Road to Escape

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Orochimaru, who had transformed into the eight-headed snake, and his eyes narrowed. He quickly formed a seal with both hands and said,

"Earth Release - Marsh Revolving Spell."

The soil in the Diamond Prison Wall instantly turned into a whirlpool of mud and began to spin rapidly.

No matter how strong the eight-headed snake was, it seemed to have no strength left.

Under the powerful suction force, it gradually sank down.

In the end, more than half of the body of the Yamata no Orochi was submerged in the swamp, leaving only its eight heads exposed.

Using such a large-scale earth style ninjutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not look tired at all. He stared at Orochimaru and sighed,

"Orochimaru, do you have anything else to say?"

Orochimaru, who had given up struggling, stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Although the wrinkles on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face were very deep at this time, and his hair had already turned white, showing his old appearance.

However, as his disciple, Orochimaru knew how strong Hiruzen Sarutobi was.

The title of the strongest Hokage was not self-conferred, but was forcibly fought in the early period of the first and second battles.

Just like now, even if Orochimaru used the ultimate trump card of the Yamata no Orochi.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi still had a way to restrain him.

The two of them looked at each other like this, and time seemed to stop. The atmosphere was silent.

Hiruzen Sarutobi considered himself to know this disciple quite well.

Seeing that the other party did not speak, he knew that what Uchiha Tunan said was true.

Orochimaru was really doing human experiments.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately sighed and said,

"Orochimaru, stop your Ninjutsu and come back to Konoha with me for trial."

Among Konoha's Sannin.

Hiruzen Sarutobi valued Orochimaru the most. In terms of strength, there were few people in Konoha who could beat him.

Even if Orochimaru publicly stood on Danzo's side some time ago.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't hate him.

At this time, Orochimaru finally opened his mouth and said,

"Teacher, can I still live if I go back with you?"

When Hiruzen Sarutobi heard this, he was silent. After a long time, he said,

"After all, you are my disciple. When the time comes, I will try my best to plead with the higher-ups on your behalf.

Presumably, according to your relationship with Danzo, he won't just watch you die.

Of course, this matter is of great importance, and the people who participated in the trial must be the leaders of other clans.

The worst outcome for you is to be executed."

Hearing this, Orochimaru sneered:

"What about the best result?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was silent for a long time. He sighed and said,

"Locked up in Konoha's prison for a lifetime."

Orochimaru took a deep look at Hiruzen Sarutobi, then glanced at the Anbu surrounding them.

"Alright." He immediately nodded.

With that, Orochimaru dispelled the state of the Yamata no Orochi and escaped from the snake's mouth, returning to his normal body.

As the Yamata no Orochi dissipated, Hiruzen Sarutobi also removed his earth escape technique.

However, the Vajra Prison that trapped Orochimaru was not removed, and it was also shrinking.

It was like a cage, trapping Orochimaru inside.

"Teacher, I've already shown my sincerity. Shouldn't you put this thing away?"

Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and said,

"To be on the safe side, we have to wait for the Nara Clan and the Yamanaka Clan Ninjas to arrive."

Orochimaru stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi and licked his lips.

"Teacher, not only do you want to control me, but you also want to search my memories."

A trace of hesitation flashed across Hiruzen Sarutobi's face, but he still nodded and said,

"After all, you made a mistake. I just acted according to the rules."

"Teacher, do you really think I don't know what you're thinking?"

With that, Orochimaru raised Kusanagi Sword in his hand and slashed at the Vajra Prison Wall that bound him.

"Ka..."

In an instant, Orochimaru used Kusanagi Sword to dig a big hole in the Vajra Prison Wall.

Orochimaru immediately ran away from the cave.

The surrounding Anbu went forward to block, but Orochimaru easily dodged them.

The Vajra Prison Wall also returned to its original appearance after Orochimaru left.

Enma raised his palm in disbelief.

There was a bone-deep wound on the palm of his hand.

