Orochimaru's Allah's Lamp

Chapter 272 Overt and covert fighting

In the Star Dome Cave, Orochimaru controlled the magma red fire to sink into the ground little by little, and the temperature also dropped.

It also fell silent and the atmosphere of the tense, desperate battle just now seemed to have been poured cold water on.

Lao Zi was forced to exit the tailed beast transformation, looked up at the huge shadow in front of him, and couldn't help but shudder.

Before he fell into coma, he had experienced a big battle and was beaten hard by Susanoo and Jiraiya. After waking up, he immediately fought desperately again.

Although this spirit of trying your best and fighting hard is worthy of praise, the behavior itself is very draining of mental energy.

Most ninjas don't live long.

It would be fine if this battle is won. With an invigorated spirit, the body can once again unleash its potential.

But now, he lost.

Not only his body, but also his mind was severely damaged after losing to a powerful enemy that was difficult to resist.

For a while, with the jinchuriki's strong physique, Lao Zi actually felt a little cold after experiencing the temperature changes of hot and cold.

Germs float in the moist water vapor and invade the pores of the skin wantonly. Lao Zi, who has lived in the dry north for a long time, looks a little thin.

"This is the gap in our strength and ability restraint, which cannot be made up by just tailed beast transformation."

Orochimaru lowered his head, with a consistent smile on his face, "I hope you can recognize the differences between us and don't do useless work."

"For the first time, I can still tolerate it and let you retain your chakra and have the opportunity to practice and grow...The next time you fail, I will find a way to turn you into a vegetative state."

He is still chatty and cheerful, and not at all ruthless as rumored.

But after being killed by the arrogance and experiencing a show of intimidation, Lao Zi knew very well that this was not a negotiation at all.

Discussion is a process in which you come and go and compromise between each other.

But Orochimaru made it clear as soon as he came up, and made his demands clear and clear, without any intention of compromise.

This is not a negotiation, this is a notification, an ultimatum as soon as it comes up.

Just listen, if you don't listen, you will be presented with another, worse option.

Lao Zi suddenly had some enlightenment. The gentle and smiling Orochimaru in front of him overlapped with the cold-spoken Orochimaru in the rumors. A common trait emerged in his mind - rationality.

Ordinary ninjas have little strength and will not pose any threat to Orochimaru. They only need to use force to force him. There is no need to say anything at all, but he is different.

After all, his full blow also required Orochimaru to expend effort and use magic to resist.

Therefore, against himself, he knew the benefits and showed force, with the purpose of making himself surrender so as not to waste more time.

Orochimaru doesn't care at all about his image in the minds of ordinary people. He always considers the most effective method based on reality.

After this image became clear in Lao Zi's mind, he completely believed the threat from Orochimaru - that vegetative state.

Because Orochimaru will never give up on scientific research and worry about his three meals a day.

This person will only spend a little more time trying to get it done once and for all.

Then do you listen to Orochimaru's 'advice'?

Lao Zi clenched his fists, suddenly feeling that this scene looked familiar.

Although the reasons were different and the people present were different, the scene of forcing oneself to surrender was exactly the same as in Iwagakure Village.

At that time, he chose to resist Ohnoki's stubbornness and left the village. As a result, he was now defeated and imprisoned. Will he make the same choice now?

At this thought, most of the suppressed anger in Lao Zi's heart suddenly dissipated.

Figure it out slowly, before you take action, you must first understand where this place is or how to contact the village.

After making a decision in his heart, Lao Zi said coldly to Orochimaru, "I admit defeat to you this time, but don't think that I will always fail. One day I will find a way to defeat you."

Orochimaru was startled for a moment, then chuckled, "Then I'll wait and see."

Although the words were harsh, Lao Zi's behavior was obviously a sign of surrender. It was really unexpected that a proud and arrogant Ninja Village's most powerful person could be made to bow down so easily.

Orochimaru thought that it would take several courses of treatment to correct Lao Zi's stubborn temper.

Different from Orochimaru's doubts, the Djinn saw something and said with a smile, "Maybe it's a compromise for himself, and he found some philosophical theoretical support, well... He should learn to solve his own problems early, and he won't fall into decline.

To where we are now.”

"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on this guy. Even if he has some escape plan, if he foils it a few times in advance, he will recognize the reality."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Orochimaru nodded, dragging his huge body back to the corner where he was before.

