Chapter 683 Subdued

Leaving the mountains at the border between the country of Tian and the country of iron, the three Shiraishi who rode on the back of Lei Mingmaru did not return directly to the country of ghosts, but kept flying towards the east.

When it was about to fly to the end of the forest, Lei Mingwan's speed slowed down a little under Shiraishi's order.

On the plain outside the forest in front, you can vaguely see a town located in the distance, with a dense population.

After the speed slowed down, Lei Mingwan changed from flying at high altitude to flying at low altitude. It was only tens of meters away from the ground, and the forest below was clearly visible.

"What are your plans next? Do you want to go there with me to deal with the aftermath?"

On Lei Mingmaru's back, Shiraishi took the initiative to ask Sasuke.

"Are you going to receive Orochimaru's forces?"

Sasuke asked suspiciously.

Shiraishi nodded, shook his head again and said: "There is this purpose, but there are more important things. That guy Orochimaru is not completely dead yet, I need to wipe out all the 'will' he scattered, so that there will be no future troubles."

Sasuke's expression became surprised, as if he didn't react.

As if guessing that Sasuke would show such an expression, Shiraishi smiled and said: "The white snake symbolizes regeneration. Orochimaru uses living body transformation to transform his body into a white snake with strong vitality. Although he can't achieve complete regeneration, it is not so easy to kill him. What's more, he still has a hand in the curse seal. Among some of the strongholds he built, there are spare experimental subjects he used to revive his will."

"That rascal"

Sasuke touched the curse mark on the back of his neck that had completely disappeared. After Orochimaru was dealt with, the curse mark on his body also disappeared.

Although I regret this a bit, but after learning the fairy art, the curse seal has little effect on me, so I just regret it a little.

It just seems that there are still many terrible traps in Orochimaru's curse seal, which have not been excavated yet.

"However, how do you know such a thing?"

Sasuke looked at Shiraishi curiously.

Reincarnation ninjutsu and curse marks can be said to be the secrets that Orochimaru painstakingly researched, and it can never be missed.

Shiraishi seems to be very familiar with Orochimaru's reincarnation ninjutsu and curse seal, which surprised Sasuke.

"I've been researching Orochimaru's reincarnation technique and curse seal for years. As long as it touches the most fundamental field, then these ninjutsu have no secrets in front of me. Having said that, this guy's ability to survive is really troublesome. This is why I came here to deal with the follow-up in person. Apart from me, there is no one in the kingdom of ghosts who can completely cut off the vitality of Orochimaru."

Shiraishi did not hide this.

The main purpose of his coming here is to take Sasuke away only secondly. What he really wants to do is to block all the escape routes of Orochimaru and completely wipe out this dangerous guy from the ninja world.

Orochimaru and Akatsuki have a very close relationship, and their contribution to the Akatsuki organization cannot be ignored. Resolving Orochimaru is tantamount to cutting off an arm of the Akatsuki organization, which is conducive to the arrangement of the follow-up plan by the kingdom of ghosts.

After listening to Sasuke, he lost interest. The curse mark on his body had already been solved by the man called "Indra" in Shiraishi's mouth, so naturally he didn't need to do anything about Orochimaru.

Moreover, he has personally experienced the strength of Orochimaru once before, and there is no need to do the same thing a second time.

"It's up to you, I'll just stop here."

Sensing several familiar auras in the forest, Sasuke stopped the Thunder Maru under his feet, and began to hover over the forest.

Naturally, Baishi sensed a few auras from the forest, so he just glanced at them and stopped paying attention.

"By the way, how can I find you after that? Or should I go back to the kingdom of ghosts?"

Sasuke suddenly turned his head and asked.

Baishi pondered for a while, and responded: "If you are not in a hurry, you can stop in the small town in front of you for two days. I can solve the matter here at noon the day after tomorrow. I will meet you at that time, and then we will return to the kingdom of ghosts together."

"See you the day after tomorrow."

Sasuke nodded, turned his head, glanced at the forest below, jumped down, and disappeared into the forest.

On Lei Mingwan's back, only Shiraishi and Tian Yunu remained.

However, in the ground below, Baishi also sensed General Tu's aura. After swallowing the data files in the stronghold, Baishi quickly caught up.

General Earth's movement speed in the ground is no slower than Lei Mingwan's flying speed, even slightly faster, so Shiraishi is not worried that General Earth will fall behind.

