The Fifth Leaf Village

Moreover, as soon as the team to capture Orochimaru set out from the village, the secret spies left by Orochimaru in the village sent back the news.

Not wanting to get into trouble, the first thing he thought of after learning about the pursuit team was to run away.

However, after learning that Uchiha Dohuan, a member of the Uchiha clan who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, was among the pursuit team, Orochimaru began to think about testing him.

Although Orochimaru now does not have such a morbid pursuit of the Uchiha clan's bloodline, the Mangekyō Sharingan is, after all, the eyes possessed by the legendary strongman Uchiha Madara of the previous generation. Out of the instinct of a scientific researcher, Orochimaru will naturally feel a bit curious.

……

While the pursuit team was searching the surroundings, Mo Wan suddenly tensed up and let out a low growl.

Hinata Keito, who was on guard, also noticed something and shouted, "There's a chakra reaction under the ground, and at the same time, a giant creature is approaching from the west at high speed. It's a snake!"

"Get ready for battle!" Kakashi shouted, assuming a fighting stance.

"Be careful below!" Hinata Keito shouted, then pulled Hinata Ken beside him and jumped up to avoid it.

At this moment, the ground around them shook violently, and several giant white snakes broke out of the ground, opening their scarlet mouths from bottom to top.

The people who were locked in jumped high at the critical moment and used their own methods. Inuzuka Feng merged with Mo Wan at the first time, used the family secret technique, and turned into a huge two-headed giant dog to avoid the attack from the ground. Uchiha Inahimi and Uchiha Zaito shot kunai wrapped with silk threads at the surrounding trees on the left and right, and changed the direction in the air after pulling them. Then they formed seals with their hands and used a great fire dragon technique to hit the giant snake attacking from bottom to top.

Although Seiichi Nagai looked rather embarrassed by the attack, he managed to avoid the fatal blow at the critical moment by using a water substitute.

On the contrary, several special jonin in the field reacted a little slowly and fell into crisis.

Fortunately, just when they were about to die in the snake's mouth, a blue lightning flashed, and Uchiha Douhuan, who had entered the lightning chakra mode, appeared like a phantom and brought them to a safe area in the blink of an eye.

However, due to conflicts within the team, Utaneki and Mitomon Hayabusa, who had distanced themselves from everyone during the search, were not so lucky.

The attackers originally wanted to deal with the lone people first. There were four summoned giant snakes attacking the two of them from underground. In addition, because the distance was far, it took them a certain amount of time to react to Hinata Keito's reminder. With so many factors combined, this surprise attack directly caused heavy losses to the two of them.

Although the relatively strong Tsuchiya Kusanagi managed to survive the surprise attack, his entire right arm was bitten off, and Mitomon Hayabusa, who only had the strength of a special jonin, was directly killed by the snake's mouth.

Before anyone had time to think about it, in the direction Hinata Keito had pointed out earlier, in the dust raised by the fall of a large number of trees, the figure of a giant snake tens of meters high appeared faintly.

Chapter 29: Fighting Orochimaru Alone

"Everyone in Konoha Village, how are you?" The smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the giant purple snake coiled its body as a prelude to an attack. Orochimaru, dressed in a red cloud robe, stood on the huge snake's head, looking down at everyone.

"Orochimaru..." Orochimaru's summoned beast, Manga, brought tremendous pressure to everyone. Several special jonin present had begun to sweat on their foreheads. Although jonin such as Nagai Seichi and Inuzuka Fuu still remained calm, Manga's huge size made them feel very difficult to deal with.

"Orochimaru, are they the sacrifices this time?" Manshe stared at the people below with his sinister pupils and said in human language, "This is not enough."

"Inahori, Zaito, take everyone back, leave this to me." Three magatama slowly swirled in Uchiha Douhuan's eyes, and lightning flashed around him continuously, "Kakashi, protect everyone."

At this time, Kakashi also pulled down his mask, revealing his Sharingan, and asked, "Are you okay on your own?"

Uchiha Douhuan laughed loudly, his hands forming seals rapidly. "Do you know why I usually carry out missions alone during the Third War? Lightning Release: Blue Dragon!"

Violent lightning-attribute chakra erupted with Uchiha Dohuan as the center. Kakashi, who was not far from Uchiha Dohuan, pulled his teammates back with a look of horror.

