Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Chapter 103 Escape from Death

Ninjas can walk on water much faster than they can swim.

To avoid being blocked by the Sand Village ninjas who catch up from behind, they naturally need to improve their underwater mobility.

When Uchiha Gen encountered Bloodspot, he was resting by the pond.

This large snake was a good swimmer and moved very quickly underwater, enough for them to escape the encirclement.

An hour later.

Across the lake.

A huge, red-spotted black python emerged from the water and spat the two people out of its mouth.

"Thump!"

The water surged and two figures fell into the lake, bobbing with the waves and washing away the slime from the snake's mouth that clung to their bodies.

"vomit!"

Hyuga Hizashi climbed ashore and couldn't help but open his mouth and vomit.

"Yuan, your summoned beast needs to brush its teeth."

"We snakes don't need to brush our teeth."

Bloodstains said dejectedly.

Uchiha Gen also gagged twice.

If he didn't have to surface for air every now and then to catch his breath, he would have been overwhelmed by the stench.

"Hoo—Bloodspot, go back to Dragon Cave and find Flame Falcon and Ruri's spirit snake to inform them and ask for their address."

Uchiha Gen took off his clothes, wrung them out, and said to the bloodstains.

The latter nodded in agreement and dispelled the psychic communication.

"We're safe for now, but we still need to get off the shore as soon as possible. If the Sand Village ninja find out, they might send out a patrol team with sensory abilities to search the lake shore very soon."

Hyuga Hizashi nodded steadily, opened his Byakugan again, and surveyed his surroundings.

"There's no one else around. Judging from the terrain, we should be on the west side of the Asuka Mountains. To return, we can go around to the north. This is the shortest route back to our camp."

"Alright, let's treat the injuries first. We must restore our mobility and combat effectiveness as soon as possible without any delay."

Uchiha Gen looked at Hyuga Hizashi and said.

White Zetsu is an insidious creature, and speed is of the essence in warfare; they must act quickly.

"I have another idea, Hizashi. You still have all the intelligence we gathered for this trip, right?"

Hyuga Hizashi took out the written blueprints from his ninja tool pouch and nodded slightly.

The ninja tool pouch was waterproof, so the intelligence was not compromised.

"I remember everything about the last stronghold, and I can fill in the last bit of information now."

"Excellent! This intelligence is key to our successful escape. If Orochimaru-sensei can cooperate well and seize the opportunity, we can achieve another great feat!"

Gen Uchiha looked at the blueprints in Hizashi Hyuga's hand and smiled slightly.

Not long after, Orochimaru also learned of the message sent out by Gen Uchiha through the summoning snake in Ryuchi Cave.

"They were surrounded and ambushed, and even the range of the Hizashi Byakugan was tested."

Orochimaru listened to the hissing of the white-scaled snake with a cold gaze, feeling a burning anger in his chest.

He didn't know anything about White Zetsu or Madara Uchiha, so his thoughts easily drifted along with the initial assumptions of Gen Uchiha and the others.

A traitor has leaked the intelligence!

But more urgent than finding the traitor is rescuing the Uchiha Gen team.

"According to Gen's plan, they are to head north—we can't send people to meet them directly, lest spies find out. We have to send other people to attack from other directions, to draw the Sunagakure's firepower and create space for them to retreat."

And these intelligence blueprints—is this the plan?

Orochimaru held the blueprints in his hand, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

For Konoha, this crisis involving Gen Uchiha could also be an opportunity.

If the defenses within Sunagakure are indeed affected by Gen Uchiha, the deployment of a large number of ninjas to pursue them will inevitably lead to gaps in the defenses' wiring.

He hoped that while Orochimaru was helping them draw away the main force of Sunagakure, he could also use the defense intelligence he had already gathered to seize the opportunity when Sunagakure's forces were mobilized by Gen Uchiha's team and establish an advantage in one fell swoop.

"The liaison team, issue the order to assemble immediately and prepare for a surprise attack. Also, contact the other team and tell them that the time is right and I need to know how to contact their leader immediately."

Orochimaru opened the tent and gave instructions to the ninja beside him.

Not to be missed.

He must act quickly and gather all the forces he can understand in order to achieve greater results!

Therefore, it's not just his people who need to set off; they also need the cooperation of Konoha ninjas from another direction.

In order to take this mountain range, Konoha has also sent a small but strong team to support them on the front line in the Land of Wind.

That would be a surprise force for them, and the most likely direct support that Uchiha Gen would receive.

"Orochimaru-sensei has already set out, and it is expected that the main defensive force of Sunagakure will be drawn there soon. However, there is a problem now: En no Jun and the others are a bit unlucky and have encountered a Sunagakure patrol. We need to lend a hand and rejoin the team."

The small snake that had previously appeared beside Orochimaru soon reappeared in Gen Uchiha's palm.

Orochimaru has a special fondness for the White Snake because he discovered its shed skin when he was young. The Third Hokage at the time told him that it symbolized good fortune and rebirth.

In Longdi Cave, many of these white snakes are related to the White Snake Immortal by blood. They have special bloodlines, are spiritually intelligent, and their intelligence develops earlier than that of other snakes in Longdi Cave.

Although unlike those giant snakes that have cultivated for hundreds of years and refined their throat bones to speak human language, they are highly intelligent and can clearly understand the meaning of human words, expressing these meanings precisely through their hissing snake language.

Since they don't know these snake languages, even if the enemy eavesdrops or captures these little snakes, they won't be able to obtain any information.

To facilitate communication, Orochimaru and the others jointly contracted many of these small white snakes.

"Let's set off then. My chakra has basically recovered."

Hyuga Hizashi's face was slightly pale as he responded to Uchiha Gen.

They needed the Byakugan to scout ahead and avoid enemies along the way, but after that battle, he didn't have enough chakra.

Hyuga Hizashi's chakra reserves weren't small to begin with, but their need for the Byakugan was too high, and they had recently experienced a battle that caused them immense pressure.

In that level of combat, Hyuga Hizashi could only unleash his full chakra and use those skills like basic attacks to barely hold his own and relieve pressure on Uchiha Gen. Coupled with his injuries, he was somewhat overexerted.

However, after an hour of recovery, and thanks to the effects of the soldier pills he had previously ingested, his chakra levels did not affect his combat or reconnaissance abilities.