Seeing Lord Orochimaru Again

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"Still can't do it?"

Beneath the waterfall, the feather in Uchiha Yu's hand, having been infused with too much chakra, developed cracks on its surface and lost much of its former hardness.

"A swarm of bloodthirsty ants, attracted by carrion~"

Killer B's chanting interrupted Uchiha Yu's research. He stood up helplessly. "Bee, could you please keep your voice down?"

"Oh yeah! Genius rhyme scheme, unparalleled!"

Uchiha Yu was helpless against Killer B, who was immersed in his own world.

He rose, waved his Ukaku, and flew into the Sky Manipulation.

More than half a month has passed since the last encounter with Kakuzu.

Uchiha Yu was still somewhat worried about Kakashi's condition.

Although he stitched Kakuzu's Wind Release: Earth Grudge Fear into his body, Kakuzu would prioritize causing trouble for him, it's hard to say whether Kakuzu lose his mind and relentlessly pursue Kakashi.

Uchiha Yu calculated that the best-case scenario would be Kakuzu pursuing him.

Then Kakuzu was besieged by the Kumogakure, led by Killer B, and this potential threat was eliminated.

Of course, this was the best plan. Half a month passed, Kakuzu seemed to have vanished into thin air, which gave Uchiha Yu the idea of going out for a stroll.

If it's appropriate, he plans to return to Konoha first.

After all, no matter how you look at it, it's very dangerous for him to stay outside.

Whether Kumogakure can protect him now that he's been targeted by Akatsuki's finance minister is another matter.

They wondered Kumogakure would gouge out his eyes and dissect him for research, to see how this guy grew a tail and feathers.

This is what Uchiha Yu is thinking about.

Are we placing our hopes on Killer B?

He can't afford to gamble.

Before the Night of the Massacre, for an Uchiha.

Konoha is always the safest place.

After all, there's still Obito outside, wearing a mask and harvesting Sharingan.

Uchiha Yu for a while, the towering mountains gradually diminished, replaced by lush, verdant trees.

Distinguishing the borders of the Five Great Nations is simple: mountains are Kumogakure, deserts are Sunagakure, water and fog are Kirigakure, and land is all earth, lacking anything but small houses and earthen mounds – these are the Land of Earth.

And the forest is the border of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Yu to the ground. The high-intensity flight quickly depleted his stamina, so he chose to walk to conserve his energy.

After walking for a long time, as dusk fell and visibility decreased, Uchiha Yu decided to find a place to rest for the night and continue his journey the next morning.

In a daze, he saw a tiny glimmer of light appear in the distance!

That looks like a complex of buildings?

Sleeping in a bed is definitely better than sleeping in a tree, he thought with curiosity, and walked over.

A kilometer was only a few dozen seconds for him now, and he soon arrived at the vicinity of the building complex.

As soon as he saw the signs outside the building, he turned and ran!

All those buildings had a musical note symbol engraved on them.

The musical note represents the Otogakure.

This is Orochimaru's village when he was the Kage.

Seeing the signs on these buildings was no different from seeing someone playing a suona (Uchiha Yu) and getting married in a deserted forest late at night.

He had only run a few steps when a figure appeared around the corner in front of him!

A man with two red spots on his forehead, white hair, looking half-dead and sickly.

Upon seeing this person, Uchiha Yu immediately prepared to Hand Seal, as if facing a formidable enemy!

Kimimaro, the leader of the Sound Five!

"You actually came of your own accord."

Kimimaro's first words made Uchiha Yu lose his composure, and he quickly abandoned his idea of continuing to Hand Seal.

"Hmph, I wonder what Lord Orochimaru saw in you. Cough cough cough!"

Uchiha Yu thought to himself, ' Orochimaru actually values you too, but every time you pull out a bone, you don't sterilize it and just shove it back into your body, causing you to develop all sorts of diseases. How could he dare to take your body?'

Kimimaro looked like he had tuberculosis, coughed twice, steadied himself, and reached out towards the hidden entrance to the underground passage. "Please!"

Uchiha Yu did not move.

He was calculating his chances of winning if he were to fight Kimimaro now.

But then I thought, even if I could barely defeat Kimimaro, Orochimaru would arrive the moment the battle began.

Even if he took flight using his Ukaku, flying through a forest with towering trees to step on, there was still a high probability that Orochimaru would catch up with him.

Thinking of the Heaven Curse Mark and the kagune, Uchiha Yu gritted his teeth and walked into the bottomless passage.

Orochimaru's base was much drier and brighter than Uchiha Yu had imagined.

Unlike the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere depicted in anime, this place actually has many ventilation pipes and a central air conditioning system for blowing warm air, taking into account the dampness of the underground environment.

After Kimimaro led Uchiha Yu to the passage, he entrusted the task of greeting him to Tayuya, who was also Sound Five and the only female ninja among Five-Man Squad Tayuya.

Tayuya sized up Uchiha Yu, a smile playing on her lips, "Weren't you quite resistant at first? Did you finally succumb to Lord Orochimaru's charm?"

Uchiha Yu gave an awkward laugh and asked, "Um... what are these things you call here?" He pointed to something that was making a "beep beep beep" sound.

Tayuya looked at Uchiha Yu as if he were a country bumpkin. "A computer! Haven't the people of Konoha ever seen a computer before?"

Uchiha Yu's eye twitched

He was right; those things were computers, laptops at that.

While Konoha was still using very primitive abacuses to calculate data, Orochimaru had already been using computers for a long time.

Fortunately, those people in Konoha weren't addicted to the internet.

Otherwise, everyone would have to defect to Orochimaru.

Rows of sophisticated instruments, jars of strange limbs preserved in formalin.

Now let's consider what would have happened What If...? Minato hadn't become the Fourth Hokage, and Orochimaru had instead taken the position.

Perhaps Konoha has already used advanced technology to crush the other Four Great Ninja Villages.

Before meeting Orochimaru, Uchiha Yu inexplicably felt a slight respect for scientists, which he didn't know why.

This might be one of the reasons why the people of Otogakure are so loyal to Orochimaru.

Tayuya stopped in front of an inconspicuous room and gently knocked on the door twice.

The voice from inside the door was very weak and hoarse, and it called out "Come in" very softly.

Tayuya gave Uchiha Yu a wink, Uchiha Yu pushed open the door and entered.

In the dimly lit room, only a faint yellow lamp could vaguely reveal the edge of the bed and the outline of the person on it.

Of course, even if Uchiha Yu could see this person's face, he wouldn't recognize that it was Orochimaru.

"Cough cough." Orochimaru was very weak after changing bodies. He leaned against the headboard, his cold snake eyes scrutinizing the young man in front of him.

"Yu-kun, I didn't expect to see you so soon."

Uchiha Yu's brow twitched, feeling somewhat uneasy. "Orochimaru, um... sir, there's something I want to tell you."