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Chapter 125: Orochimaru, Princess Tsunade Asked Me to Give You a Message...
🕑 Added 2025-08-12 13:44:40 +0000 UTCChapter 125: Orochimaru, Princess Tsunade Asked Me to Give You a Message...
In the raging inferno, the Iwagakure warehouse collapsed with a roar. And the war supplies that had been stored within it were also turned to ash by the monstrous flames. The fire seemed to have touched some special sealing formula, and waves of dull rumbles erupted from within the light of the blaze.
Uchiha Shisui rapidly scaled the valley wall and regrouped with the four-person team.
"Captain." The sweat-beaded Shisui went directly to his little boss. "Mission complete."
"Mm." Nara Keisuke nodded lightly, but found that Shisui was still staring blankly at him. "What? Is there something else you need to report?"
Uchiha Shisui replied stiffly, "Captain, why didn't you act with me just now?"
"Do you remember what my order was just now?" Keisuke asked in return.
"Uh..." Shisui recalled for a moment. It seemed the captain had only told him to act, and had not said they would act together...
"It seems you remember now," Keisuke said with a grin. He raised his hand and pointed to his three team members. "You see, we are a four-person team. For just a B-rank mission, I'm responsible for transporting personnel, Hyūga is responsible for finding the target, Shizune is responsible for logistics and medical support, and you are responsible for carrying out the attack. Isn't this a clear division of labor that increases efficiency?"
Shisui felt that something was not quite right with the captain's words, but at this moment, he couldn't find an angle to refute them.
Just then, Hyūga Retsu at his side spoke up to remind him. "Captain, five o'clock direction. A group of ninja is rushing this way."
"It seems the Iwagakure ninja have noticed the commotion here." Keisuke did not look in the direction Retsu had indicated; his vision could not compare to the transparent, clairvoyant Byakugan. "Lord Orochimaru said it very clearly just now. Our mission is only to destroy Iwa's supply warehouse. Killing is not our main job. Let's retreat first and return to the base!"
The [Shadow Creature] soared into the sky, leaving the Iwa ninjas' line of sight before they could even arrive, and became a tiny, inconspicuous black dot high in the sky. All that was left on the ground was a scene of devastation and firelight.
The [Shadow Creature], under the cover of night, returned to the Konoha main camp. The four-person squad went to the main tent to hand in the mission.
"As expected of the team carefully selected by sensei." Orochimaru took the mission scroll from Shisui with a faint smile and placed it to the side. "The speed of mission completion is unexpectedly fast."
A mission completion prompt popped up on Keisuke's panel.
[B-rank Ninja Commissioned Mission Scroll has been submitted!]
[B-rank Mission [Cut Off Supplies] has been completed!]
[You have obtained one B-rank [Shinobi Secret Scroll]!]
As was customary, Uchiha Shisui briefly reported the mission process to Orochimaru. Taking advantage of this gap, Keisuke decided to open the B-rank scroll he had just obtained.
[Opening...]
[Contents of this B-rank Shinobi Secret Scroll: Technique]
[B-rank Technique: Earth Release: Rock House Technique]
[Technique Description: A rough house of earth and stone that rises in an instant.]
[Technique Effect: Infuse chakra into the earth, causing the rocks to change shape and build a rock hut. The size, shape, and duration of the hut depend entirely on the user's imagination and chakra input.]
[Technique Evaluation: Not afraid of wind or rain.]
'...Am I supposed to go into real estate?' Nara Keisuke helplessly closed the panel. [Earth Release: Rock House Technique]. This was probably the most "utilitarian" ninjutsu he had ever gotten from a [Shinobi Secret Scroll].
'Speaking of which, the [Shinobi Secret Scrolls] obtained from missions on the Iwagakure front are mostly related to Earth Release. And among Earth Release, there are some extremely special ninjutsu that don't seem like Earth Release...'
While Keisuke was pondering which special Earth Release ninjutsu Iwagakure had, Uchiha Shisui had already finished reporting the mission process to Orochimaru.
"Hehe..." Orochimaru let out a light laugh and looked towards Keisuke. "Nara-kun, with your squad's mission completion speed, I'm afraid there will soon be no more missions to destroy enemy supply points for you to do."
Konoha ninja didn't have a map hack. The difficulty of ascertaining the location of Iwagakure's supply points distributed throughout the Land of Grass was no less than the difficulty of destroying them.
"If there are no more missions to do, does that mean we can return to the village to rest?" Keisuke's tone showed no fluctuation as he calmly responded to Orochimaru's words. "Lord Orochimaru, I have a piece of secret intelligence from the village that I need to convey to you alone."
When he had just arrived at the front lines, due to the crowd, it had not been convenient for Keisuke to have a showdown with Orochimaru directly. But now that it was late at night, it was the perfect time to discuss some unsavory matters.
"Intelligence from the village..." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. He was about to wave his hand and signal for the other ninja in the tent to temporarily withdraw. But at the last moment, he stood up, left his seat, and walked towards the tent's exit. "Come talk with me outside, Nara-kun."
"Captain..." Shisui, Retsu, and Shizune all looked at their captain with some surprise. They had never heard of any "secret intelligence" before.
