18 Orochimaru

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"Who!"

As he prepared to equip the equipment, he felt Chakra enter his brain and his environment change accordingly.

His eyes sharpened and quickly realized it was an illusion. Stopping the constant flow of Chakra in his body, and then exploding in a torrent of rapid chakra that briefly manifested in his body in the form of a green Aura and dispelling the illusion.

Counteracting the illusion, he turned his head in a certain direction, with extreme attention, as if he were dealing with life and death.

*Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh!!*

His shadow clones reacted in the same way, dispelling the illusion, then surrounding Shizune, Kurenai, and Gen, with the intention of protecting them.

Having ten clones on each side, surrounded them, looking and measuring the field which surely had been invaded by someone.

It's just that unlike Gen and his clones, Kurenai and Shizune, they were frozen in place, staring into nothingness and their eyes blank.

Evidently, they were both affected by illusions as well. Because they are just starting out on the ninja path, they never realized when they fell into an illusion.

"....What a wonderful boy, not only were you able to quickly break free from my illusion, but you also reacted immediately, Uchiha Gen you are as good as I heard."

In the direction where Gen was staring, behind a tree, a male figure emerged with pale skin and long black hair reaching his waist.

Coming to recognize the figure he had before him, his pupils dilated in surprise.

Even seeing the Shadow Clone, the visitor never took his eyes off his target, his voice hoarse, but soft: "...You already know me from what I see.."

"Obviously, you are one of the Sannin, Orochimaru-sama!!" Although several thoughts passed through his mind, on the surface he did not show it. On the contrary, he showed a look of fanaticism, greeting him and taking away the clones of him.

Yes, unfortunately, the man who attacked him is Orochimaru, one of the Sannin.

"I don't know why Orochimaru-sama is here, he needs my help?! But please, first help my two friends!" Gen asked respectfully, observing Orochimaru's approach.

For several reasons, he knew that Orochimaru didn't come here just to find him...

Stopping a few feet away from Gen, Orochimaru stopped to look at Kurenai and Shizune who were still still in their place.

"...Let's leave them out for now, they are not relevant to me, I just want to meet you Gen-kun..."

With a foreboding smile, he continued: "Recently a rumor has spread that another genius has appeared at the Ninja Academy, and that he is from the Uchiha clan, so I came here to meet you in person."

"Orochimaru-sama, I'm not worthy of his praise. I think he's worthless if he visits… right?" Acting embarrassed, Gene looked away.

"No…, it was worth more than I thought. Your reaction was the best I have seen in children your age." Orochimaru seeing the number of clones scattered, praised him.

Although the Genjutsu he used was a mere C-Rank in his vast arsenal, but used by him, it could easily make an inexperienced Chūnin fall.

But Gen not only realized it instantly and quickly freed himself.

But even though he hid his entire being, Gen still found him.

Just these two facts gave Orochimaru an idea of the basic level and talent that he possesses.

Coupled with the fact that he can create many Shadow clones.

The Jutsu: Shadow Clone (Kage Bunshin no Jutsu) although it does not have a very high difficulty when it comes to learning it, but it has its difficulty and much more so creating about twenty clones to practice.

In this situation, he gave him information about Gen's Chakra reserves, which was an extraordinary point.

"..Thank you for the Compliments Orochimaru-sama!.." Gen scratched his head at Orochimaru's praise and said with a certain embarrassment.

Orochimaru looked at Gen silently for a moment and suddenly said, "Gen-kun, are you interested in becoming my disciple?"

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Not believing what he was hearing, Gen asked in surprise: "Orochimaru-sama, do you want to accept me as a disciple?!"

This was beyond his expectations. He speculated about Orochimaru's intentions, even estimating that he was sent by Hiruzen to monitor him, but he did not expect this outcome.

"It's just a whim of mine...but your talent is undeniable. Since I haven't accepted any disciples yet, if you seek power, with me, you should grow beyond what you would grow alone." Licking his lips with a smile, with his long and pointed tongue, Orochimaru said.

From this proposal, Gen silently thought deeply about the pros and cons of being a disciple of Orochimaru.

Watching him think, Orochimaru was also not in a hurry, so he stood silently waiting for his response.

…

After a few minutes, Gen raised his head to stare at Orochimaru and said respectfully, "If Orochimaru-Sama is willing to accept me as a disciple, I gladly accept!"

Although Orochimaru is a very devious character, doing everything possible to achieve his goal, even in the future he has the ambition of obtaining the Sharingan. But at this moment in history, he still hasn't gone to extremes.

Even when he was still a member of Konoha, he had a very high status, even being a candidate for Hokage.

Of course, the most important thing is all the Jutsus and skills that Orochimaru possesses.

It is undeniable that he is an ideal disciple for Hiruzen who has the title of "The Professor", and Orochimaru who has the objective of learning all the Jutsus, making them a perfect combination.

If he becomes a disciple of such a person, he would not have to worry about anything.

Satisfied with Gen's answer, Orochimaru smiled and said, "Wonderful, It seems that I will have a talented disciple..."

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