Chapter 205: Ikeizumi and Orochimaru!
"The Mangekyō Sharingan has a Dōjutsu that can make a person feel endless agony, and the duration is very long... Heh, why would he know so clearly?"
Orochimaru, seated in a chair with his legs crossed in his secret human experimentation research base in the Land of Fire, was deep in thought.
He had learned about Ikeizumi Uchiha's Dōjutsu from a masked member during the recent "online" Akatsuki meeting.
Orochimaru didn't know the masked man's specific identity, only that his position within the Akatsuki was quite high.
He seemed to hold a status on par with the woman named Konan.
Even though Orochimaru was a member of Akatsuki, many of the organization's members remained unsolved mysteries in his eyes.
"Hah, he or his Venus flytrap partner must have clashed with that righteous brat, Ikeizumi Uchiha. Perhaps, Ikeizumi Uchiha used his Mangekyō Dōjutsu on them."
"The Venus flytrap wasn't at this meeting. That means the one afflicted by the Mangekyō Dōjutsu might be the Venus flytrap, and it's currently suffering the torment of the technique..."
Orochimaru instantly deduced some information about the "Masked Man" and the "Venus Flytrap" (referring to Zetsu).
He also confirmed one thing: the Masked Man must be a young person, and his cunning wasn't as deep as he imagined.
If he were a deeply cunning and older ninja, he certainly wouldn't have revealed so much unfavorable information in his speech.
Yet, his voice was trying hard to imitate the tone of an elderly person.
This made Orochimaru slightly curious about the Masked Man.
"What is he trying to conceal? Everyone is hiding and scheming. There are so many people like me in this organization!"
"Too bad..."
"Their grand vision and ideologies are too small."
After sneering, Orochimaru was about to stand up to conduct an experiment when a sudden, strange tremor beneath his feet made the sneer freeze on his face.
Orochimaru's brow furrowed.
His smile vanished.
An earthquake?
No.
This strange tremor was more like...
As the thought flashed through his mind, the harsh alarm of the human experimentation research base was instantly triggered. Sharp bursts of siren continuously assaulted Orochimaru's eardrums, and the red alarm light above his head flashed frantically.
"Heh heh..."
"Someone actually invaded."
Orochimaru narrowed his cold, sinister eyes. He was in no hurry to personally stop the intruder, as he kept a large number of subordinates within this human experimentation research base.
He couldn't possibly be expected to personally deal with every "cat or dog" that slipped in, could he?
What good were all these subordinates, who weren't even fit to be his reincarnation vessel, if he had to do that?
Was he running a charity?
Orochimaru leisurely walked into the base's monitoring room, looking up at the array of crude, large monitors, staring at the blurry, snow-filled images.
Just then, from one of the screens, Orochimaru discovered a figure that greatly surprised him.
This made Orochimaru momentarily stunned.
Simultaneously.
The figure on the screen seemed to sense something. The figure slowly drew a ninja blade from a bloody corpse, then slightly raised his head and looked up at the surveillance camera.
Their gazes met across the screen.
"Ikeizumi Uchiha..."
Orochimaru's fingers twitched, and he couldn't help but lick his dry lips.
He recognized the person.
He was one of his most anticipated vessels!
"Intruder! You've exposed a weakness!"
A ninja without a headband wore a ferocious grin. His skin was covered in bizarre black Curse Marks, and he radiated the same evil chakra as Orochimaru.
He instantly appeared behind Ikeizumi Uchiha. His arms were significantly thicker than a normal person's, and his skin had the texture of rock.
He leaped up, both fists clenched, and smashed down heavily toward the back of Ikeizumi Uchiha's head.
This strike seemed capable of crushing a several-ton hard boulder!
Ikeizumi Uchiha turned around emotionlessly, his left arm slightly bent to block.
Boom!!!
A muffled thud followed. Even a circle of dust kicked up beneath Ikeizumi Uchiha's feet, yet his left arm, which blocked the blow, was completely unharmed. Not even the elemental transformation of his Magma Body was triggered.
His gaze clashed with the gaze of the attacker from behind.
He could clearly see the deep look of astonishment on the attacker's face.
Ikeizumi Uchiha did not hesitate to thrust his ninja blade backward.
The sharp edge instantly pierced the attacker's heart.
At the same moment, several other Curse Mark-activated ninja rushed forward.
In the vision of Ikeizumi Uchiha's eyes, he could clearly see that every moving ninja in this base, except for the "research materials" captured and used as test subjects, had a prominent, crimson-red frame and text hovering above their heads.
Not a single person in the entire secret human experimentation research base was innocent.
They were all Red-Named Villains!
"Mokuton..."
"Jukai Kōtan (Deep Forest Bloom)."
Ikeizumi Uchiha's empty left hand formed a single-hand seal, then slammed heavily onto the ground. Instantly, the ground beneath them erupted frantically, and thick tree trunks burst through the floor.
Under the shocked gaze of the Curse Mark ninja, countless tree trunks intertwined, forming a wooden wall that blocked their advance.
Flower buds suddenly grew on the trunks, and in less than a second, the buds fully bloomed.
Large amounts of visible pollen began to spread rampantly.
One of the Curse Mark ninja was hit head-on by the pollen.
He instinctively stopped his charge, but the next second, he felt nothing unusual in his body, which made him grin. He immediately said to his companions behind him: "This guy is just bluffing. This jutsu is not at all..."
Before he could finish his sentence.
The Curse Mark ninja's expression suddenly became extremely twisted and hideous.
He screamed in agony, immediately clutching his chest.
The Curse Mark ninja behind him could clearly see, with horror, that something seemed to be trying to burst out of the man's torso.
Puff—
Puff—
Puff—
The sound of sharp objects piercing flesh suddenly rang out. The chest of the screaming Curse Mark ninja was effortlessly pierced by wooden thorns and vines growing from within! Numerous wooden thorns and vines simultaneously pierced out from different parts of his body, turning him into a blood-soaked pincushion, looking like a crimson cactus!
"This is bad!"
The faces of the Curse Mark ninja in the rear instantly changed, but it was already too late.
Several others fell to their knees, screaming and clutching their chests in agony.
Puff—
Puff—
Puff—
Bloody mists exploded throughout the base corridor.
The pungent smell of blood spread unrestrainedly.
"...Wood Release?!"
Seeing the bloody scene in the base corridor, a flicker of surprise passed through the slightly narrowed golden vertical pupils of Orochimaru.
"Tsk... You truly give me one new surprise after another! Ikeizumi Uchiha, how many treasures are hidden within your body?"
"I don't know why you were in the Land of Rain one moment and suddenly appeared here the next."
"But, all I need to know is that you've delivered yourself to my doorstep."
Orochimaru was almost unable to suppress the covetousness in his heart.
He was a man who, if he desired something, would try to obtain it at any cost.
Unless he was absolutely certain that he could never obtain that item.
Otherwise, Orochimaru would not suppress his internal greed.
His attempt to seize the Rinnegan back then was also due to this personality.
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