"DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME, BRATTT!!!"
This time, Orochimaru was enraged as he showed his strongest technique!
The Eight Branches Technique!
By using his beloved white snake, which he happened to find on his parents' grave, he transformed into a giant white serpent with eight heads and eight tails, like that legendary monster in Japanese Myth, Yamato no Orochi!
Whether it was his form or even size, they were monstrous, and Shinra felt like Orochimaru's size had reached hundreds of meters.
Yet, this wasn't the end!
"MANDA!"
Then, several smokes puffed and many monstrous snakes, whose size was just slightly below Orochimaru's transformation, emerged one after another.
Yet, as if Orochimaru didn't feel that it was enough, he even summoned tens of thousands of vicious and poisonous snakes in the surroundings, turning this place into a world of snakes!
"OROCHIMARU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
However, one large snake looked angrily at Orochimaru. "Why did you summon all of us?!"
"I have an enemy that you need to help me fight!"
"Huh? Do you need all of us? What kind of enemies do you want us to fight?"
Usually, when Orochimaru asked his snakes to fight for him, they would ask for sacrifices, as their relationship was a give-and-take. Even if he usually fought with snakes, there were some of them that weren't his pet. Instead, they were partners, or was it a business corporation?
Yet, no matter what, Orochimaru had to face Shinra first!
"It's him. The young man in front of us."
"Huh?!"
At that moment, all the snakes aimed their gaze toward Shinra, who just stood in a relaxed posture. If it was before, they might have realized something, but at this moment, he had hidden his aura, which made them unable to see anything.
Well, except for Shinra being so handsome that he might be the most handsome human that they had ever seen, as for snakes, their taste in a partner was different.
Yet, they had to say, Shinra's charm was just different.
Still, Manda, the leader among those snakes, was confused. "You want all of us to deal with him, Orochimaru? Are you kidding me?!"
Even if he talked rudely, Manda knew how strong Orochimaru was, so he was confused as to why Orochimaru decided to summon all of them!
"No, I am not kidding. Be serious, or all of you are going to die."
While Orochimaru was sure that he would be okay, it was different with the others, as they were just snakes. Then again, even if they were killed, he didn't really mind, as he had no need to pay for their sacrifices, considering how troublesome it was to find them.
Yes, there were a lot of people in this world, as humans kept growing up like cockroaches, but even so, wasn't it better for him to use his time for something else?
Still, Shinra didn't seem to be that afraid when he faced Orochimaru's all-out attack. "Is that all?"
"....." Everyone.
"You should have a lot of illegal and dangerous jutsu, right? Don't you have one that raises something from the dead? If you summon all the Hokage, it will give you a better chance."
"....." Everyone.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME, BRAT?! I WILL—"
Manda, who showed his fangs, was about to threaten to kill Shinra, but when Shinra's eyes met his, he was all silent, and didn't dare to say anything, as if in the next words he was about to say, he knew well that he would lose his life.
Shinra ignored Manda, since sooner or later, those snakes would be his followers, so he didn't think to kill them. Instead, he was more concerned about Orochimaru's jutsu that could bring the dead back to life.
If Orochimaru could bring all the previous Hokage, then wouldn't Shinra be stronger?
By using the Eye of Usurpation on those Hokages, Shinra felt like it could add more variety to his powers. As for getting even stronger, considering the enemy that he might face, he felt that the power of the first Hokage and the second Hokage wouldn't help much.
"...no, I haven't completed that jutsu, yet."
"Oh, you haven't?"
"...yes."
Orochimaru, who had become a monster, hesitated for a while, wondering why he had become nervous despite how strong he had become.
Why did he feel like this?
What did Shinra hide?
What would Shinra do when he faced all of this?
As questions kept emerging in his mind, Shinra said, "Well, you are all unlucky since you are all snakes."
"...what do you mean?"
"Because..."
At that moment, all the snakes were rooted in their places as their hearts were shaken, trembled, as if their very core couldn't believe what they had seen, yet they saw it, the one that they had been longing for.
Senjutsu.
This was the art that all of those snakes trained, learned, and always did in their free time, so they could evolve, further, beyond their current form, into another being known as the dragon.
Yet, Shinra, whom they had never expected, became that very form itself, their destination, their god, the one that they wanted to become, the one that they should worship.
With a gigantic body that reached tens of kilometers, and a body that matched such a length, Shinra showed the beast form of his Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu.
"Oh god..."
Like Orochimaru, who would shake everyone's heart with the size of his transformation alone, Shinra's size simply brought them to a simple thought that it was impossible for them to do anything against him, especially—
Shinra opened his jaws as a flaming energy gathered into the form of a sun before he unleashed it into the sea in the distance!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!
A mushroom-shaped explosion expanded and destroyed everything, including their will to fight.
Everyone, whether it was Orochimaru, Manda, all the snakes, or all of the ninjas that had worshipped Orochimaru, willing to give their lives for him, could only root for their places, before they bowed their heads as if they faced a god.
"I beg for your forgiveness.
While the others bowed, Orochimaru was the only one who stood, as his body couldn't move due to everything that had happened.
Was this the power of the Uchiha?
Was it something else?
More importantly, how?!
"Do you want more power, Orochimaru?"
"Yes!"
Orochimaru didn't hesitate at Shinra's offer, and quickly drank something that was thrown by Shinra before he felt a sudden transformation in his body.
"O-Oh... this power! This is power!"
"You can transform others, too."
"Thank you!"
Shinra then returned to his human form and landed on the ground, before he asked, "Do you have a comfortable room? I want to take a rest first. I haven't been resting since I returned."
Return?
Where did Shinra go?
While Orochimaru was curious, he knew that as he would serve Shinra, he would know everything slowly, and... he expected that his life would be more fun from now on~!
"Please follow me, Shinra-sama."
Under Orochimaru's lead, Shinra was received with the greatest respect.
Meanwhile, Jiraiya, who received a message, came to a place where he had to pay his respects. "What's wrong? Why did you call me all of a sudden? I am in the middle of my research!"
"...." Everyone.
"Stop saying something stupid! We have a serious thing that we need to tell you!"
"What's wrong?"
Those words made Jiraiya frown, hoping nothing serious had happened, but the small elderly toad before him tore away all of his hope.
"The Great Toad of Sage received a dangerous divination!"