Orochimaru was extremely terrified. Utilizing Ryuchi Cave's Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation alongside his own biological cell technology, Orochimaru's body had swapped in a brand-new arm almost instantly. What truly terrified him was Uchiha Feng's identity.
Uchiha Kaede did not use pure genjutsu to deal with him, but during the brief clash between the two sides, Orochimaru detected a trace of Shiraishi's will and aura.
The aura of the Fifth Kazekage indicated that the internal ranks of Akatsuki might have long since been thoroughly penetrated by Sunagakure.
His recent cooperation with Konoha to continuously improve the Impure World Reincarnation had perhaps already been detected by the Kazekage.
The Impure World Reincarnation was, in Orochimaru's view, an important bargaining chip to reverse the Shinobi World War. His current improved version tailored for the Second Hokage could already enable the resurrected to exert one-fifth of their strength in life.
This was already a great step forward. As for subsequent adjustments, Orochimaru was confident he could make them exert increasingly complete power.
For the survival of Konoha, these deceased individuals would probably fight with all their might even without his control.
This meant that after the Impure World Reincarnation, Orochimaru would not need to expend time and effort to manipulate them; he could just deploy them directly onto the battlefield.
Having calculated all of this, Orochimaru used this bargaining chip to cooperate and negotiate with the Konoha faction. Since it was of grave importance, although Orochimaru engaged in technical cooperation with Danzo, he still let Tsunade know about the core aspects.
Although repulsed by this method of utilizing the dead, Konoha's current situation was at an absolute dead end. Having Orochimaru summon Konoha's historical heroes and martyrs was perhaps the last usable method.
In view of this, Tsunade reluctantly agreed to cooperate with Orochimaru, letting him proceed with the research to improve the Impure World Reincarnation.
As for the living sacrifices in the Impure World Reincarnation, Orochimaru took the values of Tsunade and certain Konoha individuals into consideration and chose to use White Zetsu cells for cloning and training, creating cloned Wood Release cell living organisms belonging to the Ryuchi Cave style.
Although rare in number, compared to ordinary living humans, the defective products cultivated using Wood Release cells could enable the resurrected to exert even stronger combat power.
Orochimaru knew very well that general transactions with Konoha, including many forbidden jutsu and secret techniques, might not be cared about too much by the Kazekage, but the matter of the Impure World Reincarnation would absolutely make Sunagakure hunt him down in all aspects.
Therefore, the guilty-minded Orochimaru, upon seeing the residual aura of Shiraishi on Uchiha kaede, chose to flee by burrowing into the ground directly as one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, leaving behind a completely awkward Hoshigaki Kisame.
"Although one arm was cut off, there is no need to be panicked to this extent, right?"
"Perhaps he was frightened by my words just now."
The event of Orochimaru fleeing in panic verified Shiraishi's deduction. A trace of dangerous aura emerged within Uchiha Feng's eyes.
This Orochimaru had actually turned around to defect to Konoha's side!
Shiraishi, inside the conscious thought world, rarely experienced a ripple in his emotions, but it was quickly restrained by him to the utmost.
"Deidara, you are nearby, right?"
"Yes, my Earth Release sensing can detect the movement of Orochimaru's chakra. He is currently fleeing at almost his fastest speed."
Letting out several cold snorts, Deidara rapidly put on the silver mask of Shiraishi's consciousness. Instantly, the projection of Shiraishi's original body consciousness appeared, and a violent wave of power emerged across the outer perimeter of the Land of Rain.
Huh?
How did the Kazekage guy appear near the Land of Rain?
Could it be that he truly intends to seize Nagato's Rinnegan!?
Although Zetsu agreed to cooperate with Shiraishi, he had no intention of genuinely handing over Nagato and Obito.
Sunagakure's Tailed Beast capture plan and Akatsuki's Tailed Beast capture plan could be bet on simultaneously, and then guided and controlled step by step by him.
Zetsu, considering himself the number one mastermind behind the scenes in the shinobi world, had just returned to the Land of Rain to plan subsequent actions when Shiraishi's chakra also appeared. Furthermore, that unvarnished, domineering aura made Zetsu's expression turn somewhat ugly.
Under the coverage of countless silver sand, the red-cloud black cloak transformed into a silver robe. Seen from afar, it was silver clothing, but in reality, it was a close-fitting protective suit composed of countless Magnetic Release.
Compared to using countless Magnetic Release to form a sphere in the past to activate an absolute defense, Shiraishi utilized this method to conversely save his own chakra, provide stronger control, and offer a more perfect level of protection.
The moment the Dragon Seal Sage Mode was activated, Shiraishi spat out countless silver sand dust, instantly covering the entire surrounding area.
Orochimaru, who was originally fleeing underground, suddenly felt a heavy pressure that made it impossible for him to continue moving.
Sprinting out from the mud and rock flow, Orochimaru coldly felt that familiar chakra fluctuation, rapidly took out the Kusanagi Sword from inside his body, and assumed a combat posture.
"Senior Orochimaru, why are you so panicked?"
Shiraishi walked very leisurely. Holding the Heavenly Path Sacred Sword, he slowly walked in front of Orochimaru as if taking a casual stroll. But with just one meeting, Orochimaru felt a pressure even stronger than that from Uchiha Feng just now.
"Kazekage, what do you want to do?"
"I originally just wanted to confirm it, but now it seems there is no necessity. You are, after all, a senior nurtured by Konoha; it is also normal to retain a thought in your heart."
If it were a general cooperation, Shiraishi would not appear in person. But Shiraishi, who understood the "plot" and knew of the ultimate killing weapon that was the Impure World Reincarnation, had to place importance on every single action of Orochimaru.
However, now discovering that Orochimaru had indeed defected to Konoha's side, Shiraishi would not let him off.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Orochimaru could naturally feel the faint killing intent within Shiraishi. Even accompanying that single thought of Shiraishi, the killing intent expanded like a wild storm, surging directly toward Orochimaru.
The surrounding animals were frightened by this aura, fleeing madly away from the battlefield between Shiraishi and Orochimaru.
"Heh, Kazekage, your killing intent is too heavy."
Without a single word of empty fluff, Shiraishi's Whirlwind Blades shot out abruptly, directly piercing through Orochimaru's perimeter protection.
Both arms were instantly sliced off, but the latter, at the critical juncture, directly used a Snake Substitute, rapidly evading Shiraishi's killer move.
The ordinary Whirlwind Blades became incomparably terrifying in Shiraishi's hands. Countless air currents converged into a single point and then tore outward, forming a multi-directional, zero-dead-angle sharp offensive mode across the entire area.
The surrounding space itself appeared as though it were being sliced apart. These Whirlwind Blades additionally contained Shiraishi's silver sand Magnetic Release, as well as a large amount of small particulate regeneration cores.
Just now, Orochimaru successfully evaded Shiraishi's killer move, but a trace of a wound was still left on his body. Therefore, these tiny particulate regeneration cores fused directly into Orochimaru's body, forming a specialized foreign chakra.
In an instant, Orochimaru's expression changed drastically. The Magnetic Release energy released by the particulate regeneration cores echoed with the outer silver sand, simultaneously interfering with the operation of Orochimaru's entire chakra.
"Kazekage, you..."
"Senior, my apologies."
The exact moment Shiraishi slowly walked forward, a powerful voice resounded from behind: "Shinra Tensei!"
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