Orochimaru's voice instantly spread across half the forest.
He could clearly feel that this strange attack just now should have come from directly above the forest!
But due to the backlighting, he couldn't see the scene above at all.
A moment later,
He slightly narrowed his eyes, lowered his head, and carefully examined his surroundings.
He saw six white light blades, in a perfectly symmetrical formation, firmly fixing him in mid-air, preventing him from even falling.
'What kind of technique was this?!'
Orochimaru gritted his teeth slightly; with his many years of experience on the battlefield, he had never even heard of such a thing.
However, at that moment.
Suddenly, a gray figure leaped down from above.
Thud.
He landed precisely on a tree branch, and then immediately began gesticulating wildly, letting out an extremely exaggerated voice.
"Waaah! Senpai!!"
"This is amazing?! You took down this guy with just one move?! As expected of the True Eye of the King!!"
"?"
Hearing this noisy chatter, Orochimaru's gaze sharpened instantly and he looked over.
He saw a man wearing gray Shinobi attire and an orange vortex mask, showing no discernible features at all.
At this moment, he was still shouting in an extremely exaggerated manner, as if he completely disregarded the Orochimaru before him.
After getting a clear look, Orochimaru was momentarily bewildered.
'Wait.'
'Who the hell is this guy?'
'Wasn't the one waiting here supposed to be the Akatsuki...'
In an instant, Orochimaru's train of thought was completely interrupted, to the point where he couldn't even think.
'What the hell is going on?'
'Just who did Kabuto that guy give my information to?!'
'Didn't I tell him to act as a spy, pretend to be one of Sasori of the Red Sand's subordinates, and then deliberately leak my information to the Akatsuki's people...'
'Could that guy have gotten it wrong?'
'Logically speaking, the guys in Akatsuki should be wearing that distinctive uniform...'
Orochimaru began to ponder.
In fact, he had been investigating the Akatsuki for some time.
Back when he learned from the Land of Wind's intelligence network that an Akatsuki's member was actively inquiring about Sasori, he started planning to turn the tables.
And this time, he had intentionally let his double agent, Yakushi Kabuto, leak his movements to the Akatsuki to facilitate his deeper investigation.
But he never expected that the person who showed up here would be a fool wearing a mask.
"Hey,"
"You, the masked one... are you from [Akatsuki]?"
Orochimaru squinted at the masked man in front and spoke in a low, hoarse voice.
However,
Before the masked man could speak,
Suddenly, another black figure descended from the sky, landing directly in front of Orochimaru.
Seeing the familiar red cloud black robe uniform, Orochimaru's gaze flickered instantly.
'Hmm? Is this an Akatsuki's member?!'
But before he could react, something even more astonishing happened.
Because this time, the one who landed, Kyo, was not standing on a tree branch, but... directly standing in mid-air.
'What the hell? Levitation?!'
Orochimaru's gaze carefully examined this figure.
He saw him wearing a loose red cloud black robe, holding an unsheathed short sword in his hand.
Brown short hair, sharply defined features, fair skin, and... burning golden pupils like flames.
He wasn't wearing a forehead protector.
Orochimaru suddenly grinned, revealing a sinister smile.
"Tsk tsk,"
"An Akatsuki's member..."
"Isn't it a bit rude to use such a move upon first meeting?"
"Shouldn't you greet me first, boy with the golden eyes."