Orochimaru Style Substitution Technique: Team 7 vs. Orochimaru

"Sorry, I refuse..."

Upon hearing the System Prompt by his ear, Sasuke curled his lips into a faint smile and answered without hesitation.

He was a man who would become Hokage. How could he possibly betray Konoha?!

[Mission complete. Reward obtained: Orochimaru Style Substitution Technique...]

As soon as Sasuke finished speaking, the system reward flooded into his mind in an instant...

Yet Sasuke, who had received the ninjutsu information, was not particularly pleased. Instead, he frowned slightly.

He had thought the system's Orochimaru Style Substitution Technique would be as smooth and effortless as Orochimaru's...

But the truth was that, without undergoing a soft-body modification, he could not use this move as casually as Orochimaru did.

Each use would consume an enormous amount of his Chakra...

It could only be considered a lifesaving trump card!

"Exactly, exactly...

Sasuke is my rival for Hokage. How could he leave the village with a snake freak like you?!"

Seeing this, Naruto immediately shouted in agreement with Sasuke's refusal.

But those words made Orochimaru pause slightly...

"Hokage?

You actually want to become Hokage??

Hahaha...

Interesting, how very interesting..."

Less than a moment later, Orochimaru came back to his senses and looked at Sasuke with a crazed laugh.

The mockery and ridicule on his face were completely undisguised...

He had thought that the hatred from the Uchiha clan's massacre would lead Sasuke into darkness...

Who would have thought this brat wanted to become Hokage!

Contribute everything to the village that had destroyed his clan??

Teacher Sarutobi, you really knew how to cultivate the next generation...

"Is that so funny?

At least becoming Hokage means I won't have to drift through the Ninja World like you!

Come to think of it, how about I pardon you once I become Hokage?

Konoha rogue ninja—one of the Three Sannin, Orochimaru..."

Sasuke sneered and fired back directly. What was so funny about it...

After the Fourth Great Ninja War, hadn't he come running back as well!

Sasuke was simply skipping several years of detours...

"Konoha rogue ninja!!"

"One of the Three Sannin??"

Naruto and Sakura's expressions changed again. They stared uncertainly at Orochimaru's cold, sinister face...

"So you know my title...

Yet you didn't recognize me before. Did you learn it through constant exposure?

As expected of the last descendant of the Uchiha...

But Sasuke, it is absolutely impossible for you to become Hokage!

For now, you should obediently accept this gift from your senior..."

Ignoring Naruto and Sakura, Orochimaru spoke meaningfully as his neck suddenly stretched out and shot toward Sasuke's throat.

An Uchiha becoming Hokage??

This ridiculous talk ended here!

"Konoha Great Whirlwind..."

Through the Sharingan's insight, Sasuke easily caught Orochimaru's movement and burst forth in an instant.

With the Taijutsu enhancement of Silent Killing Technique, Sasuke precisely kicked Orochimaru in the head...

"You're too naive, Sasuke..."

Orochimaru, whose face had been kicked, let out a vicious grin. His neck instantly stretched like a snake, wrapping around Sasuke's leg as it lunged for his throat.

"Sasuke, watch out..."

Naruto shouted and swung his fist at Orochimaru's head.

Sakura was no less willing to fall behind, viciously thrusting the Kunai in her hand toward Orochimaru.

But Orochimaru did not even regard their attacks as worth noticing. With a sweep of his long tongue, he blasted them both away...

Then continued charging toward Sasuke without losing momentum...

Yet that brief delay allowed Sasuke to rapidly complete the Hand Seals for the Substitution Technique with one hand.

The next instant

When Orochimaru was within an inch of Sasuke's throat...

Bang...

Sasuke's body suddenly turned into a piece of dead wood, while his real body appeared several meters away.

"One-Handed Hand Seals!!

Sasuke, just how much talent do you still have waiting to be unearthed..."

Orochimaru froze, surprise and delight flashing through his Snake Eyes as he muttered.