Within a few breaths, Uchiha Douhuan was surrounded by sticky plasma, and violent thunder surged like waves, making loud explosions.

And Uchiha Douhuan, who is located in the center of the sea of thunder, is like a demon god descended to the earth.

Everyone then remembered that Uchiha Douhuan's reputation as the "Soraya Douhuan" (Canrai Douhuan) when he single-handedly annihilated 15 jonin squads from the Hidden Mist during the Third War was based on these powerful, ultra-wide-range lightning-style ninjutsu. In this situation, staying by his side would only make Uchiha Douhuan worry about injuring his teammates with his own ninjutsu, thus preventing him from unleashing his full potential.

"However, the amount of chakra is too exaggerated." Kakashi couldn't help being amazed as he looked at Uchiha Dohuan in the sea of thunder while leading his teammates to retreat. He was not on the same battlefield with the Uchiha clan during the three wars, so he had only heard about Uchiha Dohuan's fighting style. But what he saw today made him shed tears of envy in his heart. Among the ninjas he had seen, only his master's wife, the Jinchūriki, could surpass Uchiha Dohuan in terms of the amount of chakra.

At this time, Uchiha Douhuan in the center of the sea of thunder let out a low roar, and in the surging thunder, a blue thunder dragon, no less in size than the Ten Thousand Snakes in front of him, rushed out instantly, roaring and galloping towards the other side.

The huge trees they encountered along the way fell one after another, and the broken parts were burned black by the violent thunder in the blink of an eye. Facing the roaring thunder dragon, the snakes also showed a look of fear in their eyes: "Orochimaru! What have you provoked!"

"After not seeing you for a few years, Dohuan-kun's strength has improved again." Orochimaru, who was above the head of Mangekyō, also showed a solemn look on his face. He had only seen his teacher do this when he was young, so he could use ninjutsu of this scale casually. In other words, the current Uchiha Dohuan should be no weaker than the Third Hokage in his prime. What's more, Uchiha Dohuan still has the ability of a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan that has not been exposed.

Orochimaru released Manja's summons. He understood that facing a ninja like Uchiha Dohan who used large-scale lethal ninjutsu, Manja would be a pure target with his size. After landing, Orochimaru bit his finger and slammed it heavily to the ground.

"Spiritual Summoning Technique: Triple Rashomon!"

Three huge doors with statues of evil spirits painted on them shot up from the ground and blocked the way of the roaring thunder dragon. The moment the two collided, a violent shock wave shot up into the sky, sweeping everything around it. Although the people led by Kakashi had retreated hundreds of meters, the impact of the explosion still made them stagger. As for Tsutomu Inju, who had lost an arm and had no one to help him retreat, he was directly blown away by the impact of the explosion and fell heavily dozens of meters away. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he immediately lost consciousness.

"Gu..." Nagai Makoto couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw this. It was hard to imagine that the person who made such a big noise was still drinking with him the night before.

"Is your clan leader so exaggerated?" Hinata Ken'ye looked a little dazed and looked at Uchiha Inahori who had previously covered his retreat.

"Of course, our clan leader is the strongest person in our clan!" Uchiha Inahimi said with fanaticism in his eyes.

"Kenya! Stop chatting! Go and check the situation at the center of the explosion!" Kakashi reminded loudly.

Hinata Kenya quickly came to his senses, opened his Byakugan, and looked towards the center of the explosion.

"The Douhuan clan leader rushed towards Orochimaru and they've already started fighting!"

Although Uchiha Dohuan's Lightning Release: Blue Dragon did not cause direct damage to Orochimaru after being weakened by the Triple Rashomon, the huge impact caused by the explosion forced Orochimaru to retreat. At this time, Uchiha Dohuan also drew out the Thunderbolt and quickly chased after him on the lightning.

Seeing this, Orochimaru also drew the Kusanagi sword from his waist, and in just a few moments, the two of them exchanged several sword strikes.

After a few sword fights, even Orochimaru, an expert in swordsmanship, couldn't help but feel the difficulty. Uchiha Dohuan's speed was too fast, coupled with his exquisite swordsmanship, each sword was as fast as lightning, and each move was aimed at his vital points.

"Is this a lightning chakra mode similar to those guys from Kumogakure?" Orochimaru thought to himself, "This is going to be difficult."

Uchiha Dohuan, who was in relentless pursuit, also frowned slightly at this time. Orochimaru's attainments in swordsmanship were not low, and his whole body had undergone software modification, so he could block Uchiha Dohuan's tricky sword moves with his incredible sword.

