Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

The physical fitness of the people in this world is really amazing!

Orochimaru looked at the wandering ninja who had lost consciousness after being beaten and kicked by Tsunade and Jiraiya, but was still stubbornly alive.

"Sarutobi-sensei, since ninjas are involved, is this mission still C-rank?"

Orochimaru looked at the place where Sarutobi Hiruzen was hiding. Since it involved fighting with ninjas, it was not a C-level mission, but a B-level mission, and the reward for the mission would also be calculated according to the B-level mission.

"Sarutobi-sensei, isn't it already..."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya stopped beating the wandering ninja and looked at the "corpse" lying on the branch. Only then did he realize that the "corpse" was a human-shaped doll with a piece of paper stuck on its face, and a very abstract human face was drawn on the paper.

"Substitute...substitute jutsu?!"

Jiraiya's mouth twitched, and he felt so stupid when he thought that he had just thought that Sarutobi teacher was seriously injured or even dead.

"So you're an idiot."

Tsunade said speechlessly, she had already seen that it was fake.

"Long-winded!"

Jiraiya's face flushed red, and he looked angrily at the wandering ninja whose face was swollen like a pig's head.

"Hahaha……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed dryly and loosened the cloth in his hand that had almost merged with the tree trunk. He laughed dryly and said, "I wanted to see how far you could go in the face of an ambushed enemy without my reminders and help... Your performance far exceeded my expectations."

As he spoke, he looked towards Orochimaru. He was becoming more and more satisfied with this disciple, who always brought him surprises.

Of course, Jiraiya and Tsunade were not bad either, and their performance this time impressed him.

"Sarutobi-sensei, please don't change the subject!"

Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen seriously. Since money was involved, she had to be serious about it.

What she wanted more than Sarutobi-sensei's praise was the reward for the B-rank mission.

Volume 10: Chapter : Small Actions of Ninja Villages in Various Countries

Could it be that someone withheld the pension from Orochimaru's parents?

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru, who was particularly frugal with money. His first thought was that someone had withheld the pension, but he felt that it was unlikely because he was the one who distributed the pension personally and it was impossible for him to give out even a tael less.

"Orochimaru, this matter still needs to be discussed with the retainers of the Daimyo of the Tea Country." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the unconscious wandering ninja and said, "The premise is that there are ninjas among the pirates."

"Tsunade, can you treat them?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Tsunade. To be honest, there was very little he could teach this disciple. Apart from the most basic qualities of a ninja, Tsunade learned everything from Uzumaki Mito, the wife of the first Hokage, and she herself was more interested in medical ninjutsu.

"Huh? Why should I treat them?"

Tsunade said reluctantly that it was good enough that she didn't kill these stray ninjas, and she even treated them. They wanted to kill them just now!

"That's right! These guys want to kill us, why should we treat them, Sarutobi-sensei!"

Jiraiya yelled, kicking the stray ninja who had long lost consciousness from the punches and kicks he and Tsunade had thrown at him.

"To get information, right?"

Orochimaru frowned slightly, thinking that this mission might not be as simple as she thought, and it might very well involve other ninja villages, which means that the pirates were supported by ninja villages in other countries.

"Yes, I asked Tsunade to treat them in order to gain information."

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at the three of them and said seriously, "Listen carefully, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, intelligence is very important to us ninjas. In wartime, intelligence can even determine the direction of a war.

We might be able to learn some information about the pirates through these wandering ninjas. If the retainers of the Daimyo of the Tea Country are hiding information from us, we can abandon this mission."

"I know, I know. I'll treat him."

Tsunade understood the logic behind Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, and reluctantly walked towards the stray ninja whose head was exposed on the ground. Her hands emitted a light blue light, and she injected chakra into the stray ninja's body to heal his injuries.

The head that was swollen like a pig's head began to visibly reduce in size, and soon the unconscious wandering ninja regained consciousness.

"Tsunade, you'll become a very good medical ninja in the future!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen exclaimed in admiration. Although he had long known Tsunade's talent in medical ninjutsu, this was the first time he saw her use medical ninjutsu.

"Medical ninja? I'm not interested in becoming one. I didn't learn medical ninjutsu to save lives! I learned it so I could beat people without any scruples!"

Tsunade raised her clenched fist. This seemingly weak fist brought a heavy sense of oppression to everyone.

Could it be...could it be that he is trying to hit me?

Jiraiya subconsciously moved away from Tsunade and looked at her in fear.

The wandering ninja who had just regained consciousness heard Tsunade's words and looked at everyone with horror.

"Why did you come to attack us? What is your connection with the pirates who robbed the fishing boats? Tell us everything you know!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen clenched his fists and showed a kind smile on his face. His figure became bigger and bigger in the eyes of the wandering ninjas. Jiraiya and Tsunade came up to Sarutobi Hiruzen and laughed maliciously.

"Let me go! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything you want to know!"

The recent experience was still fresh in his mind. In order to survive, the wandering ninja decisively admitted his mistake and confessed everything he knew.

Three stray ninjas were hung on the branches. Sarutobi's team cleaned up the battlefield, moved to another place to spend the night, and rekindled the bonfire.

The pirates that appeared in the waters of the Tea Country were indeed instigated by someone behind the scenes, who seemed to want to use these pirates to achieve some purpose. The hired wandering ninjas did not know who they were.

"Sarutobi-sensei, who do you think is the one who hired the wandering ninja and took advantage of the pirates?"

Jiraiya broke off some branches and threw them into the bonfire. Listening to the crackling sound of the burning branches, he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who seemed to be thinking about something.

"do not know."

Sarutobi Hiruzen had a guess in his mind and said with a smile: "Perhaps they hired stray ninjas to come here and kill us because they don't want us to destroy the pirates."

