Naruto: Konoha’s Kanpu

Chapter 957: Expelled From Ryuchi Cave

In the depths of Ryuchi Cave.

The Bronze Giant Hall.

White Snake Sage, now transformed into an elderly woman with orange hair and yellow eyes, sat cross-legged on a massive throne. She looked expressionlessly at Kanp? standing on the grand hall.

Just moments ago, at the critical juncture, the White Snake Sage ultimately chose to protect her subordinates in Ryuchi Cave.

"White Snake Sage, please proceed." Kanp?urged.

"Humph."

White Snake Sage snorted coldly, and then formed hand seals with both hands, "Summoning Technique!"

Bang!

After a light smoke cleared, the White Snake Sage held a huge scroll in her hands. It was the Ryuchi Cave's Summoning Scroll that was taken by Orochimaru.

White Snake Sage unfurled the scroll, crossed out Orochimaru's name, and wiped away Orochimaru's blood imprint, completely expelled him from Ryuchi Cave!

"I'm very satisfied!" Kanp? smiled contentedly.

'That sneaky Orochimaru, he thinks he is smart, but he ended up shooting himself in the foot. Without Ryuchi Cave, let's see how you can use Space-Time Ninjutsu in the future!'

"From now on, Ryuchi Cave will have nothing to do with Orochimaru."

After finishing all this, White Snake Sage rolled up the scroll, and coldly said, "The same is true for you, Gekko Kanp?. From this day forward, do not appear here again! I don't want to see you anymore!"

Kanp? crossed his arms, then with imposing manner, he said fiercely: "I hope you keep your word, White Snake Sage. Otherwise, if I find out Orochimaru is still in cahoots with your Ryuchi Cave, I'll immediately ransack your old nest!"

"If you do that, then I'll enter Konoha and do the same thing as you!" The White Snake Sage looked down on Hanfeng condescendingly.

"Tsk."

Kanp? was too lazy to argue further with her, so he turned around and disappeared from the bronze giant hall with a Flying Thunder God Technique.

"My lord."

As soon as Kanp? left, the Three Snake Hime immediately floated in. Tearfully, they knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and not daring to look directly at the White Snake Sage's face.

"This matter ends here. From now on, you are not allowed to have any contact with Orochimaru and Gekko Kanp?, nor are they allowed to step into Ryuchi Cave again. Do you understand?" White Snake Sage said.

"We understand." The Three Snake Hime quickly responded.

"You may leave." White Snake Sage leaned back on the bronze throne, squinting slightly, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

...

At the same time.

At Land of Fire's southeast coast, in a research facility built deep underground.

Orochimaru, who is sleeping, suddenly felt a flutter in his heart. He abruptly sat up, alert and cautious of his surroundings.

'A false alarm?'

After a moment of silence passed without hearing any noise, Orochimaru slowly lowered his guard. But then, he realized his scroll…the Ryuchi Cave's Summoning Scroll that belonged to him was gone!

'It's stolen?'

'Who could have stolen my scroll without me noticing?'

'Uchiha Obito?'

'No, it couldn't be him. He's already imprisoned by Konoha and become useless person.'

'Then, is it Namikaze Minato, or Gekko Kanp??'

'That's also impossible. If it was really them, I am afraid that they will kill me the moment they teleport over. How could they just steal the summoning scroll?'

'So… was it taken back by White Snake Sage?'

A flash of insight crossed Orochimaru's eyes.

'Yes, it must be that Gekko Kanp? failed to summon the Three Snake Maiden, so flustered and exasperated, he went to Ryuchi Cave to question…'

'Wait!'

'If that's the case, why would White Snake Sage take the scroll back?'

A sense of foreboding suddenly surged into Orochimaru's heart. He quickly bit his thumb and formed hand seals, trying to summon Tagorihime.

Bang!

A light smoke flashed, but nothing appeared in the room.

'The summon failed?'

Orochimaru's expression darkened gradually. With stiff movements, he tried to summon the other two Snake Hime, but the result remained the same.

"What are you kidding?"

Orochimaru finally realized what had happened, 'White Snake Sage had actually revoked my status as a contractor of Ryuchi Cave!'

'What kind of joke is this?!'

