Escape From Konoha

The air in February is still filled with chilly air.

Walking into the deserted wilderness, the surrounding scenery is completely desolate.

After walking for three days, under the leadership of Kabuto, we finally arrived at the northern stronghold of Orochimaru's force.

The cold air was filled with a strong smell of blood that disgusted Sasuke.

This smell made him feel as unhappy as entering Orochimaru's laboratory filled with snakes and countless corpses.

Although the level here is not as disgusting as Orochimaru's laboratory, it still makes Sasuke's originally good mood become unhappy.

If the prediction is correct, the person named ‘Zhong Wu’ whom we are going to meet next will not be a kind person.

The turbulent waves crashed into the gorge, splashing patches of white spray.

It was a huge building cast between steep gorges, like the castle tower in Daming Mansion, standing high on the most conspicuous place.

A winding circular staircase is laid from the bottom of the rock to the building on the top of the mountain.

The smell of blood that filled the air came from that building.

Sasuke squinted his eyes and glanced at the huge building on the top of the mountain. In terms of construction skills, it was considered a masterpiece.

But the surface of the building has a black coating, which always gives people an eerie feeling.

Kabuto continued to lead the way and looked up at the building on the top of the mountain. He then turned his head slightly and smiled at Sasuke who had followed him: "Ahead is the headquarters of the northern stronghold... although it was also built by Orochimaru-sama with great effort. The stronghold has actually been abandoned for a long time, and most of the time it was used as a place to hold prisoners.”

"There is no need to explain this kind of thing to me, I am not interested in these things."

Sasuke quietly opened the red three-magatama Sharingan, and the smell here made him a little alert.

Bloody, quiet, definitely not a good place.

Kabuto smiled slightly, lowered his head and led the way forward.

Although he has not been here many times, he remembers every route clearly. This is one of his essential abilities as a multi-faceted spy.

"The curse seal developed by Lord Orochimaru came from Jugo. However, Jugo has serious mental problems. When he is quiet, he is more harmless than ordinary people. Even weak animals will be affected by his aura. Attracting...but when it becomes violent..."

At this point, Kabuto stopped talking.

No need to explain, Sasuke understood the meaning.

I also realized that this person named ‘Zhongwu’ had very severe symptoms of split personality.

"With your medical ninjutsu, there's no way to treat it, okay?"

Sasuke asked as he walked up the stairs.

"Mental problems are difficult to treat. Even if they are suppressed with drugs, they can only work temporarily. Moreover, the more often Zhongwu takes drugs, the corresponding antibodies will be produced, making his symptoms more serious. After all, his split personality is Those caused by natural energy are even more difficult to treat.”

Kabuto sighed.

If this were not the case, Jugo would also be Orochimaru's extremely optimistic 'seed'.

Rather than living like this, living like a prisoner, becoming a "medicine man" in a miserable situation, using his body to make medicine and develop curse seals.

But because of this, the fact that Fangcai was eliminated from the list of Orochimaru's reincarnations was, in a sense, a good thing. At least they won't be inexplicably robbed of everything by Orochimaru, the 'owner'.

"Interesting. Natural energy gone wild?"

Sasuke asked.

Kakashi did explain this issue when he taught him about natural energy in the past.

Although it is just the basis of fairy magic, if it is not taken seriously, it will have extremely terrible sequelae. Because cultivating natural energy requires a high spiritual level to comprehend and manipulate it.

If there is no such matching 'state of mind' and forced manipulation, natural energy will run wild.

The consequences of natural energy runaway have many phenomena.

Chongwu's split personality may be one of them.

This is probably because, although he is born with the ability to control natural energy, there is something wrong with his own 'state of mind'.

It's really dangerous, this kind of force of nature.

Kabuto nodded silently, answering Sasuke's question.

Soon, the two came to the platform of the building on the top of the mountain.

A tall iron gate stood in front, and the strong smell of blood seeped out from the cracks in the iron gate.

In the gaps between the stone slabs on the platform, Sasuke also saw blood stains and tiny bits of flesh that had not been cleaned.

Sasuke guessed that many bloody and deadly battles had taken place on this platform in the past.

The smell of blood hit my face.

Sasuke endured the disgusting smell and looked straight at Kabuto, picking up the key, unlocking the iron door, and then pushing open the huge iron door, revealing the scene inside.

The smelly wind blew out from inside.

The sound of metal colliding with metal also spread through the air.

Countless figures gathered in the huge space, fighting and killing each other.

But it is not accurate to say that it is a human being, but a 'humanoid creature' with a very abnormal appearance and body.

The wanton and cruel laughter hangs on the faces of these humanoid creatures, giving people an incomparable sense of cruelty and bloodthirsty.

