"Summoning Jutsu!"
As a massive cloud of smoke billowed up, Manda's enormous body appeared beneath Orochimaru's feet.
Manda shook his head irritably and shouted, "Orochimaru, I was sleeping, and you interrupted my sweet dreams again!"
Orochimaru smiled. "Manda, I'll offer you new sacrifices."
Hearing that, Manda reminded him, "This time, I want fresh, living people. If you dare try to fool me with those people who died on your experiment table, I absolutely won't forgive you."
"Understood. I'll meet your demands."
Only after hearing Orochimaru's promise did Manda nod in satisfaction. "By the way, why did you summon me?"
"Go hold back the Eight-Tails."
"..."
After Orochimaru agreed to provide double the sacrifices, Manda still twisted his massive body and charged toward the Eight-Tails.
Seeing Manda temporarily entangle the Eight-Tails and prevent it from firing a Tailed Beast Bomb, Orochimaru finally withdrew his gaze.
He was just about to support the Ninja Alliance when he sensed someone watching him.
Orochimaru turned his head and saw Uchiha Yuzuru sitting atop a platform dozens of meters high, his pitch black eyes unfathomably deep.
Orochimaru used the Body Flicker Technique and swiftly appeared before Uchiha Yuzuru.
Uchiha Yuzuru greeted him, "Orochimaru, we meet again."
Orochimaru's eyes brimmed with curiosity. "Yuzuru-kun, I'm becoming more and more interested in you."
"Even the Third Raikage is personally fighting below, yet you can sit here so leisurely."
"Even if someone said you were Kumogakure's Kage, it wouldn't seem out of place at all."
Uchiha Yuzuru replied calmly, "Not every Kage is as afraid of death as Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"As the village's strongest fighting force, isn't it perfectly normal to fight on the front lines?"
"Yuzuru-kun, don't tell me you're still fantasizing about making me your subordinate?"
"This isn't a fantasy. It's a reality that will certainly come