Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 123 One Strike, and the Scattered Scarlet Amber!

have to say.

Bai Jue Awei is very efficient.

While Jiraiya was drinking at a tavern in the town, he heard a woman crying and saying that her husband had gone missing, which was why she had to work as a waitress at the tavern.

"Do you have a husband?"

Jiraiya was quite surprised by this.

"Yes...yes..."

The woman was startled, somewhat confused by Jiraiya's train of thought.

"Uh, no..."

Jiraiya quickly waved his hand.

Jiraiya lost interest in drinking any further. He had already learned important news: the woman's husband had likely been kidnapped by Orochimaru and used as experimental material.

here…

There must be a secret base belonging to Orochimaru!

Jiraiya sighed as he paid the bill and left the tavern. Just how many evil deeds had Orochimaru committed to cause such a rift between a husband and wife?

After Jiraiya left, the waitress gave a mysterious smile, quietly transformed into the form of a White Zetsu, and slowly sank into the ground.

The country of Sichuan.

Orochimaru's experimental base.

Jiraiya located the base and quickly dealt with the guards. He then used the same tactic to interrogate Orochimaru about his whereabouts.

"Lord Orochimaru has left..."

The guards at the base were not lying, because they saw Orochimaru enter and leave with their own eyes.

"Am I too late again?"

Jiraiya could only sigh.

The process was the same as before: Jiraiya first rescued the kidnapped people and planned to burn the base to the ground with fire-style ninjutsu.

However, this time…

The situation is somewhat different!

Orochimaru and Sasori had just completed a commissioned mission when they arrived at the base, only to find Jiraiya wreaking havoc there!

"Jiraiya!"

Orochimaru gritted his teeth in frustration. Why did this guy always appear at the wrong time and in the wrong place?

Orochimaru!

When Jiraiya saw Orochimaru, his expression immediately turned serious, and he brought up the old matter again: "Orochimaru, come back to Konoha with me. I will definitely bring you back!"

"You're still so naive, Jiraiya..."

Orochimaru sneered, dismissively saying, "Fallen leaves on the ground will rot more and more, emitting an unbearable stench..."

"The decaying fallen leaves will provide nutrients for new leaves to sprout."

Jiraiya interrupted Orochimaru, continuing, "Orochimaru, no matter what you say, I'm taking you back this time!"

"Then we'll see if you have the ability..."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, like a snake eyeing its prey.

rustling...

It just so happened at that moment.

A figure crawled up to Orochimaru's side.

Sasori's Hiruko crawled up to Orochimaru's side, sneered, and said, "Sooner or later, this will implicate us. Since we've run into this guy, let's get rid of him. I've wanted to turn one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha into a puppet for a long time..."

"This is…"

Jiraiya's expression gradually became serious.

Although Jiraiya couldn't recognize Sasori's puppet, he knew that the person who dared to speak to Orochimaru like that was definitely not weak.

Moreover…

They were wearing identical black robes with auspicious cloud patterns.

This means that the two of them should be members of the same organization.

"..."

Orochimaru, upon hearing Sasori's words, slightly turned his head, staring intently at his teammate, and sneered, "If you want to turn him into a puppet, then go try it yourself!"

He spoke to Jiraiya himself!

What are you doing here?

That idiot Sasori, does he really think he can easily defeat Jiraiya?

Even Orochimaru himself didn't believe he had the confidence to defeat Jiraiya. Did Sasori really think he could defeat Jiraiya with puppets and poison?

Click!

A soft sound came from Sasori's body.

Sasori of the Red Sand actually had this idea; he had always liked to collect the bodies of powerful ninjas and then turn them into human puppets!

Jiraiya was one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha.

Sasori of the Red Sand also wants another precious collectible!

The ninja world map is neither too big nor too small, and it's not easy to encounter it even once. Sasori of the Red Sand originally wanted to kill Orochimaru and turn him into a puppet, but unexpectedly, this guy joined the Akatsuki organization... Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, also deserves to be a collectible!

Suddenly, a sharp blade emerged from Hiruko's tail and stabbed towards Jiraiya. The blade on the tail was extremely sharp and was actually coated with Sasori's own deadly poison!

Jiraiya could only dodge hastily as the sharp tail pierced the ground, easily destroying the hard stone slab!

Click click click…

Sasori of the Red Sand, Hiruko, opened her mouth!

One after another, senbon sticks shot out from Hiruko's mouth!

"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"

Jiraiya quickly erected an earthen wall!

One by one, the sage sticks were stuck to the wall!

"snort!"

