After leaving the exam hall, Drake headed straight for the rear mountain and entered the underground base.
Inside the hall, Madara Uchiha lay on a surgical table while Orochimaru stood nearby, metal tools gleaming under cold light.
"Continue," Drake said.
Orochimaru tapped Madara's mouth with a metal instrument, trying to pry it open. Madara glared murderously but said nothing. Orochimaru responded by driving a metal needle into Madara's jaw.
Madara screamed, and his mouth finally opened. The tool went in — and out came his tongue, clamped and bleeding.
"Cursing Drake-sama? Losing your tongue is getting off lightly," Orochimaru said.
In the corner, Hanzō of the Salamander trembled, watching silently.
Drake, uninterested in the details, turned to leave.
"Don't kill him," he said casually.
Madara's Countermove… and Failure
The moment Drake left, Madara's eyes darted toward Orochimaru.
"Want to speak privately?" Orochimaru asked.
Madara blinked — yes.
Orochimaru helped him sit up and summoned a White Zetsu clone.
"I can't remove the seal Drake placed on your spirit," Orochimaru said. "But I can give you a new arm."
A White Zetsu limb was grafted onto Madara.
Madara flexed his fingers — and in an instant grabbed Orochimaru by the throat.
"You insect. You dare experiment on me?"
But the Orochimaru in his grasp melted into earth — a clay clone.
A second Orochimaru emerged from the floor, amused.
"I forgot to mention… I have one hundred thousand lives."
Madara froze.
"And I've already informed Drake-sama."
Madara's confidence evaporated. He sensed Drake returning — and he lay back down, choosing survival over futile resistance.
Hanzō muttered in despair, "Damn it… got my hopes up for nothing."
Drake Sees Through Everything
Drake re-entered.
Orochimaru reported what had happened and added, "He tried to break free. He even tried to transfer your mental seal."
"He can't," Drake said. "My imprint binds the soul, not the body."
Unless—
"Izanagi."
Madara's left eye was now blind — proof.
"He used Izanagi to briefly override the seal. Clever."
Then Drake said flatly:
"Remove his remaining eye."
Madara went pale.
Meanwhile… Chaos in the Chūnin Exam
Evening arrived, and Drake left the base for the next phase of the exam — the survival test in the Forest of Death.
But something was off.
Almost all the remaining participants were from Konohagakure. Hardly any foreign shinobi remained.
Even Konan had passed.
Drake frowned.
"What happened to everyone else?"
Obito Uchiha came running, grinning.
"They got eliminated during the written test."
"How?"
Obito scratched his head.
"They tried copying my answers. So I used Wood Style and blasted them out of the hall."
Drake stared at him.
"…You beat up every single non-Konoha participant?"
"Yep!" Obito said proudly.
"YOU IDIOT!" Drake shouted.
He'd carefully organized this multinational exam to achieve several hidden objectives — and Obito had accidentally wrecked it with enthusiasm and fists.
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