"Should we follow them? Maybe they have some special way to find Orochimaru." Seeing that Uchiha Itachi remained silent and those Roots pulled the carriage farther and farther, Kisame continued to ask.
Uchiha Itachi still didn't speak. He just made a few gestures and conveyed his meaning to Kisame. The two of them followed Root.
But soon they discovered something was wrong. This group of Root, like the two of them, were walking through the territory of Land of Rice Fields like headless flies.
It's just that there are slightly more of them, and they occasionally run to the village for supplies, but most of the time they still walk aimlessly through the forest.
Soon the keen Uchiha Rong discovered the secret. Those Root would clean up the campsite after camping, and there were ninjas who were specialized in Earth Release cleaning the ruts, but each campsite would still leave an inconspicuous mark.
These marks were not all the same. They were almost disguised as traces left by various wild beasts. Uchiha Itachi didn't notice them at all at first.
But each camp will leave different tracks of wild beasts, which makes it unusual. What's more, some places don't have that kind of wild beasts passing by at all.
It seems that this should be the password to contact Orochimaru.
Sure enough, on the night of the next day, Sharingan of Uchiha Itachi keenly captured a small snake sneaking into Root's small camp.
Early the next morning, Root walked straight to an open space, placed all the goods there, and then left.
"Stay here, Orochimaru's men should be here soon." Itachi whispered.
But it seems that the one who came was not Orochimaru's subordinates, but Orochimaru himself. He was wearing a pure white robe, setting off his pale face, and he was like a ghost, floating to the place where Root was unloading.
But he did not check the goods, but directly raised his head and looked at the place where Uchiha and Kisame were hiding.
"Now that you're here, don't hide." He said softly.
Uchiha Itachi knew this was not a test, Orochimaru's black eyes stared in his direction tightly, with a smile on his lips, he stretched out his right hand.
A thick giant python flew out from the cuff, and the speed was no less than that of the flying shuriken. Only then did Kisame feel the unparalleled pressure of Orochimaru. He swung Samehada violently and cut the giant python in half.
"Are you Orochimaru?"
He put the sword back behind him with a grin, and stood on the top of a tall tree, Hand Seals in his hand.
The surrounding air gradually changes from humid to dry, and Water Release of Kisame is even comparable to Second Hokage.
Although he was concerned about the surrounding environment and did not use the large-scale Ninjutsu, the flying shark was huge and solid. If it was hit, it would be directly smashed into pieces.
Uchiha Itachi also took action at the same time, but only threw a few shurikens, blocking Orochimaru's possible escape route.
But Orochimaru didn't choose to dodge at all, but stayed in place Hand Seals, Kisame's eyes widened, the seal was exactly the same as the one he had just made.
The two sharks collided in the air and dispersed into splashing mist. Under the sunlight, a rainbow even appeared, and the shuriken cut through the rainbow and landed in the void.
"It turns out to be Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the first seven swords. I didn't expect you to join Akatsuki." Orochimaru took two steps back, dodged the shuriken, and turned his attention to Uchiha Itachi, laughing.
"And you, Uchiha Itachi, it seems that Pain really thinks highly of me, and actually sent two of them at once."
Uchiha Itachi didn't reply. A pair of Sharingan stared closely into Orochimaru's eyes. He seemed to know what Orochimaru and Danzo were trading.
What was once a pair of snake eyes has now become two Sharingan of Three Tomoe. The reason why Orochimaru was able to copy Kisame's Ninjutsu just now was because of these eyes.
"Itachi?" Kisame didn't know the secret and was a little dumbfounded. He looked at his companions, then at Orochimaru, and asked, "Is Orochimaru a member of your family?"
"His situation is the same as Hatake Kakashi's." Uchiha Itachi answered his teammates' doubts softly. He now finally knew what kind of preparations Orochimaru had made to deal with him.
"It's just a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan..."
Uchiha Itachi said as he turned on his own Mangekyo Sharingan. He wanted to start Tsukuyomi directly and let Orochimaru experience the difference between Sharingan.
But suddenly I heard the chirping of another self in my mind.
"Kill him! Kill him! He is blaspheming the eyes of his people!"
"Use Amaterasu fire to burn him directly to ashes!"
Before he could activate his chakra, Mangekyō Sharingan activated it on its own. He felt blood dripping from the corners of his eyes, and saw Orochimaru's body covered in black flames.
Orochimaru is just not very resistant to Genjutsu, but he has many ways to deal with Amaterasu. Although his body was set on fire, nothing happened to him.
He grew his mouth like a snake, and with a sticky sound, Orochimaru spit out his intact self, while the rest of his body turned into an empty shell and was burned up by Amaterasu.
"You!"
If the self in his mind can only keep making sounds, then Uchiha Itachi thinks he can still persist.
But it obviously started to interfere with my own fighting, and it was also able to control my own Mangekyō Sharingan. It had obviously regained complete control of my body, so why...
"What are you!"
"You loser! Hurry up and kill this guy who dares to blaspheme the eyes of the tribe!"
The other self's voice in his mind became increasingly harsh, and Uchiha Itachi felt like someone was stabbing his eardrums with Senbon.
He wanted to subconsciously agree to him and obey him, because originally their mission was to kill Orochimaru and bring the organization's ring back to Pain. There was no conflict.
But the next moment, the voice screamed again, "No! You have to catch him! Drag his head to Konoha! Let Third Hokage see what his disciples and his good teammates are doing!"
"Let the whole village see Third Hokage's hypocritical and ugly face! Then burn them in front of everyone! Burn them!"
Uchiha Itachi's other eye also shed tears of blood. He once again lost control of Mangekyō Sharingan. Tsukuyomi also started involuntarily. He and Orochimaru met under the bloody moonlight.
It's just that there is a third person under the moonlight, the ferocious, crazy Uchiha Itachi with a smile that comes from nowhere.
But Orochimaru seemed not surprised at all. His body was hanging on the cross, but there was a smile on his lips.