Konoha: The road to the gods starting from Kannabi Bridge

Chapter 96
Contrary to what many Konoha ninjas thought, Orochimaru's choice to hunt down this group of Mist ninjas alone was not driven by public motives. The main driving force for his actions was selfishness. After the Second Ninja War, he felt deeply that Since human life is fragile, he began to pursue immortality.

these years,

In order to study the art of immortality, he has been tirelessly exploring the field of forbidden arts. For this reason, he has filled in countless human lives. And as the research continues to deepen, he has become obsessed with the quality and quantity of research materials. is rising steadily.

As far as quantity is concerned, there is no problem.
There is never a shortage of people in this world who can make up the numbers.

The problem is quality.

High-quality research materials are hard to come by, and they are not easy to obtain, especially those with special characteristics... His companions in his village cannot move and are not easy to move, and currently he does not want to rush into them. He started to attack his companions in the village.

Therefore,
He could only look outside the village.

But those high-quality research materials are mainly concentrated in several other great ninja villages, and even Orochimaru does not dare to provoke them with such arrogance.

Fortunately,

Just when he was suffering from a lack of high-quality research materials, the Third Ninja War began.

For Orochimaru, this is like a long drought.

He is active on every battlefield, harvesting the lives of enemies wantonly. While winning victory for the village, he also meets his own research needs. It can be said that he has achieved both public and private benefits.

This time,
Just when he saw the report submitted below, it was said that a group of fog ninjas were fleeing to the south under the leadership of geniuses from the Ghost Lantern Clan and the Yao Yun Clan. This made him immediately interested. The Ghost Lantern Clan's Water Transformation Technique and The Boiling Blood Succession Limits of the Yaoyun clan are all high-quality materials that he has not yet been able to obtain.

then,

He set out in person, came to the south, and took over the task of hunting this group of fog ninjas.

and,

As soon as I came here, I got a good start.

Caught a big fish like Gui Deng Man Yue.

"Now...I have to think about what means I should use to catch you."

Orochimaru looked at the pinned ghost lamp full moon, frowned slightly, and fell into thinking.

He only dug out some records from the past papers about how to restrain the water transformation technique of the Ghost Lantern Clan, but he could not find any records on how to detain members of the Ghost Lantern Clan after capturing them alive. Ordinary binding methods It should be useless against the Ghost Lanterns whose bodies can be liquefied.

But it can't be said that he has been using Thunder Chakra to paralyze Ghost Lantern Full Moon like this all the time, right?

Orochimaru could withstand the loss of chakra,
But doing so,

It was like restricting him.

"Let's try the sealing technique first!"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. He was not sure what method could successfully detain the ghost full moon, so he decided to try them one by one. If none of the methods he had thought of so far could successfully detain the ghost full moon, then he would have to divide them. A clone came out and pinned the ghost lamp full moon with thunder escape chakra.

In his opinion, this method was too stupid.
not until the end,
He really doesn't want to use it.

Orochimaru squatted down next to Kiden Mangetsu, with high-density chakra gathering on the tips of the five fingers of his right hand. The sealing technique was ready, waiting to fall on Kiden Mangetsu.

but,

at this time,

His movements stopped suddenly.

The high-density chakra lingering on the fingertips dissipated.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand." He turned around suddenly and waved his hand towards the empty place behind. Long snakes sprang out from his sleeves and swooped towards the empty space.

next second,

Blood burst out.

The heads of the more than ten long snakes were cut off by a sharp sword light.

"The Hidden Camouflage Technique of Iwagakure Village!"

Orochimaru shook his hands.

The headless snake corpse fell on the head of the dead snake.

He looked at the empty place with a strange smile on his face. He smiled and said: "As far as I know, there are only a few people who master this secret technique in Yanyin Village. There is no reason why the Iwa Ninja would appear here at this time, and apart from the Iwa Ninja, there is only one person who has mastered the Camouflage Hidden Technique, and that person happened to be hooked up with the Kiri Ninja..."

Orochimaru paused for two seconds and shifted his gaze to the front left, "The Camouflage Hidden Technique is just an inferior product of the Dustless Confusion Technique of the Nidaime Tsuchikage. It cannot hide its own chakra like the Nidaime Tsuchikage. ·····As for me, although I am not a professional sensory ninja, I am somewhat involved in sensory ninjutsu..."

The words are not finished,
There is no need to say everything.

Because the meaning he wanted to express has been conveyed clearly and unmistakably.

Just in front of him on the left,
The place that turned out to be empty,
A figure actually appeared out of thin air.

He has black hair, black eyes, handsome features, and a bright yellow gem hanging on his waist.

Not someone else,

It was Yuzhang.

"······Huzhi Yuzhang."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his face became more unpredictable.

Although this is the first time we meet,
But he had seen Yuzhang's portrait before, and also read all the records about Yuzhang submitted by Minato.

not to mention,
The old Sansho Hanzo was killed by the young man in front of him, so he couldn't help but care. After all, the old Sansho Hanzo had single-handedly beaten him, Jiraiya and Tsunade. It was these three. The name Shinobu is also derived from Hanzo, the sansho fish.

Therefore,
He firmly remembered Yuzhang's appearance and some information.

When he discovered that an invisible enemy was touching his back, he immediately remembered Yuzhang's name.

"Jade Zhang, are you willing to sacrifice your life just now by taking refuge in the Mist Ninja?" Orochimaru mocked with a smile.

"Otherwise? If you don't work for the Mist ninja, why don't you work for Konoha?"

Yuzhang was also smiling. He looked at Orochimaru and said bluntly: "Now that you have made a choice, you will naturally do your best to develop your own future. Besides, this is what we ninjas do. A living based on blood, if you can sell your life for a living, it means it is still valuable. If you can’t even sell your life for a price... that would be really miserable, wouldn’t it?"

"Also, don't call me by my first name. We're not familiar with each other at all."

He stood still,
It was not said that he was in a hurry to take action against Orochimaru and rescue the pinned Ghost Light Mangetsu.

But Orochimaru... rolled his eyes, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of people coming!"

next moment,
The melodious flute sounded.

It was transmitted directly into Orochimaru's helix, which was unprepared.

(End of this chapter)