With three resounding bangs, three gates bearing hideous demonic faces rapidly rose in front of Orochimaru, shielding him securely behind them.
The powerful Earth Dragon Bullets struck the first gate without leaving so much as a mark.
That was hardly surprising. After all, this was a defense that could just barely block a Tailed Beast Bomb.
At the sight, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened.
He had not expected Orochimaru to be so decisive, choosing to use such a chakra-intensive Ninjutsu rather than move from his position.
Behind the Rashomon gates, Orochimaru rapidly formed hand seals, his fingers moving so fast they seemed to disappear.
Then he slapped the two corpses, and dense technique formulas immediately appeared across them. Seeing this, Orochimaru knew that the Impure World Reincarnation was complete!
He gave a low chuckle. Teacher, you have no chance now!
Small white scraps of paper suddenly appeared out of thin air beside the two corpses. Seemingly endless, the scraps kept attaching themselves to the bodies as they appeared.
Moments later, the two corpses had completely changed in appearance.
The one on the left was a man with long black hair, wearing black combat clothes beneath red armor.
The one on the right had short silver hair and three red markings on his face. He also wore tight black combat clothes, but his armor was blue.
They looked just as they had in life, but their faces resembled porcelain, with several black cracks running through them, and their eyes were unlike those of the living.
Once the two appeared, a gleam flashed through Orochimaru's eyes, and he formed a hand seal.
Then, as though receiving an order, their bodies trembled, and their tightly shut eyes slowly opened.
By the time Hiruzen Sarutobi circled around the three gates and approached Orochimaru, what he