Orochimaru Backs Off

When Orochimaru brought Kabuto to the ground, he saw a dozen ice sculptures standing in the area.

In the center of these ice sculptures was a man wearing a long black trench coat and a white mask.

Orochimaru frowned, and had a displeased look on his face.

Anyone who sees someone running into their territory and kill their subordinates will be angry.

And that person was even standing there so arrogantly waiting for him to come here.

Even if Orochimaru didn't regard the Genins in this group as his subordinates as they were just some cannon fodder at most.

But these cannon fodders were killed before he could even use them. This displeased Orochimaru.

"Lord Orochimaru!"

At this time, Kabuto and others just arrived.

Seeing these ice sculptures in front of them, as well as the masked man, they all stared at the unknown person vigilantly.

"Who are you? Have I offended you before?"

Orochimaru stared quietly at the masked man in front of him and asked.

"I'm here to collect what you promised." Ryosuke said lightly.

Hearing this, Orochimaru thought for a while, and instantly understood what the other party was saying.

"So, you are Ryosuke-kun's friend!"

Orochimaru showed a smile on his face.

"I thought Ryosuke-kun would come here by yourself. I didn't expect him to have a friend from the Yuki clan like you. Ryosuke-kun has really kept his secrets well hidden!"

Even Orochimaru failed to find the descendants of the Yuki clan, but Ryosuke had.

This was enough to show that the secrets Ryosuke held were far more than what he knew.

"Did I mention that I belong to the Yuki clan?" Ryosuke replied indifferently.

"Do you still want to deny it?"

Orochimaru pointed to the surrounding ice sculptures.

Ice release bloodline limit!

How could this guy not be from the Yuki clan?

"Ice release is just one of my many abilities."

Ryosuke replied lightly, "Remember, my name is Uchiha Menma!"

Orochimaru was genuinely surprised now.

"Your last name is Uchiha?"

He looked at Ryosuke in surprise.

"Is there a problem?"

Ryosuke's eyes instantly turned into three tomoe sharingan.

With red eyes, he stared coldly at Orochimaru in front of him.

A chill swept over Orochimaru's body in an instant.

For a moment, he even had the feeling that his life was being held in the hands of the other party.

This made Orochimaru's face change slightly. There was even more turmoil in his heart.

Uchiha!

This guy really is an Uchiha!!

Unexpectedly, apart from the ones he knew, there are other living Uchihas.

In Konoha's collapse plan before, the person who suddenly appeared with a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan was also someone from the Uchiha clan.

It's just that Orochimaru didn't know who that guy was.

At this time, Orochimaru looked at the person in front of him and wondered in if this guy was the one who had appeared in Konoha before.

Their clothes looked similar.

But in this world, there are many mysterious ninjas who like to wear clothes like that.

And the previous guy had a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

But the man in front of him only had three tomoe!

Of course, it's also possible that the person in front of him felt that he didn't need to show Mangekyō to deal with them.

"Lord Orochimaru, since this person is from the Uchiha clan, why not..."

Kabuto said quietly from the side.

Hearing this, Orochimaru was also moved.

Originally, he had planned to wait for Sasuke to come over, and use the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique to reincarnate into the body of Sasuke.

But—

It was uncertain whether Sasuke would come or not.

And Orochimaru's body was almost unable to hold on.

His ten fingers had been sealed by Sarutobi Hiruzen before.

It was only ten fingers, but things related to the soul left a profound impression even if they were miniscule.

Not to mention, Orochimaru's soul was already not in a great state.

Now, part of his soul had been sealed and his situation had become even worse.

So, these days, he had been researching how to heal himself.

Unless absolutely necessary, he didn't plan to possess another body now.

After all, if he uses the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique this time, he will not be able to use it a second time for years.

Otherwise, his soul will be completely shattered.

And if he possesses the body of the guy in front of him and Sasuke comes later, he will not be able to reincarnate into Sasuke's body immediately.

He will have to wait a few years. This will undoubtedly increase the uncertainty of things.

In case something goes wrong...

After hearing Kabuto's words, Orochimaru's heart fluttered.

Although Sasuke is good, this person in front of him isn't bad either.

Although he looked a little older than Sasuke, that pair of three tomoe Sharingan was even more impressive than Sasuke's two tomoe.

'If he could get this guy's body, that would be good too.' Orochimaru thought to himself.

Ryosuke saw Orochimaru's reaction and knew what was going on in his mind.

A sneer appeared on his face beneath the mask.

He coldly said, "Orochimaru, I advise you not to seek death, or else I don't mind crushing you to death."

"Bold! How dare you disrespect Lord Orochimaru!!"

Kimimaro, who was a diehard fan of Orochimaru, shouted angrily when he heard Ryosuke.

Swish!

Ryosuke's eyes instantly fell on Kimimaro.

Kimimaro, who was furious, suddenly became still and pointed at his chest and used ten finger piercing bullets.

