Chapter 69: Kabuto Yakushi
The fighting was still ongoing!
Just like in the original plot, Inuzuka Kiba and Sakon/Ukon were locked in battle, while Shikamaru was tangled up with Tayuya. Yet all of this was firmly within Li Jie Xuan's control! There was still plenty of time…
Li Jie Xuan lightly toyed with the two Byakugan in his palm and grinned. Neji hadn't died in vain after all—two Byakugan made for a pretty decent knock-on-the-door gift!
Orochimaru's Sound Ninja base was hidden beneath the weak Land of Rice Fields. The underground base had a total of three passages…
"If I remember correctly, it should be the middle one…"
But before Li Jie Xuan could step inside, a ghostlike figure blocked his path.
"Little one, are you lost?"
Kabuto Yakushi stood in the corner, a cold gleam flickering behind his round glasses. "Are you playing ninja games? That Konoha forehead protector is pretty nice…"
"Kabuto Yakushi—an orphan, raised by Nono Yakushi, mistakenly killed Nono, then became Orochimaru's right-hand man. Proficient in medicine, and researches the secret of immortality together with Orochimaru."
With every sentence Li Jie Xuan spoke, Kabuto's expression darkened a shade further.
"Who the hell are you?"
Kabuto stared at him wide-eyed, his heart shaken to the core. Why would a three-year-old child know him so intimately?!
"Who I am isn't important."
Li Jie Xuan narrowed his eyes coldly. "What matters is that Orochimaru's current condition doesn't seem very good, does it?"
Hearing that, Kabuto attacked without hesitation. Anyone who dared threaten Lord Orochimaru would not be spared! Countless razor-sharp chakra threads sliced left and right like blades. Unfortunately, before Li Jie Xuan's perfect Byakugan, these transparent chakra threads were as conspicuous as lanterns in the night! "It's useless, Kabuto!"
Li Jie Xuan danced through the chakra threads like a butterfly. "Can't you tell? I possess the Hyuga clan's Byakugan."
Hearing this, Kabuto not only failed to pull back—his attacks became even fiercer. In secret, however, many chakra threads shot toward the back of Li Jie Xuan's first cervical vertebra…
The only blind spot in the Byakugan's vision! Unfortunately…
What Li Jie Xuan possessed was the perfect Byakugan of the Hyuga main family! "Take a good look—there's no Caged Bird seal on my forehead!" Li Jie Xuan sliced all the chakra threads cleanly in two and sneered. "Are you sure you still want to keep this up? How long do you think Orochimaru can hold on?"
"Five minutes? Or ten?"
At those words, Kabuto finally stopped. He narrowed his eyes coldly. "Who exactly are you? What do you want?"
Though calm on the surface, Kabuto's heart was already in turmoil.
Because within the Hyuga bloodline, only one person per generation possessed a truly perfect Byakugan. All other Byakugan were flawed due to the Caged Bird seal.
So why did this person have a perfect Byakugan? Kabuto realized that the child before him was mysterious to a degree that didn't seem to belong to this world at all.
"No, no, no—it's not what I want."
Li Jie Xuan smiled and spread his palm, tossing Neji's pair of Byakugan over.
"Byakugan?"
"This is just my little meeting gift," Li Jie Xuan said with a grin. "As for what you want—that depends on what you can offer in return!"
"What we want?"
Kabuto froze for a moment, then abruptly looked up. "You mean Uchiha Sasuke?"
"That's right!"
Li Jie Xuan nodded with a smile. "Though you might not be able to wait much longer—Kimimaro seems to be tied up by a few minor nuisances."
"You even know about Kimimaro?"
Kabuto's entire body began to tremble. He realized that in front of this tiny child, he seemed completely transparent. Had all their recent actions been under this mysterious person's surveillance…? More than surveillance—turned into animation, replayed hundreds of millions of times…
Just then, a cold, sinister voice suddenly echoed from the dark passageway…
"Child, tell me—what is it that you want?"
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