Chapter 62: Kabuto: I Really Never Said That!
On the wasteland outside Tanzaku Street.
The air was heavy, and the atmosphere was tense.
"Hmph, Tsunade, it seems you've rejected my deal."
Orochimaru stood on a broken wall, his golden vertical pupils glinting with a cold light. He stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, his chilling aura causing the surrounding temperature to drop by several degrees.
"You want me to heal your arms?"
Tsunade stood on a pile of rubble, her fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white.
"Keep dreaming, Orochimaru! Today is the day you die!"
"Hehehe... Then there's no other way."
Orochimaru's gaze swept over Jiraiya nearby, and he prepared to form hand seals for a Summoning Jutsu.
Just as the Sannin were in a standoff and the battle was about to erupt—
*Whoosh!*
A figure landed in the middle of the field. She had a hot figure, wearing a tan trench coat over fishnet innerwear, with a toothpick clamped between her teeth.
Anko Mitarashi stood with one hand on her hip, looking at Orochimaru. A competitive excitement was hidden in her eyes.
However, before Anko could finish acting cool.
*Screech—*
The sound of shoe soles rubbing against the ground rang out.
Naruto, who should have been shouting and charging at the front, instead used a smooth sliding motion to instantly shrink behind Anko. He grabbed the hem of Anko's trench coat with both hands, only poking his head out with an expression that said, "I'm weak, I'm scared."
Anko's body stiffened. Feeling the restless warmth of those hands on her waist, the veins on her temples throbbed: "Brat, what are you doing?"
"Tactical retreat! The opponent is one of the Sannin; is a Genin like me supposed to go up and die?"
Naruto shouted righteously, then extended a finger, pointing at Orochimaru and the fake-smiling Yakushi Kabuto opposite them, his voice suddenly rising:
"Anko-sensei! Sister Shizune! Don't be polite with them! Just now, that four-eyed geek with glasses has been staring at the two of you with a super lecherous look!"
Yakushi Kabuto, who was about to make a move, pushed up his glasses, looking completely bewildered: "?"
Naruto didn't give him any chance to explain and continued to shout:
"I heard him loud and clear! He said Anko-sensei is Lord Orochimaru's discarded experimental subject, and he's going to catch you and turn you into a specimen! He also said pure Medical Ninjas like Sister Shizune are rare, so he'll capture you and strip those clothes off... *cough cough*, take you back for this and that kind of research!"
"He even said he'd inject you with some strange potion and make you kneel on the ground and call him Daddy!"
Dead silence filled the field.
Even Orochimaru was stunned by this slander.
The fake smile on Yakushi Kabuto's face completely froze: "Hey, when did I ever..."
*Boom!* A powerful surge of Chakra erupted.
The toothpick in Anko's mouth was bitten clean through, and her eyes had turned into vertical pupils filled with killing intent: "Specimen? Discarded product?"
On the other side, Shizune, who had been holding the little pig, slowly set Tonton down. Her long black hair fluttered without any wind, and at some point, several shiny black scalpels appeared in her hands.
"This and that kind of research?" Shizune's voice was terrifyingly cold.
[Hehe, aggro maxed out, that's more like it.]
Hiding behind Anko, a mischievous smirk that no one noticed curled on Naruto's lips.
[Kabuto-senpai, oh Kabuto-senpai, your Chakra Scalpel technique is indeed insidious, specifically cutting tendons. If you got close, these two big sisters would definitely suffer. But... your weakness is too obvious; you're just a glass cannon mage!]
"Hyaaah!"
Anko was the first to attack. Ignoring positioning entirely, she slammed both hands onto the ground: "Hidden Shadow Many Snake Hands: Wild Dance Version!"
This time was different from previous probes. After the Cursed Seal converted into a power source, hundreds of pythons swarmed toward Yakushi Kabuto, blocking all his paths of evasion.
"What?" Yakushi Kabuto was shocked and could only leap backward.
At the moment he jumped, Shizune, who was already prepared, charged from the side.
She took a deep breath, quickly formed hand seals, and then flung her arms wide toward the airborne Kabuto. A massive amount of weaponry poured out from her loose kimono sleeves.
"Medical Forbidden Jutsu: Monstrous Strength Injection: Senbon Rain!"
*Swish swish swish—!*
It was a wall composed of thousands of purple-glowing Chakra poison needles, accompanied by the piercing whistle of tearing air, covering the entire airspace where Yakushi Kabuto was located without distinction.
