Ryou commanded Satori, saying, "Satori, you should at least be able to handle Orochimaru, right? If you can't even handle him, I'll punish you later!"
Satori nodded quickly. "No problem. Orochimaru's mind is too heavy with thoughts; I can see right through him."
Ryou released Satori.
Satori transformed into his black-winged demon form and charged toward Orochimaru.
Tobirama saw through Orochimaru's offensive intentions. "Orochimaru, Satori is coming to attack you!"
Orochimaru didn't want to fight Satori because Satori could read his mind and evade all of his attacks.
"Lord Second Hokage, you fight Satori. I'll handle Ryou. We were classmates, so it's a good time to catch up!"
Tobirama nodded.
In fact, an Edo Tensei body still has emotional fluctuations, it's just that these fluctuations are hard to trigger because they are already dead.
But just like the living, they can feel surprise, resentment, and sadness.
For example, Pakura and Deidara; when they were resurrected in the animation, they looked like they wanted to fight their enemies to the death.
The reason Tobirama was able to prevent Satori from sensing anything just now was his superb emotional control.
With the intelligence provided by Manda, Tobirama knew that Satori could read the minds of those with malicious intent, so he just needed to stay calm.
It's easier said than done.
It's torture!
Yet Tobirama did it.
Although he was dark and gloomy enough, thinking ahead about everything and considering how to clean up the worst-case scenario first.
The thoughts of such a person would inevitably be seen through by Satori.
But Tobirama's powerful mental control allowed him to stop himself from thinking stray thoughts, easily suppressing all negative emotions.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Tobirama held a dozen Flying Thunder God Kunai between his fingers and flew toward Satori's direction.
"Damn it, human! I didn't mess with you, yet you're messing with me!"
Satori didn't want to fight Tobirama because he couldn't sense anything from him. Satori's combat style was built around his abilities.
Those whose minds were seen through by his heart's eye would become his prey.
But in this era, there were such a group of monsters who could suppress their anger, hide their edge, and return to a state of absolute silence.
On the other side, Orochimaru brought Manda to confront Ryou.
He chuckled coldly. "Ryou, speaking of which, you haven't beaten me once since our time at the Shinobi Academy, have you?"
Ryou, situated within Susanoo, was completely unfazed by Orochimaru's cold aura. He replied, "I wasn't in top form before, so you had the upper hand."
"But from now on, our roles in offense and defense have switched. Orochimaru, I will reach the highest peak before you and touch the ultimate secrets of Ninjutsu."
Orochimaru sneered. "Reach the highest peak before me? Arrogant. You are strong, but I, Orochimaru, am not a name earned in vain!"
Ryou looked at Orochimaru and asked him a question. "Orochimaru, what is the first iron rule when fighting a Sharingan wielder of the Uchiha Clan?"
"..."
Orochimaru was stunned.
He immediately averted his gaze from Ryou's Sharingan.
The absolute iron rule when fighting a Sharingan wielder.
Rule number one—never look directly into the opponent's Sharingan.
This was a universally recognized rule in the Shinobi World, a law that had to be followed even when facing a one-tomoe Sharingan.
The Uchiha Clan's Sharingan is a Kekkei Genkai that can release Genjutsu without hand signs.
In the original work, countless experts fell to the Uchiha Clan's superb Genjutsu manipulation.
Shinobi like Deidara, Orochimaru, and Kabuto were very strong, S-rank rogue Shinobi capable of easily destroying a nation.
But under Itachi's Sharingan, they were all defeated one by one with regret.
Orochimaru wanted to dodge, but it was too late. The moment Orochimaru first made eye contact with Ryou's Sharingan, Ryou concentrated a large amount of chakra into his eyes.
Sharingan: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!
Ryou suddenly unleashed Genjutsu on Orochimaru.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique is a Genjutsu that constructs a mental world where the enemy is pinned down by iron spikes, capturing them within.
This is a high-level Genjutsu of the Uchiha Sharingan.
In the animation, Orochimaru wanted to take Itachi's Sharingan and was immediately subdued by Itachi using this move.
Despite his arrogance, Orochimaru was taken down by a single look from Itachi, and from then on, he lived in constant fear of Itachi.
It was also because of the powerful strength of Itachi's Sharingan that his greed for the Uchiha Clan's bloodline was ignited, leading to multiple attempts to take over Sasuke's body.
All to seek revenge against Itachi.
Just like in the original animation, the current Orochimaru was also pinned in a Genjutsu world by a single glance from Ryou.
The stakes pierced into Orochimaru's flesh, causing his brow to furrow deeply, his face to turn pale, and his teeth to chatter as he clenched his jaw.
Pain, it was simply too painful!
Ryou stood in the Shackling Stakes world, holding a sharp iron stake in his hand.
Expressionlessly, he drove the iron stake into Orochimaru's chest.
"Aaaaaah—"
Orochimaru screamed in agony.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique was a technique used by the Uchiha Police Force to interrogate criminals. Physical torture couldn't be used in the outside world, but no one could withstand this kind of pain in the Genjutsu world.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique is very similar to Tsukuyomi; it's a low-tier version of Tsukuyomi.
The difference from Tsukuyomi is that Tsukuyomi is a Genjutsu world constructed with one's own spiritual world. Attacking the enemy involves pulling their spirit into one's own Tsukuyomi space.
One second outside can be stretched into three days and three nights in the Tsukuyomi world.
In the world of Tsukuyomi, the host can create any scene, control life and death, and inflict pain and torture at will.
It can even make someone live through an entire lifetime.
For example, Uchiha Izumi in the Itachi Shinden; before Itachi killed her, he activated Tsukuyomi to let Izumi live a happy life within the Tsukuyomi world.
Infinite Tsukuyomi is the projection of Tsukuyomi onto the moon, thereby bringing the entire world into the Tsukuyomi world.
Infinite Tsukuyomi isn't necessarily a beautiful dream once you enter; it depends on the will of the caster. If the caster is a dark person...
...then everyone will experience hellish torture.
This was one of the reasons why Ryou opposed the Eye of the Moon Plan. Entrusting one's future to the conscience of a single person was simply impossible to feel at ease about.
On the other hand, Shackling Stakes creates a Genjutsu space within the enemy's brain, which is equivalent to using spiritual energy to attack the opponent's brain and dragging them into a Genjutsu world.
The time flow also doesn't compare to Tsukuyomi, having at most a 1:10 effect.
Moreover, as long as there is external interference with the chakra flow in the victim's brain, the Shackling Stakes Technique can be broken.
To prevent Manda from interfering, Ryou also cast the Shackling Stakes Technique on Manda.
At this moment, Manda was being skinned and thrown into a pot in the Shackling Stakes world.
So now, Orochimaru was instantly defeated by Ryou.
Defeated with just a single look.
This wasn't surprising; in the animation, he was instantly defeated by Itachi's Shackling Stakes Technique.