Chapter 241
In the empty stone room, Orochimaru's slightly hoarse and sinister laughter rang out. He licked his lips with his tongue, and a flash of excitement flashed in Orochimaru's eyes, but then turned gloomy.
Hinata did interpret natural energy to an unprecedented level, at least among humans.
However, no matter how magical Hinata described natural energy, Orochimaru had a secret.
He could not practice the Sage Mode.
Orochimaru's talent was far superior to Jiraiya. Before Jiraiya had come into contact with the immortal arts, Orochimaru had already been to the Ryuchi Cave and wanted to learn the Sage Mode.
After failing to practice the Sage Mode, Orochimaru took a different approach and found Jūgo who lived near the Ryuchi Cave, and turned to studying the curse seal.
Hinata also explained the side effects of the curse seal in the paper.
Natural energy is usually very docile, but when you want to control it, it will become irritable.
This energy is like nature. You can take it at ordinary times, but once you take too much, nature will immediately turn its face to you.
As the developer and user of the Reincarnation Technique, Orochimaru naturally knows the side effects of this technique.
It is said to be immortal, but once this technique is used too many times and the soul is split too many times, all the hidden dangers will immediately erupt.
The number of times the Reincarnation Technique can be used is limited.
The inability to practice the Sage Mode is an eternal pain in Orochimaru's heart, but in Hinata's paper, another point of view is mentioned.
The creatures in the three holy places are nourished by natural energy all year round. They can live forever and survive for thousands of years... So have their bodies become different?
People need to grow by "eating", and all the nutrients and energy required for human growth are obtained through food.
The same is true for chakra.
Chakra is a combination of spiritual energy and physical energy, but physical energy needs food to replenish, while spiritual energy needs rest to recover.
Food is the source of all energy.
So if the food we eat becomes more advanced, can the energy also become more advanced?
Hinata doesn't need to say more, with Orochimaru's wisdom, he can understand all this by himself.
Orochimaru has conducted countless human experiments, and his understanding of the human body far exceeds that of anyone in this era.
The digestive function of the human body, blood flow, energy to maintain life, etc.... Orochimaru has studied all of these.
Orochimaru even thought of the examples of Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
The two brothers once wanted to capture the Nine-Tails, but were swallowed by the Nine-Tails in the process of capturing the Nine-Tails.
The two brothers stayed in the Nine-Tails for two weeks. They kept eating the flesh and blood of the Nine-Tails in the Nine-Tails' belly and absorbed the Nine-Tails' chakra.
The Nine-Tails, which could not bear it, finally vomited them out, and from then on the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers possessed part of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
From this point of view, ninjas can indeed obtain the energy of other creatures by "eating".
However, Orochimaru also knew very well that not everyone can eat the tailed beasts, and if you eat them rashly, you will only explode and die.
"But the snake in the Ryuchi Cave..."
Although the snake in the Ryuchi Cave is Orochimaru's summoning beast, and many of Orochimaru's ninjutsu are also related to snakes, after he can no longer practice the Sage Mode, the Ryuchi Cave is no longer of much help to Orochimaru.
"Hehehe... I can give it a try..."
Orochimaru's eyes were sinister. At this stage, Orochimaru would never give up the temptation of immortality and power. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, he would try it.
"Huh?"
The perception ability from the snake allowed Orochimaru to keenly capture Sasuke's approach.
"Sasuke?"
"What does he want to do?"
When thinking of Sasuke, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Every time he saw Sasuke, Orochimaru felt that he, who was known as a 'genius', was so pathetic.
Orochimaru's talent lies in 'research', while Sasuke's talent lies in 'cultivation'.
From a certain perspective, Orochimaru is the one who truly has talent. However, in the world of ninjas, only talents that are cultivated are recognized by the world.
Even Orochimaru is no exception in this regard.
"In less than two years... he will be mine!"
Whenever he thought of this, Orochimaru was even more excited than when he learned the important secrets from Black Zetsu and Hinata. Because in Orochimaru's view, Sasuke is his strength.
"But what is Sasuke doing here at this time?"
Orochimaru was puzzled.
'Da Da Da...'
In the dark corridor, the sound of footsteps echoed slowly. Sasuke, with the Kusanagi sword on his waist, walked to the door of Orochimaru and stopped.
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Sasuke, who was only thirteen years old, looked only slightly more mature than when he just graduated, and much more immature than when he was in the original Shippuden period.
'Zizizi--'
A sharp thunder sounded, and the Chidori sharp spear instantly penetrated the wooden door and stabbed straight at Orochimaru in the stone chamber.
"Hehe... are you going to fight?"
Orochimaru easily avoided Sasuke's attack, smiled and said, "Although your strength has grown a lot, this kind of mentality is not good..."
'Bang bang bang bang...'
Sasuke chopped the wooden door open with several consecutive slashes. As the wooden door shattered, Sasuke stood in front of the door with a cold face, carrying the Kusanagi sword, looking at Orochimaru with a blank look.
"You have nothing to teach me!"
With three magatama appearing in his eyes, Sasuke said in a calm voice: "Orochimaru, you are too weak, so there is no need for me to hand over my body to you."
Murderous intent flashed in Orochimaru's eyes: "Don't be so arrogant, you Uchiha brat, you're still far behind!"
Anyone who has fought against Uchiha ninjas may never forget the look in their eyes.
It is like the eyes of higher creatures when they look down on lower creatures. They are indifferent, calm, and there is no color in their eyes... When these eyes look at you, you will feel as small as an ant.