Lao Zi looked at Orochimaru who left directly, opened his mouth, and was speechless for a moment.

Even if he has some understanding of Orochimaru's strength and knows that this is a sign of confidence, is it a bit too much to be so unrestrained?

Also, what about the fish?

Did you forget to unlock the seal on me so that I could handle the seafood by myself?

At this time, a huge black shadow slowly moved in front of him, "Your Excellency Lao Zi, please come with me, I will entertain you on behalf of Orochimaru."

Lao Zi looked up and said in surprise, "Slug...are you the psychic beast of Princess Tsunade of Konoha?"

"This is not accurate. Little Tsunade is channeling only part of my body."

The slug clone tilted its head and pointed toward the back of the cave. Only then did Lao Zi see another figure that was even bigger and looked like a tailed beast.

"Why is it so...big?"

Lao Zi was stunned. He thought it was just a cave wall just now. He seemed to have thought of something, and he suddenly realized it.

"Is this the Shimogu Forest? Are you the Slug Immortal?"

"You have good knowledge." Slug turned around and nodded slightly.

"Next, I will find some sea fish and prepare snacks myself. This thing is irregular."

Looking at the Slug Immortal who was leading the way into the cave, Lao Zi was stunned for a moment before taking steps to follow.

He had a hunch that unless the situation in the ninja world changed, he might have to stay in the Shiggou Forest for a long time this time.

The disappearance of the Jinchuuriki must be a big event for the Ninja Village, and I don't know how that old guy Onoki will deal with it.

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Just as the atmosphere at Shiggy Bone Forest cooled down, the attack on Iwagakure Murasaki caused a stir in the ninja world. After several days of turmoil, the heat began to decrease, and only a few people who cared about it still took it as a minor matter.

Onoki, the third Tsuchikage, chose cold treatment.

Since we were sure that we could not successfully rescue Lao Zi, and we could not send troops to Konoha or Kusanagi, we could not make a strong response, so keeping a low profile was the best way.

The Iwagakure Village was silent, but the Grass Ninja Alliance was targeting Konoha with great enthusiasm, announcing a series of sanctions.

The two most critical ones are to set up checkpoints to restrict all caravans leading to or from the Land of Fire, and the second is to prohibit Konoha ninjas from entering the territory of the Grass Ninja Alliance, otherwise it will be regarded as an invasion.

These two items have greatly affected Konoha's economic source. Konoha naturally does not accept it. It has deployed a large number of troops on the border and still insists on hiring and other commercial activities.

But with the White Zetsu clone as an eye, the reconnaissance ability of the Kusanagi is completely reduced to dimensionality.

The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is indeed superior in terms of detection range alone, but the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is more numerous, and its ability lasts longer. It almost completely monitors the Grass Ninja Alliance area, without any blind spots, and will be discovered once it enters.

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Not to mention, they are quite thieves.

When the Konoha team is monitored, the White Zetsu clones will take the initiative to retreat, give up part of the field of view, and then summon people to help eliminate the black spots on the map.

After several battles, Konoha changed its fighting method after convinced that it could not gain any upper hand in terms of visual field intelligence.

First, let the sealing team improve the storage scroll, reducing the difficulty and cost of transporting items.

Secondly, they began to send out a decoy team including the Hyuga clan to test, seduce, and entangle... They seized on the grass ninja's shortage of manpower and made them exhausted.

In addition, instead of using a four-person team as an action unit, multiple teams cooperate to escort.

Although this increased the transportation cost, it greatly improved the success rate of the mission. It barely opened up two roads leading to the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder in Taki Ninja Village and Tang Ninja Village, the two areas where Grass Ninja power was weakest.

country’s trade.

Of course, this is nothing to boast about. The Kusanagi Village only dispatched a few times, but it made Konoha's normal business activities quite uncomfortable, and it almost completely solved the disadvantages of the outflow of employment tasks from the country. It can be said to be a win.

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The Konoha ninja team is completely passive. When walking within the grass ninja's sphere of influence, they always have to worry about the other party's intrusion.

The 'Satoru' in the Box of Bliss is a monster that is difficult to resist for most jounin. If they come into contact with it, they will either be seriously injured or die.

