"ah!"
Late at night, Orochimaru's mansion in Konoha Village.
A white snake suddenly fell from the beam in the bedroom to the ground. Orochimaru, who was lying peacefully on the bed, suddenly jumped up like a spring and looked at the empty bedroom warily.
"...It's okay, I suddenly had a nightmare."
A voice suddenly came from the mouth of the white snake that fell to the ground, and the originally nervous "Orochimaru" expression became dull.
The white snake's mouth opened hugely, a pale arm stretched out from it, and a "strip" of wet Orochimaru crawled out.
Then, Orochimaru crawled out of the snake's mouth and pinched a seal, turned the "Orochimaru" on the bed into a cloud of smoke and took it back. After his eyes flickered for a while, he left the bedroom to wash up and returned to the study to sit silently. .
It turns out that the one lying on the bed is just a shadow clone, but the real Orochimaru is hiding in the belly of the white snake.
This was also one of the habits Orochimaru developed on the battlefield, which also allowed him to successfully kill all hostile ninjas who tried to assassinate him during the Great Ninja War.
Originally, Konoha Village was his home where he could relax, but recently, Orochimaru, whose insomnia had become more and more serious, was forced to enter a state of sleep in this tense state of war.
Now I am awakened by nightmares and unable to sleep.
"Ninjutsu: Illusion Interpretation!"
Orochimaru casually made a seal and explored his body, finding nothing strange.
Involuntarily, his brows furrowed even more tightly.
Then all of this, including tonight's nightmare, can only be said to be that there is indeed something wrong with my spirit.
And it’s still a big problem…
Orochimaru held his forehead and sighed.
"Teacher..."
Orochimaru clearly remembered everything in the nightmare.
Tonight's nightmare is not just an image.
What appeared in the dream was a scene where the teacher once taught the three of them kindly and carefully, but a strange scene appeared. There would always be a blurry Uchiha ninja next to the teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen, staring at the bloody Sharingan. Eyes slashed him to the head, but the flying head was still full of kindness and carefully explained the details of ninjutsu to him.
Even after losing his head, the body with blood spurting out from his neck was still explaining the hand seals of each ninjutsu and the optimization methods of each ninjutsu.
The faceless but extremely ferocious Uchiha ninja tore the teacher's body into pieces mercilessly, but the broken limbs scattered on the ground were still struggling to figure out the details of the seal, as if they wanted Orochimaru to remember it. Something...
Even the teacher's head lying beside him was still chattering about the precautions when using ninjutsu against the enemy.
Finally, as if the Uchiha ninja in the dream did not see the existence of Orochimaru, he sprayed out a fire dragon and burned the teacher's head into a skeleton.
What Orochimaru thought was extremely horrifying was the sound of the skull opening and closing in its mouth.
And in his heart, for some reason, he suddenly understood the sound made by the opening and closing of the skull's upper and lower jaws——
"Orochimaru, do you remember?"
"Orochimaru, don't forget..."
"Orochimaru……"
"..."
Orochimaru took a sip of water, his breathing getting heavier and heavier.
"teacher……"
Half of the water in the cup flowed out of the mouth and dripped on the flawless white clothes. Under the dim light, the water stains looked like blood stains.
"teacher……"
Orochimaru felt dizzy.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude towards Orochimaru was the best among the three disciples.
As the granddaughter of the Senju clan, Tsunade must maintain a certain degree of respect even for Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is the Hokage, and her strength structure is based on the secret techniques of the Senju clan and the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan. Yes, Sarutobi Hiruzen, as a teacher, does not need to teach him, he only needs to properly guide Tsunade's three views.
As for Jiraiya, that idiot, his main role is to show the fairness of the Hokage line to the largest group of civilian ninjas in the Ninja Village, and because his talent is relatively average, he only relies on a kind of perseverance that is inexplicable in Orochimaru's view. Therefore, although the teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen openly treats everyone equally, the energy of ninjutsu teaching is still focused on Orochimaru.
——All geniuses have a bit of "stupid disgust" to some extent.
"Sarutobi-sensei..."
Orochimaru held his head in pain, his body bent like a cooked shrimp.
In front of the now extremely powerful Uchiha clan, even he, Orochimaru, is not just a shrimp that can be slaughtered by others.
The ninja world is so vast. Apart from this corner of his home, where else can he hide?
And Orochimaru also clearly felt that although the Uchiha clan apparently trusted him and not only allowed him to continue to be in charge of major laboratories in Konoha, but also appointed him as the director of a committee under the House of Representatives, in fact The public's vigilance and attention to it have never relaxed.
