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Chapter 124 Orochimaru, you saved the wrong person!

"Kagura, what brings you here?"

Jiraiya was a little puzzled. He didn't intend to let Kagura get involved in these troubles, because retrieving Orochimaru was his own business.

"Because I encountered a problem..."

Akihara Kagura raised his palm, and a Rasengan appeared in his hand. He then asked his question: "I discovered that Wind Release chakra can change the shape of the Rasengan and even enhance its power, but I can't control it..."

"Now is not the time to discuss these things!"

Jiraiya's forehead was covered in black lines. He hadn't expected that the reason this disciple had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to come over was to ask him about his cultivation.

Can this disciple even figure out what's going on...?

Now they were facing Orochimaru and a powerful puppeteer!

However, this disciple is truly powerful. He just arrived here and with a casual Dust Escape, he forced out the puppeteer's true form!

"Jiraiya..."

Orochimaru stepped forward, looked up at the two people above Gamabunta's head, and asked with a light laugh, "Aren't you going to introduce me? This child seems somewhat familiar!"

"You are... Orochimaru!"

Akihara Kagura stared at Orochimaru, her eyes subtly shifting, as if she were seeing someone who instilled fear in her again: "It was you... back then... it was you... the one in the lab..."

"good."

Orochimaru smiled at Akihara Kagura, maintaining their pre-arranged relationship: "You still remember me, Akihara Kagura? The perfect creation born in my laboratory. I never imagined you'd become Jiraiya's disciple..."

Orochimaru looked at Akihara Kagura, his smile tinged with a sinister edge: "If I had known you could awaken Wood Release, if I had known you would achieve what you have today, perhaps I shouldn't have let you go back then..."

Orochimaru!

Jiraiya sternly stopped his old friend, perhaps sensing the fear his disciple harbored towards him, and stood up to block his disciple's path.

"Jiraiya-sensei."

Akihara Kagura pushed her teacher away and whispered, "This is something I had to face sooner or later. Perhaps I've been facing it for a long time. I'm no longer that child in the laboratory forced to undergo all the experiments..."

Akihara Kagura stared intently at Orochimaru, slowly extending her palm: "If Orochimaru is my nightmare, then I should have eliminated him long ago... Jiraiya-sensei, leave Orochimaru to me!"

After saying that, Akihara Kagura flew towards Orochimaru!

"Hey, no!"

Jiraiya's expression changed drastically.

If this disciple is truly afraid of Orochimaru, how can we let him face Orochimaru? What if Orochimaru uses a scheme to kill him?

What if this disciple really wants to break free from Orochimaru's dark shadow, but accidentally kills Orochimaru?

Jiraiya's feelings were immediately very complicated, because he knew just how strong this disciple was, and he also knew how treacherous Orochimaru was. If these two were to fight, it was really hard to predict the outcome; either of them could be killed by the other...

"It's two against two now."

Orochimaru glanced back at Sasori of the Red Sand, chuckled, and said, "I'll deal with that troublesome brat. You go and hold Jiraiya back..."

"Can."

Sasori of the Red Sand was forced to reveal his true form by Kagura Akihara's Dust Release technique.

The red-haired, boyish puppeteer nodded and accepted Orochimaru's suggestion, because he knew that Akihara Kagura's Dust Release was a great counter to him.

"It's better to make things clear beforehand."

As Orochimaru prepared to face Akihara Kagura, he said, "It's almost impossible for the two of us to win. That brat is only afraid of me, but his true strength is very strong..."

"I see."

Sasori nodded, controlling the puppet of the Third Kazekage as he approached Jiraiya.

"Bunta!"

Jiraiya clasped his hands together, gazing at the red-haired Sasori of the Red Sand, and discussed in a low voice with his companion, "We need to take care of this guy quickly, lest something happen to Kagura..."

"clear!"

Gamabunta drew his short sword!

On the other side!

Kagura Akihara is already fighting Orochimaru!

The two of them actually chose the most simple and unadorned physical combat!

"Not bad..."

Orochimaru originally thought he would be forced to face Jiraiya and didn't know when he would have a chance to communicate with Akihara Kagura privately. Unexpectedly, that little Kagura used the laboratory matter as an excuse to rush towards him!

After Orochimaru fought Akihara Kagura, he sensed that the little guy was deliberately holding back!

