Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

In just a few seconds, the black-scaled serpent could no longer bear the pain of the burning flames, released the summoning spell, and returned to Ryuchi Cave, leaving behind steel wires whose surfaces were still burning.

Upon seeing this, Gen Uchiha also stopped outputting chakra, causing the flames on the steel wire to extinguish instantly.

Then, ignoring the flames on the ground and the still red-hot steel wires, Uchiha Gen ran without hesitation in the direction of the river.

Although the black-scaled serpent was defeated smoothly in a short time, it still took a minute or two.

He needed to move to a different location as soon as possible and erase his scent again.

at the same time.

Orochimaru tossed the bell in his hand and stepped on the head of a giant brown snake as he traveled.

Beside her was Ruri Uzuki, who, having lost her bell, sat atop the giant snake's head, curiously experiencing the sensation of riding a large summoned beast.

"Oh? They actually got beaten back to Longdi Cave?"

Orochimaru's face showed an expression of great interest as he reached out and formed hand seals.

"The psychic attempt was rejected. Was he too badly injured? Interesting."

Now, Orochimaru was even more curious about what had happened on the Black Scale Serpent's side.

Orochimaru was well aware of the strength of that black-scaled serpent; it was far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary genin.

Neither its defensive nor destructive power is something a genin-level ninja can directly confront. It's already quite an achievement to be able to escape from it.

However, this black-scaled serpent was defeated by a newly graduated genin, making it believe that it might be in mortal danger. It had no choice but to return to Ryuchi Cave, and its injuries were so severe that even its summoning was rejected.

Orochimaru reached out and patted the giant brown snake beneath him.

The latter immediately understood and twisted its massive body to hurry on its way.

Soon, the three arrived at the battlefield where Uchiha Gen and the black-scaled serpent had fought against Uchiha Gen. They also saw the flames that remained burning in the forest, as well as the shuriken and elastic wires that had not been cleaned up and were scattered on the ground.

"This trace should be the source."

"Looking at the battle marks all over the ground," said Uzuki Ruri.

Sarutobi Enjun isn't good at such precise shuriken handling.

Orochimaru also knew it was Uchiha Gen, since Fire Release combined with steel wire shuriken was a common combat tactic of the Uchiha clan.

He looked up at the surrounding trees, sniffed the air, and quickly checked for signs of battle.

Based on his experience, he could reconstruct some of the details of the battle through these traces.

"The time taken should be very short. Although the tactics used are still slightly lacking, they were quickly deployed in an encounter battle, and the reaction was not slow."

After reading it, the giant snake offered its evaluation.

"When Gen was in the Ninja Academy, he always ranked first in theoretical grades. After I entered the elite class, he scored close to full marks in every theoretical exam. He was naturally excellent in tactical theory."

"Itsuki Ruri said softly."

"Being good at theoretical tactics is not the same as being good at using tactics in actual combat."

Orochimaru commented with his arms crossed, his expression showing considerable satisfaction.

How come I always get near-perfect scores on the theory exams?

Yes, that's very much like him.

"Let's go find Uchiha Gen."

Orochimaru patted the large brown snake at his feet again.

The latter immediately extended its forked tongue to capture the pheromones left in the air by Uchiha Gen.

Two minutes later.

The three followed the scent and arrived at the river that ran through the Death Forest.

The smell disappeared here.

It's obvious that Gen Uchiha has escaped into the water, using the flowing river to disperse his aura. He must have surfaced from somewhere else by now and is continuing his escape.

In other words, they lost track of them.

Orochimaru was not surprised at all.

He only came here to verify something; it would be a real disappointment if Uchiha Gen didn't have the brains to back it up.

However, Orochimaru is now certain that this team has Uchiha Gen in it, so if he is not there during a mission in the future, they will not be so easily wiped out in danger.

Very good. We can only talk about other things when we are alive; otherwise, no matter how noble our birth is, it is meaningless.

This was Orochimaru's most valuable insight after Nawaki's death.

What he wanted to teach these three disciples was how to survive—including how to become stronger.

Orochimaru looked at the churning river and seemed to sense something. He reached out and formed a hand seal, summoning a small white phosphorescent snake.

Amidst the hissing of snakes, Orochimaru looked up at the vast Forest of Death.

"Since we've lost him, let's go find another one; he's already been spotted."

the other side.

Having finally shaken off the two-headed snake's pursuit thanks to his greater agility, Sarutobi Enjun breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take a soldier's ration pill to restore his chakra when he was surprised to find that a dense swarm of snakes had emerged around him.

Snakes, some thick, some thin, some long, some short, are peeking out from the surrounding tree trunks.

Even on the lush ground nearby, one could vaguely see groups of colorful snakes with slender, undulating bodies.

"Okay, now our location has been exposed."

Sarutobi Enjun sighed, took a bottle out of his ninja tool pouch, and poured a mouthful of oil into his mouth.

Unlike his fight with Uchiha Gen a few days ago, the freer combat environment in the forest gave him many opportunities to use kerosene.

The previous two-headed snake was also managed to escape by him using oil to unleash a large-scale fire escape technique, setting a large area of ​​forest ablaze. He used the flames to interfere with the snake's infrared perception and the thick smoke to interfere with the snake's scent detection.

He wasted too much time trying to escape the two-headed snake's pursuit, allowing other snakes to surround his location.

If we can't fight our way out, then that two-headed snake, along with other large snakes, will probably arrive here soon.

What's more troublesome is that Orochimaru must already know about the situation here, and is most likely on his way.

Once Orochimaru arrives, it basically means his elimination.

"Even though there's still plenty of time left, we can't afford to conserve chakra any longer. If we can break through, we might have time to recover and hold out for the full hour. But if we can't break through, then we're doomed."

Feeling his chakra gradually replenishing under the effects of the Nara clan's refined soldier pills, Sarutobi Enjun puffed out his cheeks.

"Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"

About ten minutes later.

Sarutobi Enjun was panting heavily, his body stained with blood, his feet covered with snake corpses, and he was surrounded by three enormous snakes, including the two-headed snake that had left him in such a sorry state.

There are countless ordinary snakes in Ryuchi Cave, and their deaths are no big deal. Only the deaths of these stronger, larger snakes don't bother Orochimaru.