Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

In his opinion, these warriors from the Iron Country were extremely hateful. They could fight the ninjas from the Grass Village and the Taki Country to the Rain Country across the Grass Country. If he didn't teach them a lesson, he would think that the Rain Country was easy to mess with!

Hanzo chased the warriors of the Iron Kingdom all the way from the Grass Kingdom to the Taki Kingdom.

Mifune looked at Hanzo who was catching up with him, gritted his teeth and stopped.

"Mifune-sama!"

The samurai looked at Mifune who had stopped in confusion.

Mifune waved his hand and said, "Run away! I'll buy you some time!"

The samurai hesitated for a moment and chose to flee. No one stayed behind to face the pursuing Hanzo with Mifune.

"Have all your warriors escaped?"

Hanzo stopped walking, and the rushing waterfall beside him made a sound of rushing water.

"I let them escape."

Mifune held the katana in both hands, infusing chakra into the katana, ready to fight Hanzo to the death.

"Really... After I kill you, I'll kill them before they escape back to the Iron Kingdom."

"Before that, you need to kill me first!"

Mifune, katana gripped tightly in both hands, charged at Hanzo.

Hanzo rushed over upon seeing this, their figures intertwined.

Clang——!

The sound of golden swords rang out, and the broken blades flew in the air and stuck into the ground.

Mifune opened his eyes wide, blood spurting from the wound on his face. He struggled to get up and looked at the broken sword in his hand.

"Man is the knife. It turns out that I am just a blunt knife."

The poison from the sickle coated with a deadly poison quickly spread throughout his body through his blood. In just a few breaths, Mifune lost his ability to move and fell to the ground.

"I have something to tell you. The end of a person is not death, but when he loses his faith. That's why this is also very troublesome because it's difficult to judge from appearances. I will declare to the world that you are a hero."

Hanzo admired Mifune's willingness to sacrifice himself for his men.

"I want to use my death...in exchange for a promise from you."

Mifune struggled to raise his head and looked at Hanzo who was walking by. It was his blind arrogance that had led him to chase the Kusagakure ninja to the Land of Rain. This was a mistake in his decision-making as a leader.

Hanzo paused and looked at Mifune.

"explain."

"Don't... kill my companions."

Mifune hoped to exchange his life for the lives of the samurai who were brought to the Land of Grass by his willful behavior.

Hanzo looked at Mifune with emotion as he said this, and took out the antidote he carried with him.

"This is the antidote..."

Hanzo squatted down, pulled out the cork of the antidote, and fed it to Mifune.

"I just said that it's hard to judge a person's faith from appearances. Some things can only be revealed through battle. People like you are rare, so I'll let you go this time."

"Don't come to the Rain Country again. I will only let you go this once."

Hanzo glanced at Mifune out of the corner of his eye. His antidote had been improved by scientists at the White Snake Medical Technology Company. Otherwise, the antidote alone might not have allowed Mifune to survive.

Hanzo formed a seal with one hand and turned into a pool of water and disappeared in front of Mifune. He had something very important to do next, which was to settle accounts with the Hidden Grass Village in the Land of Grass.

Don't think he knows nothing. He has been paying attention to various countries. As the Rain Country is sandwiched between major powers, he is very clear about the importance of intelligence.

Therefore, the most important reason why he let Mifune go was that it was not his intention to use the Rain Country as a battlefield.

After returning to the Land of Rain, Hanzo took a short rest and then single-handedly entered the Land of Grass, poisoning many Kusagakure ninjas before leaving.

On the other hand, after returning to the Iron Country, Mifune announced to the outside world that the Iron Country would remain permanently neutral and would no longer participate in any war.

If Hanzo didn't take action, it would be fine, but once he did, he would make a big splash, and his reputation as Hanzo the Salamander spread throughout the entire ninja world.

Who could have imagined that in the Land of Rain, a small country sandwiched between big countries, there would be a strong man with such powerful strength. The Salamander Inobushi and the poison he used killed countless ninjas and samurai.

The Kusagakure Village was helpless in the face of the poisoned ninjas. They tried every possible means but could only barely keep them alive. In desperation, they could only ask for help from the peace-loving Konoha.

Land of Fire, Konoha, Hokage Building.

"Teacher Sarutobi, why don't you just send someone else? Why do you have to force me to go?"

Tsunade slammed her hands on the desk, extremely reluctant to go to Kusagakure Village to rescue people.