"Let's go, go to the stronghold in the north and meet Kakashi."

Shiraishi gave an order, and Lei Mingmaru turned the orbit in the air without saying a word, glanced at Sasuke who fell into the forest, then retracted his gaze, and flew to the north with wings.

There were several figures running fast in the forest. Judging from their hasty and flustered expressions, it seemed that there was some huge horror behind them, making them dare not stop for a moment, and only cared about running for their lives.

They are the four people from Yinyin Village, and Chonggo.

After confirming that the crisis was over, the group of five people stopped in an open space in the forest, leaning on a tree, and got a little chance to breathe.

"Damn it, who is that guy? As soon as he came up, he cut off my two arms with a wind knife. If we continue to entangle, I'm afraid we will be in danger."

Kidoumaru sat down on the ground, leaning his back on the tree trunk. He originally had six arms, but now he lost two arms on the right side, resulting in only four arms left.

Although there is still an arm that can be used, it will not be completely disabled, but the loss of strength is inevitable.

He gritted his teeth, grabbed the medical bandage, and continued to wrap it around the bleeding wound. The bandage wrapped there before was completely stained red.

The other three of the four were also quite embarrassed, and the only one who was safe was Chongwu.

He was neither injured nor out of breath. Judging by his appearance, he ran all the way down, as if he was very relaxed, and he didn't feel tired.

This is also related to his trying to avoid fighting, and before that, Sasuke reminded him that if someone attacks the stronghold, leave directly and don't fight.

Giving trust in Sasuke, Shigego fled the stronghold the moment the alarm sounded at the stronghold, and met at the place designated by Sasuke ahead.

As for the four of them, Yinyin met by chance on the way to escape.

Obviously, they couldn't resist the enemy attacking the stronghold, so they chose to abandon the stronghold and retreat tactically.

After all, the enemy's firepower is fierce. In that case, there is no way to join the rest of the people. The only way to escape is to die.

It's not just them, Zhongwu also saw many people escape from the stronghold along the way.

"The other party is wearing a priestess costume, so she must be a priestess from the kingdom of ghosts."

Tayuya grasped the clarinet in his hand, and remembered something to say.

"Well, shrine maidens who know ninjutsu... are only available in that country. Hell, why are ninjas from the country of ghosts appearing here?"

As the strongest of the four, Zuo Jin angrily punched the tree next to him, gnashing his teeth, as if he was extremely angry about this matter.

Jirobo hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Is it okay for us to leave like this? The people from the kingdom of ghosts raided the stronghold, and they probably came for Master Orochimaru."

"The strength gap between us and her is too great. In that case, going up to fight is just a meaningless sacrifice. And I believe that she was not the only one who came to attack the stronghold at that time. It is estimated that someone has sneaked in ahead of time. Where is the nearest stronghold?"

Zuojin suddenly raised his head, straightened his face, and asked.

"Zuojin, do you want to gather troops from other strongholds and then counterattack back?"

Kidoumaru seemed to understand Sakon's plan.

"I have this idea. The previous retreat was a last resort. In that case, we could only flee and evacuate, but now we must gather more people and go back to perform crimes and meritorious deeds. Otherwise, Master Orochimaru will blame it, and none of us will have good fruit to eat."

Sakon said so.

Although the previous escape was an expedient measure, it was impossible to really abandon that stronghold.

The four of them fell silent and the other three agreed to Zuo Jin's proposal.

"I don't know what happened to Sasuke-sama at this time."

Tayuya had a worried look on his face at this moment.

When the stronghold was attacked at that time, all the Otogakure ninjas stationed there went out to meet the enemy.

As a result, under the fierce attack of the enemy, it quickly suffered a disastrous defeat.

In addition, the enemy deliberately blocked the entrance of the stronghold, so they had no room to retreat to the stronghold and make a tactical retreat. They had to hide in the mountains and forests to avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

And there is one more thing that worries Tayuya, that is, the timing of the attack by the ghost country is too coincidental.

It happened to be a critical moment when Orochimaru held the reincarnation ceremony, which reminded Tayuya of some bad things.

"Hmph." Hearing this name, Zuo Jin felt extremely unhappy, and said with a sneer, "Don't miss this dead man's name so much anymore, Tayuya. Uchiha Sasuke has already been taken away by Master Orochimaru at this time. His fate of being taken away has already been doomed."