People like Deidara and Orochimaru were deeply hurt by this look in their hearts.
Compared with the Sharingan, the Rinnegan is full of majesty. When you see these eyes, you will first think of the word "god".
In comparison, Byakugan looks much cuter. When you are stared at with a blank eye, you will only feel that all your secrets have been seen through by the other person.
Chapter 366 The conflict between Sasuke and Orochimaru
"Hmph! Just because you are a brat, you can get me!"
Sasuke looked contemptuous and said calmly: "You can't get Itachi, so you chose me as the target of your attack, right?"
"That's right, right? The genius known as the 'Sannin'..."
"It's a pity that you are only what the world calls a genius. If you want to surpass the name of 'Uchiha', it is simply beyond your reach."
"Any genius is just a mortal in front of the name of Uchiha."
Sasuke has always been proud of the name 'Uchiha', and he recognizes this clan from the bottom of his heart.
From this point of view, Sasuke and Hinata are both the same kind of people, and both of them regard their family as very important.
And since Sasuke was only seven years old when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, he had never seen the darkness within the clan with his own eyes. Maybe even if Sasuke saw it, he would recognize the family over the village.
"And...I'm also disgusted with what you did!"
"What exactly is your purpose?"
At this point, Sasuke's voice turned completely cold.
"You say you want to understand all the truths in the world, but for such a selfish reason, you play with others like toys and applaud... It's really disgusting!"
No matter how half-hearted Sasuke's mentality is, no matter how incomprehensible his actions in the original work are, Sasuke's heart is actually very kind.
In the original work, Orochimaru once found a thousand people to test Sasuke's strength. Sasuke knocked everyone down, but did not kill anyone.
Orochimaru said: If you can't be ruthless, you can't defeat Itachi.
Sasuke replied: If I face him, I will be ruthless whether I do it or not.
Sasuke actually rarely kills people. He only kills the people he wants to kill, and he forces himself to be ruthless before killing.
"What do you know!?"
Orochimaru's eyes flashed with madness and ferocity, but when he saw Sasuke's eyes, Orochimaru suddenly lost his mind to explain to Sasuke.
The world of ninjas is never fair.
For Orochimaru, who had experienced the Great Ninja War, he had seen too many injustices.
Some ninjas have been well-trained since birth, can learn various secret techniques, and even have powerful blood inheritance limits. As long as these people work a little hard, they can stand at a very high height.
However, for more ninjas, let alone having the blood inheritance limit and learning secret techniques, even learning ordinary ninjutsu is a luxury.
There are so many ninjas in Konoha, and how many chunin actually only know a few simple ninjutsu. When fighting the enemy, they can only rely on kunai and shuriken.
In the eyes of the higher-ups, these ninjas are machines that make money for the village in normal times, but they are cannon fodder in wartime.
Orochimaru is undoubtedly lucky. The third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted him as his disciple, allowing Orochimaru to achieve achievements far beyond those of ordinary ninjas.
But when facing Uchiha Itachi and Hinata, Orochimaru felt that God was too unfair to him. God gave me talent, but it didn't give me any limits.
Orochimaru has stood at the pinnacle of ninjas, but he cannot stand at the pinnacle of ninjas.
However, for Sasuke, he took it for granted that he had the Sharingan, a power given to him by his family's bloodline.
Orochimaru saw through this contradictory thought, so he had no intention of explaining.
He and Sasuke could never understand each other.
"Haha... I also want to know what gave you the courage to face me."
Orochimaru's hoarse voice was a little playful: "As a ninja of Hinata's generation, when you see her, do you feel insignificant?"
"Geniuses are always in the minority..."
"Your talent is indeed amazing, but compared to Itachi at the same time and Hinata at the same time, you are still far behind!"
Sasuke said calmly: "You will understand soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sasuke's three magatama eyes turned.
The light gray stone chamber turned extremely dark in an instant. Orochimaru's body was floating in the boundless darkness. The dim brass-colored iron pillars pierced Orochimaru's limbs, firmly fixing Orochimaru in the dark void.
"Is this...an illusion?"
Orochimaru looked ferocious and said in a gloomy tone: "It seems that he has indeed grown a lot!"
In the stone chamber, Sasuke's Kusanagi sword waved, and Orochimaru's head flew high, and then turned into smoke with a 'bang' sound.
"Shadow clone?"
Sasuke's eyes became extremely alert for a moment, and Orochimaru, who had regained his hands, was indeed difficult to deal with.
On the ceiling of the stone room, Orochimaru stretched out half of his body from the stone wall that looked like the surface of water, his mouth wide open, and a brown snake came out of Orochimaru's mouth, and the snake spit out the Kusanagi sword from its mouth, stabbing Sasuke's back fiercely.
'Ding! '
A sound of metal clashing rang out, and Sasuke waved the Kusanagi sword to block Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword.
Staring at Orochimaru with cold eyes, Sasuke released the breath of his whole body.
"This, this is..."
Orochimaru looked horrified, and shouted madly: "This is impossible!"
How strong is the power of Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword?
In the original work, even Naruto, who was transformed into the Nine-Tails, was blown away by Orochimaru's attack and pressed into the rubble and unable to move.
But Sasuke easily blocked Orochimaru's attack.
But what really shocked Orochimaru was the chakra that Sasuke burst out.
This kind of powerful chakra is definitely not something Sasuke can possess.