"Already noticed me?"
"Wonderful!"
"You adapted to my killing intent so quickly... Sasuke-kun, I'm so happy~"
"You excite me~"
Even behind an unfamiliar face, Snake Aunt's distinctive... aura still showed through.
Uchiha Sasuke felt sick, but he was also momentarily stunned.
Sasuke-kun?
It had been a long time since anyone had called him that...
No!
Uchiha Sasuke felt his ass clench. "You... don't look at me like that!"
As a chill ran down his spine, Uchiha Sasuke's anger rapidly rose.
"If you want to fight, then fight. Stop playing meaningless mind games!"
However, when he saw that the burning heat in Orochimaru's eyes had not faded but instead intensified—
He truly regretted not letting Naruto and Sakura step in.
"Hehehe~"
Orochimaru chuckled sinisterly and raised a hand.
He bit down on his thumb.
"As you wish."
Whoosh, whoosh—
After Orochimaru formed several hand seals, violent winds suddenly swept through the area.
Orochimaru slammed a palm against the ground, and a massive amount of Chakra surged forth.
"Summoning Technique!"
Bang—
With an explosive boom, thick white smoke rose.
Orochimaru silently retreated some distance.
Clearly, he had no intention of acting first.
He wanted to carefully observe Uchiha Sasuke, this vessel.
He wanted to understand every inch of his body.
After all, this was the Uchiha he had coveted for so long!
As the smoke dispersed, a massive snake came into view.
Its snake eyes stared fixedly at Uchiha Sasuke as a cold aura and a pungent stench washed over him.
Uchiha Sasuke frowned. One of that snake's eyes was as large as his head.
And after Great Fire Annihilation had cleared out an open area in the Forest of Death—
The terrain advantage was gone.
However, Uchiha Sasuke soon sneered.
"If this is all your pet can do, you shouldn't have