This night, Orochimaru and Danzō Shimura directly came to blows!
The moment the commotion started here, Ryun arrived at the scene in just two and a half minutes.
The late night was his time for cultivation and perceiving natural energy, a period when his sensory abilities were extremely formidable, with his maximum sensing range far exceeding the entire Konoha.
The disturbance caused by Orochimaru couldn't escape his notice.
Ryun's support came very quickly, fiercely, and utterly silently.
The moment he arrived, Danzō Shimura, who was originally evading the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, was struck hard in the lower back by a powerful kick from him.
Danzō Shimura shot out like a cannonball, subsequently crashing through three civilian houses before barely managing to dissipate the force.
"Lord Danzō!!!"
Two Root guards instinctively cried out in alarm, then hurriedly went to check on Danzō's condition.
The loud noises in the dead of night quickly alerted many powerful ninjas, and the Uchiha clan's night patrol team rushed to the scene first.
"What happened? How did you end up fighting that guy?" Ryun asked, looking at Orochimaru with a calm expression.
"You arrived really fast... I was just warming up..." Orochimaru didn't answer the question immediately, instead choosing to complain like this.
"I was practicing Sage Art," Ryun stated plainly.
"So that's why, no wonder even I couldn't sense your arrival..."
"Get to the point," Ryun said, still expressionless.
"Well... Danzō that guy wanted me to give him a boost after I become Hokage. I refused, so he threatened me with some so-called evidence."
Orochimaru's explanation wasn't complicated, and Ryun understood the whole story immediately.
"Let me kill him for you. Then that evidence will be unknown to anyone," Ryun said, striding towards Danzō Shimura.
He actually knew Orochimaru's hands weren't clean, but as long as he didn't witness such things personally, he didn't care and couldn't be bothered to inquire.
"Wait... Killing him now won't help much. The evidence would still be made public after his death. Many people have already been alerted tonight. You should go back and continue your cultivation. I'll handle things here..."
Orochimaru called out to stop Ryun. The Uchiha patrol team had already arrived. If this continued, it probably wouldn't be easy to wrap up.
Danzō Shimura, supported by two Root elites, climbed out of the rubble. Thick, crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and he looked seriously injured.
"Uchiha... Ryun!!!"
Danzō Shimura stared venomously at Ryun, his teeth grinding audibly from being clenched too hard.
Ryun's kick had nearly blown up his left kidney. The key was the opponent's speed was simply too fast; the two Root guards nearby hadn't even reacted before he was kicked away.
"Hmph, a jumping clown. Keep staring like that, and I'll kill you right now," Ryun said to him coldly.
Upon hearing this, the two Root elites immediately stepped forward to shield Danzō Shimura.
"It's Lord Ryun!!!" a Uchiha jonin who had rushed over exclaimed in surprise upon recognizing Ryun.
But he quickly forced himself to calm down, then led his team quickly to Ryun's front, bowing and saying,
"Lo... Lord Ryun... May I ask what happened here? Does my lord require any assistance..."
Ryun glanced at the night patrol team, then waved his hand helplessly: "I don't need help. You just follow my teacher's arrangements..."
After throwing out these words, Ryun left without looking back, not giving Danzō Shimura another glance the entire time.
"Yes!!!"
The next morning.
The criminal evidence regarding Orochimaru harming citizens and stealing the bodies of Konoha comrades for human experiments was not made public.
Danzō Shimura wanted to retaliate against Orochimaru but was afraid of escalating the situation too much, ultimately leading to Uchiha Ryun coming to settle scores.
Thus, a large amount of ironclad evidence of Orochimaru's crimes was delivered to Sarutobi Hiruzen's home.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!! Orochimaru, you beast, you truly deserve to die!!! Why couldn't you just be a proper person and had to do such things!!!"
This acting Hokage was so furious upon seeing this ironclad evidence that smoke practically rose from his seven orifices. Simultaneously, he no longer believed Orochimaru would be a good Hokage successor. He could never hand Konoha over to such a person, even if the other was his beloved student, even if Uchiha Ryun stood behind him!
On the last day before announcing the election results, Sarutobi Hiruzen, on one hand, began running around for Sakumo Hatake, visiting several major clans of Konoha. On the other hand, he once again sent Jiraiya to visit Ryun's home.
"Orochimaru is brutal. Please forgive us for not being able to hand Konoha over to him. We hope you can understand..."
This was the summary of what Jiraiya said during this visit to Ryun.
He hadn't stayed long at Ryun's home before Kushina, returning from grocery shopping, ran into him and kicked him out of the house, nearly blowing out his kidney on the spot...
Ryun understood that the bad things Orochimaru had done were known to Konoha, and also understood that his teacher no longer had any chance of taking that position.
He asked his teacher if he needed help, but Orochimaru suavely refused his kind offer every time.
Not knowing what Orochimaru was planning, Ryun simply stopped concerning himself with these matters.
"Little brat, I'm hungry..."
"Hungry? Then I'll make you some noodles..."
"No, I want to eat rice, I want a big meal, a big meal you make yourself... I've already bought the groceries and put them in the kitchen..."
Ryun: "Didn't you say you were going to lose weight???"
Kushina: "Didn't you say I didn't need to..."
"Fine..."
On the day the results of the Konoha Fourth Hokage election were announced.
On the rooftop of the Hokage Building.
Sakumo Hatake, with a slightly higher number of votes, defeated Orochimaru and crushed Namikaze Minato. Amid the cheers of the nation, he put on the Hokage hat, thus becoming the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Ninja Village.
On the Hokage Monument, Ryun, Kushina, and Orochimaru personally witnessed this moment.
"Do you feel unwilling?"
Ryun glanced sideways at the expressionless Orochimaru and asked casually.
Orochimaru fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, then suddenly smiled free and easy:
"Heh... It doesn't matter anymore..."
Ryun: "Really doesn't matter?"
Orochimaru: "Really!"
Ryun stared intently at his face, examining it carefully for a while: "Really?"
Orochimaru looked at him expressionlessly: "You are becoming more and more presumptuous!"
"Alright... Teacher, I was wrong..."
Watching someone be seriously mischievous, and then seriously apologize... Kushina, standing to the side, kept her pretty face flushed bright red, even pinching red marks on her own thigh.
"What's wrong with you... Your face is as red as a monkey's butt..." Ryun noticed Kushina's abnormality and subconsciously frowned and asked.
"Pfft... Hahaha..."
Kushina could no longer hold it in. Her unrestrained laughter instantly overpowered most of the cheering and quickly spread across nearly half of Konoha. Even the Fourth Hokage turned to look in their direction because of the laughter.
Sakumo Hatake smiled and waved towards them. The teacher and student pair had no choice but to nod in response.
"Why did I end up with such a goof as a partner..." Ryun couldn't help but sigh.
"It's all your fault... making me lose my manners in front of Teacher Orochimaru, in front of so many people in Konoha..." Kushina complained angrily after she reacted.
If Orochimaru weren't still nearby, she would have prepared to bite someone right now...
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