Ninja Ice House

While their respective plans are still brewing, the turmoil in the Kingdom of Water has intensified.

The arrogant Kaguya clan is a group of people who are even more uncontrollable than the Uchiha. The nutrients they take in may be to support their muscles and bones, so that there is not much content in their heads. They act purely on instinct, and they have long regarded wolfberry as a disease.

Tachibana Yagura is unhappy.

The "Blood Mist" policy may be too cruel for most mist ninjas, but it is too appealing to the fighting maniacs of the Kaguya clan.

With more and more restrictions, the ninjas of the Kaguya clan have accumulated too much resentment, and they are just waiting for an opportunity to vent it out.

On a dark and windy night, after a simple mobilization, these Kaguya tribesmen who couldn't wait to fight started a rebellion.

The shouts of killing continued for most of the night, and gradually subsided until the early morning.

The origins and process of the Uchiha family rebellion are slightly different, but the results are the same.

The Kirigakure Village, which still has great strength, cannot be challenged by forces like the Kaguya clan. No single ninja clan can match any of the five great ninja villages.

The Third Ninja War has ended nearly ten years ago. This time, the peace between the five major ninja villages lasted for so long that the few who were ready to make a move could no longer bear it.

The Kaguya clan, who make a living by selling weapons, have almost no other specialties, especially not adapted to this era where they are happy on the surface but conspiracy behind the scenes. They would rather die in battle than die in bed.

Since they can't find an enemy to attack, it's the same thing to use a knife on one of their own. The Kaguya clan has satisfied their desire to fight, and the price they pay is their own lives.

Among them, there is a special little guy, that is the child named Kimimaro. In terms of talent and strength, he is also one of the top among his peers.

However, for the Kaguya clan, almost no one is willing to do such troublesome things as teaching children. The growth of the younger generations is almost all experienced in fighting with real swords and guns.

Kaguya Kimimaro's talent in the field of combat is indeed unparalleled. He can understand the true meaning of Taijutsu without any teacher in battle after battle without any formal teaching.

The problem he is currently encountering is that there is a serious lack of common sense and emotions required for normal people's lives. Apart from instinct, there is almost no extra emotion. The way the Kaguya family raised this fighting genius has been brutally destroyed into a

A beast that needs orders from people to find its own value and has no sense of self-identity.

When there is no combat mission, Kaguya Kimimaro is kept quietly in a cage and raised.

It happened that on the day of the Kaguya clan's rebellion, the clansman responsible for delivering food simply forgot about him, or had been killed long ago, so no one "delivered food" to him.

Kaguya Kimimaro, who was waiting quietly, was suffering from hunger and cold when strange footsteps came from the dungeon.

With keen perception and instinct, the child memorized the behavioral characteristics of all the familiar tribesmen, and suddenly became alert. Sure enough, the person coming was a stranger wearing night clothes and a mask.

"enemy?"

Kaguya Kimimaro stood up on guard and was about to attack through the iron fence. It had been a long time since he had talked to a stranger, and his voice was a little weird.

"Your compatriots have died until you are the only one left. Are there any enemies of yours in this world?"

"I... don't know! The tribesmen told me that those were the enemies to be killed, and then they took action."

"Then what do you think? No one can point you in the direction of the enemy anymore."

"I'm going to fight the enemies of my tribe..."

"Then what?"

The visitor asked playfully,

"Don't you have your own judgment?"

What is "self" and how to "judge"? Kaguya Kimimaro probably can't understand these two words now, even if he is ten years old.

The human brain has evolved extremely slowly over millions of years. There is almost no physical difference between modern people and the primitive people who lived on hair and drank blood and practiced slash-and-burn farming tens of thousands of years ago, but their IQs have improved dramatically.

It's because of the social nature of the group that the brain's functions are gradually developed.

Education is one aspect. Interacting with other people in daily life is also one of the factors that increases your knowledge and makes you smarter.

Kaguya Kimimaro didn't meet either of these two conditions. If he hadn't been quite cautious, he might have been lacking in speaking ability.

After a little thought, Kaguya Kimimaro, who had nothing to gain, gave up wasting energy in areas he was not good at.

"Could it be that...am I no longer useful?"

Over the past many years, the tribesmen had treated him so cruelly. When he was useful, they would release him from his restraints and contribute his own fighting power. When he was not useful, he would be locked in an iron cage. When he remembered, he would be given some food.

