Konoha no Ninjutsu is a bit too much

Gaara's attack was powerful, but in Orochimaru's eyes it was obviously not worth mentioning.

He had seen this kind of ninjutsu as early as the Second Ninja War.

'Bastards like Sunagakure, they still haven't made any progress after so many years. '

After despising Sunagakure in his heart, he decided to be more serious.

"Blinking technique!"

He came to Gaara's side in an instant and stretched out his left hand.

"The Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!"

A large number of venomous snakes surged out from his sleeves, so many that they completely overwhelmed Gaara in an instant.

Although Gaara's claws and tail were used together, poisonous snakes were constantly cut off, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere, but there were still too many poisonous snakes. More than a dozen poisonous snakes avoided his attack and wrapped around his arms and throat.

Seeing that Gaara was successfully subdued, Orochimaru also used the teleportation technique again, preparing to knock him out completely and end the battle.

But he had just appeared, and Gaara, who looked like he was entangled in countless poisonous snakes, had a smile on his face.

"Sand Bound Prison!"

The sand in front of him instantly opened up like a big net, covering Orochimaru.

Unexpectedly, Gaara, who was in such a crazy state, would use Orochimaru's strategy of showing weakness to the enemy and luring the enemy deeper. With a look of panic on his face, he was caught by the sand net.

"Sand Waterfall Funeral!"

Seeing that his tactics worked, Gaara's grin reappeared on his face and he clenched his hands fiercely.

"Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy."

But Inuzuka Kiba, who had been OB in the dark, watched all this, but there was no look of joy on his face.

Because he knew that Lover was about to be defeated, and it was time for him to escape.

Judging from the way Orochimaru suddenly transformed into a flying beast and wanted to bite him, even if he didn't die if he stayed, he would probably be planted with a curse seal like that unlucky Sasuke.

He doesn't have the hatred of genocide like Sasuke, and he will do whatever it takes to become stronger.

To say the least, he is a man with a good system. Orochimaru's curse seal, which has many scary side effects, would be too weak to give him for free.

Not to mention anything else, but during the cat-snake battle just now, his system had already sounded several prompts.

. . .

When Gaara, who thought he had killed Orochimaru, was laughing wildly, the snake-like Orochimaru calmly emerged from the miserable-looking pile of sand and arrived in front of him.

Snake substitute technique.

Orochimaru's signature ninjutsu, the Substitute Technique, is perfectly immune to even Amaterasu, which is said to be inextinguishable.

The shocked Gaara was about to fly back and distance himself when Orochimaru spit out the Kusanagi sword from his mouth, piercing his body for the second time and nailing him to the fallen tree at his feet.

"You are really naughty."

Orochimaru looked at Gaara who was struggling, with a faint smile on his face, and shook his head gently, his tone as gentle as a mother scolding a disobedient child.

But the next moment, his five fingers, which had gathered a large amount of chakra, were like sharp blades that penetrated directly through the layer of sand covering Gaara's body and imprinted on Gaara's belly, cruelly like The evil stepmother in fairy tales.

Five elements seal.

Feeling the hot chakra coming from his abdomen, Gaara's eyes widened, and the sand covering his body continued to recede like the ebbing sea water, revealing his original appearance.

Soon, all of Shukaku's chakra receded, and Gaara finally couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.

However, in front of him, a shield made of sand stood stubbornly in front of Orochimaru, and kept trying to push away Orochimaru's hand and Kusanagi sword.

"Ok?"

Orochimaru was startled and wanted to strike again, but he immediately retracted his hand.

He was sure that Gaara had lost consciousness.

"Interesting, the sand will protect him even when he is unconscious?"

He randomly tested it a few more times, and was even more surprised after he was convinced that the sand was automatically protecting Gaara.

If it was normal, he might just take Gaara back to his base for research.

But now, for the sake of the smooth progress of Konoha's collapse plan, he could only give up this tempting idea.

"Crap."

Habitually sticking out his tongue and licking his lips, he looked in the direction where Inuzuka Kiba escaped.

Before that, he had to collect some interest.

"Whizzing!"

Just when he was about to go after Inuzuka Kiba and give Inuzuka Kiba a meeting gift, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was the other two men who teamed up with him.

"Lord Orochimaru, the two teams of ANBU sent by Konoha for reinforcements have entered the Death Forest."

"Tsk, these guys are still such a spoiler."

With a slight snort, Orochimaru murmured with dissatisfaction.

"It seems that the idea of ​​giving that child a gift can only be postponed."

Although Inuzuka Kiba gave him a big surprise, he did not forget the real purpose of sneaking into Konoha this time.

"Oh!"

After holding the hand seals, the three of them disappeared without a trace after a burst of smoke, leaving only the unconscious Gaara lying in a miniature desert with a radius of more than ten meters.

After an unknown amount of time, a dog Sosou's figure appeared on the edge of the desert, and it was Inuzuka Fang who was pressing against Xiaobai.

He looked at Gaara who was still in a coma, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.

Killing Gaara is undoubtedly the best opportunity now.

but. . .

"Forget it, just give Naruto some face."

After another half minute, he still shook his head and gave up the idea.

"Wang Wang."

Just when he was about to leave, Xiaobai above him shouted, causing his face to fall instantly.

Because Xiaobai told him.

It smelled the strong smell of the sand around Gaara, which was the smell of the odorant that Inuzuka Kiba had previously ordered it to remember.

This also shows that Orochimaru, who used the Snake Substitution Technique, really shed the body stained with the odorant just like a snake sheds its skin.

The plan that Inuzuka Kiba had worked so hard to complete was in vain.

. . .

In a hidden tree hole outside the central tower, Shino and Hinata were anxiously waiting for Inuzuka Kiba.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Inuzuka Kiba still showed no sign of returning,

The two of them felt very guilty and regretful.

The three of them encountered Gaara's team before, and after witnessing Gaara's powerful and brutal killing methods, even Shino was frightened.

Just as they were hiding behind the tree and shivering, Inuzuka Kiba stood up and left them a message: "I'll lure them away, you run away quickly!" After that, he rushed out.

The two of them froze in place after that, and it wasn't until Inuzuka Kiba angered Gaara and led Gaara away in the opposite direction that the two of them reacted.

At that moment, their hearts were filled with self-blame.

They put their companions in extremely dangerous situations just to save their own lives.

This thought deeply shames them.

They regretted extremely why they didn't jump out with Inuzuka Kiba before.

And this kind of regret continues to increase as time goes by, like countless ants, constantly gnawing at their hearts.

Are we still too weak?

No, we are too timid!

"Shino (Hinata)!"

The two people who made a decision in their hearts raised their heads at the same time and looked at each other.

"Ahem, Hinata, please speak first."

After coughing slightly awkwardly, Shino said in a very graceful manner.

"We can't wait any longer with such peace of mind!"

After a moment of silence, Hinata looked at Shino, clenching her fists and showing shame on her face.

"I don't want to hide behind my companions forever and watch them risk their lives to protect me!"

The weakness on his face disappeared, and his eyes became firm.

"I want to become a ninja who protects my companions, even if it costs me my life!"