Starting as the Hidden Mastermind from Naruto

Chapter 166: Orochimaru, It's a Waste for You Not to Be a Best Actor!

Orochimaru had lived for over fifty years.

In all these years, he had endured many humiliations.

Once, Orochimaru thought the most humiliating moment was when they were bestowed the title of Konoha's Sannin by Hanzo of the Salamander after a defeat. However, compared to this little bastard Naraku Uehara, Hanzo of the Salamander was far too gentle.

But since he had already made his choice in his heart, all the shame he was enduring now didn't matter. Orochimaru just treated it as a child being ignorant and needing discipline…

Endure.

He must endure.

Orochimaru slowly extended his palm towards Kabuto Yakushi, having Kabuto tear off his clothes to serve as material for making scrolls.

"You owe me three ninjutsu and two contracts in total."

Naraku Uehara slowly watched Orochimaru prepare the blank scrolls and said softly, "These five forbidden techniques are clearly the Edo Tensei technique, the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, the Rashomon summoning contract, the Eight Branches Technique, and the Ryuchi Cave summoning contract."

"Wait, Naraku-kun."

Orochimaru's actions immediately stopped, and the expression on his face became a little unpleasant again, "As I recall, the only things I promised you were Edo Tensei and Living Corpse Reincarnation, right?"

"Oh, you remember quite clearly!"

Naraku Uehara squatted in front of Orochimaru and chuckled lightly, "Then why don't you know to give them to me? Orochimaru, you're Tsunade's friend. Haven't you heard from her that if you don't repay a debt, you have to pay interest?"

Orochimaru slowly said, "This kind of situation between us should be considered a gift, right? Besides, the summoning contract scrolls you want, I can't possibly create them…"

These techniques and summoning contracts were basically all he had.

If all these techniques were given to Naraku Uehara, wouldn't that be equivalent to all his combat weaknesses being controlled by Naraku Uehara?

Would he have any room to make a comeback in the future?

Would he have to wait for decades more to research new, powerful forbidden techniques?

Even if he could choose to endure, what if this little bastard Naraku Uehara came to blackmail him with this secret every now and then? No one could stand that!

After he returned, Orochimaru decided he would find a way to place the Heavenly Curse Mark on more people. He absolutely, absolutely could not accept blackmail like this again!

And he had to continue researching soul-related forbidden techniques, to find ways to prevent Edo Tensei from being countered by this Naraku Uehara fellow.

Orochimaru slowly spoke, "I can give you the Edo Tensei technique, the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, and the Eight Branches Technique… As for the summoning contracts, I am truly helpless. I can only tell you the method to obtain them."

Orochimaru agreed so readily that it even surprised Naraku Uehara a little.

These few ninjutsu were his signature skills. He was giving them away so easily?

Surprise was surprise, but of course, he still wanted the goods.

"Fine."

Naraku Uehara nodded, looking very easy to talk to, and said gently, "Of course, I hope the difficulty of obtaining the summoning contracts is not too high. Otherwise, I might turn hostile at any time…"

"The summoning contract for Ryuchi Cave cannot be without difficulty. The summoning contract scroll is with the White Snake Sage."

Orochimaru shook his head and said in a deep voice, "And Ryuchi Cave is one of the three great sage regions of the ninja world. To obtain the Ryuchi Cave summoning contract, you must pass the White Snake Sage's trial."

Naraku Uehara stroked his chin and raised a question, "Do you think if I defeat the White Snake Sage, it will give me the summoning contract?"

"..."

Orochimaru was immediately choked up. After a moment, he replied in a foul mood, "At that time, if you ask to be its master, it won't object either!"

Damn it, what wishful thinking!

Just because he has a little bit of strength, he's become so arrogant!

Orochimaru prided himself on his strength, but he wouldn't dare to rashly challenge the authority of the White Snake Sage. That would mean making an enemy of a sage region!

Did this little thing Naraku Uehara know what a Sage meant? Did he know what a Sage signified? Had he heard of senjutsu chakra? Had he seen how strong Sage Mode was?

Naraku Uehara nodded without a care, with an innocent look, "Fine, just tell me the location of Ryuchi Cave. You're welcome to be a guest at Ryuchi Cave in the future. Maybe that place will be mine then."

"Sure."

Orochimaru smiled agreeably.

Orochimaru just loved it when these arrogant little brats were conceited and went to challenge unpredictable enemies. In a little while, he would add something to the scroll and directly send Naraku Uehara to the Pure Land.

Orochimaru didn't know that Naraku Uehara was actually planning to challenge the authority of Ryuchi Cave.

Of the three great sage regions in the ninja world, besides Mount Myoboku, the others had always been a mystery to the ninja world. He even had a few side quests to explore the sage regions.

