Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

Orochimaru slowly stood up, glanced at Kabuto's sorrowful face, and said with a smile. In the short time it took him to speak, the severed body that Hyuga Shinichi had cut behind him had turned into a pale snake skin.

Orochimaru's body showed no signs of injury whatsoever. Neither Jiraiya's needle-like attack nor Shinichi Hyuga's slash had managed to harm him in the slightest.

Although Kabuto had been by Orochimaru's side for many years, this was the first time he had ever seen an enemy who could force Orochimaru to shed his snake skin. Naturally, this was also the first time Kabuto had ever seen Orochimaru's technique.

Seeing that Orochimaru showed no signs of injury, Kabuto immediately showed joy, his emotions changing quickly.

Kabuto is undoubtedly loyal to Orochimaru, and Orochimaru can naturally sense this. Kabuto may have some ulterior motives, but in general, he still depends on Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was naturally very lenient with this loyal subordinate. He slowly walked to Kabuto's side and placed one hand on Kabuto's shoulder. A small snake poked its head out from Orochimaru's sleeve and bit Kabuto's shoulder.

A slight pain made Kabuto frown slightly, but out of trust and fear for Orochimaru, he remained motionless despite sensing the abnormality, only asking with a hint of doubt, "Lord Orochimaru, what is this...?"

Just as Kabuto was filled with doubt, a strange chakra flowed into his body, and the black curse mark spread rapidly from the snake bite mark in the center towards Kabuto's body.

"This is a weakened version of the Cursed Seal. Your body cannot withstand too much power. The power of the Cursed Seal can help you get rid of the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist ability."

As Orochimaru explained, he glanced up at Shinichi Hyuga and Jiraiya, who were perched atop Gamabunta's head in the distance.

At the same time, the two reanimated bodies of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived beside Orochimaru, locking onto Jiraiya and Shinichi in the distance.

Hearing Orochimaru's explanation, Kabuto's face lit up with even greater joy. He had longed for the power of the cursed seal for a very long time, but unfortunately, Orochimaru seemed to have no intention of imprinting the cursed seal on him at all...

There's nothing I can do; everything about Dou is just too ordinary!

Aside from Kabuto's brains, Orochimaru saw absolutely no other value in him.

Cursed seals are a variant of natural energy, and even for Orochimaru, creating a controllable cursed seal is not an easy task. Naturally, such a precious thing would not be used on someone with Kabuto's talent.

Now, in order to help him get rid of the effects of Gentle Fist, Kabuto finally has the opportunity to personally experience the power of the Cursed Seal.

In some ways, his personality is quite similar to Orochimaru's. Due to his lack of talent, Kabuto is also seeking various things that can improve his upper limit of strength.

However, the joy on his face lasted only a moment.

After the power of the cursed seal penetrated into his body, Kabuto could clearly feel that the soreness and swelling in his body had disappeared, and many acupoints had been broken through by the natural chakra of the cursed seal.

However, the power of the cursed seal disappeared in just a few breaths, but the pressure points that Hyuga Shinichi had sealed for Kabuto were not completely released.

"My lord... the effects of the Gentle Fist... have not been completely neutralized."

Kabuto's voice was low and his face was full of disbelief. It was the first time he had ever known that the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist was so powerful.

"Well?"

Orochimaru was somewhat surprised to hear this. He glanced back at Kabuto silently before looking away. When he looked at Shinichi Hyuga again, the fervor in Orochimaru's eyes intensified.

Ignoring Kabuto, Orochimaru licked his lips and, without making any move or giving any instructions, Hashirama and Tobirama rushed directly towards Gamabunta.

The summoning toads of Mount Myōboku can easily deal with ordinary ninjas and summoning beasts, but the weaknesses of these "giant" summoning beasts are also very obvious. Their excessive size makes them easy targets for certain wide-range ninjutsu attacks.

With just a simple clasp of his hands, Hashirama Senju sent countless thick tree roots and trunks sprouting from the earth and enveloping Gamabunta.

The tree world is coming!

Even with only half of his former strength, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release ninjutsu was still an extremely difficult bloodline limit to deal with. And giant summons like Gamabunta were precisely countered by Wood Release ninjutsu.

Even the Nine-Tails couldn't handle Wood Release, so Gamabunta is naturally no exception.

The thick branches completely wrapped Gamabunta up, making it impossible for him to jump away even if he wanted to.

Seeing that his summoned beast was bound, Jiraiya decisively released it and then swooped down along the branch towards Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Orochimaru noticed Jiraiya's actions, a mocking smile playing on his lips. He then opened his mouth and spat out the hilt of a sword. After drawing the Kusanagi sword, Orochimaru pointed the tip of the sword at the ground, waiting for Jiraiya's arrival.

At the same time, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju also attacked Jiraiya.

"It's over... Orochimaru!"

"Stop it."

However, just as Orochimaru's attention was focused on Jiraiya, a sharp kunai was suddenly gently placed against Orochimaru's body.

