"Heh!"
Glancing at Sasuke, Ameyuri Ringo chuckled.
Darui stretched his body and said, "Let's finish this early so we can go back and cultivate in 'Takamagahara' sooner!"
Yakumo beside them looked curious, "Is Shinji's 'Takamagahara' really that miraculous?"
Before Shinji made 'Takamagahara' public, Yakumo had gone to the Hidden Cloud with Jiraiya and Naruto. As soon as she returned to the village, she joined this secret operation, so she hadn't had a chance to experience 'Takamagahara'.
Kurotsuchi laughed, "You'll know once you go back and try it!"
At this time, Jiraiya interrupted their chat, "Everyone attention, let's move out!"
Everyone in the squad fell silent and followed Jiraiya silently.
...
Land of Rice Fields.
After withdrawing from the battlefield, Orochimaru dispelled the summoning of the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage, and sped south with Yakushi Kabuto.
South of the Land of Rice Fields was the Land of Fire.
So Orochimaru's idea was obvious: lure the Akatsuki organization into the Land of Fire, cause a conflict between the Akatsuki organization and the Hidden Leaf, thereby relieving the pressure on himself.
Looking back at the sky behind him, his gaze locked onto two inconspicuous small dots on the horizon. Yakushi Kabuto said in a deep voice, "Orochimaru-Leader, the Akatsuki organization people are still following us!"
Orochimaru looked back.
Those two small dots on the horizon were exactly the two clay birds carrying Sasori, Deidara, Itachi, and Juzo Biwa. Obviously, the Akatsuki organization did not give up and was still searching for their traces in the air.
Orochimaru's expression was a bit unsightly.
Confronting the Akatsuki organization with his personal power was still too much of a stretch. This time, the Akatsuki organization forced him back again without even 'B' showing up.
Although he wasn't afraid of the pursuers behind him, it was difficult to shake them off for a while.
After all, he himself hadn't mastered the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and could only indirectly use it by controlling the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' of the Second and Fourth Hokage.
But the two Hokage wouldn't be obediently controlled by him, so he dared not give them free rein to use the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' completely freely. Otherwise, who knew if the two Hokage would directly use the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to take him back to the Hidden Leaf.
Just then, Yakushi Kabuto's expression suddenly changed, alerting Orochimaru, "Orochimaru-Leader, there seems to be someone ahead!"
Orochimaru's expression tightened, "People from the Akatsuki organization?"
Yakushi Kabuto sensed for a moment and shook his head, "No, there are many people, it shouldn't be the Akatsuki organization, most likely ninjas from the Five Great Ninja Villages!"
As soon as his voice fell, Jiraiya and others appeared in their field of vision.
Orochimaru's face sank.
Just as Itachi speculated, the defenseless Orochimaru took the full brunt of that 'Amaterasu' just now. In the end, he was forced to use his self-created 'Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique' to barely escape 'Amaterasu' at the cost of consuming a large amount of chakra.
So his condition at this moment wasn't good either, and he didn't want to tangle with Jiraiya and the others.
Jiraiya naturally also noticed the approaching Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto, and immediately shouted, "Orochimaru!"
Yakushi Kabuto said, "Orochimaru-Leader, I'll hold them off, you go first!"
Orochimaru didn't waste words, just nodded, then leaped sideways to break out.
Seeing this, Jiraiya didn't wait for the elite squad behind him, immediately activating the 'Body Flicker Technique' to chase after him, leaving Yakushi Kabuto no time to block.
Watching Jiraiya who had already passed him, Yakushi Kabuto felt somewhat helpless, so he had to intercept the elite squad behind Jiraiya, smiling, "Everyone, let the two Leaders resolve it themselves!"
"Yakushi Kabuto!"
Sasuke roared, his right hand instantly flashing with electric light.
Besides Orochimaru, Yakushi Kabuto was also his target, so as soon as they met, he activated 'Chidori', preparing to wipe away his previous humiliation.
Kakashi hurriedly stopped Sasuke, "Don't be impulsive!"
Sasuke said anxiously, "I was careless last time, this time I can definitely take him down!"
Before Kakashi could answer, Ameyuri Ringo beside him drew the 'Kiba' (Lightning Fangs) on her back and said to the crowd, "Hey, let's compete to see who can take down this guy first!"
Darui rubbed his wrists, "Heard the opponent mastered the legendary Sage Art, just right to see it!"
Kurotsuchi put her hands on her hips, "Then it's a deal, see who can defeat him first!"
Sasuke glared at them, "He is mine!"
Seeing the brats talking all at once, Kakashi looked helpless.
Able to easily defeat Asuma, Kurenai, and numerous chunin traveling with them at the time, Yakushi Kabuto in 'Sage Mode' was not to be underestimated.
Opposite them, Yakushi Kabuto carefully sized up the elite squad and found that it not only included Hidden Leaf elite jonin like Kakashi and Might Guy, but also Hidden Leaf ninja academy geniuses like Yakumo and Sasuke, as well as geniuses from the Hidden Mist, Hidden Cloud, and Hidden Rock.
Although the number of people in the entire squad was not large, each one was an elite. Even if the Five Kage were here, they wouldn't dare to be negligent in the slightest.
So he smiled, "So many of you, I'm scared. Then I'll find some helpers too!"
Saying this, his hands quickly formed seals, activating the Summoning Jutsu.
Rumble...
Instantly, the ground shook, and then coffins slowly rose from the ground in front of everyone in the elite squad.
Watching the coffins rising from the ground, Kakashi's expression changed drastically, "Impure World Reincarnation!? You... how could you..."
Undoubtedly, Kakashi didn't expect that even Yakushi Kabuto had mastered this forbidden jutsu that embarrassed the Hidden Leaf Village!
Actually, the dozens of 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' that appeared with a snap of Orochimaru's fingers in the underground palace before were not personally 'Impure World Reincarnated' by Orochimaru, but summoned by Yakushi Kabuto.
Because the more 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' controlled, the lower the control over each 'Impure World Reincarnation body'.
After all, the current Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto hadn't had time to continuously improve and optimize 'Impure World Reincarnation' like in the original timeline. The version of 'Impure World Reincarnation' they were using now was closer to the 'Impure World Reincarnation' Orochimaru first used during the Chunin Exams in the original timeline.
So just controlling the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage already made Orochimaru tread on thin ice, leaving him no energy to control other 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies'.
Thus, Yakushi Kabuto had to do it for him.
And the dozens of 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' summoned in the underground palace before were just the lowest level batch among the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' they prepared. Now, in order to deal with the elite squad, Yakushi Kabuto had to summon the stronger batch of 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' prepared for the Akatsuki organization.
Bang bang bang...
Soon, coffin lids were opened one by one, revealing the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' inside the coffins.
"This!?"
"How is it possible?"
"Damn it!"
Looking at the 'Impure World Reincarnation bodies' in the coffins, bursts of exclamations and angry roars erupted from the elite squad. Obviously, everyone saw some acquaintances!