It's actually Kusanagi Sword, the sharpest artifact in the legends.

"Hiruzen, why don't you chase after him?"

The members of the Anbu who followed him all looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Without Hiruzen Sarutobi's order, they didn't know if they should go after Orochimaru.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood there calmly with deep eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.

About half a minute later, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and ordered, "Go ahead."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

All the members of the Anbu used their Instant Teleportation to chase after Orochimaru.

For an expert like Orochimaru, with only half a minute he had already gone far away.

Even if ordinary Ninjas wanted to chase him, they would definitely not be able to catch up.

Everyone knew in their hearts that Hiruzen Sarutobi was thinking about his old feelings and chose to go easy on him.

At this moment, an assassin came behind Hiruzen Sarutobi and knelt on one knee.

"Hokage sama, Uchiha Tunan went to chase after Orochimaru."

"What!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes narrowed, and he immediately said to Enma in a deep voice,

"Enma, transform into the Adamantine Staff."

He then picked up the Adamantine Staff and chased after Orochimaru.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no intention of chasing Orochimaru back, but he was worried about Uchiha Tunan's safety.

After all, Tunan's sense of justice was too strong. If he really caught up with Orochimaru, he would definitely die to stop him.

If Orochimaru became ruthless and killed Tunan, he would definitely regret it to death.

In the original dense forest, ancient trees towered into the sky and covered the moon.

In the dark night, it was particularly eerie and terrifying, mysterious and unfathomable.

The wind swayed on top of the tall tree, making a series of slow rustling sounds, setting off the quiet night.

Orochimaru moved quickly in the jungle, not affecting his speed because of these obstacles.

The Anbu behind him had been left far behind by Orochimaru.

But even so, Orochimaru did not dare to relax at all, and ran straight ahead.

After all, once he was caught, he would only face death.

The problem lay in checking his memories.

This was not the only thing that he and Danzo had done in private.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was thinking about his past, he wanted to protect him.

When Hiruzen Sarutobi found out about him, he would definitely be the first to kill him.

Because Orochimaru knew that people like Hiruzen Sarutobi were actually the most selfish.

Don't think that he often talked about the Will of Fire, the village, and other things.

If it really endangered his interests, Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely not show mercy.

Now, Hiruzen Sarutobi said that he wanted to protect him.

That was because Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that he had only killed some civilians and ordinary ninjas in the village.

The lives of others were insignificant to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, the things he had done only needed two points to make Hiruzen Sarutobi kill him ruthlessly.

The first thing was that the people of the Sarutobi clan had also been used by him as an experiment.

After all, although the Sarutobi clan did not have a special blood limit, most of them could awaken a variety of chakra attributes.

The most outstanding is Sarutobi Hiruzen and Sarutobi Hiruzen's father Sarutobi Sasuke, both of whom are full-attribute chakras.

As for the second point, that was the source of his research funds during this period of time. Almost all of them came from the famous hands of the Fire Country.

There were even many precious experimental materials that were secretly sent to him by the Daimyo.

And he had also taken on many private jobs.

Even Danzo did not know about these things.

It must be known that the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi's two sons were related to the Daimyo.

To say that Hiruzen Sarutobi did not have any hostility towards his name, Orochimaru did not believe it.

The reason why Hiruzen Sarutobi did not make any big movements was because he knew that he was old, and his deterrence was not as strong as before.

If he took any action against the Daimyo it was very likely that he would lose the thing he cared about the most: power.

In other words, as long as these two things were exposed.

Not only Hiruzen Sarutobi, but even Danzo would probably not protect himself.

Now it seemed that the Fire Country could no longer stay.

But as the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows.

Orochimaru also had some secret bases in other countries.

At this point, Orochimaru still did not regret it in his heart. If everything happened again, he would definitely do it again.

Because of the great help he had received, Orochimaru's experiment progressed at a rapid pace, and many important things were developed by him.