"Sarutobi-sensei, you're so perfunctory..."

Jiraiya noticed Sarutobi Hiruzen's perfunctory attitude and complained.

Sand Village, or Kirigakure?

Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected that it was a small move by Sunagakure or Mist Village. The Wind Country was undoubtedly the closest to the Tea Country. No matter which ninja village it was or what its purpose was, the pirates could not be allowed to continue to wreak havoc.

"In the end, we didn't get any useful information from the wandering ninja."

Tsunade sat down next to Orochimaru, yawning and leaning against her, resting her head on her shoulder.

Orochimaru turned his head and looked at Tsunade with a hint of doubt in his golden eyes.

"Hehe, lend me your shoulder."

Tsunade grinned at Orochimaru, her beautiful big bright brown eyes narrowed into two crescents.

"what ever."

Orochimaru looked at the bonfire, the dancing flames reflected in her eyes, it was not difficult to see that she was thinking.

She suspected that the attack by wandering ninjas was related to other countries' ninja villages. Although the Ninja World War was over, the small actions of the ninja villages in various countries had never stopped, including Konoha.

She suspected that the pirates who appeared in the waters near the pirates of the Tea Country were supported by ninja villages in other countries in order to reduce the number of ninjas in Konoha.

Eliminating them bit by bit, gradually weakening Konoha's strength.

The next day, Sarutobi's team arrived at the Tea Country and met the daimyo's retainers. After learning that the pirates had hired wandering ninjas, the daimyo's retainers were shocked and immediately decided to increase the rewards. They sincerely hoped that Sarutobi's team could eliminate the pirates.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that the daimyo's retainers did not know the inside story, and being confident in his own abilities, he agreed to the retainers' proposal to increase their remuneration.

So the C-level task became a B-level task.

Orochimaru was very happy about this.

The Sarutobi team disguised themselves as fishermen, boarded a fishing boat, and followed the fishermen out to sea.

The blue sky is cloudless, the sun is shining brightly, the sea is calm, and the weather is sunny and windy, which is perfect weather for fishing.

Perhaps out of trust in the Konoha ninjas, the fishermen who had not gone out to sea to fish for many days chose to go out to sea to fish today.

The fishermen on the fishing boat were enthusiastically casting their nets to catch fish. Just as they were pulling up a net of fish, several dark shadows rushed out of the water.

The pirates drew their swords and pointed them at the fishermen.

"If you want to live, jump off the fishing boat and swim back!" said a pirate.

"Do as you are told, or you will die here!"

Another pirate licked the blade and looked at the fishermen ferociously with his scarred face.

"No, impossible! I will never hand over the ship to you!"

The owner of the fishing boat shouted that they made a living by fishing, so how could they hand over the fishing boat on which they depended for their survival?

"Since you want to die so much, I will grant your wish!"

The pirate swung his sword, but suddenly, he screamed and the sword in his hand was stuck on the deck. He flew backwards, smashed the side of the fishing boat, and fell into the sea.

"Don't even think about committing any crime in front of Master Jiraiya!"

Jiraiya kicked the pirate away and twisted his neck in a pose that he thought was handsome.

"My...my...my ship..."

The ship owner looked at the broken bulwark with heartache.

When Jiraiya heard what the captain said, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his smile.

So stupid...

Orochimaru was too lazy to complain about Jiraiya. Seeing that a fishing boat not far away was also attacked by pirates, he formed seals with his hands.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

boom--!

When the smoke cleared, four shadow clones appeared beside Orochimaru. With her current chakra level, it was more than enough to create four shadow clones for fighting.

The four shadow clones and the original body ran in different directions. While dealing with the pirates, they would protect the fishermen as much as possible if conditions permitted. This was also what they had agreed upon.

"Stop playing around, Jiraiya!"

Tsunade knocked a pirate away with a punch and took out a kunai from her ninja tool bag.

Clang——!

Sparks flew, Tsunade blocked the katana with a kunai, raised her leg and kicked, hitting the pirate's fatal weakness between his legs.

The sound of chickens flying and eggs shattering was heard, the pirate's screams were distorted, his eyes were wide open and bulged out, his body bent like a shrimp, and he fell to the ground and kept twitching.

Tsunade... so scary!

Jiraiya subconsciously clamped his legs together.

Seeing this scene, Sarutobi Hiruzen widened his eyes in shock.

"What are you still doing?"

Seeing Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen standing there in a daze, Tsunade shouted angrily and formed seals with her hands.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Tsunade created three shadow clones and rushed to other fishing boats to assist Orochimaru in dealing with the pirates.

Before she learned the Shadow Clone Technique, Tsunade thought it was useless to her. But after she learned it, she found it really useful. Whether it was to assist in training or to read medical books, the Shadow Clone Technique could be used. It was simply a panacea ninjutsu.

Just as the Sarutobi team was dealing with the pirates, the sea water condensed into figures dressed as Kirigakure Anbu, with masks on their faces bearing the Kirigakure ninja logo.

This is... a water clone? !

Are the pirates wreaking havoc on the Tea Country related to Kirigakure?!

Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed the Kirigakure ninja appearing on the sea.

Volume 11: Chapter : Gamabunta, the Toad Who Hates Seawater

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand and threw out a shuriken, quickly forming seals with both hands.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

A shuriken instantly transformed into countless shadow clones, attacking the Kirigakure Anbu ninja and his water clones from all directions.

"Fire Escape: The Art of Fierce Flames!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not stop moving, he formed hand seals again and spit out fierce flames from his mouth. The flames spread rapidly and swallowed up the Kirigakure Anbu ninja and his water clone!