Not only did he expose his disguise, he also knew the corpses of the First and Second Hokage were stolen by him.
This "Uchiha Madara" was definitely something else.
And even specifically asked to demand the corpses of these two previous Hokage, 'Could it be…'
'This 'Uchiha Madara' also knows the forbidden jutsu of Reanimation?'
'Or does he also want to study the First Hokage's cells?'
No matter which it is, it made Orochimaru's heart rise in full vigilance.
"Quite bold and arrogant, aren't you, Konoha junior."
Uchiha Kage gave a slight smile, then once again showed his Mangekyō Sharingan to the surprised-at-the-name Orochimaru.
"But you should be well aware that, in front of the Mangekyō Sharingan, all your ninjutsu and techniques are mere dust."
"You…"
This sentence, Orochimaru felt like he'd heard it somewhere before.
'Itachi!'
'That detestable Uchiha Itachi also said this!'
Thinking about how he couldn't even beat that teenaged Uchiha Itachi before, and then recalling this 'Uchiha Madara's' earlier mockery, Orochimaru was instantly so angry his pale face turned red.
"Uchiha Itachi, that idiot must've shown you the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan too, right? Just like this!"
Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion – Shackling Stakes Technique!
Seeing Orochimaru red with anger, Uchiha Kage effortlessly pulled him into a genjutsu.
"You bastard!!!"
Orochimaru was shocked that this masked man actually knew about his defeat at Uchiha Itachi's hands, and even more shocked that he was again trapped in this shameful and painful genjutsu.
Back then, Uchiha Itachi had used this same technique to immobilize him.
Seeing the huge iron stakes nailed into his body, Orochimaru suddenly stretched his neck and bit his own back.
Trying to use pain to dispel the genjutsu's effect.
"It's useless. You'll never escape this technique."
The Shackling Stakes Genjutsu embeds thick, heavy iron stakes into every joint of the victim's body. Any resistance causes intense pain unless the victim stays completely still.
But staying still is equivalent to waiting for execution.
"Ah!!!!"
The screams wouldn't stop, they just shifted.
Because he resisted the genjutsu with all his might, Orochimaru ended up with one of his arms severed on the ground.
"Hurry up and hand it over. I have no interest in taking your life," Uchiha Kage extended a kunai toward Orochimaru.
"Or… do you want more pain?"
Pu!
The kunai ruthlessly stabbed into Orochimaru's body.
"You… you're not Uchiha Madara!", Orochimaru caught the scent on Uchiha Kage's body.
Years of experimentation had made him able to judge a person's age just by smell.
And the guy in front of him, just his scent alone proved he was very young.
"Still not planning to hand it over?", Uchiha Kage kicked Orochimaru to the ground.
[Ninja Fragment x1]
Successfully obtained Orochimaru's ninja fragment too.
"You can kill me, I still won't give it to you!"
It wasn't that Orochimaru wasn't afraid of death, but even if this body died, he had other ways to resurrect himself.
So he feared nothing.
"Then go die," Trying to pry open Orochimaru's body was indeed tricky, but after getting his fragment, Uchiha Kage also obtained most of his ninjutsu.
Naturally, this included the improved Reanimation Technique.
"Orochimaru, I finally found you!", However, just as Uchiha Kage was about to kill Orochimaru and see if he could extract part of his soul, a squad of Konoha ninjas suddenly arrived from not far away.
Leading them was a round-faced kunoichi, whom Uchiha Kage vaguely remembered as Anko, friend of Kurenai.
And also a former disciple of Orochimaru.
"Konoha's bugs are here? Hmph, guess you get to keep your life, Orochimaru," Uchiha Kage acted cool as he disappeared in front of them. But actually just used Transparent Escape Jutsu to go invisible.
'With Anko's strength, she definitely can't kill even an injured Orochimaru.'
'But Orochimaru probably won't dare go after Sasuke again either.'
'Next up, time to go "pick up" some other people's ninja fragments.'
