Konoha: The Innately Evil Uchiha

Chapter 57 Seizing Divine Power (Please continue reading!)

Kakashi stared into the valley, his pupils suddenly contracting as Orochimaru's facial features gradually became clear in his eyes.

Orochimaru!!

Kakashi's gaze turned cold as he suppressed his inner fear and kicked the python corpse beside him away.

He quickly formed hand seals, pressing his left hand against his right wrist, concentrating his lightning-attribute chakra.

A flash of lightning, blue arcs of electricity swirling around his body, and the Raikiri was instantly unleashed.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Kakashi stomped on the ground, splashing water, and instantly transformed into a blue afterimage. His three-tomoe sword was fixed on Orochimaru in front of him. Before Orochimaru could react, Kakashi closed in and pierced Orochimaru's abdomen with his Lightning Blade.

The attack was as swift as lightning.

Sizzle—click

The electric current instantly enveloped Orochimaru's body, crackling and shooting out arcs.

Kakashi didn't believe that Orochimaru's sudden appearance was to catch up with him.

"good……"

Orochimaru's mouth was bleeding, but he only glanced at the pierced abdomen before a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

Kakashi landed a hit, and the three-tomoe demon realized that Orochimaru was not seriously injured, so he tried to create distance.

But he suddenly realized that his body was already entwined by two giant snakes, which came from the sleeves of Orochimaru's Fire Cloud Robe, which Orochimaru had not yet moved.

"Snake Gaze Curse..."

Orochimaru coldly stared at Kakashi, who was trying to leave after getting close to him.

Suddenly, Orochimaru's body, pierced by the Lightning Blade, turned into viscous paraffin wax and melted on the spot.

Kakashi's vision went black as the giant snake binding his left hand suddenly opened its mouth, and Orochimaru's hand emerged from the snake's mouth, reaching for his left eye.

The hand easily pierced through the mask.

"I'll take your left eye!"

As Orochimaru sneered, half of his body, covered in slime, crawled out of the giant snake's mouth and precisely plucked out Kakashi's left eye, the blood drawing an arc in the air.

"Obito..."

Kakashi's left eye went dark as a sharp pain shot through him, the familiar sensation bringing back painful memories of when his companion had given him the eye.

"call……"

Kakashi gritted his teeth, widened his right eye, and searched for a chance to escape.

This is the difference between him and the three legendary ninjas. His own lightning release, which he was so proud of, couldn't even harm them in the slightest!

"hehe……"

Orochimaru smiled, holding the three-tomoe Sharingan. His body was wet as he slid from the giant snake's mouth to the ground, and he calmly and slowly got up.

A vial of medicine slipped from his sleeve. Orochimaru opened the cap, placed the Sharingan inside, closed it, and held it up to his face, facing the immobilized Kakashi, carefully examining the three-tomoe Sharingan immersed in the medicine.

"It looks... no different from other three-tomoe Sharingan."

Orochimaru observed the Sharingan for a while.

He'd like to try getting his eyes replaced on the spot.

After a moment's careful consideration, Orochimaru decided to put the vial into his sleeve and let a small snake lurking in the shadows swallow it.

mission completed.

Orochimaru glanced at Kakashi with amusement, then shook his head and said:

"Sorry, Kakashi, your life..."

Before he could finish speaking...

ka ka ka-

The sound of trees rubbing against each other came from the ground. Then, the ground collapsed, and countless thick green vines covered the area where Orochimaru and Kakashi were.

Kakashi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Heh... Wood Release, is this the only surviving Wood Release test subject from back then?"

Orochimaru's golden eyes showed surprise, and his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

When he reappeared, he ignored the Wood Release vines that were wrapping around him, came to Kakashi, gripped the Kusanagi sword that had been spat out by the snake's mouth from his sleeve, and slashed at the other's head.

"Wood Release·Wood Spindle Wall!!!"

Behind a giant rock on the cliff, Tenzo, who was waiting for his chance, quickly formed hand seals and injected chakra into the ground to control Wood Release.

Rows of wooden pillars transformed into an arched wooden wall, protecting Kakashi below.

Clang——

Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword flashed and easily pierced the wooden wall. When he used his Wood Release technique to push it up, he found that Kakashi had disappeared beneath the wall.

"They run pretty fast."

Orochimaru glanced sideways at the back of the cliff.

The aura of Tianzang, which had been hiding behind the rocks not far away, also disappeared.

