After Shisui and Orochimaru left, Yuuki casually burned down a large patch of forest, then quietly waited in place.
About half an hour later, Jiraiya appeared at the location.
"Orochimaru is truly slippery. His strength isn't much, but his escape skills are top-notch. My role in capturing Orochimaru isn't significant, so let's part ways here. You continue with your mission, Jiraiya Jonin."
Yuuki spoke before Jiraiya even stopped.
Jiraiya stopped and looked at the battle traces around him.
There was really nothing to see, besides burn marks, nothing else.
The only thing that could be confirmed was that the battle scene was massive!
Jiraiya, who had the same feeling as Yuuki, didn't find anything problematic.
In his perception, Yuuki was subtly stronger than himself in Sage Mode, but not by much, so failing to catch Orochimaru was indeed reasonable.
"I understand. Then let's part ways here, Fifth Hokage."
Jiraiya couldn't wait to separate from Yuuki, and after speaking, he left without looking back.
Seeing Jiraiya's unwillingness to stay with him for even a moment, Yuuki smiled slightly.
Because Yuuki also didn't like being with Jiraiya; the two simply didn't get along.
However, Yuuki still shouted loudly at Jiraiya's retreating back.
"Jiraiya Jonin, when you're out and about, not in the Village, remember to follow the rules!"
Jiraiya, who was rapidly departing, heard Yuuki's words, and his figure slightly distorted.
He noticeably paused, then left at an even faster speed.
If only Jiraiya would learn from Tsunade and not always ruin Konoha's reputation when he's out wandering.
Although Tsunade wasn't much better than Jiraiya, Tsunade never actively revealed her background or name.
Everyone in the Ninja World who needed to know about their behavior already knew; everyone understood.
But as long as you don't go around flaunting it, there's no evidence. And matters without evidence, what do they have to do with Konoha?
Yuuki didn't care about anything unrelated to Konoha; after all, Yuuki only had Konoha in his heart, and everything was for Konoha!
After Jiraiya's back disappeared from sight, Yuuki also quietly left.
The southernmost part of the Ninja World continent, a peninsula nation, the Land of Tea.
A country without a Ninja Village, the base of a newly emerged merchant guild that had, in a short time, become evenly matched with established merchant guilds.
Inside a luxurious mansion in the center of the merchant guild.
The black-haired youth, who was reading Fugaku's books, suddenly felt a tearing pain throughout his body.
The youth endured the pain, not making a single sound, not even a slight tremor.
Soon, the youth's chest swelled. He quickly tore open his clothes, and a head with spiky black hair, like a hedgehog, appeared on his chest.
Then, as if a person was growing out of the youth's chest, it quickly dropped to the ground and stood up.
The youth looked at the young figure that had emerged from his body, respectfully bowed his head, and called out.
"Lord Orochimaru!"
The young man shook his head, a somewhat sinister smile appearing on his beautiful face, and said.
"Haku, from today on, I am Yun Chi, Uchiha Yun Chi!"
"Yes, Lord Yun Chi!"
Haku obediently changed his address immediately.
Ever since Orochimaru understood part of the truth about Chakra, he no longer intended to include Yuuki in his plans.
It was just that Yuuki was far more troublesome than Danzo, and more importantly, Yuuki was far, far more generous than Danzo.
This caused Orochimaru to maintain his cooperation with Yuuki for a time.
While closely cooperating with Yuuki, he was also thinking about how to quickly sever ties with Yuuki.
Orochimaru never only had Danzo and Yuuki as collaborators; it was just that his other collaborators were all eventually devoured by Orochimaru until nothing remained.
Undoubtedly, Orochimaru wanted to devour both Danzo and Yuuki, but he lacked the strength to do so.
Orochimaru would not reveal the slightest intention until he had a ninety-nine percent chance of success.
If he couldn't deal with them, then he would find a way to cut ties. Orochimaru had started preparing long ago, especially after being threatened by Yuuki, Orochimaru was even more eager to completely sever contact with Yuuki.
With his increased knowledge, Orochimaru was no longer completely obsessed with Impure World Reincarnation. That special Chakra, which could thoroughly enhance his own power, led Orochimaru to discover a new broad path.
Yuuki's strength also made Orochimaru very interested in the Uchiha Clan.
Itachi was indeed Orochimaru's target, but the prudent Orochimaru would not put all his hopes in one place.
As a researcher, if he didn't have this or that, his first thought was to create it himself.
This new body, from the inside out, was a complete patchwork.
Based on Orochimaru's own cells, it incorporated the genes of the three Snake Hime Sages of Ryūchi Cave, Juugo's genes, and the Uchiha clan member genes that Danzo had obtained.
Not long ago, after Orochimaru reanimated Uchiha Madara, Madara's hair fragments completely lost their vitality, so it was naturally impossible to integrate Madara's genes.
However, Orochimaru still optimized and improved his own Uchiha genes based on the genetic sequences remaining in the hair fragments.
As for the most crucial soul part, Orochimaru directly tore his own soul and directly erased part of his memories within his own soul, existing only within this part of the soul fragment.
He then used Impure World Reincarnation to devour the souls of several people as the outer shell of his current soul fragment, completely isolating it from the outside world.
There was no other way; Orochimaru had been terrified by Hellfire back then. Although he didn't know if it would work, it was better than doing nothing.
Finally, everything was sealed within Haku's Heaven's Curse Mark. Once the main body changed, this one would immediately revive.
Haku's curse mark was different from the early curse mark on Anko; its intelligence had greatly increased, and it no longer required external input of Natural Energy to revive.
A new Orochimaru, completely cut off from the past, whose existence even the main body was unaware of, was thus born.
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