"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
Faced with countless snake shadows, Sasuke immediately unleashed the technique that "couldn't burn anyone to death."
Beneath the enormous fireball, the snake shadows were incinerated.
"You've already mastered a Fire Style like that?"
"Very impressive."
"But the stronger you are, the more you make me..."
Orochimaru didn't finish. He licked his lips instead.
His senses remained locked onto Sasuke.
As soon as the flames died down, he would attack with all his strength and take Sasuke away at once.
"Boom!"
The next moment, the fireball exploded.
The blast radius swallowed Orochimaru whole.
At the sight of the explosion, Sasuke immediately moved toward the Uchiha Compound.
Orochimaru was an extremely dangerous man.
More importantly, if Orochimaru took him away, he might leave some strange thing inside his body.
If that thing affected his foundation, it would be a serious problem.
"Rustle, rustle..."
Before Sasuke could enter the woods, several enormous snake heads emerged from the tree trunks.
Each head opened its mouth, and an Orochimaru came out.
At the same time, the dust cloud from the explosion drifted away.
A snakeskin lay on the ground.
As expected, nobody in the Ninja World had more escape tricks than this guy.
"I was going to be gentle and take you away from Konoha since you're just a child."
"But it looks like I'll have to use a little force."
All five Orochimarus spoke at once.
Then countless venomous snakes poured from their mouths and lunged at Sasuke.
"This guy..."
"I can only use that!"
Sasuke raised his hand, and a card appeared in it.
"Pop!"
As chakra flowed into it, a huge cloud of smoke instantly enveloped the area.
"What is this?!"
A familiar presence entered Orochimaru's senses.
Within the smoke before him, a massive silhouette appeared.
A terrifying pressure swept over them.
"Boom!"
Then a gigantic blade came crashing down.
The venomous snakes on the ground were all swept away by the blow!
The white smoke dissipated as well.
A toad holding a short sword appeared.
It was Jiraiya's summoning beast—Gamabunta!
"Hmm?"
"Not Jiraiya?"
"Just a kid?"
Gamabunta stared at Sasuke, looking puzzled.
Unfamiliar chakra. An unfamiliar kid.
If he hadn't seen that his opponent was Orochimaru, Gamabunta probably would have turned and left.
That's right, this was the Gamabunta Experience Card Sasuke had obtained during a mission!
After using it, he could summon Gamabunta regardless of the world's rules.
Whether Gamabunta listened to him was none of the system's concern.
At any rate, it would bring Gamabunta out.
"Gamabunta?!"
"When did this kid get mixed up with Jiraiya?"
"Well, looks like I'll have to get serious."
"Chomp!"
Orochimaru bit his finger and immediately performed the Summoning Technique.
The next moment, a terrifying giant snake appeared.
"Orochimaru, the quality of the sacrifice last time was a little poor. I'd better not get stuck eating something like that again this time."
Manda shouted, then lunged straight at Gamabunta.
Orochimaru didn't waste any time either. He charged at Sasuke.
This kid had even summoned Gamabunta.
Who knew what other tricks he had?
Take him first!
Fighting inside Konoha wasn't a wise choice.
As far as Orochimaru was concerned, he had already spent more time than he'd planned.
The longer it went on, the more excited and eager he became to get his hands on Sasuke!
Maybe this kid could give him a surprise unlike any other!
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
Sasuke raised his fingers and called out the name of the Fire Style technique again.
Orochimaru didn't dodge at all. He kept charging straight toward him.
"Crackle..."
The next moment, powerful lightning surged forth.
It wrapped around Orochimaru completely.
The paralysis caused by the Lightning Style briefly robbed Orochimaru of his ability to move.
"Thunder God Mode: Thunder Walk!"
Sasuke formed hand seals again, and arcs of electricity rose across his body.
Even his hair bristled, made more unruly by the lightning.
"Boom!"
The ground shattered beneath his feet.
Sasuke vanished from where he stood.
By the time the paralysis wore off, Orochimaru had already missed his best chance to pursue him.
Even if he could still catch up to Sasuke, this was Konoha!
Before he could make a move, Konoha's troublesome shinobi would be all over him.
"Manda, we're leaving!"
Orochimaru snorted and sank straight into the ground.
Manda stopped tussling with Gamabunta and vanished in a cloud of white smoke.
As if! He charged by the round.
If Orochimaru said the fight was over, Manda wasn't about to stick around and keep fighting!
It might sound like a lot had happened, but the whole thing was over in just a few seconds.
After everyone else left, Gamabunta was left alone, standing there in a daze.
Rustle, rustle...
As Sasuke fled, several figures appeared in front of him.
"Sasuke, are you all right?"
Uchiha Natsume looked at Sasuke with concern.
He was responsible for Sasuke's safety.
The Military Police Force had urgent business to deal with that night, so he'd left for a while.
He hadn't expected that, in that brief time, Sasuke would nearly get hurt.
"A guy named Orochimaru infiltrated the village."
"He seems to be one of the Legendary Sannin."
"Hurry and report this to the Hokage!"
Sasuke spoke.
Then he disappeared again.
He'd better just go home!
Given how sinister and dangerous Orochimaru was, Sasuke would be safer with Fugaku Uchiha than with Uchiha Natsume and the others.
Without the Gamabunta Experience Card, Orochimaru might really have captured him this time.
Soon, news of Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha spread through the upper ranks.
At that moment, several people stood in the Hokage Office, their faces grim.
"Third, back then you couldn't bring yourself to finish him off, and you let Orochimaru escape. He's a menace."
"Now he's become a threat to our village's safety. You'd better give us an explanation."
Utatane Koharu spoke first.
"Orochimaru is indeed a serious problem."
"Third, why do you think he infiltrated Konoha?"
Mitokado Homura added.
As for Danzo...
He stood to one side, watching Hiruzen Sarutobi with a mocking expression. He hadn't expected Orochimaru to interfere at a time like this.
With Orochimaru's help, the plan that came next...
Danzo was already beginning to scheme his way into becoming Hokage.
As for the village's safety...
He was quite confident.
Someone like Orochimaru wasn't enough to turn the world upside down.
"He's already left."
"His target was Uchiha Sasuke."
"As for how Uchiha Sasuke escaped, we don't know yet."
"But tell me, are you only going to stand here and condemn me?"
At that moment, a figure appeared in the window.
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