The instant Sasuke took his final step, the ground beneath his feet erupted in a blinding blue-green light.
"Who's there?!" Sasuke's expression changed dramatically as he instinctively reached for a Kunai in his ninja pouch.
But there was no time.
Countless thick blue-green Wood Release vines burst from the earth like venomous snakes that had been lying in wait, wildly coiling up from his ankles.
They moved so fast that they far exceeded the reaction limits of even genin and chunin.
Before he could even activate the Sharingan he was so proud of, Sasuke felt his arms being forcibly twisted behind his back by an irresistible force.
Then, the vines wound around his thighs, waist, abdomen, and chest in an extremely tricky, maliciously playful pattern, tightening again and again.
In the blink of an eye, the proud last descendant of the Uchiha Clan had been tied into an utterly humiliating Tortoiseshell Bind dumpling.
He was hung upside down from a tree branch in midair above the canyon, swaying faintly in the wind.
I'm done for. What the hell kind of Wood Release ninjutsu is this?!
Unbelievable.
Sasuke struggled desperately twice, only to discover that the vines were not only incredibly tough, but were also continuously draining his chakra at an astonishing speed, leaving him completely powerless.
What made him want to collapse most was that this binding position was far too damaging to the dignity of the Uchiha Clan. He could even feel his legs twitching awkwardly from embarrassment.
Before Sasuke could figure out which enemy was plotting against him, deafening feedback screeches suddenly erupted from the canyon walls on both sides.
"Bzzzt—hello, hello—loudspeaker test!"
"Warm congratulations! The Uchiha descendant has run away from home in the dead of night to join the perverted old man Orochimaru!"
"Sasuke Uchiha has