Chapter 122: Naito vs Orochimaru (Edited)

When he encountered Orochimaru transformed in the village, Naito was suspicious of his identity at first, thinking that he might be a ninja, probably a scout from an enemy village, so he decided to follow him.

And after following Orochimaru out of the village, Orochimaru returned to his original appearance, so Naito, who was ready to attack, instantly stopped and was surprised.

Orochimaru, who had returned to his original appearance, looked at the location where Naito was hiding, it was obvious that he had discovered that Naito had followed him a long time ago, so he said in a chilling voice, "You've been following me for so long, come out now!"

After all, Orochimaru was extremely sensitive to his surroundings.

However, when Naito came out, Orochimaru was surprised, obviously, he didn't expect that it was Naito following him.

Rather than following, it's more like a chance encounter.

"Tsk tsk... I didn't expect it to be you, Naito," Orochimaru looked at Naito, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his eyes revealing a deep look that one couldn't tell what he was thinking.

After arriving on the battlefield, Naito had barely seen Orochimaru, and didn't know what he had been doing.

But when he met Orochimaru head-on, Naito felt nothing. To be precise, Naito currently did not fear Orochimaru.

Perhaps, in the future, Orochimaru would be strong enough to reach the top of the Kage level, but right now, he wasn't that strong.

"It's just a coincidence," Naito returned Orochimaru's greeting, but his expression and attitude didn't seem humble.

Orochimaru was not surprised by Naito's attitude, as he was one of the Deputy Captains of the Anbu department and he knew that Naito was transferred to the special squad of the Anbu department that only takes orders from the Hokage and Sakumo himself, the Anbu Captain of the Anbu department.

At the same time, he was aware of some of Naito's accomplishments on the battlefield.

Orochimaru looked at Naito with an evil smile and asked, "I didn't know you were also in this place, what are you doing here? You must know that the decisive battle is about to begin."

"Just some personal matters, it doesn't affect the course of the war, and I'm already ready to return," Naito felt uncomfortable while talking to Orochimaru, his tone had always made Naito feel very uncomfortable.

Indeed, this was not the end of the conversation Orochimaru looked at Naito and said, "I heard that you have obtained a Kusanagi sword."

Hearing these words, Naito became serious, although he didn't know where Orochimaru had gotten this information from, it was obvious that Orochimaru was very interested in his Kusanagi sword.

Being interested was one matter, but if he asks Naito to hand over the Kusanagi sword, that will never happen!

At the same time, Naito felt a bit uncomfortable, originally, he was thinking of taking the Kusanagi sword from Orochimaru, but now it's the opposite.

Naito looked at Orochimaru and spoke faintly, with a hint of warning revealed in his tone, "Those who have seen my Kusanagi sword.... Are all dead now."

He was a member of the Kusanagi Clan, and probably the only one left, so the Kusanagi sword was something that belonged to him and he would not allow Anyone to take it away from him.

Naito was not wrong with his statement either, only Tsunade had seen the Kusanagi sword in his hands and she was still alive, as for the others, they ended up dead on the battlefield.

To date, the people who know that Naito possesses the Kusanagi sword are only a few.

"Is that so? I really want to see it," Orochimaru didn't feel threatened by Naito's warning, but showed a wicked expression and stuck out his tongue to lick his lips.

Naito was silent for a while, then looked at Orochimaru and said indifferently, "Do you really want to fight with me, Orochimaru?"

With a cold look on his face, Orochimaru retracted his tongue, then with a smirk said, "I would love how strong you have become, Naito."

In an instant, he pressed Naito with his aura.

A Kage level?

No, he should be classified as a Quasi-Kage level, only his aura is very strong and his chakra was not yet at the same level as Chiyo's, after all, Orochimaru is still young.

Naito shook his head very calmly, but at the same time an aura emerged from his body, That aura was violent and overbearing!

If Orochimaru's aura was like that of a ruthless snake, giving people the feeling of extreme danger, then Naito's aura was like that of a mountain, pressuring all his enemies and destroying their will to fight!

Sensing Naito's aura, Orochimaru's eyes lit up slightly.

"Interesting."

"Snake Authority Spell!" (Jagei Jubaku).

Whoosh!!!

The next moment, Orochimaru rushed towards Naito and waved his sleeve, releasing an extremely thick snake, which extended towards Naito, ready to coil around him and bite him.

In the face of this attack, Naito was very calm and threw a punch at it.

Crack!!!

The air where Naito hit cracked, and the rain falling from the sky instantly froze in the air.

The snake stopped inches before it reached Naito's punch, then, inch by inch, the snake began to destroy itself, splattering blood everywhere.

Immediately after, even Orochimaru's body was thrown and injured by Naito's shockwave.

"Your Kekkei Genkai is really strong.... I didn't expect it to be this strong at first, no one expected it to reach this level," Orochimaru said, his body twisting strangely, healing to the naked eye.

It was as if he was in a state of near immortality as long as he had chakra, but of course, it could have been a simple Jutsu.

"If you can improve it further, maybe it could rival the Kekkei Genkai Mokuton," There was a hint of admiration in Orochimaru's eyes, surely he heard some news about Naito's power, but hearing it and feeling it was completely different.

Naito stayed in his place, he didn't move, and didn't attack Orochimaru again, he just looked at him calmly.

He could feel that Orochimaru didn't want to kill him.

Therefore, Naito didn't want to assassinate him either.

"Let's try again...", Orochimaru bowed and landed on the ground, not caring about the mud and water.

The next moment, Orochimaru opened his mouth.

"Formation of the Ten Thousand Snakes!" (Mandara no Jin).

Whoosh!!!

In an instant, countless snakes came out of Orochimaru's mouth, it looked like a river of snakes charging towards Naito.

Orochimaru opened his mouth wide as the river of snakes continued to come out of his mouth.

Faced with this movement, Naito showed no fear, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

That's really disgusting!

He hadn't thought much about this move before, but seeing a bunch of snakes come out of Orochimaru's mouth with his own eyes was truly disgusting.

He didn't want to be touched by those snakes at all.

Therefore, Naito's response was nothing but a direct punch.

Auge!!!

The air cracked, creating cracks the thickness of a white-colored arm, sending a shockwave in the direction of the countless snakes!