Chapter 150: #Side Story Itachi Shinden: Culling the Snake


    Inside the Hokage Office,


    Hiruzen reads a report as a frown appears on his face. He raises his head and stares at Itachi.


    "Itachi Uchiha you are the only skilled member of Anbu currently avable in the vige. Kakashi and Shisui are out on another mission. So you have to carry out this mission with other Anbu team."


    Itachi nods his head.


    "Yes Hokage-sama"


    Hmm


    Hiruzen unfolds a scroll and exins the mission.


    "Jiraiya has been monitoring the tracks of Orochimaru after thetter left the vige.


    ording to histest intel, Orochimaru seems to have joined hands with Akatsuki. Akatsuki is a criminal organization with multiple S-Rank rogue ninjas of different viges."


    Itachi nods his head in agreement.


    ''Izuna nii-san has already informed me about the key members and their abilities.''


    Hiruzen continues the exnation.


    " Jiraiya found the location of one of the recent hideouts of Orochimaru. I want you to investigate theb and search for some clues on Orochimaru''s research."


    Hiruzen hands over the scroll to Itachi. Itachi opens the scroll and notices the location of Orochimaru''sb.


    ''Hmm it is in Land of Sound.''


    He pockets the scroll and flickers out of the Hokage''s office.


    Hiruzen takes out his pipe from the drawer. He takes a deep puff of smoke and stares at the departing back of Itachi.


    "Sigh it has been a year since Asuma left the vige Nothing has been going in Konoha''s favor recently. The Daimyo has reduced the funding and missions to the vige, and he has trust issues with the higher-ups of the vige."


    Sigh


    Hiruzen takes another puff from his pipe and takes out the crystal ball from his drawer.


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    At Land of Sound borders,


    Itachi and the rest of his anbu team gather around a waterfall.


    Itachi opens the map and reads it.


    "This is the marked ce on the map the hideout is behind that waterfall."


    He signals to an anbu member. The anbu member takes out a fuinjutsu scroll from his pocket and makes some hand signs and ms his palm on the scroll.


    A fuinjutsu seal crawls out from the scroll and covers the entire waterfall.


    Whoosh


    The seal removes the water curtain to reveal a cave opening.


    Itachi activates his Sharingan and inspects the opening.


    "There is a trap here" He signals to another anbu member.


    The anbu member takes half an hour to disarm the trap. The group enters inside the cave. They are greeted by three different passages leading to three different ces.


    One of the anbu members walks in front of the group. He ces his hands on the ground and infuses some chakra in it.


    Some ants crawl towards the anbu member. He picks up an ant on his finger and brings it near his ear.


    "That way the hideout is inside that passage"


    He points towards the leftmost passage. The team follows his lead and enters inside the passage.


    The Anbu members warily inspect every nook and cranny of the tunnel.


    ''Orochimaru is a sly snake we have to careful at every corner.''


    The group finally enters inside the abandonedboratory. There are various ss containers with nutritional fluid-filled inside them.


    A few ss containers have human test subjects inside them. Itachi inspects them.


    "They seem to be civilians of Land of Sound." He signaled to the rest of the team.


    Itachi walks deeper into theb. More and more ss containers inside his vision. Some of them are cracked, and the remaining contains various chimera inside them.


    There is a giant ss container in the center of theb. Itachi walks towards it and inspects the creature inside it.


    "White snake"


    Itachi frowns. He approaches the ss and notices a logbook near the table.


    He opens the logbook and reads the log.


    ----Day 765----


    Experiment No: 324


    Test Subject: 126


    The test subject is a civilian with no special trait or Kekkei Genkai.


    Test 1:-First dose of the drug had no major effect on the target.


    Test 2:- Increasing the concentration of the drug. The test subject''s body has a mild tolerance to the concentration. Some snake scales start to grow on various parts of the body most notably eyes.


    Test 3:- Injecting full concentration drug. Major changes start to appear on the subject.


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    Itachi closes the book and pockets it. He lifts his head to stare at the gigantic snake...


    ''So that''s how it is.''


    Swoosh swoosh


    Multiple white snakes crawl out from various corners and tightly binds Itachi.