Orochimaru is furious. It must be known that Ryuchi Cave's Reverse Summoning Technique is his very important escape method. Now that he is expelled from Ryuchi Cave, it meant a major escape route had been cut off!

'This is absurd!'

Orochimaru's anger boiled over: "Gekko Kanp?, it must be you!"

Although he doesn't know what happened in the middle, Orochimaru was certain that Kanp? was behind this!

'Damn it!'

Orochimaru paced around the room, unable to understand how Kanp? could persuade White Snake Sage to expel him.

Perplexed, Orochimaru decisively left the room and walked tens of meters down a dim corridor to a brightly lit cultivation chamber.

"Aren't you supposed to be resting?" A casual voice came from inside the chamber.

Orochimaru entered the room and immediately spotted the White Zetsu's clone under the fluorescent lights.

After Orochimaru and Zetsu reached an agreement, they split up. Zetsu would lure Akatsuki into attacking Konoha, while Orochimaru, accompanied by a White Zetsu's clone and Tenzo, rushed here overnight to begin extracting Tenzo's Hashirama's cells!

However, since it has been a long time, the Hashirama's cells in Tenzo's body have long been fused with his own cells. Even so, Orochimaru didn't mind it. He treated Tenz? as a 'cash machine', crazily extracting his cells and transplanting them into himself, voraciously devouring the Wood Release Chakra within his cells!

Orochimaru glanced at Tenzo who was sleeping in glassware, then formed hand seal to create a shadow clone, and said: "Take him to Ryuchi Cave, now."

"Sure thing." White Zetsu's clone smiled as he approached the shadow clone, he then spread his body to wrap him.

"How about Uchiha Sasuke?" Orochimaru asked.

"Tobi has given him an ultimatum. If he's ambitious, he should fall for it." White Zetsu's clone said with a laugh, his tone was full of pride. After seeing Orochimaru no longer speak, White Zetsu's clone sank into the ground, swiftly moving through organic matter like plant roots and underground water.

Before dawn, White Zetsu's clone arrived at the canyon at the entrance of Ryuchi Cave along with Orochimaru's shadow clone.

But as soon as they emerged, they were shocked by what lay before them.

Orochimaru's shadow clone stepped out from the White Zetsu's clone, incredulously gazing at a massive crater and the distorted peaks on either side of the gorge. He turned his head and looked around, then discovered traces of devastation left by lasers for dozens of kilometers.

Orochimaru's shadow clone roughly examined the area and quickly confirmed these traces were left just hours ago.

"Gekko Kanp? dared to invade Ryuchi Cave?" Orochimaru's shadow clone couldn't believe it.

"But White Snake Sage is an old monster who's lived for thousands of years. I am afraid that Gekko Kanp? has died in her hands, right?" White Zetsu's clone asked excitedly.

However, Orochimaru's shadow clone's expression suddenly darkened.

'If Gekko Kanp? is dead, why would White Snake Sage still have to expel me?'

Thinking of this, Orochimaru's shadow clone is about to use Earth Release to burrow underground.

At this time, Tagorihime floated up from the deep pit, and her vertical pupil stared at Orochimaru emotionlessly. Then, she coldly said, "Orochimaru, Ryuchi Cave does not welcome you!"

"Tagorihime, what is going on?" Orochimaru's shadow clone question.

"White Snake Sage and Gekko Kanp? have reached an agreement. From now on, Ryuchi Cave won't meddle in your affairs." Tagorihime replied.

Orochimaru's shadow clone immediately started provoking, "Ryuchi Cave, one of the Three Great Holy Regions, actually compromising with a human Shinobi? Are you kidding me?"

"Think what you want, Orochimaru. Leave here immediately!" Tagorihime said coldly, then slowly descended back into the pit.

White Zetsu's clone was also stunned, "Gekko Kanp? has actually reached an agreement with White Snake Sage…"

'Bastard!'

Orochimaru's shadow clone exploded in rage, slapping himself hard until he shattered.

In an instant, the memories returned to Orochimaru's main body.

"It seems that I've underestimated you, Gekko Kanp?…"

Orochimaru stared at Tenzo in the glassware, his cheek muscles were twitching constantly, "Just you wait for me!!!"