**Chapter 5: A New Video Arrives, Kakashi vs. Orochimaru**
And Reo kept mentioning that the "era is different." What exactly did that mean? Between one era and another, what could be so different?
For a moment, the doubts in Hatake Kakashi's mind grew more and more numerous, and he couldn't figure it out at all.
But what concerned him the most was still that **Konoha Collapse Plan**.
[I have to say, in the early stages, Orochimaru's oppressive power as the ultimate boss was incredibly strong. Even an Elite Jonin as strong as Hatake Kakashi couldn't achieve mutual destruction when facing him.
However, I tend to lean towards this being a result of retconning. After all, in the early stages, they were still ninja. In the later stages, those aliens... can they even be considered human? Let alone ninja.
The oppressive power of early Orochimaru was truly strong, tsk tsk!]
Mutual destruction? Me?
Hatake Kakashi thought for a moment. In his view, the current him, hailed as Konoha's Number One Technician, should at least have the ability to die together with Orochimaru.
But what does "aliens" mean?
Suddenly, right at this moment, he saw a video icon appear on the diary. The cover of the video showed a figure wearing an Anbu uniform and a mask, with a head full of silver hair and a short sword on his back.
His eyes widened immediately because this attire was all too familiar. Wasn't this exactly how he dressed back when he was in the Anbu?
Hatake Kakashi tapped on it almost instinctively, and the image began to move.
In this strange world of *Naruto*, movies existed, so he wasn't surprised.
In the video, another figure appeared. When he saw that figure, Hatake Kakashi's pupils instantly constricted slightly.
Although he had only fought Orochimaru that one time, it had thoroughly taught him the immensity of heaven and earth.
He had become famous at a young age, promoting to Jonin when ordinary people were just graduating from the Academy. Yet, facing Orochimaru, he was still so powerless and vulnerable.
In the video, the younger version of himself charged at Orochimaru with Raikiri in hand. But in an instant, Orochimaru dodged it and effortlessly sliced through Hatake Kakashi's mask.
Even though Orochimaru was heavily injured at the time, he still used his terrifying aura to suppress Hatake Kakashi to the point where he couldn't even move a muscle.
He then walked straight past Hatake Kakashi, who couldn't even react.
By the time he finally broke free from that terrifying pressure, Orochimaru was already gone.
Outside the screen, Hatake Kakashi's expression immediately became slightly grave. This was something from his past. But at that time, only he and Orochimaru should have been present. How could someone have filmed this scene?
This image awakened that terrifying experience dormant deep in his memory.
Meanwhile, before he could think much more, the scene changed again. Inside a dark hall, Hatake Kakashi was performing a jutsu on Sasuke's neck.
"Evil Sealing Method!"
Accompanying Sasuke's scream, the power of the curse mark on his body was sealed.
Hatake Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and said to the panting Sasuke, "If this curse mark acts up again, the power of this Evil Sealing Method should be able to suppress it. However, Sasuke, this sealing jutsu relies mainly on your willpower. If you doubt your own will and waver, the curse mark will erupt again."
Seeing Sasuke faint directly to the ground, Hatake Kakashi sighed and said, "It's not like you at all to be tired out like this."
But accompanied by a contemptuous laugh, Orochimaru, dressed in the Jonin attire of another village, slowly walked over.
"To be able to use a sealing jutsu... you've grown a lot, Kakashi!"
Inside the screen, Kakashi looked like he was facing a formidable enemy, the hairs all over his body standing on end.
"Long time no see, Kakashi," Orochimaru greeted with a smile.
Outside the screen, Hatake Kakashi instantly recognized the forehead protector on his forehead—it was the Hidden Sound Village forehead protector.
This was a newly risen small ninja village. It had some reputation but wasn't considered a powerful village.
There were quite a few such ninja villages across the Ninja Continent. Although this world was dominated by the Five Great Nations and the Five Kage Villages, there were still plenty of various small countries and small ninja villages.
From intelligence reports, the Hidden Sound Village was just an ordinary ninja village. Looking at it now, he instantly understood—this was actually Orochimaru's ninja village.
Calculating from the time he defected from the village, it really did match up.
All of this was glaringly obvious because a legendary Sannin as strong as Orochimaru surely wouldn't be working as a subordinate for someone else in a small ninja village.
The scene shifted. Kakashi faced Orochimaru, who was walking over step by step, and shouted directly, "Don't come near Sasuke!"
Then, amidst Orochimaru's astonishment, he directly unleashed Raikiri.
"Even if you are one of the legendary Sannin, with the current me, I can still achieve mutual destruction with you."
Hatake Kakashi threatened.
But facing Hatake Kakashi's threat, Orochimaru just laughed out loud, unable to help himself: "No matter how evil the power, it will seek out the heart. He is the one who possesses this aptitude because he is an avenger."
"Although you've seized upon that point, Sasuke he..." Hatake Kakashi stared dead at Orochimaru and then said.
"One day, he will definitely come to find me." Orochimaru finished saying this and turned to leave. "And, you said just now you wanted to kill me? Try it, if you can do it."
As soon as his voice fell, Hatake Kakashi suddenly seemed to think of something extremely terrifying. His whole body trembled uncontrollably, gasping for breath constantly, thinking: *Mutual destruction... I truly am foolish.*
The video ended. Outside the screen, Hatake Kakashi was similarly drenched in cold sweat.
"What is going on with this footage? It's so eerie. It can actually make me feel Orochimaru's might through the screen," Hatake Kakashi said, panting heavily.
This feeling was as if he had just experienced an unimaginably tragic slaughter.
This was the rank suppression between ninja. Just like how he could easily make those Genin unable to move just by relying on his aura.
That terrifying momentum, which could only be cultivated by killing countless people, was not something that could be grown in a greenhouse.
No matter how strong he was, he was still limited to the Jonin level. But Orochimaru was already a powerhouse standing at the level of the Kages of the various villages.
Decades ago, he was already the legendary Sannin who shook the world.
Although for Orochimaru, the so-called Sannin was a humiliating title, a mark of the loser, for others, the legendary Sannin were existences akin to martial arts myths.
In the open Ninja World, there were at most ten or so people with such strength.