Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

No sooner had Scorpion finished speaking than Tayuya's shout rang out.

The Sound Four, who were originally standing next to Sasuke, suddenly launched an attack, but their target was not Sasori.

It's Sasuke!

Sasori had somehow managed to control the Sound Ninja with his chakra threads!

Faced with the sudden attack from the Sound Four, Sasuke showed no surprise in his crimson Sharingan eyes.

Everything was as Sasuke had expected.

Sasuke slightly raised his eyes. Without even forming hand seals, four enormous pythons burst forth from the white sleeves of Sasuke's hands and coiled around the Sound Four.

The attack by the Sound Four was stopped by Sasuke before it even began.

However, the Sound Four's role was merely a feint for Sasori.

The real attackers to Sasuke were the dozen or so puppets that Sasori had hidden away.

To prevent Sasuke from using Chidori Senbon to sever the chakra threads controlling the puppets again, the dozen or so puppets lined up side by side and charged towards Sasuke in the form of a human wall!

Sasuke could no longer sever all the chakra threads with a single attack as he had done before.

Unable to defeat his enemy with a single lightning strike, Sasuke remained calm.

The snake tail hidden in Sasuke's sleeve, along with the python inside, consciously detached its entire body from Sasuke, thus more completely coiling around and sealing off the Sound Four's movements.

Sasuke doesn't only have Lightning Release.

He raised his hands and formed a mudra.

The last seal of the Ren Seal is the "Tiger" seal.

This is a characteristic of Fire Release techniques.

The Uchiha clan is skilled in using Fire Release techniques!

This is common knowledge in the ninja world!

Chapter 48 Gap

Fire Release—

—Fireball Technique!

A massive fireball erupted from Sasuke's mouth, transforming into an extremely hot fireball.

The Great Fireball Technique is just a standard Fire Release ninjutsu with a learning difficulty level of only C.

The ninjutsu that Sasuke used at this moment was extremely powerful.

For powerful ninjas, the power of ninjutsu is not determined by the level of difficulty in learning the ninjutsu.

It depends on the skill of the caster.

Even using only basic ninjutsu, a powerful user can demonstrate terrifying combat effectiveness.

The Great Fireball Technique was the first Fire Release ninjutsu that Sasuke learned when he was young.

Sasuke's mastery of the Fireball Jutsu has now reached a level of unparalleled skill.

Sasuke did not underestimate Sasori, a member of the Akatsuki organization.

Rather than simply using high-difficulty ninjutsu, Sasuke's mastery of ninjutsu allows him to be in a more relaxed and advantageous position during his battle with Sasori.

As expected, Sasuke's powerful Fireball Jutsu engulfed the puppet dolls in front of him in an instant.

The moment these puppets came into contact with the fireball, they were instantly burned to black ashes.

Sasuke gained the upper hand in their tentative exchange with Sasori.

Sasuke did not stop there. His fireballs showed no signs of weakening. On the contrary, the fire burned even more fiercely after Sasori's puppets were burned!

The fireball hurtled straight toward "Hiruko," who was hiding the scorpion's true form!

Sasuke planned to press his advantage and continue the attack!

"Hmph... I was really underestimated."

As Sasori watched the approaching fireball, the black mask covering Hiruko's mouth was blown up by the chakra gathering in Hiruko's mouth.

The next moment, the chakra in Hiruko's mouth began to change its attribute, and a huge water column and fireball collided.

The water jet pierced through the fireball, causing it to shrink in size.

In the blink of an eye, Hiruko's Water Release and Sasuke's Fire Release canceled each other out.

However, what Hiruko ended was only Water Release. At the same time as ending Water Release, Hiruko immediately spat out countless senbon needles from her mouth.

The thousand sashes shot towards Sasuke at an extremely fast speed.

These senbon needles are coated with a special poison made by Scorpion, a secret technique of Hiruko's puppets.

Hiruko: Needle Eight Waves!

Countless poison needles, if even one of them manages to graz an enemy, the poison will instantly knock them down.

Without the antidote for scorpions, no one can survive the corrosive effects of these secret poisons.

poison!

For ninjas unfamiliar with Sasori's methods, their first battle with Sasori will inevitably involve moments of lapse in their defense against Sasori's ninja tools, leading to them being poisoned without their knowledge!

However, Sasuke was not entirely ignorant of Sasori.

Sasuke knew about Sasori's methods of using poison.

Before Orochimaru left the Akatsuki organization, he had cooperated with Sasori, who was also a member of the organization.

After Orochimaru left the Akatsuki organization, Sasori also took it upon himself to kill Orochimaru, who had betrayed the organization.

