Seeing Konan closing in, Orochimaru immediately wanted to retreat and flee.
However, at some point, Orochimaru had become completely surrounded.
All around him were enormous Summoning Beasts of every kind, with some even in the sky.
Seeing this, Orochimaru knew that if he wanted to break through now, he could only force his way through!
Anyone with eyes could see that Nagato and Konan had no intention of letting Orochimaru go.
And so, a fierce battle began between the two sides!
Well, no, it would be more accurate to say that a battle where Orochimaru was being brutally beaten one-sidedly was underway.
If Orochimaru had not possessed such exceptional survival abilities, he probably would not have lasted even a few minutes against Nagato and Konan working together!
But even with such strong survival abilities, the situation remained fraught with danger.
The tremendous booms produced by the battle spread outward in all directions from the center of the former Uzushio Village site.
At the same time, Soji, unaware that a battle was taking place at the former Uzushio Village site, strolled leisurely toward his destination.
Unlike Orochimaru, Soji had never been to Uzushio Village before, much less its present-day ruins.
After all, Soji had only been a few years old when Uzushio Village was destroyed.
Though he had witnessed that history, what could he have changed at the time?
"Uzushio Village, built by the Uzumaki Clan... what a pity. No matter how powerful it was, a shinobi village founded by a single clan could never contend against the Five Great Shinobi Villages."
Looking at the map as he walked toward the former Uzushio Village site, Soji sighed with deep emotion.
Wasn't that the truth? The Uzumaki Clan was not much smaller than clans like the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga.
Yet even