I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

However, he unexpectedly ran into a tough obstacle right at the start of the conversation.

"Don't call me brat!" Maki said, looking annoyed. Given her status, no one except her parents had ever dared to call her a brat since she was a child.

Just like children always hope they are

The prisoner before her had addressed her as "sir" several times already.

"Little devil," she had already exhausted her patience.

"You can call me Maki, or Miss, that's fine too. But don't call me brat again!" Maki squeezed her cheeks and said fiercely.

Orochimaru: "..." This response was something he hadn't expected at all. Finally, after some arguing and trying to regain some ground, Maki waved her hand and returned to the main point with a serious expression: "Speak, what do you want me to do? And how can I guarantee that you'll teach me the Impure World Reincarnation technique afterwards?" Orochimaru gave Maki a deep look, then smiled again and said, "I always keep my promises. As for guarantees, there are none. Little... Maki, you need to understand that you're the one asking for my help now. If you want your wish fulfilled, then all you can do is trust me." After saying that, Orochimaru closed his eyes, as if he wasn't the one trapped and facing a bleak future.

Maki hesitated for a moment. After thinking for a while, she finally spoke up: "Tell me what you want me to do first. Don't mention things like asking me to help you get out of trouble. I may be small, but I'm not stupid."

"Of course, she's Tsunade and the Hokage's daughter, after all." Orochimaru reopened his eyes, pointing to a sealing technique mark on the ground, and said.

"If you can erase this sealing technique, Maki, I'll teach you the Impure World Reincarnation technique." Maki followed Orochimaru's gaze and frowned, saying, "Erase the sealing technique? Isn't that just asking me to help you escape?"

"Of course not," Orochimaru laughed.

"Konoha placed numerous seals on me to imprison me. How could I possibly escape just by erasing one of those seals? Maki, you underestimate Konoha's sealing techniques."

"I asked you to do this simply to subtly change my current posture. For example, to allow me to have my feet on the ground, instead of being constantly positioned like this."

The character “大” (big) comes to mind.

"Is that so?" Maki said with a hint of amusement, looking at Orochimaru's shameful, bound state.

"I thought you really liked this pose." Maki was starting to believe Orochimaru. Although she didn't know much about sealing techniques, just looking at the dense array of sealing patterns on the surface of the secret chamber, she couldn't believe that erasing even a little bit of it would cause any problems.

Otherwise, wouldn't Konoha's sealing techniques be a misnomer?

"You promised to teach me the Impure World Reincarnation technique if I did you a favor?" Maki confirmed.

"I have no interest in deceiving children," Orochimaru said calmly. Maki nodded, then drew a kunai and, under Orochimaru's gaze, walked to the spot he had indicated earlier, about to make her move.

Suddenly she turned her head and asked again, "You promise?" Orochimaru: "...I promise." Maki nodded in relief, then squatted down, raised the kunai in her hand, and with a flash of cold light, accurately stabbed the sealing technique below.

However, just as the kunai's blade was a hair's breadth from the ground, Maki's hand suddenly stopped. She turned around, her face solemn, and said, "I'm warning you, don't try to renege on your promise. You see, my father is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha; my mother is one of the Legendary Sannin; my great-grandfather was the First Hokage; my great-uncle was the Second Hokage; I have a grandfather named Sarutobi, who was the Third Hokage; and one of my nicknames is..."

The "Golden Flash's" uncle is the Hokage's assistant; and he also has a very kind aunt who is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Finally, I call both of the only two people in Konoha who have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan "older brother."

"Do you understand now? If you go back on your word, these people will never forgive you!" Maki said in her childish voice.

In an instant! Orochimaru could no longer control himself and his lips twitched violently several times. Even Yun Ting, who was hiding in the shadows, almost gave himself away.

You wouldn't believe it until you hear it. Even Orochimaru felt a jolt when Maki proudly revealed her network of connections.