Looking at the dense swarm of poison needles, Yakushi Kabuto's scalp tingled. He twisted his body desperately in mid-air, performing several incredibly difficult maneuvers, trying to pass through the gaps in the needle rain.
Just then.
"Good chance!"
Naruto, who had long since hidden behind a huge rock, took out the crystal ball used for peeping that he had borrowed from the Pervy Sage. He brought the crystal ball to his eyes, excitedly staring at Shizune, who was performing her technique in mid-air.
At this moment, to maintain her airtime and firing angle, Shizune performed an extended high-kick motion. The hem of her black kimono was lifted by the wind to a dangerous angle.
Naruto instantly transformed into a Lecherous Tactical Commander, his gaze more focused than a Sharingan.
[Wow...!]
[Sister Shizune's combat posture is simply a work of art! Those taut leg lines, that flexibility... if I could see this pose every morning, how happy would I be!]
[But this skirt... tsk, it's a bit too long! It's really in the way!]
[If the hem were even five centimeters shorter... or if the wind were just a little more bustling... I could solve that mystery that's been bothering me for a long time through rigorous physical observation!]
[What's underneath... is it the pure white cotton faction? Or the inner-closet-pervert black lace faction? Or maybe... a pink cartoon-cute faction like that little pig she's holding?!]
On the battlefield.
Shizune, who was concentrating on controlling the Chakra poison needles, suddenly wobbled and almost fell from the sky.
The Chakra on the tips of the needles that were originally flying in a straight line suddenly emitted a piercing hum, seemingly affected by the owner's state of mind.
Pink little pig cartoon faction?!
Who would wear that kind of thing! You perverted brat!
"Die!"
Shizune's eyes instantly lost their highlights, turning a dark red scorched by shame.
[Ding!]
[System Notification: Shizune (Female) has reached the limit of her shame due to the host's high-intensity mental probing of her privacy.]
[Skill Mutation in real-time: S-rank skill senbonRain has evolved into—Shameful Indignation Tracking Version (Fueled by a maiden's fear of social death, it vows to turn the target into a hedgehog, never stopping until death).]
In the air, Yakushi Kabuto, who thought he had dodged most of the attacks with his perfect movement, had the smugness on his face freeze just as it appeared.
Because he discovered in horror that the hundreds of poison needles that had already flown past his clothes actually turned around in mid-air!
Each poison needle emitted a shrill scream, changed direction, and locked onto his... butt.
"This isn't scientific—!"
Yakushi Kabuto let out a miserable scream.
*Puchi puchi puchi puchi—!*
A series of dense piercing sounds rang out.
Yakushi Kabuto, with nowhere to gain leverage in mid-air, was instantly riddled with hundreds of poison needles. The toxin rapidly invaded his nerves, causing him to roll his eyes before he could even finish screaming, and with a "thwack," he was pinned to the large tree trunk behind him.
Shizune landed gracefully and quickly straightened her skirt, her face flushed bright red as she tightly covered her skirt, glaring hatefully at the rock where Naruto was hiding.
"Is this... the so-called strength of a Sannin's disciple?"
Naruto put down the crystal ball and shook his head with a look of regret.
[Sigh, too fast. Kabuto-senpai, why are you so fragile? I didn't even see the color... Oh well, since it's already shaped like the little pig faction, I'll verify it next time I get a chance.]
On the ruins in the distance, Orochimaru watched as his capable assistant, Kabuto—who had the strength of an elite Jonin—was actually insta-killed by Anko and Shizune in a single exchange using such an unreasonable method. His habitually gloomy face froze.
Then, the astonishment on his face turned to rage.
"A bunch of ants... how dare you ruin my plans!"
Orochimaru slammed his hands together, blood splattering from his bitten fingers as an evil Chakrasurged into the sky.
"Come forth! Manda!"
*Rumble!* The earth cracked, and a giant purple snake emerged from underground.
The massive snake tail whistled through the air, ignoring Anko and Shizune in front, and swept directly toward Tsunade, who was standing at the edge of the battlefield, somewhat dazed by the series of events.
"Not good!"
Jiraiya wanted to rescue her but was held back by Orochimaru.
The snake tail slammed into the ground, its massive shockwave kicking up countless rocks and... the corpse of an unknown dead small beast.
*Splat.*
A drop of blood, precisely, splashed onto Tsunade's cheek.
In that instant, Tsunade's pupils dilated abruptly, and her body began to tremble violently.