Midnight.
Mirai Uchiha was heading towards the Konoha camp with some disappointment.
Throughout the entire day, he hadn't found a single suitable Hidden Cloud ninja team to attack.
It seemed that all those warmongers had retreated to their camp.
"Could it be that I overdid it a bit lately?"
Mirai Uchiha silently criticized himself.
It was possible that too many Cloud ninjas had died at his hands, so before they could devise a counter-strategy, it was highly likely that the Hidden Cloud Village would no longer send out ninja teams to harass Konoha as they had before.
After all... losing dozens of ninjas every day, including quite a few Jōnin, was a loss that no ninja village could endure.
Just as Mirai Uchiha was thinking, dozens of venomous snakes rapidly coiled around his body and opened their jaws to bite him fiercely.
Caw! Caw! Caw!
Mirai Uchiha's body turned into dozens of crows that scattered in all directions.
At the same time, a gigantic fireball fell from the sky, engulfing all the venomous snakes.
Smelling the aroma of cooked meat gradually spreading through the air, Mirai Uchiha directed his gaze towards the dense forest beside him. "Orochimaru, come on out."
"As expected of Mirai-kun, so perceptive."
Orochimaru emerged from the shadows with a smile. Under the moonlight, his exceptionally pale face revealed an undisguised killing intent.
"What are you trying to do?"
Mirai Uchiha asked calmly, looking at Orochimaru.
"I just want to ask Mirai-kun a question." Seeing that Mirai Uchiha was completely unaffected, Orochimaru also withdrew his killing intent.
"According to my informants, the Hidden Cloud ninjas have suffered catastrophic losses these past few days, to the point that they have now fallen back."
"But I've investigated the other assault squads we sent out. Although they've achieved some results, in total they've only killed less than a hundred men."
"A loss like that is insignificant to the Hidden Cloud Village; it's unlikely a guy like A would make his current decision because of that."
Orochimaru laid out his analysis bit by bit. "I've thought it over and over, and the change can only be because of you, Mirai-kun."
Mirai Uchiha raised an eyebrow. "So?"
"So?" A sharp glint flashed in Orochimaru's strange, vertical pupils. "Then let me see just how you managed something like that, Mirai-kun."
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Orochimaru's arms transformed into dozens of venomous snakes that lunged towards Mirai Uchiha with their jaws wide open.
"Wind Style: Wind Blade Jutsu!"
Sharp blades of wind sliced all the venomous snakes in two.
Immediately after, Mirai Uchiha formed seals with his hands without pause.
"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
A sea of flames devoured everything before it. Mirai Uchiha quickly retreated.
In the spot where he had been standing, Orochimaru emerged from the ground with the Kusanagi Sword in his mouth.
Clang!
Mirai Uchiha drew his sword to block Orochimaru's attack, and the two quickly became entangled in combat.
"Mirai-kun, you truly never cease to amaze me."
Orochimaru said, looking at the three-tomoe Sharingan in Mirai Uchiha's eyes with an expression full of curiosity.
Whether in ninjutsu or taijutsu, the young man before him displayed an outstanding performance, not falling behind in the slightest even when facing him.
Was this something a youth who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy a mere year ago could achieve?
Recalling the first time he saw Mirai Uchiha, Orochimaru couldn't help but sigh.
Back then, although Mirai Uchiha had defeated Kakashi Hatake, in his eyes, he still seemed very immature.
He never expected that in just one year, he would have grown to this extent!
"Orochimaru, let's leave it at that for today."
Mirai Uchiha brandished his sword to force Orochimaru back. "Continuing to fight is pointless."
Hearing Mirai Uchiha's words, Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. "Mirai-kun, are you saying that my strength isn't even worthy of forcing you to use your trump card?"
"You're underestimating me..."
As a disciple of the Third Hokage, ever since Orochimaru had made a name for himself, it had been a long time since anyone had spoken to him in such a manner.
"Ten Thousand Snakes Formation!"
Orochimaru prostrated himself on the ground, and thousands upon thousands of venomous snakes slithered out of his mouth, quickly surrounding an area of several dozen meters around Mirai Uchiha.
"Mirai-kun, every single one of these snakes is extremely venomous. A single bite could cost you your life."
"Whether you can survive or not will depend on your own skills."
As soon as Orochimaru finished speaking, the snakes on the ground simultaneously pounced on Mirai Uchiha.
Knowing that with Orochimaru's personality, he wouldn't give up easily unless he was taught a profound lesson.
Mirai Uchiha snorted and, at the last moment, threw his sword at Orochimaru.
"Is that all?" Seeing the approaching sword, Orochimaru dodged it with utmost ease.
He had originally thought Mirai Uchiha was hiding some unknown trump card, but he didn't expect that in a life-or-death moment, he couldn't even manage a decent attack.
Orochimaru shook his head in disappointment and dispelled the summoning of the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation.
But the next second, Orochimaru's pupils contracted sharply.
Mirai Uchiha, who should have been on the ground, dying, waiting for him to save him, had disappeared!
An immense sense of crisis welled up from the bottom of his heart.
His intuition, forged from hovering on the edge of life and death on multiple occasions, made him sense the scent of death.
"Rasengan!"
Boom!
Orochimaru's body was sent flying, breaking several enormous trees before crashing heavily onto the ground.
"That was too close, I almost died..."
A new body emerged from the mouth of the previous one. Orochimaru looked at Mirai Uchiha, still shaken.
If he hadn't used the Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique at the last moment, that blow could have killed him on the spot.
However...
How had Mirai Uchiha, who should have been devoured by the snakes, appeared behind him without making the slightest sound?
Orochimaru's gaze unconsciously fell upon the longsword stuck in the tree trunk where he had been standing, and the expression on his face gradually turned to one of astonishment.
"Could it be that..."
"Chidori!"
Splash!
A mouthful of blood erupted. Orochimaru stared in disbelief at his heart, which had been pierced by Mirai Uchiha.
As a disciple of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru was no stranger to Konoha's various forbidden jutsu.
What Mirai Uchiha had used was, without a doubt, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Only a space-time ninjutsu like that could have eluded his perception and appeared by his side without warning.
Only...
Orochimaru didn't stop to think about why Mirai Uchiha could master a forbidden jutsu like the Flying Thunder God, which was sealed in the Scroll of Seals, but was instead pondering another question.
If the first time Mirai Uchiha used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu was by using his own sword as a marker, how had he managed to appear by his side this time?
"Orochimaru, you've seen my trump card. As for whether you can survive or not, that will depend on your own skills."
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