"Ugh-"
Xue Ge struggled to open his eyes and stand, clutching his still-muddled head as he labored to adjust to the sensation of his consciousness separating from his body and returning.
He still needed to find a chance to solve this problem. Otherwise, if he suddenly got pulled out like that at some critical moment, something really could go wrong.
As for the old dragon's claim that this was the last time-heh, he could take that with a grain of salt.
"Just how long was I out-"
Xue Ge frowned at the sun, which had already passed its zenith and seemed to be slowly sinking westward.
It had still been morning before he lost consciousness. Time felt different in dreams. They had only exchanged a few words, yet half a day had passed.
Luckily, no one had discovered him in all that time.
Xue Ge felt the signal flare at his waist and breathed a sigh of relief.
Now he should go find Kakashi and Shisui-
But speaking of which, what had the old Dragon Vein meant by "power has leaked out of your body too"?
Power leaking out of his body-
"Hiss-"
As though an electric current had shot through his spine, Xue Ge shuddered. Sensing danger, he immediately dove several meters forward.
A huge snake's head smashed through the ground, then emerged from the soil to bite at Xue Ge.
Xue Ge turned and blew a Wind Release: Great Breakthrough at the snake's head, only for it to plow straight through the mass of pressurized air.
What a tough body-
Xue Ge leaped out of the giant snake's path, inwardly startled.
What is this thing? A snake this big, and it can ignore Ninjutsu outright-how come I've never seen a beast like this before?
*Did Danzo get Orochimaru