I, Giyuu Uchiha, am not hated!

Ten minutes ago.

Goji Yagura was crushed by eight pythons as thick as an adult's arms, and all of his bones were broken. Like a bag of garbage, Orochimaru threw him on the rocky beach.

"As expected of an old man who participated in the Second Ninja War, he managed to kill a Kage so easily. It seems that the leader has arranged a good companion for me this time."

Loquat Juzo panted and sat down carelessly, praising Orochimaru generously.

Many people don't believe it, but Loquat Juuzang has always been a very easy-going person and does not resist dealing with others. He even longs to have (at least) one teammate to fight alongside him like he once did.

"Hoho, although it's helpful for you to comment like this on me, I always feel that winning today is a bit too easy..."

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils emitted stunning light in the night.

"If he was just a Mizukage, this would be normal. But apart from that, Yagura is still a perfect Jinchuuriki. Logically speaking, he should have more cards, but his performance just now is really not worthy of it." The word perfect."

Being defeated without even being able to transform into a tailed beast is simply a shame among jinchūriki.

"You must be paranoid. He has no opponent in Kirigakure Village. He has not fought anyone who can rival him for many years. It is normal for him to relax and regress."

Loquat Juzo stretched the end of his beheading sword towards the pool of blood under Yagura.

The blood rushed to the blade as if summoned, repairing several obvious gaps in the beheading sword.

"Besides, when I fought with him, it was not easy at all. This guy Yagura chased me like a mad dog, as if he had to kill me, a former rebellious man. At that time, he was fully focused When it comes to me, it’s normal for you to take the opportunity to attack in the dark, isn’t it?”

He doesn't have so many doubts. Sometimes S-level tasks are actually as easy as C-level tasks. This happens too.

"It's barely fair."

After pondering for a moment, Orochimaru hummed in acquiescence.

"It's just that there are too many coincidences that make people suspicious."

He looked around and added, "The personal ANBU of Inikaki Kisame and Mizukage chose this time to carry out a secret mission. When I heard about this, I thought Yagura had discovered us, so he deliberately set a trap Waiting for us to jump in... But in this case, they didn't appear, it seems that they are not here. "

"Since luck is on our side, let's accept it happily. Good things like this don't happen often."

Loquat Juuzang asked: "Speaking of which, what should we do next? Should we directly bring this guy back to the Kingdom of Rain with the tailed beast in his body?"

"No. He won't live that long, and besides, I don't want to be carrying around a time bomb."

Orochimaru shook his head, his slender neck swollen with a big bump.

The big bag kept rising up Orochimaru's throat, and finally, he vomited out a rough pottery vessel like a water jar from his mouth. It looked like a water jar in ordinary homes in arid areas.

"This is?" Loquat Juuzang looked at the jar, but couldn't see anything special about it.

"Because Sunagakure's sealing technique against jinchuriki has always been difficult to explain, the one-tailed jinchuriki has always had the highest probability of going crazy, so he is often killed."

Orochimaru held the water jar and placed it one meter away from Yagura.

"In order to prevent the tailed beasts and the jinchūriki from dying at the same time, resulting in the loss of the village's strongest combat power, the second generation Kazekage used magnetic release to create a container to temporarily imprison the tailed beasts. In this way, when the jinchūriki went crazy and could not be found When replacing a Jinchuriki, the Sand Ninjas can draw the One-Tail in advance and put it into a container until a new Jinchuriki is selected..."

He stared at the water jar and spat out the snake letter.

"The jar in my hand is one of the tailed beast containers made by the Second Kazekage himself. Normally, the first four tailed beasts with the smallest tails should be able to be put in it."

"It's really an eye-opener. You understand his hometown better than the Red Sand Scorpion."

Loquat Juuzang exclaimed, becoming more and more satisfied with Orochimaru as a teammate, because the latter completely made up for his shortcomings.

Recalling that when he had cooperated with Kakuzu and the Red Sand Scorpion before, he was almost killed by them, this Orochimaru was as kind as an angel.

As everyone knows, if he had possessed the blood inheritance limit or some secret technique, he would have died in some laboratory by now.

Although Orochimaru is a collector, a mere beheading sword is not worth the risk of offending the Akatsuki organization to kill Loquat Juzo. Besides, he will also need this helper to help with what happens next.

"Next, I will use a technique to transfer the tailed beast chakra in Yagura's body into this jar. The whole process will last about fifteen minutes."

"I will stay here to prevent anyone from disturbing you." Loquat Juuzang promised.

"Then congratulate us in advance on the successful completion of this mission."