Use your fists to beat the enemy in front of you to death, causing your fists to be filled with blood and flesh.

Someone banged a living person against a steel-hard wall, knocking his heart out.

Tearing raw meat with hands...

Like the most primitive slaughterhouse.

Seeing such a scene, Kabuto and Sasuke both became slightly silent.

Not to mention Sasuke, even someone like Kabuto who was used to seeing scenes was a little unaccustomed to such scenes.

That's why he likes coming here.

The people and everything here are full of madness and bloodthirsty.

The people imprisoned here are all 'humanoid monsters' that are twisted from body to mind!

"Is it the product of failed fusion of the curse seal?"

Sasuke took a step forward and made a crisp sound.

Although the voice was not loud, it was very present, causing the people who were fighting each other to stop their fighting movements, and all turned their bloodthirsty and ferocious eyes towards them.

"Haha, he's new!"

"Is he also a being abandoned by Lord Orochimaru?"

"Great, kill everyone and you can regain Orochimaru-sama's attention!"

"kill!"

"Kill them all!"

"I am Lord Orochimaru's strongest vessel!"

…

Twisted and crazy words spewed out from the mouths of these humanoid creatures.

The organized words seem to have some kind of terrifying contagion, causing those who hear these words to lose their minds along with them.

"Sasuke-kun, that..."

Just as Kabuto was about to say something, he saw Sasuke's figure disappearing from beside him.

"Get rid of——"

Seeing Sasuke's figure sprinting up, the humanoid creatures that went crazy seemed to have unified their opinions and started to kill Sasuke one after another.

The humanoid creature that rushed to the front was knocked out by a fist before he could finish his sentence, and screams echoed in this huge space.

"Chidori flow."

A sharp scream broke through the air, drowning out the previous screams.

The lightning that surged wildly caused the humanoid creatures surrounding Sasuke to be blown away one by one. Under the paralysis of lightning, they fell to the ground unable to move, and their consciousness was between half asleep and half awake.

Then, Sasuke turned around quickly and pulled out the bright silver blade from the scabbard.

The brilliance of the Kusanagi sword cuts through the obstacles of the atmosphere.

Poof!

Blood spurts from the body.

Even the body that entered the curse seal state could not hinder the swing of the Kusanagi sword. After one strike of the sword, he fell to the ground.

Everyone around Sasuke who had entered the Curse Transformation and maintained a strange humanoid creature couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene.

They themselves are very powerful ninjas. After being given the power of the curse seal by Orochimaru, their strength has increased dramatically.

Ordinary ninjas are no match for them.

However, Sasuke was like chopping up melons and vegetables, defeating their 'companions' with thunderous force. How could they not be shocked?

Some people are already thinking of quitting. Although they lost control of the power of the curse seal and became irrational and bloodthirsty, their body instincts told them that the Sasuke in front of them was not easy to deal with.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

I saw Sasuke's whole body wrapped with screaming and roaring lightning, and his figure moved across the huge space as fast as the wind.

The cold blade tore through the air and struck mercilessly on the bodies of these people, cutting open their flesh and blood, causing their bodies to spurt out blood.

Constantly flashing, running, waving the Kusanagi sword in his hand, the thunder also whizzed along with his extremely fast figure, falling on the people passing by, causing them to let out unbearable screams.

In a moment, only Sasuke and Kabuto were left standing in this space.

Sasuke stood in a pool of blood, but the clothes on his body were not stained with blood. His red Sharingan glanced coldly across the audience, and a stern look appeared in his Sharingan.

However, facing such a domineering Sasuke, Kabuto stepped forward and said with a smile: "You are still as gentle as before, Sasuke-kun. You obviously have the ability to kill them all, but you know, their initial thoughts are to You kill me..."

That's right, none of the people lying on the ground died.

Even though he seemed to have suffered extremely serious injuries, with his flesh and blood cut open by the Kusanagi sword, he did not die, but only lost his ability to move.

With their self-healing abilities, their lives will not be in danger.

In Kabuto's opinion, Sasuke was out of tune with the environment here.

So kind, so compassionate.

Such a guy who was born out of mud and unsullied, but followed behind Orochimaru, which made people have the urge to blaspheme his soul.

Dye him the same black.

Although Kabuto didn't have such a bad taste, he knew that Orochimaru definitely wanted to do this.

I want to make Sasuke into a perfect 'masterpiece'.

"Plundering the lives of a group of puppets will only dirty my hands."

Sasuke responded calmly.

Sheath the Kusanagi sword.

In his eyes, these guys who are limited by the power of the curse seal and manipulated by Orochimaru's will are not human beings at all... but puppets, puppets in Orochimaru's hands.