"As for the Rashomon summoning contract…"

Orochimaru's brow immediately furrowed. He slowly explained, "This contract scroll should be in Konoha's forbidden jutsu room. It was left by the First Hokage back then. If you want to get it, you can only go to Konoha."

Naraku Uehara stared at Orochimaru, a slow smile appearing on his face, "I don't care about that. I only care about getting it from you. Since you know the place, then help me retrieve it."

"..."

Orochimaru looked at Naraku Uehara with some confusion, "With your strength, retrieving a summoning contract scroll from Konoha shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"I don't know the way!"

Naraku Uehara spread his hands as if it were a matter of course.

Although there were many forbidden techniques in Konoha's forbidden jutsu room, there was no doubt that those forbidden techniques were flawed. Even techniques as strong as Edo Tensei and Living Corpse Reincarnation were perfected by Orochimaru bit by bit.

Naraku Uehara was not curious.

He didn't particularly like those messy forbidden techniques either.

No matter how strong a forbidden technique was, could it be stronger than his skills?

"Fine, I'll find a way to get it for you!"

Orochimaru gritted his teeth, thinking of the newly appointed Fifth Hokage of Konoha, Tsunade. She was his old friend.

This old friend Tsunade, ever since she took office, had been continuously and purposefully targeting him, sending people to investigate Otogakure, looking as if she were about to attack at any moment.

In addition, Tsunade's strength was not weak. It would not be an easy task to retrieve a summoning contract scroll from Konoha under Tsunade's protection!

After seeing Orochimaru agree, Naraku Uehara made an even more outrageous request, "By the way, Orochimaru, I heard that Konoha has a Scroll of Seals, in which successive Hokage have written their ninjutsu. Do you want to, by the way…"

"Don't go too far."

Orochimaru clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "The difficulty of stealing the Scroll of Seals is roughly equivalent to the difficulty of destroying Konoha. In fact, that scroll is the true foundation of Konoha's strength, not some laughable Will of Fire."

The number of ninjutsu researched by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was countless. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was known as the Professor of Ninjutsu and the Doctor of Ninjutsu. The filling, supplementation, and perfection of the Scroll of Seals by these two Hokage gave Konoha a massive reserve of ninjutsu.

Any ninja, as long as they saw the Scroll of Seals, could find a ninjutsu they were good at on it. And a powerful ninjutsu happened to be the fastest way to change an ordinary ninja's combat power.

It was precisely because of the existence of the Scroll of Seals that Konoha stood tall.

"Fine then."

Naraku Uehara blinked and slowly nodded, "When you go to get the summoning contract scroll, I'll go with you to protect your safety."

"Hmph, if you want to die, be my guest!"

Orochimaru snorted coldly, clearly having seen through Naraku Uehara's thoughts.

This little brat really didn't know his own limits. Konoha under Tsunade's rule was very different from when Hiruzen Sarutobi was in charge. But it didn't matter, this flighty little brat wouldn't live for long!

Naraku Uehara didn't care either.

This Scroll of Seals had to be stolen.

When Naraku Uehara was in Konoha before, he had never found the location of the Scroll of Seals. Moreover, the security of the Hokage's office was very tight, making it difficult to do anything.

Since Orochimaru was going to the forbidden jutsu room to steal things, it was a good opportunity to sell him out and carefully search for the location of the Scroll of Seals… Anyway, whether he could get it or not, the blame would definitely be thrown on Orochimaru's head!

Orochimaru, of course, did not know that Naraku Uehara was so shameless. He put down his blood-stained fingers and handed the scrolls one by one to Naraku Uehara, "Alright, these are the three forbidden techniques you wanted. I hope your excellency will never appear before me again…"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes…"

Naraku Uehara nodded perfunctorily while collecting the three scrolls, waiting for the system's response.

The system, as expected, did not disappoint him.

After Naraku Uehara got the scrolls, it immediately gave him a prompt.

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Side Mission: Obtain the Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: 100 Gold Coins.

Side Mission: Obtain the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: 300 Gold Coins.

Side Mission: Obtain the Dead Demon Consuming Seal Technique (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: Summoning Contract - Thresh, the Chain Warden.

Summoning Contract: Summons Thresh, the Chain Warden. Chakra cost: 3000 points.

Very good.

As expected of Orochimaru.

He really didn't fake the scrolls.

These were all genuine forbidden techniques, but undoubtedly, none of them were what Naraku Uehara wanted.

And that wasn't all…

What was even more infuriating was that every single one was a suicide skill!

In other words, no matter which forbidden technique from the scrolls Naraku Uehara rashly wanted to experiment with, he could possibly die!

Twin Snakes Mutual Death, a direct mutual destruction with the opponent.

Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, Danzo Shimura's specialty ninjutsu, directly sealing everything with one's own body, pretty much equivalent to self-destruction.