Before Orochimaru formed the seal, his eyes glanced at the cliff not far away. The little snakes scattered around told him that there was a person hiding there.

[It’s just a Kirigakure ghost, so you don’t need to worry about it. We’ll take care of him after this is over. After all, it was a ‘sacrifice’ of the elite Jonin level...]

In this way, Orochimaru began the tailed beast chakra transfer technique.

It was not until ten minutes later, when he had just transferred two-thirds of the tailed beast's chakra, that an uninvited guest suddenly arrived, and before Loquat Juzo, the protector, could react, he quickly chopped off his head with a knife.

Time returns to the present.

Giyuu's Flame Tiger roared with a distant roar before exploding, engulfing everything around Orochimaru into a sea of ​​fire. Thick smoke from the combustion and smoke from the explosion rose into the sky, and the fire dyed a small area of ​​the sky an ominous orange.

Yiyong stared over there, his brows furrowed under the mask, and he gently twisted his ankle.

After all, he is not Anjuro, and he does not have a body with strong recovery power. Rushing for sixteen consecutive hours and using the Breath of Fire, Ichigata and Shiranui hundreds of times intermittently, undoubtedly put a great burden on his legs, which were already somewhat numb at this time.

In comparison, the lack of chakra was not a problem. When entering Kirigakure Village, he used Eleven Type Nagi to convert a large amount of chakra when he withstood the attack, which is still sufficient so far.

"Kurama, is Orochimaru dead?"

Yiyong asked softly.

The little Kyuubi's pointed head poked out from Giyuu's high collar, "The chakra has been weakened, but it's still far from death."

"...Can't even a flame of nearly 2,000 degrees kill him?"

Considering Orochimaru's difficult ability to protect himself, Giyuu chose to use the breath of fire, hoping to completely turn every cell in Orochimaru's body to ashes.

After all, who knows if the other party has a way to escape by turning into more than a thousand pieces of meat?

Giyong didn't want to make the same mistakes that his predecessors had made, so he tried his best to make a move.

But now it seems that the situation is not so optimistic. He used all his strength to drive the Breath of Fire to increase the temperature of the flames, but still failed to kill Orochimaru.

This guy who resembles Muzan Kibutsuji in many aspects is indeed very good at saving lives.

Under the mask, Yiyong's face was as dark as water.

[You can no longer use Shiranui, otherwise Orochimaru's legs will go wrong when he escapes, and he will not be able to guarantee a timely pursuit. Also, it's better to save some chakra before making sure to kill. 】

Thinking of this, the chakra knife in his hand gradually changed color, from red representing fire attribute chakra to ice blue representing water attribute chakra, and his breathing method gradually switched to the water breathing he was most familiar with.

At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew on the other side, the smoke dispersed, and the fire gradually extinguished, revealing the hidden situation.

A door with a terrifying and exaggerated shape and primitive materials stood among the melted rocks. It looked quite majestic in the twisted air, but a large hole was melted out in the middle.

Orochimaru was behind the big hole, his whole body scorched black, his hands maintaining the seal of Wind Release and Great Breakthrough.

[Can’t you even hold Rashomon? The last time this happened was when Jiraiya's family used senjutsu to perform fire escape... Sure enough, there was something wrong with this guy's chakra. 】

It turned out that at the critical moment of life and death, when all the snakes were missing, Orochimaru had to summon the more expensive Rashomon from hell. This summoned object was rumored to be able to withstand all ninjutsu.

But now it seems that the rumors are just rumors. Facing the special chakra, Rashomon's defensive capabilities are very limited.

Rashomon only shared part of the damage for him, but the remaining fire still severely damaged his body, which shows how domineering this fire escape is.

"vomit--"

There was no other way, Orochimaru had no choice but to give up this body and spit out a brand new self.

Across the Rashomon entrance, he looked at Giyuu with extremely vigilant eyes.

In less than a minute, he was forced to perform two Orochi-style substitution techniques. The last time he was so miserable was when he faced Payne.

[Listening to his voice, it sounds like he is just a kid? 】

Just as he was thinking about whether he should accept the challenge to find out what happened or escape with the water jar, a water dragon rose from a distance and pounced on where Yiyong was.

It was the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet used by Juuzou Loquat, who had just struggled to get up and was still vomiting blood at the mouth. This ninjutsu is the most powerful ninjutsu in Water Release.

"good chance!"

Seeing that Yiyong's attention seemed to be diverted by Loquat Juzo, Orochimaru twisted his body and escaped underground to sneak forward, intending to cooperate with Loquat Juzo in a combined attack and explore the depth of this enemy.