———
"Asuma? Why are you…", On Konoha's streets, Kurenai looked oddly at Asuma, who was being "escorted" home by a group of Konoha Anbu.
'What happened?'
"Kurenai? So you did return to the village safely!", Ever since he found out Kurenai went on a bait mission, Asuma had been very worried.
Now that he saw her back in the village, he finally relaxed.
"I'm fine. Just that old man is getting more and more senile, no need to worry about me. And watch out for Uchiha… One day, I'll find a way to kick that old man off the Hokage's seat, and then come see you again," Asuma promised seriously.
Then he remembered his three students still taking the Chunin Exams.
"Also, Ino, Shikamaru, and Chōji. I'll have to trouble you to look after them for now, Kurenai."
'So what exactly happened?', Watching Asuma already taken away by the Anbu, Kurenai felt a bit helpless.
Asuma said so much, but not a single answer to her question.
And a son wanting to remove his father from Hokage… really left her speechless.
'But whatever, it doesn't seem like Asuma is in any real danger.'
After shaking her head, Kurenai didn't dwell on it.
"But, the Chunin Exams huh?"
For some reason, the village hadn't issued any missions lately, so Kurenai was happy to have some free time.
"I'll go find Hinata and Shino later. Promote them to Chunin ahead of everyone else, then bring them back to the exam venue to watch their classmates. That'll definitely make them really happy."
As for the person she most wanted to find—Uchiha Kage…
No choice. That guy was just unfindable, so she gave up.
Kurenai had first gone to the Uchiha clan area, then near Mei Terumi's residence.
Still didn't find him. That made her feel both relieved and a bit disappointed.
But clearly that old fool Third Hokage had secretly assigned Kage some other mission.
That's why she couldn't find him.
'Wait, did Asuma just now tell me to look after that blonde brat Ino?'
'Hmm hmm…'
She'd take on that task.
———
"Bunch of trash. Not even worth the effort to kill."
[Forest of Death]
Covering his panda eyes with one hand, Gaara easily killed another fleeing exam ninja with sand.
Behind him, Temari and Kankuro frowned at the bloody scene.
But constrained by Gaara's strength and temperament, they dared not say much.
"Gaara, it's still not time for the meeting Maki-sensei mentioned… Let's not draw too much Konoha attention, okay…", Only when Gaara stopped to rest did Temari cautiously try to persuade him.
"Who's there?", But Gaara ignored his sister and focused all attention on the strange masked man who suddenly appeared before them.
"A jinchūriki from Sunagakure? Didn't expect to see one in Konoha," Uchiha Kage reached for Gaara's neck.
While in his mind debating whether to make a bigger scene or just grab the fragment and be done.
"You dare fight me?", Gaara's sand automatically defended against the masked man's hand—but to his shock, all his attacks passed through the opponent like air, totally ineffective. [T/N: For a second I wanted to use 'Courting Death!' instead. My brain is rotten]
"Go take a nap," After grabbing Gaara's neck and using the Mangekyō Sharingan to put him to sleep, Uchiha Kage entered his consciousness space and gave the yapping One-Tail Shukaku a good beating.
"Let go of Gaara!", Equally stunned by the failure of Gaara's sand were Temari and Kankuro.
Both drew fan and puppet to try and rescue the unconscious Gaara.
But similarly, after the "masked man" dropped Gaara's body, none of their attacks or puppets had any effect on him.
"With this, Eight-Tails, Three-Tails, and One-Tail are all done."
'Only six remain.'
After collecting Gaara's ninja fragment and the One-Tail fragment, Uchiha Kage didn't press further.
Making too big a scene would make his public identity hard to explain.
After all, his original mission was to protect the examinees from suspicious ninjas…
"Boring weaklings," Casually waved and wrapped Temari and Kankuro in sand, then threw them aside before slowly disappearing from the spot.
Ninja fragments +2 again.
'Though they are mosquito legs, Temari…'
'She looks decent, has nice thighs—maybe she'll show up in my dreamscape too tonight.'
'Doesn't matter. For me now, it is just icing on the cake.'
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