I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

"It's been a long time, Sarutobi-sensei."

Orochimaru!

Knowing that his once most prized disciple looked displeased during their conversation, Hiruzen Sarutobi said...

"Playing with the dead, blaspheming souls, Orochimaru, you're really going too far! I truly regret that I was too soft-hearted back then and didn't keep you alive."

"Hehe, what can I say, given the deep bond between you and me, Master Sarutobi?" Orochimaru chuckled nonchalantly, using Hashirama Senju's words as a pretext. "However, Master Sarutobi, it's true that you were right to regret it. Your momentary leniency not only allowed me to escape but also caused the power of Hokage to fall into the hands of the Fourth Hokage. How have you been all these years of imprisonment, Master Sarutobi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru's direct revelation of the truth caused the Konoha ninjas surrounding Hiruzen Sarutobi to slightly change their expressions.

As Konoha Jonin, compared to ordinary ninjas, they had vaguely heard about the power struggles between the higher-ups, especially between the Third and Fourth Hokage.

Of course, there are also those who don't understand at all, such as Matt Kai.

When he heard Orochimaru mention something about imprisonment, he was completely baffled and instinctively looked at the Third Hokage.

In contrast, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression remained unchanged. He simply said to his former disciple, "I am old and frail. The changing of the guard and the transfer of power are normal occurrences. There is no question of imprisonment. Orochimaru, stop with your divisive words."

"Is that so?" Orochimaru said, then let out a series of meaningful sneers.

Just then, the Monkey King's head emerged from the Vajra Staff, coldly glancing at the impure body in front of him, before turning to Hiruzen Sarutobi and saying the same old thing: "Hiruzen, I've told you many times before that your disciple is wicked and will surely cause great trouble in the future. Now it seems that it was indeed so!"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded firmly to his old friend and said, "Enma, don't worry. This time I won't be soft-hearted."

Meanwhile, Orochimaru's laughter abruptly stopped the moment the Monkey King appeared.

"It's you again, you old geezer! I really want to rip your tongue out and see if you still have such a foul mouth!"

Seeing that the Monkey King started talking about himself as usual, Orochimaru's tone was full of killing intent.

He had disliked this old monkey who acted arrogantly because of his age for a long time.

"Then give it a try!" the Ape Demon King said coldly.

Although its reputation is not as great as the three holy lands, it possesses an indestructible body and can perform ninjutsu by forming hand seals. Its strength is definitely among the top in the summoning beast category. In the early stages of the Hokage story, it could definitely be called the "strongest summoning beast" as Orochimaru himself said.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked back at the other side and said, "Orochimaru, reveal your true form. It's time for us, master and disciple, to settle our differences."

"No rush." ​​Although he said he was going to pull out the Monkey King's tongue, Orochimaru did not appear. Instead, he used Hashirama Senju's Edo Tensei body to say, "Sarutobi-sensei, you should deal with the First Hokage and the Second Hokage first."

"Orochimaru, even now, you don't even have the courage to stand in front of me?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly.

As the Third Hokage, having some understanding of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he knew that only by eliminating the caster once and for all could the First and Second Hokage rest in peace.

However, it now seems that Orochimaru was overly cautious.

As expected, Orochimaru simply chuckled and said, "Sarutobi-sensei, I know what you're thinking. But this time I... huh?"

Orochimaru paused abruptly, then continued, but his tone was much faster than before: "As expected, we still can't be careless. I didn't expect you, Sarutobi-sensei, to send someone specifically to find me. It seems our teacher-student relationship can only go so far. Let's get down to business!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the aura of Orochimaru on Hashirama Senju's Edo Tensei body instantly dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, Hashirama Senju clapped his hands without saying a word, and a large number of trees gathered together, surging towards Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others like a tidal wave.

"Have Shikaku and the others arrived yet?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze sharpened. As he pinned his hopes on Shikaku and the others to hold off Orochimaru, the Vajra Staff in his hand grew larger and thicker once more, sweeping across the oncoming trees with earth-shattering force.

We'll leave the First and Second Hokage here to them.

at the same time.

Outside Konoha Village, when Orochimaru's true form stopped reminiscing, a hundred-strong elite Konoha force, personally led by Nara Shikaku, finally discovered Orochimaru's whereabouts after a search by tracking masters such as Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame.

Without a word, at Nara Shikaku's command, this group of powerful ninjas clad in Konoha chakra armor quickly took action.

"They arrived so quickly! Looks like I'll have to do it myself."

Orochimaru licked his lips with his long tongue.

The next second, his mouth opened wide, and a huge number of venomous snakes quickly crawled out from inside, swarming towards Lu Jiu and the others with a hissing sound.

"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"

The Konoha ninjas reacted quickly.