In this way, Yiyong was caught in a pincer attack from both directions -

Water spray bombs fell from the sky, and dozens of venomous snakes with sharp teeth suddenly emerged from the ground under his feet, aiming at his vitals like bullets from a sniper rifle. There seemed to be no way out.

"Six Patterns: Twisting Vortex."

Yiyong was extremely calm. His feet gently left the ground and rose into the sky like a propeller. The chakra knife in his hand faced the cold light of the water dragon and pierced its head.

"That's just a change in the form of water attribute chakra. How can you still block an entire water dragon with a thin blade?"

When Loquat Juuzang saw this scene, his eyes burst out with the hope of victory, and the water dragon bit faster.

However, as Yiyong reversed his body and suddenly landed on the ground, the water dragon bullet seemed to be dragged by the knife, forcibly bypassing the body of Yiyong it was supposed to attack, and plunged into the ground at Yiyong's feet!

"This is--"

Not only Loquat Juzo who controlled the water dragon, but also Momochi Zabuza who was hiding behind the cliff was shocked.

I didn't expect that this little dwarf who didn't know where he came from could actually control the water dragon bullets cast by others with his sword skills!

"I told you, don't get in my way."

[Loyal accomplice? In this case...]

Yiyong glanced at the remains of the venomous snakes on the ground, immediately cast his sight in the direction of Loquat Juuzang, and threw the decapitating sword in his left hand towards the opponent without warning.

Loquat Juuzang was not worried but overjoyed - the sword didn't fly very fast, and whether it had the detonating talisman attached or not, there was no difference between giving it back to him. Therefore, not only did he not avoid it, he even took the initiative to meet it.

But just when he was about to grasp the handle of the knife and regain the weapon that had been with him for many years, Yiyong raised his left hand and shot a very fast transparent water arrow from his fingertips. Instead, it came first and hit the beheading sword accurately. wide center.

"Shizuku Ripple Thrust·Rapid Current."

Loquat Juzo, who was holding the handle of the knife, had no time to be surprised when he felt an unusual tremor coming from the weapon.

He cast his gaze, and then he was horrified to find that water-like cracks had appeared on the broad blade of the decapitation knife at some point!

This was not over yet. The next moment, the cracked beheading knife suddenly exploded and spread in front of him. At this distance, hundreds of sharp fragments pierced into his whole body without any hindrance, including many key blood vessels. vital parts of the human body.

Almost instantly, Loquat Juzo, one of the Kirigakure Seven, turned into a red cactus holding a bare hilt.

"The beheading sword was completely destroyed?"

He looked away from the hilt of the sword in astonishment, looked at Giyuu who was already fighting with Orochimaru, and murmured: "What a terrifying swordsmanship."

After finishing speaking, Loquat Juuzang was covered in blood. He bent his knees and fell to his knees, then fell forward to the ground. The blood under his body gathered like a stream.

At this speed, it only took him a few minutes to die from excessive blood loss.

"Zabuza-sama, did you see that?"

Bai drew back his neck and asked excitedly.

He knew that Momochi Zabuza was trained as a new generation of beheading sword master, and even if his ability was stronger than Loquat Juzo, it was not much better.

The masked man, who looked to be only the height of a child, destroyed the decapitating sword and Loquat Juuzang with just one blow, and was not even willing to devote a little more attention to him! If Buza-sama had any thoughts about that person, he would probably end up with the same fate.

Zabuza didn't answer, but his silence said everything.

"Who is that person?"

On the other side, Orochimaru, who was fighting fiercely with Giyuu in close combat, also had the same doubts.

At first, when he saw the person coming, he kept making deadly attacks, and he thought it was the insurance left by Mizukage. However, after fighting for so long, it became clear that the other party didn't care about Mizukage's life and death, but his murderous intention towards him only increased.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hands!"

The two ninja swords kept clanging against each other. Orochimaru's modified body was able to barely keep up with Giyuu's speed by swinging the sword. He seemed to be better at swordsmanship than the likes of Black Hoe Raiga and Biwa Juzo.

In addition to his quick and tricky strikes, the various poisonous snakes that continuously spewed out of his cuffs, collar, and mouth also put a lot of pressure on Yiyong——

These venomous snakes either bite, spray venom with their fangs, or simply spit poisonous mist from their mouths, making it difficult for people to guard against them. Thanks to his dynamic vision that penetrates the world, he can perfectly dodge all attacks.

However, it was still too risky for Orochimaru to dare to fight Hashira in close combat.

"Waterwheel!"

Giyuu's seemingly normal move of turning over and slashing down turned out two jagged wheels of water. In an instant, he cut off the necks of all the poisonous snakes, and then flipped them over to crush Orochimaru.

