Jiraiya's proposal was not rejected.
It could be seen that in the Hokage Office, Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi both showed expressions of being moved.
After all, of these two, one was Orochimaru's teacher and the other was a teammate who had fought alongside Orochimaru for many years.
A special bond surely still existed for Orochimaru.
Now that there was a chance to gain a comprehensive understanding of Orochimaru, they were both very interested.
After all, they also wanted to know why the once gentle Orochimaru had eventually developed such a cold-blooded and bizarre personality.
Furthermore, they were also very curious about what Orochimaru was actually trying to achieve by taking risks with human experimentation.
Besides these three, the others were actually quite interested as well.
Orochimaru was, after all, one of the former Legendary Sannin of Konoha; everyone had a deep impression of him.
"Alright then, since we're choosing Orochimaru, Teacher, you should be the one to answer the questions."
"After all, when it comes to familiarity with Orochimaru, Shikaku and I certainly can't compare to you and Lady Tsunade."
Minato Namikaze thought for a moment and handed the task of answering the questions to Jiraiya.
As he said, since the questions were about Orochimaru, they should naturally choose the person most familiar with him to answer.
Jiraiya and Tsunade had both graduated from the Ninja Academy with Orochimaru since they were children and joined Hiruzen Sarutobi's squad.
Growing and fighting together, their mutual understanding was definitely much stronger than theirs.
Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku were not from the same era as Orochimaru.
"Oh, alright then."
Jiraiya was stunned for a moment and scratched the back of his head with some distress.
He was the one who suggested choosing Orochimaru; now that the task of answering was given to him, he didn't know how to refuse.
He couldn't exactly say, 'My brain doesn't work well, you guys do it instead.'
Right?
So, while Jiraiya was very worried about his ability to answer the questions, he could only steal a glance at Tsunade, hoping that she could help him more.
On the other side, Ye Chen watched the group deliberate with a calm expression, but he was very happy inside.
Jiraiya's sudden proposal to choose Orochimaru was somewhat unexpected, but it was an excellent choice.
Orochimaru's role in the original plot of naruto could be ranked in the top five.
As a major boss in the early stages, Orochimaru played a pivotal role in connecting the plot lines.
In the Chunin Exams arc, Orochimaru joined forces with the Hidden Sand Village to attack Konoha and killed the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi in public.
This facilitated the growth of the Konoha Genin.
Later, he enticed Uchiha Sasuke and acted as a 'Part-time King' once.
He painstakingly trained Uchiha Sasuke for three years, and just when he felt the time was right to seize Uchiha Sasuke's body, he was counter-killed instead.
This greatly promoted Uchiha Sasuke's growth.
Finally, there was the most important thing—the 'Edo Tensei' technique.
Although this technique was created by the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, it was later improved by Orochimaru, which allowed it to truly play a role in swaying the situation of the entire Ninja World.
In the middle of the Fourth Great Ninja War, if Orochimaru hadn't brought Uchiha Sasuke to the Uzumaki Clan's shrine and summoned the past Hokage from the Shinigami mask, Uchiha Madara would have long since crushed the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Even if Otsutsuki Hagoromo was ultimately going to cheat and give power-ups to Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, who knows how many people would have died.
From these events, Orochimaru played a crucial role in the entire plot.
So, if this quiz caused a plot deviation...
Whether it led Minato Namikaze and the others to eliminate future troubles by surrounding and killing Orochimaru...
Or allowed them to realize Orochimaru's value early on and bring him back to Konoha Village at any cost...
It would make the entire plot unrecognizable.
At that time, the plot points harvested would probably be no less than the sum from Danzo Shimura, right?
Ye Chen pondered for a moment and then began picking and choosing from the system's question bank.
He was prepared to give 'Uncle Snake' a good exposure.
The title could perhaps be called—Seeking Eternal Life, I was Exposed by the Ninja World Ranking List!
Ye Chen thought mischievously, feeling delighted in his heart.
"Sir, I choose character ranking list - Orochimaru."
Jiraiya spoke to Ye Chen, imitating the way Nara Shikaku had spoken last time.
"Good, then the third Ninja World Quiz Test begins now. Please look at the first question."
Ye Chen was never one for nonsense; in his eyes, this group of original characters in the Hokage Office were all his workers.
Workers obediently going to work to contribute plot points—as the capitalist, Ye Chen was naturally very happy.
After saying that, Ye Chen waved his hand, and the content of the first question appeared on the light screen:
[Question 1: Who is the disciple of the 'Cold Lord' Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha?]
Seeing this question, everyone smiled.
This was a freebie!
Jiraiya also laughed happily and answered loudly without even thinking:
"He is the disciple of the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"Correct answer."
A good start.
Having answered the first question correctly, Jiraiya began to gain some confidence, and he excitedly turned his head to look at Tsunade.
But he found that Tsunade had turned her head away in disdain; he could only see her prominent, towering peaks.
Good grief!
Jiraiya was momentarily stunned by the sight.
"Let's look at the second question."
Ye Chen didn't even mention playing a recording; after all, for such a simple question, wouldn't playing a recording just be padding the word count?
The light particles forming the text on the screen rearranged into the second question:
[Question 2: Why was Orochimaru taken as a disciple by Hiruzen Sarutobi?]
Answer A: Deep background
Answer B: Extraordinary talent
Answer C: Gave benefits
Answer D: Randomly picked
Seeing this question, everyone turned their eyes toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.
This question was clearly asking why Hiruzen Sarutobi took Orochimaru as a disciple; who would know the answer better than Hiruzen Sarutobi?
The Old Monkey was puffing on his pipe when he was suddenly stared at by everyone; he was stunned for a moment and showed a look of bewilderment.
But he quickly reacted, coughed twice, and said only one letter:
"B."
Everyone understood; it was indeed similar to what they had thought.
Although the people present didn't know Orochimaru that well, the other answers to this question were things everyone knew.
As a representative figure of civilian ninjas, Orochimaru certainly had no deep background.
If he had a deep background, could he still be a civilian ninja?
Giving benefits was even more impossible.
Orochimaru's parents were just ordinary villagers, not even Ninjas; where would they get the money to give gifts?
So the answer was only between B and D.
Whether it was because of extraordinary talent or just a random pick, only Hiruzen Sarutobi knew for sure.
But Orochimaru's extraordinary talent was universally acknowledged.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have risen from the status of a civilian ninja to become one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, standing at the peak of the Ninja World.
"Ha, Old Man, that's not what you told us back then."
"When you were testing us, didn't you say that all three of us were completely unqualified, and you only took us as disciples to pass the time because you were bored?"
Jiraiya pointed at Hiruzen Sarutobi and laughed.
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