Moreover, the attention of the Uchiha clan is becoming more and more obvious, just like more and more Uchiha teenagers in the laboratory are slowly tightening their control over Orochimaru's private territory.
Orochimaru felt as helpless and suffocated as a snake being simmered over low heat.
He couldn't just imitate that idiot Jiraiya and spy on women's baths to achieve self-destruction, right?
What's more, if Orochimaru could imitate what that idiot Jiraiya could do, I'm afraid the Uchiha clan would immediately think that Orochimaru was trying to "hide his capabilities and bide his time" and wait for a counterattack, right? By then, I am afraid that control and even various monitoring will be even tighter.
"Tsunade……"
Orochimaru thought of the most special person among his sect.
The situation of the Thousand Hands Clan is not good.
Not only is the current family strength unable to match the reputation of the Senju Clan, a powerful ninja family, but the only power they can actually control is the Konoha Medical System.
And even though there are still many Senju clan members teaching in the Konoha Ninja School, the police department's preparatory training school is becoming more and more prosperous, and it has overtaken the traditional ninja schools...
Although Tsunade also tried her best to unite other ninja clans and tried to become an alliance that could substantially affect the direction of Konoha like the Hyuga clan, she still struggled.
"Nothing but fame and wealth..."
Thinking of this, Orochimaru couldn't help but laugh to himself.
Apart from a little fame, he is almost impoverished in terms of wealth! If it weren't for the constant infusion of funds from villages and the Uchiha clan into the laboratory, Orochimaru might have had to perform tasks to fill up the laboratory's expenses.
Orochimaru silently poured himself another glass of water.
After withdrawing his thoughts that were flying around, Orochimaru gradually calmed down and tried to interpret the dream on his own again.
Dreams are a projection of reality, and they are also a concrete expression of true inner emotions.
The reason why I dreamed about my teacher during his lifetime and the miserable way the teacher died in the dream, plus he still did not forget to give Orochimaru his final instructions before he died, at least shows that Orochimaru still cherishes his teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen's death in Uchiha. Tokumitsu's hand is filled with grudges.
But this is normal.
Although Orochimaru looks as cold-blooded as a poisonous snake in human skin to ordinary people, there is still something soft and gentle in his heart.
One is his apprentice, Tsunade's younger brother Senju Nawaki; the other is his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi who treats him as his own son.
The other half that I don't know whether to count are fellow disciples Jiraiya and Tsunade.
But the teacher who regarded him as his own son... is dead!
Die under Uchiha Tokimitsu's Susanoo!
Dignified Ninxiong! The third generation of Konoha! He died like this in full public view, while leading his troops to put down the rebellion!
Even the family where the teacher came from was completely dismembered. The core members of the family were either thrown into the occupied areas of the Kingdom of Thunder to serve as cannon fodder, or were taken to the punishment camp directly under the Governor's Mansion to serve as dead soldiers!
Thinking of this, Orochimaru felt a splitting headache again.
"teacher……"
The corners of Orochimaru's eyes began to moisten.
In front of outsiders and even in his mind, Orochimaru was a cold-blooded and ruthless person.
When the teacher's body was still cold, he took the initiative to surrender to Uchiha Tokumitsu's mansion, and then successfully took over all experimental institutions in Konoha with the support of the Uchiha clan. This was regarded by the outside world as his surrender to the Uchiha clan. harvest.
Now not only the Hokage faction lurking in the village regard him as a traitor, but even his former subordinates have gradually reduced their contact with him.
Orochimaru felt like a poisonous snake wrapped in a sack. No matter how fierce his fangs were, he could not hurt the snake catcher outside the sack. Instead, he would be hit hard at the slightest movement. It was even boiled into a cup of snake soup.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru suddenly felt that the cup in his hand felt hot...
Judging from the size, the white snake he used to hide seemed to almost fill the cup after being boiled into snake soup...
"Alas!"
Orochimaru threw away the cup in his hand as if he had been burned.
"Crack!"
With the sound of the cup breaking, Orochimaru suddenly calmed down.
Then I found another cup, resisted the discomfort in my heart, and poured myself another cup of water. Then I went to the kitchen to find a few eggs and apples. I didn't do any additional cooking, but simply washed them. The giant python swallows it alive as if it were eating.
"call……"
After eating something, Orochimaru's face turned slightly rosy, and he slowly walked back from the dark kitchen to the bright study.
