"Is that so?"
Uchiha Yan wore a mocking smile. "To tell you the truth, Taichi is here too. I personally wrote to him and asked him to leave the village in secret. Even Danzo doesn't know."
At that, Uchiha Yan shouted, "Taichi, do it!"
"Mountains joined, Gen! The gentleman does not let his thoughts stray beyond his station!"
A Taiji Shadow of the Eight Trigrams Formation appeared in the air. Everyone looked up and saw two small mountains descend from it, tightly enclosing a tree on the edge of the battlefield.
Immediately afterward, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck the mountains, filling the entire area with lightning.
"Uchiha Yan!"
Through the gap between the two mountains, everyone could clearly see Orochimaru glaring at Uchiha Yan through gritted teeth.
Uchiha Yan ignored him, turning instead to Shisui and nodding.
Shisui closed his eyes and opened them again, activating his Mangekyō Sharingan and looking straight into Orochimaru's eyes.
"Kotoamatsukami!"
"Hm?"
Shisui's expression changed, confusion filling his eyes as he glared at Orochimaru again.
"Senior Yan, he seems to be using something to protect his brain. I can't get in."
"Hahaha..."
Orochimaru laughed aloud. "A blessing in disguise! A blessing in disguise! Ahahaha! To think the Sealing Jutsu I used to guard against Uchiha Itachi could guard against Kotoamatsukami too.
"Uchiha Yan, what does it matter how clever you are? Can you imagine what I found in the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools?"
"Orochimaru, have you forgotten about the Rinnegan? Do you think reading your memories would be difficult?
"And there's the Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Technique. Do you think undoing the Sealing Jutsu on you would be difficult?
"To get you to take the bait, I went so far as to sell out Uzumaki Honoka, let you