Orochimaru, You Don't Want the Third Hokage to Appear, Do You!

"My personality is inherently like this, and you deliberately used a potion that suits my personality.

Amplifying my personality, making me lose sight of my true goal, and falling into your trap of delaying me..."

Looking at Kazeka, Orochimaru's eyes showed no anger after being tricked. Instead, his interest grew even stronger:

"Kazeka, you've given me more and more surprises. There aren't many potions that can poison me.

It looks like we need to add one more spot to the list of people I want to take with me!"

"You have no chance of taking me away..."

Hearing the voice from not far away, Kazeka replied:

"The commotion we've caused is not small. The examiners here are already gathering.

Soon, the existence sitting in the office will also come here.

Orochimaru, you don't want to face the Third Hokage, do you!"

"That's not necessarily true, but you're right about one thing: there are still too many people here right now..."

Slamming Naruto's charging clone into a puff of smoke again, Orochimaru accelerated sharply and rushed directly to Sasuke's side.

When the venomous snake that was no longer toying with its prey got serious, its terrifying speed left everyone no time to react.

The next second, Orochimaru bit Sasuke's neck.

Along with the wounds caused by two fangs, Sasuke suddenly clutched his wound and fell to the ground in pain.

Through his fingers, three comma-shaped markings could be seen appearing!

This wasn't the end. After biting Sasuke, Orochimaru formed hand seals, his neck suddenly stretched out, just like a long snake.

In an instant, he reached Kazeka's neck and bit him without hesitation. Immediately, markings identical to Sasuke's appeared on Kazeka's neck!

"Cursed Seal, Sasuke, Kazeka, this is the gift I give you.

Being in Konoha will ultimately hinder your progress and your path to becoming stronger. I'll be waiting for the day you come to me!"

"Sasuke, are you okay!"

Seeing Sasuke's pained expression, Sakura immediately rushed to his side, feeling heartbroken.

However, Sasuke just pushed her away, his eyes looking at Naruto, who had also arrived, with unwavering determination:

"Don't worry, with you in Konoha, I'm not going anywhere!"

"This is bad, Orochimaru's Cursed Seal is too powerful. Sasuke, your eyes aren't working properly..."

Seeing Sasuke's behavior, Sakura quickly pushed aside a strangely behaving Naruto and pressed her pretty face as close to Sasuke's as possible:

"Sasuke, look clearly, I'm Sakura, I'm here. You can continue talking now!"

"Get out of the way..."

Sasuke weakly pushed Sakura:

"What I just said was directed at Naruto. For him, I can resist all pain and temptation!"

"I said it before..."

Looking at Sasuke, who was gazing at him deeply even in his weakened state, Naruto unconsciously took another step back, feeling uncomfortable all over:

"Sasuke, don't say such strange things anymore. However, if I were to say these words to Sakura..."

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Sasuke, you should be saying these words to me..."

Sakura completely ignored Naruto and clung to Sasuke, refusing to let go:

"You must have become like this because of Orochimaru's attack!"

"Alright, Sakura, step back a bit. I'll help Sasuke with some treatment..."

Kazeka pulled the bewildered Sakura away from Sasuke and began to perform a Sealing Jutsu on Sasuke again.

Unlike the one he released on Anko before, this time the seal spread all over Sasuke's body.

And after shrinking, what remained was a normal regular pentagram.

"This is a more normal Sealing Jutsu. Because the exam is still ongoing, I've reduced your pain to twenty percent.

Correspondingly, your strength is suppressed to eighty percent, and this seal can only last for five days.

This is the best I can do right now. It should last until the end of this second round of the exam.

After the exam, you'll need to come to my laboratory for a more in-depth sealing to gradually alleviate the effects of the Cursed Seal!"

"Although it still hurts, it shouldn't affect my fighting. Thank you..."

Sasuke struggled to stand up, nodded gratefully at Kazeka, and then looked at Naruto:

"Naruto, don't worry, I won't hold the team back for you!"

"Uh..."

Naruto took another step back. The strange looks from the people around him made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"You don't have to say 'for me,' and also, Sakura..."

Naruto looked at Sakura:

"Don't worry, I'm here. I'll definitely make sure our team passes!"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter..."

Sakura waved her hand impatiently, then looked at Kazeka with suspicion:

"Kazeka, this isn't right. Orochimaru clearly placed Cursed Seals on both you and Sasuke, so why are you fine?"

"I'm fine, of course, because I wasn't bitten..."

Kazeka grabbed the Cursed Seal on his neck and with a strong pull, tore off a piece of flesh.

"I knew Orochimaru's personality well. He was bound to bite me sooner or later, so before I went to support Sasuke, I made preparations..."

Kazeka pointed to a void on his neck:

"By surgically altering the direction of my muscles, I placed a specially made lump of meat here, thus creating a substitute.

Orochimaru only likes to bite the neck, so as long as you're careful, you can control where he bites!"

"Ugh..."

Kiba Inuzuka shivered beside him:

"Kazeka, while your solutions are always impressive, your methods always make me feel uneasy!"

"People are always afraid of what they don't understand.

You should know that even the simplest healing jutsu was perfected through countless bloody experiments..."

Kazeka was unfazed. Instead, he looked at Kiba Inuzuka with a guiding gaze:

"Kiba, as your knowledge grows, you'll slowly realize.

Many things that seem terrifying are actually quite normal, while behind certain seemingly normal things, there might be sinister intentions.

You'll also increasingly regret why you didn't accept my experimental invitations sooner!"

"So in the end, I'll still end up in your laboratory!"

Kiba Inuzuka looked at Kazeka, who couldn't stop talking about experiments. Even after knowing him for so long, he couldn't help but take a step back.

Seeing his "fearful" reaction, Hinata couldn't help but sneer:

"To become stronger, a ninja should risk everything. To not even dare to accept an experiment, hmph, how disgraceful!"

"Hey, who in their right mind would consider such terrifying experiments!"

Kazeka's team teased each other, while the others also chatted enthusiastically. The main topic was their successful interception of Orochimaru!

Although it was a group effort, their opponent was one of the legendary Sannin. This was an astonishing achievement they could boast about for a lifetime!

Of course, as the ones who were rescued, Naruto's team was also continuously thanking those who had arrived.

Seeing the chaotic scene turning into a tea party, Anko finally clapped her hands to interrupt everyone:

"Alright, we can catch up after the exam.

For now, you should continue the exam, or are you planning to fight here first?"