Escape From Konoha

"What a foolish move, Sarutobi-sensei..."

Sending Anbu to chase him was a very foolish thing in Orochimaru's opinion.

Although he has never held a position in the ANBU, he has stuffed many chess pieces into it, and Kakashi is not the only one.

Moreover, he was once the deputy of the leader of the Roots, Danzo, and had commanded the Roots for a period of time. As a branch of the ANBU, the Roots had many things in common.

It's just that the root's methods are a little more ruthless and cruel than the ANBU's.

Instead of killing him right away, Orochimaru knew that the teacher he once respected, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had lost his only chance to seize him at that time. His vigor and determination had been worn away by the years. Smoothed the edges.

Sigh?

No, there is just sadness.

And fear.

You should never become like this.

Immortality! Immortal! This is your true pursuit!

My own path is not compatible with Konoha's values ​​​​and ethics. Instead of doing this, it is better to end it earlier, leave this village, and pursue my ideals and life to the fullest.

Running through the forest in the middle of the night, the smile on his face could not be restrained, with a hint of evil temperament.

His long tongue licked his lips.

Freedom, and dreams, are waiting for you ahead.

As for the Anbu chasing him behind him, Orochimaru never paid attention to them.

He knew the abilities of ANBU very well.

Despite his considerable strength, the gathering of four or more squads can pose a huge obstacle to him.

But only if you can catch up with him.

Although he had been blocked by Jiraiya for a while before, now that he was running with all his strength, it was impossible for the ANBU's pursuit ability to catch up with his speed.

Just when he was thinking this, there was a sudden fire behind him, and the fire that devoured the forest swept across the country in a whale-like manner. Seeing that it was about to fall on him, Orochimaru frowned.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!"

While leaping forward, he formed seals with his hands, and a huge thick earth wall suddenly stood up behind him.

The fire wave hit the earth wall and immediately exploded.

Although he successfully blocked the fire escape, his movements were paused due to this.

Two figures quickly rushed out from behind and flashed in front of Orochimaru, blocking his path.

Orochimaru saw clearly that it was a male and a female ANBU, wearing the iconic ANBU masks. He immediately licked his tongue and chuckled: "I didn't expect you two to come here in person. Why, do you want to stop me too?"

Although he was smiling on his face, he was secretly on guard.

This man and woman were his teachers, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eldest son and daughter-in-law, Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Tsuruko.

He is a ninja of the same generation as him.

It's just that unlike the other three ninjas, these two have shown very strong talents very early on, and were promoted to ANBU and served as squad leaders.

Later, he became the squad leader in two years. As his achievements continue to improve, he now serves as the minister and deputy minister of the ANBU, and is in charge of all ANBU members in Konoha.

The strength of a single person may not be as good as that of the Sannin, but the two of them are almost inseparable. If one-on-two, Orochimaru thinks that he is very likely to capsize in the gutter.

Taking these two as opponents would be much more troublesome than Jiraiya.

"Come back with us, if possible, we don't want to see the blood of our former companions!"

Sarutobi Takashi took a step forward and sighed towards Orochimaru.

Because he was familiar with the three ninjas, Orochimaru was the most talented ninja among the three ninjas. He had always been the role model that he yearned for and envied.

In his impression, there was almost nothing that could trouble Orochimaru.

At the moment when Orochimaru defected, it was hard for him to believe that Orochimaru would defect to the village so decisively, and would also conduct extremely evil human experiments on ninjas from the same village... Even if you need experimental subjects, just apply to the above, and be an Anbu In the position of minister, sometimes research on ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu, and human experiments are necessary.

He wouldn't accuse Orochimaru of anything.

It's just that I can't say it openly.

"It seems that I have been underestimated too, but it shouldn't be Sarutobi-sensei's decision for you two to come out, right?"

Orochimaru asked.

"This has nothing to do with Hokage-sama's will. Hokage-sama is old and will show mercy to you as a disciple, but we will not. It is the ANBU's job to annihilate any ninja who threatens the village."

