After leaving Ryūchi Cave, Sasuke and Kabuto walked along the mountain road for a long time.
It wasn't until there was a fork in the road ahead that Sasuke stopped.
The right leads to Orochimaru's base, and the left leads to the town outside.
Sasuke glanced to the right and quickly looked away.
"You go back."
Kabuto stopped.
Sasuke turned and walked towards another road.
"There is no need for me to go back to that kind of place."
Kabuto stood there, looking at the back of Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, don't you want to know about Itachi?"
Sasuke paused in his steps and turned around suddenly.
The scarlet Sharingan has been turned on, and the three Tomoe are slowly turning, staring at Kabuto from a distance of more than ten meters.
Kabuto pushed up his glasses, still smiling on his face.
"Lord Orochimaru was also a member of Akatsuki before. You should know this."
"After he left Akatsuki, he has been sending people outside to collect information about those people. Lord Orochimaru has records of which country Itachi Uchiha recently appeared in and who he acted with."
Sasuke looked at him for a while.
"Where is Itachi?"
"Only Lord Orochimaru knows that kind of news."
Kabuto answered quickly, as if he had been waiting for Sasuke to ask this question.
Sasuke did not continue to ask.
He turned around and walked back to the mountain road on the right.
Kabuto looked at his back, raised his hand to push up his glasses, and then followed him.
When the two of them rushed back to the base, the sky had completely darkened.
Sasuke walked through the long and narrow underground passage and walked directly towards the room where Orochimaru was. The ninjas he met along the way stopped one after another. Some people recognized him. Just as they were about to speak, Sasuke had already walked past them.
Kabuto followed behind without stopping or alerting anyone.
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the end of the passage.
Sasuke pushed open the door.
Orochimaru was standing in front of the table, flipping through a scroll. When he heard the noise, he raised his head. After seeing the person outside the door clearly, his golden vertical pupils shrank slightly.
His gaze went all the way down from Sasuke's face, and finally stopped at Sasuke's neck.
The original traces of Cursed Seal of Heaven there have completely disappeared.
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and slowly licked his lips.
"Sasuke-kun..."
Sasuke stepped into the room.
His eyes swept over Orochimaru, and he soon noticed the hands that had returned to normal.
The bandages that were wrapped around the arm have all disappeared. When Orochimaru closed the scroll, his fingers moved very naturally, and no stiffness was visible.
Kabuto didn't tell him this.
Sasuke withdrew his gaze and asked directly:
"Where is Itachi?"
Orochimaru did not continue to go around.
"I have the information you want here, but it's time for you to give me what I want."
Hear this sentence.
Sasuke's eyes darkened slightly, and his right hand slowly fell on Kusanagi Sword's knife handle.
Orochimaru watched his movements and stared at him coldly.
The next moment, Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out, and he opened his mouth to bite Sasuke!
Sasuke has been guarding him.
As soon as the pale face came closer, he pulled out Kusanagi Sword and slashed it sideways.
Orochimaru's head quickly retracted, and the blade passed by his neck, only cutting off a few black hairs.
Just when Sasuke was about to catch up, several venomous snakes suddenly sprang out from Orochimaru's cuffs. One wrapped around Sasuke's wrist holding the knife, while the others pounced on his neck.
The lightning quickly exploded from Sasuke's body.
"Chidori Stream!"
Several venomous snakes stiffened and fell to the ground, emitting black smoke.
Orochimaru has returned to its original position.
He stood a few meters away, his golden vertical pupils staring at the lightning that had not dissipated on Sasuke, as if the attack just now was just to test his reaction.
Sasuke did not continue the attack.
The two looked at each other in silence for a while.
Orochimaru opened his mouth, and a sword hilt slowly came out of his mouth. He held the sword hilt, pulled Kusanagi Sword out of his body, and pointed the sword tip diagonally towards the ground.
Sasuke glanced at his hands which had returned to normal.
Orochimaru's wrist turned very naturally, without any stiffness. The influence Dead Demon Consuming Seal left on him has obviously completely disappeared.
Orochimaru walked forward first.
Sasuke holds Kusanagi Sword tightly, and the three Tomoe in Sharingan rotate quickly.
Dang!
The two Kusanagi Swords collided together for the first time.
Orochimaru did not continue to wrestle with him, and immediately pulled away after the collision of the blades. Then, he pressed forward again from the other direction.
The two figures soon intertwined.
There were constant sounds of metal collisions in the passage, and the blade occasionally scraped against the stone wall, leaving long and narrow cracks.
Sasuke is faster.
Sharingan was able to capture Orochimaru's movements in advance. As soon as Orochimaru's shoulders changed, Sasuke already knew from which direction his sword would appear.
However, after several encounters, Sasuke never encountered Orochimaru.
This man's body is too weird.
Facing an attack that cannot be avoided, Orochimaru's neck and waist will avoid it at an angle that ordinary people cannot achieve. Even if Sasuke sees through his movements in advance, it is difficult to judge where he will bend his body in the end.