"Don't worry. It is indeed a mission given to me by a high-level official in the village." Keisuke raised his hand to reassure his team members, signaling for them to leave on their own. "You all go back and rest first. After I've reported the situation to Lord Orochimaru, I'll come find you later."
Seeing this, Shisui and the others still obediently left.
Keisuke followed behind Orochimaru, walking out of the Konoha camp and arriving at an open, empty space. Faint moonlight descended from the sky,灑 on the two of them.
"The intelligence from the village." Orochimaru turned around, his long, narrow eyes staring intently at Keisuke. "Is it from my teacher, or is it from... Shimura Danzō? Or is it just intelligence that you've fabricated yourself?"
"I can swear on the Will of Fire that this secret intelligence is indeed from a certain high-level official in the village." Keisuke spread his hands, his palms quietly aimed at Orochimaru's position. "Lord Orochimaru, Princess Tsunade asked me to give you a message... What you have done has crossed the line!"
[Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon]!
A highly condensed chakra cannonball suddenly formed in Keisuke's right palm. It spiraled at high speed, pierced through the air, and seemed to draw a lacquer-black trace in mid-air.
Seeing Keisuke launch an attack without any warning, Orochimaru's pupils contracted slightly, and he was about to flicker away to dodge. But the flight speed of the [Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon] was simply too fast. Orochimaru couldn't even track its movement before the almost shuttle-shaped energy cannonball had already smashed into him.
Boom!
The [Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon] directly bombarded Orochimaru's abdomen, effortlessly piercing through the Sannin's body, revealing a huge, bloody hole in his upper torso. Through this wound, Keisuke could already see the scenery behind him. Damage of this level would be absolutely fatal to an ordinary ninja. But for Orochimaru...
Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique!
Orochimaru's mouth suddenly opened wide, and a brand new Orochimaru was spat out.
"Hehe..." The new Orochimaru lowered his head, let out a cold laugh, and then violently flung his long hair. A chillingly cold light flew out from his mouth. The incomparably sharp Sword of Kusanagi cut through the air like a streak of silk, stabbing towards Keisuke's position.
Keisuke unhurriedly raised his right hand. A dark shadow spread out in front of his palm like a skeleton. Layer upon layer of Yin Release chakra piled up on top of each other, forming an incomparably sturdy defensive shield.
[A-rank Technique: Shadow Armor Technique]
[Technique Description: A super high-level Yin Release ninjutsu created based on the [Shadow Shield Technique] and the [Puppet Light Shield Seal].]
[Technique Effect: Infuse one's own Yin Release chakra into a radially expanding shadow, materializing the shadow to form a shield with extremely high density and strength, sufficient to withstand the vast majority of physical attacks.]
[Technique Evaluation: The shadow seems to be fixed in space, unmoving.]
Clang—
Orochimaru's Sword of Kusanagi and the shadow shield formed by the [Shadow Armor Technique] collided, immediately erupting in an incomparably crisp sound. The unstoppable Sword of Kusanagi crashed against the high-density shadow shield. Not only did it fail to pierce it, but it was also directly sent flying back.
A new mission prompt popped up directly on Keisuke's panel.
[A-rank Ninja Combat Mission Detected!]
[A-rank Mission: Orochimaru]
[Mission Content: Defeat/Kill Orochimaru]
[Mission Reward: A-rank Shinobi Secret Scroll]
The cooldown time for an A-rank combat mission was three months. Nearly half a year had passed since Keisuke's last battle with Orochimaru. It was natural that he could trigger the mission again. Keisuke glanced at the mission on the panel, temporarily ignoring its existence.
Orochimaru raised his right hand. A brown giant snake suddenly shot out from his wide sleeve. The snake's head rushed into the high sky and, with perfect accuracy, caught the Sword of Kusanagi that had been sent flying back.
"Nara-kun, I really have underestimated you..." The giant snake at Orochimaru's right arm slowly retracted, delivering the sword back into his hand. "Is Tsunade's order for you to stir up an internal conflict between Konoha ninja at this time?"
"Wasn't it Lord Orochimaru who started the trouble first?" Keisuke dispelled the [Shadow Armor Technique]. The development of this defensive jutsu had cost him quite a bit of energy. "The team of wounded soldiers that my squad escorted back to the village on the last mission, almost without exception, were all ninja who had suffered physical trauma. Don't tell me that the other seriously wounded patients really 'died silently' inside the Konoha camp! And that you, the supreme commander of the Iwagakure front, didn't notice it at all!"
"Hehe..." Orochimaru tightened his grip on the Sword of Kusanagi. "It seems you've already found out, Nara-kun..."
Keisuke said coolly, "It's you who made it too obvious, Orochimaru."
"Those ninja who have been seriously injured in the war and have lost their combat ability are like pieces of rotten leaves. Keeping them alive can only let them slowly decay, while at the same time consuming Konoha's already precious resources." Orochimaru stared at Keisuke from afar, explaining his reasoning. "Rather than letting these useless people continue to drag Konoha down, it's better to let them become my nutrients. As long as I can become the new God of Shinobi, I will be able to pacify all the turmoil in the world and eliminate all the suffering in the world."
"God of Shinobi?" Nara Keisuke was silent for a moment. "You?"
(End of Chapter)