Immediately, a dozen or so Sarutobi clan ninjas rushed out from the ranks, their hands forming hand seals simultaneously. Amplified by their chakra armor, the Sarutobi clan's secret fire-style ninjutsu unleashed even more intense flames, creating a raging sea of ​​fire that swept towards the serpent wave.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of venomous snakes were burned to ashes.

After the flames subsided, the few surviving venomous snakes were killed one by one by the Konoha ninjas who rushed in.

"Is this the chakra armor?"

Having failed in his first attack, Orochimaru, whose expression remained unchanged, looked at the chakra armor worn by the Konoha ninjas before him with a rather interested expression.

Then, he spat out a Kusanagi sword from his mouth, held it in his hand, and prepared to get close to the approaching Konoha ninja to test his skills.

Dangdangdang

A series of metallic clanging sounds rang out.

In the ensuing battle, at the heart of the conflict, the figures of Konoha ninja, bearing deep sword wounds, were repeatedly repelled.

"Not a bad tool." Orochimaru objectively commented as he easily dodged an attack from a Konoha ninja using his modified body, then swung his Kusanagi sword, piercing through the chakra armor and leaving a deep wound.

Under normal circumstances, without the protection of the chakra armor, that sword strike would have been enough to kill him, instead of just causing serious injury.

"But that's all it is. It's very effective in large-scale battles, but it's still far from enough against me!"

Orochimaru smiled coldly and prepared to increase his power.

suddenly!

A tall and slender ninja, dressed in a tighter-fitting black chakra armor, rushed towards him at lightning speed.

Make eye contact.

A pair of blood-red, three-tomoe eyes were immediately reflected in Orochimaru's eyes.

"Mere illusion."

Orochimaru was about to continue speaking dismissively when he suddenly felt his body stiffen.

The next second, a sharp ninja sword came straight at you!

Chapter 294 Uchiha Aya

Tear!

The sound of a ninja sword piercing flesh rang out.

Hot blood gushed out instantly.

Looking at Orochimaru, whose chest she had pierced through, and whose face was filled with disbelief, the Konoha black-armored ninja named Uchiha Aya smiled slightly.

"Sure enough!"

Yun Ting had already told the people of Konoha that Orochimaru's weakness was genjutsu.

As one of the most trusted members of the Shadow Guard, Aya Uchiha naturally took his advice to heart.

Now that I've used it, I'm reaping even greater surprises than I imagined.

'Before this, probably no one would have imagined that one of the once renowned and extremely troublesome Legendary Sannin of Konoha would now be so weak in resisting genjutsu.'

At this moment, Aya Uchiha was maintaining the Illusionary Shackles Technique while thinking to herself.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru, who felt completely unable to move his body, was filled with disbelief.

Even now, with a ninja sword piercing his chest and then being hit by the weapons of the Konoha ninjas who followed, he remained completely unfazed, focusing all his attention on the genjutsu space before him.

A blood-red sky, and myself firmly nailed in place.

I've actually fallen under the illusion!

"How is that possible!"

Orochimaru suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

As one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, he was naturally very familiar with the Uchiha clan's genjutsu.

In his understanding, the Demonic Shackles Technique that the Uchiha woman had just used was definitely among the most powerful of all the three-tomoe Uchiha ninjas.

Even so, this shouldn't trap you!

As a master in the field of chakra research, Orochimaru, who was at the forefront of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu throughout the history of the ninja world, did not believe that he could be deceived by Sharingan genjutsu.

The rule circulating in the ninja world that if you encounter an Uchiha, you must run away in a one-on-one fight is completely disregarded by someone of his strength.

This is why, when he was facing the Sharingan just now, he not only didn't care at all, but also said "mere genjutsu".

But now, the facts are clear.

Orochimaru has tried various methods to break the illusion, but all to no avail.

His expression quickly turned grim.

Not only because he was knocked down in one move.

Furthermore, after calming down, he finally realized that the main cause of all this was not that the other party was too strong, but that his own soul was actually extremely weak.

Until now.

Orochimaru then realized that the immortality technique he had previously considered perfect, the Reanimation Jutsu, actually had such a great weakness in terms of the soul.

It was also done through the magic of the Shackles.

In the original work, Itachi pointed out his weakness.

As a result, he became so engrossed in the Sharingan, a bloodline limit, that he couldn't help but devote his energy to it.

Now it's Uchiha Aya who's in charge.

However, unlike others, Orochimaru, who had not forgotten his current dangerous situation, did not have time to think too much for the moment.

When he noticed that more and more attacks were being directed at his wide-open body.

It's not like the illusions created by the Mangekyou Sharingan.

After a struggle, Orochimaru, who finally possessed a sliver of resistance under Aya Uchiha's genjutsu, shifted his gaze. ...

outside world.

Just as another sharp ninja sword was being used by a Konoha ninja to behead Orochimaru's main body.