Chapter 572: Death of the Snake

The Susanoo holding the Totsuka Blade slashed down. In less than ten seconds, seven of the eight snake heads of the Eight Branches Technique were slashed off. Only one snake head remained.

The only remaining white phosphorus snake head raised high, its mouth wide open, and a figure crawled out from the snake's mouth. It was Orochimaru, completely naked.

Orochimaru lay in the snake's mouth, covered in saliva. As soon as he appeared, he gave a sinister laugh and opened his mouth wide, spitting out a sword.

"This guy likes spitting things out of his mouth as always, truly disgusting."

White Zetsu frowned, seemingly not lightly disgusted by Orochimaru.

"The thing that should appear has finally appeared."

Itachi, shrouded by Susanoo, had a smile on his face and didn't talk nonsense with Orochimaru at all, directly stabbing Orochimaru's body with the Totsuka Blade.

Pfft.

Blood splattered. Orochimaru was stabbed in the chest by the Totsuka Blade, but he didn't care at all.

"This level of attack wants to... what!"

The smile on Orochimaru's face froze. As the Totsuka Blade retracted into the hilt, his soul was also gradually sucked into the Totsuka Blade.

20 seconds after Orochimaru appeared, he was gloriously sealed by the Totsuka Blade.

If anyone paid attention to the scene when sealing, they would find that Orochimaru was not sealed. Before that white phosphorus snake was sealed, it split into a small white snake. The small white snake hid in the rubble; that was Orochimaru who had escaped a disaster.

At this time, Orochimaru was extremely weak, and a Jonin could easily kill him.

Itachi "sealed" Orochimaru and began to vomit blood. Although Sasuke had little chakra left, his body was completely different. The Orochimaru in his body was stripped away, and the curse mark was stripped away. It could be said that Sasuke now had nothing to do with Orochimaru. Orochimaru had wasted three years cultivating Sasuke, and all the benefits were obtained by Sasuke.

Itachi vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and Susanoo was somewhat unable to maintain, leaving only a skeleton.

Itachi, opening Susanoo, slowly approached Sasuke. Sasuke didn't flinch, rushing forward with his sword.

But Sasuke is not Su Xiao and couldn't fight Itachi with just a sword. He jumped up and stabbed at Susanoo. Unsurprisingly, he didn't even break Susanoo's defense and was directly sent flying.

The Kusanagi sword was inserted into the ground. Sasuke rolled a few times on the ground and finally hit a ruin.

When Sasuke stood up, Itachi had already walked in front of him, three fingers full of blood stretched forward, making a gesture to dig out his eyes.

At this moment, Sasuke's two legs trembled uncontrollably, his eyes widened, and he was afraid.

Itachi's eyes narrowed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. His life breath was getting weaker and weaker, almost reaching the edge of death.

Itachi's mouth opened and closed, seemingly saying a sentence, but Sasuke didn't hear it clearly.

Itachi pointed two fingers at Sasuke's forehead, and those Mangekyo Sharingan rotated, consuming a large amount of chakra.

Susanoo suddenly dissipated. Itachi's body leaned forward, his forehead hitting the ruin Sasuke was leaning against. With a muffled thud, Itachi's body slowly slid to the ground.

Sasuke stood dull on the spot. He seemed to hear clearly what Itachi said before he died, and seemed not to have heard clearly.

"Forgive me, Sasuke, this is the last time."

This was what Itachi said before he died. Sasuke couldn't believe Itachi would say such words, so he suspected he heard wrong.

"The battle between the two brothers is over. It's time for us to take the stage."

Su Xiao jumped down from the tree and walked toward the battlefield.

At this moment, Sasuke also reached his limit. He vaguely saw someone walking toward him. Before he could see the person's appearance clearly, he fell to the ground after a darkness before his eyes. He vaguely heard the conversation between two people.

"I'll handle Itachi's corpse. I'll take Sasuke with me."

"Okay. I'll take that snake."

"Oh? It seems Orochimaru is going to fall into your hands."

"Just want to get some information from his mouth. It's very difficult to kill him. Even if this snake is killed, Orochimaru is not a guy who will die so easily."

"Makes sense..."

Sasuke felt himself being carried before he completely fainted.

Obito carried Sasuke on his shoulder and placed one hand on the back of Itachi's corpse.

"If everything goes smoothly, Sasuke will be our new member. See you at the agreed location later. I will tell this kid the truth. Don't you want to go see his expression together?"

"Not interested."

The space near Obito rotated, and he disappeared from the spot.

Su Xiao held a glass test tube several dozen centimeters long, inside which was a white snake.

"Orochimaru, let's talk."