After Ji Lei and Kusanagi Sword collided again, the two separated immediately.

"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan? It's really terrifying." Orochimaru stretched out his slender tongue, licked his entire face and said.

"You're not bad either, Orochimaru. You're worthy of being one of the legendary three ninjas." Uchiha Dohuan said with a chuckle.

"I heard that, Dohuan-kun, you have awakened the same Mangekyō Sharingan as Uchiha Madara. I wonder if you could let me see it." Orochimaru, who was conceited that he could not die, suddenly spoke at this time.

"Mangekyo? Then let's see if you have the ability to let me use it." The pale blue lightning on Uchiha Douhuan's body exploded again, and he stepped on the thunder to kill Orochimaru.

Chapter 30 Other Gods

After the two men finished speaking, they sheathed their swords and began to form seals respectively.

"Earth Escape, Yellow Spring Marsh!"

Under the influence of chakra, the ground around Uchiha Douhuan turned into a liquid swamp in the blink of an eye, and in it, dense poisonous snakes were looming and gathered towards Uchiha Douhuan in the center.

"The Prison of Ten Thousand Snakes."

Facing tens of thousands of poisonous snakes, Uchiha Douhuan remained calm and completed the last seal.

In an instant, the violent sea of thunder reappeared, and thigh-thick lightning pillars danced like silver snakes. Wherever they passed, the rapidly rushing poisonous snakes were all turned into ashes. The poisonous snakes at the edge showed fear in their eyes. Although these poisonous snakes had acquired considerable intelligence under Orochimaru's careful training, facing such a natural disaster-like scene, the instincts of the creatures began to prevail.

When the poisonous snake that had managed to survive stopped moving, the silver snake-like lightning in the sea of thunder around Uchiha Douhuan began to gather, and a furious Vajra with a body of dozens of meters rose from the ground.

"Thunder Release, Acala!"

The thunder around Uchiha Dohuan began to gather and compress towards the Demon Subduing Pestle in the hands of Acala above his head. The Demon Subduing Pestle condensed by chakra now had a real texture. It was conceivable how much terrifying energy was contained in it.

"Step back a little more!" Kakashi couldn't help but shout after feeling the terrifying chakra fluctuation.

During the Nine-Tails Rebellion six years ago, the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was probably only this powerful.

Uchiha Dohuan raised his hand, clenched his open palm into a fist, and the Acala above his head threw the demon-subduing pestle in his hand towards Orochimaru.

In an instant, thunder and lightning roared. Orochimaru originally planned to resist with the wind-style defensive ninjutsu, but the area within a radius of hundreds of meters was enveloped by the terrifying explosion. After the lightning compressed to the extreme was released, the purest energy released turned everything in this area into nothingness.

After everything calmed down, all that was left was the mutilated corpse of a giant snake.

Uchiha Dohuan slowly walked towards the snake corpse. He had no doubt whether Orochimaru could survive the attack just now. This was the most difficult person to kill in the ninja world.

Sure enough, just as Uchiha Dohuan expected, the lifeless snake corpse on the ground suddenly began to wriggle, and Orochimaru escaped from the charred snake's mouth, with even his clothes intact, but the red cloud robe work clothes of the Akatsuki organization had been soaked with sticky liquid.

"Is this the power of the Uchiha clan, Dohwan-kun?" Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked the mucus off his face. "After unleashing that ninjutsu just now, I'm sure your chakra is pretty much gone."

"So?" Uchiha Douhuan frowned slightly. Even though killing had become a habit in this world, the scene before him still made him feel a little disgusted.

In the original timeline, it was Uchiha Itachi who ignited Orochimaru's greed for the bodies of the Uchiha clan, and now, Uchiha Dohuan has replaced this role. Orochimaru has a morbid smile on his face, and he can't wait to take Uchiha Dohuan's body for himself.

Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out, and his entire head flew towards Uchiha Dohuan.

[As long as I can plant the curse seal, this body will belong to me]

However, at this moment, a loud eagle cry resounded through the sky.

Due to the fear of birds of prey that is ingrained in snakes' genes, Orochimaru suddenly raised his head and looked upwards. At that moment, his eyes met the scarlet eyes of the falcon that fell from the sky.

[What is that? The Mangekyō Sharingan?]

