Konoha: The Innately Evil Uchiha

Chapter 60 Unrequited Love

The sky was overcast.

The rain was pouring down.

Below the cliff, ninjas swarmed like a dense mass of army ants, their passion for the Sharingan undiminished by the raging storm.

The Uchiha group was completely surrounded.

"The old man is too biased. They're all S-rank rogue ninjas. When they dealt with me, they didn't make such a big show of it."

Orochimaru stood atop Manda's head, arms crossed over his chest, looking down on the battlefield. After speaking, he turned and glanced at the primeval forest behind him.

Wan She's Commentary:

What's wrong with you?

You can go back and discuss it with that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi now.

Let him give the order.

"The ninja forces stationed on Konoha's northwestern border are only targeting Orochimaru."

"hehe."

Orochimaru chuckled, ignoring Manda, who was oblivious to human humor.

He glanced sideways at the main battlefield and the nearby cliffs, then a smile crept onto his lips.

There were two familiar chakra auras there.

The three ninjas have been separated for a long time.

Since Orochimaru defected from Konoha and joined the Akatsuki, the three of them have never met again. Jiraiya had vowed to bring him back to Konoha.

Orochimaru has been on the run for so many years, but he hasn't even caught a glimpse of Jiraiya.

Jiraiya left Konoha and immediately embarked on a journey to find the Child of Prophecy, leaving his former best friend far behind.

But they met here.

"Let's go to the cliff over there!" Orochimaru's golden eyes revealed a hint of anticipation.

"Aren't you going to help those poor Uchiha from the front?" Manda asked, then twisted his massive body and turned toward the cliff.

Wherever the purple serpent went, trees collapsed and mountains trembled slightly.

"Heh, the poor ninjas surrounding the Uchiha group are the ones who are pitiful. I have my own mission to complete."

Orochimaru smiled indifferently.

"All right."

Manda brought Orochimaru to the vicinity of the cliff, lowered its head, and revealed greed and arrogance in its cold snake eyes.

It scanned the battlefield below, looking at the densely packed ninjas, and said coldly:

"You need 100 living people as sacrifices to summon me this time."

However, these ninjas' bodies have been baptized with chakra, making them more delicious than ordinary people.

The battle is over.

"I'll eat these people!"

"I'm sorry, I can't make that decision. You'll have to ask Lord Yinyue how he'll handle these people. Go ahead and give Lord Yinyue the latest information!"

Orochimaru slowly walked to the edge of the cliff, glanced at Manda behind him, and then walked towards his two old friends with a smile.

"No rush. I also want to see if the Moon Drinker you value is truly worthy of my help!"

A cunning glint flashed in Manda's cold, emerald-green vertical pupils; he was in no hurry to obey Orochimaru's orders.

"It's up to you, just do what you're asked."

Orochimaru spoke calmly.

He turned his back to the ten thousand snakes, ignoring the arrogant spirit beast.

At the edge of the cliff.

Jiraiya and Tsunade looked wary, while Shizune looked terrified and trembled all over. If Tsunade hadn't been there, she would have wanted to run away immediately.

After hearing Orochimaru entrust Manda to help Yinyue and the others, Shizune's tense heart relaxed a little.

"Long time no see, Tsunade, Jiraiya!"

Orochimaru let the torrential rain drench him, soaking him to the bone, and slowly walked towards the three of them.

The four people stood in a row.

Silently holding her breath, she decisively moved back and stood behind Tsunade, holding the umbrella for her.

The three ninjas stood on the cliff.

"You're here to help the Uchiha?"

Standing between Orochimaru and Jiraiya, Tsunade raised her phoenix eyes slightly as she sized up Orochimaru, who was wearing a fiery robe. Her aura was in no way inferior to his.

This is very much in line with Orochimaru's style.

The ambition is enormous.

Ambitious.

Jiraiya, his expression serious, leaned forward to look at Orochimaru and said in a deep voice, "Orochimaru, stop being so stubborn and come back with me to atone for your sins!"

"Shh!"