"There's nothing we can do. The Kusagakure Village has asked us, Konoha, for help. As one of the five great ninja villages, we can't just pretend we didn't see it."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said helplessly that the poison of Hanzo of the Salamander was too strong, and the medical ninjas of the Kusagakure Village tried every means but failed to detoxify it, and could only slow down the spread of the poison.

"So...why did you drag me here? Tsunade, this is your mission, right?"

Orochimaru taught a lesson to the students of the Ninja School's Sealing Class. After finally getting rid of the children of the Ninja School who had turned into star-chasers, he was dragged to the Hokage Building by Tsunade.

"Orochimaru, you have to come with me. If you don't go, I won't go! Let's find someone else for this mission!"

Tsunade crossed her arms and looked away.

"Orochimaru……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the willful Tsunade, then looked at Orochimaru helplessly, with a hint of help in his eyes.

"I'll consider the A-rank mission."

Orochimaru took advantage of the situation and said, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. She doesn't need this little money now, but it doesn't mean she doesn't want it. Even 1 tael has its place.

She had already thoroughly studied Hanzo's poison, had improved the antidote, and had even developed a more potent poison based on the poison of the salamander.

If Hanzo and Inoue agree, Orochimaru can transform Inoue into a more powerful summoning beast, and it is not certain whether it will be a Salamander by then.

"Class A..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't want to give this A-level mission, which was to go to the Kusagakure Village in the Land of Grass to detoxify, and it didn't require fighting with hostile ninjas. It wasn't that he couldn't afford it, but he was reluctant to spend the money.

There are constant frictions between the ninja villages of various countries. The villages spend money like water, and most of the money is used to pay the village ninjas. You can't let them do tasks without paying, right?

If there are casualties, the compensation will be a large sum.

"Okay, support the A-rank mission in Kusagakure Village."

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally compromised. Orochimaru made it clear that he didn't want to go, so he asked for an A-level mission.

"There's no time to lose! Let's get ready and go!"

Tsunade's expression changed quickly and she pulled Orochimaru out.

Orochimaru looked disheveled as he was dragged away by Tsunade. Based on her understanding of Tsunade, it wouldn't take her too long to prepare an antidote for Hanzo's poison.

Orochimaru really didn't want to go to Kusagakure Village. She had a very bad impression of Kusagakure Village. Karin's mother and Karin's experiences in Kusagakure Village left a deep impression on her.

Volume 140: Chapter Do you want me to blow up the Kusagakure Village?

After leaving the Hokage Building, Tsunade recalled Sarutobi-sensei's painful expression and tugged at Orochimaru's sleeve, saying, "Orochimaru, Sarutobi-sensei hesitated for a long time even for an A-rank mission. The Kusagakure Village asked us for help but won't pay? There's no friendship between Konoha and the Kusagakure Village, right?"

"Well, there are two possibilities."

Orochimaru held up two fingers and said, "First, the money offered by Kusagakure Village is not much. Second, Konoha is one of the five great ninja villages. How can it have the nerve to ask for money when faced with requests for help from a weaker ninja village? You are not unaware of Sarutobi-sensei's opinion."

In Orochimaru's view, this matter is mainly a matter of face. The five major ninja villages of the five major countries have the pride of belonging to the major countries and the major ninja villages.

Well...except Kumogakure.

Faced with the request for help from a small ninja village like Kusagakure, Konoha and Kusagakure have no grudges against each other, so it is fine to help Kusagakure, and there is nothing wrong with not helping Kusagakure.

Besides, the warriors of the Iron Kingdom wanted to attack, but hadn't attacked them yet. It was they who took the initiative to provoke the Iron Kingdom, and then made a very smart decision to move the battlefield to the Rain Kingdom.

It is reasonable for Hanzo to attack the Grass Hidden Village in the Iron Country. No one will condemn him. On the contrary, they will be in awe of the strength he showed in the war.

Besides, he didn't kill them all. The poison is not unavoidable. Who can he blame if he dies from the poison?

Look at the current ninja world, who still doesn’t know the reputation of Hanzo of the Salamander?

This is what it means to strike the first blow to prevent a hundred from coming!

Even if a large ninja village chooses the Land of Rain as its battlefield, it still has to think carefully.

In Orochimaru's opinion, Hanzo had been very restrained in this matter. If he had been a little more ruthless, it would not have been impossible for Hanzo to destroy the unknown person in the ninja world of Kusagakure Village alone. With the large-scale poisonous fog of the Salamander Inoue, it would not take too long for the poisonous fog to cover the entire Kusagakure Village.

"Then there's no need for us to go, right?"