Even if Orochimaru regards them as tools for consumption, their hearts are full of gratitude and yearning, wanting to find 'beauty' from this twisted vision.

Both body and will are already true ‘slaves’!

!

Hopeless.

And killing a bunch of empty human beings would only make Sasuke feel extremely disappointed.

He has no bad interest in deliberately crushing ants on the roadside.

"Really? It's a pity that even if you don't kill them now, as failures, they will eventually become consumables in the experiment... Letting them die here, in my opinion, would be a kind of mercy. "

Kabuto glanced at the group of people with pity and sighed.

As a medical ninja, I know best how these losers will be treated next.

In Orochimaru's case, once he becomes a failure, the end will be more miserable than death.

Death is the real mercy to them and their liberation.

"Take me to see Jugo."

Sasuke said this and stared at Kabuto's face silently.

"Well, since you're not interested, forget it."

Kabuto spread his hands helplessly, crossed the bloody field, walked to the steps at the end, and led Sasuke up to the upper building.

After about a few minutes, we reached the top floor of the building.

A normal-sized black iron door appeared in front of him. The black color was like a python's chain, wrapped around the iron door. What was solidified on it was unknown whether it was rust or solidified blood. In short, the smell was very pungent.

"This is Chongwu's residence. Next, it's up to you to say hello to him. I won't go there."

Doudou paused and stepped back slightly, as if he was afraid of the existence inside the iron gate.

Sasuke didn't hesitate, quickly crossed Kabuto's body, approached the iron door, stretched his palm towards the iron door, and touched——

boom!

The roar of thunder suddenly burst the heavy iron door.

The iron door, which weighed hundreds of kilograms, was as brittle as a piece of paper under the violent force and exploded.

Thick dust and smoke swept around.

"Hahahahahahahaha, are you dead? Definitely dead! Let this guy like you come over and disturb my rest!"

Sharp and harsh laughter echoed in the air.

The boy, who was stronger than others of his age, loomed in the thick dust. He opened his arms, and his arms showed a tendency to become cursed. His palms turned into claws of wild beasts, which were extremely sharp.

The black curse mark covered his face, and his whole body was filled with an aura that was completely different from the group of failures below——

dark! violent! Kill!

Such a hint, through his chakra burst, made people realize that there was definitely something wrong with his brain.

The iron door weighing hundreds of kilograms was blown into pieces. On the wall of the opposite corridor, irregular and heavy pieces of iron were stuck on it.

One of the larger patches penetrated Sasuke's chest and was firmly fixed on the wall, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Hehehehe, hahahahaha! You really deserve it! Let me finish you off completely!"

The muscular young man's hands and arms were completely transformed into curse seals, and the muscles all over his body also swelled. His physique became even thicker, making him more intimidating than an adult.

Like a humanoid monster.

After saying that, he used the cursed black arm to firmly grasp Sasuke's head, which was fixed on the wall.

Click!

There was another crackling sound.

The entire wall collapsed.

The head exploded and blood flowed down the holes in the wall, forming an artistic picture full of violence and blood.

"Where are you hitting?"

A sudden sound came from behind him.

The young man looked stunned.

Only the broken iron door appeared in front of him, and the scene of the wall being smashed open. Sasuke and the blood had disappeared from the wall.

"Illusion? When?"

The young man's pupils widened in surprise, not expecting that he was under an illusion just now.

"The moment your fist touched the iron door, my chakra was transferred to it. But I didn't expect that the first contact would go so smoothly... Your spirit is a little more fragile than I thought. Look. Your resistance to illusions is very poor, so I thought you would need a second contact to succeed."

Sasuke's calm words came from behind.

The young man's face was distorted, with anger and murderous intent filling his face.

"You bastard!"

"You must be Jugo. You seem to be stronger than the four sound ninjas. Are you interested in becoming my subordinate?"

"Go to hell! You compare me to those replicas!"

The boy - that is, Jugo couldn't help the raging anger in his heart, turned around, gathered all his strength, and punched Sasuke's body.

He is the source of the curse seal. The four sound ninjas are just copies of his body... To compare him with a group of copies is even more shameful than killing him!

Sasuke's words suddenly stimulated his fragile mind.

Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him!

Definitely kill him!

My mind was filled with such dark thoughts.

Facing Jugo's punch full of power, a dark color appeared from Sasuke's Sharingan, and rapidly expanded, dyeing the entire Sharingan pitch black.

He quickly took off his upper body clothes with his left hand, and two dark brown flesh buds broke out from his back, turned into eagle palms, and exploded in the air.

boom!

Two extremely powerful chakras collided in the air.

