Meeting Orochimaru Again

A crystal-clear Kusanagi Sword glowing with blue light appeared out of thin air in Shao Nan's hand.

He pointed the sword at the Land of Grass leader's throat and said coldly, "You can't completely cure the poison, can you?"

Frightened by Shao Nan's imposing aura, the leader had already leaked yellow liquid from his pants.

"Big brother, big brother! There's no antidote for this poison, only something to suppress it. Take it once a month and you'll be fine. I'll give you the antidote formula, just please don't kill me!"

Seeing that this coward had actually pissed himself, Shao Nan felt disgusted and raised the Thunder God Sword.

"Bastard, you really insist on killing me, huh?! The force behind me won't let you get away with this..."

After saying that, the Land of Grass leader turned and ran.

Shao Nan snorted. "A force? What force can you rely on? Even if every member of Akatsuki came at me together, I wouldn't be afraid."

Crackle, crackle, crackle!!!

A massive current, nearly one billion volts, shot from the tip of the Thunder God Sword straight toward the Land of Grass leader.

Boom!!

A horrifying bolt of blue lightning engulfed the Land of Grass leader, making the white bones inside his body clearly visible.

The blue radiance shone especially brilliantly in broad daylight.

It was like an electric welder, continuing without pause.

Yet in only an instant, the leader was reduced to ashes, leaving nothing behind. His soul had probably been scattered as well!

Karin Uzumaki covered her little mouth with her hand, as though she had witnessed a miracle.

Once everything had been taken care of, Shao Nan took the dazed Karin Uzumaki by the hand and slowly walked into the hospital.

The moment everyone in the hospital saw Shao Nan enter, they quickly fell silent, not daring to make a sound.

"Karin Uzumaki, am I really that scary?"

"Brother Shao Nan, they're medical ninja and ordinary civilians. Seeing such killing, of course they'd be afraid."

Shao Nan now understood why Hiruzen Sarutobi had always acted so timidly.

No matter when it was, civilians were always the majority.

Moreover, most productivity and labor came from civilians.

I'm no saint, but anyone who stands in my way, or those ninja who commit evil deeds...

For the sake of unifying the world, I'd rather kill the wrong person than let one go.

The future Ninja World will be ruled by me.

The civilians of the Ninja World will all be my subjects.

I won't allow ninja to oppress civilians.

Now, I seem to understand why I became the new Child of Prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku.

What I've always pursued is absolute freedom.

Only when the Ninja World is united, when there is no more war, and ninja and civilians live together in harmony...

Will I be able to freely fulfill the original purpose I had when I transmigrated into this world: the beauties of the Ninja World.

Only by defeating every last Otsutsuki, those visitors from beyond the heavens, can I protect my wives and my disciples.

By then, the Ninja World will remember me—Uchiha Shao Nan, Shao Nan Senju, and Shao Nan Uzumaki!

Then the cursed red spider lily on my chest should disappear too, right?

The spider lily was a curse placed on me by the soul of this body's original owner.

If I don't fulfill Great-Grandmother's wish, it probably won't disappear.

I'm just afraid the curse has a time limit. If I die from it before I can restore the Senju clan's former glory...

That would be such an injustice!

Karin Uzumaki led Shao Nan into the hospital basement.

After several turns, they saw a sturdy iron bar door ahead.

Inside were women and girls, all with red hair.

Shao Nan immediately understood. This was where the Uzumaki clan members were being held.

He then stepped forward and used Senju Monster Strength on the door.

Bang!

The door was instantly blasted away.

When the women inside saw this, they huddled together and shielded the girls behind them.

One of the women knelt before Shao Nan and pleaded, "Please don't lay a hand on our children anymore. If you want someone, take me instead!"

Shao Nan was confused by her sudden kneeling.

"Ma'am, please get up first!"

Shao Nan had Uzumaki blood in him, so calling her ma'am wasn't inappropriate!

He then walked over and tried to help the woman up.

But she kept backing away, seemingly afraid of him.

"You're not here to take the children?" The woman pointed to the few girls behind her.

