These two choices, which seem simple and straightforward, are enough to give Naruto a headache for a while......

If he stops here, of course, he can let Naruto rely on the shadow clones to take the initiative to dismantle, and the small part of the chakra that has been fed back to the main body will continue to deal with Orochimaru. And in the process, the three of them, who prayed that the three of them who went to move the rescuers, could call Jiraiya and Tsunade to the rescue as soon as possible......

But on the one hand, the consequence of this is undoubtedly to make all the efforts made under the previous calculations come to naught, and it can be said that the previous efforts are wasted and the gains outweigh the losses.

Second, with the amount of chakra that Naruto has left now, if he didn't go to the Nine Lamas in his body, a giant power bank in a sense...... Or a nuclear power plant? - If you ask for supply help, it is impossible to hold on for too long in the face of the Great Snake Pill that is almost in its heyday. It is even possible that after just one or two faces, he was easily killed by Orochimaru!

The other option, it seems, seems to be more profitable - because Naruto has full confidence and confidence, after completing this move, even if he can't completely turn the tide of the battle, he will definitely be able to make his strength skyrocket in a short period of time. And then use this as capital, barely equal to the strength of Orochimaru, and compete with it!

But in the same way, behind the choice of high returns, there are often huge risks that people cannot bear!

After all, despite the power of this ninjutsu, Naruto has the power to fight Orochimaru in the true sense. It is just one foot away from the door, and it is at a critical moment that is about to be completed...... But in terms of Orochimaru's strength, after dealing with Naruto's shadow clones, it is obvious that Naruto will not be given any time to breathe and prepare!

In this last few short hours...... If it is said that Naruto is not only able to complete this long-prepared ninjutsu, but also dodge Orochimaru's fatal blow at the moment of completion. And with the help of the power of ninjutsu, he launched a counterattack against Orochimaru and regained the rhythm and initiative of the battle......

Not to mention that Orochimaru doesn't believe it, even Naruto, who has always been optimistic, also feels a deep sense of despair called "impossible" in the face of the fact that time is too tight!

"What to do...... What should I do......

Thinking of this, Naruto sat cross-legged with a frown on his brows, not daring to slack off and desperately carry out his preparations. But under the pressure of the dangerous aura that Orochimaru was getting closer and closer, a thick layer of cold sweat inevitably oozed from his smooth forehead. After weighing the pros and cons, he simply broke the jar and chose the second path. And while secretly gritting his teeth, he not only ignored the threat that Orochimaru was about to approach and attack, but also did not make any defensive and evasive moves. Instead, he continued to run the chakra in his body with all his might, trying to forcibly release the ninjutsu that was only one foot away from the door at this critical juncture in the race against time!

"Tsk, it's all come to this...... Fight! It's really not good, I can use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport directly to the lustful immortals! ”

After choosing this path, Naruto ran with all his might without distractions, and while muttering to himself secretly, he risked his hole cards being exposed and prepared a way out for himself......

However, he has never had a real life-and-death duel with a shadow-level powerhouse who is fully exerted. In addition, he first killed the elephant clone of Orochimaru, and then under repeated calculations, he tossed Orochimaru into embarrassment and lost face. Making Naruto choose to ignore Orochimaru's approach is not only another round of provocation against Orochimaru, but also overestimating his own life-saving ability!

No, it's not ......

After seeing Naruto's unmoved appearance, Orochimaru was slightly surprised, whether it was the amplitude of the twitching of the corners of his mouth or the bulging green tendon cross on his forehead, it became more and more obvious......

"In such a small amount of time, there are so many chakras gathered...... It seems that it is really an extremely dangerous ninjutsu. ”

With the full development of his perception, Orochimaru was able to perceive an extremely large number of chakras from Naruto's body in front of him, and as time passed, it was still converging and growing. made Orochimaru have a new understanding of Naruto's strength positioning again, but he also sighed angrily. Then the slender snake pupils narrowed slightly, and the already hoarse voice began to become deeper and colder.