"Well, the mission is already complete. I wonder if Kakashi will fade into obscurity or continue to grow after losing his Sharingan."

Orochimaru smiled expectantly.

He had no intention of hunting down Kakashi and Tenzo.

Firstly, the task has been completed.

Secondly, there are still quite a few interstitial cells in the experimental base left behind by Danzo.

For him, obtaining the perfect Wood Release ninja is now only a matter of time.

Orochimaru headed northwest at full speed.

The timing was perfect: steal Kakashi's Sharingan and then reunite with Yin Yue.

……

Outside Katsuragi Mountain.

With Kakashi supported by Tenzo, they met up with his two teammates and then ran back the way they had come.

Not sensing Orochimaru's presence, the group stopped near a large tree.

Tianzang's subordinates were on guard.

wow——

The rain gradually intensified. Kakashi leaned against a large tree, the icy rain lashing his pale face, washing away the blood that had seeped from his tightly closed left eye.

"I'm sorry, senior, I'm late." Tenzo said worriedly as he checked Kakashi's left eye injury.

This time, Konoha deployed two teams, one visible and one hidden, in each of the pursuing ninja teams.

The covert team led by Tenzo was essentially the shadow of Kakashi's squad.

The two teams were several hundred meters apart.

This is to prevent problems from arising for the home team.

As for the other team of spies, they've probably already been dealt with by Orochimaru.

Kakashi shook his head and said:

"It's not your fault."

Orochimaru's target this time is my Sharingan. If you forcibly stop me...

We probably won't be able to leave alive.

I used chakra to seal the pressure points near my left eye, temporarily stopping the bleeding. However, for the wound to fully heal, I still need to find a medical ninja to treat it.

Tianzang solemnly said:

"Senior, you have lost your Sharingan, so your combat power will inevitably decline. I'm afraid we will no longer be able to carry out the ninja pursuit mission. I suggest we retreat and rest for the time being."

Kakashi looked up, his only remaining right eye staring at the raindrops dripping through the leaves. His short, silver-white hair was soaked through, and his face was pale and weak.

Losing the Sharingan isn't a big deal.

But it...

It was the only memento his dearest friend left him.

"Let's retreat. The way you just spoke reminded me of an old friend."

Kakashi didn't hesitate for long before sighing.

Since his father, best friend, and master all died, he had long been numb to such things. Thinking this, he put his arm around Tianzang's shoulder.

If the opportunity arises, we'll try to get Obito's eyes back from Orochimaru.

Seeing that Kakashi could still joke, and with Tenzo supporting him, he sighed:

"Senior, you saved my life before, and now I've saved yours. Next time we go to the hot springs together, you don't need to treat me."

"No, that won't do. I pulled your body and soul out of the abyss, so you owe me two life-saving favors."

"Senior...you..."

……

……

On the edge of Xufu Mountain, the trees are lush and green, the mountain range is undulating and continuous, the drizzle is dense, and the white mist is swirling.

A skirmish has just broken out here.

The Uchiha group, now wearing black hooded cloaks, walked through a mass of corpses lying in pools of blood.

"Damn it..."

A rogue ninja leader lay dead beside a tree, a shuriken stuck in his neck.

His eyes rolled back, staring straight at the dark sky, and he was on his last breath.

He never understood it until his death.

He accurately estimated the number of long-range throwing ninja tools the Uchiha team had, and deliberately created distance to suppress them with kunai and shuriken.

But this Uchiha team seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of shuriken, firing them one after another and accurately taking down the rogue ninja hiding behind the trees.

Swah——

Yin Yue swept past the leader of the rogue ninja, her gaze fixed ahead, ignoring the corpse at her feet.

When Tamao passed by the rogue ninja leader who was barely clinging to life, he took his brother's place and plunged a knife into the man's chest.

Crossing the forest.

The Uchiha group arrived at the entrance to a wide-open canyon.

under the rain.

A dense, dark mass of ninjas emerged from behind trees, boulders, and hillsides, one after another.

The group acted independently.

They stood apart.

keep distance.

These people wore all sorts of headbands, from Konoha, Sunagakure, Kusanagi, as well as rogue ninja from Kirigakure, rogue ninja from Kumogakure, bounty hunters, and even some mountain bandits.

Their faces were fierce, their eyes filled with greed, as they watched the approaching Uchiha group from a distance.

They gathered here for one purpose only.

Uchiha Yinyue.

And his and the Sharingan of those around him!!

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