so no matter how hard Minato worked, he could only be restricted in some aspects.

Therefore, the construction achieved in the two years since he took office was very limited.

As for Xiaohao, on the one hand, he had the blessing of border military exploits, and on the other hand, his strength was enough to convince everyone. Although he was stripped of his military power when he returned to Konoha, his prestige in the Uchiha clan became increasingly strong.

Under such circumstances, as long as those in power are not blind, they will never give up on training him.

Although after Xiaohao returned, apart from training and publishing newspapers, he also educated the Uchiha cubs, and even rarely carried out the missions that ninjas regarded as their life.

But because he was in charge of Konoha and controlled the newspapers, Xiaohao's name began to spread not only among the Uchiha clan members, but also among the common people.

The process is just like brewing wine. You may not pay much attention to it at first, but as time goes by, the originally rough grains will become mellow and attractive.

Namikaze Minato is tied up; Uchiha Fugaku loses the qualification to compete for the clan leader; the stubborn Shisui and the filial Itachi reshape their world views; Orochimaru's experiment makes a breakthrough and he begins to work on the research of the first generation of cells.

With Xiaohao's deliberate maintenance, everything was going in a direction that was favorable to him.

Finally, when a baby was born and when a tailed beast ball exploded, the false illusion of peace that had been maintained in the entire ninja world for two years was completely torn apart at this moment.

In the 48th year of Konoha, a mysterious man with the Mangekyō Sharingan released the Nine-Tails in the chaos. In order to keep Konoha peaceful, the Yondaime used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport it to the dense forest outside the village, and then the Yondaime couple died on the spot.

Even though the Fourth Hokage had used the Shiki Fuujin before his death, what was incredible was that for some unknown reason, the Grim Reaper summoned out of thin air did not find the location of the Nine-Tails.

Until the Fourth Hokage died of exhaustion, the Nine-Tails was still wreaking havoc in the ninja world.

Although he had doubts in his heart, in order to maintain the stability of Konoha, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who arrived later, had to do his best.

If the ninja was still in his prime, Sarutobi Hiruzen might have been able to give it a try, but unfortunately, due to the years, he was no longer as brave as he used to be.

And more importantly, under the control of the trumpet, the current Nine-Tail is not the same Nine-Tail as before! When the opponent's huge claws pierced through his chest, Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer bear the pain in his body. After spitting out a mouthful of blood in the air, he clearly felt the passing of his life.

Past memories flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern. Looking back on his past, he seemed to be quite competent as a Hokage, except for his indecision in his twilight years.

Although it was difficult for him to concentrate, when he thought of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but reveal a bright smile.

However, when he saw the late arrival of the reinforcements, when he saw the familiar ninjutsu in his memory, his smile had already been replaced by endless coldness.

At this moment Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly thought of a question: if everything that is happening now is deliberately designed by someone, what should he do?

Looking at the familiar ninjutsu, just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was trying his best to remind everyone, he looked around and didn't know who to trust.

Amidst endless sadness, this ninja hero who rose in war and led Konoha through decades of ups and downs like walking on thin ice finally closed his eyes.

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October 10th, the 48th year of Konoha, a sad day worth remembering. This headline occupied half of the content of the Konoha Daily.

The Fourth Hokage and his wife, the former Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage's advisor Utane Koharu... and the countless Anbu ninjas who sacrificed their lives for the safety of Konoha, all the ninjas who died in the battle received great praise in the newspapers.

Of course, this does not include Danzo and the Root organization he leads. After all, due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's deliberate concealment, ordinary civilians, except for high-level ninjas, have no idea of ​​the existence of such an organization, so there is no question of sadness.

Flipping through the newspapers, before everyone could finish grieving, a new piece of news came like a shot in the arm, allowing them to regain their composure.

"Wood Release: True Thousand Hands, the Buddha of the Crown reappears in the Ninja World, and Uchiha A-chan will become the savior of Konoha!"

This was another headline in the Konoha Daily that day.