    "Finally your body is mine"


    The gigantic snake breaks the ss container and lunges at Itachi.


    Itachi emotionlessly stares at the snake and calmy mutters.


    "So you finally decided to show yourself Orochimaru."


    Hisss


    The giant snake hisses at Itachi and opens its mouth wide open.


    Swoosh swoosh


    He swiftly approaches Itachi and tries to bite him.


    Ugh


    The snake freezes in the air. Various iron stakes stab in its body.


    The snake''s bind on Itachi loosens, and he calmly stares at the giant snake.


    Ssshinngg


    Itachi''s eyes change into Mangekyo Sharingan. Orochimaru''s eyes widen as he questions.


    "Since when"


    "The moment our eyes meet." Itachi calmly replies to him.


    The surrounding atmosphere changes, and the sky turns red. Everything turns into a dichromate of red and ck.


    Stab stab


    Itachi stabs multiple stakes through the snake''s body. Orochimaru whines in pain. Itachi continues to stab him.


    "Orochimaru you will slowly pay for every dirty deed you did You coborated with Danzo and experimented on my n members You will pay for everything by a hundredfold."


    Stab stab


    Itachi continues to stab Orochimaru''s snake body.


    ''What what kind of technique is this? What a powerful genjutsu? If I if I possess his body then this ability will be mine.''


    Orochimaru licks his tongue as hepletely ignores the pain.


    The torture continues for seventy-two hours as only a sec passes in the actual world.


    Ugh


    The stakes around Orochimaru vanish as he weakly drops to the ground.


    Huff huff


    The giant snake pants as it viciously stares at Itachi.


    Chirp chii


    ''Chidori: Lightning cutter''


    Itachi creates Chidori in his right hand as he closes on Orochimaru to finish him off.


    sh


    He slices Orochimaru''s lower snake body in half.


    Chii


    The lightning de dissipates and Itachi slowly walks towards Orochimaru.


    "Pay for your filthy crimes in the afterlife Orochimaru."


    Itachi infuses lightning in his de and stabs towards Orochimaru''s snake brain.


    Haah


    Orochimaru opens his mouth wide, and another snake crawls out of it. The snake agilely moves around and approaches Itachi.


    ''Amaterasu''


    Some blood leaks from Itachi''s right eye. ck fire appears in his focal point and shrouds the snake.


    Aaahhh.


    Orochimaru wreathes in pain as ck mes continue to burn his body.


    "Farewell Orochimaru"


    The giant snake turns into ashes. Itachi picks up some more scrolls from the research room and walks out of the hideout.


    He regroups with the rest of the anbu group.


    "All of you move without me I have some things to take care of." He orders the group.


    "Yes Captain."


    The group moves towards Konoha.


    ''This information shouldn''t fall in hands of our enemy.''


    Orange chakra mes appear around Itachi''s body and form a chakra rib cage and a gigantic chakra arm.


    "Yasaka Magatama"


    Itachi forms a giant Orange Magatama and throws it towards the hideout.


    BOOM


    The Yasaka Magatama explodes and covers the entire hideout.


    ''Time to return to Konoha.''


    Itachi turns around and walks towards Konoha.


    BOOM. BOOM


    One after another explosion happens behind him as the explosion covers the entire hideout. The explosion demolishes the hideout and buries it underground.


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    Inside another hideout,


    Bang


    A small snake figure explodes into dust. A round spectacled boy raises his head and looks at the remains of the figure.


    "Seems like Orochimaru Sama''s n failed."


    He walks up to a ss container with a test subject inside it. There is a curse seal on the test subject''s body.


    sh. sh


    He rips out some flesh from a snake in another ss container and ces it on top of the seal. He summons a giant scroll. The scroll has a snake figure drawn on it and a kanji symbol for ''Sage'' is carved on it. He makes some hand signs and ms his palm on the scroll.


    Cyan color nature energy leaks from the scroll and infuses with the flesh and the seal. The body of the test subjects dries up as the flesh absorbs all of his vitality.


    The flesh turns into a giant snake figure and continues to expand.


    A boy with orange hairs and various strange marks on his body silently stares at this scene from one of the prison cells.


    Kuku


    An evilugh resounds through the hideout.