The latter managed to avoid it, but saw a horizontal wheel of water following closely behind him, and quickly raised his blade in an attempt to block it.

It's just that his current weapon is just slightly stronger than an ordinary blade.

The high-speed rotating water wheel collided with the blade for less than half a second, and the latter was completely cut off. Then the water wheel was no longer hindered and neatly cut off Orochimaru's waist!

"Another water escape ninjutsu I've never seen before!"

Orochimaru's flying upper body spat out a python, which then spit out a sharp blade and stabbed Giyuu.

He didn't want to kill, just to delay a little bit of time. The upper and lower parts of the severed waist "grew" lush snakes at the same time and flew towards each other, successfully reconnecting Orochimaru's divided body.

But this time he had a better memory and did not engage in close combat with Giyu. Instead, he threw a kunai in Giyu's direction and quickly formed seals while retreating to the place where Loquat Juzo and Yondaime Mizukage fell to the ground.

"Shadow Clone Shuriken Jutsu!"

When the shuriken, which originally had only one shuriken, approached Giyuu, it suddenly became densely packed and overwhelming!

Yiyong didn't take it seriously and fired another water blade from his left hand. After the water blade hit an incoming kunai, it actually caused a chain reaction, causing all kunai to collide with each other in mid-air and fall down one after another, making way for Giyuu to pass without obstruction.

Orochimaru, who had already reached Loquat Ten's hiding place and was leaning down, saw this scene and immediately felt that it seemed familiar. He shouted in surprise: "Are you a member of the Uchiha tribe?"

In the ninja world, some abilities cannot be imitated. For example, the Uchiha shuriken technique, which is famous in the ninja world, requires considerable dynamic vision.

Even though Orochimaru's own dynamic vision is far superior to ordinary people, he still cannot accurately judge the trajectory of thousands of kunai like Giyuu did just now.

Therefore, besides Uchiha, Orochimaru could not think of anyone else who could do this. The only strange thing is that there is no red light flashing of Sharingan in the opponent's mask.

"..."

Giyuu took off his mask, revealing an unbelievably young face. Orochimaru's already slender pupils shrank suddenly.

Before leaving Konoha, Orochimaru had already made plans for Uchiha Itachi's body, so how could he not know about the latter's two younger brothers.

The Uchiha clan has dark blue eyes, a numb expression, and a face that is 60 or 70% similar to Uchiha Itachi - these characteristics successfully allowed Orochimaru, who likes to collect intelligence, to get the answers he wanted.

"I remember... your name is Giyu, and you have a twin brother named Sasuke. I met you not long after you were born. If I remember correctly, you are not yet ten years old."

Orochimaru concealed the disbelief in his eyes, and the intense desire that followed.

He never expected that at such a young age, the opponent could force him into a situation where he couldn't use the necessary technique.

Also, what's the matter with Jiraiya's use of senjutsu, which is normal chakra?

[If this child really masters the magic of immortality, he will be more suitable to be my container than anyone else. 】

Orochimaru's heart was filled with intense greed.

"I only have a vague impression of you."

Yiyong continued to move forward, his eyes scanning Loquat Juuzang's body.

"Do you want to save him? With his strength, even if he gets completely better, it won't help."

"Uchiha Giyu..."

Seeing Giyuu getting closer and closer to him, Orochimaru licked his lips nervously.

"Are you so eager to kill me because of what happened between me and your brother Uchiha Itachi not long ago? In fact, it was a huge misunderstanding. Why don't we take a break and have a good talk? How about it? I can apologize and give you some compensation. There is no need to go into such a big fight."

"Shisui reminded me that you always like to 'talk' with others."

Yiyong responded indifferently, "But the fate of those people is not very good."

"Shunshen Shisui?"

At the mention of this name, Orochimaru's expression darkened significantly. After all, it was a complete and utter defeat without the ability to fight back, and it was a rare shame in his life.

The restraint among ninjas is sometimes so unreasonable.

"Since he gave you advice and allowed you to come across the sea to kill me, he is sure that you can kill me."

Yiyong didn't answer, but his plain expression said everything.

Orochimaru smiled sinisterly.

"You are worthy of being the number one Uchiha in the ninja world. Even a brat has such arrogant self-confidence. To be honest, your water and fire escapes that do not require seals have already reached the level of my teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen. I can only rely on myself." , I really don’t have the confidence to beat you..."

Orochimaru lowered his head and gently pressed Loquat Juzo's head with his right hand, as if he was remembering the days when he fought side by side with others.

But at this "warm" moment, a snake suddenly emerged from the cuff of his left hand, and it opened its mouth and spat out a human finger knuckle bone.

