"What a foolish move, Sarutobi-sensei..."

Sending Anbu to chase him was a very stupid thing in Orochimaru's opinion.

Although he has never held a position in the ANBU, he has stuffed many chess pieces into it, and Kakashi is not the only one.

Moreover, he was once the deputy of the leader of the Roots, Danzo, and he commanded the Roots for a period of time. As a branch of the ANBU, the Roots have many things in common.

It's just that the base's methods are a bit more ruthless and cruel than the ANBU's.

He didn't kill him immediately. At that time, he missed the only opportunity to seize him. Orochimaru knew that the teacher he once respected, Sarutobi Hiruzen, his vigor and determination had been worn away by the years.

Smoothed the edges and corners.

Sigh?

No, some are just sad.

There is also fear.

You should never become like this.

Immortality! Immortality! This is my true pursuit!

My own path is not compatible with Konoha's values ​​and ethics. Instead of doing this, it is better to end it earlier, leave this village, and pursue my ideals and life to the fullest.

Running through the forest in the middle of the night, the smile on his face could not be restrained, with a hint of evil temperament.

His long tongue licked his lips.

Freedom and dreams are waiting for you ahead.

As for the Anbu chasing him behind him, Orochimaru never paid much attention to them.

He knew the capabilities of ANBU very well.

Despite his considerable strength, the gathering of four or more squads can pose a huge obstacle to him.

But only if you can catch up with him.

Although he had been blocked by Jiraiya for a while before, now that he was running with all his strength, it was impossible for the ANBU's pursuit ability to catch up with his speed.

Just when he was thinking this, there was a sudden fire behind him, and the fire that devoured the forest swept across the country in a whale-like manner. Seeing that it was about to fall on him, Orochimaru frowned.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!"

At the same time as the body leaped, he formed seals with his hands, and a huge thick earth wall suddenly erected behind him.

The fire wave hit the earth wall and immediately exploded.

Although he successfully prevented the fire escape, his movements were paused due to this.

Two figures quickly rushed out from behind and flashed in front of Orochimaru, blocking his path.

Orochimaru saw clearly that it was a male and a female ANBU, wearing the iconic ANBU masks. He immediately licked his tongue and chuckled: "I didn't expect you two to come in person. Why, do you want to stop me too?"

Although he was smiling on his face, he was secretly on guard.

This man and woman were none other than his teacher, the eldest son and daughter-in-law of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Takashi Sarutobi and Tsuruko Sarutobi.

He is a ninja of the same generation as him.

It's just that unlike the other three ninjas, these two have shown very strong talents very early on, and were promoted to ANBU and served as squad leaders.

Later, it took two years to become the squad leader. As his performance continued to improve, he now serves as the minister and deputy minister of the ANBU, and is in charge of all ANBU members in Konoha.

The strength of a single person may not be as good as that of the Sannin, but the two of them are almost inseparable. If one-on-two, Orochimaru thinks that he is very likely to capsize in the gutter.

Taking these two as opponents would be much more troublesome than Jiraiya.

"Come back with us, if possible, we don't want to see the blood of our former companions!"

Sarutobi Takashi took a step forward and sighed towards Orochimaru.

Because he was familiar with the Sannin, Orochimaru was the most talented ninja among the Sannin, and he had always been the role model that he yearned for and envied.

In his impression, there was almost nothing that could stump Orochimaru.

At the moment when Orochimaru defected, it was hard for him to believe that Orochimaru would defect to the village so decisively, and would also conduct extremely evil human experiments on ninjas from the same village... Even if you need experimental subjects, you can just apply to the above and be an Anbu

In the position of a minister, sometimes it is necessary to study ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu, and conduct human experiments.

He won't accuse Orochimaru of anything.

It's just that I can't say it openly.

"It seems that I have been underestimated, but it shouldn't be Sarutobi-sensei's decision for you two to come out, right?"

Orochimaru asked.

"This has nothing to do with Hokage-sama's will. Hokage-sama is old and will show mercy to you as a disciple, but we will not. It is the ANBU's job to annihilate any ninja who threatens the village."

Sarutobi Takashi said this indifferently.