This lineup... is just too luxurious! Even though he is now an enemy of Konoha, hearing Maki's threat, he suddenly felt a feeling he had never had before, as if he were an ordinary person facing a second-generation rich kid, and he dared not offend her at all.

Honestly, Orochimaru might dare to launch another surprise attack on Konoha train station, but he wouldn't dare to target this little brat in front of him.

Both involve stirring up a hornet's nest. While the former might subside after a while, the latter is a relentless, all-out pursuit.

"Don't worry, I will never go back on my word." At this moment, Orochimaru said weakly from the bottom of his heart.

Chapter 334 Gift for Meeting Elders

Orochimaru listened attentively to the warning from the second-generation leader of the top-ranked ninja family and repeatedly stated that he would keep his word.

Unexpectedly, after stylishly twirling the kunai in her hand a few times, Maki put it back into her ninja tool pouch, stood up, clapped her hands, and said:

"Fine, I'm not playing with an adult like you anymore."

"Oh?"

Although Maki's performance had surprised Orochimaru several times before, this time the surprise on his face was even greater than all the previous surprises combined.

"Maki, you don't want the Impure World Reincarnation technique anymore? If so, it means you'll never be able to see your elders again." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, looked at Maki seriously, and asked in his hoarse voice, which was filled with deep surprise.

"Of course I want to see my great-grandfather and the others again, but not in this way." Maki said resolutely, though her face showed reluctance.

"Why? It's just a small task that you can do, and it won't affect anything." Orochimaru asked curiously.

"A trivial matter? You can only fool a three-year-old with that kind of nonsense!" Maki rolled her eyes dismissively. "My father said that the more an enemy wants to do something, the less we should let them accomplish it."

"I've been keeping track of Orochimaru's formidable reputation, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha who was once with my mother. Someone as dangerous as you, even if you ask me to do something small, there must be a deeper conspiracy behind it. I'm not going to do that!"

Maki ended the conversation with a cold snort.

"I really didn't expect this, Maki, you're only four or five years old, right? This unexpected discovery is so interesting!"

Faced with Maki's rejection, Orochimaru surprisingly showed no regret or pity, but instead let out a series of ambiguous laughs.

Of course, in the end, he still confirmed, "Are you really not going to do it? You know, I'm the only one who knows the complete Impure World Reincarnation technique."

Maki, believing Orochimaru was trying to seduce her, firmly shook her head and said:

"Although I want to continue seeing my great-grandfather and the others, it's all within my power. I should solve my own problems. If I have the ability to make up for the shortfall, I will agree. If I can't, then I can't pass the trouble on to others. I've always kept this principle that my father taught me in mind."

"The bad thing is that I don't have the ability to fix the hole I've created for Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha. So, let's leave it at that."

After saying that, Maki turned and left without hesitation.

"Wait!" Orochimaru called out to her, his interest growing. "As expected of a descendant of those two. One last question for you, Maki. Since you've taken the risk to come here, how would you have convinced me to give you the Impure World Reincarnation technique if it weren't for my previous conditions?"

"Persuade? Why persuade?" Maki turned around, spread her hands, and asked in surprise, "According to our relationship, Orochimaru, you and my mother have known each other for so many years. As a junior, it shouldn't be too much for me to ask you for a long-awaited gift."

"A greeting gift? Not too much?" Orochimaru's smile turned sinister. "Don't you know, Maki, that your father killed me several times?"

"My father is my father, and I am me. Let's each speak our own mind." At this moment, Maki waved her small hand, speaking with immense magnanimity.

Orochimaru looked at everything before him with amusement, and chuckled, "Looks like I misjudged you. Compared to Tsunade, Maki, you're more like your father."

"That is!"

When Maki heard someone say that she resembled her father, even if he was an enemy, she smiled broadly.

Then, she quickly calmed down and said, "It seems I won't get the gift. Oh well, I didn't have high hopes anyway. I came here against the rules this time mainly to give myself a final answer to my discontent."

"Just wait! When I grow up, make many contributions to Konoha, and obtain the Impure World Reincarnation technique, even if it's not complete, I will use my own abilities to complete it and summon my great-grandfather and great-grandfather again."

