Orochimaru was focused on prying open the coffin when he felt a breeze blow past.
He jerked his head up and met Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.
Both fell silent.
Orochimaru froze for a long moment, then his face twisted with fury.
"Teacher Sarutobi, were you lying in wait for me again?"
Orochimaru's heart went completely cold.
After all that, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still the one behind it.
"Teacher, if you want to deal with me, why go to so much trouble? It's not as if I can beat you."
Orochimaru was angry, and he felt wronged.
Why was Hiruzen Sarutobi deliberately targeting him?
He didn't understand.
Watching Orochimaru play the victim when he was the guilty one, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart bled.
This was his proudest student.
How could he keep doing wrong, refusing to change no matter how often he was taught?
"Orochimaru, I never thought it would be you."
As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi took out his Monkey King's Staff.
Orochimaru felt Hiruzen Sarutobi was toying with him. He turned ruthless too, spat out the Kusanagi Sword, and traded blows with him.
By then, more Shinobi had rushed over.
Watching the teacher and student beating each other to death, none dared intervene.
After working all night, an exhausted Bieshu Feifan was eating in a restaurant on a street below Hokage Rock.
He couldn't find Mito Uzumaki's grave and could only hope Orochimaru would come through.
Then he heard an earth-shattering boom from above Hokage Rock.
People came out onto the street.
"An earthquake?"
"Doesn't sound like it. Sounds more like someone's fighting."
"Are you crazy? What kind of fight could cause that much noise?"
Bieshu Feifan also went out onto the street and looked up the mountain, then sucked in a sharp breath.
What had he seen?
That was Manda,