"Tonight?"
Shikaku's voice came from the water mirror in the Hokage Building, his usually lazy ending note abruptly cut off.
"Neji, give the password cover to the recording array, don't read the contents."
Sasuke stared at Orochimaru's Yamata Snake Body, raising a hand to stop Yamada Naoto's movement to cut the frame.
"The water mirror is not allowed to leave Orochimaru."
Third Hokage's face was ashen.
"Sasuke, Danzo is going to stage a coup!"
"He hasn't made a move yet."
Sasuke brought his hands together, and Wood Release chakra spread out along the cracks beneath his feet.
"The one right here has already moved."
Orochimaru's eight snake heads lunged downward simultaneously, the Purple Fire Wall being warped by the impact, with the foremost snake's mouth holding the Kusanagi Sword, its blade aimed at Sasuke's chest.
Kakashi wanted to activate Kamui, but Sasuke stopped him with a raised hand.
"Save your pupil power to watch Danzo's men."
Kakashi clenched his teeth, shifting his Lightning Blade toward the edge of the barrier.
"Then you'll block it yourself?"
Sasuke did not answer, pressing his palm to the ground.
"Wood Release: Birth of the Tree World."
The stone slabs of the Viewing Platform were pushed open by thick vines, and tree roots churned up from underground, directly entangling two heads of the Yamata of Orochimaru as Sealing Tags on the surface of the vines lit up and began to drain chakra.
Orochimaru's laughter caught in his throat.
"At your age, how could you possibly use this scale?"
Sasuke raised his hand, a Susanoo arm pressing down on the third snake head, and Wood Release sprouted from the gaps in the Purple Skeletal Arm, tightening snake scales layer by layer.
"The things you learned from Hashirama Cells back then were too filthy."
The fourth snake