Orochimaru, You've Disappointed Me Too Much

With Zabuza's guidance, they finally landed safely in the Land of Water.

The lax outer defenses were Uchiha Huan's assessment of Kirigakure. Or rather, there were no outer defenses at all.

Perhaps Kirigakure believed no foreign enemies could possibly invade.

And they themselves were too busy playing Blood Mist to care about any outer perimeter.

Uchiha Huan and the others smoothly entered the area surrounding Kirigakure.

That night, everyone sat around the campfire, criticizing each other's terrible grilling skills.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey... Any ninja who joins our village in the future must be trained in outdoor barbecue techniques." Uchiha Huan spat out the charred meat in his mouth. "Haku, girls need to have at least one useful skill."

"I'm a boy," Haku replied timidly, though clearly dissatisfied.

"That isn't important. Anyway, everyone in our Anti-Hidden Leaf Village needs to have our own village food culture. You'll be our village's Minister of Food Culture."

Suddenly, rustling came from the forest. Uchiha Huan glanced at his arm, where every hair stood on end.

A figure emerged from the shadows.

"Hehe... It seems rather lively here. Mind if I join you?"

A pale face appeared before them. He had a slender body and swayed slightly as he walked, purple eyeshadow brushed beneath his eyes and a cold smile hanging from his lips.

Snake Bro, Snake Uncle, Snake Auntie, great scientist, great inventor, number one in human biology, immortal cockroach.

They were all nicknames for one person.

"Oh, Snake Uncle!" Uchiha Huan grinned and waved.

Orochimaru stared at Uchiha Huan, danger flashing in his eyes. "You know me?"

Two Spirit Rings flickered beneath Uchiha Huan's feet as his Mangekyō Sharingan opened.

As one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru could be called the greatest boss of the early Naruto era, perhaps even the most imposing one.

But contrary to his strength, his resistance to Genjutsu was even weaker than Deidara's.

At least Deidara had been instantly defeated by Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan.

But whenever Orochimaru faced the Sharingan, he was instantly defeated. He could not even withstand Sasuke's Genjutsu.

That was because every time he used Living Corpse Reincarnation, his soul became partially damaged, causing his resistance to Genjutsu to worsen and worsen.

When Orochimaru saw Uchiha Huan's eyes and the two Spirit Rings beneath his feet, his eyes immediately blazed with fervent light.

It was the thirst and desire for knowledge toward something new!

"What an incredible power. Are these two rings the ability of those eyes?"

"Want to study them? If you join us, perhaps you'll get the chance." Uchiha Huan said.

According to the original story, Orochimaru had rashly attacked Itachi Uchiha after Itachi joined the Akatsuki Organization, attempting to seize his Mangekyō Sharingan. As a result, he was branded a traitor by the Akatsuki Organization.

And after Itachi Uchiha, Orochimaru became increasingly obsessed with and fanatical about the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Now that he had appeared here, he had likely already betrayed the Akatsuki Organization. His purpose for coming was probably the same as Uchiha Huan's: to seek out talent.

He should have found the Kaguya Clan's surviving orphan, Kimimaro, who possessed the Shikotsumyaku, during this trip.

"I prefer to be in control myself." Orochimaru immediately moved to attack Uchiha Huan.

But in the next moment, Orochimaru froze.

He discovered that he could not move at all. The person sitting across from him by the campfire was no longer Uchiha Huan, but Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen rose from beside the campfire and walked toward Orochimaru step by step.

"Orochimaru, you have disappointed me too much."

Orochimaru's mind was clear. He knew the Sarutobi Hiruzen before him was fake. He knew it was Genjutsu.

But his body simply could not move.

"Again and again, it's always like this. Why can't you learn? Why do you keep looking directly into the Sharingan?"

Cold sweat poured down Orochimaru's face. With sheer force of will, he controlled a white snake to slither out from his sleeve and bite his neck.

The pain instantly snapped him awake, and Uchiha Huan and the others were still sitting around the campfire.

"I'll remember you, Uchiha!"

After delivering that threat, Orochimaru wanted to vanish into the forest.

"Orochimaru, don't you want to know this world's secrets? I can tell you! And I can provide you with plenty of funding, allowing you to research to your heart's content. Even if one day you can defeat me, you can use me as research material, or even take over this body of mine."

Orochimaru stopped and looked at Uchiha Huan with uncertainty.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes." Uchiha Huan nodded. "For example, where the leader of the Akatsuki Organization got those Rinnegan, and how they came to be—I know all of it."

Orochimaru's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at Uchiha Huan with slight hesitation.

"I established a ninja village, the Anti-Hidden Leaf Village. I am its First Anti-Kage."

"If I want to know the origin of the Rinnegan, what do I need to do?"

"Karatachi Yagura is about to wipe out the Kaguya Clan. Go bring back one surviving orphan from the Kaguya Clan—the brat named Kimimaro."

Speaking of which, the Blood Mist Policy launched by Karatachi Yagura was utterly insane.

He declared that he wanted to create a pure Kirigakure, that all bloodline clans were monsters, and that every bloodline clan had to be eliminated.

It was understandable for him to issue such an absurd Blood Mist Policy, since Obito had controlled his mind.

But what was truly abnormal was that people had actually accepted such an absurd policy.

It could be said that not a single ninja who came out of Kirigakure was normal.

Zabuza, who attempted to assassinate the Mizukage, was the most loyal to Kirigakure. Kisame Hoshigaki, who killed his comrades, was the one who craved companions the most.

Kimimaro, who had been treated as a killing machine, was the one who most needed someone's recognition.

Uchiha Huan looked at Haku again. This cross-dressing master was someone he could not afford to provoke.

And there was Karatachi Yagura, who longed to create a powerful ninja village, yet caused the Blood Mist tragedy. Years of the Blood Mist Policy caused countless outstanding ninjas to die beneath the blades of their own people.

Then there was the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi. She possessed nearly perfect qualifications—great strength, exceptional beauty, high status, and even a gentle personality—yet she was an insecure woman desperate to get married.

Three days later, Orochimaru appeared before Uchiha Huan again, accompanied by a little boy.

The boy had pale skin and white hair. Two vermilion dots sat above his brows, and he followed Orochimaru expressionlessly.

"It seems the Kaguya Clan has already been exterminated. How lamentable. It seems that as long as one is a descendant of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, extermination always follows."

"Lord Huan, I have brought the person you wanted," Orochimaru said.

"Well done."

"Then can you tell me the origin of the Rinnegan now?"

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