Orochimaru chuckled leisurely: "If that's all you've got, you can't do anything to my old teammate..."

"I know."

Sasori of the Red Sand retorted impatiently in a cold voice, and slowly took out a scroll. After the scroll was opened, the number three was written on it.

Bang!

A human puppet appeared before everyone!

This is Sasori's most prized work, a puppet of the Third Kazekage created using the body of the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure as the main material!

Sasori of the Red Sand.

An S-rank rogue ninja from Sunagakure.

He was once the bodyguard of the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure.

Many people thought that Sasori of the Red Sand chose to defect because he thought he had failed to protect the Kazekage, and no one expected that this guy was the murderer who killed the Third Kazekage!

"The Third Kazekage..."

Orochimaru had anticipated this and even secretly had his own ideas. He took the initiative to speak, saying, "If you still have any materials from the Third Kazekage's corpse, you can trade with me. I can use them to conduct an experiment..."

"Just help me catch him."

Sasori of the Red Sand nonchalantly stated his conditions.

"Hmph hmph hmph..."

Orochimaru shook his head, disliking this condition, and offered his other condition: "I could wait until Jiraiya kills you and then save your life..."

to be frank.

Orochimaru didn't believe that Sasori of the Red Sand could do anything to Jiraiya.

It just so happens that Jiraiya also found out about his joining the Akatsuki organization, so let's just drag Jiraiya into it as well, and make things even more complicated for the Akatsuki organization!

Orochimaru was eager to see the Akatsuki organization run into more trouble, but he was constantly being monitored by Sasori of the Red Sand and there was nothing he could do. Now was the perfect opportunity!

Whenever the Akatsuki encounters trouble…

Orochimaru felt that it would be easier for him to seize Pain's Rinnegan.

"Is that the Third Kazekage?"

Jiraiya had already heard what they were saying, and looked at the puppet in disbelief. He then looked at the ugly Hiruko and quickly fell into deep thought.

"The Third Kazekage disappeared at the start of the Third Shinobi World War. Was he turned into a puppet by that guy? Was that guy a puppeteer from Sunagakure?"

"wrong."

"Wouldn't the puppeteers of Sunagakure dare to turn the Kazekage into a puppet?"

Just as Jiraiya was deep in thought, Sasori of the Red Sand had already manipulated the Third Kazekage to condense a magnet, turning it into a huge cylindrical magnet, which he then smashed towards Jiraiya's direction!

The Third Kazekage possessed the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai and was hailed as the strongest Kazekage by Sunagakure. When Sasori of the Red Sand turned this Kazekage into a human puppet, he preserved his Kekkei Genkai ability and even modified his body, turning it into a killing weapon!

Sasori knew very well that those small killing gadgets were useless against Jiraiya, so he directly used his strongest Magnet Release!

"The Third Kazekage... and a powerful puppeteer..."

Jiraiya dodged and landed to the side, watching helplessly as the cylinder crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

In terms of numbers, this is not his advantage. The puppeteers of Sunagakure have always been difficult to deal with, and they always have some strange and unusual tricks up their sleeves.

Especially since Orochimaru was right there!

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Rain!"

A cloud of iron sand, like ocean waves, appeared in the sky!

Sasori of the Red Sand manipulated the Third Kazekage to condense the iron sand into countless tiny black needles, which shot towards Jiraiya!

Ding ding ding!

The sound of a compass needle hitting the wall echoed continuously!

Jiraiya swiftly dodged the rain of needles, displaying an agility that seemed disproportionate to his towering frame, his hands rapidly forming hand seals!

"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"

A burst of flames erupted towards the Third Kazekage!

"Magnetic Release·Sand Iron Wall!"

Sasori of the Red Sand was even faster, quickly condensing iron sand into a hard iron wall that blocked the Third Kazekage and also blocked the scorching flames!

This puppet was his most precious collection and his most powerful fighting force; how could he possibly bear to let Jiraiya destroy it!

"Chance!"

"The Art of Disordering Lion's Mane!"

Jiraiya quickly clasped his hands together, and his hair suddenly grew longer, turning into a rope-like motion as he grabbed Sasori's body!

To defeat the puppeteer...

The best way, of course, is to capture their true form!

"trouble…"

Sasori of the Red Sand saw the flying hair, and his tail emerged again, with a sharp blade spinning on it, constantly cutting Jiraiya's hair!

"..."

Jiraiya had no choice but to stop his Lion's Mane Technique and use his most proficient summoning technique to summon a gigantic toad!

"Spiritual communication!"

With a burst of smoke, Gamabunta's figure appeared instantly!

