The world I hear is completely different from yours.

"But haven't we already collected two different scrolls? Is it really necessary to attack other squads?" Hinata Hyuga asked timidly, looking somewhat reluctant.

Kiba Inuzuka looked unconvinced: "It's true that the examiner said we need to collect two kinds of scrolls, but she didn't say we could only collect two different kinds! If we can collect as many scrolls as possible now, it means that some teams won't be able to gather all the required scrolls. It's like we're reducing the number of teams that will pass this exam in advance, thus indirectly reducing our opponents in the next round! How can we miss out on such a good thing?!"

It must be said that Kiba Inuzuka is indeed a master strategist, possessing a remarkable overall perspective. Even with victory already assured, he can instantly devise ways to further maintain his side's advantage! Truly worthy of being the son of the Inuzuka clan head, the elite education he received from a young age is no joke! In contrast, while Hinata Hyuga is also the daughter of the Hyuga clan head, she was abandoned by him early on, making her far less cunning than Kiba.

Chapter Fifty-Six: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind!

Under the cover of darkness, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga stealthily crept to the vicinity of the battlefield, hiding in the bushes and quietly observing the situation, intending to take advantage of the fight between the two squads to gain some benefits.

"Judging from the situation over there, it seems that the Sand Village squad insisted on advancing at night and accidentally came near the camp of an Amegakure squad, thus attracting the Amegakure squad's attack!" Kiba Inuzuka observed the situation on the battlefield and roughly guessed the cause of the incident.

Just as Kiba Inuzuka's squad was stealthily approaching, the Rain Ninja on the battlefield had already launched their attack!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Large shards of sharp spikes instantly shot out from the ground, stabbing fiercely at the Sand Ninja squad. At the same time, several huge rocks slammed down on the Sand Ninja squad's heads. The two mechanisms, attacking from above and below, were clearly designed to prevent the Sand Ninja from escaping!

As early as daytime, the Rain Ninjas had set up many traps around their camp to ensure the safety of their camp at night. Therefore, when the Sand Ninja team entered the Rain Ninja territory, these Rain Ninjas immediately activated the traps they had set up in advance, intending to catch all the prey that had entered the traps!

At the same time, to prevent any mishaps, the three Rain Ninjas unleashed their most proficient offensive ninjutsu at the Sand Ninjas as the trap was activated!

In an instant, several water-style techniques sealed off all the Sand Ninja team's escape routes, completely surrounding them. Coupled with the sudden activation of several traps and mechanisms, it was clear that the Sand Ninja team was destined for annihilation!

"It seems the battle is decided! The Rain Ninja are well-rested and ready, and this is their camp, so the Rain Ninja, who are well-prepared, do have a very good chance of winning!" Kiba Inuzuka said in a low voice, while secretly making a gesture to his teammates next to him, preparing to launch an attack when the Rain Ninja team kills the Sand Ninja and takes advantage of the Rain Ninja's carelessness.

However, with Gaara's intervention, the situation on the battlefield was instantly reversed!

Gaara simply stood in front of him, and countless grains of sand spontaneously formed a thick shield around him, blocking all the attacks from all directions! Then, under Gaara's control, the sand surged forward at an extremely fast speed, enveloping all the unsuspecting Rain Ninja!

Don't underestimate the speed of this sand. Even Rock Lee, a master of taijutsu, couldn't outrun or penetrate its defenses before removing the weights from his legs. And yet, this Rock Lee, without the weights, was able to overwhelm Sasuke with sheer speed!

In other words, the speed at which these sands spontaneously protect Gaara is such that ordinary chunin and genin simply cannot dodge them!

Sand Escape*Sand Binding Coffin! !

The screams and struggles of the Rain Ninjas, who were encased in sand, came to an abrupt halt. Their corpses twisted like toothpaste tubes squeezed by gravity, and the blood gushing out from the sand sprayed high into the sky and then scattered in the air, as if a rain of blood had fallen from the sky!