Sarutobi Takashi said this indifferently.

Sarutobi Saruko next to him also stood up and said in a cold voice: "The knowledge, intelligence and technology you possess are all extremely precious treasures of Konoha. If this power no longer belongs to Konoha, then it can only be destroyed. Fall! Coming back with us is your only way to survive!"

Orochimaru sighed in his heart, knowing that this battle was inevitable.

Because although these two people are the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of their teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, they are not indecisive people.

Even if he is not an extreme martial artist like Danzo, he will mercilessly annihilate potential threats to Konoha.

The murderous aura condensed in the two of them was much more than that in him.

Seeing that Orochimaru was also secretly building momentum, Sarutobi Takashi and his wife knew that this battle was inevitable. Orochimaru was determined to betray the village. The power of words alone could not bring him back to the village.

Although he couldn't bear to fight to the death with his former companions, considering the knowledge, intelligence and technology that Orochimaru possessed, once he successfully escaped, it would definitely be a huge loss to Konoha.

"Come on, kill you two and move on is the same choice!"

Orochimaru smiled coldly, stretched out his arms, and several large snakes appeared from the cuffs. The snakes' mouths grew, and they bit into Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko not far away with a bloodthirsty attitude.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand? What a boring test."

Sarutobi Takashi pulled out the chakra sword from his back. In an instant, the hot breath wrapped around the blade, cutting several long snakes rushing towards him into two pieces in the middle.

The wound of the long snake that fell to the ground immediately burst into flames, and the snake's body was burned into black coals.

Orochimaru took this opportunity to step back and quickly formed seals with his hands.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

It was originally just an ordinary C-level ninjutsu, but in the hands of Orochimaru, the user, he spit out a violent hurricane from his mouth that blew away a tree.

In the storm, Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Saruko had to gather chakra on the soles of their feet and firmly fix their bodies on the ground to prevent themselves from being blown away by the storm.

At this moment, a huge shadow covered the moon in the sky, and darkness fell above the two of them.

Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Saruko looked up and saw a huge spotted snake.

This large spotted snake was about ten meters long. It tore open a bloody mouth that could swallow an adult and pounced on the two of them.

The big snake bites quickly and makes a loud roar.

The big snake bit the ground apart with its huge mouth.

However, Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Tsuruko were nowhere to be seen.

The big snake also reacted, its golden bloodthirsty vertical pupils staring at a tree, and the masked Sarutobi Tsuruko stood on the branch, looking down at it.

Orochimaru moved his body, leaving a speeding black shadow on the ground. He moved to the tree where Sarutobi Puroko was located in twos and twos. His soft body wrapped around the tree, so that he could climb up the tree and attack Sarutobi Purpura. son.

Sarutobi Saruko's eyes were calm. Maybe ordinary ninjas would really find it very troublesome to encounter such a large beast.

But for a Jonin of her level, it is nothing more than a psychic beast of the family pet level.

It is estimated that it is a pet that Orochimaru randomly obtained from Ryūchi Cave, or it may be an artificially modified snake-like creature.

While the Orochi was wrapped around Sarutobi's purlin, Orochimaru focused his attention on Sarutobi Takashi.

It is very troublesome for two people to join forces. It will be much easier to solve it separately first.

When he was thinking this, Sarutobi Takashi also took the chakra knife wrapped with fiery breath and quickly swung it at Orochimaru.

Before Orochimaru could get close to him, a gray python as thick as a bucket flew out from Orochimaru's sleeve and turned into an afterimage and attacked Sarutobi Takashi.

Sarutobi Takashi changed the trajectory of his chakra sword swing without any panic, and chopped off the head of the gray python with his right hand.

At the same time, he unfolded the seal with his left hand and released the ninjutsu at almost zero distance:

"Fire Release·Pyroblast!"

Boom!

The terrifying explosions immediately swallowed up large tracts of trees and land, turning the place into a scorching environment with terrifyingly high temperatures.