"If Orochimaru can do it, I can definitely do it too!"

Maki raised her small hand, her gaze resolute as she made a bold statement to herself.

After saying that, she turned around again without looking back and rushed towards the iron gate, about to open it.

Orochimaru's lazy words made her pause in her actions:

"A gift? Well, not really."

"Really?"

Maki, who found Orochimaru's incredibly grating, hoarse voice surprisingly pleasant for the first time, turned around in surprise.

"Are there no additional conditions?"

"Just as you said, Maki, isn't it only natural for elders to give gifts to juniors? There are no strings attached," Orochimaru said with an exaggerated smirk. "Seriously speaking, apart from that idiot Jiraiya, Tsunade is indeed one of my longest-standing friends in this era. When she got married, I wasn't able to send her a gift and blessings in time. When you were born, Maki, I didn't give you a gift either. If you think about it that way, I really owe you quite a few favors. Now that you, my junior, are here, I, as your elder, will make up for it."

"That's wonderful! Is it the Impure World Reincarnation technique?" Maki asked joyfully, showing no hesitation.

“If you want this, then this is it. But before that, Maki, you need to make a small change,” Orochimaru said.

Maki's expression changed swiftly: "Didn't we agree there would be no additional conditions?"

"It's just a matter of asking you to change how you address me," Orochimaru chuckled. "Since you acknowledge me as your elder, Maki, shouldn't we address each other more affectionately?"

"Uncle Orochimaru!"

Maki, whose mind was racing, blurted out the answer without hesitation.

My father once said that it's foolish not to take advantage of a good deal.

It's just calling him "uncle," not to mention that's how she should address him according to seniority.

Most importantly, if shouting like that could grant her the Impure World Reincarnation technique, she would gladly shout it a thousand times.

Upon hearing "Uncle Orochimaru," Orochimaru remained silent for a few moments before regaining his usual smile and saying in a good mood, "It's a very novel way of addressing me. It feels nice to use such a term occasionally."

"I once saw a new spirit in your father, and now I see it in you, Maki. It's a pity... I really wanted to witness it with my own eyes this time."

Finally, while Maki was still confused, Orochimaru made this remark and then, as he had promised, began teaching Maki the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Thus, in the secret chamber filled with sealing techniques, Orochimaru, whose teaching ability was among the best in the ninja world, taught one student, while Maki, whose ninja talent was praised even by Hashirama Senju, learned another.

In addition, Yun Ting, who was not noticed, was listening intently.

Time passed quickly without any outside interference.

Chapter 335 Appearance

With Yun Ting's current unparalleled strength in the entire ninja world, he can naturally discern whether Orochimaru's account of the Impure World Reincarnation technique is true or false.

Unexpected.

Yun Ting had initially thought that Orochimaru would deliberately leave some traps in his words.

As it turned out, the other party described the true and complete Impure World Reincarnation technique from beginning to end.

After Maki left happily, Yun Ting, still in the secret room, looked at Orochimaru with a puzzled expression, not understanding why the other party had done this.

Just then, Orochimaru, who was still hanging in the shape of the character "大" (big), suddenly spoke up: "Come out."

Yun Ting let out a soft exclamation, and as if removing an invisibility cloak, instantly appeared in the secret room, saying, "You were able to detect me?"

"Of course not, you should know that I can't even use a single bit of chakra right now."

Orochimaru, unsurprised by Yun Ting's appearance, chuckled.

"I just didn't think that a little brat, even one with Wood Release, could possibly get through all the guards and come here. Now it seems that it really was a real-life adventure that my father prepared for his daughter."

"Oh? Since you guessed it so early, why did you say those things just now?"

While asking questions, Yun Ting walked to the sealing spell that Maki had previously thought would cause serious consequences, and with a swipe of his foot, destroyed one of the sealing spells on the ground.

thump!

Suddenly, a heavy thud sounded behind me.

Along with this came the clanging sound of chains.