Orochimaru was also constantly gathering information about Sasori. During the three years that Sasuke followed Orochimaru, Orochimaru and Sasori often sent spies to spy on each other.

The information Orochimaru had gathered about Sasori had naturally been fully accepted by Sasuke, who had killed Orochimaru!

Therefore, when faced with the approaching poison needles, Sasuke immediately released visible electric current around his body.

The electric currents swirling around Sasuke emitted a piercing crackling sound.

Chidori Stream!

Chidori is used by attaching lightning-attribute chakra to the palm of the hand.

The Chidori style, on the other hand, is an improvement on the casting location of Chidori.

Sasuke can use the chakra channels throughout his body to unleash Chidori from all directions!

Therefore, Chidori Stream is not only Sasuke's defensive lightning ninjutsu; if the enemy is within the range of Chidori Stream, Chidori Stream can also defeat multiple enemies at the same time.

It's a genuine Lightning Release ninjutsu that combines offense and defense!

The unrestricted, shape-changing electric current of Chidori Stream, combined with Sasuke's Sharingan's terrifying perception, actually enveloped all of the terrifying number of poison needles in Hiruko's Needle Eight Waves within the electric current.

Not only that, while Sasuke defended against the poison needles of Hiruko's Needle Eight Waves, the electric current of Chidori Stream also severed the chakra threads on the Sound Four who were within the attack range of Chidori Stream.

Sasori looked at the poison needles that had lost their offensive power and fallen beside Sasuke, but he was not annoyed by his failed attack.

Instead, I felt a bit sentimental.

"Ordinary puppet attacks don't have much effect on you. It seems the information about Orochimaru's death is true. You do have the ability to do this."

After a brief exchange, Sasori did not hold back in praising Sasuke's strength.

However, Sasori's praise for Sasuke was not an acknowledgment of Sasuke's strength. Sasori had also learned about Orochimaru's physical condition over the past three years through espionage activities.

In Sasori's view, Sasuke killing Orochimaru was simply a matter of "being in a favorable position."

The scorpion felt a sense of regret.

"However, even though you also possess the Sharingan, you are still far inferior to Itachi."

Sasori looked at Sasuke, who resembled Itachi in both appearance and demeanor as Itachi's blood brother, and sighed slightly.

As ninjas, even if Orochimaru wasn't at his peak, Sasuke killing Orochimaru is an undeniable fact.

However, as members of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke and Itachi are simply incomparable.

While Orochimaru's reasons for defecting from the Akatsuki organization were multifaceted, Itachi Uchiha played a crucial role in pushing him to join.

Itachi Uchiha subdued Orochimaru, who was known as one of the "Three Legendary Sannin," with just a glance.

This made Orochimaru obsessed with the Sharingan, leading him to believe, to an extreme degree, that as long as he possessed an Uchiha body, he could develop the Sharingan to the same level as Itachi Uchiha, or even surpass Itachi Uchiha, turning what seemed impossible into possible...

Compared to Itachi Uchiha, the difference between Sasuke and Itachi was not even a little bit in Sasori's eyes.

Even though Sasuke only had three tomoe Sharingan, he was made into a human puppet that could inherit and use even his bloodline limit.

Ultimately, his strength couldn't compare to that of Itachi Uchiha, a member of the Akatsuki organization teeming with freaks, whose deep thinking made him impossible to fathom.

Sasori spoke to Sasuke in a tone that was both praise and criticism, as if he were an elder evaluating a junior.

Sasuke gazed quietly at Hiruko before him.

However, Sasuke's attitude was simply not to argue.

Tayuya, who was next to Sasuke, clearly disliked Sasori's tone. She was a hot-tempered girl and never hesitated to use vulgar language to express her emotions.

Tayuya has been enduring it all because Sasuke doesn't allow her to speak without restraint.

Sasuke only told Tayuya not to speak recklessly; he never asked her to stay silent.

Especially since Sasori had controlled her with chakra threads without her even reacting before, Tayuya was even more annoyed to hear Sasori's comments about Sasuke.

Tayu was not only angry at Sasori's attitude towards Sasuke, but also angry at herself for not only failing to help but also becoming a burden.

"Lord Sasuke, the others and I will enter the Cursed Seal II state to create an opportunity for you!"

Tayuya suggested to Sasuke that she wanted to wash away the stain of being controlled by Sasori's chakra threads.

As she spoke, she had already made the black curse marks appear on her skin, impatiently entering the first curse mark state.

Sasuke merely glanced at Tayuya indifferently.

"No need, you may all leave."

Sasuke coldly rejected the Sound Four's offer to fight alongside him.