The Second Hokage and Third Hokage had been sealed one after another, while the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, had left Konoha with Yoru Machi to fight outside the village. As a result, Konoha had begun to regain control of the situation.
Although Fourth Kazekage Rasa fought with all his strength, faced with Kushina and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Rin, who specialized in Sealing Jutsu, he was ultimately sealed after a long and bitter battle.
Kakashi had originally been no match for Orochimaru, but because Orochimaru had expended quite a bit of strength fighting the Third Hokage earlier, he had remained evenly matched with Kakashi.
That was right. We Hatake were always evenly matched. Even without the Sharingan, no matter who he faced now, Kakashi could still forcibly make it an even fight.
Watching the Hokage and Kazekage get sealed one after another, Orochimaru's expression became extremely grim.
The only Impure World Reincarnation fighter still holding on was the First Hokage, but he had also broken free from Orochimaru's control.
Orochimaru wanted to dispel the First Hokage's Impure World Reincarnation, but he did not dare.
Once the First Hokage was no longer holding him back, Yoru Machi would be free to act. Against a monster capable of suppressing three Hokage by himself, Orochimaru would likely find it difficult even to escape.
For that very reason, before the situation completely spiraled out of control, Orochimaru chose to flee.
Although his goal of destroying Konoha had not been achieved this time, he had indeed killed the Third Hokage. Half his objective had been fulfilled, so it was not a total loss.
However, Yoru Machi's immense strength only deepened Orochimaru's obsession with bloodline limits.
Yoru Machi had used quite a few techniques earlier that Orochimaru had never even seen before. Clearly, those techniques had been