Escape Using the Experience Card!

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Facing the countless snake shadows, Sasuke immediately unleashed the technique known for "never killing anyone."

Under the massive fireball, the snake shadows were incinerated.

"You've already mastered such Fire Style?"

"Very impressive."

"However, the stronger you become, the more it makes me..."

Orochimaru did not finish his sentence, instead licking his lips.

His senses remained locked onto Sasuke.

As soon as the flames dissipated, he would strike with full force to abduct Sasuke immediately.

"Boom!"

The next moment, the fireball exploded instantly.

The range of the blast swallowed Orochimaru whole.

Watching the explosion before him, Sasuke chose to head toward the Uchiha compound immediately.

That guy Orochimaru was an extremely dangerous existence.

Most importantly, being taken away by him might result in some strange things being left on his body.

If those things affected his foundation, that would be terrible.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

Before Sasuke could enter the dense forest, several snake shadows poked their massive heads out from the tree trunks.

Each snake head opened its mouth, and an Orochimaru emerged from each one.

At the same time, the dust cloud created by the explosion on the side dispersed with the wind.

On the ground, a "snake skin" lay discarded.

As expected, this guy had more substitution methods than anyone else in the Ninja World.

"I originally saw you as a child and intended to take you away from Konoha gently."

"Now it seems I'll have to use some force."

All five Orochimarus spoke in unison.

Immediately, countless venomous snakes poured from their mouths, lunging toward Sasuke.

This guy...

I have no choice but to use that!

Sasuke raised his hand, and a card appeared in his palm.

"Poof!"

As chakra was injected, a massive cloud of smoke instantly enveloped the surroundings.

"What is this!?"

A familiar aura entered Orochimaru's perception.

Within the smoke before them, a colossal silhouette emerged.

A terrifying pressure descended instantly.

"Boom!"

A massive blade came crashing down.

The venomous snakes on the ground were all wiped out by this single strike!

The white mist dissipated along with the impact.

A toad wielding a short blade appeared on the scene.

It was none other than Jiraiya's summon—Gamabunta!

"Hmm?"

"Not Jiraiya?"

"A little brat?"

Gamabunta stared at Sasuke, a look of confusion on his face.

Unfamiliar chakra, an unfamiliar brat.

If not for seeing that the opponent was Orochimaru, Gamabunta would likely have turned around and left.

That was right; this was the experience card Sasuke had obtained during a mission—Gamabunta!

Once used, it could ignore the rules of the world and summon Gamabunta directly.

As for whether he would listen or not, the system did not care.

Anyway, he would summon Gamabunta.

"Gamabunta!?"

"When did this brat get involved with that guy Jiraiya?"

"Oh my, it seems things are getting serious."

"Hiss!"

Orochimaru bit his finger and immediately unleashed his summoning jutsu.

The next second, a terrifying giant snake appeared.

"Orochimaru, the quality of the last sacrifice was a bit poor. I hope I won't be eating that kind of thing again this time."

Manda clamored, lunging straight at Gamabunta.

As for Orochimaru, he didn't waste any time either, charging toward Sasuke.

This brat had even managed to bring out Gamabunta.

There was no telling what other tricks he had up his sleeve.

Better to take him away first!

Fighting inside Konoha was not a wise choice.

In Orochimaru's view, he had already spent extra time here.

The more this went on, the more anticipation and excitement Orochimaru felt toward Sasuke!

This brat might just bring him an unexpected surprise!

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Sasuke held up his fingers and shouted the name of the fire jutsu once again.

Orochimaru didn't dodge in the slightest, continuing to charge head-on.

"Zzzzz..."

The next moment, powerful lightning surged forth instantly.

It wrapped directly around Orochimaru.

The numbness brought on by the Lightning Style caused Orochimaru to lose his ability to move for a brief moment.

"Thunder God Mode: Thunder Walk!"

Sasuke formed seals again, and several arcs of electricity rose from the surface of his body.

Even his hair became more jagged due to the lightning.

"Boom!"

The ground was shattered instantly.

Sasuke's figure vanished from where he stood.

By the time the paralysis wore off, Orochimaru had already lost the best window for pursuit.

Even if he could still catch up to Sasuke now, this was Konoha!

Before he could even make a move, he would be entangled by those troublesome people from Konoha.

"Manda, let's go!"

Orochimaru snorted coldly and sank directly into the ground.

Manda stopped bickering with Gamabunta and vanished into white mist.

Just kidding, he charged by the session.

Since Orochimaru said they were done fighting, Manda certainly wouldn't stay behind to continue the battle!

It took a long time to describe, but everything ended in just over ten seconds.

After everyone had left, Gamabunta was left alone, standing in the wind, bewildered.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

As Sasuke fled, several figures appeared before him.

"Sasuke, are you alright?"

Uchiha Natsume looked at Sasuke with concern.

He was responsible for Sasuke's safety.

Because there were some urgent matters to handle at the Police Force tonight, he had stepped away for a moment.

He hadn't expected that in just that short time, Sasuke would have almost met with disaster.

"Someone named Orochimaru infiltrated the village."

"It seems he's one of the Legendary Sannin."

"Hurry and report this intelligence to the Hokage!"

Uchiha Sasuke spoke.

Immediately, he vanished from the spot once more.

He had better head home.

Given how gloomy and terrifying that guy Orochimaru was, staying by Uchiha Natsume and the others was nowhere near as safe as being by Fugaku Uchiha's side.

If not for the Bunta Experience Card this time, he might truly have been snatched away by Orochimaru.

Soon, news of Orochimaru's infiltration of Konoha spread among the upper echelons.

Inside the Hokage Office at this moment, several people stood with grim expressions.

"Hiruzen, you couldn't bring yourself to act back then and let that menace Orochimaru go."

"Now, he has become a threat to the safety of our village. You had best give us an explanation."

Koharu Utatane was the first to speak.

"Orochimaru is indeed a major problem."

"Hiruzen, what do you think his motive was for sneaking into Konoha?"

Homura Mitokado followed up.

As for Danzo.

He stood to the side, watching Hiruzen Sarutobi with a mocking expression; he hadn't expected Orochimaru to intervene at a time like this.

If he had Orochimaru's assistance, then his upcoming plans...

Danzo had already begun plotting his own path to becoming Hokage.

As for the safety of the village...

He was quite confident.

A character like Orochimaru wouldn't be able to turn the world upside down.

"The person has already left."

"His target was Uchiha Sasuke."

"As for how Uchiha Sasuke managed to escape, it is currently unclear."

"However, my lords, are you only going to stand here and trade verbal blows?"

At this moment, a figure appeared by the window.