True Orochimaru

Using the Body Flicker Technique to advance and then the Rasengan to finish off enemies. This wasn't the first time Yuzuru had done this, but because the enemies this time were quite cooperative, his attack was clean and swift. Thus, the scene of the Fourth Hokage defeating the masked man couldn't help but surface in his mind...

Alright, the gap is still quite significant.

The sound of shuriken cutting through the air mixed with the rain. Yuzuru's keen hearing caught this, but instead of retreating, he moved forward. He lowered his body, dodging the enemy's attack, and activated the Body Flicker Technique again, his figure appearing directly in front of the enemy.

"Such fast Body Flicker..."

This high speed instantly put the enemy on edge. He prepared himself with all his might for the upcoming battle. However, after the opponent closed in, they didn't stop at all. Before he could react, their bodies had already crossed paths.

"Why..."

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Soon, the enemy found his own answer. Heat and strength were rapidly draining from his body. He instinctively touched his neck behind him and found that both his carotid artery and throat had been cut.

The identities of killer and killed constantly shifted in ninja. Yuzuru felt no extra joy in eliminating his enemies. In fact, Yuzuru suddenly understood Orochimaru's attitude towards life... a ninja's life is truly too fragile.

Operating alone in the Land of Rain, he prioritized maintaining his condition and avoiding injury as much as possible.

Speaking of Orochimaru, Yuzuru suddenly wanted to try a special ninjutsu... the Summoning Technique.

Although a contract had to be signed before using this technique, Yuzuru felt that the possibility of succeeding by trying it directly with his current abilities was very high, because his connection with Ryūchi Cave was far closer than a mere summoning contract.

This was certainly not mere "showing off." The Summoning Technique was, after all, a space-time ninjutsu. Once successful, Yuzuru's safety would have an extra layer of protection... The Summoning Technique and the Reverse Summoning Technique were essentially the same ninjutsu. Mastering this technique meant Yuzuru had an additional method to escape the battlefield in an emergency.

Thus, Yuzuru mobilized his chakra, simultaneously drawing upon the natural energy within his body, and began to form hand seals: Snake-Dog-Rooster-Monkey-Ram. Ninjutsu: Summoning Technique!

The summoning jutsu itself had no entry barrier; the barrier lay with the summoning beast. Without a summoning beast, either the jutsu wouldn't activate at all, or it would lead to even worse consequences.

As Yuzuru performed the hand seals, a puff of smoke rose among the trees. Something enormous suddenly appeared... A giant white snake not only crushed the surrounding trees but also directly crushed the third ninja in front of Yuzuru upon its appearance.

The Summoning Technique had been successful. Yuzuru looked at the white snake before him and felt it looked very familiar.

This? It's a bit like the snake that took me to Ryūchi Cave from Orochimaru's lab? Is it the same snake? Yuzuru couldn't be sure, because to human observation, all snakes looked pretty much the same.

The white snake sensed the natural energy within Yuzuru and also felt the uniqueness of his "bloodline"... an inexplicable sense of kinship between man and snake.

It glanced at the ninja standing on its head before its dangerous snake eyes fixed on the only remaining enemy.

The white snake's head suddenly lowered. It didn't launch any physical attack, but after approaching the enemy, it exhaled a white mist at them.

Poison gas? No, Yuzuru sensed it slightly and immediately realized it wasn't poison gas but saliva mixed with a large amount of natural energy.

What kind of attack is this?

But then something bizarre happened. The last enemy was enveloped by abundant natural energy. A large amount of natural energy invaded his body, and he was immediately severely eroded. In just a few seconds, his body began to rapidly deform.

In the blink of an eye, he became a grotesque flesh sculpture in a highly postmodern style.

"..."

One could only say that the result of this technique was very much in Orochimaru's style; it was truly bizarre. Yuzuru glanced at the enemy's death, then involuntarily averted his gaze.

"White Snake... what should I call you?" Yuzuru attempted to communicate with the white snake.

However, this snake had no need for social interaction. It simply memorized Yuzuru's chakra and automatically dispelled the summoning... after all, its job was done.

Could it have mistaken me for a Konoha ninja from Orochimaru's faction?

But since this white snake could use natural energy, did that mean it was slightly higher ranking than Manda in the Ryūchi Cave system?

Can Manda use natural energy? Yuzuru couldn't quite recall such details.

"I haven't confirmed the Reverse Summoning yet."

Activating the Reverse Summoning Technique was more troublesome. It required sending a signal to the summoning beast first. The specific activation steps were: the ninja first uses the Summoning Technique to summon the summoning beast, then dispels the summoning. After the summoning beast returns, the ninja attempts to summon them.

So, unless it was an emergency, there was no need to use the Reverse Summoning Technique; its response speed was simply too slow.

Besides the troublesome process, Yuzuru also believed that it was best not to easily appear before the White Snake Sage unless absolutely necessary. Who knew what attitude the White Snake Sage would have upon seeing him.

Once a giant summon appeared, the commotion it caused would inevitably be significant, so Yuzuru quickly left the area.

The commotion from the battle here was indeed noticed by the surrounding Amegakure ninja, but by the time they arrived at the scene, it was already too late.

"These tracks..."

"Traces of a large summoning beast's activity."

"If I'm not mistaken, it was serpentine, a large serpentine summoning beast. The tracks are too obvious... The person who can control such a summoning beast is most typically a Konoha Jonin like Orochimaru."

Another team of Amegakure ninja arrived at the location and immediately made this judgment. Although the environment of the Land of Rain made it easy to conceal ninja activity, the tracks left by a giant summoning beast were an exception.

Orochimaru already had a certain level of notoriety, so the traces at the scene easily led people to think of him.

"Not necessarily. Sunagakure also has people who can summon giant sand snakes."

"True."

"Captain, come and see, the bodies of our men are very... strange."

Hearing his subordinate's report, the captain of the Amegakure squad approached the ninja corpse that had died from natural energy, and his face immediately turned extremely grim.

"What in the world is going on? What ninjutsu could cause such a gruesome sight?"

They were accustomed to dismembered limbs and bloody ninja corpses, but this kind of "unspeakable horror" was a first.

The captain immediately realized that there might have been a new development on the battlefield.

"Take the bodies back and figure out what happened!"

Who was responsible for this? The captain began to lean towards the idea that Konoha's Orochimaru had appeared here. It was said that the ninja had always carried a strong sense of inhumanity about him.