Naruto: On the Night of the Nine-Tails, I Resurrected the Previous Hokage

After agreeing to the White Snake Sage's request, Orochimaru stayed in Ryuchi Cave for another half day.

During this half-day, the White Snake Sage did not hold back and taught Orochimaru all the various sage techniques of Ryuchi Cave.

The magical arts of Ryuchi Cave can be described as very comprehensive.

It possesses amazing escape and ambush techniques like the White Rage Technique, as well as a technique to forcibly extract the enemy's chakra, genjutsu (illusionary techniques) that Orochimaru is relatively bad at, and even a technique for flying.

After learning some basic training methods for these techniques, Orochimaru left Ryuchi Cave with Ichikishima-hime.

Not long after leaving Ryuchi Cave, the somewhat soft but also slightly dissatisfied voice of the traveler came:

"Orochimaru, you're smuggling in your own agenda!"

They promised not to interfere with my freedom of movement, but they turned around and put a curse mark on me, didn't they?

"Also, you might not fully understand some of the rules of the human world. I resorted to this tactic because I was afraid you'd be exposed. You wouldn't want others to discover how weak you are and then easily seal you away, would you?"

As Orochimaru spoke, he stroked Matatabi's head, his eyes filled with concern for Matatabi's safety.

Upon hearing this, Ryu blinked and looked at Orochimaru.

His small eyes were filled with great confusion.

You don't think I'm stupid, do you? You're telling me Ryuchi Cave is the human world?

However, given the current strength of the ninja, although they are said to be able to move freely, in reality they can only cling to Orochimaru's coattails. Otherwise, if they were captured by other ninjas, they might not receive such good treatment.

It's true what they say: comparisons are odious.

"snort!"

You Lu still looked somewhat dissatisfied and turned his head away.

When Orochimaru noticed that Matatabi was expressing his dissatisfaction, he could only turn his head away. Having lost his power, he was no longer the world-destroying Two-Tails, but a cat that could only hiss.

Princess Ichikishima, standing to the side, looked at Orochimaru's body with a smile of interest.

"Lord Orochimaru, your pet is quite unruly. If you don't mind, I can help you get rid of him."

Upon hearing the word "pet," You Lu immediately bristled.

His anger at being tricked by Orochimaru was immediately ignited.

"You're the pet! Your whole family are pets! And you dare to try and deal with me!"

With that, he jumped off Orochimaru's shoulder and was about to grab Ichikishima-hime who was standing to the side.

However, because he was wrapped in a tea kettle, he didn't look like a nimble cat, but rather like a small ball constantly tumbling in the air.

Seeing this, Orochimaru grabbed Matatabi by the back of the neck.

"Orochimaru, what are you doing?! Release me! I will tear this little snake to pieces!"

The creature twitched incessantly in Orochimaru's hand, its body clattering against the sealing cauldron.

"Ha, you little wildcat, you think you can tear me to pieces?"

As she spoke, Princess Ichikishima was instantly disfigured, her mouth split open, and a snake's tongue flicked out in front of her mouth, as if she was about to devour Matatabi, who was constantly panting in Orochimaru's hands, in the next moment.

Just as the snake's tongue was about to strike him, Orochimaru brought his other hand together and chopped it off on Ichikishima-hime's head.

"Ooh!"

The pained Princess Ichikishima immediately withdrew her tongue, hugged her head with both hands, and looked at Orochimaru with a pitiful expression.

Orochimaru felt that having too many animals around him was not a good idea.

Princess Ichikishima is on a mission and shouldn't be too far away, but I can leave Matatabi to Tobirama Senju.

I believe he would also be very willing to study the power of the tailed beasts.

"Let's go." Orochimaru ignored Ichikishima-hime's aggrieved expression, spoke calmly, and then quickly left.

Mata, standing on Orochimaru's shoulder, turned around and stuck out his tongue at Ichikishima-hime.

Princess Ichikishima stood still, her hands clenched into fists, her mouth slightly open, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

However, remembering the task the White Snake Sage had given her, she still followed Orochimaru.

She didn't want to be taken by the White Snake Immortal and fed to his snake offspring because she failed to complete her mission!

……

The Land of Wind.

Valley of the Wind.

After another day of travel, the man and his two beasts rested for one night before arriving here.

In a valley entirely made of sand, a Shukaku lies sprawled out in the quicksand.

It looks like it's sleeping very soundly.

Orochimaru and his group were able to find Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, so quickly, naturally thanks to Matatabi.

Tailed beasts can sense each other through chakra, and there is also a space where they can communicate with each other.

Actually, at first, after learning that Shukaku had broken free from its seal, Masaya was somewhat reluctant to tell Orochimaru Shukaku's location.

After all, Shukaku is his brother. It's a bit unfair of him to expose his location after his brother has finally been resurrected and regained his freedom.

But ever since Orochimaru used his cursed seal on him in Ryuchi Cave, and he found the experience quite enjoyable, he no longer thought that way.

Youlv felt that such a comfortable feeling shouldn't be enjoyed by herself alone!

At that moment, Orochimaru was hiding behind a large rock with two beasts, observing Shukaku's situation.

To Orochimaru's surprise, a group of ninjas had already quietly approached Shukaku and begun preparing a sealing array.

Judging from the headbands of those ninjas, they should be ninjas from Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village).

Orochimaru even saw Ao, who had taken the Byakugan, and Kisame Hoshigaki carrying the Samehada sword!

"Why would it be people from Kirigakure here?" Orochimaru frowned, remembering that this part of the story wasn't in the original manga.

Unable to understand, Orochimaru decided not to think about it anymore.

He remembered that Kirigakure at this time should have been under Obito's control.

Obito's wisdom index is only two.

If you can figure out what Obito, that idiot, is thinking, wouldn't that just prove that you're an idiot yourself?

However, there is one thing Orochimaru is certain of.

That means Orochimaru's actions caught Black Zetsu's attention.

"Looks like I'll have to play it safe for a while from now on."

Orochimaru does not like fighting with others.

Moreover, he can continuously cultivate to increase his lifespan. As long as he controls the two tailed beasts and the Gedo Mazo, no matter what Obito does, the ninja world will not be in trouble.

At worst, a hundred years from now, when Obito has turned into a handful of dust, we can go to his grave and dance.

Just as Orochimaru was pondering, a piercing scream rang out, and then the entire desert began to tremble.

"You bunch of ninjas, you're actually trying to seal me away again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shukaku raised his right hand and slapped him hard on the stomach.

Wind Escape·Practice empty bullets.

Rumble!

A sudden gust of wind erupted from Shukaku's beak, whipping up a cloud of yellow sand.

The sealing team from Kirigakure sensed Shukaku's awakening and had no choice but to abandon their long-prepared sealing array to evade the attack.

Orochimaru looked at Matatabi with some confusion:

"Did you wake him up?"

He tilted his head back again, looking somewhat proud.

"In your human terms, wouldn't you call this 'using one tiger to devour another'?"

Orochimaru also gave Matatabi a thumbs up, which was a way of acknowledging his decision.

Then he continued to lie behind the boulder and observe the situation on the battlefield.

At the same time, a ninjutsu that absorbs chakra is quietly activated, continuously drawing away Ichikishima-hime's Sage Chakra.

The battle with Killer Bee a few days ago almost used up all my Sage Chakra, so I'll temporarily absorb some of Ichikishima-hime's.