Goji Yagura was crushed by eight pythons as thick as an adult's arms and all her bones were broken. Like a bag of garbage, Orochimaru casually threw her on the rocky beach.
"As expected of an old man who participated in the Second Ninja War, he actually defeated a Kage so easily. It seems that the leader has arranged a good companion for me this time."
Loquat Juzo panted and sat down carelessly, praising Orochimaru generously.
Many people don't believe it, but Loquat Juuzang has always been a very easy-going person and does not resist dealing with people. He even longs to have (at least) a teammate to fight alongside him like he once did.
"Hoho, although your evaluation of me is very helpful, I always feel that winning today is a bit too easy..."
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils emitted stunning light in the night.
"If he was just a Mizukage, this would be normal. But apart from that, Yagura is still a perfect Jinchuuriki. Logically speaking, he should have more trump cards, but his performance just now is really not worthy of it."
The word perfect."
Being defeated without even being able to transform into a tailed beast is simply a shame among jinchūriki.
"You are probably paranoid. He has no opponents in Hidden Kirigura Village. He has not fought against anyone who can rival him for many years. It is normal for him to slack off and regress."
Loquat Juzo stretched the end of his beheading sword towards the pool of blood under Yagura's body.
The blood rushed to the blade as if summoned, repairing several obvious gaps in the beheading sword.
"Besides, when I fought with him, it was not easy at all. This guy Yagura chased me like a mad dog, as if he had to kill me, a former rebellious man. At that time, he was fully focused
In my case, you took the opportunity to take action in the dark, and it’s normal to have such a result, isn’t it?”
He doesn't have so many doubts. Sometimes S-level tasks are actually as easy as C-level tasks. This happens too.
"It's barely fair."
After pondering for a moment, Orochimaru hummed in acquiescence.
"It's just that there are too many coincidences that make people suspicious."
He looked around and added, "The personal ANBU of Inikaki Kisame and Mizukage chose this time to carry out a secret mission. When I heard about this, I thought Yagura had discovered us, so he deliberately set a trap
Waiting for us to jump in... But in this situation, they didn't show up, it seems they are really not here."
"Since luck is on our side, let's accept it happily. Good things like this don't happen often."
Loquat Juuzang asked: "Speaking of which, what should we do next? Should we directly bring this guy back to the Land of Rain with the tailed beast in his body?"
"No. He won't live that long. Besides, I don't want to carry a time bomb with me."
Orochimaru shook his head, his slender neck becoming swollen.
The big bag kept rising up Orochimaru's throat, and finally, he vomited out a rough pottery jar like a water jar from his mouth. It looked like a water jar in ordinary people's homes in arid areas.
"This is?" Loquat Juuzang looked at the jar and couldn't see anything special about it.
"Because Sunagakure's sealing technique against jinchuriki has always been difficult to describe, the one-tailed jinchuriki has always had the highest probability of going crazy, so he is often killed."
Orochimaru held the water jar and placed it one meter away from Yagura.
"In order to prevent the tailed beasts and jinchūriki from dying at the same time, resulting in the loss of the village's strongest combat power, the second generation Kazekage used magnetic release to create a container to temporarily imprison the tailed beasts. In this way, when the jinchūriki went crazy and could not be found
When replacing a Jinchuriki, the Sand Ninjas can draw the One-Tail in advance and put it into a container until a new Jinchuriki is selected..."
He stared at the water jar and spat out the snake letter.
"The jar in my hand is one of the tailed beast containers made by the Second Kazekage himself. Normally, the first four tailed beasts with the smallest tails should be able to be put into it."
"It's really an eye-opener. You understand his hometown better than the Red Sand Scorpion."
Loquat Juuzang sighed in praise, becoming more and more satisfied with Orochimaru as a teammate, because the latter completely made up for his shortcomings.
Recalling how he was almost killed by Kakuzu and the Red Sand Scorpion when he cooperated with them before, Orochimaru was as kind as an angel.
As everyone knows, if he had possessed the blood inheritance limit or some secret technique, he would have died in some laboratory by now.
Although Orochimaru is a collector, a mere beheading sword is not worth the risk of offending the Akatsuki organization to kill Loquat Juzo. Besides, he will also need this helper to help with the rest of the matter.
"Next, I will use a technique to transfer the tailed beast chakra in Yagura's body into this jar. The whole process will last about fifteen minutes."
"I will stay here to prevent anyone from disturbing you." Loquat Juuzang promised.
"Then congratulate us in advance on the successful completion of this mission."
Before Orochimaru formed the seal, his eyes glanced at the cliff not far away. The small snakes scattered around told him that there was a person hiding there.
