Chapter 156: EdgeLord

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Tenshi Bridge.

Orochimaru's words acted like a catalyst, intensifying Naruto's rampage.

Bubbles appeared and another tail emerged from behind him again.

"[Wood Style: Wooden Prison Technique]!"

"Tsk"

Colt was a little displeased.

His hands formed a seal, and a huge wooden prison emerged, locking the four of them together.

A large number of vines appeared on the ground, tying Naruto and Kabuto firmly. Orochimaru, however, transformed into a snake and nimbly escaped.

The chakra on Naruto's body was quickly restrained, and the Nine-Tails chakra was swiftly chased away.

"Sorry, Colt, I'm..."

Naruto regained his composure.

Colt waved his hand as if he was used to it.

"Colt-san, I'm unrelated to all of this, please help me"

Cold sweat oozed from the bound Kabuto's forehead, and the loss of chakra made his voice a little weak.

"Orochimaru, I know you have a way to escape, but you won't just give up on such a useful subordinate as Kabuto, will you?"

Colt ignored Kabuto and looked at Orochimaru, who was staring at the wooden prison in amazement.

"Exaggerated vitality, this suppression of chakra... Colt-kun, your Wood Style is the real Wood Style."

Speaking with excitement, his long tongue began to move again.

If it wasn't for his lack of strength, he really wanted to take Colt back and study him.

How God favored him, allowing such a strong person to exist in the world who gathered the two powers of the Uchiha and Senju…;

Orochimaru's heart stirred as he thought of his latest windfall.

Those white creatures he had gotten his hand on, like inferior Sage Bodies, made him see infinite possibilities.

As a researched he was truly blessed;

But he turned his attention to the matter at hand for now.

"Colt-kun, this time, the reason you came, is for you to meet Sasuke, right? That's not a problem, you can meet him"

"After all, Sasuke came to me. I didn't bring him."

Naruto wasn't happy anymore.

"Bastard! It was you who sent those guys to take Sasuke away!"

Orochimaru smiled dismissively.

"Uzumaki Naruto, you should be very aware of the original situation. Since that's the case, don't say these childish words in front of me."

"After all, Sasuke cut all the bonds between him and Konoha with his own hands. You were there and witnessed it"

Naruto was speechless now.

When his and Sasuke's last moves collided, Naruto clearly remembered the determination in his eyes.

And as the snake said, Naruto was very clear about Sasuke's determination to leave on his own he was just grasping at straws.

"Make your offer."

Colt was not affected. Orochimaru had been talking for a long time; there must be a purpose.

"It's very simple. You can meet him, but if Sasuke-kun doesn't want to go with you, Konoha will stop interfering with us for the next six months."

"To be precise, as long as 'you' don't appear in front of me, the rest are free to do what they want."

These words were very bold, not taking the Konoha shinobi other than Colt into account in the slightest.

Colt nodded.

"Okay, I'll go back and find Jiraiya to replace me."

Orochimaru: Cough, cough!

In the end, Colt agreed to Orochimaru's conditions.

Yakumo then got out and joined them.

When he saw her, Orochimaru was suddenly interested again and smiled evilly.

"This is the user of the Kurama clan's Kekkei genkai..."

Before he could finish speaking, a huge blue energy ball appeared to help him calm down.

"If you are not honest, I will make you unable to do any research for the rest of your life."

Colt's casual words made Orochimaru sweat.

A while later, several people came to an inaccessible mountain forest.

Boom!

Kabuto formed a few seals, and the mountain covered by the illusion began to tremble, revealing a passage with dense detonation talismans on it.

"You are really careful."

Looking at the dark cave, Colt pouted.

It was said that a sly rabbit had three caves to escape to, but compared to Orochimaru the snake, that was but a small number.

How many secret bases he had in the ninja world? Colt was afraid that even Orochimaru himself couldn't tell.

Walking into the dark secret passage, Yakumo was a little scared when she saw the flickering flames of the candles on the wall and approached Colt.

Sensing the condition of this girl, Colt gently held her small hand.

Yakumo was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

Soon, several people came to a larger stone hall.

Directly above the stone hall, there was a huge snake statue. A figure sat on the stone steps below.

He rested his head on one hand and his eyes were closed.

"Orochimaru, you took too long. Didn't you say you wanted to practice against me today?"

The impatient tone made Colt almost laugh out loud.

"Finally... found you, Sasuke!"

Sasuke, who was closing his eyes, opened them.

"Naruto... and Colt also came?"

Yakumo looked behind Colt, and she could feel that the person in front of her was very dangerous.

"Sasuke, come back to Konoha with me! This guy Orochimaru, he's plotting against you."

"Granny Tsunade will not pursue your identity as a traitor, don't worry. And we can re-form Team 7!"

Naruto was very excited and ran to Sasuke's side, opening his mouth to speak casually as if nothing had happened at all.

Unfortunately, Indra's immunity to Ashura's persuasion was very high.

Orochimaru just smiled playfully and didn't stop him.

Standing up from the stone platform, Sasuke's face appeared under the light for the first time.

Compared to three years ago, he was more handsome and more indifferent.

He wrapped his arms around Naruto's shoulders in an ambiguous manner and said softly.

"The bond between me, you, and Konoha was cut off three years ago, Naruto"

Naruto clenched his fists and squeezed Sasuke's arm, his chakra boiling. It was clear that he was very agitated as the nine-tails chakra started appearing.

"If that's the case, then beat me first! I'll knock you out and take you away!"

Sasuke activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan.

"Naruto, on this day, my eyes can see the source of your power."

With a flash of red light, the Nine-Tails' power within Naruto was cut off.

Naruto was stunned.

This was the first time that had happened.

Sasuke had actually entered his body and snuffed out the power of the Nine-Tails!

Patting Naruto, who was like a wooden man, Sasuke pushed him aside and looked at Colt, who had been observing in silence.

"Colt, I'm going to use you to measure my strength!"

Colt smiled.

"Itachi couldn't beat me three years ago. Do you think you can now?"

At first glance, Orochimaru had served his role too well, and it seemed that Sasuke had gotten his 'sickness' once again.

Colt would beat it out of him once again.

Sasuke took it for granted.

"If I defeat you, I will be able to kill Itachi."

"Okay, I'm also curious about how much you've improved. You've become so crazy again, EdgeLord."

The mention of " EdgeLord " sparked Sasuke's memories from many years ago.

Every time he failed to challenge Colt, the other party would say with a smile, "EdgeLord you are still far behind," and then walk away.

His originally indifferent face instantly broke, and a layer of anger immediately took over him.

Angered into action, he actually attacked directly.

"[Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique]!"