Unadapted Body

"Hiss... bugs that feed on the host's chakra, are they?"

Orochimaru licked his lips. "In that case, even if you were to use a space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to escape, the bugs that have devoured the host's chakra would simply follow along."

"Once those bugs burrow into your flesh and blood, not even the Flying Thunder God can shake them off. This is the elite of the Root Division; the secret techniques of the Aburame Clan are truly impressive."

Aburame Tatsuma cast a glance at Orochimaru, then turned his gaze toward Sora with indifference. "Regardless of how you obtained the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, even if you are a man of the Fourth Hokage, since you dared to strike at Lord Danzo, you must leave your life here today."

"Pfft."

Only then did Orochimaru pull the Flying Thunder God Kunai that had been embedded in his chest, glance at the seal on it, and toss it aside casually.

Following that, he tore his mouth open like a giant serpent, and a new Orochimaru crawled out from within.

The new Orochimaru looked on with interest. "Sora? Among the Fourth's direct Anbu, there doesn't seem to be anyone like you, does there?"

At this moment, Danzo, who had remained motionless until now, turned around and raised a hand, signaling Aburame Tatsuma to stop the expansion of the Parasitic Giant Insect.

"Regardless of whether you are a man of the Fourth or not, you have two choices ahead of you."

As Danzo spoke, he lifted his head slightly, looking at Sora with the air of a superior who had already secured victory.

"Join the Root Division and become the hidden power of Konoha. If you do so, I can overlook everything that has happened today."

Danzo did not state the other choice, but everyone present understood what it was.

Nonō, who had already retreated to safety, frowned slightly; although the person before her seemed to be helping her, he did not appear to be from Konoha.

"Chh..."

Uzumaki Sora let out a mocking laugh. "It seems you think you've already won, don't you? The Aburame Clan's Parasitic Giant Insect is indeed formidable, but if my chakra is combined with something special, it's not quite so easy to devour!"

As his words fell, a slit opened in the muscle of Sora's arm, and after some blood dripped out, three bugs fell from within.

The bugs were not small, but they were far from large enough to burst a human body.

"Pfft!"

With a soft sound, sharp tree branches suddenly erupted from the bodies of the bugs lying on the ground, leaving them motionless like sea urchins.

"Wood... Release!"

Danzo, who had been sitting calmly, lost his composure; only those who had witnessed the power of Senju Hashirama would possess such blind obsession with Wood Release.

But they did not know that the power of Wood Release required the life force of a Sage Body and vast amounts of chakra to unleash the strength Senju Hashirama once wielded.

No one even knew how much of a role Asura's chakra played in that.

Or perhaps, it was precisely because of Asura's chakra that Senju Hashirama awakened the power of the Sage Body.

"Wood Release outside of Konoha, and an Uzumaki, hiss... you really have piqued my greatest interest!" A greedy light flickered in Orochimaru's eyes.

Sora smiled and glanced at the shed human skin Orochimaru had left behind; the Flying Thunder God seal was on it.

It seemed that Orochimaru, the one with the greatest survival skills in the original story, was indeed not so easily kept.

However...

"Swish!"

He vanished in an instant, and the next moment, the armless Aburame Tatsuma stood frozen in place as a kunai pierced his neck, sending blood spraying out.

The Flying Thunder God seal was now marked upon the stump of his severed arm.

"By making contact for that split second, you planted the Parasitic Giant Insect inside me. And I, in turn, marked you with the Flying Thunder God seal. With your power, there is no way to erase a space-time ninjutsu seal."

"Thud!"

Aburame Tatsuma collapsed to the ground; the moment the Flying Thunder God seal was imprinted on his body, his life was already in Sora's hands.

As for the Parasitic Giant Insect...

The chakra produced by a Sage Body is not something just anyone can absorb; among all the experimental subjects in the Root Division, only one Kinoe had ever emerged.

"Orochimaru, my target is only Danzo. But if you wish to intervene, things won't be so simple from here on out."

Watching Sora pull out his shuriken, the blood from Aburame Tatsuma's corpse pooled across the ground.

Orochimaru laughed. "It has been many years since I last heard such insulting words, not since I was branded with the name of the Sannin. Sora-kun, do you have the ability to kill me?"

Danzo, standing to the side, slowly rose to his feet. "Although I haven't taken action in a long time, it seems many have forgotten that I, too, was once a ninja!"

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

Wind Release Chakra erupted from Danzo's mouth, instantly transforming into wind blades like kamaitachi, heading straight for Sora's face.

"Swish!"

Sora activated the Flying Thunder God, but the next moment...

"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Five wind blades were unleashed, transforming into giant kamaitachi that struck the location of the Flying Thunder God Kunai in advance.

"Orochimaru!"

At Danzo's shout, Orochimaru understood his intent perfectly.

"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"

Several large snakes slithered out from his sleeves, directly covering the several Flying Thunder God Kunai that Danzo had not yet attacked.

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

The slashes of the Vacuum Serial Waves instantly tore the room beside the Orphanage apart, and Sora, who had blocked with a kunai, was sent flying.

One was Orochimaru, a Sannin famous for a long time, and the other was Danzo of Konoha's Root. Relying solely on the Flying Thunder God Jutsu was indeed a bit arrogant.

If not for the vitality and physical strength brought by the Sage Body, he would not have been able to withstand those Vacuum Serial Waves just now.

However, it was also because the space inside the room was too small, which prevented the speed advantage of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu from being fully utilized.

So then...

"Swish!"

More than ten Flying Thunder God Kunai were thrown out again, scattering across the ruins to widen the space.

"Have you noticed?"

Danzo pondered with a slight frown. As the Fourth's trump card, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu was indeed difficult to deal with. Combined with the Fourth's reaction speed and the hand-seal-less Rasengan, it was once considered unsolvable.

This was also the reason why various ninja villages gave him the title of Yellow Flash during the Third Great Ninja War; the Flying Thunder God Jutsu in the hands of Namikaze Minato was unsolvable!

"Swish!"

"Fire Release, Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

Sora, who had instantly arrived not far behind Danzo, spat out a massive red dragon that charged forward in an instant.

"Summoning, Triple Rashomon."

"Boom!"

The giant fire dragon was blocked by the Rashomon. Orochimaru glanced at Danzo: "We are not far from Konoha. The commotion caused by the Vacuum Serial Waves just now has clearly alerted the Fourth. Do you intend to use Wood Release here?"

Hearing this, Danzo lowered the hand that had been pulling at his bandages. Just now, he hadn't just wanted to use Wood Release; he had even intended to use the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye.

Not far away, Sora lowered his hands from the hand seals. The sensory ability brought by the Sage Body told him that the people from Konoha would be arriving soon.

"Swish!"

After his figure vanished in an instant, Sora appeared beside Nonō.

"I haven't adapted to this newly acquired power yet, so I won't be able to kill Danzo this time. However, the Fourth's Anbu should be here in a while. You can find an Anbu named Kakashi; after explaining the situation, he will help you."

"Danzo's status in Konoha today is not something that can be decided by a single word. Both the Third and the Fourth keep him in check. In the power struggles among the higher-ups, he doesn't even have the qualifications to sit at the table right now."

"So, do not make unnecessary sacrifices. By the way, I am a friend of Kabuto."

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