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nMeanwhile, in Konoha's Hokage's office.

nSarutobi Hiruzen looked at the mysterious Rasa with a calm face.

nRasa, the Kazekage, wasn't strong enough, and his wisdom couldn't fix the situation. He couldn't see the bigger picture, let alone making Sarutobi Hiruzen, Ōnoki, and Terumī Mei stop looking down on him.

nAfter all, under his management, Sunagakure gradually became the weakest of the five shinobi villages in the shinobi world. Just like Kirigakure, under the reign of the Fourth Mizukage.

nWhat's more, he was almost overtaken by Terumī Mei.

nSuna was weak, which was why Sunagakure was attached to Konohagakure to a certain extent.

nOf course, the main reason was their failure in the Third Shinobi World War.

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"Magnet Release: Golden Prison!

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nRasa's hands quickly made seals, and then his hands slammed together. A large amount of golden sand spilled out from under him. The golden sand rapidly spread out, and the Hokage's office was completely filled and sealed in an instant.

nInside the gold prison, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Rasa with a grim face. The pipe in his mouth fell to the table.

nBecause Akatsuki appeared, Sarutobi Hiruzen was afraid that something would change, so he deployed the Konoha secret guards around him to check the situation. Now, the staff in Hokage's office could only fight by themselves.

nRasa's technique surrounded the interior of Hokage's office with gold sand. No one could see anything from the outside, and no sound could be transmitted outside.

nThe clerical staff below wouldn't even know what was going on up there.

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"Rasa, what are you doing?

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"Are you going to start a war between Suna and Konoha?

"

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"War?

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nRasa looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with scorn as if he had heard a funny joke. He stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen and took out a small white snake from his pocket.

n'Snake?'

nSarutobi Hiruzen froze. Then, he felt the somewhat familiar chakra from the snake and felt startled.

nA flame jutsu erupted from his mouth and shot towards the white snake.

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"Orochimaru!

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"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

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nJust when the white snake was about to be struck by the blast, the little snake's big mouth stretched and spat out a bigger snake. Then, like a reversed nesting doll, each snake got bigger and bigger. In the end, the snake directly spat out a soggy man from its mouth.

n'Orochimaru!'

nHe was wearing Akatsuki's robe, covered with mucus. When he saw the fireball, he flicked his wrist, and a slender sword appeared in his hand.

nHum ~

nThe hand holding the sword shook gently, and in the humming sound of the Kusanagi Sword, the sword turned pitch black.

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"Heh!

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nAt the sound of Orochimaru's soft snort, the Kusanagi Sword slashed through the fireball, which unexpectedly split it in half and streaked away from Orochimaru, exploding behind him, blowing up a wave of sand.

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"This ...

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nSarutobi Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru incredulously.

n'After all these years, has his sword skill become as strong as this?'

nIn the shinobi world, jutsu confrontation was normal, but cutting through jutsu with a weapon was next to impossible.

nBecause cutting jutsu required not only nature transformation, chakra, and combat skills, but also other more difficult things.

nExcept for Konoha's White Fang and Mifune, Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't heard of anyone who had this ability in recent years.

nEven Hatake Kakashi's Chidori that could cut through some jutsu; but that was only jutsu, not his father's blade.

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"No, it's not Orochimaru, it's that black... Armament Haki?

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nAfter thinking everything over, Sarutobi Hiruzen paused. Jiraiya never gave him information that Armament Haki would have a restraining effect on jutsu, could it be...

nOrochimaru's own improved Armament Haki?

nOrochimaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and didn't explain. He took out a scroll and patted it gently. Two coffins with 'one' and 'two' written on them suddenly appeared in the sand prison.

nRasa's golden sand prison was very strange. It isolated sound and prevented the opponent from performing summoning techniques, so Orochimaru purposefully prepared this.

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"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!