Instantly, Kiba Inuzuka and the others who were hiding nearby were so frightened that they dared not move. They held their breath and lay prone in the grass, afraid that Gaara, that murderous bastard, would notice them!

While a clam and a crane fighting might indeed allow a third party to profit, if a tiger is pouncing on its prey and a weak little rabbit foolishly watches hoping to snatch the spoils, it's simply delivering takeout to someone's doorstep!

Gaara slowly released his hand, staring grimly at the bushes in the distance. A surge of killing intent rushed toward Kiba and the others, clearly indicating that he had already sensed Kiba and the others' previous actions!

"Damn it, this is it!" In that instant, Kiba Inuzuka, filled with regret, wished he could go back in time and slap himself a few times, telling himself to be stupid enough to come and die!

Perhaps feeling that the killing tonight had been enough, and to prevent too much bloodshed and carnage from stimulating Gaara's fragile nerves, Temari and Kankuro exchanged glances and were about to speak up to dissuade him when Gaara suddenly turned around, coldly looking at the woods on the other side, his face full of vigilance!

In the darkness, Ye Cang slowly walked towards them, a "friendly" smile on his face: "I really didn't expect my luck to be so good tonight. I just wandered around and found you!"

boom!!!

Instantly, a powerful surge of chakra erupted from Yekura's body, accompanied by a terrifying killing intent that almost materialized! Under the shroud of this terrifying killing intent, all the creatures in the surrounding forest trembled as if they had fallen into an ice cave! Many insects and animals even curled up and fell straight down from the trees, clearly scared to death by Yekura's killing intent!

"How is this possible?! How can she be so strong?!" Kiba Inuzuka screamed inwardly, his hands and feet frozen and unable to move, his mouth agape in disbelief. "Isn't that person a classmate of ours who graduated in the same year? How can she possess such terrifying power?!"

Shino Aburame remained silent and motionless, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Stimulated by Yekura's murderous aura, the hordes of insects within Shino's body began to thrash wildly, to the point that Shino could barely control them, resulting in severe internal injuries.

Amidst this intense killing intent, Temari and Kankuro barely managed to maintain their balance, but they could see the worry in each other's eyes: "This is bad! Under such killing intent, Gaara is likely to go berserk! Once he breaks free from Shukaku's restraints in his rage, Konoha will probably immediately realize the Sand Village's invasion plan!"

Amidst Yekura's blatant provocation, sand erupted from Gaara's gourd, forming several enormous sand hands that slammed down upon Yekura!

Boom!! The next moment, the two massive chakra forces collided violently!

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Deep within the Forest of Death, Tian Qing leaped swiftly from a tree hollow, a massive dot of light appearing on the monitor screen in his hand: "Found it! Only a Kage-level powerhouse could produce such a massive chakra fluctuation! It seems this must be Orochimaru!!"

Instantly, Tian Qing leaped forward and rushed towards that direction at lightning speed!

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Chapter 57 Orochimaru and the Shoe Throw

On the other side of the Forest of Death, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura sat around a small campfire, eating their dinner. Of course, to prevent enemies from discovering the camp's fire and smoke, the thoughtful Sakura had taken precautions to conceal the area around the camp and reduce the amount of firelight and smoke produced.

After a while, Naruto, who was full, suddenly clutched his stomach, stood up, and said that he needed to go nearby to take care of his personal needs.

"Should we agree on a code word beforehand this time?" Naruto scratched his head and said, "But let me make it clear beforehand, this time the code word has to be simple and easy to remember!"

Sasuke blinked and casually quoted a sentence from the little book called "Konoha Spiritual Civilization Construction Handbook": "So this time the code is: closely united in the Konoha family with the Hokage at its core, boys and girls are the same!"

