Naruto: A parody of the entire ninja world, the opening scene infuriates the Kage.

Chapter 373 Madara was careless again.

Orochimaru!
Madara's eyes held contempt. He acknowledged that Orochimaru was a figure of importance, but not one worthy of his attention.

Orochimaru dared to deceive him and even tried to steal his Rinnegan; he was simply courting death.

Madara was confident that Orochimaru was now trapped in the Rinnegan's genjutsu.

According to the information about Orochimaru revealed by the light screen, Orochimaru has very poor resistance to genjutsu.

Even the Mangekyou Sharingan's genjutsu could easily subdue Orochimaru, and with the Rinnegan, which surpasses the Mangekyou Sharingan, how could any genjutsu possibly fail to defeat Orochimaru?
Although Madara was still controlling the Gedo Mazo to devour the One-Tailed Chakra, he also spared some of his power to kill Orochimaru.

However, Ban miscalculated.

Orochimaru was not under the influence of the genjutsu at all.

Undeniably, the Rinnegan's genjutsu is very powerful, but Orochimaru is no longer the same Orochimaru. The current Orochimaru is the Jinchūriki of Black Zetsu.

There was a Black Zetsu inside Orochimaru, and Black Zetsu had to help Orochimaru. In addition, Orochimaru did not make eye contact with Madara, so he did not fall into Madara's genjutsu. However, Orochimaru deliberately pretended to be under the genjutsu.

Thus, Madara was once again deceived by Orochimaru.

Just as Orochimaru was about to be killed by Madara, Orochimaru made his move.

In an instant, Orochimaru dodged Madara's attack, and at the same time, he reached out and took Madara's eyes.

Everything happened so fast that by the time Madara realized what was happening, he could only manage a slight dodge.

Orochimaru was originally capable of taking Madara's two eyes, but this time he only managed to take Madara's right eye.

They only managed to steal one of Madara's Rinnegan eyes, which was not what Orochimaru had expected.

It can only be said that Orochimaru's goal was only half accomplished.

But one is better than nothing!

At least he obtained a Rinnegan.

Currently, Orochimaru is also unable to transplant the Rinnegan he just acquired onto his body.

As for taking Madara's other eye, Orochimaru didn't even consider it.

Madara's success in obtaining a Rinnegan was entirely due to his underestimation of Orochimaru.

It's fair to say that Madara was too careless.

Madara thought he could kill Orochimaru in one fell swoop, but Orochimaru didn't die. Instead, he felt a pain in his right eye and then started bleeding profusely.

Madara couldn't believe it when he learned that Orochimaru had taken his right eye.

How could Orochimaru not fall into his genjutsu?

Even if Orochimaru didn't make eye contact with him, he should have been caught in the genjutsu released by the Rinnegan.

Given Orochimaru's resistance to genjutsu, once he falls into the Rinnegan's genjutsu, it's not easy to break free. Even a short period of time would be enough for Madara to kill Orochimaru many times over.

As it turned out, everything was completely different from what Ban had imagined.

"Damn Orochimaru." A surge of anger welled up in Madara's heart.

Madara knew he had underestimated Orochimaru, but he was now filled with rage.

Having lost his right eye, Madara's left eye glared angrily at Orochimaru.

At the same time, the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon were also interrupted.

After all, there is a significant difference between a single Rinnegan and a double Rinnegan.

Madara's strength decreased significantly after losing one of his Rinnegan eyes.

Now, it's difficult for Ban to unleash the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon alone.

When the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon were severed, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path ceased to devour the chakra of the One-Tailed Beast.

However, much of the One-Tailed Beast's chakra was absorbed by the Gedo Mazo.

But for Gaara and the One-Tailed Beast, at least they're still alive.

Compared to living, losing some chakra is nothing to One-Tailed Beast.

Taking advantage of this moment, Gaara unleashed his potential, and the One-Tailed Beast also cooperated with Gaara.

In an instant, Gaara was enveloped in a tail of chakra.

At this moment, Gaara transformed into a tailed beast.

Although it's not the perfect Jinchuriki-like Tailed Beast transformation, it's still a Tailed Beast transformation at least.

It can only be said that he has barely entered the tailed beast transformation stage; it is still in its early stages.

After all, a significant portion of One-Tail's chakra was absorbed by the Gedo Mazo, and Gaara's current body is too weak to withstand too much of One-Tail's chakra.

When the One-Tailed Beast was sealing Madara, who was being controlled by Black Zetsu, in Sunagakure, it controlled Gaara's body and used a lot of its chakra, which caused considerable damage to Gaara's body.

Therefore, Gaara's body is still injured.

Because of his injuries, Gaara can only withstand a limited amount of One-Tailed Chakra. Therefore, One-Tail can only provide Gaara with a small amount of chakra at present.