Giyuu didn't know what Orochimaru was going to do, but there was nothing wrong with giving the enemy a trick he couldn't use, so he immediately rushed towards Orochimaru's location.

But the next moment, he found that the ground under his feet suddenly became like a quagmire. Even if he concentrated chakra on the soles of his feet, he could not stand still. Instead, he was pushed back a certain distance by the flowing ground.

[No, he doesn’t have any seals! 】

"Is there something down there?!"

After Yiyong made a judgment, he raised the blade and struck down at his body.

"Eight Type·Takitsubo!"

The earth shattered, and rapids surged out from the ground, bringing out a big snake spitting yellow mud, which was torn into pieces by Yiyong in an instant.

And in this short interval, Orochimaru had completed the seal and pressed the knuckles that belonged to someone unknown into Loquat Juzo's body.

"Necromantic Technique: Reincarnation of the Dirty Earth!"

As his words fell, countless confetti-like gray matter poured out from the ground, covering Loquat Juuzang's body like a rapidly growing fungus, completely covering him in a few seconds.

Then, those debris changed, replacing Loquat Juuzang's clothes and his skin. A brand new human body suddenly appeared, and it was lifted up by an invisible force and suspended in mid-air. It looked weird and strange. Scary.

"It's not a transformation technique, it's a brand new person."

Giyu frowned and made an immediate judgment. Kyuubi also reached the same conclusion through sensing chakra.

It was a white-haired middle-aged man, wearing a rain ninja forehead protector, and a breathing mask unique to the Rain Country over his mouth and nose.

He was naked and had a cross-shaped incision on his side and abdomen that was very familiar to Giyuu. Using the transparent vision to look inward from the knife edge, it turned out to be the poisonous sac of a mountain pepper fish!

"This person is..."

Thinking of Orochimaru's actions just now and the familiar sense of sight, Giyuu made a bold guess. What Orochimaru said next confirmed his thoughts.

"Long time no see, Master Hanzo."

Following Orochimaru's greeting, the middle-aged man opened his eyes and burst out with a fierce aura unique to a war hero.

"You," Yiyong looked at the man and asked, "are you Sansho Hanzo?"

"It's me."

After Sanshouyu Hanzo responded, he looked at his palms, then turned back and faced Orochimaru: "I remember, you were at that time..."

Orochimaru ignored him, but put a kunai hidden with a charm into Hanzo's head: "Sorry, let's talk about old times later. Now, I need you to stop that brat."

Orochimaru's body stayed close to the ground and quickly slid towards the place where the Fourth Mizukage Yagura fell to the ground, "After all, it seems that you are not enough alone!"

"Although the mission of the Akatsuki organization failed, in a place like the Kingdom of Water, if I awaken the person who is best at dealing with Uchiha, this brat's body is mine!"

Orochimaru's eyes bloomed with an almost crazy enthusiasm. Taking advantage of Hanzo's opportunity to stop Giyuu, he stuffed a bunch of silver hair into the Fourth Mizukage's vest, and then activated the Jutsu of Earth Reincarnation again.

"This sacrifice is not only a shadow, it even has one-third of the chakra of a tailed beast! I wonder how much of his past strength can be restored?"

Kyuubi, who was hiding in the hero's collar to avoid the attack of Hanzo's scythe, felt a familiar chakra awakening, and his expression of not taking anyone seriously finally changed.

It reminded loudly: "Stop him! We can't let Orochimaru summon that person!"

It is not worried about its own safety, but worried about volunteerism.

If its premonition was correct, the owner of the growing chakra would have killed more Uchiha than the Uchiha who died in the three great ninja wars combined.

Giyuu's face was startled, and he slashed Hanzo away with a powerful sword regardless of the consequences. He looked back towards Orochimaru and realized that it was too late.

A middle-aged man wearing a Konoha forehead protector with sideburns had already opened his eyes with a zombie face similar to that of Yui Yu. Yiyong was the first person he saw after waking up.

"Huh?"

And after he glanced at Giyu's facial features and the blue blade in his hand, the first thing he said was: "Are you the descendant of me (the clan) and the Uchiha?"

Yiyong showed his half-moon eyes and looked at Kyuubi speechlessly; "This man looks familiar. Who is he? Why do he talk like this?"

[Why do I find this person a bit annoying even though this is my first time meeting him...]

"Let me introduce you to him. This is Uchiha's nemesis and the inventor of hundreds of ninjutsu. He is known as the 'man who signed a contract with the sea' because he is proficient in water escape."

Orochimaru held the charm in his hand, walked up to the silver-haired man, and said his name.

"The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama."