The figure of Yamata no Orochi and Ryuumyaku kept chasing one after another while fighting in the forest, everywhere they go, the ground will shake and the dust will fly, making the already messed up forest messier.
Smash…
Ryuumyaku waved its tail that swept away countless trees on its path and landed on Orochi's body!
Seven of its head landed on the ground while the last one managed to dodge.
At this time Orochimaru was looking at Kuroto's hovering figure with a cold expression as if he would rip out Kuroto's head of his body.
Feeling the burning gaze, Kuroto gulped slightly and urged Ryuumyaku to rush over.
Even if he has gotten stronger; the instinctive fear from Orochimaru still lingers within his heart.
As Ryuumyaku rushed over, all the seven heads again attacked it with all their might.
In the cover of smoke and dust, one of the snakeheads that were again ripped off by the Ryuumyaku's jaws flew out leaving a lot of blood.
But in that short moment, the remaining snakeheads also managed to bite off some chakra parts from the Ryuumyaku's body.
Kuroto curled his lips slightly as he saw Orochimaru do that… the Ryuumyaku Chakra has a high concentration of Natural Energy, Kuroto wonders if Orochimaru would be able to handle such an amount.
But considering that Orochimaru does have some help from the White Snake Sage, he might in fact be able to do that, after all… Yamata no Jutsu also depends on the 'Power of Reincarnation' possessed by the White Snake.
But that aside, Kuroto was still a little troubled to continue this battle.
What Orochimaru is best at is a stalemate, with the continuous supply of Chakra from his part, the body of Yamata no Orochi could have limitless regeneration ability, making it not any inferior to that of a real tailed beast even in hand-to-hand combat.
Therefore, if Kuroto doesn't use some trick that might conclude the battle in just one shot, this battle will be a headache for him.
'Now I wish that I had practiced how to use the Tailed Beast Ball' – thought Kuroto, as using the Tailed Beast Ball could have been a good method to effectively deal with Orochimaru.
But unfortunately, that wasn't the case, and the fight continued between the two as the entire forest was continuously destroyed by the two monstrosities.
While entangling with each other, neither of them dare get distracted, it wasn't until he heard a faint cry for help did Kuroto decided to look over only to notice a young figure barely hanging on a tree branch not very far away.
The child was probably about four to five years old with a delicate face and thin body. And below that boy, Yamato used a Wood Style Shield to protect the other two children by his side.
As soon as he saw the four of them, Kuroto immediately flew towards the tree branch and landed before Yamato and the others after picking up the child from the tree branch.
Looking at Kuroto carrying Haku with him, Yamato hurriedly stepped forward and exclaimed, "You… what do you want to do? Let go of him this instant or Orochimaru-Sama wouldn't forgive you!"
Now Yamato understood that the opposite person wasn't just some ordinary guy but a powerful ninja with enough strength to be able to fight against Orochimaru.
Therefore, he was really worried about what was he planning to do with Haku.
Kimimaro and Jugo that were under Yamato's protection also rushed out and shouted in unison, "You, put Haku down this instant!"
"Haku!?" Kuroto was shocked when he heard that name, but immediately suppressing his shock, he threw Haku in the hands of Yamato and said, "What are you guys still doing here? You all should stay away from here!"
Even Yamato was a little helpless when he heard this. They obviously tried their best to get as far away as possible, but the two fightings monstrosities were far beyond the imagination of the four kids in terms of speed and range of battle movements, so although tried still couldn't get far enough and still got affected by the battle.
At this time, Yamata no Orochi also rushed over, and Orochimaru looked at five of them with a little interest.
Noticing Orochimaru's gaze, Kuroto said lightly, "Orochimaru-Sama, both of us are in a stalemate, neither are you able to do anything nor am I. Is it that interesting to continue such a boring battle?"
Orochimaru glanced towards Yamato and the other kids who were within Kuroto's reach and smiled slightly after pondering over Kuroto's words, "Kuroto-Kun, your artificial tailed beast has really opened my eyes, although I am not satisfied yet!"
Kuroto nodded and said calmly, "Orochimaru-Sama, not only have you saved my life countless times, but you are also my teacher, I can't ever forget how grateful I am to you, therefore, I believe that we shouldn't become enemies!"