In this year and a half, there were only three attacks, all of which caused considerable casualties to the Konoha ninjas. If Jiraiya hadn't been stationed at the border of the Land of Fire and the support was in place, perhaps these two trade routes would have been destroyed.

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But even so, the ninja team escorting the merchants still suffered a lot of mental pressure.

Under this situation, the Konoha ninja team headed by Mifune, the former Iron Country samurai, began to emerge.

These people are not very strong, they are no different from ordinary chunin and jounin, but after undergoing the White Zetsu series of cell and gene fusion surgeries, they are real meat.

Some injuries that are fatal to ordinary ninjas can be recovered from death as long as they are treated in time.

This special physique makes the Konoha ninjas very envious. Besides being envious, they are also a little angry. It was obviously the Konoha Sannins who developed this kind of surgery, but it was a group of 'outsiders' who enjoyed it first.

——Of course, saying this now is not correct for the village, but many Konoha ninjas can't help but think so in their hearts.

So, where is Orochimaru in "Sannin"?

Rumor has it that he was attacked and seriously injured in the Taki-nin Village in order to search for information about the Kusanagi. However, more than a year has passed and he still has not shown up. Some rumors spread like wildfire that he was defeated and died.

Although the village immediately refuted the rumor, it still couldn't stop private discussions.

Every time he performs a mission, he has to be on tenterhooks and is jealous of the samurai's good health. Orochimaru, who developed a body-strengthening surgery, has never stopped talking about it.

Although most of the discussion content is quite controversial, in general, it is a good thing.

The attack on the four-tailed Jinchuuriki Lao Murasaki, which happened before and after Orochimaru's disappearance, has not been paid attention to by many people even in the Iwagakure Village.

In the final analysis, as long as he is strong alone, he is at best a high-level thug. In non-war periods, only those who care about the grand narrative will always care.

Most people are more concerned about things that are close at hand, such as when will Orochimaru come back? For example, when will low-risk surgery be available?

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Moist Bone Forest.

Lao Zi, who no one cares about, is sitting cross-legged in a corner of the cave.

His black and white eyes stared forward, and he pressed his hands on the ground and spit out chakra. A gap opened in the ground, and lava fire poured out, making the stove made of gravel red.

Yes, he is lighting a fire.

The heat of the magma passed through the stove and baked the stone pot red. The thick layer of grease on it gave off a fresh fragrance after being heated.

Lao Zi sniffed, laid the fish pieces that had been processed long ago on top, waited for time, and turned them over repeatedly until the large piece of fish meat was completely cooked.

"Slug Immortal, this is yours."

Lao Zi used the prepared stone skewer to pick up the fish meat and placed it in front of a slug the size of a puppy. Then he continued to repeat the previous steps. It didn't take long before another portion was ready.

Lao Zi grabbed the stone skewer and took a hard bite regardless of the temperature of the fish meat, "Huh..."

Breathing continuously, he swallowed the tender fish meat into his belly, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking very much enjoying it.

——Enjoy joy in suffering.

It is forbidden to go out in Shigu Forest, and its resources are very scarce. Even the most common table salt is not available. Although there is no shortage of big fish and meat, the taste is just that.

After all, Lao Zi is just a ninja, not a time traveler. He doesn't have that much "common sense of life" in his mind. At most, he can boil seawater to produce some coarse salt.

But even so, after living in Shigu Forest for more than a year, Lao Zi used his experience to figure out some tricks.

For example, Lao Zi couldn't name the fish he was eating right now. The only thing he knew was that this kind of sea fish was different from other fish. It had a spicy taste after being fried.

It is a rare enjoyment to be in this Shigu Forest where there is no daylight.

Um...Okay, it does sound a bit miserable, but who should I compare it to.

After Lao Zi had eaten and drank enough, he used the light of the gem to look at another corner of the cave.

There, Orochimaru lowered his head, still conducting unknown research, and beside him were huge skeletons and some smelly fish meat.

Not to mention whether it can be digested, the smell alone is definitely not something ordinary people can tolerate, but Orochimaru lasted for more than a year after eating it.

After finding some sense of superiority in food, on the other hand, he also admired Orochimaru very much.

After witnessing such terrifying concentration, Lao Zi knew that he had no regrets in losing.

While he was thinking about it, the huge black shadow dragged the snake's tail towards him.

(End of chapter)