Just one sentence can insult two people.
Nagato would definitely be pleased that Uehara has really grown up.
However, Orochimaru wasn't bothered by the insult; instead, he clapped his hands. "Decisive and ruthless, indeed worthy of being Konan's disciple..."
"I haven't killed him yet."
Uehara Naraku glared at Orochimaru without a good mood and said coldly, "What, do you want to redeem your most loyal subordinate with a cultivation scroll for Tandem Paper Bomb?"
"He's not worth that much."
Orochimaru shook his head, rejecting Uehara Naraku's proposal.
Uehara Naraku shook his head, sighing, "Actually, I think this guy's value might be a bit higher than yours, senior Orochimaru..."
In the entire Ninja World, ninjas are divided into many types.
Among them, there are two people who can be said to have climbed up from the bottom. They neither have those powerful family-inherited Bloodline Limits nor exceptional ninja abilities, relying only on themselves.
The first one is called Might Guy, a hard worker who can fight to a standstill; the other is Yakushi Kabuto, relying on his intelligence to climb to the pinnacle among ninjas.
The stories of both these people are very inspiring.
"Sometimes I envy your hard work and struggle..."
Uehara Naraku stooped down and grabbed Yakushi Kabuto's hair, shaking his head somewhat wistfully, "Unfortunately, my talent is too poor, and I can only use hacks to maintain my life."
Yakushi Kabuto: "..."
Although he couldn't understand what Uehara Naraku meant, Yakushi Kabuto could clearly feel the regret and pride in Uehara Naraku's words.
Regret can be understood...
But what does a bit of pride mean?
"Forget it, some things can only be obtained in the future. For now, I'll just collect a little bit of interest from you to make up for it!"
Uehara Naraku shook his head to himself and punched Yakushi Kabuto in the face, watching as he slipped into unconsciousness.
After all, there's still a series of side quests that need answers from Yakushi Kabuto, especially the training methods of the Sage Mode from the Three Great Holy Lands.
However, a task is completed.
Side Quest: Expose the spy identity of Yakushi Kabuto (1/1), task complete, reward 300 gold coins.
Side Quest: Defeat medical ninja Yakushi Kabuto (1/1), task complete, reward skill Cell Division.
Cell Division: After death, the body will directly divide into four cell fragments. These divided cells will start recombining in 8 seconds to revive the body, each surviving cell will revive 10% of life energy and chakra energy, with a cooldown of 150 seconds and no chakra consumption.
"This..."
Uehara Naraku was both surprised and delighted, he never imagined that he could acquire a resurrection skill, although this Cell Division might allow an enemy to kill four Uehara Narakus in one hit.
The likelihood of using this skill should be quite low, right?
"Alright, the appetizer is over."
Uehara Naraku kicked Yakushi Kabuto, the tool man, aside, rotated his shoulders, and turned to look at Orochimaru. "Now we can have the main course!"
"I really underestimated you, Uehara-kun..."
Orochimaru's eyes gradually became serious, his fingers slowly coming together, and in the next second, he threw a shuriken towards Uehara Naraku.
Orochimaru's hands swiftly formed hand seals and coldly shouted, "Ninpo: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
The shuriken flying in the air quickly split into a group of shurikens!
Orochimaru didn't stop; he continued forming hand seals and suddenly spewed a series of flames. "Fire Release: Impatiens Fire Jutsu!"
Each ball of flame quickly attached to those shurikens, flying towards Uehara Naraku's direction.
Even if the flames die out, the shuriken can still cause a cutting effect.
"Isn't this Uchiha Itachi's Impatiens Claw Red?"
Uehara Naraku widened his eyes as he watched the incoming shuriken flames and quickly began forming hand seals to release a ninjutsu. "Wind Release: Wind Barrier!"
A wind wall rose up, blocking the shuriken flames.
Orochimaru merely considered this combined ninjutsu as a feint; the real killing move was beneath. His eyes gleamed icily. "Ninpo: Spinning Luga!"
Two pythons suddenly flew out from the ground on either side of Uehara!
Uehara Naraku summoned a purple chakra broadsword, slashing the two pythons apart, looking somewhat displeased. "Senior Orochimaru, maybe we shouldn't play with snakes in front of me? It lowers my opinion of you."
"Kid, stop with the nonsense."
Orochimaru snorted coldly. Whenever they met, Uehara Naraku would start shouting and attacking him, as if Uehara really held any fondness for him.
Orochimaru bent down to the ground and spewed out countless long snakes. "Ninpo: Ten Thousand Snakes Array!"
A horde of long snakes quickly surged towards Uehara Naraku!
Just looking at their numbers made Uehara's hair stand on end!
Regular people instinctively avoid even a single snake, but now thousands of them were hissing and rushing towards him.
Halfway through, each snake spat out a sharp sword, which ironically made them look a bit more agreeable...
"Lighting Release: Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu!"
Uehara Naraku raised his right hand, a storm of wind and clouds quickly gathered, lightning bolts swiftly struck down, reducing these long snakes to charred remains in seconds.
Orochimaru paid no heed to his ninjutsu being countered by Uehara Naraku, though he was somewhat incredulous watching Uehara Naraku. "Is that... Sealess Ninjutsu?"
Unbelievable!
Sealess Ninjutsu is extremely rare in the Ninja World, and powerful lighting release ninjutsu like that often requires forming at least a dozen hand seals.
"Oh, did I forget to form seals just now?"
Uehara Naraku furrowed his brows, clasped his hands together, and spoke in a deep voice. "Now, let me form some beautiful hand seals for you to see..."
"Do you take me for an idiot?"
Orochimaru cursed before his neck suddenly extended, whispering, "But now, for me, you already have an exceptional value..."
A slender neck carried Orochimaru's head flying over!
According to the Ninja World's chakra theory, the more chakra a ninja can use, the fewer hand seals are needed when using ninjutsu.
Except for certain Bloodline Ninja.
A hint of madness flitted through Orochimaru's flying head as four of his teeth slowly sharpened. "Before I find the body I want, let's see you as a backup... if you can survive! Genjutsu: Naraku Observation Jutsu!"
Uehara Naraku's gaze suddenly became dazed.
However, the next second, Purification broke the genjutsu's control, and Uehara Naraku kicked at Orochimaru!
Bang!
Orochimaru's neck was hit by Uehara's kick!
The flexible neck arched at an unbelievable angle, like a slingshot sending both Orochimaru's head and body flying!
Uehara Naraku's expression was not very pleased, watching Orochimaru retract his neck, coldly stating, "Don't come near me, you're filthy."
"Hehehe..."
Orochimaru smiled, twisting his neck, his body swiftly extending. His head gradually became ferocious, thin white snakes began surfacing all over him, slowly transforming into a Giant White Snake!
Orochimaru's voice was gruff, flicking his long snake tongue. "Kid, don't worry, soon we'll become one..."
"Shut up, go Dusk Blade!"
Uehara Naraku swung and threw the purple broadsword in his hand!
The chakra broadsword drew an arc in the air, plunging into Orochimaru's neck and pinning the Giant White Snake to the ground, just as he was talking.
Uehara Naraku leaped and stomped on Orochimaru's body, coldly stating, "Senior Orochimaru, if you still used ninjutsu, perhaps I'd find it troublesome... but using the Giant White Snake, who do you think you're underestimating?"
This snake couldn't even handle Sasuke!
Clearly, it's an insult to his power!