Chapter 171: Side Story: When the Cub Traveled to the Shippuden Era 5
(Five)
Land of Rice Paddies.
Orochimaru was carefully adjusting the machinery, from time to time ordering Kabuto Yakushi beside him to record some data... Since his arms had not yet recovered, this biologist of the ninja world was becoming less and less willing to trust others.
"Kabuto…" Orochimaru suddenly stopped his movements and asked, "Are Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki about to catch up..."
"Yes, according to our latest intelligence, these two do not seem to be hiding their tracks. Moreover, they seem to have confirmed the direction of our base and are heading straight for it."
Kabuto Yakushi nodded respectfully and continued, "Today, they should be able to reach this base. Lord Orochimaru, are we not retreating?"
Kabuto Yakushi's heart was in a panic.
At least he knew one thing: a past defeat of this man before him was when he tried to plot for Uchiha Itachi's body within the Akatsuki organization. And now, in the entire base, there was not a single fighting force that could withstand Uchiha Itachi…
Orochimaru's expression changed slightly, "It seems my plan has to be moved up…"
A flash of lightning suddenly streaked past, landing beside Orochimaru, interrupting his unfinished sentence.
At the same time, a sturdy youth stood at the doorway, holding a ninja sword and saying contemptuously, "Orochimaru, I need to go find Uchiha Itachi for revenge... Before that, I need to test my own strength!"
"Uchiha Sasuke! Are you trying to betray Lord Orochimaru!"
Kabuto Yakushi suddenly stood up and blocked Orochimaru's path. He was the most loyal person to Orochimaru in the entire base... Even though he was just a medical ninja now, he was not stingy about sacrificing himself.
Unfortunately, after so many years of hard work from Kabuto, Orochimaru still turned a blind eye to the treasure beside him, instead yearning for the little vixens from other families.
"Betrayal is too harsh a word…"
Sasuke patted the ninja sword in his hand and snorted coldly, "Uchiha Itachi is already chasing after us. Once he reaches this base, none of us here will be able to escape… Rather than that, it's better to let me advance further, so there's still hope of killing him!"
Even after training alongside Orochimaru for many years, he was not ignorant enough to think that his current self had a guaranteed victory against Uchiha Itachi.
"There is no hope, Sasuke."
The cold snake-like eyes swept over the most important laboratory in this base. Orochimaru smiled grimly, "Even if all of us swarmed him, it's impossible to have any chance of winning against the Fifth Hokage from another world…"
"What do you mean?"
"It's the literal meaning." Orochimaru raised his head, "Come out! The Fifth Hokage from another ninja world… Uchiha Itachi!"
"Water Style: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
After a loud shout, a hole suddenly broke open in the ceiling of the base. A waterfall-like torrent quickly washed away the filth of the entire base!
The water flow slowly receded…
Kisame Hoshigaki, leaning on the greatsword Samehada, jumped into the base, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and praised softly, "No matter which world, Mr. Orochimaru seems to possess an astonishing wisdom!"
"Eliminate all impossible speculations, and whatever remains, however incredible, is the truth." Orochimaru shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Even if I'm unwilling to believe this fact... the people of Konoha wouldn't lie about such things…"
"So it was Lord Jiraiya who leaked the intelligence…" Kisame Hoshigaki nodded, not looking particularly surprised, "After all, there are many years of friendship between them!"
"In a sense, you're not wrong." Orochimaru glanced at the vigilant Sasuke by the door and laughed, "...It was a little brat that none of us could have ever imagined who leaked the intelligence!"
"It's Naruto, isn't it…"
A calm voice suddenly appeared in the underground laboratory. The figure in the Hokage robe lightly landed on the ground and said calmly, "Was it because you were worried your dear friend of many years would die at my hands…"
"Uchiha Itachi! No matter which world you monstrously appeared from!" The ninja sword in Sasuke's hand, wrapped in lightning, chopped towards the suddenly appearing youth in the Hokage robe, his face ferocious as he shouted loudly, "I will kill you!"
Clang!
Clatter!
Uchiha Itachi extended his palm, flexing his five fingers, and tightly gripped the ninja sword… With a slight exertion of force, the entire ninja sword instantly shattered into pieces!
