Orochimaru felt nearly every meridian in his body severed in an instant.
Any ordinary Ninja
would have been as good as dead
after a single hit.
The attack was so devastating
that even Orochimaru, who had survived countless brushes with death,
could not help feeling a chill.
"You're remarkably hard to kill."
Naruto Uzumaki's voice sounded beside him again, and Orochimaru's heart nearly stopped.
He turned his head in terror
and found Naruto Uzumaki standing behind him, a Wind Release: Rasengan ready in his hand.
"That speed..."
"Could it be the Flying Thunder God Technique?!"
Orochimaru could not help crying out.
The familiar fighting style reminded him of the former Fourth Hokage.
No.
The kid before him
was even more terrifying than the Fourth Hokage had been.
A Genin in his teens
could not only unleash powerful techniques without hand signs,
but had also mastered Flying Thunder God and Wind Release: Rasengan...
More importantly,
those were merely the abilities he had shown openly.
If word got out,
the entire Shinobi World would lose its mind.
With strength like that,
what was he doing taking the Chunin Ninja Exams?!
Orochimaru had always considered himself one of the Shinobi World's greatest prodigies. Now he realized that, compared with this kid, his talent was nothing.
"Now... can we have a proper talk?"
Naruto Uzumaki looked at Orochimaru, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"What do you want to talk about?"
Orochimaru looked at the sphere in Naruto Uzumaki's hand and wisely backed down.
"You could've done that from the start."
Seeing Orochimaru settle down, Naruto Uzumaki smiled faintly.
Then
he straightened up.
"Orochimaru, Sasuke Uchiha is under my protection. Keep your hands off him."
Orochimaru froze at Naruto Uzumaki's words.
Ever since Uchiha Itachi had defeated him in an instant with Genjutsu while