Chapter 246:
The conflicts between the five great Villages had always been cyclical, either one struck first, or the other retaliated.
But Orochimaru's unexpected strength had forced a temporary alliance between them.
Konoha, unwilling to risk fighting three major villages at once, chose to sacrifice Orochimaru to protect itself.
Yet, no one could have foreseen that Orochimaru wouldn't just survive the ambush, he would defeat the combined forces of three ninja villages on his own.
This was something that would go down as a legend in the ninja world.
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Sunagakure
In the medical bay, Chiyo stared solemnly at the heavily bandaged Rasa. "How did you get hurt so badly? Did the Iwa or Kumo ninjas betray us and attack you?"
"It was Orochimaru," Rasa replied, his voice strained as he clutched his chest, forcing himself into a sitting position.