In the Land of Grass, at the border where the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth meet, there is a mountain with a secret base at its peak.
A tall man wearing a red cloud black robe (akatsuki cloak) was walking up the steps, one by one.
The man had long, flowing black hair, and his golden, vertically slit pupils exuded a sinister, cold light like that of a venomous snake.
His face was a sickly pale, completely devoid of color.
Purple eyeshadow extended to his nasal wings, and the magatama earrings on his ears swayed gently with his movements.
This person was none other than the great Rogue Ninja—Orochimaru!
Upon reaching the mountainside, as Orochimaru had expected, a black-haired youth, also wearing a red cloud black robe (akatsuki cloak), descended from above.
As the two passed each other, Orochimaru's lips curved slightly, revealing his fangs.
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, a giant python stretched out from Orochimaru's black robe, and in the blink of an eye, it tightly coiled around the black-haired youth, then lifted him high into the air.
Orochimaru's golden, slit pupils greedily stared at the youth, and he smiled, "Itachi-kun, do you know what eternal life is?"
Uchiha Itachi gritted his teeth as he looked at the giant snake binding him.
Orochimaru's sinister laughter rang out, "I still don't know… So, I need your body to pursue eternity with me, Itachi-kun!"
"Do you know, Itachi-kun, you and I are truly a perfect match, both with soft black hair, and eye markings that extend across our faces… You are my ideal vessel!"
Listening to Orochimaru's rambling, Itachi spoke calmly, "Ridiculous ambition and desire; this is merely your selfish delusion!"
Orochimaru's expression froze, sensing a faint abnormality.
Just then, Itachi's eyes snapped open, his crimson Sharingan blooming.
"Clang!"
Powerful ocular power swept over Orochimaru.
Orochimaru now realized that he was still standing below and had not walked behind Itachi, nor was Itachi bound by the giant snake.
Furthermore, he found that his body was unable to move.
"I clearly attacked from behind you…"
At this point, Orochimaru paused, his body trembling, "So that's it, is this a Genjutsu?"
"I didn't expect to fall for a binding Genjutsu. What powerful ocular power, s-s-splendid…"
Orochimaru showed an infatuated and shocked smile. From his perspective, he was currently pinned down by several giant stone spikes.
He struggled to move his arm; if he could just form a hand sign, he could use Ninjutsu to break this Genjutsu!
However, Itachi, standing before him, lightly waved a single hand, a cold glint flashed, and Orochimaru's arm was severed.
"Splurt!"
As blood splattered, the pale arm fell to the ground.
Orochimaru clutched his severed arm, letting out a muffled groan of Pain.
Itachi held up a plain kunai: "Orochimaru, none of your Ninjutsu, no matter how powerful, are of any use before these eyes of mine!"
Orochimaru's forehead was covered in cold sweat, but he still spoke coldly, "Quite a big mouth for a brat!"
Itachi was expressionless: "I don't know how to deal with you… Should I kill you here and now? Or keep you for other uses?
You are far from enough… No… You are already too much, your ambition and desire!"
As he spoke, Itachi slowly extended the kunai towards Orochimaru's glabella, startling Orochimaru into a scream.
Orochimaru didn't understand Itachi's murmuring, only feeling a deadly killing intent!
Itachi's eyes were melancholic and serious. In his opinion, although Orochimaru was very useful, he was too deserving of death.
Orochimaru treated life like dirt, wantonly using human lives for experiments to gather data, and he also posed a great threat to Konoha.
If Orochimaru loved the Village, even if he killed some innocent people, Itachi could accept him.
But Itachi knew that Orochimaru had become estranged from everyone, with only desire and ambition in his heart.
So he wanted to remove this threat for Konoha… Just as Itachi made up his mind, intending to pierce Orochimaru's head, several shuriken shot out from a blind spot, forcing him to retreat.
"Orochimaru-sama!"
Accompanying the shuriken was Yakushi Kabuto, who firmly shielded Orochimaru.
"Bang bang bang!"
Several exploding tags surrounded Itachi, followed by a series of explosions.
After Orochimaru uttered a harsh threat, he and Yakushi Kabuto vanished from the spot… Inside one of the Akatsuki Organization's bases, everyone was gathered, and they had already learned of Orochimaru's actions.
Leader Pain's magnetic male voice rang out, "Orochimaru has betrayed the Organization and fled!"
