Akira was still staring toward the valley, his thoughts tangled between disgust and realization, when Orochimaru finally spoke again.
"I will be back in a while."
Akira turned slightly toward him, still distracted by everything he had just witnessed.
"I have been wanting to try it for a while now."
Then Orochimaru raised two fingers calmly.
"Kuso Hensei…"
The moment Akira heard the name of his technique, his attention snapped back completely.
His eyes widened.
Chakra surged through Orochimaru's body, and the transformation began instantly.
Akira watched as Orochimaru's human form distorted. His spine stretched unnaturally, bones cracking and lengthening with a sickening sound. Flesh rippled like liquid under his skin as the entire structure of his body began rewriting itself.
Within seconds Orochimaru's body had already doubled in length.
Arms vanished into the expanding mass of muscle and scales as his torso extended further and further across the ground.
Akira instinctively took a step back.
What the hell—
The transformation didn't stop.
Orochimaru's body continued growing, stretching across the forest floor like a living river of pale scales until the creature reached nearly thirty meters in length.
A massive serpentine form lifted its head from the ground, its shape resembling something between a giant snake and a dragon. Its long jaws opened slightly, revealing rows of sharp fangs.
Golden eyes stared down at Akira.
For a moment, Akira was genuinely shocked.
That was his technique. A forbidden transformation art he had created himself.
And Orochimaru had just used it.
…Of course.
If anyone could learn it that fast, it would be Orochimaru.
This was the same man who mastered countless forbidden techniques, experimented on human bodies, and pushed ninjutsu far beyond its limits.
A transformation technique like Kuso Hensei was practically an invitation for someone like him.
Akira rubbed the back of his neck slightly.
"Tch… figures."
The enormous serpent's golden eyes narrowed slightly as if amused.
Orochimaru's deep voice echoed from the massive throat.
"Do not wander too far, Akira-kun."
The giant head turned slightly toward the valley below.
"I have… materials to collect."
The creature's massive body flexed once, scales grinding against stone as it moved.
Then the thirty-meter serpent surged forward, sliding down the cliffside with frightening speed. Trees bent and cracked as the enormous form disappeared into the forest below.
Within seconds, the forest fell quiet again.
Akira stood alone at the cliff's edge.
"He really mastered it better than me. Seems like I am still too weak."
"And here I thought I am progressing at a good rate. Hmmmmm the previous reincarnators died in their 30s or 20s, how long can I live? Or rather how strong can I get... With bloodlines pathway opens"
"Like if I was an Uchiha, I would probably awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan then perhaps, Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and if I got lucky may be even the Rinnagan."
"I am pretty sure, at least one of the reincarnators is on that path."
"If I was an Hyuga, the Tensaigan would an option."
"Senju? What would the pathway with Senju even be? Something with Yang release?"
Akira started wonder further and further.
"Let's just say, everything went as the Canon did, How strong do I need to be to survive, the pain evasion or the 4th great Shinobi war."
"The Answer would be Kage-level? No it's Super-Kage-level. If I want to get shit done."
Thinking of the many ways he can die, Akira made a decision.
"Seems like I need to grow stronger at a fast rate and choice a path way to get stronger, minimum at Super-Kage-level..."
As Akira said that he reactived his technique to see Orochimaru genociding The Iwagakure Shinobi and the villagers alike.
"...."
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(Orochimaru's side)
The village had already collapsed into chaos.
The massive serpentine body of Orochimaru slid through the ruined streets, scales scraping against broken stone and splintered wood. Smoke drifted upward from burning houses while the smell of blood filled the air.
Shinobi of Iwagakure were still trying to organize a defense.
They were too slow.
One squad formed hand seals for an earth-style wall.
Orochimaru's enormous tail swept through the street before the jutsu finished.
The wall shattered. So did the shinobi behind it. Bodies crumpled like paper beneath the force.
The serpent's jaws opened again, swallowing another shinobi whole before his scream could fully escape.
Silence followed.
Orochimaru's mind remained calm.
Cold.
His golden eyes scanned the battlefield carefully as the last surviving soldiers attempted to flee through the ruined village.
Interesting.
Several of them possessed respectable chakra levels.
At least Chunin.
Perhaps even a few approaching Jonin.
Good materials.
The serpent's head rose slightly above the broken rooftops as he observed the destruction around him.
His thoughts briefly drifted toward the technique itself.
'Kuso Hensei…'
The words echoed quietly in his mind.
To rewrite the entire biological structure of a body through chakra manipulation…
To extend bones, restructure organs, generate entirely new anatomy…
The potential was extraordinary.
The massive serpent flexed its body slowly.
Muscle density.
Structural stability.
Minimal chakra instability despite the scale of transformation.
Orochimaru's eyes gleamed faintly.
"Remarkable."
For someone so young to invent such a flexible biological transformation art…
It truly was impressive.
Another Iwa shinobi attempted to escape through a collapsed alley.
The serpent lunged forward.
The man vanished between rows of fangs.
Yes. Akira was undeniably a genius.
Orochimaru slowly began coiling his massive body around the center of the ruined village.
The screams had already stopped.
The last movements faded.
Now the village was silent.
The serpent lowered its head and began the quiet work of selecting the bodies worth preserving.
Organs with sufficient chakra density.
Lungs.
Hearts.
Liver tissue.
Several shinobi had already survived the initial attack long enough for extraction.
Orochimaru worked quickly.
Once he had gathered what he needed, the enormous serpent body slid back toward the forest.
There was no reason to remain longer.
Nearly an hour later…
The forest near the cliff rustled softly.
Akira stood where he had been before.
Then the massive serpentine body emerged from the trees.
The creature stopped near the cliff and whispered softly.
"Kuso Hensei."
The enormous form began shrinking.
Scales receded.
Bones shifted.
Within seconds the serpent collapsed inward until the familiar human figure of Orochimaru stood there once more.
His robes were slightly stained with blood.
But his expression was perfectly calm.
As if nothing unusual had happened.
He glanced briefly at Akira.
"I have finished."
Orochimaru adjusted his sleeve casually.
"We will move to Next location now."
His golden eyes looked toward the distant forest.