If you are forgotten, you will only starve.

This time the Kaguya clan launched a rebellion, probably not to allow Kimimaro to avoid the Kiri ninja's counterattack and massacre, but to really forget about this brat.

After a while, if no one comes, Kaguya Kimimaro, who is too hungry, will take matters into his own hands, break open the cage, and go out to find food.

That's right, this dark and damp dungeon and the seemingly indestructible iron cage cannot restrain Kaguya Kimimaro at all. With his strength, he can completely break the restraints.

He stayed here because he was willing and believed from the bottom of his heart that he should obey the orders of his tribe.

His fellow tribesmen need him to wait patiently, and that is all he will do.

"What a twisted child, are you abnormal, or is the blood flowing in the body of the Kaguya clan so crazy that it deviates from the norm?"

The visitor picked up the sword, which was as sharp as iron as clay, and slashed it a few times. The steel railing broke with a sound, and Kaguya Kimimaro, who had been sitting on the ground with his knees in his arms, followed the visitor out.

At this moment, the sky is almost dawn, and a touch of fish belly white appears in the east. Where the sea and the sky meet, the halo of the morning glow reflecting on the sea is so gorgeous.

After being in a dark environment for a long time, the sudden sight of sunlight, even the dissipation of morning glow, still stung Kaguya Kimimaro's eyes.

Squinting his eyes slightly, he adjusted to the surrounding environment and looked at the person. Only then did he realize that the person was not alone, but a combat team with more than ten people.

Although the sound of fighting in the distance has stopped, there are still fog ninjas carefully surrounding and suppressing any enemies that may appear.

In a country composed of archipelagos, there are almost no dangerous places that can be defended, and enemies may attack from any direction.

"You have nowhere to go anyway, so come with us."

"do you need me?"

"It should be necessary. However, we are not passing by casually, but we are specifically here to observe the movements of the Kaguya clan. As for you, you are the target of my boss's deliberate care and cannot be let go."

"It seems that the person named 'Boss' needs me, so that's fine."

Kaguya Kimimaro, who didn't care where he was as long as he had a place to go, didn't notice the smile behind the mask of the visitor.

At the same time, in a hilly area a few kilometers away from where the Kaguya clan lives, Orochimaru, who looked unhappy, looked at the Kirigakure Village assassination troops surrounding him, and a long-haired woman wearing a blue dress came over.

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It was this female Mist ninja who put great pressure on Orochimaru during the chase just now.

The assassination team with tacit cooperation is also a powerful combat force that cannot be ignored.

Orochimaru, who had been in the Land of Water for a while, happened to encounter a rebellion launched by the Kaguya clan. He originally wanted to fish in troubled waters to see if there was any benefit to be gained, but unfortunately he was targeted by the Mist Ninja.

Already.

If it were another time, the ninjas of Kirigakure Village would not bother to deal with this rebellious ninja from another village who was difficult to deal with.

It's different now. Who knows if the Kaguya clan's rebellion has anything to do with Orochimaru?

Not long ago, the rebel ninja Uchiha Itachi of Konoha Village and one of the Seven Former Ninja Swordsmen, the first owner of the decapitating sword, Loquat Juzo, teamed up to raid the Kirigakure Village.

The warehouse is very capable, and it is really possible for the other party to succeed.

Since they were all traitors, there was no trust whatsoever. Even if it was just a coincidence, the Kiri Ninja did not want to take risks and deployed a very powerful force to expel Orochimaru.

This was the first time for the new female Kiri Ninja named Terumi Mei to encounter such a difficult enemy. If she hadn't mastered two powerful blood successors and caught Orochimaru off guard, it's hard to say whether she would have been able to survive the previous battle.

have the upper hand.

"You Mist Ninjas are really interesting. If you leave the rebellion alone, why are you provoking me?"

"It has been pacified. The Kaguya clan is nothing to worry about. How can the fourth generation be defeated by a mere rebellion because of his great talent and great strategy?"

"It's true... things are unpredictable. Mizukage deserves such praise. Many years ago, he was defeated by our Konoha ninjas."

"Are you still a Konoha ninja?"

Terumi Mei is so confident that she doesn't give Orochimaru any face. Now that she has surrounded her enemies, she has the advantage. There is no need to fear the opponent's past reputation.