"Damn! What did you do to Kimimaro?!"

The surrounding ninjas became restless.

However!

As soon as Ryosuke's eyes glanced over, these originally angry ninjas instantly quieted down.

Seeing this scene, Orochimaru instantly felt a deadly threat in his heart.

His resistance to genjutsu is already very weak.

Now, he had met such an opponent with excellent genjutsu ability.

If he fights with this man, he feared that it would be another case of being instantly killed.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru's face became extremely ugly.

And Kabuto, who was beside him, also looked shocked at these ninjas around him being controlled.

Isn't this genjutsu too strong?

In just a split second, even Kimimaro was controlled?

Although Kabuto was very confident in his own ability, he knew that if it came to a fight, he would definitely not be a match for Kimimaro.

After all, his talent mainly lied in research, and he was nowhere near as good as Kimimaro in combat.

Moreover, Kimimaro, who had been battling his illness for many years, had extremely strong willpower.

But even so, he was still instantly controlled by this man.

He also shot himself with ten finger piercing bullets!

It was clear that his chest was bleeding profusely, but he still stood there with a sluggish face, motionless.

So horrible!

So weird!!

Kabuto was so scared that he wanted to turn around and run away.

If it weren't for Orochimaru still being around, he really would have run away.

After all, what was the point of staying and waiting to die?

Apart from increasing this guy's kill count, there would be no other effect.

"Orochimaru, would you like to try this too?"

Ryosuke said, looking at Orochimaru with his three tomoe sharingan.

Orochimaru's mind raced and thought of a solution to this predicament.

Orochimaru smiled and said, "This is a misunderstanding. Please let these ineffective men of mine go."

"I apologize on their behalf!"

Hearing this, Ryosuke stared at Orochimaru for a few seconds.

Then he nodded and said, "Since it's just a misunderstanding, it's okay. I am not a person who holds a grudge."

After speaking, Ryosuke instantly lifted the genjutsu on these people.

The ninjas who were controlled just now, including Kimimaro and the others, woke up from the control of the genjutsu.

The moment they woke up, they all took two steps back in unison.

They looked at Ryosuke in front of them with a look of horror.

"Kabuto, take Kimimaro away for treatment."

Orochimaru glanced at Kimimaro, who was seriously injured.

Although he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, he didn't dare to attack at the moment.

He could only hold his breath and settle accounts with these guys when he had the chance in the future.

Ryosuke!

Menma!

Itachi!

Orochimaru murmured silently in his mind.

Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to go to his laboratory and bring over the scroll recording Edo Tensei.

After a while, they returned with the scroll and handed it over to Orochimaru.

"This is the scroll you wanted," Orochimaru said, handing it to Ryosuke himself.

At this time, Ryosuke noticed Orochimaru's hands.

He was wearing some kind of device to substitute his ten fingers.

Thin wires connected to his arm, which could subtly control the movement of his fingers.

However, this obviously had many disadvantages.

First, it just treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

Secondly, it severely impacted his ability to form hand seals.

Orochimaru was now only able to make three hand seals per second, which was already quite impressive.

And if these fine wires are destroyed, his ten fingers won't be able to move at all.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen sealed your ten fingers?"

Ryosuke asked, looking at Orochimaru.

Ryosuke didn't expect his guess to be true.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had teally sealed Orochimaru's ten fingers.

Tsk tsk!

Sarutobi Hiruzen was really…

He couldn't even seal Orochimaru's two arms.

Just sealed ten fingers?

Rubbish!

Ryosuke didn't know that Sarutobi Hiruzen had not only just sealed Orochimaru's ten fingers, but also failed to seal the souls of the two Hokages.

If Orochimaru hadn't taken the initiative to disarm the Edo Tensei, maybe those two Hokages could have given Konoha's ninjas a big gift.

"Were you in Konoha at that time?" Orochimaru asked tentatively.

Ryosuke glanced at him indifferently, put away the scroll, and said, "Haven't we met before?"

'It really is him!' Orochimaru thought to himself.

Then, he secretly became glad that he hadn't acted immediately.

Otherwise, he would have fallen into the other party's genjutsu right now.

Kimimaro could easily be controlled with only a three tomoe sharingan.

If this guy used the Mangekyō, even he would likely be lost in the genjutsu forever.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru felt aggrieved in his heart.

Since he had lost to Itachi before, he seemed to have lost resistance in front of the Uchihas.

This made him even more determined to make Sasuke his next vessel.

It wasn't just to change his own predicament. It was also to get revenge for what had happened before.

As for the person in front of him?

Forget it!

Orochimaru didn't want to make another Kage-level individual an enemy just yet.

Besides, this guy was connected to Ryosuke from Konoha, and their relationship seemed quite special.

This made Orochimaru think that maybe they could cooperate with each other.

For example, if Sasuke doesn't come by himself, can he ask him to help?

Maybe he can take Sasuke away from Konoha, or even directly bring him to his side.

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