The ultimate illusion, Kotoamatsukami, is activated!

The flowing eye power and chakra engraved the mark of eternal loyalty to Uchiha Dohan into Orochimaru's soul.

Orochimaru's eyes suddenly became clear.

Uchiha Dohuan drew his sword and stepped forward, beheading Orochimaru's body with one blow.

At this time, Kakashi and others arrived late.

"Is it over?" Hinata Kenye looked at Orochimaru whose head and body were separated and breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's truly worthy of being the head of the Uchiha clan. Even a famous ninja like Orochimaru is no match for him." Nagai Seiichi sighed.

"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Kakashi frowned and looked at Orochimaru's body beside him.

Orochimaru's relatively intact body turned into ashes while the few people were talking, and dissipated between heaven and earth with a gust of wind.

"This..." Inuzuka Feng also frowned, "What's going on?"

"I'm afraid he's not dead yet." Uchiha Douhuan sheathed his sword and sighed deeply before saying, "Damn it, he still got away."

"There's no need to say that. Orochimaru must have some tricks up his sleeve to survive the village's pursuit for so many years," said Kakashi.

"Brother Feng, let Mowan look for it carefully. That guy's base should be nearby. After I recover my chakra, we will go there together." Uchiha Douhuan said.

……

At this moment, in Orochimaru's base, twenty miles away from everyone, in a large incubator, a body with a curse mark planted on it suddenly opened its eyes.

The culture tank broke, and the person in the tank walked out on the culture fluid, and his face gradually changed into that of Orochimaru.

After the newly born Orochimaru put on his clothes, he immediately began to renovate the laboratory.

……

Two hours later, Uchiha Douhuan, who had recovered his chakra, and everyone else, led by Mo Wan who had been searching by following the scent, discovered this base.

"There's no one inside." Hinata Keito said after scanning the area with his Byakugan.

"It seems that guy has already escaped." Kakashi said, "Then, let's go in and take a look. Maybe we can find something."

After going deep into Orochimaru's base, some traces of human experiments inside were exposed.

Even though everyone was a ninja who was used to seeing blood, some of the scenes inside made everyone feel physically uncomfortable. Uzuki Yugao, the only girl in the team, couldn't help but cover her mouth and wanted to vomit.

"That guy really has no humanity at all." Inuzuka Feng said gritting his teeth.

"Let's look for clues first." Kakashi ordered.

Everyone then began to search the research institute.

Moonlight Gale was searching while comforting his girlfriend, and soon he found a pile of shuffled documents.

After picking it up and taking a look, Moonlight Gale's pupils shrank instantly.

This document recorded in detail how Danzo's Root kidnapped some young ninja children with bloodlines in the village and sent them to Orochimaru to use as human experimental materials. In addition, there were also some traces of the Utatane clan and the Mitomon clan in it. Gekkou Hayate suddenly thought of a 4-year-old cousin of the clan who suddenly disappeared in the village a few years ago, and he felt a chill.

Just as he was about to speak, Uchiha Douhuan appeared beside him, stopped him, motioned him to be silent, and shook his head at him.

……

Chapter 31 The mission is over

On the other side, Kakashi also discovered something similar and immediately shouted, "Stop!"

But his reminder was obviously a little late. Most of the people in the team had discovered similar things. After they reunited, looking at the flickering eyes of others, Kakashi fell into silence.

"Just pretend you didn't see these things." After a long time, Uchiha Douhuan spoke.

"Clan leader! There is something in here..." Uchiha Inahuo said anxiously. The part he just discovered was the detailed record of Orochimaru and Danzo's cooperation in hunting down members of the Uchiha clan to obtain the Sharingan during the Third Ninja World War.

"Shut up!" Uchiha Douhuan shouted angrily, "Getting involved in these things won't do you any good!"

After teaching Uchiha Inahori a lesson, Uchiha Douhuan looked up at everyone and said seriously, "These things were discovered by Captain Kakashi and I. We will report to the Sandaime separately. You didn't see anything. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Nagai Seiichi and Kuroki Ryuta nodded hurriedly. Everyone present except them had the support of the ninja clan in varying degrees. They were the only ones who had no backing. If they were really involved in such a thing, they would probably die unclearly the next day.

"We didn't see anything." Hinata Keito also said that as a branch family, once they were involved in such a big thing, the main family would probably get rid of them as soon as possible for fear of causing trouble.