"Not long ago, there was a lawless Uchiha Itachi who wanted to cause trouble for us, but he was punished. Rebellious ninjas like you are like stinky rats in the gutter. Just do dirty things in private.

Please don’t infect us with filth and filth.”

"Fangs and sharp mouth, but..."

Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth with his long tongue intriguingly, and unexpectedly launched a strong attack. He first channeled a large number of giant snakes to disturb people's ears and eyes, making the members of the assassination team exhausted, and then headed directly in the direction of Terumi Mei.

"It's already this time. If you don't rush to escape, but still fight to the death, are you bullying us, the Mist Ninjas, who don't dare to kill us?"

He quickly formed seals with his hands and spat out a hot acid mist, blocking Orochimaru's path. Terumi Mei felt at ease and prepared to wait for the opponent to dodge before commanding his subordinates to surround and kill him again.

Surprisingly, Orochimaru had no intention of evading and rushed directly into the hot acid mist with extremely corrosive power. His skin was corroded into sewage dripping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Terumi Mei was caught off guard. She really didn't expect that the famous Orochimaru would adopt a lose-lose fighting method in a place like this, and was bullied. Fortunately, Terumi Mei, who has the ability to be a Mizukage, is not an ordinary character. He just opens his mouth and speaks.

A thick ball of lava spat out and rubbed against Orochimaru's shoulder.

Orochimaru, whose body was injured, still continued unabated, his body was extremely twisted, and his neck stretched like a long snake. He quickly crossed a distance of several meters, got in front of Terumi Mei, then opened his big mouth and bit him.

The white shoulders and long hollow snake teeth inject strands of enzymes containing evil chakra into Terumi Mei's body.

Terumi Mei was caught off guard and felt a sharp pain in her shoulders and neck, which almost made her faint.

Orochimaru, who bit Terumi Mei, smiled strangely, and watched as the wound on Terumi Mei's body turned into a curse mark surrounded by three magatama, and then disappeared under the skin, and then he collapsed to the ground with satisfaction, and was subdued by the boiling escape.

The body that was hit repeatedly by Melting Escape became tattered, like a snake that had lost its life.

Terumi Mei, who was seriously injured, refused the comfort and retreat suggestions of his subordinates. His first reaction was that Orochimaru escaped using a secret method. With his energy and thinking not sharp enough, he and everyone turned towards the bait-like chakra from the east.

React and chase away.

After Terumi Mei walked away with the Mist Ninja assassination team, the defeated snake skin began to squirm, its mouth opened, and a figure emerged from it. It was Orochimaru himself who had deceived Terumi Mei.

Orochimaru took a few breaths and quickly ran towards the dense forest in the south without stopping, disappearing into the mangrove forest with complex terrain and dense swamps.

A few minutes later, when Terumi Mei came back again after realizing that she had been deceived, she only saw the skin left behind after the Orochimaru-ryu avatar was used. The powerful and terrifying enemy was gone.

"You bastard, you've been tricked."

As soon as Terumi Mei, who was anxious in her heart, relaxed, she could no longer suppress the injury caused by the curse seal. She covered her neck and squatted on the ground in pain.

In fact, he was tricked more than once. The Mist Ninja was able to detect the traces of Orochimaru. Some guy whose origin he didn't know sent a secret message to the assassination team, and then he discovered the sneaking Orochimaru.

Although he realized that someone wanted to provoke a conflict between Kirigakure Village and Orochimaru so that he could do some bad things, Terumi Mei had no choice. This was the territory of Kirigakure Village.

The rebellious ninja Orochimaru, who has good intentions, will naturally take action, otherwise, Kirigakure, one of the five great ninja villages, will not be able to maintain its reputation.

On the other side, Orochimaru, who was super adapted to the environment, stopped to rest at the top of a giant tree after noticing that the Kiri Ninja did not continue to pursue.

"Talents with two blood inheritance boundaries are of extraordinary value. I didn't expect that my unintentional trip to the Kingdom of Water would yield such a harvest."

Although there was an accident, Orochimaru, who escaped from the encirclement without any danger, was still satisfied with what he had gained from this trip.

The limited power of the double blood successor of Boiling Release and Melting Release, even if the potential may not be as good as the Mangekyō Sharingan, it is still quite amazing. It would be a pity to miss such an excellent soul container.