r18novel #335 - The second pillar was kidnapped~
#335 - The second pillar was kidnapped~
Watching the Third Hokage's smug look, Liang Yue didn't bother him during his moment of glory.
He went to an inconspicuous corner and dispelled the third shadow clone he had hidden nearby. Soon, the battle on the rooftop was replaying in his mind.
It turned out that the events of this incident had deviated significantly from the original plot right from the start of the battle between Orochimaru and the Third Hokage.
In the original storyline, after Orochimaru held Hiruzen Sarutobi hostage on the rooftop, the four Sound Ninja waiting on the sidelines immediately used the Four Violet Flames Formation to isolate the rooftop space from the surroundings.
The barrier of the formation prevented outsiders from providing assistance, and those inside could not escape.
However, this time, Liang Yue's shadow clone had made a contribution, and a significant one at that.
Just as the four Sound Ninja were rising, the clone appeared and took out two of them.
As a result, the Four Violet Flames Formation plan was immediately declared a failure.
Seeing this, Orochimaru was immediately put in an awkward situation…
However, since the battle had already begun, retreating without even exchanging blows would clearly not be in line with Orochimaru's reputation.
So, Snake Dude decided to bite the bullet and go on, thinking of exchanging a few moves with the Third Hokage, so that he would have a few polite words to say when he retreated later~
But he didn't expect that after only two exchanges, he would be beaten by the Third Hokage to the point of spitting blood and retreating.
In desperation, Orochimaru quickly used the Summoning Technique to summon a giant snake to block the blow for him, thus resolving the dangerous situation.
However, the giant snake was then instantly killed by the Third Hokage with a Sage Art version of Earth and Fire Release ninjutsu.
In the critical moment, Snake Dude hurriedly used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokages to entangle the opponent, while he slipped away.
Seeing this, the Third Hokage summoned his own summoning animal, and one-on-one, directly restrained the First and Second Hokages, and then temporarily imprisoned the two's bodies and souls with a sealing technique…
The entire battle process was very short, only a minute or two, and the Third Hokage ended the battle.
In this process, the old man showed absolute suppressive strength, crushing his disciple Orochimaru with a strong posture.
Even to outsiders, people of the level of the First and Second Hokages seemed to have been defeated by him as well.
At this time, they were all a little dazed. They didn't expect their country's ninjas to rashly attack Konoha.
And if you're going to attack, you actually lost so miserably…
In this case, a decent compensation and peace agreement is undoubtedly what they desire most.
At this time, among the crowd, this group of people was the most enthusiastic in saying all kinds of nauseating compliments.
In addition, the appearance of Danzo, this old schemer, surprised Liang Yue, who was on the periphery of the crowd.
But thinking about it carefully, it is reasonable for him to come~
After all, as the official Hokage Assistant, if Danzo has learned that the Third Hokage has broken through to another realm and level.
Appropriately showing his loyalty to the village and his concern for the Hokage, his longtime friend, will naturally help Danzo himself obtain this breakthrough method from the Third Hokage.
In fact, judging from Hiruzen Sarutobi's current state, anyone can tell at a glance that the old man must have obtained some incredible opportunity before.
Either he ate some heavenly treasure, or he found a way to prolong his life.
After all, the Third Hokage at this time has not only increased his power after breaking through the Innate Realm.
From the appearance, the most obvious thing is that the old man's originally wrinkled face has disappeared at this time, and has returned to smoothness.
The facial features are deep, the white hair has turned black, and the body has become strong.
Even the body that had shrunk due to age has now returned to the tall and upright appearance of his prime.
Also, in order to conceal this, Hiruzen Sarutobi specially used the Transformation Technique to shrink himself a bit more when he came back from the Forest of Death.
The purpose was to lure out the hostile forces in the dark without alarming anyone, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop.
In Liang Yue's opinion, the Third Hokage's move was a bit of pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, full of bad taste.
But being able to take care of Orochimaru because of this, the old man seems to be very proud.
…
Soon, two days passed.
The prosperity brought by the Chunin Selection Trials has gradually begun to decline, but the impact it has brought has not yet dissipated.
When life in Konoha gradually returned to calm, a small but bad news suddenly came, that is~ Sasuke is missing.
Originally, in the third round of the Chunin Selection Trials, Gaara and other juniors who were on the invading side took the opportunity to escape. Sasuke, Naruto, Shino, Shikamaru and others were ordered to pursue.
As a result, this road was not peaceful. First, they had many duels with Gaara and others.
Later, large war summoning beasts such as the One-Tailed Shukaku and the Great Toad of Mount Myoboku appeared in turn.
After a series of duels, in the end, no one could do anything to anyone.
However, just when the exhausted Gaara and Naruto and others were about to end in a draw, coincidentally, they happened to meet Orochimaru, who had slipped out of Konoha.
That's good. A group of little guys had no power to resist at the time, so Sasuke was taken away by Snake Dude.
The rest of the people were also knocked to the ground by Snake Dude with a simple Sleeping Spell~
Later, the ninja in charge of the cleanup in Konoha noticed something was wrong and sent people to search and rescue, and then brought them back to the Konoha Medical Room in one go.
When Naruto and the others woke up, the time had already reached the next day…
…
"Damn it! I must get Sasuke back!"
"Damn Orochimaru! I will never let you go!"
"It's all my fault for being too weak. If I could still fight at that time…"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn~ it~ all!"
…
In front of Naruto's hospital bed, although the little blondie was seriously injured at this time, with bruises all over his face, he still seemed very energetic since he woke up, and kept yelling.
If it weren't for the bandages on his body and the doctor's strict orders not to get out of bed, he would probably have packed his bags and prepared to leave.
In comparison, Liang Yue next to him seemed much quieter.
At this time, he was looking out the window with one hand supporting his chin, thinking about the future.
Frankly speaking, Sasuke's departure is actually a good thing for him.
Whether it is active or passive, in short, Sasuke's departure can be regarded as giving him a very good excuse to go out often in the next time.
Orochimaru is playing the role of a villain target in the invisible, and he can continue to use it until the next Ninja World War breaks out…
"It's just that, compared to the original arrangement, Sasuke's departure now seems to be a little earlier. Many things have not had time to be done yet~"