Hinata: I'm in charge of Konoha.

Chapter 98 Flying Thunder God Technique, Second Stage

In the dense forest, venomous snakes hissed and lightning flashed.

He used lightning to imbue his kunai with lightning techniques, slicing through the seemingly endless swarm of snakes in an attempt to forge a true path to the enemy.

but----

The torn path was then filled with a continuous stream of snakes summoned by spirits. What was supposed to be only a few dozen meters away, a distance that could be covered in an instant in the past, now seemed like an insurmountable chasm.

The Art of Ten Thousand Snakes.

Orochimaru's single technique forced Kakashi to halt his advance.

At this moment, Kakashi finally understood how foolish and ridiculous his previous plan to take Orochimaru down with him had been.

"Kakashi-yo————"

With flowing black hair, a cold and hard face, and dressed in a dark-colored ninja outfit, the tall man smiled and watched Kakashi, who was being entangled by a swarm of snakes, with his arms crossed.

He is Orochimaru.

Back then, he was known as one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, along with Tsunade and Jiraiya.

Decades have passed, but his appearance seems to have remained unchanged.

At this moment, Orochimaru looked at Kakashi without a trace of hostility in his eyes, because Kakashi's strength was far too weak for him at this moment.

They don't even qualify to be his rivals.

"Kakashi, you were originally capable of surpassing me."

"Unfortunately, I've been stuck in the same place for a long time because of those trivial feelings."

"When you were twelve, your trump card was the Raikiri."

You are now twenty-seven years old.

"So, his trump card is still the Lightning Blade?!"

"Kakashi, you've disappointed me greatly."

Orochimaru sighed as he watched Kakashi being buried by the swarm of snakes ahead.

His words conveyed admiration and praise for Kakashi's self-created S-rank ninjutsu, Lightning Blade, back then, as well as regret for Kakashi's lack of ambition and Kakashi's current powerlessness.

He admired Kakashi back then.

Orochimaru's purpose in conducting human experiments was to achieve immortality, and the purpose of immortality was to learn all the ninjutsu in the world.

Therefore, Orochimaru was pleased with Kakashi's talent in ninjutsu back then.

He had thought that another person like him would appear.

Now it seems—

What a pity!

Kakashi remained unmoved by Orochimaru's words, his kunai slicing through the hordes of snakes that surged forward like a ninja sword.

One cut, one cut, one cut!

"Kakashi————"

Orochimaru sighed as he looked at the silent man among the snakes with his golden snake eyes.

If Kakashi is only this much, then he might as well die.

"It seems that you haven't made any progress or growth over the years."

Orochimaru, feeling bored, pointed his sword in front of him, intending to quickly end this tedious game.

Orochimaru's sword finger slid down, commanding the swarm of snakes. At that moment, the densely packed venomous snakes opened their foul-smelling mouths, revealing their fangs, while sharp, cold blades emerged from their mouths!

Kakashi was surrounded by snakes, seemingly trapped in a desperate situation.

But just as Kakashi was about to retaliate, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

coming!

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Kakashi!

That was none other than Hinata, who had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel here!

The sudden appearance of another figure in the arena caused Orochimaru to narrow his eyes.

White eyes, young, suddenly appearing—

It is Hinata Hyuga who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Hinata's Flying Thunder God Technique is not a secret, and it wouldn't be difficult for Orochimaru to find out about it.

"Kakashi, you've fallen."

"At this point, you even need to rely on your juniors to escape danger."

Orochimaru sneered and mocked.

"You old hag, you talk too much nonsense."

The girl with the white eyes slowly raised her head, her pure white eyes looking at Orochimaru.

From the Byakugan's perspective, Orochimaru appears to be in a female body, not a male one.

Hinata's description of her as a "dead hag" is certainly accurate.

Orochimaru's smile gradually faded.

He wanted to kill that damned girl.

"go."

Orochimaru, unwilling to engage in a verbal argument with Hinata, directly manipulated the swarm of snakes to surge towards Hinata and Kakashi.

At present, the coordinates of the Flying Thunder God technique have not yet been set up around the area. When facing a user of the Flying Thunder God technique, one must act quickly before the opponent sets up the battlefield. Therefore, Orochimaru's actions were swift and decisive.

Immediately after commanding the swarm of snakes, Orochimaru began preparing his next technique by forming hand seals.

"It is rumored that Orochimaru had a deep relationship with Jiraiya before his defection, and even after your defection, Jiraiya never forgot you and tried to win you back."

"And you, now, have a female body—"

Hinata smiled and assumed the starting stance for the Rotation Technique.

Upon seeing this familiar posture, Kakashi didn't hesitate and immediately used Earth Release to dive underground.

"Can I understand this to mean that, Orochimaru, you changed bodies specifically for Jiraiya so you could be with that old pervert forever?"

???

Orochimaru's mouth twitched.

She felt like this brat Hyuga across from her was spreading rumors about her.

No, it's not just "seems," she's creating her own pornographic rumors!

I think it's better to just kill her.

A miraculous recovery!

His chakra suddenly erupted, and as his body spun at high speed, a violent chakra surged out of his body, and a giant Reincarnation appeared instantly among the snakes!

The venomous snake's sharp fangs and swords turned into mincemeat with a single touch against the rapidly spinning Reverse Heaven!

As the Reincarnation Technique spun rapidly, a flash of dark light streaked past, shooting straight toward Orochimaru's face!

As the dark light approached, Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, and with just a turn of his head, the dark light grazed past his ear!

At the same time, Huitian suddenly disappeared from the snake swarm!

A hand grasped the Flying Thunder God Blade that had just brushed past Orochimaru's ear—

This is!

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, and he sensed something was wrong.

"Flying Thunder God Technique, Second Stage".

Hinata gripped the sword in her left hand and made a fist with her right, with pure white chakra flames rolling and rising from her fist!

All of this happened so fast that Orochimaru had to interrupt the technique he was almost finished with.

But even Orochimaru didn't have time to react when Hinata suddenly attacked with the Flying Thunder God Technique!

Instant Strike Fist!

The daytime chakra flames clearly illuminated Hinata's face, as well as Orochimaru's gloomy expression.

The second stage of Flying Thunder God Technique was so powerful that even Obito Uchiha, who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan back then, didn't have time to react, let alone Orochimaru, who had changed his body and whose mental strength was much weaker than before.

The fist falls!

The ground shattered!

With a single punch, the ground beneath Orochimaru's feet turned to dust, and Orochimaru himself was so solidly struck that he was driven deep into the ground!

A deafening roar erupted, and billowing dust rose into the sky!

A muffled groan was heard amidst the violent roar, which was then drowned out by the sound of the earth shattering!

From afar, a mushroom cloud could be seen rising from the ground, slowly ascending into the sky.