Orochimaru felt like he was trapped inside a nightmare of his own making.
He seemed to return to a time when he was brimming with vitality—only to meet a piercing glare and suddenly lose an arm.
Dusty memories surged forth.
He was back in that dreadful space, his body nailed to a pillar by heavy iron spikes, unable to move.
But worse than the wounds was the psychological torment. His greatest fear had been dragged out and forced into the light.
For a brief moment, Orochimaru wanted to give up.
Tired… let it all be destroyed.
In the real world, Sakura collapsed after expending all her chakra.
"Did… it work?!" she whispered, astonishment written across her face.
Crossing such a massive power gap to successfully cast her illusion had taken everything out of her.
Her head spun, her limbs refused to move.
But incredibly, she'd struck Orochimaru's weakest spot.
Against anyone else, not even an A-rank genjutsu would have held. But this one worked.
Sasuke hurried to catch Sakura, his expression conflicted. "Yes… you did it."
In this fight, he had done almost nothing.
"What… is happening?" Naruto, whose Nine-Tails chakra had leaked out earlier, was still holding back the giant summoning snake.
His once-feral expression shifted into shock as he looked at Orochimaru frozen on its head, his face twisted in fear.
"This was Sakura's plan," Sasuke explained softly.
"That man is clearly no genin. Even if we went all out, we couldn't defeat him—probably not even escape. None of my jutsu could land a fatal blow. Sakura's illusion was our only chance.
"Offering him the scroll was just bait. To make him drop his guard."
Sakura had warned him early on. Sasuke never truly believed giving up the scroll would save them.
It was just a gamble to create an opening.
But ironically, it hadn't been the scroll at all.
Naruto's reckless outburst had distracted Orochimaru long enough for Sakura's illusion to land.
"Don't… talk…" Sakura forced the words out, trembling on the edge of unconsciousness. "It won't hold him long. He'll break free. Finish it now!"
She knew the truth: Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, an S-rank criminal hunted across the shinobi world—was far beyond her reach.
She hadn't beaten him, just caught him off guard.
"Leave the rest to me."
Sasuke laid Sakura against a tree trunk, then stepped forward, facing Orochimaru.
Illusion wasn't his forte. If it were, his Sharingan could have trapped Orochimaru deeper.
Still, if their enemy remained frozen even for a few seconds, he could attack with his strongest ninjutsu.
They didn't need to kill him—just wound him badly enough to weaken him.
Naruto was already drained, his borrowed Nine-Tails chakra gone, leaving him barely able to stand.
So it fell to Sasuke.
He flew through hand seals, chakra flaring.
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!"
A compressed stream of flame erupted from his mouth, shaped into a blazing dragon head.
Unlike the Fireball Jutsu, this technique focused on raw piercing power and precision.
He poured everything into it. For a genin, it was devastating. For Sasuke, it left him nearly drained.
Boom!!
The fire struck true. Orochimaru, motionless on the snake's head, was hit squarely.
For a heartbeat, Sasuke thought he'd done it.
Then his eyes widened in horror.
The flames only burned away Orochimaru's outer clothes. His body was completely unharmed.
And worse—the jutsu snapped him out of the illusion.
"Hehehe…"
Orochimaru's tattered figure lifted its head. His chuckle was low and chilling.
"I see… That little girl actually helped me remember who I truly am."
His skin cracked, snake-like pupils gleaming as his face peeled away.
Sasuke stumbled back, pale. "Wh-what are you? A human… or a ghost?!"
He'd hit him with everything. Yet Orochimaru stood untouched.
And now, grotesque and shifting, he looked even less human.
With a wet tearing sound, Orochimaru shed his ruined face and body.
A new one crawled out of his own mouth, pristine clothes and all.
"Compared to Itachi," Orochimaru said in his rasping voice, "your talent is… lacking. Perhaps even less than your two teammates."
Sasuke froze. Itachi… he knows Itachi?
"You bastard!" Sasuke shouted, anger eclipsing fear. "Tell me what you know about him!"
Orochimaru chuckled darkly. "So very Uchiha. That arrogance in your voice…
"I am Orochimaru. If you want answers, survive this exam. Defeat my Sound subordinates. If you live long enough to face me again…"
His neck suddenly elongated, fangs bared. He lunged at Sasuke's neck.
"Sasuke!!" Naruto screamed, struggling to move. His body gave out, dropping him to the ground.
Sakura, half-conscious, could barely breathe—yet her live broadcast in the group chat still streamed clearly.
[Haruno Sakura: @Tsunade, Lady Tsunade! Why aren't you stopping this?! Orochimaru's about to do something to Sasuke-kun!]
[Tsunade: Relax. It's time for Itsuki to take the stage. Let him practice a bit—then I'll crush that snake myself.]
[Tsunade: Also, you did very well, Sakura.]
[Haruno Sakura: So… Lady Tsunade acknowledges me? Thank you, Master!]
In reality, just before Orochimaru's fangs sank into Sasuke's neck—
Bang!!
A fist smashed across Orochimaru's face, sending him hurtling into the trunk of a massive tree.
The impact cratered the wood.
Orochimaru crawled out moments later, face dented, bones cracked.
But with a grotesque twist of his hands, he molded it back into place.
Still, his yellow eyes narrowed in surprise.
"This power… That feeling… is Tsunade here?"
When he finally focused on the figure now standing protectively in front of Sasuke—
His pupils tightened.
It wasn't Tsunade at all.
It was Itsuki.
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