I'm in Konoha, and I have ten skill slots.

Although the original work did not describe the battle between Orochimaru and the Fourth Kazekage, killing the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was by no means an easy task.

Orochimaru must have been injured as well.

Secondly, planting a cursed seal on Sasuke under these circumstances must have greatly depleted Orochimaru's resources.

In this situation, he encountered himself again, fought with himself for so long, and used the Orochi-ryu Substitution Technique multiple times. Even Orochi was probably nearing his limit.

It's already quite impressive that I've been able to fight against myself for so long.

However, Shigure felt it was a pity that he didn't capture Orochimaru and fully analyze one of the Sannin; the gains would have been substantial.

At that time, Shigure will obtain everything Orochimaru possesses, including his ninjutsu and all of Orochimaru's ninja techniques.

Pity.

Shigure returned to her previous position.

Although Orochimaru escaped, the arm that Shigure had severed earlier was still there.

"Glutton, devour!"

hum!

Suddenly, a black, unidentified substance surged from Shigure's palm.

It coiled around the severed hand on the ground and began to devour it rapidly.

[Devouring complete]

[Congratulations, host, on gaining accelerated self-healing ability]

Accelerate self-healing?

[Accelerated Self-Healing: Speeds up the healing of injured areas. Since the Glutton's ability is incomplete, the complete ability should be regeneration.]

Okay! Orochimaru didn't get his own regeneration ability, but he did get a defective product with accelerated self-healing.

It's not bad at all!

However, this ability overlaps with the effect of Shigure's own healing technique!

However, overlapping effects also mean faster speed and faster self-healing.

It just so happens that Shigure has not yet developed a self-healing ability without seals like Hashirama, but has techniques to accelerate self-healing and neutralize healing, and can also achieve a terrifying self-healing effect like Hashirama.

Suddenly, Shigure sensed a large source of chakra approaching. It must be Anko's ninjas who sensed the intense chakra fluctuations and came to investigate.

Although it doesn't matter if she gets discovered, Shigure doesn't want to waste any more time right now.

With a casual gesture, the ice was thawed, and the frozen ground and trees around them instantly melted.

Shigure turned and rushed towards Naruto's direction.

After Shigure left, Anko arrived with a large group of Konoha ninja.

"That's where the intense chakra fluctuations just now occurred. Judging from the intensity of those fluctuations, it wasn't just an ordinary genin battle!"

"It's a Konoha ninja with a sensory ability," said one of them.

"But there's nothing here now!"

Looking around, Hongdou could see that there were indeed traces of a battle. The craters on the ground were enough to show that the people who had fought here were incredibly strong.

The strangest thing is that there is inexplicable dew on the trees all around.

Watching the beads slide down.

This usually only happens in the morning or when the snow is melting.

How come this strange scene has appeared here instead?

"Lord Red Bean, we've searched the surrounding area but there's no one there!"

"That's strange. I clearly sensed it, so why did it suddenly disappear?"

Hongdou thought for a moment, and she had already considered the possible causes of this strange scene.

Among all the examinees, perhaps only that brat Gekko Shigure's Ice Release could create a similar scene!

I'll have to ask about this when I get back.

"Alright, if no one's here, that's fine. The exam is still going on, and there are still many candidates fighting!"

"Keep a close eye on them, and try your best to prevent any candidates from being killed!"

Although death is inevitable, we should try to minimize the number of deaths.

...... 0 ...

At this moment, Shigure sensed the chakra of Anko and the others, but did not pay too much attention to it.

Instead, he focused on sensing Orochimaru's chakra, and sure enough, Orochimaru vanished without a trace.

"It seems that we can't rely entirely on chakra sensing ability either!"

"If he had the Byakugan, Orochimaru wouldn't be able to escape no matter what he did."

Chakra perception is only the ability to sense chakra. If the other party has a way to suppress their chakra or make their chakra undetectable, then chakra perception becomes useless.

Orochimaru clearly possesses such abilities.

Shigure had no choice but to give up.

"However, we will meet again soon, Orochimaru!"

"At that time, not only you, but I'll also be able to save the trouble of developing Wood Release!"

If Orochimaru were to attack the Third Hokage as he did in the original story, that would be the best time for Shigure to obtain Wood Release ninjutsu, and he wouldn't even need to develop Wood Release.

Furthermore, the second generation's Escape Time Rain is also very tempting. Let the Great Sage analyze it. The Great Sage, who has fully recovered, should not need too much time to analyze the first and second generations.

Shigure didn't have the Great Sage analyze Orochimaru earlier because many of Orochimaru's ninjutsu are based on his special cells.

Without Orochimaru's special cells, it would be impossible to use Orochimaru-style ninjutsu.

That's why Shigure wanted to capture Orochimaru—a complete analysis!

Orochimaru hasn't been captured yet, but Shigure has something else that can be analyzed.

That's the cursed seal on Sasuke's body!

Shigure is also very interested in Cursed Seal Mode! (Kawa)

Chapter 136 Analysis of the Curse Seal: The Preliminary Round Begins

Naruto and Sasuke have arrived at the preliminary round venue.

At that moment, Naruto looked at Sasuke, who was in excruciating pain.

"Sasuke! Sasuke, how are you?"

"What the hell did that damn guy do to you?"

However, Naruto did not choose to enter the venue immediately, but waited at the entrance.

If Shigure still hasn't arrived after a while, Naruto won't just abandon her; he'll choose to go back and look for her.

They handed Sasuke over to the Konoha ninja inside the venue.

At this moment, Naruto was hesitating, wondering what to do!

Fortunately, he didn't have to agonize for too long before Shigure appeared.

How is Sasuke?

As soon as Shigure appeared, he began asking about Sasuke's situation. Naruto heard Shigure's voice, turned around, and Shigure was already standing in front of him.

"This is not a good situation, let's go inside quickly!"

"Okay!" Shi Yu nodded, and then the two walked straight towards the venue.

The ninjas at the entrance had already noticed the situation, but they wouldn't leave their positions without permission during the exam.

Shigure casually handed the Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll to the other party.

Take Sasuke inside.

Kakashi is in the venue.

Seeing Shigure and Naruto carrying Sasuke in, they immediately sensed something was wrong and appeared.

"What's wrong? Shigure!"

Shigure: "Sasuke was attacked by an unidentified ninja. What did they do to him?!"

"Let me see!"

The two put Sasuke down, and on the steps to the side, Kakashi flipped open Sasuke's collar. However, when he saw what was on Sasuke's neck, Kakashi was stunned.

'This is……'

While Kakashi was examining Sasuke, Shigure held Sasuke's hand.

'Great Sage, begin the analysis!'

[The Great Sage: Analyzing the target, Uchiha Sasuke]