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Chapter 273: Too Bold!
Chapter 273: Too Bold!
At this moment, Jiraiya was shocked and bewildered.
Orochimaru had actually imprinted the Curse Seal on the Feudal Lord's son.
This was something he and countless other ninjas would never dare to imagine.
After all, in this world, ninjas did not dare to rise against the Feudal Lords, their social superiors, and perform such rebellious acts.
"Orochimaru is too bold!" Jiraiya exclaimed after a long pause.
"Indeed, he is," Tsunade nodded in agreement.
It would have been one thing to imprint the Curse Seal on another ninja, but Orochimaru had gone as far as to mark the future Feudal Lord.
It was indeed a tricky situation for Konoha when they learned of this news.
As Orochimaru's unique secret technique, Konoha had no means to remove the Curse Seal, and could only temporarily seal it as Anko Mitarashi and Sasuke Uchiha had done with the Sealing Curse Mark.
Even so, there was still a risk of the Curse Seal raging out of control and causing harm to the body.
If it were anyone else who had been cursed, Konoha could have, at most, controlled or imprisoned them.
But this time, the victim was the Feudal Lord's son, a person of high status and importance.
Imprisonment was out of the question.
Even with the application of the Sealing Curse Mark, the presence of the Curse Seal would still bring occasional pain and burden, which the pampered young master would never be able to tolerate.
Moreover, the Feudal Lord's son was not a ninja. Over time, the Curse Seal would likely erode his cells, causing them to collapse, and eventually reducing his entire body to a puddle of sludge, just like the failed products of Orochimaru's experiments.
As the nominal superior of Konoha, the Feudal Lord of the Fire Country, who controlled the village's financial lifeline, would never allow such a thing to happen. He had repeatedly and sternly demanded that Konoha solve his son's problem, insisting that his son be restored to perfect health.
Given the circumstances, the Feudal Lord's demands were already quite reasonable.
After all, the perpetrator was a rogue ninja of Konoha, a former disciple of the Third Hokage.
As an S-class rogue ninja of Konoha, the village had already been negligent in failing to deal with him for so many years.
Now, he had even dared to lay his hands on the Feudal Lord's son.
Instead of angrily cutting Konoha's funding, the Feudal Lord had merely requested that they heal his son, which could be considered a very polite demand.
"What do we do now? Has the village come up with a way to solve the Curse Seal problem?" Jiraiya asked.
Tsunade shook her head. "If we had, then Anko Mitarashi wouldn't still be carrying the Curse Seal with her."
At the end of her sentence, Tsunade's voice paused.
She suddenly recalled that Anko Mitarashi's Curse Seal had disappeared, and unless something unexpected had happened, the person who had solved the Curse Seal issue was none other than—
Tsunade lowered her eyelids and continued, "Actually, there is one way, but it wasn't discovered by Konoha. It was something that Orochimaru himself offered to inform us about."
"Orochimaru offered to inform us?" Jiraiya expressed his confusion.
Tsunade glanced at the Feudal Lord's son.
The young man took a deep breath and said with lingering fear, "After that man, Orochimaru, imprinted the Curse Seal on me, he told me some things."
"He told me that when the Curse Seal on my neck feels extremely hot, I should go to Konoha. If I went there before that, he would cause the Curse Seal to erupt and kill me."
"Additionally, he told me to inform Konoha, or in other words, you, that there is only one way to solve the Curse Seal on my body, and the steps to do so are—"
The Feudal Lord's son, with a trembling voice, relayed the steps that Orochimaru had instructed him to take.
He may not have understood the significance, but Tsunade and Jiraiya, as ninjas, certainly did.
"Orochimaru actually embedded a fragment of his soul into the Curse Seal on this child!" Jiraiya was astonished after hearing this.
He looked at Tsunade and said, "He wants us to release his soul fragment."
Yu Yi Xuan Yue had come to Konoha and had not forgotten to deal with the Curse Seal on Anko Mitarashi.
Evidently, there was also a fragment of Orochimaru's soul within her Curse Seal.
Yu Yi Xuan Yue had most likely done this to counter Orochimaru.
As for whether the latter was still alive or not...
Even the Great Toad Sage had fallen to Yu Yi Xuan Yue, so Orochimaru probably hadn't escaped that person's grasp either.
"If we want the Feudal Lord's son to live, then we have no choice but to follow Orochimaru's method."
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and stated her decision. "Now is a critical time for the unity of the Five Great Countries and the Five Great Shinobi Villages. We cannot allow any rift between Konoha and the Fire Country. Additionally, in order to deal with Yu Yi Xuan Yue, we need Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation technique. On top of that, there is enmity between Yu Yi Xuan Yue and Orochimaru."
"Given the current situation, I've decided to resurrect Orochimaru!"
"I have no objections." Jiraiya glanced at the Feudal Lord's son and slowly nodded.
Even without the circumstances Tsunade had mentioned, Konoha wouldn't have been able to just stand by and watch as the Feudal Lord's son perished from the Curse Seal due to his unique status. In the end, they could only choose the sole method.
It could be said that Orochimaru had picked a target that was too "suitable."
"Then let's begin!" Tsunade declared decisively. "Jiraiya, you take care of the Curse Seal and Orochimaru's resurrection. It's about time, and I need to attend the Five Kage Summit now."
Jiraiya nodded. "Leave it to me."
Clack! Clack! Clack!
With the sound of her loud heels, Tsunade quickly left.
Jiraiya retracted his gaze and looked at the anxious Feudal Lord's son, patting him on the shoulder to assure him that the problem would be resolved soon.
Finally, his gaze fell on the Curse Seal on the young man's neck, and he said with a complicated expression:
"Orochimaru..."
When Tsunade arrived at the audiovisual room for the video conference, the Fire Country Daimyo was already waiting on one of the nine screens. Seeing Tsunade, he asked anxiously, "Tsunade, how is my son, Kojin, doing now?"
Kojin was the name of the Feudal Lord's son.
Tsunade nodded. "Rest assured, he is currently being treated, and he will be cured and safe soon."
"That's good! That's good!"
The Feudal Lord of the Fire Country raised his fan to cover half of his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Kage of Konoha, you've convened such a grand summit, so it must not be to discuss internal matters of the Fire Country, right?" At this moment, the voice of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, Ohnoki, rang out.
Tsunade turned her head.
Alongside the Fire Country Daimyo, the other Daimyo and Kage of the Four Great Countries had also arrived.
Ohnoki was in a foul mood at the moment.
Konoha had received information about the Cloud and Sand ninjas, and he had received the same.
The capture of the one-tailed, two-tailed, and eight-tailed beasts on the same day had shocked Ohnoki, and when he thought about the lack of news from his village's four-tailed Jinchuriki, Roshi, and the five-tailed Jinchuriki, Han, for a long time, he already had a guess, and it was most likely the worst-case scenario.
"The storm is coming!"
Ohnoki, who had lived since the Warring States period, felt an unprecedented crisis.
As expected.
When Tsunade explained the reason for the summit and revealed the information about the destruction of Mount Myoboku, Yu Yi Xuan Yue's intention to collect all the tailed beasts, and the synthesis of the ten-tails, everyone on the screens was astir.
(End of Chapter)
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