I unleashed a Hundred Demons Parade in the Ninja World

Approaching along with the footsteps was a long, thin shadow cast on the wall.

Suddenly, the newcomer stopped in front of an unremarkable stone wall, then raised his long, empty left hand and pressed it against a certain spot on the wall.

Suddenly, a dull 'crunching' sound echoed throughout the dimly lit corridor. At the same time, the smooth wall that reflected the slender figure suddenly and slowly moved to one side, and a brighter light slanted out from inside the stone wall.

Upon closer inspection, one discovers that a simple stone chamber of about twenty square meters has been carved out and hidden in what was originally an ordinary corridor!

The interior of the stone chamber was very simple.

A bed, a table, a chair, and a bright incandescent light bulb make up the whole set.

To be more specific, there is also a cane and an old man sitting upright in a chair.

He seemed to be reading something under the lamp.

Seeing this, the newcomer extinguished the lamp in his hand, slowly licked his upper lip with his deep purple tongue, and then spoke with a strange look in his eyes:

"Oh, it seems you've received some messages too."

"As expected of the former Lord Danzo, even after leaving the village and staying in this dark underground, news from the ninja world can't be kept from you."

The sudden greeting eased the old man's stiffness slightly, and the note he was holding in his hand was shredded into fragments by the invisible wind element in his palm.

He turned his face away, his gloomy expression revealing neither joy nor sorrow.

But the newcomer, despite his mocking attitude, clearly revealed a hint of inexplicable desolation in his single eye.

This is nothing like the Shimura Danzo he remembered!

Have any cats been spotted around here lately?

Looking at his former subordinates, who still looked almost as young as they did in his youth, the old man didn't answer anything but instead asked a question in return.

"cat?"

Upon hearing this question, the effeminate man suddenly froze, and a strange smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

"I didn't expect that after so long, Lord Danzo would actually have the leisure to want to keep a cat?"

"But it's a real shame that the only pets I have here are snakes."

"However, if Lord Danzo feels lonely here, I will send my subordinates to a nearby village to catch one for you to keep you company."

However, he didn't seem to understand the implied meaning and instead spoke in a somewhat mocking tone.

After all, the person standing in his field of vision was the famous Danzo Shimura!

They've actually fallen into the same situation as me.

This situation is quite interesting.

Upon hearing this, the old man, whose right eye and right arm were wrapped in white bandages, did not show any anger. Instead, he looked intently at the effeminate man in his field of vision and added:

"I'm asking if any cats have been seen near your base these past few days."

"Given your personality, you should have kept this place very well guarded."

Further questioning made the visitor's face appear somewhat unnatural; the smile that had been playing at the corners of his eyes vanished, replaced by a palpable coldness.

"As for cats, this is not some desolate wasteland. It's normal for lynxes and wild cats to appear occasionally."

He recalled the scenes from his memory, his golden vertical pupils gleaming with a dangerous light.

“In the past few days, there have been some stray cats, but they haven’t come close, let alone sneaked into this base with human presence.”

"You mean, this base is already under the surveillance of some force, and that force is one that can control the Ninja Cats?"

He added slowly, his words becoming even more indifferent.

He has always been the hidden mastermind behind the scenes; how could he be manipulated or monitored by others?

"Ninja Cat in the Empty Zone?"

"Uchiha clan?"

"This is starting to get interesting."

And after only a brief moment of thought, the effeminate-looking man had already accurately guessed something, and his whole body became excited. His dark purple tongue involuntarily licked his upper lip, as if he had encountered a very interesting prey.

'throat.'

With a slightly grating, drawn-out sound from the wooden stool, the strange old man, who had been sitting upright, slowly stood up, picked up the wooden cane leaning against the wooden table, and then walked toward the newcomer—no, toward the entrance of the stone chamber.

"What is it, Lord Danzo?"

Are you scared?

"That's why you wanted to escape?"

"It seems you have really grown old and are no longer what they used to be."

Upon seeing this, the man with the effeminate appearance spoke with a hint of sarcasm.

The address was respectful, but the words used were anything but polite.

Despite the words of his former subordinates, the old man showed no anger whatsoever. His aged face remained as calm and undisturbed as the bark of an ancient tree weathered by time.

