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Chapter 245: Madara Uchiha Leaves the Hidden Sand
🕑 Added 2025-08-31 14:27:53 +0000 UTCChapter 245: Madara Uchiha Leaves the Hidden Sand
The third day after Black Zetsu left, I miss it…
Madara Uchiha sighed. He was a man who believed in power and disliked Orochimaru's convoluted methods. When he was formulating plans, it was always Black Zetsu who helped him supplement them, bit by bit.
Faced with a figure at the pinnacle of the ninja world's intellect like Orochimaru, Madara Uchiha was clearly a bit uncomfortable… Especially after all his past schemes had been exposed, he always felt as if he were transparent in front of Orochimaru.
This rogue ninja from Konoha really had too many schemes in his heart!
Orochimaru secretly observed the reanimated person beside him and suddenly chuckled softly. "Lord Madara, is there something you're unhappy about?"
"…No." Madara Uchiha squeezed his wrist, suppressing the urge to hit someone. "I just feel that the days in the Hidden Sand Village are a bit uninteresting."
Ever since Black Zetsu had left with the One-Tail jinchuriki, Madara Uchiha had been reluctant to hide in the Hidden Sand. To him, the greatest value of the entire village was that tanuki.
But as it turned out, Orochimaru had some soul in his brain. After a series of operations, the One-Tail jinchuriki, Gaara, had successfully gone on a rampage, and the ninjas of the Hidden Sand were living in constant fear.
That very afternoon, that little brat named Gaara was sent out of the Hidden Sand Village. No one cared if he lived or died… And it seemed that the ninjas of the Sand weren't even surprised that the Fourth Kazekage would treat his own son this way.
This village was truly cold-hearted…
"Recently, I received a piece of intelligence from the Sand ANBU. After leaving the Land of Wind, Mr. Black Zetsu attacked the Iwa-nin outposts in the Land of Earth…"
Orochimaru smiled as he looked at the old man by the window and said softly, "Was this matter at Lord Madara's instruction? This is not a suitable time to stir up other troubles."
"Hm?"
Madara Uchiha turned around, snatched the document from Orochimaru's desk, and frowned. "The S-rank rogue ninja of Konoha, what is the meaning of this?"
"The entire ninja world believes that Mr. Black Zetsu is a product of human experiments conducted by certain people in Konoha." Orochimaru looked at Madara Uchiha with a composed expression. "Because it possesses the First Hokage's Wood Style Kekkei Genkai and the Fourth Hokage's most proficient Flying Thunder God Technique…"
"The Flying Thunder God Technique? Isn't that Tobirama Senju's jutsu?" Madara's expression couldn't help but change.
The will that he himself had produced, how could it be so capable?
He had seen that teleportation jutsu called the Flying Thunder God Technique before, but that jutsu was too bizarre; even he couldn't learn it… The consciousness he had split off was actually able to learn it?
"Mr. Black Zetsu should be the strongest Flying Thunder God user in the entire ninja world. Even the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and the Yellow Flash, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, are far from his match…" Orochimaru sighed softly. "Back then, I almost died at its hands!"
That year, he had taken the reanimated Nawaki to Konoha, only to encounter Zetsu and the crow one after another, and had nearly lost his life there…
"Hmph!"
Madara Uchiha snorted with disdain. His younger brother, Izuna Uchiha, had been struck by Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Slash back then and had died from his injuries.
Now, he couldn't help but have doubts about Black Zetsu. The will he had created—could it really not betray him?
Come to think of it, Hashirama Senju had been willing to kill himself for a single word from him back then. He had trusted Hashirama immensely because of it, but in the end, he was fiercely stabbed in the back by Hashirama…
Madara threw down the document in his hand, glanced at Orochimaru, and said in a deep voice, "I'm going out!"
"Be my guest."
The ninja world's scientist was completely unconcerned and even made a "please" gesture with his hand. This guy was really asking for a beating. He had clearly done something wrong, yet he acted as if he had done nothing. It was really infuriating to watch…
Not long after Madara left, a figure walked into the Kazekage's office, pushed up his glasses, and said in a low voice, "Lord Orochimaru, why did you let him leave the Hidden Sand?"
"Madara Uchiha is too powerful, and unrestrained power is very dangerous…"
Orochimaru smiled and pointed to the seat in front of him, looking at the newcomer. "Kabuto, the things I asked you to do, have they been handled?"
"Everything has been taken care of. Granny Chiyo and Ebizo have been dealt with, and there were also some unexpected gains…"
Kabuto Yakushi gently took out two scrolls from his pocket, placed them respectfully on the table, and explained, "This is the One's Own Life Reincarnation technique that Granny Chiyo researched…"
"Oh?"
Orochimaru had always been very interested in strange jutsu. From his youth, he had been dedicated to learning all the jutsu in the ninja world.
The One's Own Life Reincarnation technique, offering up all of one's chakra and even soul to give to the dead, could transcend the boundary between life and death and truly revive the deceased!
The price was the life of the caster.
"Hehehe… I never thought that old hag Chiyo could research such a jutsu!" Orochimaru licked his lips, a light shining in his eyes. "It seems our Living Corpse Reincarnation can be improved a bit more…"
The Hidden Sand Village was truly a good place for him!
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."
Kabuto nodded seriously. The One's Own Life Reincarnation was not only very enlightening for Orochimaru, but also very useful for medical-nin like them.
In a sense, if the One's Own Life Reincarnation could be further improved, it could completely become a medical ninjutsu similar to the Mystical Palm Technique!
Yet this ignorant place, the Hidden Sand, had only shelved it.
"What is the situation in the Hidden Rain Village?"
Orochimaru then played with the scroll, placed it on his desk, and looked up at the white-haired youth. "If I'm not mistaken, the Konoha ninjas should have already withdrawn from the Hidden Rain, right?"
"As expected of Lord Orochimaru."
Kabuto looked at Orochimaru with a fanatical gaze and said in a low voice, "Although the spies deployed in the Hidden Rain have not yet sent back news, someone has already found out that Itachi Uchiha's group has already evacuated the Rain…"
"Hehehe… that teacher of mine is getting very old…" Orochimaru's topic suddenly changed. "Besides that, is there any interesting news recently?"
"There is some."
Kabuto pondered for a moment, then looked up at the sinister man before him. "Lord Orochimaru, do you still remember a contemporary of yours named Hiruko?"
"…News of him…"
Orochimaru turned his head and looked at the sand-and-wind-swept Hidden Sand Village. "At that time, he could be considered my friend! Like me, he was ultimately forced onto a crooked path by the old man…"
"Hiruko has been very active on the border of the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire recently. He has attacked several Konoha ninja squads, and seems to be investigating something…"
"That guy, he's not going to run into Itachi Uchiha's squad, is he…" Orochimaru's brow furrowed, and his face suddenly turned horrified. "No! Hiruko must want Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan! He wants Itachi's Kekkei Genkai!"
My old friend is courting death on a grand scale!
