Does the Shinobi World have a Yamata no Orochi?
It did.
But not in the present, rather in the future of the "original" timeline.
It was Orochimaru's ultimate technique, the S-rank forbidden jutsu known as Yamata no Orochi.
In form, it was a gigantic white serpent with eight heads and eight tails.
Yet in the end, it was defeated by Itachi Uchiha's utterly unreasonable equipment.
One was the Yata Mirror, said to reflect all physical attacks and possess every nature transformation, changing its own attributes according to an attack's nature and rendering it ineffective.
The other was the Totsuka Blade, said to permanently seal any target it pierced within an illusionary world.
Both were pure-energy "spirit weapons," perfectly suited to Susanoo.
In nature, they were the same as Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's divine artifact, the Tengu Armor.
In addition, he had the Yasakani no Magatama, which every Uchiha's Susanoo could use.
So Orochimaru's Eight Branches Technique losing to the Three Divine Artifacts was hardly unjustified.
But who exactly had he lost to?
Where had Itachi Uchiha's Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror come from?
Why didn't other people's Susanoo have them? There were many such subtle questions that could not be explained.
But none of that meant anything to the battle in Ryūchi Cave right now.
The reality was that the Yamata no Orochi from Sea Star had descended.
It stunned Manda, Aoda, and Garaga.
Even the countless surrounding snakes, intimidated by Brogy's aura and pressure, no longer dared approach.
If White Scale was a sage who ruled over everything, then the Yamata no Orochi before them was a king standing high above all others!
Whether it was the former or the latter, both inspired fear in the depths of their hearts.
Only Manda, Aoda, and Garaga fared slightly better, but even they