[It’s just a Kirigakure ghost, so you don’t need to worry about it. We’ll take care of him after this is over. After all, it’s a ‘sacrifice’ at the elite Jonin level...]
In this way, Orochimaru started the tailed beast chakra transfer technique.
It was not until ten minutes later, when he had just transferred two-thirds of the tailed beast's chakra, that an uninvited guest suddenly arrived, and before Loquat Juzo, the protector, could react, he quickly chopped off his head with a knife.
Time returns to the present.
The fire tiger roared by Giyuu exploded with a distant roar, swallowing everything around Orochimaru into a sea of fire. The billowing smoke from the combustion and the smoke and dust rolled up by the explosion went straight into the sky, and the fire dyed a small area of the sky.
Ominous orange.
Yiyong stared over there, his brows furrowed under the mask, and he gently twisted his ankle.
After all, he is not Anjurou, and he does not have a body with strong recovery power. He has been on the road for sixteen consecutive hours, and has used the Breath of Fire, Ichino Style, and Shiranui hundreds of times intermittently, which undoubtedly caused great damage to his legs.
The burden has reached a point of numbness at this time.
In comparison, the lack of chakra is not a problem. When he entered Kirigakure Village, he used the Eleven Form Nagi to convert a large amount of chakra when he withstood the attack, which is still sufficient so far.
"Kurama, is Orochimaru dead?"
Yiyong asked softly.
The little Kyuubi's pointed head poked out from Yui Yu's high collar, "The chakra has been weakened, but we are still far from death."
"...Can't even a flame of nearly 2,000 degrees kill him?"
Considering Orochimaru's difficult ability to protect himself, Giyuu chose to use the breath of fire, hoping to completely turn every cell in Orochimaru's body to ashes.
After all, who knows if the other party has a way to escape by turning into more than a thousand pieces of meat?
Yiyong didn't want to make the same mistakes his predecessors had made again, so he went all out once he made a move.
But now it seems that the situation is not so optimistic. Using all the breath of fire to increase the temperature of the flame, Orochimaru still failed to be killed.
This guy who resembles Muzan Kibutsuji in many aspects is indeed very good at saving lives.
Under the mask, Yiyong's face was as dark as water.
[You can no longer use Shiranui, otherwise Orochimaru's legs will go wrong when he escapes, and he will not be able to ensure a timely pursuit. In addition, it is better to save some chakra before making sure to kill.]
Thinking of this, the chakra knife in his hand gradually changed color, from red representing the fire attribute chakra to ice blue representing the water attribute chakra, and his breathing method gradually switched to the water breathing he was most familiar with.
At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew on the other side, the smoke and dust dispersed, and the fire gradually extinguished, revealing the hidden situation.
A door with a terrifying and exaggerated shape and primitive materials stood among the melted rocks. It looked quite majestic in the twisted air, but a large hole was melted out in the middle.
Orochimaru was behind the big hole, his whole body scorched black, his hands maintaining the seal of Wind Release and Great Breakthrough.
[Can't you even withstand Rashomon? The last time this happened was when Jiraiya's family used senjutsu to use fire escape... Sure enough, this guy's chakra was not quite right. 】
It turns out that at the critical moment of life and death, when all the snakes were missing, Orochimaru had to summon the more expensive Rashomon from hell. This summoned object was rumored to be able to withstand all ninjutsu.
But now it seems that the rumors are just rumors. Facing the special chakra, Rashomon's defensive capabilities are very limited.
Rashomon only shared part of the damage for him, but the remaining fire still seriously damaged his body, which shows how domineering this fire escape is.
"vomit--"
There was no other way, Orochimaru had no choice but to give up this body and spit out a brand new self.
Through the entrance of Rashomon, he looked at Giyong with extremely vigilant eyes.
In less than a minute, he was forced to use the Orochi Style Substitution Technique twice. The last time he was so miserable was when he faced Payne.
[Listening to his voice, it sounds like he is just a kid? 】
Just as he was thinking about whether he should accept the challenge to find out what happened or escape with the water jar, a water dragon rose from a distance and pounced on where Yiyong was.
It was the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet used by Juzo Juzo, who had just struggled to get up and was still vomiting blood at the mouth. This ninjutsu is the most powerful ninjutsu among Water Release.
"good chance!"
Seeing that Yiyong's attention seemed to be diverted by Loquat Juzo, Orochimaru twisted his body and escaped underground to sneak in, intending to cooperate with Loquat Juzo in a combined attack and explore the depth of this enemy.