Orochimaru rolled on the ground in a panic, with burn marks on his body that had been burned by the flames.

On the other hand, Sarutobi Takashi, at that distance, stood there without any damage, staring at Orochimaru with sharp and murderous eyes.

"Haha, your knife is really interesting."

Orochimaru didn't care about the injury on his body, but looked at the chakra knife in Sarutobi Takashi's hand with great interest.

If you read it correctly, when Bakuyan attacked the magician Sarutobi Takashi indiscriminately, the sword swallowed up all the Bakuyan that rushed towards him.

In Orochimaru's opinion, this chakra knife was probably expensive to make.

Not only does it have excellent chakra attribute adhesion ability, but it can also absorb ninjutsu with changing properties, making it very suitable for use in that environment.

Sarutobi Takashi said nothing. Although he had a small victory, he still did not dare to be careless when facing Orochimaru.

The man in front of him was a monster who emerged from a bloody battle. Those little tricks could only cause him minor injuries and could only be used once.

The next time you use it, you will only be wasting chakra for no reason.

In the next battle, we still have to go all out.

Suddenly, Sarutobi Takashi's eyes widened under his mask, he kicked the ground with his feet, and once again took the initiative to charge towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru Yun Danfengqing all dodged. The chakra knife dyed with fire attribute chakra is very dangerous and will be burned if touched.

Sarutobi Takashi pressed forward step by step, not giving Orochimaru a chance to breathe and rest, and their task was to entangle and wait for the rest of the ANBU members to come to support and capture Orochimaru.

It is unrealistic to take down a ninja of Orochimaru's level with just two people.

Orochimaru naturally understood this, but he didn't feel impatient at all on his face.

Even if he was besieged by many ANBU, he would be confident of safely escaping from them.

At this moment, a blue lightning flashed across the forest, silently approaching behind Orochimaru, and without hesitation launched a thunderous blow at Orochimaru's back.

The person who attacked Orochimaru from behind was Kakashi.

However, he did not think that his sneak attack would be effective easily.

Sure enough, Orochimaru seemed to have eyes on his back. His body swayed in place and disappeared from the sight of Sarutobi Takashi and Kakashi.

Orochimaru is like a slippery snake. No matter whether it is a frontal attack or a sudden attack from behind, it cannot cause fatal injuries to him.

On Sarutobi's side, she wiped away the blood on her hands. At her feet, there was a large snake more than ten meters long, as if it had been chopped into pieces by a thousand knives. Its skin and flesh were rolled up, no part of it was intact, and blood was gurgling. It flowed from the corpse and dyed the ground red.

At the same time, two ANBU also happened to arrive here. They were the two team members led by Kakashi, and they were ready to attack Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, just go ahead and capture him, don't persist in your obsession."

Sarutobi Saruko put down his blade slightly, which was still stained with a layer of red snake blood, and his gaze was as sharp as a blade, piercing Orochimaru's heart.

"Don't think that just because there are three more losers, you can defeat me. It's almost time. I don't have time to play nice with you!"

Orochimaru formed complex seals with his hands.

"Stop him!"

Sarutobi Takashi, Sarutobi Saruko, and Kakashi attacked Orochimaru from different directions to prevent him from using his ninjutsu.

The smile on Orochimaru's face was extremely evil. He put his finger in his mouth and bit it. Then he pressed one hand on the ground and radiated black spells spread out in all directions.

"Psychic art!"

A huge long shadow swept out, causing the expressions of the three people at the front to change drastically.

The terrifying momentum surged in, which was fundamentally different from the snake-like creature summoned before.

The huge body of more than twenty meters, just standing there, gives people an unparalleled intimidation.

The two weaker ANBU felt their souls tremble when they saw this scene and the moment the big snake appeared.

It was a black and purple ring-shaped snake. The moment it came out, it glared fiercely at Kakashi and the others.

"Ravage them, all snakes."

Orochimaru, who was standing on top of the snake, ordered.

"Hmph, is the opponent actually a Konoha ninja? Orochimaru, you seem to have done quite interesting things recently."