Karin Uzumaki stepped out from behind Shao Nan, took his hand, and smiled. "Aunt Huai Meng, Brother Shao Nan is here to save us!"

When the woman called Huai Meng saw Karin Uzumaki leaning against Shao Nan's side, she looked him over and lowered her guard.

"Karin Uzumaki? Y-you're back! Did the ninja of the Land of Grass hurt you?"

Karin Uzumaki wanted to answer, but she did not want to say it aloud. After all, being bitten was, for a girl...

"Let's not talk about that, Aunt Huai Meng. Brother Shao Nan is also one of us Uzumaki.

He killed all the ninja of the Land of Grass. We won't have to suffer anymore."

All the women said in shock, "What? He killed them all?"

Huai Meng looked at Shao Nan's youthful appearance and recalled a portrait she had once seen in the Land of Whirlpools.

It was a portrait of the former Uzumaki clan leader shaking hands with Hashirama Senju.

"You are... Konoha's First Hokage, Hashirama Senju?"

Shao Nan was no longer surprised. No matter who it was, their first reaction was always to mistake him for his great-grandfather, Hashirama Senju.

Shao Nan shook his head. "I'm not Hashirama Senju. My name is Uchiha Shao Nan. Let's leave this place first!"

Shao Nan led all the Uzumaki clan members to the hospital lobby.

There were not many Uzumaki clan members left. Including Karin Uzumaki, there were only nine in total.

Four women and four girls,

Karin Uzumaki counted as an adolescent girl now...

The hospital director and the other staff members did not dare stop Shao Nan either.

Although the director knew that Uzumaki clan members were being held in the hospital,

he had been forced into silence by the pressure from the Land of Grass ninja.

Shao Nan led the Uzumaki clan members to the director.

How did Shao Nan know which one was the director?

Very simple—there was a badge on his chest with his position written on it...

Shao Nan pointed at the Uzumaki clan members. "They need treatment. Director, make the arrangements."

Before the director could say anything,

Huai Meng spoke softly to Shao Nan. "We're basically fine. There's no need, is there?"

Shao Nan glared at her, seemingly angered.

"Why wouldn't there be a need? Can't you see how thin you all are?

And those children—they look malnourished.

You'll listen to me on this!"

Waaah... ah...

It happened so suddenly, incredibly suddenly.

Huai Meng suddenly burst into tears.

Shao Nan looked innocent. I'm doing this for your own good. I only spoke a little louder. Was that really enough to make you cry?

Another woman walked over and comforted Huai Meng.

Tears welled up in Karin Uzumaki's large eyes as she explained, "We're all afraid of the hospital's machines.

Before this, they kept using those machines to experiment on us.

Brother Shao Nan, I hope you can understand Aunt Huai Meng."

So there was another meaning behind it all.

"How about handing them over to me, Boss!"

An eerie voice echoed throughout the hospital lobby.

The moment Shao Nan heard it, he knew it was Orochimaru's voice.

But why was Orochimaru's entrance always so bizarre?

Every time, the snake arrived first.

Sure enough,

a little white snake was slowly slithering into the hospital lobby.

"Orochimaru, you came at just the right time!"

Whoosh~

Orochimaru used the Body Flicker Technique and silently appeared in the hospital lobby.

"I can remove the poison from their bodies. I've been watching them for a long time.

I just didn't expect that you, Boss, would actually wipe out the Land of Grass."

"Wiping them out wasn't difficult! You, Orochimaru, could do it too, couldn't you?"

Upon hearing that, Orochimaru shook his head. Being able to do it was one thing, but did Shao Nan think he was him?

Just wipe them out whenever he felt like it!

Orochimaru had seen the battle just now perfectly clearly.

That bastard had cheated!

Who knew what kind of ninjutsu, what kind of sorcery he had used.

A thousand people had been killed in an instant.

Not even the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, could have done it that fast!

"Boss, how about leaving the Land of Grass to me?"

"Leaving it to you?" After saying that, Shao Nan fell into deep thought.