Compared to the sadness on Tayuya's face, Shigego, who was watching all this silently by the side, seemed very calm at that time, and was not hit by Zuo Jin's contemptuous words.

After hitting Tayuya, Zuo Jin glanced at Shigego who was silent, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

"Hey, Shigego, where are you going next? Do you want to gather people with us and counterattack back? Following Uchiha Sasuke's arrogant and arrogant guy, how can it be more promising to continue to follow Master Orochimaru."

Zuo Jin's words were full of the meaning of wooing Shigego.

As a result, Chongwu just glanced at him lightly, just like a stone statue, with his eyes closed, standing there silent.

Zuo Jin saw that Zhongwu ignored him, just closed his eyes and rested, his face suddenly sank, and it was extremely difficult to see.

Sensing that the relationship between Sakon and Shigego was somewhat stiff, the pale Kidomaru tried to stand up from the ground, covered the wound of his broken arm, coughed and said, "Calm down, both of you, now is not the time for conflicts. The most important thing right now is to gather people as soon as possible to support Oshemaru-sama. I am worried that if we go late, something may happen there again."

Right at this moment, an untimely voice came in, extremely cold:

"There's no need to do that kind of thing anymore, Kidomaru, it's over."

The sound that came in suddenly made Chong Wu, who closed his eyes and meditated, suddenly open his eyes, and looked at the person coming, his pupils lit up slightly.

The rest of the people were stunned. Tayuya and Jirobo were stunned first, then turned to look with joy.

"Sasuke-sama!?"

Appeared not far away, and the person intervening in their conversation was Sasuke.

He was spotless at this time, walked slowly with a blank face, glanced at the faces of Chongwu and the others, then stopped and stopped moving forward.

Seeing Sasuke appear, Zuo Jin's face became even more ugly, almost ashen.

Kidoumaru glanced at Sasuke, thoughtful, as if secretly deducing something.

"Sasuke."

Among the crowd, the only one who is relatively calm is Chonggo.

Compared to the four of Otonin, he has the closest relationship with Sasuke.

He came to stand behind Sasuke, faintly confronted the four of them, and confirmed his position.

And he also affirmed one thing at the same time, Orochimaru failed.

Sasuke standing here intact is the best proof.

As for the Demon Country, it is likely that Sasuke invited reinforcements.

"Shigego, are you trying to betray Master Orochimaru?"

Zuo Jin wanted to accuse Chonggo angrily, as if he was very dissatisfied with Chonggo's betrayal.

"There is only a transaction between me and Orochimaru, not his subordinates, so there is no relationship of betrayal. And in the final analysis, you are just an inferior product created based on me."

Joggo opened his mouth calmly, telling the cruel fact that Zuo Jin felt extremely ashamed.

Without waiting for Sakon to continue to question him angrily, Kidomaru, who has always been known for his calmness, sighed, as if he had guessed something, staring at Sasuke full of seriousness and disbelief.

"Master Sasuke, if I'm right, you appeared here safe and sound, is it because you defeated Master Orochimaru?"

Kidoumaru's words exploded in the ears of the other three of the four like a thunderbolt, and they stared at Sasuke with incredulous eyes.

Even Sakin, who had been at odds with Sasuke, was the same, too shocked to speak.

Facing Kidomaru's question, Sasuke nodded unabashedly, and said in a calm tone: "That's right, Orochimaru has been defeated by me. All his efforts have been in vain."

Despite predicting this matter, Kidomaru couldn't help taking a breath after getting Sasuke's confirmation.

"Master Sasuke, you actually defeated... No, this is really unbelievable..."

Tayuya was struggling, and did not feel too much pain and loss because of the passing of Orochimaru.

Rather, there is a faint joy and excitement in my heart.

It's just that the news was too sudden, and the truth of the matter was beyond her imagination, so she couldn't believe it for a while.

"No, it's impossible! You are a guy who is nothing but blood, how could you defeat Master Orochimaru! This is a lie, this must be a lie you made up yourself! Master Orochimaru, he"

Zuo Jin didn't believe that all this happened, he started talking nonsense, shaking his head constantly, he couldn't believe this kind of thing.

Sasuke didn't speak, his black and white pupils were immediately replaced by red Sharingan.