"This line is quite simple. It seems like there was a line like this in the school song from the Ninja Academy. I can already sing it!" Naruto said happily, proud of himself for being able to remember such a catchy code. Then, with his stomach growling, he quickly grabbed a few sheets of toilet paper and ran towards the nearby woods.

"Remember to run far away! Don't let the wind carry the smell over here, we're going to eat and sleep here tonight!" Sakura shouted to Naruto's retreating figure.

"Okay, okay!" Naruto's reply drifted over from afar, indicating that he had already run quite a distance.

After a long while, Naruto emerged from the bushes with a look of relief, as if he had been reborn, and walked towards the camp with a grin.

"Stop! Tell me, what was the code we agreed on before?!" Sasuke frowned, the Sharingan appearing in his eyes as he warily watched Naruto who had suddenly appeared. At the same time, he secretly gripped the weapon at his waist and sent a hidden signal to Sakura beside him.

"The code we agreed on before?" Naruto's voice grew increasingly hoarse, as if it were the sound of a python spitting its semen. "Sorry, I don't want to say such strange codes! Especially when they contain words I hate the most!"

Swish! !

Naruto swiftly reached out and caught the kunai Sasuke was throwing at him. Then he deactivated his transformation jutsu, revealing his true form: Orochimaru, an S-rank rogue ninja and one of the original Legendary Sannin of Konoha!

Seeing Sasuke and Sakura looking like they were facing a formidable enemy, Orochimaru nimbly extended his signature long tongue, excitedly licking his lips. His eyes gleamed as he stared at Sasuke and the three-tomoe Sharingan within them: "Truly a green fruit! Now, let's risk our lives and begin the battle for the scroll!!"

boom!!

As Orochimaru spoke, a violent killing intent surged from his body. It was the ferocious killing intent that a Kage-level powerhouse of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha had honed through countless bloody battles, amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Under the shroud of this killing intent, Sasuke and Sakura felt their bodies turn ice-cold and were unable to move. In their dazed state, they even saw countless gruesome deaths of themselves!

After being glared at casually by Orochimaru, Sakura lost all will to fight and knelt limply on the ground, like a frog being stared at by a python, only able to sit there blankly waiting for her impending death.

"Damn it! Why was this situation not mentioned in any of those memories?!" Uchiha Sasuke desperately tried to move his trembling hands and feet, shouting in his mind, "Could it be that the young man thought this moment was too embarrassing for him and therefore didn't tell me?!"

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In the heart of the Death Forest, Tian Qing, who was running at top speed, stopped in surprise, staring at the large dot of light that had suddenly appeared on the monitor screen in his hand: "What's going on? Why is there suddenly another wave of energy from a Kage-level expert, and it's coming from the exact opposite direction from the original location? Which one is the real Orochimaru?!"

However, in this urgent and time-sensitive situation, Tian Qing didn't have much time to hesitate or think. Therefore, Tian Qing very decisively chose a "divine judgment method" often used by the people of China in her previous life—throwing a shoe.

"Shoes facing up means you go that way, shoes facing down means you go this way!" Tian Qing muttered to herself, then quickly took off one of her shoes and threw it into the air: "Take this! Holy light shines upon you, Mother Earth is deceiving you! Grant you power, shoe!!"

Swish!

A specially made iron shoe flew into the air under Tian Qing's immense strength, then crashed to the ground with unstoppable momentum! Tian Qing picked up the shoe, put it on, and charged towards Orochimaru!

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Orochimaru narrowed his serpentine vertical pupils as he looked at the two trembling genin in front of him. With great interest, he threw a kunai at Sakura, who was unable to move. It wasn't to kill her, but just to see Sasuke's reaction. Just like a cat toying with a mouse, deliberately catching it and letting it go.

"Damn it!! Don't underestimate me!!" Sasuke's eyes swirled wildly as he broke free from Orochimaru's killing intent. He quickly grabbed the immobile Sakura and darted into the nearby bushes. At the same time, he raised one hand and unleashed a series of small fireballs, attempting to stop Orochimaru's further pursuit!

