Orochimaru Appears! Sasuke Is Attacked

At the Central Tower, Mitarashi Anko was stunned after hearing Shinki's words.

From the first day of the exam, after discovering that Orochimaru might have entered the Forest of Death, she and the Anbu launched a thorough search of the Forest of Death.

Four days passed in a flash, and apart from Shinki mentioning that he had seen Orochimaru in the forest, they had not found any trace of Orochimaru.

Therefore, in order to avoid causing panic in various countries, the village leadership decided to suppress the matter and wait for further developments.

Now, Orochimaru, who has been lurking in the shadows, has finally revealed his vicious nature once again!

"Is what that red-haired boy said true?" one of the Proctors asked.

Anko stared intently at Shinki's every move on the monitor. "Whether it's true or not, we should go down and check it out!"

Just then...

A sudden change has occurred!!

A Giant Snake, as tall as a building, suddenly darted out from the nearby woods!

"Whoosh--"

The Giant Snake's purpose was clear: it charged towards the location of the Shinki and Sasuke!

Having anticipated Orochimaru's sudden attack, Shinki quickly dodged to the side!

The giant serpent opened its massive mouth, its enormous body sweeping over and swallowing all three Ninja from the Kusagakure whole!

Beside the giant serpent, Naruto and Sasuke, who had been saved by the Shinki, broke out in a cold sweat.

"Such a huge snake, could it be Orochimaru?!"

Sasuke asked with a serious expression.

Shinki did not answer, but simply nodded quietly, then looked towards a certain spot in the dense forest.

A few seconds later, a figure emerged from within—it was Orochimaru!

After Orochimaru appeared, he looked at Sasuke with an indescribable look of greed.

Sasuke felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at. After all, the other party was one of the "Sannin" of Konoha, who had participated in several Shinobi World Wars. The intensity of his killing intent made Sasuke tremble all over!

"This time, I will absolutely not be as cowardly as I was last time!"

Sasuke gritted his teeth, pulled a Kunai from his Ninja Tool Pouch, and stabbed it viciously into his thigh.

Just then, the giant snake beside them moved once more!

It twisted its massive body, and its enormous tail lashed out towards the direction of the Shinki!

Shinki hurriedly leaped to dodge, forming a hand seal between leaps. "Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!!"

"Boom!!"

Blazing flames spewed from the Shinki's mouth!

This time, he held nothing back, unleashing a torrent of Chakra!

"Whoa!!"

The flames spewing from the Shinki were incredibly hot and covered a terrifying area!

In an instant, the dragon-shaped flames reduced a grove of trees in front of the Shinki to ashes!

The Summoned Giant Snake, which was in the middle of the Shinki Wood Dragon Fire Technique, was charred black all over, like a giant fire stick, and even faintly emitted the aroma of meat!

Orochimaru was completely stunned!

(´°Δ°`)

He knew that Shinki was highly talented, but the strength of this Ninjutsu was a bit too outrageous!

In terms of both the intensity of its execution and the area of effect it covers, the power of Ninjutsu is more than four times that of my own!!

"Gurgle~"

Orochimaru swallowed hard.

He had always wanted to Sharingan, because those eyes, unique to the Uchiha Clan, held countless mysteries.

But now, he's starting to waver.

Having a body that can amplify the power of ordinary Ninjutsu several times over seems pretty good.

Furthermore, this kid is very likely a member of the Uzumaki Clan, possessing a massive amount of Chakra and Chakra sensing abilities...

On the other side, Mitarashi Anko, who had just arrived at the foot of the Central Tower and wanted to help the Examinees, was also stunned.

I was shocked!

Just what kind of prodigy is Shinki?

How could someone execute a simple B-rank Ninjutsu with such terrifying power?!

"Shinki!"

After a while, Mitarashi Anko came to her senses and suddenly roared.

Shinki turned around, his eyes filled with doubt.

"You did a great job, now leave the rest to us!"

As she spoke, all the Proctors and Anbu around Mitarashi Anko sprang into action and charged toward Orochimaru!

Meanwhile, Shinki was overjoyed after receiving verbal praise from the Proctor, Anko.

Just then, Mitarashi Anko added, "And also, you'll have to pay for all the forest you just destroyed!"

Shinki:(╥╯^╰╥)

Oops, oops! I didn't control the casting range properly again!

But.

I've done my part for the village, so why should I have to pay compensation?

That's inhumane!

"That's right!"

Shinki suddenly remembered that the Grass Ninja trio was still inside Orochi's belly!!

Did my Fire Style just now burn them all to death?!

Thinking of this, Shinki asked Anko for a Short Sword and then cut open the snake's belly.

Inside the giant snake's stomach, the three Grass Ninja huddled together, protected by Water Release Shield.

Shinki pulled the three of them out and checked their breathing.

After confirming that all three were still breathing, Shinki breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, they're still breathing."

Meanwhile, Sasuke and Naruto were intently watching the battle between the Anbu and Orochimaru beside Shinki.

The two were quite engrossed in the watch, occasionally letting out a gasp of surprise.

"Why Orochimaru so strong? He can fight so many Anbu all by himself without being at a disadvantage, and he even seems to be handling it with ease..."

As Sasuke spoke, a look of longing appeared in his eyes.

He is an Avenger.

The Uchiha clan was slaughtered by that man named Uchiha Itachi.

Therefore, Sasuke must take revenge; he needs power!

"But his fighting style is disgusting. His body is as soft as a snake, and he attacks by sticking out his tongue... Ugh~" Naruto said with a look of disgust.

Shinki walked over and poked the two on the shoulder, warning them, "Hey, stop looking, stay away. Orochimaru is powerful; it wouldn't be good if he broke through and bit you."

Naruto wore a nonchalant expression. "His name is Orochimaru, he's not actually a snake, so why would he bite... Huh!!"

Naruto's pupils suddenly contracted halfway through his sentence!

Because he discovered that Orochimaru, who had been fighting the Orochimaru so Anbu, had actually turned into a Mud Clone!!

"Fake?! Where is the real Orochimaru now?!"

Naruto said with a look of horror.

Realizing something was wrong, Shinki suddenly felt a strong gust of wind from behind and quickly pulled Sasuke and Naruto to lie down forward!

"Whoosh!!"

As expected.

Just after the three of them fell to the ground, a head, still attached to its neck, flew past them!

Shinki followed the neck to its Root and discovered that the neck was connected to a body, dressed the same as Orochimaru's...

In other words, Orochimaru had just stretched his neck like a rubber man and launched a surprise attack on Shinki and the other two!

While the Shinki was still stunned, Orochimaru suddenly twisted his head and bit down on Sasuke's shoulder!

Sasuke couldn't dodge in time and was bitten on the shoulder!

The instant Orochimaru's fangs pierced Sasuke's body, a cluster of Curse Mark entered Sasuke's body!!

Sasuke immediately felt his entire body go numb and collapsed to the ground in agony!

Having accomplished all this, Orochimaru quickly retracted his neck. "Sasuke, I hope you can survive..."