Even the cup, which he was inexplicably afraid of, could no longer make Orochimaru feel uncomfortable.
"Gulu gulu..."
Orochimaru drank the water in the cup, then stood in front of the desk and continued to meditate.
Not surprisingly, Orochimaru also felt that he had fallen into some indescribable obsession and was unable to extricate himself.
Moreover, after self-examination, Orochimaru ruled out the possibility of external illusions and attributed his obsession to his longing for his teacher.
But how to break this obsession?
Orochimaru actually has the answer in his heart.
But there is actually no difference between this answer and no.
——After all, the "ambition" of annihilating the Uchiha clan to avenge the teacher cannot be achieved even if several major ninja villages in the current ninja world unite together!
What's more, as time changes, and Konoha is flooded with new-age ninjas who have grown up under the influence of the Uchiha clan, Orochimaru has no chance of revenge for his teacher!
"Can't wait any longer..."
Orochimaru's hand involuntarily crushed the cup.
"..."
After cleaning up the broken porcelain slag on the floor with an expressionless face, Orochimaru thought of another problem that had been restricting him.
Where could he go?
Where in the ninja continent is beyond the reach of the tentacles of the Uchiha clan?
Thinking of this, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel confused.
Suddenly, Orochimaru, who had a blank look on his face, seemed to have something in his heart. He quickly swept away the debris on the desk, bit his finger and activated the psychic technique on the table.
"bong!"
As a cloud of smoke exploded, a flower snake was channeled by Orochimaru.
"Is there a problem?"
Orochimaru frowned and asked, "You are suddenly causing waves of reverse necromancy in the middle of the night. Are you deliberately causing trouble?"
This flower snake is one of the liaison snakes in Yongji Cave and one of the few snakes in Yongji Cave that can speak human language.
"Eggs, I want to eat eggs!"
Hua Shezi pulled his fangs and said, "I will tell you if I eat the eggs."
Orochimaru frowned, and he formed a shadow clone and went to the kitchen to find eggs, while he stared at the flower snake on the table.
After happily swallowing several eggs, the Flower Snake burped and said, "The Great Immortal White Snake wants to see you. If you have time, please go to Longdi Cave!"
"...White Snake Immortal?"
Orochimaru's frown deepened.
Unlike Jiraiya, although Orochimaru uses the power of Ryūchi Cave, and his strength system is also built on the basis of Ryūchi Cave, he is actually very wary of so-called psychic beast holy places such as Ryūchi Cave.
Moreover, among the snakes in Longdi Cave, Wan She who often cooperates with him in battles gives him a headache, not to mention the so-called "Three Goddess" who are actually superior to Wan She and the powerful Yu Yuan. The white snake fairy looks like the sea.
"Yes, Great Immortal White Snake wants to see you! It's best to come with me right away!"
The flower snake vomited the snake lettuce, as if savoring the deliciousness of the eggs.
"……I see."
Orochimaru hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
Although he didn't know the purpose of the so-called White Snake Sage summoning him in the middle of the night, Orochimaru decided to find out.
"That's ok, I will launch the reverse psychic technique in twenty minutes, don't refuse..."
The flower snake spit out the snake letter and said: "By the way, you also need to change your clothes. You should be more dignified when you meet the Great Immortal White Snake!"
Orochimaru looked down at the white nightgown he was wearing. He was too lazy to continue to defend these nonsense, so he nodded.
"boom!"
Hana snake turned into a cloud of smoke and left, and Orochimaru returned to the bedroom to change his clothes, and then came to the study to sit quietly again.
"boom!"
After a while, Orochimaru also responded to the call of reverse necromancy and turned into a cloud of smoke to go to Ryūchi Cave.
"Ouch~"
A black and white pitcher plant emerged from the corner of Orochimaru's study.
"Hey! Kuroko!"
The white part of the body of the pitcher plant and the corners of its mouth are constantly twitching. "You don't seem to be very good at using illusions~ This guy is out of control~"
"By the way, what kind of shit is the Longdi Cave that the snake that looks like shit is talking about? Is it a shit storage place for shit?"
"……Shut up!"
The black part of the pitcher plant cursed viciously: "How can you, a stupid waste, understand my far-reaching plan as the incarnation of Madara-sama's will!"
"Hey~ Are you like Madara-sama who was beaten half of your body by a kid?"
Although the words of the white pitcher plant are joking, the eyes are filled with murderous light.
"Let's go, let's go!"
The black pitcher plant forcibly drags the other half of the white pitcher plant into the ground.
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