Su Xiao looked at the white snake in the test tube. Orochimaru's soul was stored in this white snake.

The white snake thought for a moment, its head became larger, and it actually spoke human language.

"Okay, but don't think you can threaten me."

It was Orochimaru's voice.

The battle between Itachi and Sasuke ended. Under Itachi's release of water, Sasuke unsurprisingly won.

The Orochimaru in Su Xiao's hand was an unexpected harvest. Even if this white snake was killed, Orochimaru wouldn't die, but if the white snake was killed, it would take a period of time for Orochimaru to resurrect.

Taking Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang away from the battlefield, Su Xiao found a laboratory according to Orochimaru's guidance.

In the laboratory, Su Xiao sat on a wooden chair, placed the test tube on the experimental table, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang curiously looked at the "rare creature" in the test tube.

"What do you want to get?"

Orochimaru's voice was low, and there was decadence in those snake eyes. Things had reached this level. Even if he was stupid, he knew this was a trap laid by Itachi. Moreover, Orochimaru was not stupid.

Whether it was killing him in seconds with the Sharingan or him later kidnapping Sasuke and cultivating him, these were all traps laid by Itachi.

Itachi initially entrusted Sasuke to the Third Hokage, but the Third Hokage was killed by Orochimaru. The Third Hokage had just died, and Itachi immediately appeared in Konoha. That was a warning to Danzo that he hadn't died yet, and there would be no good ending for anyone who dared to touch his younger brother.

This was Itachi's delaying tactic. He clearly knew Danzo's greed for the power of the Uchiha clan. He could suppress Danzo for a while, but he couldn't suppress Danzo for a lifetime.

Moreover, Sasuke had no good teacher in Konoha. Originally, the agreement between Itachi and the Third Hokage was that when Sasuke reached a certain age and the Third Hokage had retired, the Third Hokage would take Sasuke as a disciple. The Third Hokage's character and teaching ability were worthy of trust; the Sannin were the best examples. But after the Third Hokage died, only Kakashi could teach Sasuke. Itachi knew Kakashi's level. Perhaps he could cultivate Sasuke into a Jonin, but Kage-level was absolutely impossible.

So Itachi took out an emergency measure he had prepared in advance: Orochimaru.

As one of the Sannin, Orochimaru is a top-level teacher. Even Itachi had to sigh at his ability to teach disciples.

How to ensure Orochimaru would teach Sasuke wholeheartedly? And not perform strange modifications on Sasuke? The identity of a new container was completely enough.

If Orochimaru cultivated Sasuke as a new container, the significance would be different. Who would be stingy with their future body? So Sasuke obtained countless precious resources.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru spat out his snake tongue, and his angry snake eyes almost sprayed fire.

"Damn Itachi! Actually using me!"

A long time later, Orochimaru calmed down. His will was not so easily shaken.

In the Naruto world, some believe in ninjutsu, some believe in taijutsu, some believe in senjutsu, but Orochimaru is amazing; he believes in science!

"Itachi is dead, died after accomplishing all his goals. Even if you want to find him for revenge, you have no chance. Losing is losing."

Su Xiao clearly knew Itachi's IQ, so he didn't participate in Itachi's plan and only had simple contact with Itachi, appearing only at the final battle to avoid being used.

"Yes, losing is losing. There are no excuses. Speaking of which, Bai Ye, what exactly is the matter you are looking for me for?"

The main topic came. Su Xiao stared at Orochimaru.

"I want data on Hashir

"Hashirama cells? Heh, so you've set your sights on this. Telling you is no big deal; removing the Wood Release component is quite simple..."

Su Xiao waved his hand.

"Not the cells from after Hashirama's death, but the primitive Hashirama cells mentioned in your files."

"What, you obtained that thing? That was merely a concept."

"Correct, I obtained it."

Silence fell within the laboratory.

"Removing the Wood Release component from primitive Hashirama cells is difficult, but not impossible. You must agree to one condition."

"What condition? Helping you resurrect?"

"No, the opposite. Announce to the outside world that I am dead. The Akatsuki organization's plan should be starting soon, right? How many Tailed Beasts have you captured?"

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then wrote the number 7 on the laboratory bench.

"So many? Then I should 'die' even more. Only by dying will no one pay attention to me. To become the final winner, this is the best method. Itachi, I will not lose this round again."

After Orochimaru stated an address, the white snake exploded, and flesh and blood splattered inside the test tube.

Kabuto had already inherited much of Orochimaru's legacy and had become his best vessel; cultivating Kabuto was Orochimaru's wisest choice.

PS: (Only two chapters today, I only slept for four hours, going to sleep now~)