Orochimaru Again
Hidden in the bushes, Uzumaki Hane watched Tobi walk quickly ahead. After a certain distance, Uzumaki Hane silently emerged from the bushes and quietly followed him.
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye. Uzumaki Hane followed closely behind Tobi seemed unaware, moving at a steady pace among the tree branches.
Soon, a plain appeared before them. Tobi landed on the plain and ran quickly until he came to a huge rock.
The rock was about twenty meters high. Tobi came to the left corner of the rock, fumbled around for a while, and the rock made a few cracking sounds. A stone door slowly opened, revealing a deep cave. Tobi's figure flashed and he went inside. Crack, crack, crack, the stone door closed again.
"Could this be Akatsuki's secret base here? Tobi hid here before. It's really well-hidden." Uzumaki Hane thought to himself. After waiting for a while, Uzumaki Hane got up and carefully walked to the rock.
At this moment, there was no gap left at the spot where the stone door had been, and it was impossible to tell that a stone door had ever appeared there. Uzumaki Hane, imitating Tobi from before, gently felt the rocks.
Suddenly, with a crack, the stone door slowly slid open, revealing a deep, dark passage. The passage was pitch black and looked like the mouth of a monster, as if it were about to devour anyone who entered.
Without giving it much thought, Uzumaki Hane walked straight into the passage. Crack, crack, crack, the stone door closed again, and the last bit of light in the cave disappeared, making it pitch black.
Uzumaki Hane's right hand rapidly transformed into lava, the burning lava illuminating the surroundings. Uzumaki Hane walked forward alone. Tap tap tap, the passage was utterly silent, save for the sound of Uzumaki Hane's footsteps.
The passage was very long and seemed bottomless. Uzumaki Hane walked for a long time but could not see the end. Afei, Tobi had come in, had also disappeared.
"Have we been discovered?" Uzumaki Hane wondered inwardly, but her steps remained firm as she strode forward.
In the blink of an eye, another hour passed, and suddenly, a light appeared ahead.
"Hmm, we've arrived." Uzumaki Hane thought to herself, having concealed her aura to the extreme, and cautiously walked forward. Soon, Uzumaki Hane's eyes lit up as another passage appeared before her, this time with a lamp at each end, illuminating the passage brightly.
Uzumaki Hane walked over, and after a few steps, a ninja emerged from around the corner ahead.
"Who goes there..." The ninja immediately spotted Uzumaki Hane, since they were in a passageway with nowhere to hide.
A cold glint flashed in Uzumaki Hane's eyes, and his body transformed into a series of afterimages, instantly appearing in front of the ninja. His right hand struck directly, piercing through the ninja's chest to the ninja's horrified eyes.
The ninja didn't even have time to scream before he was killed. Uzumaki Hane casually tossed the corpse on the ground, as if he had just crushed an ant. Then, turning the corner, he found himself in another long passage.
"Where is this place?" Uzumaki Hane murmured, but his steps did not slow down at all. He continued to walk forward and soon walked out of the passage. Then, his eyes lit up and he saw a huge stone hall.
The stone hall was empty and spacious. Uzumaki Hane felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar, and it didn't seem like the Akatsuki's base.
"Could it be that Tobi deliberately lured me here? Is it a trap, or is he just trying to get rid of me?" Uzumaki Hane couldn't figure it out for the time being, but she wasn't afraid at all. She walked directly into the stone hall. There was a passage on both the left and right sides of the stone hall. In the passage on the left, Uzumaki Hane found traces of Tobi. They were very obvious, as if he deliberately wanted Uzumaki Hane to see them.
Uzumaki Hane curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing a disdainful expression, and walked towards the passage on the left. So what if it was a trap? She would deal with whatever came her way. Uzumaki Hane was fearless.
With a series of clattering sounds, since the other party wanted him to come over here, Uzumaki Hane made no attempt to conceal his aura and Earth Flow unhurriedly down the passage.
Soon, Uzumaki Hane arrived in front of a stone chamber. Uzumaki Hane reached out and pressed his hand on the stone door, and with a crack, crack, crack, he pushed the stone door open.
Uzumaki Hane entered the stone chamber. The chamber was no smaller than the stone hall in front of it. The chamber was empty except for a huge stone chair at the far end. A figure sat on the chair. Due to the lighting, Uzumaki Hane couldn't see who it was, but he was certain it wasn't Tobi.
"Hehehe, I didn't expect you to find this place, Uzumaki Hane." The figure on the stone chair chuckled sinisterly.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Uzumaki Hane finally recognized the figure as Orochimaru. He hadn't expected to be led to Orochimaru's base by Tobi.
"Does Tobi want me and Orochimaru to fight to the death?" Uzumaki Hane thought to himself, but he wasn't afraid at all. After all, their mission was to find Orochimaru. Thinking for a moment, Uzumaki Hane said to Orochimaru, "I didn't expect to find you here, Orochimaru."
"Oh, so it seems you didn't find your way here on your own." Orochimaru immediately understood Uzumaki Hane's implied meaning, and instead of being worried, he showed an expression of interest.
Uzumaki Hane said, "That's right. But it's perfect timing, Orochimaru. We've been searching for you all this time. Now that we've found you, you'll have to take my attack first." As he spoke, Uzumaki Hane immediately attacked, his right hand rapidly transforming into lava, "Hell Hound," which appeared in front of Orochimaru in the next instant. His right hand reached out to grab Orochimaru, whose lips curled up, and his figure vanished in a blur. Bang! Orochimaru Uzumaki Hane's claw slammed into the stone chair, tearing a hole in it. Molten marks were already visible at the edge of the hole.
Orochimaru landed on a nearby stone pillar, looking down at Uzumaki Hane, thinking to himself, "This Kekkei Genkai is really troublesome. It might affect the plan. It seems someone doesn't want me to successfully obtain Sasuke's body."
Uzumaki Hane turned to look at Orochimaru, his left hand quickly turning into lava as well. He then unleashed a powerful Rock Fist at Orochimaru, blasting the Orochimaru pillar apart with a deafening roar. Countless fragments of rock mixed with lava fell to the ground.
Suddenly, a giant python emerged from behind Uzumaki Hane, coiling around the unsuspecting Uzumaki Hane with increasing tightness. Uzumaki Hane's expression remained calm, and in the next instant, his entire body turned into molten lava. The giant python only had time to let out a painful howl before being burned to ashes.
Immediately afterwards, Uzumaki Hane leaped up and arrived in front of Orochimaru, using "Hell Hound" and grabbing out with his right hand.
Seeing this, Orochimaru retreated, nimbly dodging Uzumaki Hane's attack, and at the same time used "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands" with his right hand, instantly unleashing several large snakes.