In the original story, Sasuke could only break free of his restraints by self-harm, and then he fled in a sorry state with Sakura. But now, with his strength greatly enhanced, Sasuke is able to break free of his restraints through his own willpower, and even has the energy to release a small fire jutsu to cover his retreat.

Seeing Sasuke's actions, Orochimaru's eyes shone even brighter, as if he were an explorer who had discovered a huge cave and unexpectedly found a large treasure inside, his face filled with the joy of unexpected discovery: "He already possesses such strength? Truly worthy of being a descendant of the Uchiha clan! It seems I need to speed up my plans and make sure he is tainted by my aura while he is still weak!!"

Chapter 58 Orochimaru's Kiss

Swish! !

With Sakura in his arms, Sasuke ran for a while before leaping into the trunk of a large tree in the dense forest. He then put Sakura down and cautiously peered behind him: "I didn't see any sign of that big-tongued weirdo chasing after us. It seems we've shaken him off!"

"Sasuke-kun, was that Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin? Why did he suddenly attack us genin?" After escaping Orochimaru's killing intent range, Sakura gradually regained her mobility and asked, her body still trembling slightly.

Just as Sasuke was about to say something, suddenly, the entire earth began to shake violently, startling countless animals and birds! On this shaking earth, the tree where Sasuke and Sakura were perched also began to shake wildly, clearly about to be uprooted!

Then, a huge snake head suddenly emerged from the ground. Its massive body crushed many huge trees in one go, and its exceptionally long body circled around a large area of ​​forest, clearly not intending to let anyone inside escape!

Summoning Jutsu: Giant Serpent!!

Above the enormous, raised snake head, Orochimaru grinned maliciously, sticking out his signature long tongue as he looked down at the forest surrounded by the giant python's body. He muttered, "In that case, you can't escape now, Sasuke-kun!!"

In that forest, Sasuke hid among the bushes, staring in astonishment at the enormous pythons surrounding him, which resembled city walls, and Orochimaru looking down at him from high above. Faced with this immense difference in strength, a chill ran through him: "This power... is this what they call a Kage-level shinobi? In those fragmented memories, was I, as a young man, fighting against such people?!"

After obtaining fragments of memories from the young Sasuke, Sasuke thought he understood the gap between himself and the world's strongest warriors. But now, after experiencing it firsthand, he realizes the enormity of his mistake! The young Sasuke was able to defeat Orochimaru because he was already a Kage-level shinobi at that time, but the current Sasuke simply doesn't possess that level of strength!

Having encountered the pinnacle of power too early, Sasuke, who was not yet strong, developed an overconfident and unrealistic mindset, even losing his reverence for those strong individuals. Now, Orochimaru's appearance has poured cold water on Sasuke, allowing him to personally experience what it truly means to be a Kage-level shinobi!

"By the way, speaking of which, this brat should be your teammate, right?!" Orochimaru continued, then pulled out the already unconscious Naruto from behind him and threw him off the ground without any hesitation. "I didn't kill this brat before, but now that he's unconscious, if he just falls to the ground like this, he'll probably die instantly, right?"

"Naruto?! Damn it, that loser is always getting in the way!!" Sasuke cursed fiercely, but his body reacted obediently, rushing out from his hiding place and quickly reaching out his hands to catch the unconscious Naruto at the last moment, preventing Naruto from losing his life while unconscious.

Looking at Sasuke who had finally appeared before him, Orochimaru revealed a strange smile. He then slowly lowered the snake head beneath his feet, looking down at Sasuke from above like a god descending from the sky: "Oh? I didn't expect the Uchiha clan to risk their lives for outsiders? Have you forgotten that you are the last hope of the Uchiha clan? Once you die, your revenge plan will be completely ruined!!"

