Lucky, Caught Hundreds of Stragglers!

After reaching the front line, Shiro did not stop. Instead, he walked straight toward the Kirigakure ninja formation, while the golden ripples behind him slowly increased, radiating immense pressure.

At the sight of this bizarre scene, the Kirigakure ninja could not help but take a step back. Their intelligence had mentioned no technique with this much oppressive force.

At the same time, as if sensing that astonishing presence, a mass of white matter abruptly appeared beneath Shiro's feet. It transformed into a white snake and slowly slithered onto Shiro's shoulder.

Shiro glanced at it, did not stop, and continued forward.

"Senior Orochimaru, don't worry. I won't act recklessly. Everything will proceed according to plan."

"Hiss~"

The white snake, which was Orochimaru's consciousness body, said nothing. It merely gazed quietly at Shiro for a moment, then dissolved on Shiro's shoulder. He believed Shiro would make the right choice.

Acting on impulse was not something that would happen to the boy before him.

And just as Orochimaru thought, although Shiro very much wanted to end this war right here and fulfill his promise to Chosuke, that was all it could be—a thought.

They still had many things unfinished. Not just experiments, but also certain plans regarding the future, whether Orochimaru's, Shiro's, or schemes the two had plotted together.

At present, these had only been partially completed. There was no way Shiro could end the war like this.

This was also why Shiro had chosen to fight alone. His goal was to drag out the war. If Konoha's main force had gone into battle here...

There was a very high chance that Kirigakure would be defeated outright and withdraw from this war!

After the constant probing earlier, both sides had already grasped most of the ninjutsu the other side's ninja specialized in, as