Tsunade said reluctantly that if she was to carry out any combat mission, she would be quite willing to do it, but she was absolutely unwilling to rescue ninjas from other ninja villages. She now positioned herself as a combat medical ninja.

"Tsunade, let me correct you. Originally, Sarutobi-sensei wanted you to go, but you insisted on dragging me along."

Orochimaru pinched Tsunade's cheek and had to remind her who dragged her into this.

If it weren't for Tsunade, she would already be in the laboratory now, instead of going home to pack her luggage and go to the Land of Grass with her.

Orochimaru could understand why Sarutobi chose Tsunade to go to Kusagakure Village to treat the poisoned Kusagakure ninjas.

In Konoha, the only ninjas with superb medical ninjutsu and considerable strength are Tsunade and her.

If they encounter hostile ninjas on the road, Tsunade's strength is enough to deal with them.

Tsunade's own strength is not that of a slug, but she is also very capable among the jonin. The short-term burst brought about by the full-strength use of Thunder Extreme Moxibustion and Yang Release Chakra to strengthen her body will be seriously injured even by a Kage-level strongman if hit by her attack.

In addition, she is proficient in the four ninjutsu of Lightning, Water, Fire and Earth. Apart from not being able to use illusion techniques, her perception ability is not very good. She is a completely all-round ninja.

"Woo..."

Tsunade felt guilty for a moment, put her arm around Orochimaru's shoulders, and threatened: "Just tell me whether you are going or not!"

"Have you forgotten that I have accepted the mission?"

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade as if she was an idiot. "If it weren't for me, the mission you took would be a B-rank mission, not an A-rank mission. It's just preparing the antidote, it won't be difficult for you."

The poison of the Salamander Ibushi is not difficult to cure. Orochimaru has studied Ibushi's poison and wondered if it could be used to improve the chakra toxin.

As a result, her efforts were not in vain. She thoroughly studied Hanzo and Ibushi's poisons and improved Hanzo's antidote. If Hanzo and Ibushi agreed, she could transform Ibushi into another highly poisonous species.

"hateful……"

Tsunade got hot-headed and bit Orochimaru's cheek angrily. She said in a vague voice that even if Orochimaru was not there, her mission to go to the Kusagakure Village to help detoxify would be an A-level mission.

"You have a place among the Inuzuka clan's ninja dogs."

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade speechlessly.

When Tsunade came to her senses, she realized what she had done. Her eyes widened and her pupils trembled. Her face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, all the way to her ears and neck.

"I...meet you in front of the Konoha gate in a bit!"

Seeing the saliva she left on Orochimaru's cheek, Tsunade's face turned even redder. She didn't dare to stay even for a second. Her whole body was faintly flashing with lightning, and she disappeared in a flash.

"Is it that urgent?"

Orochimaru was too thin to cover the smoke and dust. Looking at Tsunade who even used Thunder Extreme Moxibustion, he wiped Tsunade's saliva from his face and thought that he couldn't be too slow, so he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to go home.

"Want to conduct an experiment?"

Hinata Mio looked at Orochimaru who appeared in the living room, turned off the TV, and got up to get the white coat hanging on the coat rack.

"Mio, I have to go to Kusagakure Village later. The experiment can only be left to the shadow clone."

Orochimaru sighed and said that if she used a shadow clone to follow Tsunade on a mission, the consequences would be unimaginable if she was able to identify her.

"Then let me help you pack your luggage?"

Hinata Mio put down her white coat and skillfully packed Orochimaru's changing clothes and underwear, the ninja tools he needed to carry, the indispensable military ration pills, the scroll of the Reverse Cursed Blood Seal, and the seasonings needed for cooking ingredients. After thinking for a while, she took out the paper that sealed the chakra explosive from the secret box.

"Stop, stop, stop! This mission doesn't require fighting hostile ninjas. Bringing the scroll of the Reverse Cursed Blood Seal is fine, but why did you bring me so many pieces of paper with chakra-sealing explosives? I'm not going to blow up the Kusagakure Village."

Orochimaru quickly stopped Hinata Mio's overly cautious behavior.

She was cautious enough, but she didn't expect that under her influence, Hinata Mio would become even more aggressive.

Not to mention anything else, just a few pieces of paper used to seal the chakra explosives would be enough to raze the entire Kusagakure Village to the ground.

The power of chakra explosives is not comparable to that of detonating talismans, let alone chakra explosives that have been injected with chakra to the critical point.

Put a few of them at home to deal with some unexpected situations.

"If the Kusagakure Village intends to harm you and Tsunade, then blow the Kusagakure Village to the sky!"