Uzumaki Chigusa noticed Hyuga Mio's and Uchiha Hikari's gazes. When she saw Uchiha Hikari's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
A Three-Tomoe Sharingan appearing on a 12-year-old child was enough to indicate a problem, coupled with the chaotic Chakra on her.
It was well known that the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan required emotional stimulation to awaken. As the number of tomoe increased, the ocular power also continuously improved, and the appearance of each tomoe was accompanied by emotional stimulation.
"Her name is Uchiha Hikari. She's a child I found in a seal. She doesn't belong to the Uchiha Clan."
Orochimaru saw Uzumaki Chigusa looking at Uchiha Hikari and briefly introduced Uchiha Hikari's origin.
"Seal... Could it be, that's impossible..."
Uzumaki Chigusa thought of something, but then felt it was unlikely.
"She was sealed during the Warring States Period and was only recently found by Tsunade and me."
Sure enough, Chigusa had read historical records about Hikari.
From Uzumaki Chigusa's reaction, Orochimaru guessed that she might have read historical records from the Warring States Period that mentioned Uchiha Hikari.
"Indeed... She was the unnamed weapon of the Uchiha Clan, jointly sealed by the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan, wasn't she?"
Uzumaki Chigusa used to think that was a wild history, that the Senju Clan had been repeatedly defeated and forced to flee in disarray by the girl who was the Uchiha Clan's weapon. She never expected it to be true.
In other words, was the chaotic Chakra on her due to something the Uchiha Clan of the Warring States Period did to her?
"It's her..."
Orochimaru nodded slightly and said, "Tsunade found a scroll in her home's storage room that recorded her sealing place. We went to what was once a battlefield between the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan during the Warring States Period and found her, sealed."
"Then isn't she very dangerous?"
Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Uchiha Hikari, who, apart from her Three-Tomoe Sharingan eyes, was no different from an ordinary girl. It was easy to see her affection for Orochimaru, while the 'block of wood' beside her felt nothing.
She didn't even realize she was liked by those around her, so perceptive in understanding people, yet she failed to notice this one thing.
"What are they talking about...?"
Uchiha Hikari's cheeks puffed out slightly. She noticed Orochimaru and that old woman named Uzumaki Chigusa kept looking over, and just now, that old woman even kissed Orochimaru's forehead.
If her ocular power hadn't been sealed by the Eye Sealing Curse Mark, her eyes wouldn't be Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but Mangekyo Sharingan.
"It seems they're talking about you, Hikari."
Hyuga Mio looked at Uchiha Hikari's pouting expression. Her rivals were more numerous than she expected, and what surprised her even more was that Hikari had also become her rival.
Orochimaru, you are truly sinful!
"Achoo!"
Orochimaru suddenly sneezed. With her physical constitution, she was not immune to all poisons, but a minor illness like a cold was impossible for her to catch.
"Chigusa, Hikari isn't dangerous. What's dangerous are those who would use her. She's a good child from the Uchiha Clan of the Warring States Period. Although there was a slight misunderstanding at first, it was quickly resolved."
It's just that the way the misunderstanding was resolved was a bit violent.
Orochimaru added in her mind.
"That child must have experienced a lot of pain. I sensed the chaotic Chakra within her... that child's body..."
Uzumaki Chigusa was a bit worried about Uchiha Hikari's body. Such chaotic Chakra surely meant the Uchiha Clan of the Warring States Period had done something to her, causing irreversible damage to her body.
"I can heal her, Chigusa, you don't need to worry."
Orochimaru said with full confidence. She dared to say that if even she couldn't heal Uchiha Hikari in this Ninja World, then no one could.
"Hmm, I believe you. In the entire Ninja World, if even you can't heal someone, they're truly beyond saving."
Uzumaki Chigusa believed Orochimaru could heal Uchiha Hikari. After all, she even had a way to replenish the life force consumed by using Forbidden Technique.
If one day Orochimaru suddenly said she could resurrect the dead from another world, Uzumaki Chigusa would first believe it and then doubt it. She wouldn't doubt that she could resurrect the dead, but rather the method she used to resurrect them.
Although Orochimaru was young, in Uzumaki Chigusa's heart, she was a very reliable presence.
"Chigusa, I should be heading back soon. If anything comes up, contact me using the method I taught you."
Orochimaru had developed a communication method using the principles of the Summoning Technique. Simply put, it was another way of using the Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique.
"If you go to the battlefield, you must be careful about your safety."
Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru with gentle red eyes. She believed that with Orochimaru's strength, only Kage-level powerhouses could threaten her, but the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing, and no one could say what would happen.
Not long after the First Shinobi World War, war was about to begin again.
"Don't worry, if war breaks out, it will be the Four Great Shinobi Villages starting it first."
Orochimaru predicted that the war would initially be between the Four Great Shinobi Villages. Konoha could watch from the sidelines for a while, but once they realized what was happening, they would inevitably drag Konoha into it.
The reason was simple: they wouldn't allow Konoha, a Shinobi Village with a huge threat, to preserve its strength.
While they were suffering heavy losses in battle, Konoha was watching from the sidelines. What if Konoha suddenly attacked them? It should be known that in the First Shinobi World War, Various Ninja Villages from various countries jointly attacked Konoha, and Konoha had not yet avenged that grudge!
Sometimes, doing nothing is itself a crime.
Of course, the Konoha Higher-Ups weren't stupid; they wouldn't foolishly wait for the Four Great Shinobi Villages to drag Konoha into the water. By then, rather than being passively drawn into the war, it would be better to actively join the fight and seize the initiative.
Exactly what they would do depended on the Konoha Higher-Ups' decision.
She, Orochimaru, was just an ordinary Jonin. What could she do?
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