However, because the One-Tailed Beast provides so little chakra, Gaara could only barely enter the Tailed Beast Transformation.

However, crushing a genin is definitely not a problem, and defeating a chunin head-on is not difficult either, but ninja battles rarely involve direct confrontation.

Knowing that staying would only lead to certain death, Gaara, in his tailed beast form, desperately fled.

After all, even Orochimaru escaped.

Orochimaru successfully stole one of Madara's eyes, but chose not to fight Madara.

First Orochimaru, and now the One-Tailed Jinchuriki has escaped, which has thoroughly enraged Madara.

What was supposed to be a great situation has turned out like this, which greatly annoys Madara.

Madara considered for a moment, then sent one of his clones to chase Gaara, while his main body and the rest of his clones pursued Orochimaru.

That's right, it's a chase.

Madara harbored murderous intent towards Orochimaru.

At that moment, Madara had only one thought: to reclaim the Rinnegan and kill Orochimaru.

Madara's plan wouldn't be successful unless he killed Orochimaru.

However, Orochimaru's escape speed was indeed quite fast.

As Orochimaru fled with all his might, Madara was unable to catch up for a while.

Meanwhile, one of Madara's clones caught up with Gaara.

……

Gaara, in his tailed beast form, did not lose his mind, but he became much more violent, his personality dominated by impulsiveness and tyranny.

Gaara was not afraid at all when facing a clone of Madara.

The next moment, Gaara manipulated the sand around him, turning it into a tentacle that attacked Madara's clone.

These grains of sand contain the chakra of the One-Tailed Beast.

"Humph!"

Facing the approaching sand tentacles, Madara's clone snorted coldly, gathered chakra into his fist, and unleashed a punch.

"boom!"

Then, the sand tentacles were blasted apart by a single punch from Madara's clone.

Although it was just a clone of Madara, its strength was not to be underestimated.

If Gaara were a perfect Jinchūriki, perhaps he could have held out against Madara's clones for a little longer.

But Gaara is now completely being abused.

The One-Tailed Beast could sense the power of this Madara clone.

Even at its peak, the One-Tailed Fox wasn't very confident it could defeat this Madara clone.

Given Gaara's current condition, he is completely outmatched.

Under the fierce attacks of Madara's clones, Gaara was powerless to fight back.

The gap is just too big.

Not long after, under the brutal beating of Madara's clone, Gaara's tailed beast cloak was torn.

Without the tailed beast cloak, Gaara would be even less able to win.

With the tailed beast cloak broken, Gaara's strength was greatly reduced.

Just then, a puppet appeared and blocked Madara's clone's attack for Gaara.

Then, several more puppets appeared.

Ten puppets spread out and surrounded Madara's clone.

Madara's clone's eyes flickered, but he recognized the 10 puppets in front of him.

This is the Chikamatsu Ten Masters.

The Chikamatsu Ten were puppets controlled by Chiyo.

Sure enough, an old woman was watching Madara's clone with a serious expression not far away.

The One-Tailed Beast inside Gaara breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Chiyo arrived in time.

This caused a huge change in the situation.

Chiyo is a Kage-level fighter. If she were to fight Madara's main body, she would have no chance of winning. However, against one of Madara's clones, especially since the clone's strength is far inferior to Madara's main body, Chiyo would have a considerable chance of winning.

"Kid, run now!" One-Tail said to Gaara.

With Chiyo blocking Madara's clone, Gaara was able to escape.

If another clone of Madara arrives, or even Madara's true form, things could get very bad.

However, Gaara did not choose to run away.

Chiyo rushed to save Gaara, but Gaara was unwilling to leave just like that.

Therefore, Gaara did not listen to the One-Tailed Beast, but chose to stay and fight alongside Chiyo.

Although Gaara is in a bad state right now, he can still help Chiyo to some extent.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Chiyo was also helpless; she actually hoped Gaara would leave first.

Chiyo also realized that what was in front of her was a clone of Madara.

Even dealing with just one of Madara's clones puts Chiyo under immense pressure.

At this moment, Chiyo unleashed the Sand Village's White Puppet Technique.

Under Chiyo's puppetry technique, all 10 puppets attacked simultaneously.

The Chikamatsu Ten, who had surrounded Madara's clone, began their attack.

It must be said that Chiyo's puppetry skills were very high; she was practically an expert.

Chiyo could control a puppet with each of her fingers.

She moved her ten fingers, controlling 10 puppets.

The combined attack of these 10 puppets was extremely fierce, and their coordination was impeccable.

The Madara clone, which was under siege, also felt some pressure.

After all, he was just a clone of Madara, and his strength was still a bit weaker than Chiyo's.

But Chiyo's opponent was, after all, a clone of Madara, even though this clone only possessed a small portion of Madara's power.

Although one of the 10 puppets controlled by Chiyo was destroyed.

