Just as Hitomi and Madara's battle was about to determine a winner.
Kazue was relentlessly pursuing Orochimaru.
"You can't escape!"
Kazue's gaze was incomparably cold as she stared cruelly at Orochimaru.
When it came to sheer escape speed, she truly could not match Orochimaru.
But Kazue also possessed a dangerous Forbidden Technique distinct from the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Illusory Reality!"
Kazue shouted softly. In the direction Orochimaru was desperately fleeing, obstacles such as blazing fire and rocks would inexplicably appear, blocking his path of escape.
Turning illusion into reality—this was Kazue's other Forbidden Technique.
Orochimaru was struck by one inexplicable attack after another. Unable to evade them, his escape speed slowed, and he could only stop with a gloomy expression.
"Is this another application of Izanagi? Yet you do not seem to have used any ocular technique."
Orochimaru lowered his eyelids, concealing most of his eyes as he tried his best not to meet Kazue's gaze.
Making eye contact meant falling under genjutsu, and that could easily lead to disaster.
Kazue watched Orochimaru coldly and slowly drew her Kusanagi Sword. "I already told you. I will not let you escape."
"Heh, you are so fixated on my Kusanagi Sword? You were not like this before. When I had just defected, you had not cared much for my weapon."
Orochimaru once again spat out his freely extendable Kusanagi Sword and warily watched Kazue's movements.
"You still have the nerve to bring up your defection? If you had any sense at all, you would not have betrayed the village. Had you remained in the village, you could have obtained everything you wanted instead."
Kazue flicked her sword in an arc and aimed its tip at Orochimaru.
When Orochimaru had defected, he had even planned to gouge out a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan from