I was a little disappointed at not fully completing my armor in one go but even I had to admit that after my transformation the speed I had at pushing it towards completion had tripled at least. If before it took me a month to get an inch of progress now I got that in a week or so. Even with this I had a sudden jump in mastery of my beasts abilities as well. As it turned out being able to visibly see the way their energy moved when they used it rather than just sensing it did wonders in this regard.-
Thanks to this I even finally managed to copy my lizards invisibility in all it’s overpowered glory.
“You are just going to hand it over, just like that?” my sensei asked confused when I went to turn over the scroll with the techniques details on it.
I shrugged “I had agreed with the old man to do so once I figured it out and I am a man of my word. Besides it doesn’t work on me anymore.” I said honestly.
“Your eyes?” she asked and I nodded.
“Not even this stealth ability can hide from these eyes.” I said with a sigh.
“Hmm, what about any other abilities, has anything else manifested yet or was that energy vision it?” she asked seriously.
I remained silent at that and she got the message and didn’t press. I left shortly after and headed for Ichiraku. Suddenly someone jumped out of the crowd to try and stab me with a needle but I caught the person by the wrist easily.
“You didn’t seriously think I’d fall for the same trick twice did you?” I couldn’t help but ask the person who upon adding some force to my grip reverted back to the pale form of one Orochimaru.
“KUKUKU! Of course not!” he said with a laugh before bursting into smoke as this clone was dispelled.
‘You must have me confused for someone else, escaping me is not so easy!’ I thought as I exerted my will on the natural energy in the air to grasp the rapidly fading connection that had existed between the main body and this shadow clone.
‘Sage art: Worldly tribulation!’ I thought as I hijacked the connection and used it to send the snake a little present in the form of a massive amount of angry sage chakra.
For anyone not familiar with the shadow clone technique this would be next to impossible to do but I knew quite well that the way each clone sent back their memories upon being dispelled meant that there was a connection between them and the source of them. Thanks to my eyes I could see this connection and using my power as a sage grab it and use it against the person who used it.-
(3rd person POV, hidden base at the edge of the land of fire.)
“Ah! The more you resist the more I want your body for myself!” The true body of Orochimaru said with a lecherous look as he received the memories of his shadow clone.
His eyes suddenly widened in instinctual terror however and he looked around in a panic trying to discover the source of his unease. He failed to do so before his body got invaded by a massive amount of violent and corrupted sage chakra with one job, kill him. The pale serpentine sannin barely had the time to register this invading chakra before his body detonated violently.-
The dense violent energy exploded from within his body blasting it apart before he could activate any of his lifesaving measures. It didn’t stop there but turned into a violent storm centered around this location ripping the whole hidden base apart from the inside out. For those nearby it was as if a hurricane had sudden manifested underground and was tearing it’s way up to the freedom of the sky. It was a calamity of great proportions, or rather it would be if it wasn’t for the fact that the storm seemed to vanish as fast as it appeared.-
“Was it some sort of battle between ninjas?” someone asked confused.
“Maybe it was a dragon sealed below the ground rolling over?” someone else suggested.
Speculations abounded but none were brave enough to investigate for themselves as no matter the case it was definitely beyond their means.
(Normal POV)
After sending my “gift” to Orochimaru I headed back to my sensei and told her what happened.
“That snake must think I’m some soft target that he can get away with bullying!” she said slamming her fist on the desk in anger.
“Oh I doubt he’s thinking much of anything at the moment.” I said with a chuckle.
“What do you mean?” she asked confused.
“Oh I mean he basically just got hit inside his body with an S rank jutsu, all without any defenses set up. Do you think he walked away from that unscathed? I wouldn’t be surprised if it killed him outright.” I said with a cold smile.
She looked stunned for a moment and fell into thought with her brows furrowed before nodding. “Indeed even for him that might prove impossible to walk away from. I’ll send out an anbu squad to see if they can confirm his death or not.” she said seriously.
It didn’t take long at all for the site of the event to be found and the squad that went admitted in their report they very much doubted anything near the source of the damage survived. They couldn’t say for certain if Orochimaru had perished or not as not even a shred of clothing or drop of blood remained for Identification. Seeing this my sensei refused to say for sure that her old teammate was dead as he had more than once faked his death so this was by no means a new thing.-
I didn’t push the matter beyond there however as regardless of what the truth was Orochimaru was unlikely to be a problem for some time if ever again. Still this second infiltration from the guy proved the impetus for completely redesigning the seal barrier around the village. It had been made clear that people were far too familiar with the barrier and could thus bypass it pretty much whenever they wanted. My sensei ended up conscripting me for this matter not as a sealer because I was not familiar with seals but rather to integrate sage chakra into the barrier in an unprecedented move.