CHAPTER 282: SARUTOBI HIRUZEN’S DEATH

Chapter 281: Hilarious! The ’Strongest Hokage’, Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Death!

"Tsunade? When did you return to the village?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was puzzled; he hadn’t received any news of her return.

Tsunade irritably grabbed her hair. She didn’t want to see this old geezer at all. She now understood some of the things this old man had done.

Even though he was her teacher, it didn’t stop her from being disgusted by him. Beneath his kind appearance was a treacherous heart.

This reunion was purely accidental, so she had no choice but to say helplessly, "Old man, I’m back to save the ninja world. I advise you not to meddle."

"Oh?"

Hearing the disrespect and even disgust in Tsunade’s words, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned.

He chose to temporarily ignore her. More important was Kushina; an outsider had come into contact with the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki. This was absolutely unacceptable.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly, "Tsunade, Kushina, leave those suspicious people and come over here."

Seeing that Ren and the others were being misunderstood, Kushina quickly explained, "Lord Third Hokage, they are my friends, not suspicious people."

Kushina felt that the Third Hokage was usually kind, so he shouldn’t cause any trouble.

Unexpectedly, Sarutobi Hiruzen’s eyes turned cold, and he shouted sternly, "Nonsense!"

"Bringing strangers of unknown identity into the village! Do you know how much danger that poses to the people here?"

"I..."

Kushina was speechless. To her, these people weren’t familiar, let alone to the villagers.

"We have a mission, and I don’t want to listen to an old geezer’s ramblings. Tsunade, is it okay if I kill him?" Ren had never liked nonsense.

"Ah?" Tsunade hadn’t even reacted yet.

"What?" Kushina was even more confused.

"Protect the Hokage!"

Upon hearing this, the Anbu members gathered in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, trying to form hand seals to prevent a sneak attack.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, however, remained calm. He was not just the Third Hokage. He was also the "Strongest Hokage" in the Hidden Leaf textbooks, a hero, a professor of ninjutsu. He didn’t believe anyone could kill him with just words.

This was confidence in his own strength.

However, this confidence didn’t last even a second.

Boom!

With a loud explosion, the "Strongest Hokage" was crushed from head to toe into a pile of minced meat paste.

"Lord... Lord Hokage! Is dead!!!"

The Anbu members’ minds froze, their thoughts in chaos. They couldn’t understand what had just happened.

Their Hokage was actually dead! How could this be possible? He was the Strongest Hokage!

Ren was about to die laughing at the thoughts in their minds.

The Strongest Hokage? Did Sarutobi Hiruzen ask Hashirama Senju before claiming that title? The God of Shinobi never called himself the strongest, so how dare he?

Moreover, Ren had just dominated Sarutobi Hiruzen’s memories, and he was shocked by what he found.

He discovered that this world was truly twisted.

The background of this world was a fusion of all the dark Naruto fanfiction theories.

This Sarutobi Hiruzen was a black-hearted version who had his hand in every dark event in the Hidden Leaf.

For example, the near extermination of the Senju clan, sending its members to die on the battlefield until only Tsunade remained.

For example, using public opinion to force the White Fang to commit suicide.

For example, providing Orochimaru with human experimental subjects—orphans from the village.

For example, tampering with history and textbooks to spread his brainwashing ideology.

Even the death of Kato Dan, who had tried to court Tsunade, was connected to him. A dark Hokage world was born.

Ren had reason to suspect that this was a fusion of all the dark version Naruto fanfics.

"You... you killed him? The Third Hokage?!" Kushina looked at Ren in disbelief.

"..."

Even Tsunade frowned, suspecting that Ren might be a bloodthirsty person. A sense of vigilance rose in her heart.

Ch’en, who had a strong sense of justice, also raised an eyebrow slightly. But with the precedent of Ren killing hundreds of millions, she was willing to trust him and maintain a wait-and-see attitude.

"Ara ara, you really are decisive," Tokisaki Kurumi’s eyes flickered.

Kurumi wasn’t wearing her Spirit Dress, but ordinary black clothes. Her black hair was tied into two braids hanging over her shoulders. Her bangs covered the left half of her stunningly beautiful face, revealing only her crimson right eye and cherry-petal lips, filled with a devilish charm. She looked like a refined and elegant young lady, and one couldn’t tell at all that she was the Worst Spirit who had killed tens of thousands.

The one eye she revealed stared at Ren. She could feel that he killed people without batting an eye, without any psychological burden.

Furina couldn’t help but shrink back in fear at the bloody scene.

Compared to the others, Esdeath, Nami, Exusiai, and Mumei, who were closer to Ren, were quite calm. They had unconditional trust in him. Of course, Esdeath simply didn’t care; instead, she felt that Ren’s decisiveness in killing was very heroic.

Ren wasn’t one to explain at length, so he directly transmitted the memories he had taken into their minds.

Each of them began to digest the new information. During this time, the horrified Anbu members suddenly stood still.

Ren yawned and leaned against Exusiai.

Exusiai giggled. "Ren, suddenly sticking to me... you’re not going to attack me, are you?" Her words held a sense of shrewdness. If it weren’t for the halo on her head flashing, it would be hard to tell her true emotions.

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