Dead Demon Consuming Seal Technique, no need to say more about this one. As long as you dared to use it, the Shinigami would dare to come out and reap your soul.

Besides a ninja like Orochimaru who could exploit the Shinigami's bug, anyone else who dared to use this jutsu could basically be declared unsavable even by Edo Tensei…

If you wanted to be saved, you still had to rely on Orochimaru.

Damn it, this bastard Orochimaru really wished he were dead!

Every forbidden technique was a path to one's own death!

"Come, come, come, Mr. Orochimaru."

Naraku Uehara held the three scrolls and friendly beckoned to Orochimaru, saying softly, "I don't really recognize these. Could you introduce them…"

Orochimaru pointed to the first scroll of Twin Snakes Mutual Death and explained with a serious face, "Naraku-kun, this is the Eight Branches Technique. It can directly transform you into the Eight-Branched Serpent, making you immortal and indestructible. It's a forbidden technique I've always been proud of."

Naraku Uehara glanced at the serious Orochimaru and couldn't help but praise him in his heart. Damn, what a talent, he could even make this up!

"What about this one?"

"This is the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique."

Orochimaru pointed to the second scroll of the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique and continued to explain seriously, "Naraku-kun, the Living Corpse Reincarnation is also the foundation of my immortality. You need to write a curse mark on your body in advance, then prepare a suitable vessel. After directly activating the curse mark with chakra, your body will disintegrate, and your soul will enter the vessel."

Naraku Uehara couldn't help but look at Orochimaru again. Calling him a talent was an understatement; this was clearly a genius!

Orochimaru could make such a坑爹 (scam/trap) ninjutsu sound so attractive, describing the incantations of the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique in a very plausible way.

The smile on Naraku Uehara's face grew wider, and his eyes slowly narrowed, "It seems the last one is Edo Tensei?"

"That's right."

Orochimaru's expression immediately became serious. He pointed at the Shinigami on the scroll of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and introduced in a deep voice, "This is the Edo Tensei technique. The user uses their own chakra to communicate with the Shinigami of the Pure Land, letting the Shinigami guide the deceased back to the world of the living, thus resurrecting the deceased."

Naraku Uehara looked at Orochimaru's expression and almost wanted to applaud him. He didn't expect this Orochimaru fellow to be able to make it sound so logical!

With his explanation, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal technique really sounded like Edo Tensei!

If an uncultured person were here, they might actually believe it. After all, who knew how these forbidden techniques were supposed to be used?

"Yes, yes, yes, yes…"

After Naraku Uehara nodded in satisfaction, he handed the three scrolls to Kabuto Yakushi and said with a light smile, "Kabuto, take a look and see if anything is missing in here…"

Hearing Naraku Uehara's words, the smile on Orochimaru's face broke for a moment, but he looked at Kabuto Yakushi with trusting eyes.

Kabuto Yakushi slowly examined the three scrolls, his expression gradually becoming surprised, as he had come into contact with parts of them before.

At least the Twin Snakes Mutual Death and Reverse Four Symbols Sealing were certain death!

After a while, Kabuto looked at Naraku Uehara's smile, slowly pushed up his glasses, and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, I have not come into contact with these forbidden techniques, but I believe Lord Orochimaru would absolutely not deceive you!"

Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction.

Naraku Uehara nodded, understanding Kabuto's underlying meaning. Because in this world, you could believe anyone, but you absolutely could not believe Orochimaru!

What a pity!

In such a small place, there were actually three Best Actors putting on a show.

Orochimaru looked at Naraku Uehara and said with a light laugh, "Naraku-kun, didn't you just kill Obito Uchiha? It just so happens that here we have the most suitable material for an Edo Tensei sacrifice. Why don't you experiment with it here?"

Even now, Orochimaru was still acting!

If Naraku Uehara were really greedy and directly used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal as Edo Tensei, that would be a real show to watch…

Naraku Uehara tilted his head and looked at him, "Mr. Orochimaru, can't you demonstrate it for me?"

"..."

The smile on Orochimaru's face remained unchanged as he continued, "Does Naraku-kun really want me to obtain another powerful Edo Tensei subject? You should know that the resurrected deceased are controlled by the user…"

"You, ah, just love to pull new tricks on me…"

Naraku Uehara sighed, turned his head to look at the beaming Orochimaru, then at the serious-faced Kabuto, and suddenly swept them both off their feet with a kick!

The next moment, Naraku Uehara's figure flash-stepped to Orochimaru's side, fiercely grabbed his throat, and dangled the scroll with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal written on it in front of his face!

"Come, come, come, you demonstrate it for me! Let me see how the f*ck you're going to get a soul-reaping Shinigami to ferry souls for you!"

(End of Chapter)

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