'Thump, thump, thump.'

And accompanied by the slightly dull tapping sound of the cane, he approached the former and paused slightly, a murky scrutinizing gaze flowing from his exposed left pupil.

He seemed to be struggling with something in his mind.

He's torn about whether to use his right eye's [Kotoamatsukami] to control a little snake that has grown up and started to rebel.

But ultimately, whether due to recent overuse of his pupil power or some other reason, he did not choose to do so. Instead, he earnestly warned him in the manner of an elder:

"You should know that Onoki lost."

“Hey, that guy is just as old as you guys, or even more decayed.”

"Defeat is to be expected."

Meeting the unfathomable glint in the other's eyes and listening to his warning, Orochimaru did not show much fear.

"However, humanity is truly fragile; it has declined so much in just sixty years."

"The most important thing to do is to exhaust all means to pursue the eternity of life and to constantly improve one's body."

"In some ways, we are very similar..."

At this point, he paused slightly, his gaze falling on the old man's arm wrapped in white bandages, a sinister smile playing on his lips.

After all, many of the experiments in the past were conducted by the former together with himself.

It could even be said that without the former's funding and cover-up, his early scientific journey would not have been so smooth.

As for the similarity, it is that they are both capable of using their own bodies as experimental subjects in order to achieve their respective goals.

"But in our ultimate pursuit, we are going in completely opposite directions."

"You're too fixated on that village. Even the revered gods of the ninja world, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, perished as their lives faded away. How much more so a ninja village, constructed from countless weak life forms?"

"What will this world be like a hundred years from now, a thousand years from now? Will ninja villages still be needed? Aren't these the things we should be pursuing and witnessing?"

"Hey, Lord Danzo, would you be willing to put aside your obsession with the New Year and explore eternal life with me?"

"Just like before."

"I suppose that Wood Release test subject was quite useful, right?"

"That's a gift I left for you."

Orochimaru spoke eloquently, his golden vertical pupils radiating intense excitement, as if he were facing an extremely intriguing experimental subject!

Moreover, he could sense it; he was able to sense it!

The old man in front of me looked somewhat different from the one I last met ten years ago.

The most direct difference is the other person's right pupil.

What secrets are hidden there?

'Slurp.'

The dark purple tongue swept across the effeminate man's upper lip once more; he must have been extremely excited at that moment!

However, his excited state was abruptly interrupted by the sudden appearance of several unfamiliar auras.

His vertical pupils narrowed slightly, and a dangerous aura emanated from them.

In the blink of an eye, four ninjas dressed in standard ninja uniforms and wearing white masks stood quietly in the dark passageway.

Their infiltration was as swift as a cat's, as subtle as a cloud, leaving no trace.

"So, your answer is a refusal?"

Orochimaru glanced at the ninja squad that looked like living dead and then looked away.

Such a small amount of power is not enough to deter him.

However, the strangely dressed old man in front of him still did not answer the other person's question directly, but instead spoke to himself:

"Orochimaru, considering what you've done for me in the past, I'll teach you two last things: Onoki's defeat doesn't just represent him personally, but the defeat of the entire Iwagakure village."

"Uchiha Ara possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan, not just any ordinary Sharingan."

"If you underestimate that kid, you'll end up like your teacher, helpless and slowly waiting to die."

After saying that, Shimura Danzo, still with that stern face, walked past his former subordinate and disappeared into the darkness without looking back.

The four ANBU ninjas, who appeared like ghosts, followed closely behind, leaving the effeminate-looking man alone in the lamplight of the stone chamber.

[Kaleidoscope Sharingan.]

[I didn't expect that guy to also possess the Mangekyou Sharingan.]

He will never forget the moment he attacked Itachi Uchiha, when their eyes met and everything he saw was an illusion!

Moreover, he was certain that Itachi had not used his full strength against him at that time, and that was far from the full power of the Mangekyou Sharingan!

That's why he can't forget it.

Moreover, this body's lifespan is nearing its end, and it's time for a transformation.

He also longed to possess the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan, a kaleidoscope with limitless possibilities, unique to the Uchiha clan!

However, Danzo Shimura's warning did have some effect on him in the end.