Orochimaru witnessed Akihara Kagura's fighting prowess firsthand and realized that while her taijutsu (physical skills) was not outstanding, her strength was astonishing!

"I've wanted to see you for so long..."

As Akihara Kagura spoke, she slapped Orochimaru on the shoulder, then gripped his shoulder tightly, drawing their bodies closer together involuntarily!

"snort…"

Orochimaru chuckled softly, his lips barely moving, yet a voice still reached Akihara Kagura's ear: "Have Jiraiya investigate the Akatsuki organization. Don't let that guy burn down my lab again!"

"I've wanted to do this for a long time!"

Akihara Kagura let out a low shout and punched Orochimaru away, as if she had done something very satisfying!

[System Notification]: [New task (Orochimaru): Investigate the Akatsuki organization to prevent Orochimaru's laboratory from being burned down by Jiraiya again.]

"Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!"

Orochimaru's body flew backward using the momentum, but a smile of complete control still lingered on his lips as he raised his hand and released a long snake: "Akihara Kagura, I remember you were terrified of snakes when you were a kid in the lab!"

"..."

Akihara Kagura frowned and instinctively avoided the long snake!

the other side.

Jiraiya and Sasori of the Red Sand have really started fighting!

Although Sasori of the Red Sand was not easy to deal with, Jiraiya's mind was still on the battlefield between Akihara Kagura and Orochimaru. Suddenly, he heard that his disciple still had a psychological trauma of being afraid of snakes, and he was immediately anxious!

"Kagura, I'll deal with Orochimaru!"

Jiraiya quickly proposed exchanging their battle opponents!

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

Akihara Kagura hesitated for a second, then looked up at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's smile remained, his eyes twitching slightly, seemingly unconcerned about Jiraiya's troubles: "Worried about your little disciple? Jiraiya, when we trained together before, you didn't seem to win a single match, did you?"

"Training and real combat are completely different!"

Jiraiya's figure swiftly landed beside Akihara Kagura.

Gamabunta landed behind Jiraiya in an instant, muttering through his pipe, "Orochimaru, how about calling Manda out to stretch his muscles?"

"Hmph... As you wish!"

Orochimaru quickly clasped his hands together and formed the summoning hand seals!

For the legendary Sannin of Konoha, their summoned beasts are also a formidable fighting force!

Moreover, Orochimaru already knew how well Jiraiya and Gamabunta worked together, and he had to summon Manda to fight against them!

"Spiritual communication!"

A giant, thick, purple snake lifted Orochimaru's body!

The moment the giant purple serpent appeared, it began muttering, "Hey, Orochimaru, if you want me to fight, prepare a hundred men first..."

Most of the spirit beasts in this world have different personalities.

Orochimaru's summoning beast Manda is somewhat evil and not as obedient as the toads of Mount Myōboku.

Soon, the giant purple serpent had little time to continue arguing with Orochimaru about eating people. The moment Gamabunta saw Manda appear, he drew his short sword and jumped on it, seemingly unconcerned about being suppressed in the food chain!

"I'll go help Bunta."

Jiraiya looked at Akihara Kagura, then at Sasori in the distance: "Kagura, go deal with that puppeteer. Be careful, he's not much of a threat to you..."

"clear!"

Akihara Kagura lunged straight at Sasori of the Red Sand.

Compared to dealing with Orochimaru, Sasori of the Red Sand really doesn't pose much of a threat.

"Giant Iron Needle!"

Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly manipulated the Third Kazekage, sending black spears formed from magnets flying towards Akihara Kagura!

"Magnetic Release: Sand Needle Rain!"

Sasori continued his actions, once again manipulating the Third Kazekage to release countless tiny black needles!

A large tree that had grown from a vine appeared in front of Akihara Kagura, blocking countless flying magnetic needles and spears!

"Could this be... Wood Release?"

Sasori's heart sank as he suddenly sensed something strange.

As for Dust Release, these ninjas had heard of it before, and even witnessed its power...

Wood Release...

That's a bloodline limit that only exists in legends, right?

How exactly should one counter Wood Release techniques?

While Sasori was still pondering, thick vines quickly sprouted from the ground and reached out towards the Third Kazekage puppet!

Sasori of the Red Sand did not understand the meaning of Wood Release. He even manipulated the puppet's two arms to open sharp blades, seemingly trying to cut the thick vines!

however…

There's absolutely nothing we can do!