Sasori spoke gloomily, "I told you long ago he couldn't be trusted, putting his personal affairs before the Organization!"
Pain knew Sasori had always disliked Orochimaru and continued, "Akatsuki needs to recruit more partners; we still don't have enough manpower!"
A humorous voice rang out, "Me, me, let me join!"
Tobi, wearing a spiral mask, leaned in, waving his arms vigorously.
Sasori sternly reprimanded, "Get lost!"
Tobi immediately deflated, "Yes…"
Sasori continued, "Leave Orochimaru to me. Yakushi Kabuto, who is under his command, has already been controlled by me. I'll find his hiding place very soon!"
Pain shook his head, "We'll talk about this later. I've already found a new partner for you. Let's act once he joins."
Kakuzu spoke, "Then what about me? Am I to team up with Itachi?"
Pain continued, "No, Kakuzu, you'll act alone for now. I've also found a new partner for Itachi."
Kakuzu said calmly, "That's fine. After all, partners who aren't strong enough only slow down my money-making."
Konan gave Kakuzu an approving look, seemingly quite fond of him… In an underground base, Orochimaru had somehow managed to fully restore his arm.
"Damn it… I thought I could obtain Itachi's body and achieve the ultimate transformation of my life, but I didn't expect to fail!"
Orochimaru's eyes were gloomy, his mood very bad, and he still felt some lingering fear: "That brat… Is he already stronger than me? Itachi's body seems to be out of reach now!"
How could his mood not be terrible?
He couldn't get the Rinnegan, and he still couldn't get the Mangekyo Sharingan.
That feeling of seeing it but not being able to obtain it drove him almost insane.
Clearly… Clearly, the path was right before his eyes, but he was just that little bit short… Yakushi Kabuto said, "Orochimaru-sama, we can take our time."
Orochimaru composed himself, a smile playing on his lips: "It doesn't matter. I heard Itachi has a younger brother; I can go after him!"
"They are blood brothers, so as Itachi's younger brother, his body definitely won't be bad!"
As Orochimaru spoke, he couldn't help but extend his long tongue to lick his lips, his eyes full of craving.
In his opinion, Itachi was his dream body; Sasuke was merely his last resort, a second-best choice.
In the future, once he became stronger, if the opportunity arose, Orochimaru would absolutely not let go of Itachi's body.
"Kabuto, gather all information on Itachi's younger brother for me, and send people to monitor his every move!"
Yakushi Kabuto, while searching for intelligence files, said, "Orochimaru-sama, actually, besides Sasuke, there are other Uchiha bodies you can choose from."
"Oh? How so?" Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly.
Kabuto finally found the intelligence files and placed them on the table beside Orochimaru: "This is recent intelligence. This fellow is another survivor of the Uchiha Clan! It is said he was an accomplice in Itachi's clan massacre."
"Hmph! How could that be? It's just another trick by those old monsters in the Village." Orochimaru picked up the intelligence scroll to read it.
Others who didn't understand Konoha's situation might believe the Hokage faction's narrative.
But who was Orochimaru? One of Konoha's legendary Ninja, a figure who almost became the Fourth Hokage.
He knew Konoha's inner workings very well!
Although Orochimaru didn't know the exact cause and effect of the Uchiha Clan massacre, he knew that the matter was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface!
It was almost impossible for that Uchiha survivor to be Itachi's accomplice.
If he were, they should have joined Akatsuki together, or at least worked under Akatsuki.
Orochimaru knew, even with his toes, that the old folks of Konoha were behind the Uchiha Clan massacre. They probably panicked when they saw a survivor, so they pinned the blame on him.
Kabuto nodded, "I also think it's unlikely he's Itachi's partner; their modus operandi are completely at odds."
Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Feiyun's profile and frowned: "Sixteen years old and still a Chunin? Such poor aptitude, completely unworthy of being my vessel!"
Kabuto smiled and pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a light of wisdom: "No… How could someone with a bounty of tens of millions of Ryo be at Chunin level? And according to intelligence, this kid has already killed many Konoha Jonin!"
Kabuto specialized in intelligence work and had a considerable intelligence network and power under his command.
Orochimaru showed an interested expression: "A bit interesting… Continue to monitor intelligence on Uchiha Feiyun and Uchiha Sasuke!"
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