Chapter 203 Orochimaru's Defection (Part )
Orochimaru's strength is not simple.

During the Third Shinobi World War, he assassinated the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Buruhi, and led the Konoha troops to defeat the Sand Village in the Battle of Mount Kikyo. He is one of the strongest people in the ninja world.

But in the Third Hokage's impenetrable stick dance, Orochimaru gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Looking at the Third Hokage who was still strong and healthy, Orochimaru's eyes were full of fear. He knew that the Third Hokage was very strong, but he didn't expect him to be so strong.

Without any preparation, he could not be a match for the Third Hokage.

After using the Snake Style's substitute to dodge the heavy attack, Orochimaru retreated dozens of meters, formed seals with his hands and slapped the ground. The originally soft grass suddenly turned into hundreds of poisonous snakes, which attacked the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage tiptoed and leaped into the air. His chest suddenly expanded and he shouted, "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

In an instant, the ground turned into a sea of ​​fire, directly submerging all the poisonous snakes.

After seeing this scene, a few drops of cold sweat broke out on Orochimaru's forehead. The reason why he did not leave Konoha immediately was mainly because he wanted to test the strength of the Third Generation teacher, but the current situation was beyond his control.

If he doesn't use all his strength, he will most likely die here.

As for surrendering to the Third Hokage, Orochimaru had such an idea in his mind, but his heart no longer belonged to Konoha, and he would leave sooner or later.

Even if he surrendered to the teacher now and saved his life, he would be imprisoned in the village and lose his freedom.

Rather than sacrificing his freedom and staying in the boring Konoha Village, he would rather take the risk and defeat the Third Hokage. He also wanted to study the bloodline of the Sarutobi clan.

As he approached the Third Hokage, Orochimaru transformed himself into a giant python and pounced forward.

The Third Hokage was impartial and did not evade the question. He said calmly, "Orochimaru, do you really not want to stay in the village?"

Orochimaru did not answer the Third Hokage. He had already gone around behind the Third Hokage. He only needed to inject venom into the Third Hokage's body to win the battle.

However, just as Orochimaru was about to launch an attack, a white light lit up on the snake's head and exploded directly on Orochimaru's body.

After the dust cleared, Orochimaru sneaked into the forest covered in blood. He didn't dare to stay there any longer.

I don't know when it started, but the Third Hokage has already put several detonating tags on Orochimaru, and used illusions to interfere with Orochimaru's perception.

It was because Orochimaru knew this that he realized the gap between him and the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage was not only much stronger than him, but also had more combat experience than him. If the Third Hokage had not been cautious, he would probably have died by now.

Looking at Orochimaru's back, the Third Hokage stopped and did not choose to chase him.

The battle with Orochimaru just now had exhausted him greatly. He hadn't experienced such an intense battle in a long time.

If you rush in to pursue them rashly, you might run the risk of being killed in return.

After trying to calm his breathing, the Third Hokage said with lingering fear: "I didn't expect Orochimaru to grow to this level. If I hadn't been prepared in advance, I might not be his opponent."

The Sarumochi at the side said calmly, "Hiruzen, isn't it because you let him go on purpose? If you didn't want to capture Orochimaru alive, you would have had many chances to kill him just now."

Hearing this, the Third Hokage fell silent.

Yuan Mo was right. He really let down his guard in the fight just now.

Yuan Mo saw what Hiruzen was thinking and sighed softly: "I know you can't do anything to your apprentice, but I have a feeling that one day in the future, you will regret your actions today."

The Third Hokage said with a complicated expression: "Maybe, but I really can't do it. Letting Orochimaru leave Konoha may be a good thing..." After saying that, the Third Hokage looked at Enma, who remained silent.

Although Enma is the summoning beast of the Third Hokage, it grew up watching Orochimaru and others. It knows what the Third Hokage is thinking and does not want to be stained with Orochimaru's blood.

A few minutes later, Danzo Shimura and other Konoha jonin arrived late.

After seeing the devastated land, they all looked at the Third Hokage. Judging from the results of the battle, the Third Hokage should have won the victory.

I just wonder how Orochimaru is doing now?

The Third Hokage sighed softly and said with a complicated expression: "Just now, Orochimaru injured me and defected!"

Hearing this, all the jonin were struck by lightning and showed incredible expressions.

The border war has just stopped and it is at a critical stage of peace talks. However, Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, actually injured the Third Hokage and defected. This is not good news for Konoha.

At this time, the Third Hokage said with great sorrow: "In addition, due to the degree of danger of Orochimaru, I plan to set Orochimaru as an S-level traitor. Any Konoha ninja has the obligation to capture Orochimaru."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Konoha jonin nodded, but they didn't take the matter of capturing Orochimaru seriously. Is Orochimaru so easy to capture?
Besides the Five Kage, there are several other people in the Ninja World who are rivals to Orochimaru.

Danzo stared at the Third Hokage and kept this in mind.

He didn't believe that the Third Hokage didn't have the ability to kill Orochimaru, and he must have been soft-hearted and let Orochimaru go.

The Third Hokage was not only indecisive, but also too gentle towards the ninjas around him. If it were him, he would definitely not let Taiga go.

However, just because the Third Hokage didn't take action doesn't mean he won't take action.

He must capture or even kill Orochimaru, because Orochimaru knows too many of his secrets and is an extremely unstable factor.

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the other side.

After running for more than ten kilometers, Orochimaru went into a cave and began to heal his wounds inside.

His injuries were very serious and it would take at least a month for him to recover. During this month, he had to face the pursuit from the village.

Just because the third generation teacher let up in the battle doesn’t mean he will let up in the subsequent pursuit.

His partner Danzo will also try every means to hunt him down.

During this month, he could only exert the strength of an ordinary jonin, and it was not easy to escape Konoha's pursuit.

Perhaps, I can only go to Longdi Cave temporarily.

But Longdi Cave is different from the other two holy places. Longdi Cave is a world where the strong prey on the weak. The giant snakes inside devour each other, and the losers will become food for the other side.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru gave up the idea of ​​going to Ryuchi Cave and glanced to the north, which was the direction of the Hidden Rain Village.

(End of this chapter)