Once Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen, Hanfu finally withdrew the Light of Love and slowly descended.
"Big Brother, thank you so much! If you hadn't been there, Sasuke and I might both have died here! But speaking of which, Big Brother, how did you get here so quickly?" Karin looked at her reliable big brother, grateful but puzzled.
"Reliable Big Brother" Hanfu clasped his hands behind his back and said righteously, "Did you think I wouldn't notice Orochimaru sneaking into the Chunin Exams? Hmph, don't underestimate me!"
Karin looked at him with newfound respect. No wonder he was the Strongest of the Gekko Clan. He really made her feel safe.
"All right, if everything's fine, I'll be off. You two carry on with the exams." Hanfu clapped his hands and vanished from the spot.
As soon as Karin saw him leave, she turned all her attention to Sasuke. "Sasuke, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Sasuke deactivated his Sharingan and sighed in frustration.
He'd watched the battle for ages, and in the end, he hadn't even copied a single Taijutsu technique... That had been a battle at the very peak of the Ninja World. Damn it!
"Sasuke! Karin!" Naruto's distant shouts drifted faintly toward them.
A corner of Konoha Cemetery.
An invisible Spiral Ripple slowly emerged from the void, and two figures twisted into view from the vortex.
"Orochimaru, you were too reckless!" Obito Uchiha glared at Orochimaru with his single blood-red eye, his voice chilling.
If he hadn't wanted to see the son of "Teacher Minato" and the promising new generation of his clan in action, Orochimaru would likely have been erased by Gekko Hayate by now!
If Orochimaru really died, the forces he'd allied with would scatter like birds and beasts. How could the Konoha Crush Plan