"Th-This is the ninjutsu Izayoi developed himself?"
Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki hid behind a fallen towering tree, staring at the spinning Fire Tornado like a top, their eyes filled with shock.
"Gulp..."
Naruto Uzumaki swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "S-So awesome!"
He had thought that his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique combined with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough was already incredibly powerful.
Yet he hadn't expected that, besides himself, Izayoi had also mastered a large-scale ninjutsu.
And he didn't even need Shadow Clones, or even Hand Seals.
They simply weren't on the same level.
Naruto Uzumaki's newly inflated confidence was instantly knocked back down to earth.
"Go!"
At that moment, Izayoi appeared behind Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, grabbed them both, and vanished with them.
Not long after the three left, a figure emerged from the ground some distance away. Covered in burn marks, it was none other than Orochimaru.
"Ugh..."
Orochimaru made a retching sound, his mouth splitting open and widening like a bucket.
Then, a body covered in slime crawled out of his mouth.
"Damn brat, he actually ruined my plans!"
Having used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique to spit out a new body, Orochimaru first cursed hoarsely before grinning. "But that Chakra, and that casting speed... what astonishing talent!"
Watching the Fire Tornado begin to ravage the forest—ready to set the entire forest ablaze if no one stopped it—Orochimaru added, "What a familiar technique. I never thought a technique Minato and that fool failed to perfect would be accomplished by someone from the new generation."
"It seems the windmill of Hidden Leaf Village, which has stood still for so many years, is about to start turning again."
Orochimaru glanced in the direction Izayoi's group had left, then looked toward another direction and muttered with a sinister