His elongated neck simultaneously retracted at high speed...

"Naruto, use ninjutsu..."

Sasuke seemed not to hear him at all. He urged Naruto on as his hands formed Hand Seals again.

"Got it..."

Naruto was instantly overjoyed. He formed Hand Seals with both hands, preparing Wind Style.

I should be able to help now too...

Sakura's beautiful eyes narrowed as she watched the two of them erupt into action. She quickly retreated to the nearby stream and began forming Hand Seals.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique..."

Watching Orochimaru retract his head, Sasuke shouted as a Fire Dragon burst forth with unstoppable force...

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough..."

Almost the very next second, Naruto's ninjutsu arrived as expected and slammed into the Fire Dragon.

In an instant, Raging Flames exploded forth...

Like a sea of fire descending, they swept across a range of dozens of meters and blew toward Orochimaru.

"Now...

Water Style: Hidden Mist Technique..."

Seeing this, Sakura immediately unleashed all her Chakra and activated Water Style, turning the area around herself, Sasuke, and Naruto into dense mist.

"Sasuke, Naruto, let's run while we can..."

Having drained all her Chakra, Sakura urged them on. Forcing her weakened body forward, she came to Sasuke's side.

Facing that terrifying Orochimaru, she could not imagine any chance of victory!

So escaping beneath the cover of the mist was her plan.

"Run?

Don't you know that snakes possess Infrared Perception??"

Just as Sasuke was about to tell the two of them to leave first, Orochimaru's voice suddenly rang out beside the trio.

The next instant

That savage snake mouth bit toward Sasuke once more...

This time, Sasuke had no time to form Hand Seals and use the Substitution Technique.

"Sasuke..."

Seeing Orochimaru's snake mouth so close before her eyes, Sakura's face instantly drained of color as she cried out in panic.

At the critical moment...

Sasuke remained calm in the face of danger, forming a hand seal with one hand.

His body whooshed into mist and vanished, causing Orochimaru's snake mouth to bite down hard on empty air.

Nearly shattering several of his snake teeth...

"Mist Body Flicker??"

Seeing the infrared thermal image vanish from his sight, the experienced Orochimaru understood at once.

At nearly the same moment, Sasuke's body appeared instantly on Orochimaru's right.

A powerful kick sent him flying once again...

At the same time, the Hand Seals in Sasuke's hands were completed in an instant.

"Lightning Release: Swift Lightning Arrow..."

Under Orochimaru's astonished gaze, Sasuke raised his hand and fired another Lightning Style attack.

True to its name, the Swift Lightning Arrow struck Orochimaru in the blink of an eye...

Blue electric arcs crackled around him once more...

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique..."

At the same time Sasuke unleashed Lightning Style, Naruto formed Hand Seals with both hands and activated his ninjutsu.

Bang, bang, bang...

A string of White Smoke rose through the fog, and dozens of Narutos appeared.

"Have the Shadow Clones cover us. We're leaving..."

Seeing this, Sasuke immediately made his decision. He turned, picked Sakura up, and fled at high speed...

He had already consumed more than half his Chakra and could not keep fighting head-on.

More importantly, Sakura was there!

He did not want to accidentally get his future wife killed...

"We don't want the Scroll anymore...

You win, Orochimaru."

Naruto immediately followed after seeing this, casually tossing the fake Scroll from his bag to Orochimaru.

Several dozen seconds later

"A Scroll??

What a boring thing..."

After destroying all of Naruto's clones, Orochimaru snorted disdainfully. Chakra flared beneath his feet as he crushed it directly.

"Sasuke, you cannot escape...

Ninjutsu: Summoning Technique..."

Watching the direction in which the three had left, Orochimaru gave a sinister smile, bit his finger, formed Hand Seals, and shouted.

Bang...

A Brown Giant Snake appeared beneath Orochimaru's feet and swiftly slithered after Sasuke...