The blade on the Third Kazekage's puppet arm got stuck in the vines, and was quickly wrapped and crushed into pieces by the vines, with countless parts scattered all over the ground!

"You little rascal..."

Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly manipulated the chakra threads to collect the precious fragments of his artwork, intending to find a way to repair them later.

However, Sasori of the Red Sand did not notice that one of the art fragments he had taken back contained the Flying Thunder God mark of a leaf.

next moment!

Akihara Kagura's figure appeared instantly next to Sasori of the Red Sand!

A Rasengan struck Sasori of the Red Sand in the chest, instantly sending the puppeteer flying. A Flying Thunder God mark was also left on Sasori's chest.

"How could it be so fast!"

Sasori of the Red Sand never expected Kagura Akihara to be so fast.

Without hesitation, Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly pulled out a scroll and released a dense swarm of puppets!

"Red Secret Technique: Manipulation of One Hundred Machines!"

Hundreds of puppets dressed in red surrounded Sasori of the Red Sand!

"That piece of trash! He can't even beat Akihara Kagura!"

Orochimaru, who was handling the battle with Jiraiya with ease, cursed Sasori under his breath upon seeing this and shouted a warning: "That's the Flying Thunder God Technique! Quickly check your chest! You've been marked by Akihara Kagura. Once marked, no number of puppets can protect you!"

"..."

Sasori of the Red Sand saw the leaf mark on his chest and remembered the legendary Yellow Flash of the ninja world!

This brat... he can even use the Flying Thunder God Technique?

Without hesitation, Sasori of the Red Sand grabbed his own heart and threw it to the ground!

This puppeteer from Sunagakure had long been obsessed with his puppetry art, completely transforming himself into a human puppet. His heart was a strange cylinder with bizarre tentacle-like blood vessels growing on it!

As long as there's no problem with the heart...

The entire body can be discarded!

Sasori of the Red Sand abandoned his body marked by the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the strange cylindrical heart quickly pierced into the body of a new puppet!

This is utterly futile in salvaging Sasori's defeat!

Vines sprouted rapidly from the ground, binding the puppets and crushing them into pieces!

"Ninja Art: Ten Thousand Snake Formation!"

Orochimaru could only go to save his teammates.

Because Konan already suspected him, she had to bring Sasori of the Red Sand back at this time.

Besides, Orochimaru has already achieved his goal this time, letting Akihara Kagura take Jiraiya to investigate the Akatsuki organization, causing them some trouble, and incidentally pushing the trouble of the Akatsuki being exposed onto the greedy Sasori of the Red Sand.

One after another, countless long snakes darted out!

These long snakes, like a sea of snakes, instantly engulfed the vines, causing Akihara Kagura to retreat in fright!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Orochimaru stealthily approached Sasori, thinking he had captured Sasori's body. He then quickly dragged Sasori into the belly of a snake and disappeared from sight under the cover of the snakes!

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya landed in front of Akihara Kagura and spat a ball of flame at the swarm of snakes!

Countless snakes were burned to ashes by the flames, but Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen, and even Sasori of the Red Sand had vanished.

Manda, who had been fighting Gamabunta the whole time, saw Orochimaru escape, muttered a curse, and then dispelled his summoning, turning into a wisp of smoke and disappearing.

"..."

Akihara Kagura stood frozen in place, as if she had been frightened by the swarm of snakes.

"Kagura, are you alright?"

Jiraiya knelt down in front of his disciple and gently comforted him, "Alright, don't be afraid. The battle is over, and Orochimaru isn't anything to be afraid of..."

"I'm fine."

Akihara Kagura frowned, shook her head, and said, "Let's go back and rest, Jiraiya-sensei..."

"Okay, how about I take you to get a pear juice?"

Jiraiya suggested the beverage that his disciples liked best.

"it is good."

Akihara Kagura nodded slowly.

As Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura left, Akihara Kagura's fingers twitched slightly, making a gesture.

The battlefield fell silent.

A cylindrical heart with blood vessels rolled and crawled back and forth, as if searching for something.

Just then, White Zetsu Awei slowly emerged from underground and reached out to grab the cylindrical heart with blood vessels.

Yes.

Orochimaru saved the wrong person.