80 Chapter 80
"The descendant of the Yuki clan from the Four Stars Village!"
Upon seeing Haku's sudden appearance, Orochimaru halted his actions, choosing not to leave for the time being. He had a hunch that something interesting was about to happen.
With genuine interest, he inquired, "From the way you're talking, it seems like you're also here for Sasuke?"
"And your 'master' you mentioned..."
When Orochimaru mentioned 'master,' his eyes narrowed.
"What? Is Gato also interested in acquiring the Uchiha clan's power?"
"But it makes sense, I suppose. Otherwise, why would you gather the remnants of the Yuki clan and the Uzumaki clan?"
"Though I didn't expect you to target the Hidden Leaf. It's such an amusing and silly notion."
Gato had funded the construction of the Hidden Star Village, a small settlement with no skilled ninjas.
Furthermore, it had been heavily attacked by the Akatsuki, and preparations were underway for the Hidden Leaf's destruction.
Hence, Orochimaru had heard of these events but didn't investigate them further.
Otherwise, he would have taken the Yuki clan and the Uzumaki clan to his lair a long time ago.
"Gato?" Haku snickered, covering his mouth with his hand.
"He's just a puppet, not even qualified to tie my master's shoelaces!"
Gato's status as a puppet, which could easily be discovered with a little investigation, wasn't something Haku needed to hide.
After all, they were about to undertake a mission that would inevitably attract attention.
"I see." Orochimaru didn't seem surprised. "So he's just a surface puppet, is he?"
"That makes sense then."
Haku didn't pay much attention to Orochimaru and moved closer to the groaning Sasuke.
"What are you doing?" Although Sasuke had met him twice before in a friendly manner, Sakura was still tense and cautious as she blocked his path.
"Sakura, step aside and let him come over."
Without saying a word, Haku produced a piece of paper bearing the Flying Raijin seal and released a golden-red chakra, coating the paper. He tossed it outwards.
The next moment, whoosh!
The paper vanished, and a shadow clone of Kaze bearing the Four Stars mask appeared in front of Sasuke.
Without any superfluous words, the shadow clone delivered a powerful blow to Sasuke's abdomen.
In an instant, a massive amount of golden-red chakra burst forth from the clone's palm and rapidly flowed into Sasuke's body.
"This is pure Tailed Beast chakra!"
Seeing the golden-red chakra emanating from the shadow clone, Orochimaru instantly recognized it. He had conducted substantial research on Tailed Beast chakra. After all, there was an eight-tails' ox's severed horn in his laboratory.
Unfortunately, no one other than Jinchuriki, or the legendary Gold and Silver Brothers, had been able to use Tailed Beast chakra. Everyone else died instantly when they tried.
Upon witnessing the shadow clone infuse Sasuke with Tailed Beast chakra, Orochimaru erupted in rage.
"Damn fool, stop it!"
With those words, Orochimaru instantly formed hand seals, and his two arms thrust forward.
He released his most commonly used jutsu, Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!
In a split second, over a dozen snakes of various lengths and thicknesses appeared, quickly intertwining themselves.
With incredible speed, they shot into the air, headed directly for the golden-red-clad Sasuke.
However, these snakes were only about halfway to their destination when something unexpected happened.
Just as he was being struck by ice needles carrying a chilling aura, they all pierced into the ground!
Ice Release, Thousand Killing Water Current!
"I'm sorry, please don't disturb my master right now."
Haku, who was originally in the distance, had somehow blocked Orochimaru's path.
With a single kick, he sent Orochimaru, who was diving down, flying backward.
He wore a smile with a hint of apology on his face, appearing quite sincere.
But the words he spoke were anything but sincere.
"Of course, you can't leave for the time being; you have to be Sasuke's target after gaining power."
Hearing Haku's words, Orochimaru, who was filled with anger, chuckled.
"So arrogant and conceited. Do you think you can stop me?"
The moment the word "I" left his mouth, Orochimaru suddenly lunged to the ground, opening his mouth wide!
"Ten Thousand Snakes Formation!"
Rushing sounds!
In an instant, tens of thousands of various venomous snakes gushed out from his mouth!
They formed a terrifying snake tide, resembling a tsunami, and attacked Haku, who was blocking their path.
As these venomous snakes approached, they spat out sharp blades from their mouths, stabbing directly into Haku's body!
Facing this overwhelming wave of venomous snake blades, Haku's lips parted.
"Ice Release Secret Technique, Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
In an instant, ice mist enveloped the area, and the temperature dropped rapidly!
The ice crystals that had been surrounding the enemy now lined up in front, blocking the snake tide!
Meanwhile, Haku, within the ice crystals, held four Thousand Needles between his fingers.
In an instant, he leaped from the leftmost ice crystal to the rightmost one!
The Thousand Needles in his hand quickly swept across the venomous snakes that had collided with the ice crystals at the speed of light.
Rip!
Snake bodies broke, and snake blood spattered!
Countless venomous snakes were split in half and fell in front of the ice crystals!
"What powerful Ice Release!"
Orochimaru's snake-like eyes stared intently at Haku, who was moving within the ice crystals at the speed of light.
Then he opened his mouth again, and a serpent appeared, spewing out a rapidly extending blade from its mouth.
Kusanagi Sword!
Swoosh!
The blade turned into a white radiance, shooting out like lightning!
In just the blink of an eye.
The sword tip, said to be made of the hardest material, shattered the leftmost ice crystal!
Then Orochimaru vigorously swung his head to the right.
Whoosh!
The sturdy Kusanagi Sword followed the swing, cutting through most of the ice crystals like a hot knife through butter in an instant!
With a smile on his face, Orochimaru had no intention of stopping and continued cutting toward the last ice crystal.
However,
Clang!
Orochimaru's smile froze on his face!
In the last ice crystal, a hand with golden-red chakra emanating from it reached out!
This hand held Thousand Needles wrapped in the same golden-red chakra.
Easily, it blocked his incredibly sharp Kusanagi Sword!
"Tailed Beast Chakra!!!"
"It's impossible!!!"
"You're not a Jinchuriki, why can you use Tailed Beast Chakra?"
"If that's the case,"
Orochimaru suddenly realized something and turned his head to look behind Haku.
"Sasuke!!!"
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