His response was a barrage of projectiles imbued with Fire Release and Lightning Release techniques thrown by Sasuke, along with a crisp sound like the chirping of a thousand birds!

Lightning Release: Chidori!!!

In this critical moment, Sasuke no longer cared about holding back his strength and directly revealed his last trump card, which was a special technique that he had forcibly copied and trained from his memory fragments using the Sharingan's copying ability—the very A-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu created by Kakashi Hatake!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Amidst the crackling of sparks, Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan spun wildly, using its ability to see through Orochimaru's every move, hoping to ensure the accuracy of his Chidori. Then, Sasuke gathered all his remaining chakra, leaped into the air, and staked all his hopes on this final strike!

In that instant, the light of the Thousand Birds illuminated the sky!

"It's Kakashi's Chidori? He's already mastered such a powerful ninjutsu?!" Orochimaru didn't dodge; instead, he swiftly reached out and firmly grasped Sasuke's wrist, preventing the Chidori's light from advancing any further beyond his reach!

It wasn't that Chidori wasn't powerful enough, nor that the Sharingan's ability to see through things was useless; it was simply that Sasuke's current physical speed was insufficient. Even though his eyes could see through the opponent's movements, his body couldn't react in time, which is why Orochimaru caught him so easily!

Sasuke is like a hero with powerful skills but terrible basic attributes. He lacks agility, speed, and strength, making it impossible for him to guarantee his attack accuracy. What's the point of having powerful moves if you can't hit anything?

"What a pity! Is this your last move?" Orochimaru looked at the Chidori that had been extinguished due to the exhaustion of chakra, and Sasuke's incredulous expression with a smirk. Then, he quickly extended his long, slender fangs and kissed Sasuke's neck, just like a domineering CEO teasing a handsome young man!

*Chirp!* Orochimaru kissed her so earnestly that Sakura below was momentarily stunned!

After leaving the Heavenly Curse Seal containing a fragment of his own soul on Sasuke's neck, Orochimaru released his grip, letting the powerless Sasuke fall back to the ground. Sakura rushed over and caught the immobile Sasuke.

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Hidden among the trees in the distance, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji, the new generation of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, were lurking in the shadows, cautiously observing the battle unfolding in the distance.

After Orochimaru caused such a commotion, the surrounding genin teams were naturally attracted by the loud noise and came to see what was going on. Therefore, the Ino-Shika-Cho team had also witnessed Sasuke's battle with Orochimaru, and seeing Sasuke so easily defeated, the three genin's hearts skipped a beat, filled with panic!

Chapter 59: This punch of mine can knock your teeth out!

Watching Sakura face Orochimaru alone from afar, Yamanaka Ino, hiding in the shadows, had a conflicted expression. Finally, she gritted her teeth and was about to rush out alone when Nara Shikamaru grabbed her hand tightly: "Don't be impulsive! I know you and Sakura are very good friends, but this time, she's facing Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin! Going out like this will only be suicide!"

Ino suddenly turned around and glared at her teammates, Shikamaru and Choji Akimichi. After struggling for a while, she finally let go of their hands in dejection, giving up the idea of ​​rushing out to fight alongside Sakura.

In the original story, when Sakura was facing only a few Sound Ninja, the risk was low and the chances of victory were relatively slim, so Ino could force her teammates to fight them. However, this time, when Sakura is facing the infamous Orochimaru, with such a vast difference in strength and an impossible victory for their side, how could Ino possibly drag her teammates into this situation to their deaths?

"I'm sorry, Sakura!!" Ino silently looked at Sakura in the distance, feeling guilty. "If it were just me, perhaps I could face the enemy with you, sharing life and death. But now I can't let my selfish actions implicate Shikamaru and Choji!"

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On the other side of the battlefield, Rock Lee, also hiding in the shadows, clenched his fists, barely suppressing the urge to rush out and save Sakura. His two teammates, Tenten and Neji, hiding beside him, silently watched the battle unfold in the distance.