Just for a moment, the eyes of the four people whose eyes met Sasuke's Sharingan were all in a daze. When they realized it, the surrounding scene had changed drastically.

In the dark sky, a huge three-goed jade sharing sharing eye illuminates the earth with **** light.

Unwilling to face the giant white snake roaring towards the sky, amidst the pain and howling, the body of the giant white snake turned into white particles like fine sand, drifted into the air, and disappeared.

"This scene, is it the last of Oshemaru-sama... No, how could it be like this..."

The screen ends, Tayuya, Kidomaru, and Jirobo are alright. Although there is a touch of sadness on their faces, they quickly cheer up.

Only Zuo Jin sat down on the ground in a daze, murmuring the word 'impossible' non-stop, with a dull expression.

"The Yinyin Village has already existed in name only, what plans do the four of you have going forward?"

Sasuke closed Sharingan and asked.

Zokon was still in a daze, murmuring 'impossible' in his mouth, while the three of Tayuya looked at each other, with hesitant expressions on their faces, as if they had some concerns and couldn't really make up their minds.

"I am willing to follow Master Sasuke."

Finally, Tayuya was the first to speak, breaking the silence. After saying this, she felt relieved and stood behind Sasuke.

Sasuke nodded in satisfaction at Tayuya's self-awareness.

It is not in vain for me to spend time instructing her on illusion over the past few years.

Jirobo looked at Tayuya, then at Kidomaru, and without saying a word, he also came behind Sasuke, standing with Shigego and Tayuya.

"If that's the case, then count me in."

Kidoumaru smiled helplessly, and put on a gesture of surrender. Knowing that the situation was over, he decided to surrender to Sasuke.

In fact, this is the only option.

From a long time ago, he could see that Sasuke coveted the four of them and wanted to truly lead them.

However, since Orochimaru was still pressing on it, no invitation was actually issued.

But now that Sasuke has successfully defeated Orochimaru, this concern naturally no longer exists.

Moreover, to be honest, Kidomaru thinks that following Sasuke is more promising than following Orochimaru.

He walked behind Sasuke, standing side by side with Shigego and Tayuya.

Only Zuojin was left standing there alone. In a blink of an eye, he found that there was no one around him. Zuojin came back to his senses, and his face suddenly turned blue and white.

"Kidoumaru, you guys do this, I am sorry for Oshemaru-sama"

Sakin stretched out his hand, wanting to accuse Tayuya and others of being greedy for life and fearing death, but Sasuke stared at him with cold and sharp gaze, as if pouring a basin of cold water on his head, which made him completely wake up from his anger.

The clothes on the back were also soaked in cold sweat, his neck shrank subconsciously, and his body was stiff and unable to move.

This kind of murderous intent gave Zuo Jin the illusion of facing Orochimaru directly.

No, this is a more terrifying murderous aura than Orochimaru, it almost made his eyes sting, and his bones began to weaken involuntarily.

Just kidding, a kid younger than me, how could it be possible... Sakin shook his head in a panic, and stepped back, unable to believe the fact that Sasuke had surpassed Orochimaru.

"In this case, then, you go down and meet that guy Orochimaru."

The Kusanagi sword at Sasuke's waist was half drawn out, and a dazzling cold light reflected from the shiny silver blade.

Zuo Jin had a loud alarm in his heart, and he held his breath as if his heart had stopped beating.

Like a frog being stared at by a snake, unfortunately, he is exactly the kind of frog that is about to be preyed upon by a snake.

"Sasuke-sama!"

No more hesitation, Zuo Jin directly bowed his head and knelt down on one knee, expressing his submission to Sasuke.

By the time he finished speaking, the Kusanagi sword had stopped in front of him, and the sharp sword energy swept out, making him feel as if his face had been cut open.

Looking at the tip of the Kusanagi sword so close at hand, Zuo Kin secretly swallowed his saliva, secretly rejoicing that he surrendered in time, if it was a second later...

Zuo Jin didn't dare to imagine.

Seeing Zuo Jin submitting, Sasuke no longer threatened the other party, put the Kusanagi sword back into the scabbard, turned and left silently.

"Master Sasuke, where are we going next?"

Tayuya came up and asked.

As the first subject of the four, she quickly entered the subordinate state.

Zakon also stood up from the ground. Although he was a little reluctant to become Sasuke's subordinate, he could only follow up and obey the arrangement.