Orochimaru's lips curled up, he raised a hand to his mouth as if to shush, and stared directly at Jiraiya with his golden vertical pupils, calmly saying:

"What I just said already represents my position. I came here simply to catch up with you all, not to argue about my issues. Let's finish this battle first!"

Jiraiya glanced sideways at Tsunade, who remained motionless beside him. He knew he couldn't capture Orochimaru on his own without her help, and then sighed:

"Tsunade, this battle is over. Come back with me. Konoha needs you now."

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya and said in a deep voice:

"The current Konoha has nothing to do with me. Besides, you don't understand that I despise the bureaucracy?"

Jiraiya sighed helplessly:

"You only say you don't care about Konoha, but in reality, you're well-informed. The information you have about Konoha is more detailed than I do."

"hehe."

Orochimaru smiled and quietly watched Jiraiya, who was trying to win Tsunade over, not minding watching the show before the battle began.

"Jiraiya, you're still as delusional as ever."

Tsunade raised her snow-white neck, her gaze fixed on the cliff below, devoid of any emotion, and calmly said:

"I just didn't want Konoha to be destroyed by those old fogies, you know? When I heard the news of Danzo's death, I actually felt a little smug."

"..." Jiraiya.

He fell silent, pondering how to continue persuading Tsunade.

"Oh."

Orochimaru glanced at Tsunade and Jiraiya, chuckled softly, and then stopped paying attention to them.

He can testify.

Tsunade wasn't lying.

Back in Konoha, Jiraiya was indeed delusional, mistakenly believing that Tsunade had a crush on him.

In reality, even if Tsunade didn't consider Dan Kato, she wouldn't have chosen Jiraiya as her first boyfriend; she truly had no romantic feelings for Jiraiya.

call--

The wind howled.

Torrential rain.

A dense mass of ninjas surrounded the Uchiha group, approaching to within about 500 meters before stopping, no longer daring to advance rashly.

When they arrived, Konoha had extensively publicized the ability of the Moon Drinking Kaleidoscope through various channels.

This led to the ninjas of the small ninja village and a large number of rogue ninjas receiving the information, all of whom developed the confidence that they could intervene in this matter.

The allure of the Sharingan is indeed great.

But they weren't fools. They might have intervened, but everyone knew that whoever struck first would inevitably face a fierce counterattack from the Uchiha.

For a time, the situation reached a stalemate.

The edge of the forest.

"Brother, they don't seem to intend to make a move. Are they trying to surround us here, cut off our water and food, and let us starve to death?"

What a vicious strategy!

They certainly didn't expect this.

I ate today's meal last night.

I'm not hungry right now!

Tamao glanced at the large group of ninjas who had stopped and spoke seriously.

"?"

The Uchiha clan members were speechless.

He sighed inwardly.

They thought that Tamao would be a little more serious in this situation, but obviously, they were overthinking it. This guy goes crazy whenever he has free time.

There are so many enemies.

It's really not necessary to surround them without taking action, resorting to such an unreliable method as "starving them to death."

Yin Yue did not answer. Looking at the cliff, she saw that Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga clan's ninja team had already retreated.

Behind the cliff.

"Chieftain, you are truly a visionary; you had already made arrangements for the future."

A ninja from the Hyuga branch family complimented her.

Hiashi Hyuga's weathered face, his solemn expression softening slightly, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

How could he not have guessed that using a motley crew as cannon fodder would inevitably lead to this situation?

It's okay.

He was in charge of lighting the fuse.

The Byakugan, activated by Hijikata, swept across the battlefield, his eyes suddenly trembling as the scene he longed to see appeared in his vision.

Swoosh—swoosh—swoosh—

The sound of wind breaking rang out.

Ninjas from all sides suddenly attacked, throwing kunai, shuriken, senbon, and even using ranged ninjutsu at the location of the Uchiha team.

In a short time.

The leaders of the rogue ninja and the small ninja villages were all dumbfounded. Looking around, they realized that without their orders, someone in their ranks had actually launched an attack on the Uchiha team!

(End of this chapter)