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Chapter 157:

Following Akira's gaze, Minato also noticed Tsunade's poor condition and he also felt his heart throbbing in bitter pain. No matter what, Nawaki was a good friend who grew up with Akira and Minato and his death had brought sadness and pain to his close ones. Minato couldn't help but feel depressed even though he know the casualty rate is very high and death is a normal thing on the battlefield.

Minato mourned silently, but Tsunade who was the only relative of Nawaki is heartbroken.

Tsunade kneeled helplessly next to Nawaki body with tears flowing down her eyes uncontrollably. The luster in her beautiful eyes had gradually dimmed, staring at Nawaki's body in a daze.

Her most beloved younger brother suddenly left her and she felt like the world seem to have collapsed.

Akira couldn't help but also felt pain seeing Tsunade being such a poor state.

"Tsunade." Orochinaru stepped forward and sighed softly, seemingly preparing to persuade Tsunade. But Tsunade didn't seem to hear it at all and just staring blankly at Nawaki's body.

The war continued, screams and shouts echoed from the killing around the battlefield and it was chaotic. However the noisy and chaotic environment formed a sharp contrast with the pitiful Tsunade in front of him.

Tsunade's beautiful eyes lost their focus and the lively expression in her eyes gradually disappeared, as if she is a body without a soul. Let alone Akira, any man will feel distressed when they see how pitiful Tsunade is right now

Akira heart ached for Tsunade, it was the first time he saw such a weak Tsunade.

Tsunade have always give the impression of heroism and a saint. As the only woman among the Sannin, she is simply the flower of the battlefield and the aspiration of countless female ninjas.

But there is also such a fragile side even for the strong Tsunade.

Tsunade tried hard not to let her tears flow down, her eyes just staring blankly on Nawaki's corpse speechlessly.

Although Orochimaru wanted to comfort Tsunade, but he was not good at things such as comforting words. He opened his mouth and found that he didn't know what to say, so he could only watch from the sidelines in the end.

Akira couldn't stand looking at Tsunade's sadness and took a stepped forward. He took off his coat, put it on Tsunade's body and then whispered gently: "It's raining now, it's easy to catch a cold..."

Tsunade's eyes moved slightly and after noticing Akira's arrival, she finally recovered a glimmer of light.

Orochimaru quietly retreated to the side after he saw Akira comforting Tsunade and just murmured to himself: "Humans are really fragile and they die so easily"

"No one can escape death, even if it is someone as strong as a kage will also face their death one day. This is especially true for people who are weak and can't even protect themselves." lots of complicated thought were in Orochimaru's mind, he turns his eyes to Akira again and remembered Akira's amazing performance just now.

Even Orochimaru has to admit that Akira is too strong, especially the mysterious ability of those mangekyo sharingan, is terrifying...

"Human lifespan is limited, but ninjutsu is unlimited. The more powerful the Ninjutsu is, the longer it takes to master it. If i can stimulate the potential of human beings and have endless life, how good it would be..." This idea suddenly appeared in Orochimaru's heart and the thought grew crazily in his heart. It grew from a passing thought into a ambition.

Orochimaru unconsciously licked his lips as he gradually grew ambitious and the idea became stronger and stronger.

"Furthermore the power displayed by Uchiha Akira just now... It is the power of the mangekyo sharingan. How many ninjas have spent their entire lives trying to become this strong, but no matter how much they trained, they still can't surpass the Uchiha bloodline. If I could also obtain the Uchiha's bloodline and use that pair of sharingan..." Another thought appeared in Orochimaru's heart.

Even he himself was shocked by this thought, but once this thought arises, he can't resist the evil thought as it manifest in his heart...

The appearance of Akira flying high in the sky just now and the blood-red mangekyo sharingan were deeply imprinted into his memory. Making even a kage leve ninja like Orochimaru envy and jealous of Akira's strength.

Once the greed manifest in Orochimaru heart, his train of thought and mind changed completely. His pair of amber eyes with full of strange emotions turned a little cold while staring at Akira.

Akira seemed to feel something and turned his head back.

Orchimaru's heart shuddered and quickly controlled his expression and put away the greed his eyes, so as not to be discovered by Akira.

Akira just faintly glanced at Orochimaru because just now the sage reminded Akira that Orochimaru was acting and showing strange emotions.

Orochimaru controlled his expression and secretly whispered: Akira's vigilance is too strong. I only showed a slight hostility, but it had attracted his attention immediately. It seems like I must not express my inner emotions in front of him in the future.

Orochimaru thought this way, while Akira turned his head back and smirk: "It seems like Orochimaru has begun to turn 'evil' like the original story. Orochimaru felt the fragility of life from the death of Nawaki and his parent and became pursuing more ninjutsus. So after that, he gradually began to play with forbidden ninjutsu, trying to prolong his life and finally embarked on the path of pursuing immortality."

Akira is very clear about Orochimaru's mind and ambition. His eyes narrowed but he only have the time to care for the weak Tsunade in front of him now and didn't have the time to pay attention to Orochimaru machination. If Orochimaru dared to have any idea on his sharingan, he would not show any mercy.

However, Orochimaru is also a very smart person and he will not act recklessly, especially after seeing Akira's current strength.

Otochimaru stood aside, gradually expressionless and the commander of this battle eventually became Sakumo.

Under the leadership of Sakumo, Konoha gradually gained the upper hand while Iwa and Suna suffered heavy casualties. In particular, Iwa forces, after losing Shirotsuchi their leader, was taken advantage of by Sakumo to give them a fatal damage.

Akira glanced at the battlefield, then retracted his gaze and turned to Tsunade's beautiful face again.

This face is still so as ever beautiful, but the sadness in those eyes at this time is heartbreaking.