In this way, Yiyong fell into a pincer attack from both directions -
Waterspouts fell from the sky, and dozens of venomous snakes with sharp teeth suddenly emerged from the ground beneath his feet, aiming at his vitals like bullets from a sniper rifle. There seemed to be no way out.
"Six Patterns: Twisting Vortex."
Yiyong was extremely calm. His feet gently left the ground and rose into the sky like a propeller. The chakra knife in his hand faced the cold light of the water dragon and pierced its head.
"That's just a change in the form of water attribute chakra. How can you still block an entire water dragon with a thin blade?"
When Loquat Juuzang saw this scene, his eyes burst out with the hope of victory, and the water dragon pounced and bit faster.
However, as Yiyong reversed his body and suddenly landed on the ground, the water dragon bullet seemed to be dragged by the knife, forcibly bypassing the body of Yiyong it was supposed to attack, and plunged into the ground at Yiyong's feet!
"This is--"
Not only Loquat Juzo who controlled the water dragon, but also Momochi Zabuza who was hiding behind the cliff was shocked.
I didn't expect that this little dwarf who didn't know where he came from could actually control the water dragon bullets cast by others with his sword skills!
"I told you, don't get in my way."
[Loyal accomplice? In that case...]
Yiyong glanced at the remains of the venomous snakes on the ground, immediately turned his gaze in the direction of Loquat Juuzang, and threw the decapitating sword in his left hand towards the opponent without any warning.
Loquat Juuzang was not worried but overjoyed - the sword was not flying fast, and whether or not the detonating talisman was attached, there was no difference between it and returning it to him. Therefore, not only did he not avoid it, he even took the initiative to greet it.
But just when he was about to grasp the handle of the knife and regain the weapon that had been with him for many years, Yiyong raised his left hand and shot a very fast transparent water arrow from his fingertips. Instead, it came first and hit the beheading sword accurately.
The center of the wide surface.
"Shizuku Ripple Thrust·Rapid Current."
Loquat Juzo, who was holding the handle of the knife, had no time to be surprised when he felt an unusual tremor coming from the weapon.
He cast his gaze, and then he was horrified to find that water-like cracks had appeared on the broad blade of the beheading sword at some point!
This was not over yet. The next moment, the cracked beheading knife suddenly exploded and spread in front of him. At this distance, hundreds of sharp fragments penetrated his whole body without any hindrance, including many key blood vessels.
vital parts of the human body.
Almost instantly, Loquat Juzo, one of the Kirigakure Seven, turned into a red cactus holding a bare hilt.
"Has the beheading sword been completely destroyed?"
He looked away from the hilt of the sword in astonishment, looked at Giyuu who was already fighting with Orochimaru, and murmured in his mouth: "What a terrifying swordsmanship."
After finishing speaking, Loquat Juuzang was covered in blood. He bent his knees and fell to his knees, then fell forward to the ground. The blood under his body gathered like a stream.
At this speed, it would only take him a few minutes to die from excessive blood loss.
"Zabuza-sama, did you see it?"
Bai drew back his neck and asked excitedly.
He knew that Momochi Zabuza was trained as a new generation of beheading sword master, and even if his ability was stronger than Loquat Juzo, it was not much better.
That masked man, who looked to be only the height of a child, destroyed the Beheading Sword and Loquat Juzo with just one blow. He didn't even want to devote a little more attention to him! What if Zabuza-sama did something to that man?
I'm afraid the same fate will happen to my mind.
Zabuza didn't answer, but his silence said everything.
"Who is that person?"
On the other side, Orochimaru, who was fighting fiercely with Giyuu in close combat, also had the same doubts.
At first, when he saw the person coming, he kept killing him, and thought it was the insurance left by Mizukage. However, after fighting for so long, it became clear that the other party didn't care about Mizukage's life and death, but his murderous intention towards him only increased.
"Latent Shadow Snake Hands!"
The two ninja swords kept clanging against each other, and Orochimaru's modified body wielded the sword, barely able to keep up with Giyuu's speed. It seemed that he was better at swordsmanship than the Black Hoe Raiga, Biwa Juzo and the like.
In addition to his swift and tricky strikes, the various types of venomous snakes pouring out from his cuffs, collar, and mouth also put a lot of pressure on Yiyong——
These venomous snakes either bite, spray venom with their fangs, or simply spit poisonous mist from their mouths, making it difficult for people to guard against. Thanks to the dynamic vision that penetrates the world, he can perfectly dodge all attacks.
However, it was still too risky for Orochimaru to dare to fight Hashira in close combat.
"Waterwheel!"
Giyuu's seemingly normal move of turning over and slashing down turned out two jagged wheels of water, instantly cutting off the necks of all the venomous snakes, and then flipped them over to crush Orochimaru.