Shinichi Hyuga appeared behind Orochimaru without anyone noticing and held Orochimaru hostage with kunai.

The sudden appearance of Shinichi Hyuga caused Orochimaru's pupils to shrink. After a brief hesitation, he slowly turned his head to look at the handsome Shinichi behind him, a hoarse voice escaping his throat:

"Flying Thunder God Technique..."

"When?"

As a fellow Konoha native, Orochimaru naturally knew some information about Shinichi Hyuga. He wasn't surprised that Shinichi had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique; what puzzled him was how Shinichi used it to return.

He had no recollection of Shinichi Hyuga leaving a Flying Thunder God Kunai here.

However, Shinichi did not answer, but instead glanced meaningfully at Kabuto.

Orochimaru, noticing Shinichi's gaze, widened his eyes slightly, realizing how Shinichi had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to get behind him.

I am afraid...

When Shinichi Hyuga attacked Kabuto with Gentle Fist, he must have already imprinted the Flying Thunder God mark on Kabuto's body!

Being set up!

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Feeling the cool sensation on his neck, Orochimaru's expression turned somewhat grim.

Flying Thunder God Technique...

Orochimaru, being a Konoha rogue ninja himself, naturally knew that Shinichi Hyuga had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. However, he did not expect that this young man had already mastered the technique to such an extent.

There is no invincible ninjutsu in this world. Even space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique has significant drawbacks.

To achieve spatial jump, a "mark" must be prepared in advance, which is the biggest and most obvious weakness of the Flying Thunder God technique.

While Orochimaru was fighting Jiraiya, he also paid some attention to Shinichi Hyuga, and naturally he also saw Shinichi fighting the First and Second Hokage.

From Orochimaru's perspective, Shinichi Hyuga didn't have many opportunities to place Flying Thunder God marks all over the battlefield. However, Orochimaru himself didn't expect that even with all his precautions, Shinichi Hyuga would leave the Flying Thunder God mark on Kabuto, whom he had knocked away.

It was precisely because of the Flying Thunder God mark on Kabuto's body that Orochimaru found himself in his current unfavorable situation.

After a brief silence, Orochimaru licked his lips and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Shinichi Hyuga seized such a good opportunity, yet he didn't kill himself?!

With Orochimaru's intelligence, he instantly guessed that Shinichi Hyuga probably had other motives. Otherwise, there would be no way to explain Shinichi Hyuga's actions at this moment.

The ninja villages in the ninja world would never be lenient towards rogue ninjas. Orochimaru did not think that he was any different from other rogue ninjas and deserved special leniency from the village.

Even Jiraiya probably wouldn't have enough influence to persuade the village to let Orochimaru go.

As for capturing him alive?!

The villagers knew Orochimaru's power; they wouldn't issue such an outrageous order to the ninjas pursuing him on the front lines. Because in the face of someone as strong as Orochimaru, not going all out would be irresponsible towards one's own life.

Even if Orochimaru thought the village rulers were old and senile, they wouldn't issue such an outrageous order.

Thinking about it this way, Shinichi Hyuga's actions make perfect sense...

Orochimaru understood this, and at this moment he actually relaxed:

"what do you want to do?"

"Capture me alive? Take me back to the village and execute me?"

"Or perhaps..."

Orochimaru's voice was hoarse, and he spoke with an indescribable calmness, as if the sharp kunai held to his neck posed no threat to him at this moment.

When he spoke, Orochimaru even used a teasing tone, completely disregarding his current predicament.

"Oh..."

"As expected of Lord Orochimaru, even at a time like this, he can still remain so calm."

Are they acting with impunity?

Shinichi Hyuga slightly raised his kunai, and the sharp blade easily sliced ​​through the skin on Orochimaru's neck, with trickles of blood flowing from the wound onto the blade.

The wound was very small, only three or four centimeters long, and very shallow, barely piercing the other person's skin.

However, such threats had no effect on Orochimaru at all. While pondering Shinichi Hyuga's thoughts, Orochimaru slowly spoke.

"You came here with Jiraiya to find me, it's not just to hunt down rogue ninja, is it?"

"If the village had such an idea, they would have taken action long ago, and I wouldn't have been able to move freely in the ninja world for so many years."

"Let me guess..."

"Could it be that Danzo sent you to find me?"

Orochimaru stroked his chin and voiced his suspicions. He naturally divided Jiraiya and Shinichi Hyuga into two camps. He didn't believe that Shinichi Hyuga and the others shared the same goal as Jiraiya.

In the village today, only a handful of people, including Danzo, know Orochimaru's value. Shinichi Hyuga and his group clearly have another mission; perhaps... they're after his experimental results!

Orochimaru chuckled softly, as if everything was under his control.

"As expected of Lord Orochimaru, although his guess was wrong, his direction was correct."

“We have come to find you because we have other matters to discuss, not just to capture you and bring you back to Konoha.”

"Dealing with rogue ninjas is not our mission."