"However, when the shadow clone used to delay time has been completely wiped out, how dare you continue? It's kind of interesting...... Is it true that I won't kill you! ”

The moment the words turned, Orochimaru's figure turned into a black afterimage that was speeding away with a trance full of unreality. Then put the five fingers of both hands together, and attach the chakra to it, turning it into a blade at the same time. Without waiting for Naruto, who was going all out and making a last-ditch fight, reacted, he stabbed his hands straight at Naruto's vital point in the midst of a scream in the air! The speed was far beyond Naruto's expectations. So much so that not to mention evading and dodging, even the Flying Thunder God Technique is too late to perform!

"This ...... So fast?! Oops! ”

In the face of Orochimaru's rapid offensive, a sense of crisis stemming from instinct forced Naruto to quickly sober up and return to reality from his state of steady. And then he was dumbfounded, and he knew that he would definitely not be able to dodge this blow. The body is still driven by a strong desire to survive, regardless of face and image, and begins to roll and crawl on the ground to try to dodge and dodge.

"Just thinking about hiding now? Don't you think it's a little too late! ”

In the seemingly wide open attack, Orochimaru still set aside part of his mind to watch out for the counterattack and "cleverness" that Naruto may have prepared. Until the attack and Naruto's body were already close at hand, it could be said that it was difficult for the gods to save them. Orochimaru secretly exhaled in his heart, and secretly sighed that he would be so embarrassed by such an arrogant guy who had nothing to say. On the one hand, out of the possible connection between Naruto and Jiraiya and the three generations of Hokage that he was aware of during the battle. While whispering viciously and threatening, he slightly deflected the attack trajectory of his palms.

"Eyesore guy...... Be honest with me! ”

After the deflection, if the attack is successful, it will also put Naruto into a state of serious injury and death. However, with the recovery and vitality of ordinary people, it is far better than ordinary people, and it will not really die for a while. So much so that in Orochimaru's mind, he could spare enough interrogation time for Naruto to confide in the truth. Then, after weighing the pros and cons and the truth and falsehood, he decided whether to execute Naruto directly or keep one of his lives.

Because of this, it seems that the situation is in the final moment. Even when Orochimaru completely reversed the situation and was in absolute upper hand, he firmly grasped Naruto's decision on life and death in the palm of his hand......

As far as the facts are concerned......

Naruto, who has always played cards according to routines, will he really die obediently?

"Wow——! It's too late! I'm going to die! Kill! Help——! ”

Seeing Orochimaru's attack, he was getting closer and closer to his heart. Naruto, shrouded in the fear of imminent death, began to panic and screamed for help...... The face full of despair, and the ridiculous struggle of using both hands and feet. Let Orochimaru be more and more sure that Naruto has indeed lost any hole cards at the same time, because he is well versed in the truth that late will change. made Orochimaru's attack speed invisibly increased a lot!

However, despite this......

Orochimaru's attack, but after all, it was still a step slower......

Just when Orochimaru's attack had touched Naruto's clothes. Even the brain has just received the touch of cloth that feeds back from the fingertips. And according to common sense, it is natural to wait for the indescribable sense of familiarity and satisfaction brought by the palm penetrating the flesh and blood of the human body......

"——!Uhh Death, death, death! It's really dead now, and it's gone...... Hehe, I lied to you~"

Naruto, who had been stared at by Orochimaru, seemed to have completely changed at this moment...... Not only did he completely restrain his crying and desperate wailing appearance, but he also witnessed the fact that Orochimaru's attack was about to penetrate his body. Instead, the corners of his mouth rose, revealing an extremely strange and treacherous smile.

"Welcome in, stage 3~"

"Hmm......? Wrong! What the hell is this kid doing again?! ”

The sudden abnormal reaction made the nerves relax a little, and it was obvious that he couldn't react in the first time. When he vaguely realized the fact that there was fraud in it, he was also an old trick and could not change it. So much so that in my heart, I can only bite the bullet and continue the attack!

It was also at this time that Naruto's way of responding was once again beyond Orochimaru's expectations!