With one less puppet, Chiyo had an easier time controlling nine, but the combat power of nine puppets was also much weaker than that of ten.

This makes it even more difficult to defeat Madara's clones.

To Chiyo's surprise, Gaara actually stepped forward to become her puppet.

Chiyo didn't refuse, and connected a chakra thread from her finger to Gaara.

With a chakra thread from Chiyo connected to Gaara, Gaara became a puppet controlled by Chiyo. Of course, if Gaara didn't want to, it was easy for him to break free of control.

But Gaara willingly allowed himself to be controlled by Chiyo.

Chiyo's combat experience is far superior to Gaara's.

Under Chiyo's control, Gaara's strength was not to be underestimated.

With the nine puppets and Gaara surrounding them, Madara's clone began to fall into a disadvantageous position under their combined attack.

As time went on, another puppet was destroyed by Madara's clone.

Chiyo was a little heartbroken at the loss of two puppets.

After all, the Chikamatsu Ten were Chiyo's trump card and a valuable asset to Sunagakure.

The two damaged puppets can only be repaired after the war. With Chiyo's current puppetry skills, it is still possible to repair the two puppets damaged by Madara's clone, but it will not be easy.

Another ball of One-Tailed Chakra appeared in Gaara's hand, and then, Gaara, controlled by Chiyo, punched Madara's clone.

As Gaara's fist landed on Madara's clone, the One-Tailed Chakra on his fist exploded.

"boom!"

Under the explosion of the One-Tailed Chakra, Madara's clone was not destroyed, but it was about to collapse.

Eight puppets attacked from different angles.

Madara's clone dodged five puppets, but the ninja tools in the hands of three puppets still pierced through Madara's clone's body.

Instantly, Madara's clone was destroyed, turning into smoke and dissipating.

Chiyo breathed a sigh of relief after successfully defeating Madara's clone.

Gaara was also happy.

Having successfully eliminated one of Madara's clones, Gaara felt that Madara Uchiha was not invincible.

This time they defeated one of Madara's clones, but they might be able to defeat Madara's main body in the future.

“Let’s go back to the village first,” Chiyo said to Gaara.

As for actively seeking out Madara's true form, Chiyo wouldn't be so reckless.

Chiyo was also aware of her own limitations.

Even a single clone of Madara was this powerful, and the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters lost two of their clones.

Madara's true form is definitely much stronger than his clone.

Given Chiyo's current strength, going after Madara would only be suicide.

Now that we've successfully rescued Gaara, we can simply take him back to the village; there's no need to provoke Madara.

Gaara, of course, had no objections.

Next, Gaara followed Chiyo, and the two of them returned to Sunagakure together.

……

Madara's true form hadn't caught up with Orochimaru yet, but Orochimaru hadn't been able to shake him off either.

Suddenly, Madara frowned; he sensed that the clone that had caught up with Gaara had been destroyed.

From the information relayed back by his clone, Madara knew that it was that old hag Chiyo who had arrived to save Gaara.

As for Madara Uchiha's clone destroying two of the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters' puppets, Madara was not pleased.

Madara didn't even consider the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters a threat.

Even puppetry was nothing to Madara.

Even if Madara were to turn back and chase after Gaara now, he might not be able to catch up.

If Madara were to encounter Chiyo, he doesn't think killing her would be that difficult.

But more than dealing with Chiyo or capturing Gaara, Madara's current priority is killing Orochimaru.

Although Madara hasn't caught up with Orochimaru yet, Orochimaru can't shake him off either.

But if we turn back now to chase Gaara, there's no way we'll catch up with Orochimaru.

But if Orochimaru escapes, it's hard to say where he might be hiding.

If Orochimaru hides, it won't be easy to find him.

However, Orochimaru's figure suddenly disappeared from Madara's sight.

Ban's face darkened.

From Orochimaru's sudden disappearance, Madara could sense the fluctuations in space and time, and also knew that Orochimaru had gone to Ryuchi Cave using reverse summoning.

Ban already knew that Ryūchi-dō was one of the three sacred sites.

However, getting into Ryuchi-dong is not easy.

Orochimaru is currently hiding in Ryuchi Cave, and while Madara also has a way to get there, it will take him some time.

Will Orochimaru give Madara time?

Once Madara goes to Ryuchi Cave, Orochimaru will probably be gone.

"Damn Orochimaru, how dare you!" Madara was furious.

However, Madara still wants to go to Ryuchi Cave.

……

Longdi Cave.

This is one of the three holy sites in the spiritual world.

As a place that can be called a holy site, Ryuchi Cave's strength should not be underestimated.

The White Snake Immortal, who holds the highest position in Ryuchi Cave, possesses unfathomable strength.

Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Orochimaru had successfully summoned a spirit from Ryuchi Cave.

(End of this chapter)