Chapter 10: Orochimaru's Shock! 

Orochimaru was a little confused at the moment. He was bewildered by the red-haired girl who had suddenly appeared. Who is she? Why does she know his identity? Why is she not afraid after knowing his identity?

"Red hair. Are you a descendant of the Uzumaki clan? You can sense me. It should be the Uzumaki clan's secret technique, Kagura's Heart Eye."

"Uzumaki clan?" Naruto and the other three turned to look at Karin. Naruto was extremely curious about Karin because this was the first "tribesman" he had met.

"Good." Karin nodded. Then she raised her hand and pointed at Sasuke. "I'll protect this person. The Holy Lord ordered me to keep this person from being bitten by a snake. So, if you don't want to fight with me and attract Konoha's attention, leave now."

"Bitten by a snake?" Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly. Now he became even more curious. How did this redhead know that he wanted to plant the Heaven Curse Seal on Sasuke? Or... "What she said about being bitten by a snake was just a reference. Wasn't it because I planned to plant a curse seal?"

While Orochimaru was thinking, Karin suddenly spoke again. "Not bad~ Aren't you going to plant the Heaven Curse Seal on him? Moreover, are you still planning to occupy his body? Wasn't all this caused by Itachi breaking one of your hands?"

"Who the hell are you!?" Orochimaru's heart surged with murderous intent. He felt that someone had betrayed him. Otherwise, there's no way this redhead knows so many secrets!

"How?" Karin sneered immediately after hearing this. "Do you really want to fight? Think clearly~ If we fight, your plan may be ruined. The Konoha collapse plan will also fail."

"Who the hell are you!?" The murderous intention in Orochimaru's heart could no longer be suppressed. This red-haired girl knows so much. Apparently, a very important person betrayed him. "Is it Kabuto who told you all this?"

"Of course not~" Karin pushed up her glasses and said, "A secret makes a woman more feminine~"

"..."

Orochimaru suddenly stuck out his tongue and licked his lips with a sinister smile. "It's so interesting~ It seems that you don't know how to say it."

"Bang!" After Orochimaru said that, he transformed into a half-snake, half-human form and rushed towards Karin. Karin didn't panic at all when she saw this. She quickly made a seal, then slapped the ground.

"Wood Style: Kongō Rokkaku!" The ground beneath Orochimaru's feet instantly shattered, and hard wooden pillars slammed into him!

"Wood Style!?" Orochimaru was shocked! Karin knowing some confidential information did not shock him because these could be obtained as long as someone betrayed them. But Karin using Wood Style completely shocked him. As the person in charge of the "Hashirama Cell Experiment" at the time, he knew the power of Wood Style very well. He also knew that it was impossible to perform Wood Style without Hashirama cells.

"Who is she!? Why Wood Style!? Does she have Hashirama's cells in her body? However, there are very few people in the world who have the ability to conduct such experiments! Who is she? What kind of organization are they from?"

With doubts, Orochimaru continued to attack Karin. And Karin no longer used Wood Style because her Wood Style was taught by the Phoenix King. The Wood Style technique was given to her by Varen. Varen himself didn't draw many Wood Style Ninjutsu. So she didn't know many Wood Styles either. What she was really good at was close combat.

Then the two of them fought together. No matter how fast Orochimaru was, he was always suppressed by Karin. The beating shocked Orochimaru.

"Who is she? Although she is not very old, she is so powerful! Could she be another genius comparable to Itachi!?"

Orochimaru, who had been fighting for a long time, did not feel panic at all. In the battle of ninjas, intelligence is most important. What he was best at was using the Orochi-style Body Replacement Technique, which is basically immune to death and can transfer damage, to constantly find out the opponent's intelligence. Then he would launch a fatal blow.

Now, he was constantly collecting information about Karin. However, the Orochi-ryu Body Replacement Technique was not used because Karin could not cause fatal harm to him.

"Excellent physical recovery ability. Wounds can be healed in seconds. Her perception ability is so strong that ordinary clones cannot deceive her. The speed and strength are also beyond the level of Jōnin. Also, some Wood Style. Overall, it should be about the same as Rasa without Magnet Style."

After testing Karin's strength, Orochimaru immediately changed his tactics. He rushed to Karin again and directly concealed his multi-snake hands to tie up Karin. Following closely, he opened his mouth, and an Orochimaru rushed out of his mouth with a Kusanagi sword. He stabbed Karin fiercely. His expression was ferocious, and a trace of pride flashed in his eyes.

Just when he thought he was about to successfully solve this trouble, Karin smiled slightly. Immediately afterward, a pair of wings appeared behind her! She flapped her wings suddenly and instantly broke all the snakes nearby. At the same time, Orochimaru was also knocked away.

"What!?" Orochimaru was shocked again. He was a little confused at the moment because he simply couldn't figure out how a good person could suddenly appear with a pair of colorful feather wings! What's even weirder is... There was actually a colorful halo around these wings!

"She's Jinchūriki!?" Orochimaru was stunned. "No, it's impossible... There is no such tailed beast! Moreover, I can't sense the tailed beast inside her!"

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!" Orochimaru didn't give up. He directly summoned a large number of snakes from the ground and charged towards Karin. When Karin saw this, she flapped her wings and flew directly into the air.

"You fell into a trap." Orochimaru had a grim smile on his face. Then his legs turned into snake tails and he rushed towards Sasuke so quickly! Since the other party wants to protect Sasuke, then he could attack Sasuke directly. Use this to attract the other party and expose their flaws!

However, what Orochimaru didn't expect was Karin in the sky suddenly turned into a phoenix shining with colorful light! Then the phoenix rushed down suddenly. A flap of wings blew him away. Not only that, but even the snakes on the ground all exploded at the same time! The terrifying impact directly made a big hole in the ground!

"This... what kind of monster is this!? What a terrifying pressure, what a terrifying Chakra. This feeling... Scarier than Nine Tails!" Orochimaru was shocked again. However, he didn't have time to calm down yet. Then he saw the phoenix suddenly flying. It opened its mouth and suddenly spat out. A Tailed Beast Bomb flew towards him!

"Damn!" Orochimaru couldn't help but curse.