"Bang ——!"

I saw a soft sound later...... The "Naruto Body", who was originally forced into a desperate situation, actually disappeared out of thin air without waiting for Orochimaru to penetrate his body, under Orochimaru's stunned gaze, accompanied by the white mist rising up!

And this scene, Orochimaru didn't know how many times he had seen it during the previous battle...... It is when the shadow clone dissipates that the iconic image will appear!

"This ...... This is also a shadow clone? How can it be?! ”

After consciousness quickly awakened from the shock and regained control of the body. Orochimaru's entire cheeks were shaking violently and twitching at the same time. Even so far, there has not been the slightest sense of crisis. Orochimaru also had to brace himself and watch out for Naruto's counterattack that could hit him at any time.

"No, if even this is a shadow clone, then the body of this stinky imp is in ...... Oops——! ”

In a flash, his mind was like a slideshow, and all kinds of pictures that had happened in the previous battles were quickly flickering in his mind. In a faint sense of unease, Orochimaru sensed where the strange feeling that existed in his heart from beginning to end came from!

That was the "special shadow clone" that used his body as a meat shield at the beginning, forcibly clamped and seized the Orochimaru Kusanagi sword!

Generally speaking, the technique of multiple shadow clones is a ninjutsu that can only be performed between shadow clones and shadow clones, and the chakra is equally divided!

In other words, if the other shadow clones can't even resist Orochimaru's random sword. So that as soon as the blade touches it, it will be overwhelmed, and the fragile appearance will dissipate directly...... Then there is no reason, there will be some "special shadow clones". It is even more impossible, while being pierced through the body by the Kusanagi Sword, there is still the remaining strength to firmly restrict the Kusanagi Sword's freedom of movement. Let Orochimaru be difficult to pull it out for a while! So much so that under the joint raid that followed, he had to be forced to choose to abandon his sword and leave!

In this way, the identity of the "special shadow clone" who did not hesitate to risk being penetrated to forcibly seize the Kusanagi Sword was about to come out...... It was after Orochimaru used the earth array wall to resist the attack, and then completely blocked his line of sight. First of all, he once again cast a shadow clone to stay in place, and with a conservative attitude of not attacking, he became the "Naruto body". He went straight to the transformation technique and turned into a shuriken to blend into the real Naruto himself!

And the previous shadow clones desperately chased and intercepted to buy time for the "Naruto body", and the huge amount of chakra displayed was not a powerful ninjutsu at all...... It was only in this short period of time that the chakra that was fully accumulating reserves. And then at the moment of dissipation, all of them are fed back to the body, which is just a trick to replenish consumption!

What's more, the real killer move that can deal with Orochimaru does exist, though. And so far, we are still preparing...... But until that move can be used, Naruto will not be foolish enough to think that his shadow clone will really be able to drag down Orochimaru, and do the stupid thing that he is preparing in person.

It's a pity, even if Orochimaru's thinking turns fast enough. So much so that after just a few breaths, the true location of Naruto's body was clearly speculated...... But for the current situation, there is no improvement in the slightest.

After all, the inevitable lore blow was only exchanged for solving one of Naruto's shadow clones again...... This unexpected ending not only completely disrupted Orochimaru's original battle rhythm that was already on the right track. It's even more because of his all-out efforts that the old Orochimaru used the move, and while forcibly accepting the moves, he inevitably fell into an extremely short-term state of stiffness!

And this brief state of stiffness was exactly the opportunity that Naruto had been waiting for for a long time!

"Hehe, you can't move, right? So, it's my turn——! ”

With a childish shout, Naruto's body, which was holding the Kusanagi sword, finally really appeared behind Orochimaru. And then under Orochimaru's unwilling glare, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and without hesitation, he raised the Kusanagi sword in his hand and stabbed straight forward. And after doing this series of actions, he said the name of the move that he had been thinking about for a long time after the battle began, and had been looking for an opportunity to use it.

"The mystery of the Konoha Stream's secret body technique...... Thousand-year-kill——! ”

(End of chapter)