Wan Snake did not act in a hurry, but spoke with a sneer.

"Since when did you become interested in my affairs?"

Orochimaru's voice was hoarse.

"Of course I'm not interested in the affairs of a guy like you. What I mean is that we need to prepare a hundred living people afterwards. I haven't had a full meal for a long time!"

"I will compensate you later."

Orochimaru responded indifferently.

To be honest, he didn't like Wan She's undisciplined attitude, but at some point, he still needed to rely on Wan She's power to help him win.

If you want to say why, it may be that Wan Snake's strength is not inferior to him.

"Thousand snakes? It looks like a big trouble has been summoned."

Sarutobi Takashi murmured, and stared at Wan She lovingly.

Dealing with such large psychic beasts is not his specialty.

As he spoke, he and Yuanfei Yuanzi looked at each other, Yuanfei Yuanzi nodded in understanding, his figure flashed, disappeared from the spot, and ran towards Ten Thousand Snakes without fear.

"Seeking death, human woman!"

Looking up at its majesty, but still daring to take the initiative to attack so recklessly, Ten Thousand Snakes roared,

So, he immediately rolled his body, carrying an extremely violent aura that wanted to destroy everything, and swept away with his tail.

A large area of ​​trees in the forest collapsed, and a piece of land was deeply scraped away, turned upside down.

And this is just the destructive power caused by Wan Snake's random actions.

This is the trouble with large psychic beasts.

Even just a slight wave of the body can immediately trigger an overwhelming large-scale attack. In the eyes of ordinary ninjas, such a large psychic beast can only be ravaged.

Yuan Fei purlin narrowly dodged Wan Snake's tail sweeping attack, the strong wind blowing in front of her made her body feel a slight sting.

But she didn't pay attention to this. Instead, she waved her hand knife, and the sharp chakra scalpel condensed in her hand, making a cut directly on Wan She's body, and blood flew out.

"woman!"

Wan Snake let out a cry of pain and his eyes turned red.

This hateful human woman actually hurt its precious body.

But he was also secretly shocked. An ordinary blade was not even qualified to leave a mark on its skin, but Sarutobi Saruko's chakra scalpel cut directly into his flesh.

Although Wan She was angry, he also put away his contempt. If he was careless, he would probably make a big mistake here today.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand!"

Orochimaru, who was on top of the snakes, launched an attack.

More than a dozen long snakes flew out of the cuffs, biting or entangling them, then circled behind and attacked Sarutobi Puriko.

laugh!

The chakra knife with a fiery breath passed through, and more than a dozen long snakes all showed their heads. The snakes' bodies without their heads twisted and struggled in the air, giving people a disgusting feeling.

Orochimaru frowned, danger coming from behind. He staggered slightly and stabbed the air with the white fang dagger wrapped in moon-white light.

Orochimaru turned around and reached for Kakashi's neck, as if to grab his throat.

Kakashi knew how to roll backwards and quickly moved backward to avoid Orochimaru's attack area.

"too slow."

Orochimaru's voice sounded from behind. Kakashi had no time to turn around to resist, and was kicked away by Orochimaru, rolling on the body of the snake.

Stop rolling, Kakashi just stood up, Orochimaru was in front of him again, his fist pressed against Kakashi's abdomen, with a playful and playful smile on his face.

"Let's go back."

boom!

The body was like a kite with its strings broken, blood was spitting out from the mouth, rolling on the ground, and finally stopped when it hit a big tree in the distance.

Kakashi gasped and covered his abdomen, mentally cursing Orochimaru for being so cruel.

However, at the moment when the figures crossed each other, he also knew what Orochimaru's next task was for him.

At the moment when the figures intertwined, Orochimaru only had a short sentence that passed into his ears quietly - take care of Anko for me.

Take good care of red beans?

Mitarashi red beans?

Kakashi naturally knew who Anko was. He was a disciple that Orochimaru had accepted in Konoha a few years ago.

