Still posing as the Fourth Kazekage, Orochimaru held the Third Hokage captive and shot straight up onto the roof without giving him a say.
Clang!
The sound of ninja tools clashing reached his ears, prompting Orochimaru to glance at Karatachi Yagura, who was being held up by Kakashi.
After failing to shake Kakashi off immediately, Yagura had turned around to try to take him down instead, only to become locked in combat with him.
Orochimaru could not help recalling that, the instant the Third had tried to leave, only two people had reacted fastest.
One was himself, and the other... was Kakashi.
"Kakashi... does he know something? He actually intervened under these circumstances and took the initiative to hold off the Mizukage."
Then Orochimaru glanced at the two Mizukage Guards lying on the ground, a trace of wariness crossing his face.
Just now, Kakashi Hatake actually reacted faster than anyone else. Even I didn't notice when he took those two down...
Still, it did not matter. The Fourth Mizukage whom Kakashi was holding off had never truly been on Orochimaru's side anyway.
In other words, Karatachi Yagura was also keeping Kakashi occupied for him.
Although he kept feeling that something was off, Orochimaru's original plan had indeed been to finish off the Third Hokage himself!
After Orochimaru dragged the Third onto the roof, the two guards who had been at his side followed close behind.
Then the two "Sand Shinobi," who had deliberately concealed their bulky figures with cloaks, dispelled their Transformation Technique and threw off their cloaks. They were actually four ninja wearing Sound Ninja Forehead Protectors!
Sound Ninja!?
Noticing the commotion around the Hokage, the Konoha ninja maintaining the barrier on a nearby rooftop approached as quickly as they could.
"Do it."
At Orochimaru's command, the Sound Four