"Clap clap clap..."
Sounds of applause echoed.
"As expected of the immortal Orochimaru, after dying so many times, he's still not dead!"
Orochimaru had barely caught his breath after emerging when he heard a mocking voice.
Looking in the direction of the sound, Orochimaru’s lips curved into a sinister smile.
"Lin Sang, and Konan?"
It was Lin Nan and Konan who had arrived.
The others also cast wary glances at Lin Nan and Konan.
"You… didn't you just die?" Suigetsu thought he was seeing a ghost, trembling so much behind Jugo that his face was about to melt.
Sasuke looked at Lin Nan with great surprise as well.
"Reanimation Jutsu? So you freak also died, I didn't expect that!" Orochimaru cackled.
Lin Nan said with annoyance, "Can you stop bringing that up!"
Despite saying that, Lin Nan was extremely interested in Orochimaru.
Truly worthy of being the scientist of the shinobi world.
While all the ninjas in the shinobi world were chasing after their physical prowess and the power of their ninjutsu, only this one firmly believed in science.
Through his own research, he had actually found a way to achieve immortality.
In other words, if he could revive infinitely from the cursed seals he had planted, then this fellow would truly be unkillable.
On the surface, there was the Reanimation Jutsu, which allowed him to transfer his consciousness to a fresh body; but who knew how many of his own seeds he had left behind in secret to provide for his own revival.
However, one question had long perplexed Lin Nan: Itachi's Totsuka Blade sealed away an Orochimaru. Knowing that a sealed state could not be dispelled, the question remained, was this Orochimaru who emerged from the cursed seal still Orochimaru?
Lin Nan and Orochimaru were old acquaintances.
Not just within the Akatsuki, Lin Nan had met him before when he was lying in a Konoha laboratory as a lab rat.
Of course, Lin Nan didn't care about these things.
Speaking of which, he should thank Orochimaru for injecting so many things into his body.
Speaking of which, when Lin Nan, the "Gu King," escaped and joined the Akatsuki, Orochimaru must have been obsessed with him, no less than Uchiha Itachi.
But later, whether during Akatsuki raids or the Chunin Exams in Konoha, that guy didn't get any advantages.
They had a brief encounter during the Three-Tails hunt, after which Orochimaru stopped scheming against Lin Nan.
At that time, Orochimaru had fully embodied the cunning, ruthlessness, and treachery of a cold-blooded creature.
But seeing Orochimaru again this time, although Lin Nan could still see the eerie and sinister Orochimaru, he no longer felt that bone-chilling dread.
Orochimaru naturally noticed the change in Lin Nan's gaze but didn't pay it much mind, only feeling curious about Lin Nan's appearance.
Although he claimed he didn't expect Sasuke to revive him, his expression showed no real surprise.
This meant that, in reality, it was within his expectations who revived him.
After all, Orochimaru held too many secrets. Even if he hadn't revived during this Great Ninja War, people would have sought him out in the new era decades later.
This guy had accurately predicted human nature and his own fate.
But Lin Nan's arrival, and in an Edo Tensei body, made Orochimaru visibly uneasy and surprised.
Glancing at Kabuto, who stood motionless, still trapped in a genjutsu, Orochimaru chuckled sinisterly, "I told this brat long ago to stop eyeing you and that other one, but he didn't listen to advice!"
"That other one?" Lin Nan was slightly surprised, then his eyes widened in realization.
Orochimaru glanced at Sasuke and offered no explanation.
Sasuke couldn't stand it anymore. He had just pretended to kill Lin Nan, but who knew he wasn't dead?
He felt that Lin Nan had deceived him, which was a severe blow to his pride.
"Shut up!"
Sasuke stared at Lin Nan, his Mangekyo Sharingan blooming once more, his voice extremely cold and filled with killing intent, "Lin Nan, you will be the first achievement of my participation in the Great Ninja War!"
Lin Nan curled his lip, "Your brother's eyes, is this how you use them?"
"Shut up, what right do you have to mention him? I will destroy everyone who sacrificed him to achieve their goals, whether it's Konoha, peace, or you, Lin Nan!" Sasuke roared.
Lin Nan's expression was peculiar. What did this have to do with him?
Did he resent him because his brother ascended to the afterlife while he didn't?
Was there any justice in the world?
However, for Sasuke, obsession was the norm.
Either he was courting death or on the verge of it…
Lin Nan shook his head and chuckled, looking at Sasuke, "So what do you want to do?"
"Kill you!"
"Boom!"
As Sasuke's voice fell, a third-stage purple Susanoo instantly appeared, and then began to draw its bow.
Lin Nan shielded Konan behind him, and then a crimson Susanoo unfolded.
"You don't deserve to use Itachi's techniques!"
Sasuke roared maniacally, beginning to charge the Indra's Arrow.
"Ugh… can't we calm down a bit?" Orochimaru, standing aside, was also speechless.
Suigetsu, feeling the pressure from both sides, nodded frantically, "Yeah, shouldn't we be dealing with Orochimaru together?"
Orochimaru: "..."
"Lin Nan, you must die!" Sasuke couldn't hear anything and shot an arrow.
However, the arrow quietly disappeared mid-air.
This scene startled Sasuke and felt strangely familiar.
(Voiceover - Obito: Thanks, buddy, for the arrow!)
"You can't do anything to me, Sasuke!" Lin Nan revealed a mocking smile.
The more Sasuke looked, the angrier he became, and the more he thought, the crazier he got. The next moment, purple light surged wildly throughout his body, and his pupil power was pushed to its absolute limit.
As expected of the "Second Uchiha" who went blind from using his Mangekyo for two months; he didn't know how to behave even after getting Eternal Mangekyo.
Lin Nan shook his head, Sasuke was indeed Sasuke.
Arrogant, cool, and showy.
Before everyone's eyes, Sasuke's Susanoo began to grow continuously, almost destroying the entire cave.
The cave, already having undergone a great battle, began to tremble violently again, with countless fragments and stones falling.
Suigetsu and Karin hid under Jugo's raised shield, trembling, almost embracing each other.
"Lin-san!"
Orochimaru glanced at Lin Nan.
Lin Nan immediately understood, sighed lightly, and then stepped out of his Susanoo.
The next moment, Lin Nan rushed directly towards Sasuke.
Seeing this, Sasuke let out a cold snort. A thick Susanoo arm reached out to grab Lin Nan, but it passed directly through Lin Nan's body.
Lin Nan's momentum did not decrease. To Sasuke's utmost shock, he went straight into his own Susanoo.
"Kagutsuchi!"
Sasuke frantically used Amaterasu flames as a shield to protect himself. However, Lin Nan still passed straight through the flames, extended two fingers, and aimed directly for Sasuke's eyes.
"Snap!"
A dull thud, and blood splattered.
"Ah!"
Sasuke's scream echoed through the cave.