"Do you know..."
"Where Lord Orochimaru is?"
The two red dots between Kimimaro's brows made him appear exceptionally delicate.
Yet his seemingly frail body contained a terrifying amount of power!
"Orochimaru?"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the young Ninja before him, somewhat puzzled.
"That rogue Ninja seemed to have died at the hands of the Third Hokage long ago."
Kakashi nodded upon hearing this.
"However, I heard from the Third Hokage that Orochimaru wasn't completely dead."
"But he was probably no different from being truly dead."
Upon hearing news of Orochimaru, Kimimaro nodded calmly.
"It's enough that there's news of Lord Orochimaru."
"Once I kill you two for disrespecting Lord Orochimaru..."
"I'll go to the Third Hokage and demand that he hand over Lord Orochimaru."
Uchiha Fugaku's expression darkened at his words.
"Young man, you're still young. There's no need to sacrifice so much for someone like Orochimaru."
Kakashi quietly flexed his fingers, and [Thousand Transformations]' Cutter Threads spread throughout the area.
"Senior Fugaku, words are useless."
"This guy isn't some ordinary Ninja. He's someone who drove Lord Jiraiya back!"
Kimimaro's expression turned murderous as the skin across his body slowly split apart.
"I need to kill you quickly."
"Otherwise, if that guy kills the Third Hokage, it'll be too late."
The guy Kimimaro spoke of was naturally Pain. When he had joined Akatsuki, he had witnessed Pain's power—the utterly overwhelming ocular power was something he could not contend against at all.
If he delayed any longer, Kimimaro feared that the so-called Third Hokage would not last much longer!
"Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Lotus King!"
Kimimaro's skin split open, and bone spikes within it began to grow wildly, completely covering his body in an instant.
Not only that, Kimimaro's bones stacked atop one another in the outline of a humanoid figure,