Even more troublesome is the poisonous snake hidden in the sleeve.
Whenever Sasuke was about to give chase, those snakes would suddenly appear, forcing him to stop and deal with them. By the time he cut off the poisonous snakes, Orochimaru had already closed the distance again.
The two fought for a long time, but neither one could gain the upper hand.
Sasuke's white clothes had a few more rips, and part of Orochimaru's long hair was also cut off.
Orochimaru once again exited the attack range of Kusanagi Sword.
This time, he didn't get close immediately.
More and more venomous snakes came out of the cuffs and crawled along the ground towards Sasuke. Not all of the snakes attacked, some hid in the gaps on both sides of the passage, and others went around behind Sasuke.
Sasuke's Sharingan quickly swept around.
In front were Orochimaru and his Kusanagi Sword, and there were a large number of venomous snakes nearby. The snakes kept approaching and soon sealed both sides of the passage.
Orochimaru still didn't take action.
He is waiting for Sasuke to make the first move.
Sasuke looked at it for a moment, and suddenly poured Lightning Release Chakra into Kusanagi Sword. The blue-white lightning spread rapidly along the blade, and the piercing chirping of birds also sounded in the passage.
Immediately afterwards, Sasuke took the initiative and rushed into the group of snakes.
The thunder light swept over Kusanagi Sword, and the poisonous snakes that rushed nearby were disconnected. Sasuke was almost unimpeded, and quickly passed through the snakes and came to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru Lift up Kusanagi Sword.
Dang!
The two swords collided again.
The lightning on the blade spread rapidly along Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword.
Orochimaru immediately released the weapon and stepped back.
Sasuke is waiting for this opportunity.
His left hand has condensed a large amount of lightning. As the arm was raised, Lightning Release Chakra quickly extended forward and turned into a sharp spear.
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
The thunder gun instantly passed through the distance between the two people.
Poof!
Orochimaru's chest was penetrated directly.
His body was dragged backwards by the thunder gun, and finally nailed to the stone wall at the end of the passage.
Sasuke did not take back Chidori Sharp Spear immediately.
Thunder and lightning continued to pour into Orochimaru's body, and traces of burnt blackness spread rapidly along the wounds.
Orochimaru lowered his head and glanced at the pierced chest.
Then, he actually laughed.
Sasuke's eyes changed slightly.
Orochimaru's mouth suddenly opened wide, and a pair of hands covered with mucus stretched out from it.
Immediately afterwards, a brand new Orochimaru slowly crawled out of the old body's mouth.
The body penetrated by Chidori Sharp Spear quickly shriveled up, like a snake skin that had lost its support, hanging down softly.
Sasuke looked at this scene and immediately cut off Chidori Sharp Spear.
Just when his attention fell on Orochimaru, Kusanagi Sword, who had been thrown to the ground by Orochimaru, suddenly moved.
The sword edge flew up close to the ground and stabbed Sasuke straight in the back of the heart!
Sharingan captured the cold light behind him.
Sasuke turned around quickly, and Kusanagi Sword flew past his shoulder, tearing his clothes and flesh apart instantly.
Blood burst out and splashed on the stone wall nearby.
Sasuke took a few steps back and reached out to hold his shoulders.
The wound is not deep.
If his reaction had been slower, the sword would have penetrated his chest.
Orochimaru has completely crawled out of his old body.
There were no injuries on his body, and his expression did not change much, as if the person who had been penetrated by Chidori Sharp Spear just now was not him at all.
Kusanagi Sword, which was floating in mid-air, spun around and fell into his hands again.
"Your Sharingan can indeed see through many things."
Orochimaru glanced at the wound on Sasuke's shoulder.
"But there are so many things you want to see."
The sound of scales scraping against the ground was heard again.
The venomous snake that had been hidden in the crevices of the rocks was still there.
They slowly crawled out from behind and on both sides of Sasuke, while Orochimaru stood directly in front holding Kusanagi Sword. No matter which side Sasuke focused on, it would leave a hole in the other side.
Orochimaru has been waiting for this moment from the beginning.
Sasuke let go of his shoulders, blood flowed down his arm to his fingertips, and another drop fell to the ground.
He did not continue to attack.
After a while, Sasuke slowly closed his eyes.
Orochimaru saw his movements and was not in a hurry to get closer. Sasuke's breathing gradually stabilized, and the surrounding Natural Energy also began to converge towards his body.
A few seconds later, Sasuke opened his eyes again.
Tiny white scales appeared along the eyelids and extended to the end of the eyes. Light purple Senjutsu lines also appeared near the neck, and the powerful Senjutsu Chakra quickly filled the entire channel.
Sharingan can only look in one direction.
Senjutsu perception covers all surrounding locations at the same time.
The poisonous snake hiding in the crack of the stone, Kusanagi Sword in Orochimaru's hand, and Kabuto watching the battle from a distance all clearly appeared in Sasuke's perception.
Orochimaru looked at the white scales near Sasuke's eyes, and the greed in his eyes could no longer be concealed.
"What a perfect body."