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"Truly worthy of the Third Hokage. However... Rain of Stone!" Shinji quickly changed the form of the Geo element. Numerous sharp rock blades rained down from the sky, targeting Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group!
"Defense! Fūton! Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)!" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned. This was too strange, and this 'ninjutsu' was something he had never seen before. Although the ninja led by Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly quelled Shinji's attack, due to this time difference, the distance between Orochimaru and them quickly widened again.
"Damn it! Danzō! Attack!" Hiruzen Sarutobi cursed inwardly, then shouted loudly. The Root members led by Danzō appeared in front of Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru! Surrender now!" Danzō's remaining eye under the bandages stared at the approaching Orochimaru. He had long calculated that Orochimaru would take this route.
"Fufufu, isn't this Lord Danzō? For the sake of our many years of cooperation, I'll be going ahead first," Orochimaru chuckled lightly. Being attacked from both front and rear by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō wasn't easy to break through.
"Cooperation? How could I possibly cooperate with someone like you? Fūton! Shinkūha (Wind Release: Vacuum Wave)!" This was one of Danzō's Wind Release techniques. He spat out sharp, weasel-like breaths from his mouth, intending to sever both Orochimaru's body and the chakra protecting it.
"Fukugō Ninpō (Compound Ninja Art)! Doryū Endan (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Flame Bullet)!" Hiruzen Sarutobi simultaneously formed hand seals, combining Earth and Fire Release ninjutsu. He used Fire Dragon Bullet to spit out a powerful flame projectile from his mouth, coordinating it with Earth Dragon Bullet to attack. Creating a fire-breathing earth dragon that charged towards Orochimaru's back. Attacked from both sides, and with both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō being Kage-level, Orochimaru already felt a dangerous aura of death!
"Stone Spear!" Shinji clenched his hands, and a long spear condensed from Geo element shot directly towards Hiruzen Sarutobi's Earth Dragon Flame Bullet. Although Shinji's current attack couldn't fully compare to Hiruzen Sarutobi's, blocking it for a moment was possible. The collision lasted only a breath, but it was enough for Orochimaru to find an opening!
"Are these Boss Shinji's ninjutsu? They really are things I've never seen before~" Orochimaru looked at the Geo element that had been helping him from the start, narrowing his eyes, having already guessed most of the truth.
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"Indeed, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō working together are still very strong," Shinji chuckled lightly and took out a card from the system. It was Dracule Mihawk's card! He tapped his hand directly onto the card. Instantly, the card emitted a blue light that shone onto Shinji.
[Begin Roleplay!]
[Host: Shinji]
[Roleplay Character List: One Piece World - Warlord of the Sea - World's Strongest Swordsman - Hawkeye - Dracule Mihawk!]
[Roleplay Character Progress: 60%]
[Today's Roleplay Time: 1/30 minutes]
[Choose to project Zhongli's image?]
[Yes/No]
[Yes!]
This time, Shinji directly chose yes. Since it was a temporary card anyway, Shinji felt no psychological pressure projecting his image; it wouldn't matter even if discovered. Following Shinji's selection, his appearance began to change. Short black hair, sharp hawk-like yellow eyes, a short beard, wearing a black fedora adorned with white fur, a wine-red patterned shirt, a black trench coat, white trousers, and black short boots.
A cross-shaped knife hung on his chest, and behind him was the strongest black blade in the One Piece world - Yoru. At the same time, a sharp, cutting edge began to emanate from Shinji.
"This long-lost feeling, it's been so long since I felt it!" Shinji took the black blade Yoru from his back and held it in his hand.
"Such a powerful sword intent!" Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, and Orochimaru all turned their heads. In the distance, an extremely powerful sword intent began to emerge! The sword intent of the world's strongest swordsman!
"A sword intent even stronger than Konoha's White Fang back then! Since when did our Konoha village have such a powerful individual?" Danzō frowned. This sword intent reminded him of Sakumo Hatake. Although the two sword intents weren't vastly different, the distinction could still be felt! Sakumo Hatake's was the sword intent of assassination! Whereas this unknown powerhouse wielded the sword intent of ultimate dominance!