"Let's gather at the small town ahead first. As for the subsequent action arrangements, we will make plans in the country of ghosts."

Although the target is Itachi Uchiha, and Konoha's high-level executives who once targeted the Uchiha clan, Sasuke has not yet considered how to act.

Moreover, before he completes these two goals, he still needs to test his own strength and what level he has reached, so as to avoid accidents at that time.

"The country of ghosts?"

Except for Chongwu, the other four were stunned, and a very absurd association arose in their hearts.

Master Sasuke could it be... Seeing Sasuke's indifferent face at this time, the four temporarily suppressed their doubts and remained silent.

"Yo, Kakashi, it's been a long time."

In front of a cave, Shiraishi jumped off the back of the landed Thunder Maru, saw Kakashi standing at the entrance of the cave, waiting for him for a long time, and greeted him familiarly.

"Yes, but you still look the same as before."

Kakashi nodded, like a meeting between old acquaintances, and began to communicate with plain words.

Baishi looks quite young in appearance, much younger than a man in his thirties.

"Because no one wants to admit the fact that they are old."

"That's right, after all, you are almost forty years old."

Kakashi nodded, not to get entangled in this matter.

But Shiraishi was slightly hurt by what he said unintentionally.

"Speaking of which, I didn't go to Sasuke, how is the situation?"

Kakashi led the way ahead, leading Shiraishi and Tian Yunu into the cave.

Inside is a man-made walkway, with serpentine candlesticks hanging on both sides, burning candles on it, and the dim light and shadow make the tunnel of the cave look extremely gloomy.

This is undoubtedly a stronghold building that conforms to the aesthetic style of Oshemaru.

"As planned, most of Orochimaru's power was defeated by Sasuke. Next, we only need to deal with the remaining will so that he cannot return."

Shiraishi replied.

"Sasuke did a good job. I didn't expect to grow to this point in just a few years."

Kakashi nodded, although his tone did not fluctuate at all, but his pace became brisk, obviously in a happy mood.

"However, he should go to find Itachi next, right? Do you have any plans?"

As Kakashi walked forward, he glanced back at Shiraishi.

Shiraishi followed behind Kakashi, letting him lead the way.

"If there are no accidents, he will temporarily return to the kingdom of ghosts with me, and then go to Itachi."

"That is to say, does he still think about revenge after knowing the truth?"

Kakashi sighed in a self-questioning tone.

Baishi smiled and said, "Compared to me, you should know his temper better."

Kakashi kept calm in his eyes, shook his head and said: "No, even I can't see through his inner thoughts now. Moreover, it is too arrogant to say that you can see through a person completely."

"Yes, human beings are not so simple and complex creatures that can be understood. But no matter what the process is, the result is that Itachi participated in the incident that night, and personally united with outsiders to kill his own people... This is still unbearable for Sasuke who knows the truth."

Shiraishi is sure of this.

Kakashi's eyes became complicated.

"Revenge, only that moment is satisfied, but in the end there will only be endless emptiness."

His tone was full of concern for Sasuke.

But he also knew that it was impossible for him to stop Sasuke's behavior.

It's like his revenge on the Third Hokage.

Even if they know revenge, it is impossible to bring the dead back to life and restore what was lost, but in the end they still fall into the abyss like moths to a flame.

"Emptiness... that can only be felt after revenge. Before that, all preaching is meaningless."

As Shiraishi's words fell to the ground, Kakashi stopped talking, and led the way with a dull head.

Came to a door, Kakashi pushed it open.

Then stood aside so that Shiraishi could see the things in the room.

"This stronghold, Orochimaru's back-up preparations here, are all here. If possible, I hope you can save these people. Their will has not been corroded by Orochimaru, and there is still room for redemption."

Baishi calmly looked at the crowd in the room. The prisoners in the room were male and female.

The only thing in common is that they were planted with the unique spell of Orochimaru.

And the types of curse seals are quite advanced. Although they cannot be compared with Sasuke's heavenly curse seals, if the number is sufficient, it is enough to awaken Orochimaru's sleeping will.

Besides, Shiraishi also sensed an aura of disobedience in these people. There is no doubt that these people may have all been transformed into living bodies by Orochimaru.

is a carefully selected 'sacrifice'.

"I will try my best."

After Baishi finished speaking, he let out a long breath and walked into the room.

(end of this chapter)