Konoha: This ninja is suspicious by nature

Chapter 52 Sasuke’s Awakening
Seeing how brave Naruto was, Sasuke hesitated for a moment. He originally wanted to give up the scroll to save his life, but now it seemed that the only option was to fight to the death.

The big snake didn't give Sasuke a chance to think about it. A dragon hit the snake's head and it was in front of him. Sasuke's pupils continued to dilate, reflecting a tall figure.

The figure was Naruto. Seeing the big snake hit Sasuke, but Sasuke remained motionless, he did not hesitate to lean against the iron mountain and use his small body to block the impact of the snake's head.

His back was still pressing hard, blood spurted from his mouth, and he stared at Sasuke with a stern look that made people panic.

"coward!"

With a word that woke up the person in front of him, Sasuke clenched his kunai and finally made up his mind to fight with his life.

"Haha, it turns out to be the Kyuubi brat." Kusanagi said silently to himself, "Have you reached the stage where your own emotional changes induce the Kyuubi chakra?"

Then he opened his mouth wide, and his tongue moved out like a long snake. He could control it and extended it tens of meters away.

The tongue rolled and trapped Naruto's body like a hemp rope, and then sucked lightly, and Naruto was brought to him.

He looked into the red fox eyes and lifted up Naruto's shirt to reveal the sealing technique in his belly. Then he gathered chakra on the five fingers of his right hand and aimed at the sealing technique fiercely.

After adding the seal, Naruto's red eyes instantly turned back to clear blue, fainted, and was then thrown away by the Kusanagi.

"Sakura, protect Naruto!"

Sakura had already caught Naruto who was thrown away and stepped aside.

At this moment, Sasuke has understood that tomorrow can only be achieved by slashing with one knife, and he is no longer afraid.

"It's time to start."

With a "bang", Kusanagi's Orochi mount disappeared. He came to the opposite side of Sasuke, looked at the pair of magical blood eyes, and licked his lips greedily.

Sasuke fired two shurikens and then leaned forward. The Kusanagi easily dodged and the two started a taijutsu duel.

The double Magatama Sharingan clearly saw the opponent's movements at this time, and Sasuke relied on his insight and agility to keep up with the opponent.

Kusanagi nodded slightly, and suddenly kicked Sasuke away with a kick.

Sasuke landed on a tree trunk and immediately formed a seal.

"Huo Dun, Fengxian Fire Technique!"

Spraying flames came out of his mouth and attacked the grass ninja. The grass ninja breathed out strong wind and instantly blew away the flames.

Unexpectedly, although the flames were extinguished, the hidden shuriken was revealed. The Kusanagi turned into a snake and slithered left and right to dodge again.

Sasuke kept changing his position and threw several shurikens again, but all of them would be dodged without exception.

When the Kusanagi turned over and jumped to avoid the last shuriken, Sasuke appeared directly above him.

Sasuke hugged Kusanagi's legs tightly, pointed his head towards the ground, and gave him a sitting hug.

There was a "clang" sound as his head hit the ground, and a burst of white smoke rose up. It turned out that what hit the ground was a piece of wood.

After using the Substitute Technique, the Kusanagi appeared in front of Sasuke proudly. Suddenly, there were two "boom" sounds, and two bells stuck in the back of the Kusanagi's clothes detonated.

"Did you insert it when you hugged your legs just now?"

The bell was not very powerful, but it still staggered the Kusanagi.

The corners of Sasuke's mouth raised, and he threw shurikens with both hands at the same time. The Kusanagi dodged again.

This time is unusual.

"Blood wheel eye, windmill, three swords!"

Sasuke pulled the thin threads wrapped around the shuriken with both hands. The shurikens that had missed just now were like a trap that had been laid out. The threads pulled the thin threads like spider webs and instantly tied the grass ninja to the tree trunk.

After waiting for this moment for so long, Sasuke immediately breathed out fire.

"Dragon Fire Technique!"

The flames followed the thin threads and spread to the Kusanagi in an instant. Suddenly, the flames shot into the sky, and burning energy filled the air.

"call"

Sasuke exhaled slowly, as if the battle was over.

"Hehehe, I saw it right, you are really an Uchiha who is even more talented than Itachi!"

A hoarse and vicissitudes of voice sounded, and the grass ninja figure stepped out of the firelight. The left half of his face had been burned and peeled off, revealing pale and strange skin. "Who are you? How do you know him!"

Sasuke tensed up again.

"My name is Orochimaru, and I will make you stronger."

As he spoke, his neck stretched out, and he was tens of meters away. His bloody mouth instantly bit Sasuke's neck.

The black curse mark spread from the wound in an instant, and then gathered back to the wound, forming three black dots.

Sasuke couldn't move and could only let Orochimaru do whatever he wanted.

Withdrawing his long neck, Orochimaru looked calm, "Sasuke, do you want to kill that man? Come to me."

"You will come to me when you realize what power is. See you next time."

Orochimaru's body melted into the tree trunk and disappeared.

Sasuke clutched the curse mark on his neck and fell to the ground in pain.

Sakura was stunned after witnessing everything. She couldn't believe everything that happened in a short period of time, as if she hadn't woken up from a nightmare.

She hugged Naruto tightly and placed him next to Sasuke, guarding the two fainted people in front of her, falling into sadness and self-blame.

As night falls, you can't see your fingers in the already dark forest. Only the moonlight that shines from time to time can make you see the direction of the road clearly.

Anko was alone and searched all the way from the entrance where Sasuke and the others entered.

She stopped on a tree trunk, her figure reflected in the moonlight, and suddenly she felt something approaching.

A figure walked out of the moss-covered tree trunk, it was Orochimaru.

"Long time no see, Hongdou."

At this time, Orochimaru was no longer dressed as a grass ninja before, but his true appearance, or the appearance he showed others.

Beneath the long black hair are pale cheeks, the eyeshadow from the corners of the eyes is drawn to the wings of the nose, and the golden snake eyes live up to the name.

"What do you want to do in Konoha? Destroy Konoha?"

Facing his former mentor whom he had not seen for many years, Hongdou only felt that he was extremely dangerous. The old relationship between master and apprentice had long since disappeared, and all that remained was his mission as an apprentice to kill the defecting master.

"Although Sound Ninja Village is my village, my current abilities are not enough to destroy Konoha."

Orochimaru was blunt.

"No matter what you want to do, today is the day you die."

Anko rushed towards Orochimaru on the opposite side, "Latent Shadow Snake Hand!"

Several green snakes emerged from the sleeves of the windbreaker, biting Orochimaru tightly, and Anko pulled him over with a strong tug.

Then he pushed him against the tree wall with his elbow, clasped his left hand tightly with his right hand and pressed it to the tree wall. With his right hand, he took out the kunai and stabbed the two of them into the palms of their hands.

"You and I will die together!"

After fixing Orochimaru on the tree wall, Hongdou borrowed Orochimaru's other hand to form a seal immediately.

"Two snakes kill each other!"

"Hongdou, do you want to commit suicide?"

An indifferent voice came from behind, and Orochimaru turned into mud in front of Anko, and it turned out to be just a clone.

Orochimaru formed a simple seal, and the curse seal on Anko's neck stung fiercely, and his whole body went limp.

He approached slowly, "Hongdou, you are Konoha's special ninjutsu, why do you only know the ninjutsu I taught you?"

He pinched Anko's chin and looked at each other with snake eyes, "My target is Sasuke, he is much better than you."

"Curse seal technique! He might die!"

Hongdou struggled to speak out.

(End of this chapter)