Orochimaru thought slightly, and spoke with a sigh, "Having a disciple like you, I don't seem to be any worse than that idiot Jiraiya!" – then released the 'Eight Branches Technique!'
In this fight with Kuroto, Orochimaru felt that he figured out much of Kuroto's abilities. In his opinion, although the kid has grown strong enough to have the qualification to cooperate on an equal footing, Kuroto's strength is still some distance away from reaching his level.
In short, Orochimaru feels that he still has control over Hyuga Kuroto!
With Orochimaru releasing the Eight branches Technique, Kuroto also quickly sealed Ryuumyaku in his body.
This battle also gave him some insight into Ryuumyaku, after all, Kuroto had to use the power of the Tenseigan several times to suppress it from losing control, it obviously doesn't mean that Ryuumyaku is repelling Kuroto, no, it's just that Ryuumyaku's sentience is a bit week for it to be able to hold such large Chakra, therefore, once it isn't under restriction, a possibility remains that Ryuumyaku might go on a rampage.
But it's nothing Kuroto can't deal with. So, he is not very worried about it for now, at least until he finds a good enough solution to this problem.
And until he does that, it would be difficult for him to use the Perfect Tailed Beast Mode, as he will have to spend some effort in suppressing Ryuumyaku, but that's something to focus on in the future.
Kuroto was still quite satisfied with this battle, even if he didn't use the Tenseigan Chakra Mode to fight against Orochimaru, he was still able to hold his own against the Snake, by solely relying on his normal strength and Ryuumyaku shows the degree of improvement in his basic abilities.
Looking at the messy devastated forest before him, Kuroto glanced at Orochimaru from the corner of his eyes and couldn't help but think silently, "Genjutsu is the best method to deal with Orochimaru!"
Facts have proven that using Genjutsu is the best method to defeat Orochimaru quickly, otherwise, using Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Kenjutsu and all other combat methods will be very laborious and only stall him at most, while Genjutsu will have an immediate result.
This also reminded Kuroto of Itachi, the biggest difference between Itachi and other Uchiha is that Itachi never underestimates his opponents nor is he ever unprepared for a battle.
In this regard, even Shisui is a bit inferior, otherwise, how else would his Mangekyou be taken away by Shimura Danzo?
Even if Shisui didn't know that Shimura Danzo could use Izanagi, he should have been careful, if it had been Itachi, then something like this wouldn't have happened!
After all, the only reason Shisui lost his Mangekyou Sharingan to Danzo was because of his carelessness!
Therefore, this is one of the greatest points to be learned from Itachi.
Putting aside these thoughts, for now. Kuroto looked over towards Orochimaru who casually walked towards them and said with a smile, "So, Kuroto-Kun, you sneaked out of Konoha to specifically meet me, there must be something important, right?"
Kuroto nodded with a chuckle, while he removed the gas mask from his face after deactivating the Tenseigan, and said, "There are some experiments that I am planning to do, so I really needed your help to be able to begin them."
Looking at the two people who were fighting such an intense battle a few moments ago, now talking and laughing while walking side by side as if nothing much happened, made Yamato and others a little dumbfounded!
Haku who still haven't forgotten that he almost touched death, couldn't help but speak meekly, "I… I thought… I was dead for sure!"
Jugo asked curiously, "So, just who is he?"
After pondering a little, Yamato told them, "His name is Hyuga Kuroto, a Konoha Shinobi, and also seems to be Orochimaru-Sama's favorite disciple!"
"It turns out that he is Orochimaru-Sama's disciple!" – Kimimaro stared at Kuroto with burning eyes, and secretly swore to himself, 'Hyuga Kuroto, one day I will surpass you, only I will get to discover the truth of this world with Orochimaru-Sama!'
Nobody noticed Kimimaro's fiery look.
Yamato was relieved and looked at the three and asked, "Are three of you alright!?"
…
On Kuroto's side, after a few short conversations, he finally decided to ask the main question, "You should have met Hiruko recently, right?"
As soon as Kuroto asked this, Orochimaru immediately stopped and stared at Kuroto viciously, "And I wonder how you came to know about this, Kuroto-Kun?"
Kuroto shrugged and just said calmly, "Hiruko is on Konoha's hunting list, as an Anbu, it's natural that I have to pay attention to this news!"
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