Naruto: The Infinite New World

Chapter 44 The Invasion of Sunagakure

Orochimaru knew of Ebizo because of Danzo Shimura.

As two people whose focus was on village intelligence, they had naturally clashed with each other before.

According to Danzo Shimura, this was a man no less capable than himself.

"Orochimaru-kun, would you please go back?"

Ebi was hiding in loose clothing, his head was bandaged, and his hands were tucked into the wide sleeves of his clothes.

Orochimaru didn't respond immediately. He glanced at the number of people, which was only a dozen or so. He didn't know how many were hidden in the forest.

Their side, however, had several hundred people.

Although they have the advantage in numbers, those on the other side who can get here must all be elites.

However, they also have a numerical advantage in the elite ranks.

However, if the enemy targets weaker ninjas, their numbers will be reduced by at least 30%.

This could have a significant impact on the war in the Land of Rain.

but.

"Then I'll go anyway."

Orochimaru drew his shuriken, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

"Then we can only let you leave with a portion of it."

Ebizo stretched out his hands and took out two scrolls, which he then unrolled.

Smoke billowed out.

Ten black puppets appeared around Ebizo.

The Ten Black Pine Warriors.

A work imitating the puppeteer Bunzaemon, the founder of puppetry.

The other side's intentions are quite clear: they want to reduce Konoha's investment of manpower in the Land of Rain.

Konoha is currently suffering a series of defeats.

Then there's no need for further words.

Orochimaru immediately threw out his shuriken.

Hands form a mudra.

Multiple shuriken techniques.

A dense barrage of shuriken techniques surged towards the Sand Ninja.

Many Sand Ninja used puppets to defend themselves, while others relied on trees and ninjutsu to block the overwhelming barrage of shuriken.

Then came a roar from among the Konoha ninja.

"kill!"

The war broke out instantly.

Ebizo did not immediately join the others in fighting against the Konoha people; instead, his sunken eyeballs looked towards the ground.

Orochimaru emerged from the ground and spat out the Kusanagi sword.

The bull-headed puppet quickly stood beside Ebizo, crossing its arms to deflect the sword's trajectory.

Orochimaru's head bent slightly, and he stretched out his hand.

"Hidden Shadows, Many Snake Hands!"

His hands transformed into countless snake shadows, bypassing the bull-headed puppet and rushing towards Ebizo.

Ebizo quickly leaped to other trees, creating distance between himself and Orochimaru, and also dodged the attack of the Hidden Shadow Snake Hand.

With nimble hands, he manipulated chakra threads, and ten puppets began to attack like a whirlwind.

Orochimaru moved like a serpent, nimbly dodging the puppets' attacks, transforming into a snake shadow and weaving between the puppets.

As soon as Orochimaru got close, Ebizo quickly created distance.

As time goes by.

Ebizo quickly realized something was wrong.

He quickly looked towards the battlefield, where a green figure was driving the Sand Village into a retreat.

With such powerful physical skills, the puppet would fall apart the moment it touched it.

Other ninjas were kicked away before they could even unleash their ninjutsu against this person.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru was also there, attacking the Sand Ninja.

"A clone?"

He quickly turned his head to look at Orochimaru in front of him.

"Take a guess."

Orochimaru, with a mysterious smile on his face, tried to approach Ebizo again, but Ebizo pulled away from him once more.

Countless shuriken pierced Orochimaru's body from the body of a puppet, revealing the snake shadows beneath its clothes.

However, this also confirmed Ebizo's suspicion that Orochimaru was not a clone.

But he looked towards Orochimaru, who had already summoned a giant purple snake using the Summoning Jutsu and was wreaking havoc among the Sand Ninja.

That's the real one too!

He couldn't tell which one was the real body at all.

Seeing that things were going badly, a puppet's mind quickly emitted a loud voice.

"Illusion, Mirage Sound!"

In an instant, all the Konoha ninjas fell into a genjutsu, attacking the trees as if they were enemies, with only a few elites remaining conscious.

Orochimaru and Might Guy are also included.

The other Sand Ninja quickly retreated into the depths of the jungle, disappearing into the woods in a flash.

Might Guy had no intention of killing them all; the other ninjas already knew who the key was.

In an instant, they surrounded Ebizo in a circle, together with Orochimaru.

The other Orochimaru and Manda also vanished into smoke at the same time.

This made Ebizo realize that Orochimaru in front of him was the real Orochimaru.

"A new clone technique."

Ebizo's expression turned serious; he was still able to unleash his full power.

These clones are too troublesome.

"Now you're the only one left."

Orochimaru looked at Ebizo with a smile, offering no explanation.

He could only sigh inwardly, realizing how useful the ninjutsu Uchiha Kin had given him was.

By converting chakra into yin and yang attributes and circulating it back and forth to establish and unseal sealing techniques, one can absorb the chakra that has dissipated due to the opponent's ninjutsu.

If used by a clone, it can maintain a sufficient amount of chakra based on the frequency of the enemy's ninjutsu.

If used by the user, it can even achieve a continuous supply of chakra, and this effect can become stronger as the number of enemies increases.

It can be described as an extremely powerful group combat ninjutsu.

In addition to this one effect, it also has two other effects: sensing enemies and using illusions to confuse enemies.

One ninjutsu with three abilities.

This was something Orochimaru could never have imagined.

I really want to pry open Kim's head and see what's inside.

Ebizo sighed and gave Orochimaru a deep look.

He glanced at the number of ninjas behind him, and it hadn't decreased much at all.

The mission has failed.

I never expected Orochimaru to have this kind of clone technique.

Even more unexpectedly.

He looked at the man with a full beard, wearing a green bodysuit.

This man is also extremely troublesome.

They didn't leave empty-handed; they obtained at least two crucial pieces of information.

Then he spoke slowly to Orochimaru.

"We will meet again."

"Peng".

White smoke billowed out, and Ebizo had vanished.

"Lord Orochimaru."

Everyone else was under Orochimaru's orders.

What should we do now? Those Sand Ninja haven't gone far yet.

"Let's head to the battlefield in the Land of Rain now."

Orochimaru's expression darkened slightly.

The battlefield in the Land of Rain is currently focused on defense, primarily gathering information on the movements of ninjas from other villages.

Although many ninjas were exposed, they were all wiped out by Konoha's Root.

The area was mainly guarded by Root ninjas, so it was impossible for these elite ninjas to show themselves.

The only thing he didn't have concrete information about was the Land of Rivers where Hatake Susumu was located and the battlefield where Jiraiya was stationed.

These people must have come from the land of rivers.

He is now somewhat worried about what has happened there.

Although Hatake Sakumo is very strong.

Orochimaru did not consider him a good leader.

The defenses definitely haven't collapsed, otherwise he would have known the news long ago.

But something must have happened that affected the course of the battle.

(End of this chapter)