Kabuto Yakushi's Surprise
(This is chapter 604; I forgot to post it earlier. Please pay attention to the reading order.)
Rumble--!
The two towering giants exchanged blows, their powerful punches creating a whirlwind that shook the earth.
With bloodshot eyes, Sasuke Uchiha full power, his killing intent boiling. He manipulated his Susanoo with the ferocity of a tiger, carrying a fierce and relentless aura.
Orochimaru, who also glared with a pair of alluring Mangekyō, was gloomy and cold, his killing intent as sharp as frost. Like a fierce and venomous giant snake, he fearlessly charged forward.
The two abandoned their fancy and agile fighting styles and opted for the most direct and brutal approach, manipulating Susanoo to engage in a bloody hand-to-hand combat like two samurai.
The Susanoo, towering like a mountain, Susanoo formidable power. Every punch and kick tears the atmosphere apart, roars like thunder, and causes rocks to crumble and the earth to crack!
It was as if an earth dragon had turned over, and a catastrophe was about to strike—how terrifying!
Sakura Uchiha had no choice but to retreat and step aside, squinting as she observed the battle.
From the memories inherited from the original, Sakura Uchiha heard one word: Gundam.
Unlike the original, the clone girl was born and raised in that world. As a clone, she never quite understood why the people of that world were obsessed with such enormous robots that had no scientific basis.
But the battle before her eyes gave her a new perspective.
Susanoo to a Gundam in a fantasy world isn't entirely unreasonable. The two are similar in many ways: both can fly and run, can attack from a distance but primarily engage in close-quarters combat, and more importantly—
Watching these imposing behemoths collide fiercely, exchanging blows and kicks, the sheer force of their impact stirs the heart and ignites the blood.
But the girl ultimately did not choose to join the battle.
Sasuke and Orochimaru's Susanoo extremely powerful, and their battle is a clash of equals, with neither side able to gain the upper hand for a while. However, Sakura's mastery of the Sharingan and Yin Release surpasses that of Sasuke, who possesses the true bloodline of the Uchiha, and Orochimaru, the mad scientist.
Admittedly, if she were to join the battle and work together against Orochimaru, even if Orochimaru had any trump cards, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand the combined attack of two super-strong individuals.
However, as mentioned earlier, Sakura Uchiha chose to let Sasuke fight Orochimaru because this was a rare Kage Level battle experience.
The other reason, however, was somewhat unexpected.
"I didn't expect you to dare attack me. It seems I underestimated your courage." The girl slightly turned her head, dodging a Kunai that posed no threat but was full of provocation. Her gaze was neither surprised nor angry as she calmly said, "But, are you really in such a hurry to die...?"
"Medicine, Master, Touken?"
A palpable killing intent, seemingly tangible, instantly enveloped the bespectacled youth on the other side of the battlefield!
Kabuto Yakushi stood atop a hill, his hand still poised to throw Kunai. His face paled the instant the girl's gaze fell upon him, his forced smile freezing on his lips. He then adjusted his glasses, took a deep breath, and said, "Such a powerful aura, Sakura Haruno..."
"However, a ninja's destiny is to die in battle, and I've long been prepared for that... No matter what, I can't let the younger generation look down on me like this!"
"Besides, if I don't restrain you and let you get involved in Lord Orochimaru's battle, I'll die here sooner or later once Lord Orochimaru is defeated!"
The girl scoffed.
"That sounds nice," she glanced at Dou with disdain, "But how dare an ant clamor to stop a giant?"
Kabuto smiled mysteriously, pulled out several scrolls from behind his back, and laid them out on the ground. "Hehe, I'll give you a little surprise...!"
The girl raised an eyebrow.
The huge difference in combat power made her completely unconcerned about what tricks Dou might play.
However, the excellent combat skills she inherited from her original self meant that she did not have the habit of letting her enemies unleash their power, even if the other party was nothing more than an ant in her eyes.
The girl stood with her hands clasped, her expression indifferent, looking down at the insignificant enemy at her feet.
She remained motionless, but with a thought, the Chakra giant beneath her turned its head, its blazing eyes piercing the other side of the battlefield.
That one glance sent chills Kabuto Yakushi!
His scalp tingled, and the hairs on his body stood on end. When he looked up, he saw that as the giant turned his head to look at him, a green light burst forth from his waist, and a giant sword slashed down fiercely!
Whoosh--!
A thunderous, heavy shout was mixed with the sound of tearing silk. In a daze, the giant sword fell, and the ground seemed to dim.
If I can't hold on... I'll die!
"Damn it...!" Even the usually composed Kabuto couldn't help but roar in anger, his expression becoming extremely ferocious. "I'm... don't look at me!"
The bespectacled youth clasped his hands together, his Chakra suddenly surged, and his aura unexpectedly soared!
Boom--!
The earth cracked and split open, and several giant pythons suddenly emerged from the ground. Each one or two hundred meters long, their bodies enormous and terrifying, Susanoo's body with lightning speed!
"Summoning Technique: Slithering Snake!"
With a massive influx of Chakra, the power of the technique was pushed to its limit by Tani. The giant snake summoned was even larger than Manda and its power was beyond imagination.
However, they could not stop Susanoo's sword.
Sakura Uchiha stood atop the giant, her eyes sweeping indifferently over the monstrous python that had sprung up beneath her feet, and she let out a cold snort. The latter's ferocious power failed to stop the giant's attack; the sword light paused only briefly before transforming into an astonishingly long crescent moon in the air, enveloping the giant snake and the hill where Kabuto stood.
Call out!
Rocks crumbled and thick smoke billowed.
The giant python was cut in half at the waist, its body dismembered into several pieces, and foul-smelling blood gushed out wildly, forming several pools on the ground.
Sakura manipulated Susanoo retract the giant spiral sword, and before the dust had settled, she calmly turned to look in another direction. "Pretty quick, Kabuto Yakushi!"
Where her gaze fell, stood the unharmed, bespectacled young man, Dou.
In the brief moment when he used the giant python to block Susanoo, he miraculously escaped a fatal blow!
As expected of Orochimaru's prized subordinate.
But Kabuto was not pleased by the girl's praise at all. Having faced that slash head-on, he now understood even more clearly the gap between the two of them: a casual sword strike from her could be a terrifying force that he couldn't stop even if he tried his best!
He was, after all, a battle-hardened elite ninja. The more nervous he became, the calmer he became, and his habitual cold smile quickly returned to his face.
"Don't be impatient. Aren't you curious about what surprise I have for you?" Dou said with a fake smile.
The scroll in front of him had been opened while he was dodging, and the several corpses inside were neatly arranged on the ground.
"Surprise?"
The girl raised an eyebrow, but instead of striking him again, she coldly looked at him.
Sakura Uchiha knew that Kabuto was skilled at manipulating corpses and that her opponent had a penchant for collecting them, but when she saw the true face of the corpse, she couldn't help but furrow her brows slightly.
Those corpses were none other than the Sound Four and Kimimaro, whom I had fought against a few years ago.
"Your so-called surprise is just collecting these defeated opponents?" the girl said dismissively. "I overestimated you, Kabuto!"
The bespectacled youth shook his head. "No, that was just a distraction to get your attention... The real surprise is this."
He stretched out his hand, revealing a large syringe inserted into his arm.
The syringe was empty; the liquid inside had clearly been injected.
Unsightly scales spread from the needle's eye.
Kabuto Yakushi's lips curled into a wicked smile.