Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 173 Cat Plays with Mouse
Orochimaru's teasing voice, like a cat playing with a mouse, rang in Jianchuan Tachibana's ears.

Due to the huge difference in strength, Orochimaru did not seem to have any intention of launching the first attack. It was not until the opponent approached him to such an extent that Jianchuan Tachibana finally reacted.

Jianchuan Ju suddenly exerted force with his legs and left the branch he had just stepped on.

Only then did he turn around and look at Orochimaru who was standing there motionless.

Hoshigaki Kisame also quickly took down the flounder, and Jianchuan Tachibana, who was on guard, confronted the enemy together.

Although it seemed that Orochimaru was the only one who appeared, Jianchuan and Tachibana still did not dare to be careless at all.

Thinking back to what Orochimaru had just said in his mind, Jianchuan Tachibana asked in a puzzled tone.

"You found me? Have the other ninja swords been dealt with? Orochimaru-senpai actually came personally to deal with a small fry like me."

According to Jianchuan Ju's estimation, Lanzai definitely hasn't arrived at the Kirigakure Hospital yet.

Jianchuan Ju only hoped that Orochimaru could talk to him more so that he would have a chance to get supplies.

In his current state, he had no chance of fighting back, let alone running away. Even if Orochimaru really let him fly into the sky, his chakra wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

Although Orochimaru noticed that the kid on the opposite side seemed to want to delay time, he didn't care too much.

"Little boy, don't you remember? I told you last time."

Jianchuan Ju was really confused now.

The last time we met was probably when we were chasing after Yakushi Nono.

However, at that time, Jianchuan Ju was so scared when he saw Orochimaru appear that he didn't even remember what the other party said.

Orochimaru looked at Jianchuan Tachibana's expression and thought that the kid was still trying to delay time, so he licked his lips with his tongue and spoke with a smile.

"I said last time that we can get to know each other better when we meet again."

After Orochimaru said this, even in such a tense atmosphere, Jianchuan Tachibana almost lost his grip on the magic gun in his hand.

Even Hoshigaki Kisame, who was standing by, looked back and forth at the two people who were talking with a strange expression.

"Dr. Tachibana, if you are familiar with Mr. Orochimaru, I can go first."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Jianchuan Ju immediately retorted.

However, he also remembered that last time he used the "Secret Technique*Mystical Guardian" to become immune to Orochimaru's illusion, and the other party mistakenly thought that he had some special physique.

With Orochimaru's vicious temper, even if he hasn't suffered any loss from the Sharingan yet, he will not easily let go of those with special physiques.

But this is just a 'secret technique', if handing it over can save your life.
However, before Jianchuan Tachibana could explain, Orochimaru seemed to have noticed that Hoshigaki Kisame had just spoken.

The look he gave to the two of them became even more passionate.

"Is he from the Hoshigaki clan? He seems to be a special individual. It seems that I am lucky today."

Well, now Jianchuan Ju doesn't have to explain anything.

Kisame is indeed an outlier among the Hoshigaki clan. Ordinary members of the Hoshigaki clan do not have blue skin.

Now that both of them have been noted down on Orochimaru's research material list, it seems that this secret technique has been saved.

Just when Jianchuan Tachibana was racking his brains, thinking about how to delay time, or even how to escape from Orochimaru's nose.

Seeing two guys so valuable for research right in front of him, Orochimaru could no longer control himself.

"Danger!"

A reminder sounded in his mind, and Jianchuan Ju immediately jumped away from the branch.

The next moment, several colorful poisonous snakes shot from all directions towards the place where Jianchuan Ju and the other man had just stood.

Fortunately, with the reminder from Jianchuan Ju, Hoshigaki Kisame also quickly dodged.

However, while still in mid-air, a large number of poisonous snakes immediately flew over like shadows.

This time, Orochimaru was right in front of him, and Jianchuan Ju didn't want to lose balance due to his chakra wings and be hit by the opponent. He simply looked at Hoshigaki Kisame.

The two of them raised their legs in unison, kicked their feet against each other, and instantly used each other's force to retreat, avoiding the attack of the snakes again.

However, Jianchuan Ju, who was falling underground at an accelerated speed, just discovered it.

At this time, the entire ground was densely covered with countless various kinds of poisonous snakes, and many of them had long swords shining with cold light extending from their mouths.

These strange snakes with long swords in their mouths were pointing directly at Jianchuan Ju who was falling from the sky.

It was too late to form hand seals or perform ninjutsu to clear the poisonous snakes below, so Jianchuan Ju had no choice but to spread his wings again and fly into the sky.

But, as expected.

Orochimaru, who seemed to be unhurried, would not let go of his reserved experimental materials so easily.

"Wind Style*Air Flow"

A large area of ​​disordered turbulence once again enveloped Jianchuan Ju, interfering with his flight.

Forced to remove the chakra wings behind him, Jianchuan Tachibana fell from the air again.

Fortunately, with the help of the short flight just now to adjust his position, Jianchuanju did not fall to the ground, but turned over directly and used chakra to absorb himself behind a giant tree.

Looking back, I saw Hoshigaki Kisame, who had circled behind Orochimaru at some point, swinging his sword with all his might.

The huge chakra light blade actually cut Orochimaru into two pieces.

However, Orochimaru, who was broken into two halves, did not bleed a drop of blood. Instead, the color gradually faded and the soil split into two sections and fell to the ground.

"Earth Stand! When?"

Just as Hoshigaki Kisame was stunned, Orochimaru's body slowly emerged from the trunk of a giant tree behind him.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hands!"

Countless thick long snakes emerged from Orochimaru's sleeves and in the blink of an eye rushed towards Hoshigaki Kisame who was in mid-air and unable to escape.

Facing the attack from behind, Hoshigaki Kisame forced himself to curl up into a ball, but not to avoid the attack.

A large amount of chakra tail flames spurted out from the two round holes on the flounder, immediately causing Hoshigaki Kisame to spin rapidly in the air.

At the same time, the chakra light blade formed by the flounder also changed from the previous sword form to a hoe-like shape.

As Hoshigaki Kisame spun rapidly in the air, the hoe-shaped flounder light blade actually cut all the flying pythons into several pieces.

"interesting."

Watching Hoshigaki Kisame's series of actions, Orochimaru not only did not feel frustrated by the failure of the sneak attack, but became more interested.

Jianchuan Ju, who was hiding behind a tree in the distance, knew that even though Hoshigaki Kisame seemed to have temporarily delayed the enemy.

But this was only because Orochimaru was simply toying with the two of them and did not use his full strength, or he wanted to capture a living experimental material.

The current Hoshigaki Kisame is far from reaching the strength he had in the original work, and he may be quickly defeated by a serious Orochimaru at any time.

"Can't wait any longer!"

Although he felt that time might be short, Jianchuan Ju was also worried about another accident, so he immediately formed seals and performed spiritualism.

'I hope Lanzai has arrived.'

"Bang~!"

White smoke exploded, but Jianchuan Ju's face changed.

'Why does it consume so much chakra?'

"How many supplies did Lanzi bring?"

(End of this chapter)