"Is there a problem now, Jiraiya...?"

Gamabunta, pipe in hand, glanced at Jiraiya, then his gaze was immediately drawn to Orochimaru: "Hmm? Is Orochimaru the enemy this time? Isn't that brat here?"

"Kagura is probably still training..."

Jiraiya knew who Gamabunta was asking, and said in a deep voice, "Let's work together to take care of that puppeteer first, then deal with Orochimaru. This time, we must bring him back..."

"We should have the liaison frog call that brat over."

Gamabunta exhaled a smoke ring and offered Jiraiya a sound suggestion: "That brat can be of a lot of help... Orochimaru is not a easy opponent."

As Jiraiya's partner, Gamabunta had witnessed Orochimaru's strength and knew that Orochimaru was a contractor of Ryuchi Cave, another hidden place in the ninja world, and could also use Manda, a summoning beast with power comparable to Orochimaru's!

"A summoning beast?"

Sasori's Hiruko raised her head, glanced at the giant toad Gamabunta, and remained unmoved, controlling the Third Kazekage to gather iron sand once more!

however…

This time it's different!

Gamabunta is huge and Jiraiya releases his ninjutsu at the same time!

"Toad Oil Flame Bomb!"

Gamabunta spat out a huge amount of toad oil, which, combined with Jiraiya's Fire Release, instantly created a sea of ​​fire that engulfed Sasori and the Third Kazekage!

Sasori hurriedly manipulated the Third Kazekage to condense a sand iron wall to block, but it still couldn't stop the high temperature from the flames outside!

"Is that a powerful fire jutsu?"

Sasori of the Red Sand was somewhat helpless for a moment.

He is now unable to launch any attack. Any puppet will be burned. If he tries to dodge passively, the Iron Sand Wall can only block the flames, not the heat. It will even transfer the heat!

"I already told you..."

Orochimaru chuckled lightly, seemingly expecting this outcome: "Your puppet technique is very effective against ninjas skilled in taijutsu, but it's still quite inadequate against Jiraiya."

"Are you really not going to make a move?"

Sasori of the Red Sand glanced at Orochimaru.

"no need."

Orochimaru shook his head and continued, "Even if I were to intervene, the outcome wouldn't change. There's no way the two of us could capture Jiraiya."

"I will report this to Konan."

Sasori of the Red Sand coldly reminded Orochimaru, "If this person finds out about the organization, Pain and Konan will both..."

"If I make a move, I can kill you together with him in an instant."

Orochimaru suddenly said something that terrified Sasori, before continuing, "My standing by and watching is already a form of help to you."

"..."

Sasori of the Red Sand had to admit that Orochimaru was right.

"Now we have a new problem..."

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya standing on Gamabunta's head and said softly, "If you hadn't insisted on fighting him, we might have left long ago... Now we must find a way to defeat Jiraiya so that he won't come after us."

"perhaps…"

"We also have to face another, even more formidable enemy."

As Orochimaru spoke, his smile deepened, describing the enemy as extremely troublesome, yet his face showed little fear.

Just as Orochimaru was speaking, a figure suddenly appeared next to Jiraiya and stood with him on top of Gamabunta's head!

"A little brat..."

Sasori of the Red Sand looked up with some confusion.

"That's no ordinary kid..."

Orochimaru looked at the figure that had appeared and smiled subtly: "That brat is my most perfect creation!"

Bang!

While Sasori was still in surprise, he saw the figure standing on Gamabunta raise his palm, and a beam of white light flew out from his palm!

Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly manipulated the iron sand to form a sand-iron wall to block, but the white light pierced through the hard sand-iron wall in an instant, as if it had pierced through a fragile piece of white paper!

even…

That white light even pierced through Sasori's head!

One strike!

We will defeat Hiruko!

To others, it would seem like Sasori of the Red Sand was killed in one blow!

Fortunately, Hiruko is not Sasori's true form, but a puppet that he has been using to conceal his identity!

Sasori's true form was forced to emerge from Hiruko, staring in astonishment at the figure that had so easily forced him out. The technique that instantly separated the iron sand wall into atomic form had already explained everything!

"If I'm not mistaken, that brat just used... something like... Dust Release?"

"Yes...it's Dust Release..."

Orochimaru looked at the boy who used Dust Release, stuck out his tongue, and greedily licked his lips.

Orochimaru felt he was about to lose control. As soon as the three-year cooldown period for the Reanimation Jutsu was over, he would immediately switch to Akihara Kagura's body!

Second update!

There will be more tonight!

(End of this chapter)