But in the next moment, Orochimaru noticed the enormous clam behind him.
His brow immediately furrowed.
"Is that... the Second Mizukage—Hozuki Gengetsu's giant clam?"
With his doubts in mind, Orochimaru chose to summon Manda directly.
"Bang!"
As the white smoke dispersed, a massive purple snake appeared beneath Orochimaru's feet.
"Hey! (#`O′) Orochimaru, you bastard, why did you suddenly think to summon me!?"
"I thought you were already dead. Same as always—remember to give me a hundred people as live sacrifices afterward!"
"Don't rush. Once this is over, I'll give you something good to try. Get to work!"
Manda was immediately intrigued by the "something good" Orochimaru had mentioned. Anything Orochimaru called good definitely wouldn't be bad!
Carrying Orochimaru, it charged straight at the giant clam ahead.
Such a huge clam had to be delicious!
It opened its bloody maw and bit down directly on the giant clam's shell.
But in the next moment, agonizing pain shot through its fangs.
"Fuck~!"
Its body writhed, crushing all the nearby trees, then its tail swept into the giant clam and knocked it back several dozen meters.
"Damn it, what kind of clam is this? Why is its shell so hard!?"
Orochimaru chuckled twice.
"This is the Second Mizukage's summoned clam. How could it be so easy for you to eat?"
But in the next moment, a spatial vortex appeared above the clam. Emerging from it were Obito, wearing his orange spiral mask, and that "traitor"—Hiruko.
There was also the Second Mizukage—Hozuki Gengetsu, the Second Tsuchikage—Mu, and someone Orochimaru had once reincarnated with the Impure World Reincarnation— the Third Kazekage. (Kishimoto never named him, so let's just call him the Third Kazekage.)
"So he managed to find them..."
Orochimaru had once considered searching for the bodies of these two as well, but the Shinobi