Chương 213: Chapter 212: Yamata no Orochi - Hero
"Die!"
Tsunade's eyes flashed with murderous intent. In her Strength of The Hundred Seal state, she not only gained an enormous amount of chakra but could also activate Creation Rebirth at any time to heal her body, making her unafraid of injuries.
Moreover, the dōjutsu power of Yuto was boiling beneath her skin.
Boom... Bang!
Tsunade slammed Obito into the ground, the two sinking deeper as a massive crater formed, resembling a meteor impact site.
At one point, Tsunade's fist finally hit the soil.
—Her arm had pierced through Obito's abdomen, delivering a chilling blow.
"Not enough..."
Tsunade went berserk, grabbing Obito's spine and crushing it with a vicious grip, pulverizing the central nervous system along with it.
The blonde woman sighed in relief, but to her surprise, the Gedo Statue suddenly went berserk, slamming her away. The unfortunate Tsunade was sent crashing through the forest, collapsing onto shattered boulders, groaning in pain.
"Ugh... Aaahhhh—!" Beneath the Gedo Statue, Obito roared like a madman.
With his spine completely destroyed, his brain's commands couldn't reach his limbs. He could do nothing but scream.
But he was Obito, someone who, in a sense, could create miracles.
"Damn Konoha, Damn Kakashi, Damn Yuto..." Obito gritted his teeth, and with all him boundless hatred, controlled the Gedo Statue to lift him onto its neck.
'Die, all of you, die.'
He laughed maniacally, losing all sanity. The Gedo Statue, infected by his madness, howled at the moon and charged toward the Hokage Rock.
As it moved, the statue's body began to swell, its bark-like exterior peeling away, as if something was growing inside.
"We're doomed..." Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan spun rapidly as he shunshined in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"It's going to explode."
"What? That thing can self-destruct?"
"Maybe not self-destruct," Fugaku explained with a wry smile. "Its power is rotating and compressing at high speed. This process can't go on forever. At a certain threshold, it must release this energy, either within its body or by expelling it outside. I don't know which."
"It sounds like a Tailed Beast Bomb..." Hiruzen turned pale and immediately began weaving signs, intending to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to resolve the problem.
However, halfway through his signs, Hiruzen stopped.
Someone was faster.
On the Hokage Rock, Orochimaru, clad in battle armor, stood atop Hiruzen's statue.
His golden snake eyes locked onto the approaching gigantic statue. Its body swelled further, and its roars grew more harrowing.
For some reason, a memory from years ago flashed through Orochimaru's mind—his sarcastic comment to Danzo Shimura after his own betrayal was exposed.
"A Kage, by definition, is a shinobi who dares to stand up and bear everything, no matter the time."
"Eight Branches Technique," Orochimaru calmly spoke the name of the S-rank forbidden technique.
He stepped off the Third Hokage's statue, transforming mid-fall into a massive white serpent with eight heads.
The two titans faced each other. Orochimaru's eight-headed serpent stretched its body slightly, recklessly pouring out chakra. The Yamata no Orochi swelled once more, then lunged, coiling around the statue's massive body.
The white serpent wasn't as large as the Gedo Statue, but being a snake with eight heads, its length was more than sufficient. Coiling left and right, it wrapped the statue almost completely, like a suit of white armor from afar.
Orochimaru's method was simple and brutal—enduring the statue's desperate final attack with his own body!
The Eight Branches Technique wasn't the most powerful S-rank technique, but in terms of durability, it was unrivaled. Even if its heads were cut off, they would regenerate in the blink of an eye. The only thing it feared was fuinjutsu.
If this monster pulled out something like the Totsuka Blade, Orochimaru would accept his fate.
While coiling around the Gedo Statue, Orochimaru even found the leisure to locate Obito. He opened his massive maw to bite down, but the statue's hand tightly guarded its neck. The serpent's heads couldn't penetrate, forcing Orochimaru to abandon the idea of swallowing Obito whole.
Perhaps two seconds passed, or maybe five. Suddenly, the Gedo Statue froze in place.
'It's coming!' The Yamata no Orochi tensed, using all its strength to suppress the statue.
Rumble...
Countless small explosions erupted on the surface of the Gedo Statue. Just as Fugaku had speculated, the statue didn't self-destruct. Instead, it spewed countless "miniature high-pressure bombs" from its surface. Although not as powerful as a Tailed Beast Bomb, their overwhelming number made up for it, resembling the Explosive Tag Mutually Multiplying Trap.
In an instant, the Yamata no Orochi was blown to pieces.
Orochimaru didn't scream or wail. He silently turned the pain into calm, focusing on repairing his body and enduring the full brunt of the explosions.
Under the night sky, the Gedo Statue and the Yamata no Orochi's bodies alternated between swelling and shrinking, their blood splattering everywhere, with torn limbs and flesh littering the streets.
Gradually, the explosions ceased.
This was, of course, not the Gedo Statue's full power. Obito's body had been wrecked by Tsunade, leaving little life force for the statue to draw from. Otherwise, even if Orochimaru had fought to the death, he wouldn't have been able to suppress this endless barrage.
Finally, both the white serpent and the monstrous statue disappeared.
Countless Konoha shinobi and villagers held their breath, staring at the battlefield's center, unwilling to look away even for a moment.
As the dust settled, Orochimaru, drenched in blood, slowly walked out.
He held Obito by the neck with one hand, his demeanor as calm as if he were walking home.
Obito was completely unconscious, his eyes tightly shut, blood streaming from his eye sockets—a pitiful sight.
Clearly, both the "Kamui Mangekyō" in his right eye and the "Rinnegan" in his left had been gouged out by Orochimaru.
A shinobi of Orochimaru's caliber would never allow Obito to escape.
"Still breathing... Tough kid," Orochimaru coughed up blood, handing the unconscious Obito to an ANBU member. "Seal his chakra with fuinjutsu, control his body with Golden Binding Chains, imprison him in Fire Prison, and maintain a 24-hour patrol. As for his execution, that decision lies with the Hokage."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru." The ANBU secured Obito Uchiha, speaking more respectfully than usual.
Orochimaru nodded slightly, saying nothing more as he turned toward the Hokage Tower.
However, Orochimaru didn't expect that after just a few steps, the crowd erupted in cheers.
At first, there were just a few scattered voices, but they quickly gathered into a wave, eventually becoming a roaring tide that engulfed the entire village.
"Hero!"
"Lord Orochimaru! You're a hero!"
"Orochimaru, the hero of Konoha!"
"Hero! Hero!"
Orochimaru paused briefly, a surge of emotion awakening within him.
—It had been a long time since he had felt such chaotic joy, like when he first mastered his first jutsu.
(End of Chapter)
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