Sasuke's eyes were crimson. He charged forward with his bare hands, regardless of anything! However, after exchanging three blows with Lord Hokage, he was kicked to the ground…
"Sasuke, you're as impulsive as ever!"
Lord Hokage looked at his disappointing younger brother, his brow furrowed tightly, "Your strength is too weak… Even if you haven't cultivated Sage Mode, you should at least have practiced the Eight Gates technique, right?"
Uchiha Sasuke spat out a mouthful of blood and looked coldly at the person before him, "Pah! Are you trying to lecture me by relying on your overwhelming strength!"
Kisame Hoshigaki: "..."
Can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend. I didn't expect the little cub of this ninja world to be not very strong, but his temper is still very hot!
Kisame knew the truth. The reason the Sasuke of the other world cultivated the Eight Gates and such was a conspiracy concocted by Kitahara and Tobirama to train his physique so that he could bear the awakening of the Sharingan more quickly…
After all, with Sasuke's personality, he would never be willing to communicate chakra with Kitahara!
That Might Guy from Konoha, who single-mindedly respected his life-saver, had privately given Sasuke countless extra lessons, forcefully teaching him into a taijutsu master…
That's right, the little cub of the other ninja world was also a master who could use the Eight Gates. He even thought he could finally catch up to his brother's footsteps… What strongest Hokage? When Lord Sasuke opens the Eight Gates and risks his life, he can fight ten Hokage!
Until the little cub saw Uchiha Itachi condense the expanding Truth-Seeking Orb, he gradually transformed into "Sasuke-dog," single-mindedly focusing on practicing combination ninjutsu with Naruto…
The taijutsu of the little cub of this world was clearly a bit lacking.
His taijutsu was clearly not very good, yet he still wanted to show off in front of Uchiha Itachi… Compared to his other outstanding younger brother, this taijutsu was truly an eyesore…
"Mr. Itachi, why don't you let me handle it…" Kisame Hoshigaki put down Samehada in his hand, rubbed his palms, and said eagerly, "Your strength is too great, don't hurt him…"
Uchiha Itachi: "..."
You're just seeing that he's too weak now and want to bully him, right! If I didn't know you often help Kitahara and Sasuke argue, I might have believed your words…
"No need, I'll use Tsukuyomi directly and let him know the truth…" The person under the Hokage robe revealed the pinwheel-shaped Sharingan in his eyes. A ray of light shone throughout the entire laboratory…
Whether it was Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, or Uchiha Sasuke, they couldn't help but widen their eyes and fall into the Tsukuyomi world… Everyone in Orochimaru's base was caught in one fell swoop!
A moment later…
Everyone regained their senses, and there was something different in each of their eyes…
Kisame looked at the little cub who was spitting blood with a complicated expression and said dryly, "Mr. Itachi, did something go wrong with the Tsukuyomi world again…"
"The good deeds you and Kitahara did, don't you know them yourself?" Uchiha Itachi knocked on his own forehead and looked at Kisame with exasperation… With his temper, he was about to go crazy!
Kisame Hoshigaki glanced at everyone present and said cautiously, "Lord Kitahara only tampered with certain people…"
Uchiha Itachi condensed his chakra to expel the Transcription Seal in his Sharingan and questioned repeatedly, "Not just certain people! My Tsukuyomi was sealed with at least a hundred types of chakra, and even my own chakra…"
This also meant that Kitahara had specially created over a hundred scripts for others in his Tsukuyomi world. For example, Orochimaru and Sasuke, who were present, had clearly enjoyed the VIP-level treatment of the Tsukuyomi world.
It was unknown what they had experienced in the Tsukuyomi world…
But it was very clear that these people's expressions were not particularly happy…
(End of this chapter)
☆☆☆
-> SUPPORT ME WITH POWER STONE
-> FOR EVERY 200 PS = BOUNS CHAPTER
☆☆☆
-> 20 Advanced chapters Now Available on Patreon!!
-> https://www.pat-reon.co-m/c/Inkshaper
(Just remove the hyphen (-) to access patreon normally)
If you like this novel please consider leaving a review that's help the story a lot Thank you