Even though he is a cold-blooded snake, there is still a trace of tenderness towards his disciples.

Or is it guilt?

Kakashi once heard Shiraishi say that Orochimaru's first disciple was Tsunade's younger brother, who was ambushed by the enemy and died in front of Orochimaru's eyes.

This has always been a pain in Orochimaru's heart that he can't get over.

Therefore, Orochimaru must have a special emotion towards the existence of 'disciple', which he wants to let go of but doesn't want to let go of.

Kakashi's eyes flashed, looking at the extremely fierce battle in the distance, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to fight.

The mission is already in hand, now all we have to do is pretend to be dead and hide.

As for Orochimaru, the last order he left for Kakashi has been conveyed personally, and he has confirmed that Kakashi has truly surrendered to him, and there is little point in staying here.

The cost of defeating Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Saruko was too great. If the ANBU from the other teams pursued them, some other accidents might happen.

"Help me cut off the queen, and I will give you two hundred living people afterwards."

Orochimaru said standing on top of all snakes.

Wan She grinned in pain and glared at Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko. This man and woman were so hateful.

Not to mention its physical agility, its chakra knife and chakra scalpel can scratch its body as hard as steel.

Despite its amazing resilience, it will be drained to death sooner or later.

This type of ninja is the type it least likes to deal with.

When he was about to retreat and let Orochimaru stay and face it alone, he suddenly heard that Orochimaru doubled the reward.

"snort."

Although he was dissatisfied with Orochimaru's insidious approach, the delicious meal of two hundred living people also made his heart flutter.

Hearing Wanshe's groan, Orochimaru knew that Wanshe had acquiesced.

So, the moment Wan She agreed, Orochimaru glanced at Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko, turned around and ran towards the forest eroded by darkness, disappearing.

"Wait, stop!"

Naturally, Sarutobi Takashi would not let Orochimaru escape.

Wanting to abandon Ten Thousand Snakes with Sarutobi Tsuruko, chase after Orochimaru.

Wan She bared her teeth ferociously, and bloodthirsty red light flashed in her vertical pupils.

The huge body lay across the road that Sarutobi Takashi must pass to pursue Orochimaru, crushing a row of trees and causing the earth to rumble and shake.

"You want to leave, have you asked me? I want to eat you!"

Wan She quickly swooped over to stop Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko.

As for the other two Anbu who were not seriously injured, they simply ignored them.

At this level, even if he catches up with Orochimaru, he will still be killed instantly.

"Damn it!"

Sarutobi Takashi secretly gritted his teeth. The snakes blocking the way were too much a headache for him.

With his ability, he could indeed contain all snakes, but it would be too dangerous for Sarutobi Tsuruko to pursue Orochimaru alone. He could not let his wife carry out such a death-defying task.

Moreover, Kakashi was seriously injured and could not participate in the battle at the moment. Even if he could participate in the battle, it would be of very little effect against ninjas at the Sannin level.

Therefore, he could only watch Orochimaru leave the battlefield.

——The noise of the battlefield has been far away from Orochimaru's ears.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Wanshe's blocking effect was good, and both Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Tsuruko were intercepted.

However, this was also within Orochimaru's expectation. With Sarutobi Takashi's cautious temperament, it was impossible for him to stay and contain all the snakes by himself, leaving Sarutobi Takashi to carry out the pursuit mission alone.

In this way, as he kept moving towards the border of the Land of Fire, with no annoying ANBU behind him, Orochimaru was truly out of danger.

He raised his head, noticed something, and looked east.

The morning glow was rising, and a red sun was rising slowly. The sun shone on the forest, and also shone warmly on Orochimaru's pale and bloodless face.

"It's dawn..."

He glanced back at the direction of Konoha, and his eyes once again showed a complex and nostalgic feeling. However, this complex and nostalgic feeling quickly disappeared from his eyes, and the cold-blooded look returned.

Continuing to run in the opposite direction to Konoha with determination, facing away from Konoha, is the truth he longs for——

Immortality!