There were dense cracks on the surrounding walls, as well as the floor and ceiling.

The electric light on the ceiling also exploded instantly, and countless glass shards turned into white powder and floated from above.

Jugo was in disbelief, and was extremely surprised when he saw Sasuke, who had also entered the Cursed Seal Transformation and blocked a full blow full of anger.

This guy's curse seal... Chongwu was filled with shock and confusion.

As the 'original body' of the curse seal, Jugo felt that the curse seal on Sasuke was completely different from those copies.

To say the least, although he has not yet broken away from his 'roots', there are already signs of breaking away from him.

He can control natural energy!

Jugo realized this immediately.

This is something that those inferior copies will have a hard time learning in a lifetime.

"ah!"

Jugo suddenly held his head in pain, which immediately shocked Sasuke, who was preparing for a fight.

I saw Zhongwu holding his head, roaring in pain, running past him towards the cell without an iron door, mixed with fear and terror.

Sasuke's eyes squinted slightly, and he was a little caught off guard by Jugo's reaction.

As a result, the power of the curse dissipated from the body in an instant and returned to its original state. Sasuke looked at Kabuto while putting on his shirt.

"Kabuto, what's going on? That guy..."

"As you can see, this is Jonggo's split personality. One of the personalities is extremely warlike and bloodthirsty, while the other..."

Kabuto sighed and didn't say anything further. He motioned to Sasuke to go in and have a better look.

Sasuke snorted coldly and walked into the cell.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

I saw Zhongwu holding his head in pain, squatting in the corner of the cell, and making a cry similar to a scream.

The power of the curse seal also dissipated from his body, and he returned to his normal human body.

"Chonggo, the purpose of my coming here..."

Before Sasuke could finish speaking, Jugo interrupted him impatiently:

"Don't come in, get out of here! I don't want to kill anyone anymore! Don't force me! Get out of here!"

He roared like this at the top of his lungs.

But no matter how you look at it, it looks like a wild beast at the end of its rope, helpless and pathetic. It can only intimidate others with bluffing and fierce expressions.

I have reached a desperate situation.

"It's still the same as before. The split personality is getting more and more serious."

Kabuto walked in and said.

Sasuke was slightly silent.

It seems that Jugo's other personality is full of timidity and weakness, and has an instinctive aversion to fighting and killing.

"Kabuto... Mr. Kabuto..."

Hearing this voice, Jonggo slowly raised his head.

"How are you? Are you awake?"

Kabuto asked with a smile and one hand on his hip.

"I don't want to kill anyone this time, Mr. Kabuto... I want Lord Orochimaru to change me to a more secluded cell..."

He spoke to Kabuto in an almost pleading tone.

"I can't do that. After all, if your other sub-personality awakens, it will go berserk without killing, until you die. You don't want to see yourself in such a desperate situation."

"But I really don't want to kill... I don't want to kill..."

Zhongwu lowered his head and muttered repeatedly, his tone full of regret and pain.

Why do I have to have such a troublesome physique?

It is said that it is rarer than the blood inheritance limit... but the result will only make his life extremely unfortunate.

Orochimaru also failed to fulfill his promise to him. He was just borrowing his physical convenience to complete some forbidden techniques.

Just when he was distressed, footsteps approached.

Sasuke stood in front of Jugo.

"Who are you……"

Jugo looked at Sasuke's Sharingan with some doubts.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha."

"Uchiha...the cursed clan?"

Jugo remembered something.

"I need you, Jugo."

Ignoring Jugo's murmur, Sasuke spoke directly and domineeringly.

"What?"

"Through the contact just now, you should understand the similarities between you and me. Only I can help you here."

"Why……"

If you are not a relative or a friend, why should you help him?

This made Chongwu very puzzled.

"This is an exchange. I teach you to control that out-of-control power, and I need to use your special physique to understand something deeper."

Sasuke was very vocal about his purpose.

Without waiting for Jugo to answer, Sasuke said again:

"And I am different from Orochimaru who indulges you. I will always be your cage and strictly restrict your actions. When you go berserk, I will suppress you. Use these Sharingan eyes."

The red eyes released a fierce aura that made Jugo's eyes become distracted.

The other party's eyes and tone revealed seriousness and confidence.

These red eyes seemed to see through all his disguises, and penetrated his most essential things from the inside out.

Sasuke slowly knelt down, stretched out his palm, and placed it in front of Jugo, with a faint smile on his lips.

"So, become a bird in my cage, Chonggo, and let me put new shackles on you with my own hands and become a part of me."

Sasuke's sonorous and powerful voice came from the quiet cell.

(PS: Sasuke will not be beaten in this book, he will only show off...)