The Escape Begins

Ye Liang weighed his options, then immediately ran into the distance, carrying Mitarashi Anko away with him.

With a beauty in his arms, how could he possibly hand her over? Though Ye Liang was not familiar with Anko, he still decided to take her with him.

"Bastard! Where are you going? Stop right there!"

"Stop my ass." Ye Liang was not an obedient child. Otherwise, in his previous life, he would not have ignored his parents and played games until he dropped dead.

"Damn it!"

Orochimaru's rage shot through the roof. Having been deceived, how could he not be angry? He immediately gave chase after the rapidly fleeing Ye Bufan.

"Ninja Art! Hidden Shadow Many Snake Hands!"

A string of long snakes shot from Orochimaru's sleeves toward Ye Liang's back.

Having learned his lesson, Orochimaru no longer dared to fight at close range.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The same old move again. Before the snakes could touch Ye Liang, the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei instantly tore them apart, leaving behind not even a trace of flesh or blood.

"Shinra Tensei!" Startled, Ye Liang shouted it once more!

Yet he discovered in surprise that the jutsu activated!

"Fuck!"

Ye Liang was stunned.

In the original story, Shinra Tensei had a clear activation interval.

But his Shinra Tensei had no cooldown at all!

No cooldown!

As long as he poured in enough Chakra, he could activate it without limit!

This truly was an unexpected delight.

However, Ye Liang failed to notice something.

The original Shinra Tensei was actually Nagato's Kekkei Genkai. The fact that Ye Liang could activate it directly while ignoring the bloodline limit was already absurd in itself.

Of course, this was a skill forcibly bestowed by the system, so it was not hard to explain.

Ye Liang shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

Orochimaru was still chasing behind him. The two raced wildly onward, darting back and forth across the tree branches.

"Fuck! Are you some kind of monkey counter? We've run this far already, so why are you still chasing me? Aren't you hungry?"

"Put Anko down, or I'll turn you into a specimen!" Orochimaru threatened viciously from behind.

"Put her down? At your age, can you even handle her? She's a young girl in the prime of her life, fierce as a wolf and tiger. Not that I'm saying anything, but you definitely can't cut it."

Ye Liang taunted him while running for his life, casually raising his middle finger behind him.

That was how young upstarts were—once they gained a little power, their mouths started running wild.

For some reason, the middle finger was universal across all dimensions. Orochimaru had not reacted much to the verbal taunts, but the moment Ye Liang raised that noble gesture, Orochimaru completely lost it!

"You lying brat! I'll kill you right now!"

"Curse Mark of Heaven! Activate!"

With an angry roar from Orochimaru, the muscles throughout his body suddenly changed!

His skin gradually turned grayish white, and a pair of palm-like wings inexplicably grew from his back! With one hard flap, he shot more than ten meters forward!

In just a moment, he had closed in on Ye Liang!

"Fuck! Isn't that Sasuke's curse mark? How can you use it too?" Ye Liang was shocked.

Then again, Sasuke's curse mark had originally been developed by Orochimaru. It was perfectly normal for Orochimaru himself to know how to use it.

"Fuck, I've really gone too far this time."

Ye Liang felt like he was done for. After blasting Orochimaru away once again, he finally realized that his Chakra was running out.

He only had the Chakra of a Jonin to begin with.

Jonin were strange. You could say they were strong, and they were indeed strong! But strong in what way? No one knew. There were so many Jonin in Konoha during Shippuden, yet there really were not many who could fight.

Ye Liang suddenly felt that his "Jonin" Chakra was about to bottom out.

He reckoned he could only use it another seven or eight times at most.

"Hey, beautiful, you've been playing dead for so long. It's about time you said something. Where's Konoha? We might survive if we go there." Ye Liang suddenly directed the question at Mitarashi Anko on his back.

These were extraordinary times, so naturally, he had to unite every force that could be united!

That was what Mr. Lu Xun said!

"Pah! You bastard who groped my butt! The sooner you die, the better!"

"Hey, what are you talking about? Wasn't I chased by Orochimaru because I saved you? As one of the people involved, shouldn't you take at least some responsibility?"

"You groped my butt!"

"..."

Fine, women really held grudges.

Ye Liang fell silent for a while.

But before long, Orochimaru caught up again!

"Then can you at least tell me where Konoha is? If you won't think about me, you should at least think about yourself!" Ye Liang grew anxious. He did not want to die, especially not after gaining a Cheat Ability!

"You groped my butt!"

"..."

Fuck!

Ye Liang was going crazy!

The ancients really had not been wrong!

Women and petty men were the hardest to deal with!

Ye Liang was not a misogynist at all. Really!

Looking at the cliff ahead, Ye Liang gradually put away his frivolous attitude.

This was no time to mess around. With life and death hanging by a thread, he had to get serious.

But now, even without Anko telling him, Ye Liang already knew where Konoha was.

After running around blindly, he had somehow arrived at Hokage Rock!

That was right. On the great cliff ahead, the four handsome and dashing Hokage were vividly carved into the stone.

From far away, Ye Liang could see the First Hokage's statue smiling at him!

"Just like a child!"

The words slipped out of his mouth. He turned back to look at the approaching Orochimaru, and finally stopped panicking.

"Shinra Tensei!"

After forcing Orochimaru back once more, Ye Liang charged toward the cliff and jumped straight down.

Konoha was below. Though Orochimaru had not yet defected, with Anko, that silly girl, as evidence, they could fully prove that Orochimaru had been secretly researching Forbidden Jutsu!

By then, no matter what excuses Orochimaru had, he would be unable to defend himself.

Presumably, Orochimaru had been chasing Ye Liang so relentlessly because of Anko.

"All right! Once I rush into the village, let's see what you can still do to me!" Ye Liang laughed.

He had even thought up his identity.

Drawing his blade to help when he saw injustice!

A roar as the hero saved the beauty!

He was a fine young man of the new era, bravely doing what was right!

"Carrying out the CPC Central Committee's guiding principles, I will bring the people of Konoha the beautiful warmth of the Chinese people!" Ye Liang muttered to himself.

"Who goes there!"

Two figures in green suddenly appeared ahead. They wore Konoha forehead protectors and were clearly Konoha's guarding Jonin.

Below Hokage Rock stood the Hokage's office building. It was perfectly normal for Jonin to guard this place.

Ye Liang did not panic. He landed silently atop a building, then set Anko down beside him.

Anko could walk by now. After all, Orochimaru only regarded her as an experiment, so he had not given her too much sedative.

"You two, a Rogue Ninja from Konoha is chasing us. I hope you can cover our retreat."

"A Rogue Ninja from Konoha?" The two guarding Jonin were briefly confused, then stared past Ye Liang in shock!

"It's Lord Orochimaru! Why has he become like this?"

"Orochimaru of your Konoha has been researching forbidden living-body jutsu. If you don't believe me, ask the girl beside me. She is one of the test subjects too."