The aura emanating from Shinji was instantly detected by Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, and Orochimaru. This almost undisguised sword intent seemed to announce the presence of an extremely powerful swordsman in the distant forest. However, among those present, only Orochimaru looked interested. He already knew Shinji definitely held some secrets, very powerful ones at that. But he hadn't expected Shinji's secret to be this powerful, and this sword intent... He had only felt it from Sakumo Hatake!
"Hiruzen! That direction?" Danzō looked towards Shinji's direction in surprise. Could this also be Hiruzen Sarutobi's trump card? But when he saw the astonished expression on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face, that thought was instantly discarded.
"I don't know. But that sword intent is very powerful!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said gravely, glancing warily at Orochimaru ahead. Is this your confidence? You actually have such a powerful person on your side? Who... could it be? Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly reviewed the intelligence he had on Orochimaru in his mind, but found no matching figure!
"So you planned to betray Konoha all along, didn't you! Orochimaru!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted loudly towards Orochimaru.
"Fufufu, this isn't my subordinate, Teacher Hiruzen. But... it doesn't matter anymore," Orochimaru laughed fufufu.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" Then, Orochimaru bit his finger and directly summoned Manda.
"Orochimaru! You should know that summoning me..." As soon as Manda appeared, it looked threateningly at Orochimaru.
"100 sacrifices, I will give them to you. But... for now, you'd better get to work!" Orochimaru pushed off Manda's head with his legs, then leaped out with great force, using Manda's power.
"Don't think you can escape! Enma!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted to Enma beside him.
"Got it!"
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" Danzō saw Enma already heading towards Manda. Not falling behind, he summoned Baku and followed Enma to attack Manda together! At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō continued chasing after Orochimaru.
"Fufufu, truly troublesome. Boss Shinji, what should we do now?" Orochimaru showed no trace of nervousness, instead looking with interest towards Shinji's direction.
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In the distance, Shinji held the black blade Yoru. His Observation Haki (Kenbunshoku Haki) had already sensed the movements of Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzō ahead.
"In that case, Orochimaru, I shall begin fulfilling the contract!" A layer of漆黑 (qīhēi - pitch-black) light seemed to cover Shinji's black blade Yoru. Then, Shinji raised Yoru high and swung it down fiercely! Following Shinji's action, an azure sword slash shot directly towards Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō's position! It should be known, as long as Dracule Mihawk didn't call out a skill name, all attacks were just basic swings!
"What!?" Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the sword slash speeding towards him. This slash seemed capable of splitting mountains, surging towards Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō with immense power!
"What kind of sword slash is this! Fūton! Shinkū Daigyoku (Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere)!" Danzō cursed inwardly, then quickly formed hand seals. A high-pressure wind sphere shot out like a rocket, directly colliding with the sword slash Shinji created.
"Goton! Dairendan no Jutsu (Five Elements Release: Great Combo Ball Technique)!" Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Shadow Clone Technique (Kage Bunshin no Jutsu) to summon four clones, coordinating with each other. They respectively used Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth, and Wind Release ninjutsu simultaneously attacking the sword slash. The attacks of two Kage-level powerhouses targeted the sword slash Shinji created!
Screeeech!!! After a grating sound, the sword slash and ninjutsu clashed in mid-air for a few seconds. Ultimately, Shinji currently only possessed 60% of Dracule Mihawk's power. Facing the attacks of two Kage-level powerhouses, he was still at a disadvantage! The Vacuum Great Sphere and the Great Combo Ball Technique broke through the sword slash and surged directly towards Shinji's direction!
"Boss Shinji!" Orochimaru mentally cried out 'not good'. Although this situation was somewhat expected, the attack from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō still caught him off guard.
"Hehe, so this power still isn't enough? But... it was just a basic swing. I can still send out a few more!" Shinji looked at the battle-ready black blade Yoru in his hand. As long as he didn't shout the skill name, these mere basic swings... Then, Shinji swung Yoru twice more. Only after the two sword slashes merged into one did they manage to block the attacks from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō.
