I've Already Confronted the Five Kage, and the System Just Arrived!

At that moment, Jiraiya felt both shocked and incredulous.

Orochimaru had planted a cursed seal on the daimyo's son.

This was unthinkable for most shinobi, who wouldn't dare act against the daimyo, let alone commit such an act of rebellion.

"Orochimaru is far too bold!" Jiraiya finally managed to utter after a long pause.

"He truly is," Tsunade agreed with a nod.

It was one thing for Orochimaru to place his cursed seal on other shinobi, but to mark the future daimyo of the Land of Fire? That was a level of audacity Konoha couldn't ignore.

Cursed seals, being Orochimaru's unique technique, couldn't be fully removed even by Konoha. The best they could do, as seen with Anko or Sasuke, was temporarily suppress them using a sealing jutsu.

Even with the seal suppressed, there remained risks of it going berserk or causing irreparable harm to the body.

If the seal had been placed on an ordinary individual, Konoha could simply contain or imprison them. However, the person in question was the son of the daimyo—a figure of great prestige.

Imprisonment was not an option.

Even if the seal was suppressed with a temporary seal, the physical and psychological toll it took was not something a pampered noble could endure. Worse, as a non-shinobi, prolonged exposure to the seal's corrosive effects would likely result in cellular breakdown, leaving the victim a lifeless heap.

The daimyo, as Konoha's official superior and controller of its finances, had made repeated demands for Konoha to resolve the issue. His requests had been firm but reasonable, insisting on a solution that left his son unharmed.

The fact that the daimyo had not retaliated by cutting Konoha's funding, despite the offender being an S-rank rogue ninja and former pupil of the Third Hokage, showed considerable restraint.

"What now? Has the village found a way to resolve the curse seal?" Jiraiya asked.

Tsunade shook her head. "If we had, Anko wouldn't still be carrying hers to this day..."

She trailed off, a thought dawning on her.

Anko's cursed seal had recently been removed—by none other than Hagoromo Gensou.

Tsunade lowered her gaze, then continued. "There is one possible solution, but it wasn't discovered by Konoha—it was revealed by Orochimaru himself."

"Orochimaru revealed it himself?" Jiraiya's confusion was evident.

Tsunade glanced at the daimyo's son.

Taking a deep breath, the young man, still visibly shaken, recounted Orochimaru's chilling instructions:

"Orochimaru said that when the cursed seal on my neck starts burning, I should come to Konoha. If I don't, he'll trigger the seal and kill me."

"He also said there's only one way to remove the seal, and he left specific instructions..."

The young man's voice trembled as he relayed Orochimaru's directions in detail.

Though the son didn't fully understand, Tsunade and Jiraiya grasped the implications immediately.

"Orochimaru embedded a fragment of his soul into this child's cursed seal!" Jiraiya exclaimed in shock.

He turned to Tsunade. "He wants us to release that fragment. Why? What's his aim? Isn't this unnecessary?"

"Perhaps Orochimaru's main body is already dead," Tsunade revealed, sharing Konoha's Intelligence Division's findings.

Hagoromo Gensou had passed through Konoha and taken the time to remove Anko's cursed seal, likely for the purpose of dealing with Orochimaru. Given Gensou's defeat of even the Great Toad Sage, it was unlikely Orochimaru had escaped his grasp.

"If the daimyo's son is to survive, Orochimaru's method is the only option," Tsunade declared firmly.

She continued, "With the five great nations and shinobi villages uniting against Gensou, we can't afford a rift between Konoha and the Land of Fire. Moreover, to counter Gensou, we need Orochimaru's Edo Tensei. Considering the enmity between Gensou and Orochimaru, reviving him might be a strategic advantage."

Jiraiya sighed, understanding the gravity of the situation. "I have no objections."

Even without Tsunade's reasoning, the daimyo's son's special status left Konoha with no choice but to act. Orochimaru had chosen his victim with meticulous precision.

"Then let's proceed," Tsunade said decisively. "Jiraiya, you'll handle the removal of the curse seal and the revival of Orochimaru. I'll leave for the Five Kage Summit now."

Jiraiya nodded. "Leave it to me."

Step. Step. Step.

The sharp sound of Tsunade's heels echoed as she left swiftly.

Turning to the anxious young man, Jiraiya placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. We'll resolve this soon."

Finally, his gaze fell upon the cursed seal on the boy's neck. His expression darkened.

"Orochimaru..."

When Tsunade entered the communications room for the virtual summit, the daimyo of the Land of Fire was already on one of the nine screens. Spotting Tsunade, he urgently inquired, "Tsunade, how is Kohito's condition?"

Kohito, the daimyo's son, was the one affected by the curse seal.

Tsunade reassured him, "Rest assured, he's undergoing treatment now. He will be healed and safe soon."

"That's good! That's good!" The daimyo exhaled deeply, covering his relief with a fan.

From another screen, Onoki's voice interjected. "Hokage, this summit wasn't called to discuss your internal affairs, was it?"

Tsunade turned to see that the daimyo and Kage of the other four nations had all arrived.

Onoki appeared particularly displeased.

Like Konoha, Iwagakure had received troubling intelligence from Kumo and Suna: the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails had all been captured on the same day.

Adding to Onoki's unease was the extended absence of Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. The implications were grim.

"A storm is coming..."

A veteran of the Warring States Era, Onoki sensed an unprecedented crisis looming.

His suspicions were confirmed when Tsunade laid out the reasons for the summit: the destruction of Mount Myoboku, Gensou's plan to collect all the tailed beasts, and the impending creation of the Ten-Tails.

The weight of the revelations left every participant in stunned silence.

(End of Chapter)

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