Chapter 59 Orochimaru's Plan

Konoha

The sun hung high and the dazzling light shone on the village, the atmosphere calm and peaceful.

But in a basement in the village, the atmosphere was gloomy, and in the glow of the burning candle, stood two figures.

"What?! You were defeated Orochimaru-Sama?

Kabuto looked at the pale-faced Orochimaru sitting on the chair before him, with a look of disbelief all over his face

"Hehe, it's true, I... couldn't even fight back. If it weren't for my life-saving abilities, I would be dead now..."

Orochimaru, whose face looked still weak from the harsh beating from before, laughed, and his yellow eyes still had a trace of fear in them.

"But... how is it possible that he's only 13 and just a normal civilian child? How can he be so strong?"

Kabuto couldn't help but ask, as in this world, blood defined the talent, a normal child, how could he get so strong?

"Not at all... he's not an ordinary kid, According to what I've learned, he began wearing a blindfold when he was eight years old."

"His talent, according to the reports, was somewhat good, but when he turned 8, everything changed. He even ranked first, along with Hyuga Neji."

Orochimaru spoke mysteriously, as some greed could still be seen in his fearful eyes for Gojo, as he really desired Gojo's body.

"What does this have to do with a blindfold?"

Hearing Orochimaru mention a blindfold, Kabuto couldn't understand what he meant. What did a blindfold have to do with the talent increase of Gojo?

"Hehe I'm not talking about the blindfold. What I mean is, behind the blindfold, I have a guess he has awakened some kind of Doujutsu like Sharingan or Byakugan."

"How can you be so sure, Orochimaru-Sama?"

The confident tone of Orochimaru confused Kabuto, as covering his face with a blindfold could also be a hobby for Gojo.

There was no shortage of strange people in the world, Kakashi covered half of his lower face, so the guess of Orochimaru seemed too far stretched.

"Hehe, I naturally won't make such a big statement just because of a blindfold, but do you remember the organization I was a part of?"

"You mean Akatsuki?"

"Yes, I once fought with the leader of the Akatsuki who had the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths, Rinnegan."

"He used a strong repulsion Jutsu against me during the fight. The last attack of Satoru was pretty similar to the leader of Akatsuki but much more dangerous."

"Anything that came into contact with it disintegrated immediately!"

said Orochimaru, as he remembered how his white snakes couldn't even struggle and were annihilated completely.

"Do you mean he has Rinnegan, Orochimaru-Sama?"

Hearing Orochimaru's explanation, Kabuto now believed that Satoru might really have a special eye, but he didn't know which one, so he asked Orochimaru.

"I'm not sure either. But he definitely has special eyes behind that blindfold."

"But~ what a pity... Good things are always hard to get."

Orochimaru sighed, as whenever something caught his interest, he couldn't get it because of his weak strength.

It was the same with the leader of the Akatsuki, the same with Itachi, and now the same with Gojo.

All three of them proved to him that hard work would only make a person strong to a certain point.

"So, Orochimaru-Sama, are we going to continue our plan? If he really is that strong, our plan is bound to fail"

asked Kabuto as Gojo, the sudden variable completely disturbed their plan.

"Hehe, you are right, but we still have an old friend who could help us keep Satoru busy while I deal with the Third Hokage"

Orochimaru laughed, as the expression on the face of Kabuto changed slightly.

"You mean him, but can we trust him, Orochimaru-Sama?"

Kabuto immediately understood who this old friend was, but he didn't trust him as betraying was that guy's nature.

"Haha!! Worry not, he's been waiting for Sensei to die so that he could become Hokage. He would definitely agree"

"And do tell him about Satoru's having mysterious eyes, but don't tell him about his full strength"

"Just say he was strong enough to escape from my hands easily."

Orochimaru said this because he didn't want that guy to completely focus on Satoru, taking his eyes before he did, he just wanted him to stall Gojo for enough time before he finished off Sarutobi.

"And tell those guys from Sand about the change in plan; we need their strength, after all"

"I understand, Orochimaru-Sama. I'll try to get in touch with him"

*Swoosh!!*

Kabuto nodded at Orochimaru as he turned into an afterimage, flashing away, leaving the thoughtful Orochimaru slumped on the chair.

Gojo didn't know about the plan of Orochimaru, as after returning from the death forest, he went straight to the Amaguriama Sweet Shop since he wasn't tired at all and didn't need rest like others.

Though Gojo did look forward to the third exam a month later, as his friend was going to fight Naruto, making him curious about the outcome.

On the paper, Neji was far better than Naruto, but Satoru has seen that just like Yuji, Naruto has something special, turning the tables at the last moment.