One arm remained in place, as well as a piece of shriveled human skin, and Orochimaru himself was nowhere to be found.

Itachi frowned and was about to pursue him and completely eliminate Orochimaru.

A white butterfly suddenly flew past his eyes, causing Itachi to chase after Orochimaru.

A large number of white butterflies gathered in mid-air, forming a young woman with short blue hair. She was wearing a red cloud coat with a black background similar to that of Weasel, and a ring with the word "white" engraved on her finger. She was Xiaonan.

Itachi's eyes narrowed, he knew Konan, he was a follower of Nagato, the leader of the organization.

His strength is unknown, and his ninjutsu characteristics are related to paper. According to Scorpion's accidental revelation, the opponent is immune to physical attacks and is even better than Bai Zetsu in certain areas in terms of investigation.

"Nagato wants you to return to Amegakure as soon as possible and meet up with Kisame. There is a new task for you. I will deal with Orochimaru."

Rather than discussing, Konan seemed to be conveying Nagato's orders, with a calm expression on her face.

Itachi didn't say anything, just silently put away the kunai, turned around and left.

It wasn't until Itachi completely disappeared from sight that Konan floated down, picked up Orochimaru's severed arm, and flew in the opposite direction to Itachi.

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"That damn Uchiha brat...how dare you look down on me like this!"

Orochimaru's face was filled with resentment, and his face was twisted with anger, becoming extremely ferocious and terrifying.

How could a brat who was just being manipulated by Danzo be so easily able to counter him in genjutsu? This made Orochimaru feel extremely humiliated.

Even when he faced the leader of Amegakure, Sanshouyu Hanzo, he had never been so embarrassed.

Running in the forest, Orochimaru didn't care about the pain of a broken arm. An injury of this degree only requires a little rest to recover. There are many more parts to repair a broken arm.

Rather than physical injuries, mental trauma is the key.

While running in the forest, something fell from the sky, causing Orochimaru to stop in shock.

A severed arm fell in front of him, blocking his way.

Orochimaru recognized this severed arm as the one he had just chopped off by Itachi.

Immediately afterwards, Konan, with white wings condensed from behind, slowly floated down from the sky and looked down at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru frowned and looked at Konan.

Are you here to hunt him down?

Orochimaru quickly rejected this idea.

He and Itachi had just had a conflict, but Konan's true form arrived directly, which was obviously unreasonable.

Just when Orochimaru was about to ask a question, a rainbow-colored phantom condensed from the air and stood in front of Orochimaru.

"Nagato..."

Orochimaru looked at Nagato who suddenly appeared in the form of a clone, and his heart was full of questions.

Nagato glanced at the severed arm on the ground and the shoulder where Orochimaru lost his arm, and said, "It's really embarrassing, Mr. Orochimaru."

Orochimaru licked his tongue and smiled: "What, are you here to clean me up?"

As he spoke, he subconsciously backed away slowly.

Orochimaru was afraid of Nagato from the bottom of his heart.

Compared to Nagato, Itachi is as harmless as a baby that has not grown up.

Nagato said nothing, while Konan took out a scroll and threw it at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru caught the scroll suspiciously and glanced back and forth on Nagato's face, trying to figure out something.

"I can let go of what happened just now, but I also hope that Mr. Orochimaru will remember not to make an example. Mr. Orochimaru understands the consequences of leaving Akatsuki."

It wasn't a threat, Nagato was simply stating a fact.

"I see."

Orochimaru's tense nerves relaxed. As long as Nagato didn't hold him accountable, there was really no need to fly away.

Once Nagato pursues the case, with his current ability, there is no way he can escape Nagato's pursuit.

He knew so many secrets about Akatsuki that there was no other way to leave the organization unless he died.

Orochimaru opened the scroll that Konan threw over, and after just glancing at it, he was shocked by the content on it, with a look of shock in his eyes.

"How's it going? How long does it take?"

He didn't ask if it could be done. Nagato believed in Orochimaru's research ability, so he asked him how long it would take to complete the things on the scroll.

Rather than his strength, Nagato believed in Orochimaru's talent in research and exploration.

Orochimaru did not give an answer immediately. After thinking for a moment, he slowly answered: "I have not thought about this matter. There is a serious lack of research information on this part, and the collection of materials..."

Sensing Orochimaru's embarrassment, Nagato said: "Don't worry, I have collected all the materials."

Orochimaru was startled, took a deep look at Nagato, and said meaningfully: "I see, it seems that you are also quite wary of Madara and Zetsu, and you actually did such a thing without telling them."

"I don't want to become Madara's puppet, so naturally I have to make more preparations. And in order to deal with Chiba Shiraishi in the future, this is a necessary strength."

Nagato replied.

Orochimaru looked confused and became Madara's puppet?

If he remembered correctly, Madara seemed to be quite afraid of Nagato. The cooperation between the two should be dominated by Nagato. Why did he say he didn't want to be Madara's puppet?

"I will explain the specific things in detail later. When the tailed beast is captured, Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan will be yours, Mr. Orochimaru."

"I can do this myself. You don't need to do it yourself. Only when you have enough food and clothing can you have fun."

Orochimaru refused Nagato's help.

Nagato nodded. Since Orochimaru didn't need his help, he could only do it in his own way.

"Xonan, take Mr. Orochimaru to Secret Point No. 2. I will explain to Scorpion."
Chapter completed!