Sarutobi Saruko next to him also stood up and said in a cold voice: "The knowledge, intelligence and technology you possess are all extremely precious treasures of Konoha. If this power no longer belongs to Konoha, then it can only destroy it.

Fall! Coming back with us is your only way to survive!"

Orochimaru sighed in his heart, knowing that this battle was inevitable.

Because although these two people are the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of their teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, they are not indecisive people.

Even if he doesn't have extreme martial arts ideas like Danzo, he will ruthlessly annihilate potential threats to Konoha.

The murderous aura condensed in the two of them was much more than that in him.

Seeing that Orochimaru was also secretly building momentum, Sarutobi Takashi and his wife knew that this battle was inevitable. Orochimaru was determined to betray the village. The power of words alone could not bring him back to the village.

Although he couldn't bear to fight to the death with his former companions, considering the knowledge, intelligence and technology that Orochimaru possessed, once he successfully escaped, it would definitely be a huge loss to Konoha.

"Come on, kill you two and move on is the same choice!"

Orochimaru smiled coldly, stretched out his arms, and several large snakes appeared from the cuffs. The snakes' mouths grew, and they bit into Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Uruko not far away in a bloodthirsty manner.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hand? What a boring test."

Sarutobi Takashi pulled out the chakra sword from his back. In an instant, the fiery breath wrapped around the blade, cutting several long snakes rushing towards him into two pieces in the middle.

The wound of the long snake that fell to the ground immediately burst into flames, and the snake's body burned into black charcoal.

Orochimaru took this opportunity to step back and quickly formed seals with his hands.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

It was originally just an ordinary C-level ninjutsu, but in the hands of Orochimaru, the user, he spit out a violent hurricane from his mouth that blew away a tree.

In the storm, Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Saruko had to gather chakra on the soles of their feet and firmly fix their bodies on the ground to prevent themselves from being blown away by the storm.

At this moment, a huge shadow covered the moon in the sky, and darkness fell above the two of them.

Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Saruko looked up and saw a huge spotted snake.

This large spotted snake was about ten meters long. It tore open a bloody mouth that could swallow an adult and pounced on the two of them.

The big snake bites quickly and makes a loud roar.

The big snake chewed up the ground with its huge mouth.

However, Sarutobi Takashi and Sarutobi Tsuruko there had long since disappeared.

The big snake also reacted, its golden bloodthirsty vertical pupils staring at a tree, and the masked Sarutobi Tsuruko stood on the branch, looking down at it from a high position.

Orochimaru moved his body, leaving a speeding black shadow on the ground. He moved to the tree where Sarutobi's purlin was located in twos and twos. His soft body wrapped around the tree, so that he could climb up the tree and attack Sarutobi's purlin.

son.

Sarutobi Saruko's eyes were calm. Maybe ordinary ninjas would really find it very troublesome to encounter such a huge beast.

But for a Jonin of her level, it is nothing more than a psychic beast at the level of a family pet.

It is probably a pet that Orochimaru randomly obtained from Ryūchi Cave, or it may be an artificially modified snake creature.

While the big snake was wrapped around Sarutobi's purlin, Orochimaru focused his attention on Sarutobi Takashi.

It is very troublesome for two people to join forces. It will be much easier to solve it separately first.

When he was thinking this, Sarutobi Takashi also took the chakra knife wrapped with fiery breath and quickly swung it at Orochimaru.

Before Orochimaru could get close, a gray python as thick as a bucket flew out from Orochimaru's sleeve, turning into an afterimage and attacking Sarutobi Takashi.

Sarutobi Takashi changed the trajectory of his chakra sword swing without any panic, and chopped off the head of the gray python with his right hand.

At the same time, he unfolded the seal with his left hand and released the ninjutsu at almost zero distance:

"Fire Release·Pyroblast!"

Boom!

The terrifying explosions immediately swallowed up large areas of trees and land, turning the place into a scorching environment with terrifying high temperatures.

Orochimaru was rolling on the ground in a panic, with burn marks on his body that had been burned by the flames.

On the other hand, Sarutobi Takashi, at that distance, stood there without any damage, staring at Orochimaru with sharp murderous eyes.

"Haha, your knife is really interesting."
To be continued...