The latter managed to avoid it, but saw a horizontal wheel of water following closely behind it, and quickly raised its blade in an attempt to block it.
It's just that his current weapon is only slightly stronger than an ordinary blade.
The high-speed rotating water wheel collided with the blade for less than half a second, and the latter was completely cut off. Then the water wheel was no longer hindered and neatly cut off Orochimaru's waist!
"Another water escape ninjutsu that I have never seen before!"
Orochimaru's upper body flew out and spit out a python, which then spit out a sharp blade and stabbed Giyuu.
He didn't want to kill, just to buy a little bit of time. The upper and lower parts of the severed waist "grew" lush snakes at the same time and flew towards each other, and actually succeeded in rejoining Orochimaru's divided body.
But this time he had a better memory and did not engage in close combat with Giyu. Instead, he threw a kunai in Giyu's direction and quickly formed seals while retreating to the place where Loquat Juzo and Yondaime Mizukage fell to the ground.
"Shadow Clone Shuriken Jutsu!"
When the shuriken, which originally had only one shuriken, approached Giyuu, it suddenly became densely packed and overwhelming!
Giyuu didn't take it seriously and fired another water blade from his left hand. After the water blade hit an incoming kunai, it actually caused a chain reaction, causing all the kunai to collide with each other in mid-air and fall down one after another, making way for Giyuu.
Create a road that can be passed without obstruction.
Orochimaru, who had already arrived at Loquat Ten's hiding place and was leaning down, saw this scene and immediately felt that it seemed familiar. He shouted in surprise: "Are you a member of the Uchiha tribe?"
In the ninja world, some abilities cannot be imitated. For example, the Uchiha shuriken technique, which is famous in the ninja world, requires considerable dynamic vision.
Even though Orochimaru's own dynamic vision in both eyes is far superior to that of ordinary people, he still cannot accurately judge the trajectory of thousands of kunai like Giyuu did just now.
Therefore, apart from Uchiha, Orochimaru could not think of anyone else who could do this. The only strange thing was that there was no red light flashing from the Sharingan in the opponent's mask.
"..."
Giyuu took off his mask, revealing an unbelievably young face. Orochimaru's already slender pupils shrank suddenly.
Before leaving Konoha, Orochimaru had already made plans for Uchiha Itachi's body, so how could he not know about the latter's two younger brothers?
The Uchiha clan has dark blue eyes, a numb expression, and a face that is 60 or 70% similar to Uchiha Itachi - these characteristics successfully allowed Orochimaru, who likes to collect information, to get the answers he wanted.
"I remember... your name is Giyu, and you have a twin brother named Sasuke. I met you not long after you were born. If I remember correctly, you are not yet ten years old."
Orochimaru concealed the disbelief in his eyes, and the intense desire that followed.
He never expected that at such a young age, the opponent could force him into a situation where he couldn't use the necessary technique.
Also, what’s the matter with Jiraiya’s use of senjutsu and ordinary chakra?
[If this child really masters the magic of immortality, he is more suitable to be my container than anyone else.]
Orochimaru's heart was filled with intense greed.
"I only have a vague impression of you."
Yiyong continued to move forward, his eyes scanning Loquat Juuzang's body.
"Do you want to save him? With his strength, even if he gets completely better, it won't help."
"Uchiha Giyu..."
Seeing Giyuu getting closer and closer to him, Orochimaru licked his lips nervously.
"Are you so eager to kill me because of what happened between me and your brother Uchiha Itachi not long ago? In fact, it was a huge misunderstanding. Why don't we take a break and have a good talk?
How about it? I can apologize and give you some compensation. There is no need to go into such a big fight."
"Shisui reminded me that you always like to 'talk' with others."
Yiyong responded indifferently, "But the fate of those people was not very good."
"Shunshen Shisui?"
At the mention of this name, Orochimaru's expression darkened significantly. After all, it was a complete and complete defeat without the ability to fight back, and it was a rare shame in his life.
The restraint among ninjas is sometimes so unreasonable.
"Since he gave you advice and allowed you to come across the sea to kill me, he is sure that you can kill me."
Yiyong didn't answer, but his plain expression said everything.
Orochimaru smiled sinisterly.
"You are worthy of being the number one Uchiha in the ninja world. Even a brat has such arrogant self-confidence. To be honest, your water and fire techniques that do not require seals have already reached the level of my teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi. I can only rely on myself."
, I really don’t have the confidence to beat you..."
Orochimaru lowered his head and gently pressed Loquat Juzo's head with his right hand, as if he was remembering the days when he fought side by side with others.
