When Asahi returned to the Konoha camp, it was already the next morning.
This time, the search for Sasori went exceptionally smoothly.
If they wanted to fight to the death with Sasori, even if Asahi and Chizuru joined forces, they might not be his match. But he just wanted to force Sasori to use the human puppet made by the body of the Third Kazekage, and so, it was not too much of a difficult task.
Now Asahi's entire plan had been basically completed. What remained was to hand over these photos to the village and let the village expose these photos to reveal the fact that Sasori of the Red Sand assassinated the Third Kazekage.
As for Asahi, he just needed to wait quietly for the village's reward to arrive.
"Chizuru-senpai, I'm going to Orochimaru-sama next. As for what you are going to do, I believe you have already made your decision." After saying goodbye Chizuru, he walked towards Orochimaru's tent.
"Who is inside?" Asahi asked the guarding ninja.
"Orochimaru-sama is discussing tactics against the Sunagakure with Jonin, Nara Shikaku-sama. There are several other Jonin inside as well," the guarding ninja replied.
"Well, please go in and report that the Chunin, Senmei Asahi, has an urgent matter to discuss with Orochimaru-sama." Chimei Chimei said.
"Okay, wait a minute."
'It's a great thing that Shikaku is in there too!'
Originally, Asahi was afraid that Orochimaru would not hand over the photos to the village leaders, so to be on the safe side, he specially prepared two copies of the photos. But since Shikaku and other Jonin were also in there, as long as Asahi gave the photos to Orochimaru in their presence, Orochimaru probably wouldn't dare to do anything shady with them.
"Greetings, Orochimaru-sama, Shikaku-sensei, and all the senpais." Asahi said respectfully after entering the tent.
"It's Asahi. Has the mission been completed?" Shikaku asked first.
"It's done." Asahi smiled and said.
Only Orochimaru knew what the mission this time was for Asahi. After all, Orochimaru as the commander had the autonomy and authority to make such decisions. However, as long as Asahi takes out those photos, no one would worry about the mission even in the slightest anymore.
"Asahi-kun, you're so anxious to see me, it's not just because of the mission, right?" Orochimaru looked at Asahi with sinister eyes, his hoarse voice was carrying a hint of warning.
"Of course not, Orochimaru-sama." Asahi said as he took out the photos, "Orochimaru-sama, Shikaku-sensei, and everyone, please take a look at these. During this mission, I encountered Sasori of the Red Sand from the Sunagakure, and during the confrontation, I discovered these!"
Seeing that everyone's attention was drawn to him, Asahi continued, "The puppet controlled by Sasori of the Red Sand is a human puppet made suspected to be made of the Third Kazekage. I came to such a conclusion because human puppets can use the ninjutsu of a ninja during their lifetime, and this human puppet not only looked similar to the Third Kazekage, but could also use the Iron Sand techniques, so I concluded that Sasori of the Red Sand assassinated the Third Kazekage and turned him into a human puppet."
"What!?" One of the Jonins exclaimed, and took a closer look at the photos. It was clear in the photo that the human puppet was using the Iron Sand techniques. If what Asahi said was true, then the assassination of the Third Kazekage by Sasori was a completely confirmed fact.
This was something that was enough to shock the entire ninja world. The Kage of a Great Village was assassinated, and the one who assassinated him, the Third Kazekage, who was known as the strongest Kazekage, was one of the most talented and orthodox member of his own village. This incident would not only greatly increase the young Sasori's reputation, but would also undermine the prestige of Sunagakure and might even cause civil strife in the village.
The Jonins who were able to discuss matters with Orochimaru and Shikaku were obviously people of high wisdom and experience. As soon as they saw these photos, they had already thought about the use of these things.
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa and the elder Chiyo are fighting for power. If these photos were to be exposed, Chiyo's prestige in the Sunagakure would inevitably plummet, and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa could take the opportunity to seize power and completely control the power inside Sunagakure.
In the original work, Chiyo and Ebizo lived a retired life and did not care about village affairs, perhaps because of their failure in the power struggle, or perhaps because they had become disappointed with their life because of their grandson's affairs.
But no matter what, Chiyo still had great influence in the Sunagakure. If the conflict between Chiyo and Rasa breaks out, they would definitely not have the energy left to fight against Konoha. Konoha could also withdraw from the Sunagakure-front and concentrate on fighting Iwagakure.
"Asahi, you went on to fight against Sasori of the Red Sand alone? You were too impulsive!" Shikaku looked at Asahi and reproached, "The information you found is very important, but you should have come back and reported the moment you found Sasori, instead of going to face him alone!"
"Shikaku-sensei, I was not alone. During the mission, I met Chizuru-senpai from the Uchiha clan, and I fought against Sasori together with Chizuru-senpai. However, Sasori was very strong, and even the two of us together were no match for him, and so, in the end we had to retreat." said Asahi.
Hearing what Asahi said, Shikaku frowned imperceptibly.
Shikaku was a man of extremely high intelligence. He had not had time to think about it carefully because he was concerned about Asahi's safety. But after hearing what Asahi said, Shikaku couldn't help but think of the last time they had a decisive battle against Sunagakure, when Asahi had helped Chizuru to testify.
'Is there any connection between the two?'
"Hehehe…" Orochimaru chuckled and looked at Asahi and praised, "Asahi-kun, you did a great job this time. With these photos, the war between us and Sunagakure can end very soon."
Although Orochimaru praised Asahi on the surface, Asahi knew that Orochimaru must be very unhappy at the moment.
After seeing these photos, Orochimaru immediately understood why Asahi wanted to find Sasori of the Red Sand. Originally, Orochimaru didn't care too much about this matter, but if Sasori of the Red Sand was actually the murderer who assassinated the Third Kazekage, then this matter was extremely important.
However, Asahi did not tell Orochimaru such important information.
What does this represent?
This meant that Asahi was no longer prepared to follow Orochimaru obediently, or in other words, Asahi was no longer prepared to maintain the previous "cooperative" relationship with Orochimaru.
If Orochimaru knew that Asahi couldn't even get Chizuru's Sharingan, he would probably completely stop trusting Asahi.
However, Asahi was also prepared.
Asahi had already told Chizuru about Orochimaru's assassination of the Uchiha clansmen. With Chizuru as his thug and Tsunade's support, Asahi was not afraid at all, and does not believe that Orochimaru would attack him at this time.
As long as he could hold on for a while and learns the [Flying Thunder God Technique], he would no longer be afraid of Orochimaru.
"Yes! These photos are very important. I suggest that we should notify the village immediately and also secretly contact the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and tell him that we at Konoha are willing to help him gain the rights befitting of the leader of Sunagakure." Shikaku suggested, "For Rasa, regaining his rights in Sunagakure is obviously more important than fighting Konoha."
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