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nRasa raised the golden sand all over the sky and attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen. Because of the tight space, he couldn't exert all of his strength. After all, Gold Dust Imperial Funeral was a move that didn't distinguish between friend or foe.

nSarutobi Hiruzen leaped up high and attached chakra to his hands, attaching himself to the ceiling, thus avoiding Rasa's attack.

nWhile they were fighting, Orochimaru's neck suddenly stretched out strangely and bit Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't escape; Orochimaru had bit his foot.

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"Haha, Sarutobi Hiruzen, today is the day you'll die!

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nRasa sneered. His hands clap on the yellow sand on the ground. A golden sand spike emerged in mid-air and aimed at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

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"Magnet Release: Gold Dust World Method!

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nA thin bamboo shoot-like golden sand spike shot flew toward Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sarutobi Hiruzen raised an Earth Release to block the flying thorns, and more than a dozen shurikens were thrown toward Rasa.

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"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!

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nUnder Rasa's shocked eyes, more than a dozen shurikens directly turned into hundreds of thousands.

nThe dark shurikens were like rain. The most terrible thing was that the force behind every shuriken was frightening.

nRasa rolled up the yellow sand and surrounded himself in it, and countless shurikens stabbed on the golden sand shield. They jabbed in one tip at a time.

nFrom the inside, black dense blade tips covered the entire golden sand shield. It was so dense that a normal person would instantly pass out in fear after seeing this.

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"Orochimaru, why aren't you moving?

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nRasa's angry voice was about to continue to curse, but he suddenly felt something and looked back.

nBut, it was too late!

nOrochimaru's head was hovering ghostly behind him. A shuriken was curled around his tongue, and it stabbed straight into Rasa's heart.

nPoof!!

nBlood instantly erupted.

nOrochimaru moved his neck and pulled his head back.

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"Orochimaru, you betrayed me?!

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nRasa looked at Orochimaru angrily, pointing one hand at Orochimaru and holding a sand pillar with the other hand as his body shook.

nHe felt his power being rapidly stripped away and felt his vision rapidly blurring.

nThe next moment, with a bang, he directly fell to the ground.

nOnly then did Orochimaru's sinister voice ring out:

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"Some people can only be killed by ... me!

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"Oh, it's ironic that the untrustworthy end up dying at the hands of the even more untrustworthy, Rasa.

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nSarutobi Hiruzen sarcastically looked at the dead Rasa and then looked at Orochimaru.

nSince the other party had turned against them at this time, he must have left the Konoha village completely.

nFortunately, after Rasa's death, the summoning technique could be used.

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"Summoning Technique: Enma!

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nWatching his sensei's movements, the corner of Orochimaru's mouth grinned. Sarutobi was unable to distinguish whether it was a smile or grief.

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"Sensei, do you like the funeral I prepared for you?

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nOrochimaru stretched out his hand and knocked on the two coffins. Two figures walked out of them.

nLooking at the two figures, Sarutobi Hiruzen instantly sucked in a cold breath. He didn't expect that Orochimaru not only desecrated the dead, but he actually desecrated the two first Kages of Konoha!

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"Orochimaru, you deserve to die!

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nSarutobi Hiruzen instantly became furious. He thought of the army of the dead in the future Fourth Shinobi World War, and his eyes were suddenly filled with killing intent.

nOriginally, he wanted to escape, but now, ...

n'Orochimaru must die!'

nIn the future, he would be more threatening to Konoha than Akatsuki was!

nAt least, Konoha had Naruto to fight against Akatsuki, and Jiraiya also said that when Pain invaded their village, Konoha didn't lose anyone.

n'But Orochimaru was different!'

n'As long as I don't let Orochimaru's desecration of the dead technique spread, the Fourth Shinobi World War may just ...'

nWith this in mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen tightened his grip on the Adamantine Staff and raised the stick's head, pointing it at Orochimaru.

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"I taught you jutsu, but I didn't teach you to be a man. This is my fault.

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"Orochimaru, it's time to settle this!

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