But at this "warm" moment, a snake suddenly emerged from the cuff of his left hand, and it opened its mouth and spat out a human finger joint bone.
Giyuu didn't know what Orochimaru was going to do, but there was nothing wrong with giving the enemy a trick he couldn't use, so he immediately rushed towards Orochimaru's location.
But the next moment, he found that the ground under his feet suddenly became like a quagmire. Even if he concentrated chakra on the soles of his feet, he could not stand firm. Instead, he was pushed back a certain distance by the flowing ground.
[No, he doesn’t have any seals!]
"There's something down there?!"
After Yiyong made a judgment, he raised the blade and struck down at his body.
"Eight Type·Takitsubo!"
The earth shattered, and rapids surged out from the ground, bringing out a big snake spitting yellow mud, which was torn into pieces by Yiyong in an instant.
And in this short interval, Orochimaru had completed the seal and pressed the knuckles that belonged to unknown persons into Loquat Juzo's body.
"Necromantic Technique: Reincarnation from the Dirty Earth!"
As his voice fell, countless gray substances like scraps of paper poured out from the ground, covering Loquat Shizang's body like a rapidly growing fungus, completely covering him in a few seconds.
Then, those debris changed, replacing Loquat Juuzang's clothes and his skin. A brand new human body suddenly appeared. It was lifted up by an invisible force and suspended in mid-air. It looked weird.
Scary.
"It's not a transformation technique, it's a brand new person."
Giyuu frowned and made an immediate judgment. Kyuubi also reached the same conclusion through sensing chakra.
It was a middle-aged man with white hair, wearing a rain ninja forehead protector, and a breathing mask unique to the Rain Country over his mouth and nose.
He was naked from the waist up, and there was a cross-shaped incision on the side of his body that Yiyong was very familiar with. Using the transparent vision to look inward from the incision, it turned out to be the poisonous sac of a Sanshou fish!
"This person is..."
Thinking of Orochimaru's actions just now and the familiar sense of sight, Giyuu made a bold guess. And Orochimaru's next statement confirmed his idea.
"Long time no see, Hanzo-sama."
Following Orochimaru's greeting, the middle-aged man opened his eyes and burst out with a fierce aura unique to a war hero.
"You," Yiyong looked at the man and asked, "are you Sansho Hanzo?"
"It's me."
After Sanshouyu Hanzo responded, he looked at his palms, then turned back and faced Orochimaru: "I remember, you were at that time..."
Orochimaru ignored him and put a kunai with a talisman into Hanzo's head: "Sorry, let's talk about old times later. Now, I need you to stop that brat."
Orochimaru's body was close to the ground and he quickly slid towards the place where the Fourth Mizukage Yagura fell to the ground, "After all, you don't seem to be enough alone!"
"Although the mission of the Akatsuki organization failed, in a place like the Kingdom of Water, if I wake up the person who is best at dealing with Uchiha, this brat's body is mine!"
Orochimaru's eyes bloomed with an almost crazy enthusiasm. Taking advantage of Hanzo's opportunity to stop Giyuu, he stuffed a bunch of silver hair into the Fourth Mizukage's vest, and then activated the Jutsu of Earth Reincarnation again.
"This sacrifice is not only a shadow, it even has one-third of the chakra of a tailed beast! I wonder how much of his past strength can be restored?"
Kyuubi, who was hiding in the hero's collar to avoid the attack of Hanzo's scythe, felt a familiar chakra awakening, and his expression of not looking down on anyone finally changed.
It reminded loudly: "Stop him! Don't let Orochimaru summon that person!"
It is not worried about its own safety, but worried about its righteousness.
If its premonition was correct, this master of growing chakra would have killed more Uchiha than those killed in the three great ninja wars combined.
Giyuu's face was startled, and he slashed Hanzo away with a powerful sword regardless of the consequences. He looked back towards Orochimaru and realized that it was already too late.
A middle-aged man with sideburns and a Konoha forehead protector had already opened his eyes with the same zombie face as Giyuu. Giyuu was the first person he saw after waking up.
"Huh?"
And after he glanced at Giyu's facial features and the blue blade in his hand, the first thing he said was: "Are you the descendant of me (the tribe) and the Uchiha?"
Yiyong revealed his half-moon eyes and looked at Kyuubi speechlessly: "This man looks familiar. Who is he? Why do you talk like that?"
[Why do I find this person a bit annoying even though this is my first time meeting him...]
"Let me introduce you. This is Uchiha's nemesis and the inventor of hundreds of ninjutsu. Because he is proficient in water escape, he is called the 'man who signed a contract with the sea.'"
Holding the charm in his hand, Orochimaru walked up to the silver-haired man and said his name.
