Konoha: The Innately Evil Uchiha

Chapter 56 Konoha's Chasing Ninja (Please continue reading!)

"Kakashi's Sharingan..."

Orochimaru frowned slightly.

He was very close to Kakashi's team at the moment, and without Yin Yue's reminder, he didn't remember that Konoha had a Kakashi who had made a name for himself as the "Copy Ninja" in the ninja world with just one Sharingan.

"Yin Yue-jun is truly meticulous!"

Orochimaru, with a wicked smile on his face and his golden eyes glancing to the northwest, slowly walked towards the path outside the cave.

hiss--

A small white snake coiled around Orochimaru's right arm, slowly swallowing the intelligence scroll into its belly.

The night was as dark as a curtain.

Overcast.

Orochimaru traversed the forest, calmly contemplating the problem. After the Uchiha clan was wiped out, he had considered sending someone to the Uchiha territory to take advantage of the chaos and steal a pair or two of Sharingan.

As a result, his subordinate informed him.

The Uchiha clan was wiped out, Danzo died, and Konoha did not obtain a pair of Sharingan.

Only Sasuke Uchiha survived and awakened a pair of Sharingan with a single tomoe.

Orochimaru was both shocked and excited after hearing this.

He knew that Yin Yue had done this, but he never expected that Yin Yue, whom he had sponsored, would have such audacity and appetite. It was as if Yin Yue had been aiming for the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan from the very beginning.

And now.

Even Kakashi's Sharingan wasn't spared from the moon's drink... Orochimaru frowned slightly, a smirk playing on his lips.

He guessed that this was due to Yin Yue's vengeful nature; this guy didn't want any Konoha ninja to possess even a single Sharingan from the Uchiha clan.

After all, it was the Konoha leadership who pushed for the extermination of the clan, and the old man did nothing, which was tantamount to tacitly approving this horrific act.

Yin Yue naturally hated Mu Ye to the core.

"Heh, speaking of the Uchiha clan annihilation..."

The teacher is clever; he lets Danzo do all the dirty work himself, while he washes his hands of everything.

He certainly didn't expect that.

Danzo is dead.

With this old man dead, the chances of the Konoha Crush plan succeeding will increase exponentially.

Orochimaru's handsome, sinister face revealed a long-lost, unrestrained smile.

My thoughts returned to Kakashi's Sharingan.

There was no reminder about drinking the moon.

Orochimaru never intended to take this three-tomoe Sharingan, since it was not a pair and might not be able to unleash the full potential of the Sharingan.

But now he's focused on this eye.

They developed a strong interest.

He insisted on taking it.

Beneath Yin Yue's outward expression of hatred for Konoha, this is what Yin Yue asked him to do; this eye may hold some kind of secret.

No matter what.

Yin Yue tragically died in the siege of Konoha, but Orochimaru's trip was worthwhile as he obtained Kakashi's Sharingan.

Of course, Orochimaru himself still hoped that Yin Yue could survive, and he also wanted to see the real reason why Yin Yue took Kakashi's Sharingan.

Or perhaps he's just overthinking it.

……

……

A day later, the sky was overcast, a light drizzle began to fall, and the temperature gradually dropped.

Mount Katsuragi.

In the valley, rainwater gathers in low-lying mud pits, forming a bright "mirror" that reflects the raindrops falling from the sky and fleeting figures.

wow——

Footsteps shattered the puddles, splashing water everywhere, like stepping on a shattered mirror or the moon's reflection in water.

Wearing white raincoats and masks, the Konoha ninja arrived at the valley and stopped one after another. While keeping watch, they glanced at the corpses by the roadside.

The air was filled with a foul stench.

Even rainwater cannot wash it away.

After death, the sphincter muscles relax over time, leading to incontinence and a strange odor mixed with the smell of decay.

There are three people in this team.

The leader wore a fox mask, carried a katana on his back, and was dressed in gray-white armor. A white hood concealed a head of sparse silver-white hair.

They seemed accustomed to the hellish scene in the valley, and the other two team members went to check the wounds on the body.

However, these corpses had already been gnawed on by crows and carnivores, making it difficult even for ninjas to identify fatal wounds.

But they are professionals.

"Captain, look!"

A ninja pointed to a mangled corpse and called out to the leader in a deep voice.

The body was surrounded by an orange cloth garment and a Konoha headband. The twelfth thoracic and lumbar vertebrae of the body had been neatly severed.

The cut surface is smooth, as if it had been polished.

The lower half of the corpse was not far away.

"This was a severed waist caused by a sharp wind release... He died completely unprepared, he probably didn't have time to dodge."

Kakashi's gaze was cold and calm as he analyzed the cause of death through the mask.

Upon hearing this, the two pursuing ninjas felt as cold as raindrops on their bodies in that instant.

Kakashi looked up towards the northwest, his expression grave beneath his mask. The rogue ninja they were about to face was likely stronger than they had anticipated.

After all, the other side was able to kill Danzo.

It can be used as a pursuer.

Their duty was to track down and seek out opportunities to kill rogue ninjas, and then dispose of their corpses, much like hyenas hunting.

But... what if the prey is an adult male lion?

After Kakashi sighed, he was about to lead the team forward when he suddenly noticed faint footsteps approaching from ahead in the valley.

"alert!"

Kakashi, with a solemn expression, drew his katana from behind his back and joined his two teammates, facing different directions outside the valley.

pat-

As the footsteps drew closer, Kakashi looked directly ahead into the valley, recognized who it was, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The newcomers were the vanguard of the pursuing ninja.

Kakashi remembered that the team was on a public mission: they needed to contact Konoha's allies, the Tsuchigumo clan, to deal with the rogue ninja.

"We're on the same side, no need to be so nervous!"

The captain of the pursuing ninja team raised his hand to greet Kakashi.

"Is something wrong?"

Kakashi asked calmly.

The ninja captain sighed:

"Hmm, the Earth Spider Clan's territory is deserted, and the situation is unclear. I plan to turn back and join you."

"no problem."

Kakashi frowned, staring at the ground, deep in thought. It was impossible for the Tsuchigumo clan to suddenly relocate as a whole.

What exactly happened here?

Suddenly—

A small, brownish-red venomous snake crawled out from a crack in the rocks and approached Kakashi from the side.

Swah——

But before it reached Kakashi's feet, Kakashi instinctively drew his katana and stabbed the snake in the head. Blood stained the rainwater, and the snake's body twisted and rolled on the muddy ground, becoming a pretzel.

"Be careful!"

Kakashi's eyes trembled as he suddenly sensed a chilling danger. He spoke up to warn them and then abruptly looked up.

He looked surprised and shocked to find that his teammates, including the chasing ninja squad that had arrived earlier, had all fallen to the ground. They were being strangled and constricted by brown pythons, their throats crushed, unable to utter a scream.

Kakashi looked around.

He found no other snakes, then instantly appeared beside his teammates and killed the python on one of them. He then discovered that his teammate's eyes were lifeless and he was dead.

In the brief moment of his thought, someone silently killed everyone present except him!

Kakashi's pupils widened, and his heart raced. He hadn't faced such a formidable enemy in a long time.

And in the ninja world, only one person could probably kill his teammates instantly by manipulating snakes.

At the end of the valley.

A tall figure dressed in a fiery cloud robe appeared, accompanied by a hoarse voice expressing his感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection):

"Long time no see, Kakashi. You actually saw through my plan. It seems you've grown quite a bit."

(End of this chapter)