"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique)!" Hiruzen Sarutobi could already see Shinji's direction from afar. A giant shuriken suddenly appeared in his hand, which he then threw towards Shinji. In mid-air, the shuriken multiplied like shadow clones, and a sky full of shuriken instantly bombarded Shinji's position. This was a ninjutsu Hiruzen Sarutobi created, inspired by the Shadow Clone Technique developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. Throwing one giant shuriken forward, which then shadow-clones into tens of thousands of shuriken for a continuous attack.
"Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki)." Facing the sky full of shuriken, Shinji's Observation Haki instantly locked onto all of them. He calmly moved his body, dodging all the shuriken.
"Hiruzen! Let's attack together! This person is too strange!" Danzō saw Hiruzen Sarutobi's attack fail and instantly understood this wasn't a simple character.
"Alright!" Hiruzen Sarutobi replied with a grave expression.
"Fufufu, Teacher Hiruzen, did you forget about my existence?" Orochimaru watched Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō shifting their target to Shinji, the corners of his mouth beginning to curl upwards slightly. This was simply... too exciting!
"Orochimaru! What are you trying to do?" Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the madness in Orochimaru's eyes and instantly had a bad premonition.
"Sanjū Rashōmon (Triple Rashōmon)!" Orochimaru suddenly slammed his hands onto the ground. Three massive Rashōmon gates instantly appeared before Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō, completely separating them from Orochimaru and Shinji!
"You even managed to secretly learn this!" Hiruzen Sarutobi burned with anger. This ninjutsu was a watered-down version of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju's Quintuple Rashōmon. After all, even someone as strong as Orochimaru couldn't summon all five Rashōmon gates!
The defensive summoning jutsu that Hashirama Senju once prided himself on now seemed like gates of hell summoned by Asura, mockingly blocking Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō effortlessly.
"Then... I'll be leaving first, Teacher Hiruzen~" Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue, then flipped over and rushed towards Shinji's direction.
"Wait! Orochimaru!" Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō simultaneously gathered their strength. By the time they shattered the Triple Rashōmon, Orochimaru had already reached Shinji's side.
"Oh ho, is this your transformation technique, Boss Shinji?" Orochimaru looked with interest at Shinji's current appearance. The image completely different from Shinji's previous one made Orochimaru mistakenly believe it was just a transformation technique Shinji used to avoid exposure.
"Lord Orochimaru, since you've reached this place, as long as you walk forward another 200 meters, outside Konoha's range, our contract will be considered concluded," Shinji looked at Orochimaru's yellow snake pupils and said calmly.
"Fufufu, naturally. But Boss Shinji, how about leaving Konoha with me? I think... if we're together, we can definitely explore the true meaning of life!" Orochimaru looked seriously at Shinji.
"Let's pass on that. I don't want to leave Konoha right now. But if there's a chance for cooperation, we can still become partners." Shinji looked at Orochimaru, suddenly remembering the system's second mission. Although he still didn't know the meaning behind the system issuing this mission, Shinji readily accepted it.
"Fufufu, partners? That's a decent option~" Orochimaru seemed to have expected Shinji's refusal, showing no surprise on his face. However, the concept of 'partners' was something Orochimaru heard for the first time.
"Alright, they'll be here soon. Since you're already here, you should be able to leave on your own," Shinji sheathed Yoru behind his back.
"Naturally. But... Boss Shinji, this sword seems quite interesting. How about lending it to me for research?" Orochimaru looked at Yoru behind Shinji; the material seemed rather special.
"I refuse. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first," Shinji glanced at Orochimaru and directly rejected his request. Then, Shinji turned and prepared to leave.
"Fufufu, until we meet again~ Boss... Shinji~" Orochimaru chuckled fufufu, then dashed directly towards the forest outside Konoha village.
"Stay right there! Orochimaru!" Seeing Orochimaru about to leave Konoha's borders, Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't stand for it. He had gathered the two major organizations of Konoha, ANBU and Root, and he and Danzō were leading personally. If they still couldn't bring Orochimaru back like this, how could he maintain his prestige?
"Too late, Teacher... Hiruzen~" Orochimaru grinned menacingly at Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō, then flashed directly into the forest at the edge of Konoha village.
Bang!
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