Chapter 80: Can a Grown Man Like Me Even Handle This?

Whoosh!

The two of them appeared somewhere unfamiliar once more.

Orochimaru dropped Tenzo's body to the ground with a thud.

He looked around.

A cave lay behind them, and a cliff stretched outside. Several large trees grew at its edge, while the Rain Curtain fell from the sky like a curtain of pearls.

He said uncertainly, "This looks like..."

"The Land of Rain."

Just as he thought...

Orochimaru clicked his tongue to himself.

The Flying Thunder God could transport people over long distances, but Shinji had taken him from the western border of the Land of Fire back to Konoha, then from Konoha to the Land of Rain...

And he still had plenty to spare?

What an unfathomable amount of Chakra!

Shinji glanced at the Rain Curtain outside, falling continuously like a curtain of pearls.

"Hard to catch them in this. I'll definitely be exposed, but there's no other way... One quick strike, then I'm gone."

With that, Shinji raised one hand and closed his eyes.

"Mind's Eye of the Kagura!"

Soon, the corners of Shinji's mouth lifted.

"Thanks to you, Orochimaru. My luck is almost too good today. There are three of them right within my sensory range!"

With a whoosh, Shinji vanished using the Body Flicker Technique.

Orochimaru looked astonished. "...He excels at everything? What a terrifying man. And that technique he just used..."

Orochimaru fell deep into thought.

This Uchiha...

He possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, immensely powerful Fire Release, an ocean of Chakra, and Yang Release strength that surpassed Tsunade's.

And what appeared to be a secret technique of the Uzumaki Clan...

Wasn't something about this rather strange?

Could it be?

Orochimaru's eyes lit up. He suddenly remembered a young friend who had been forced to leave the village after researching forbidden techniques and conducting human experiments...