Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 465 Turning the Enemy to a Surrender

On the vast sea, the sun shines and the waves shimmer. Seagulls skim low overhead, and everything is so peaceful.

Suddenly, a surge of water broke through the waves and a ship emerged, with seawater gushing from both sides of its hull.

Ordinary ships are made of wood, but strangely, this ship is constructed of steel, making its hull look very unusual.

On the deck, a door opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a blue overcoat that reached past his knees walked out. He wore a blue top hat that matched the coat, had tan hair, blue eyes, and deep nasolabial folds on either side of his nose. A single cylindrical spectacle was set on his nose, which added a touch of kindness to his already amiable appearance.

He strolled to the side of the ship, gazed at the shore, and said in a deep, gentle voice, "What a beautiful place."

"Lord Hyde, are you about to spread your faith again?"

A woman's voice came from behind. The middle-aged man named Cade turned around and his eyes met those of a young woman.

With blond hair and red eyes, and a beautiful face, she wore a blue armor with spikes protruding from her shoulders, giving her a dashing and heroic air.

She is Carmilla, one of the three knights of Cade.

Cade smiled gently: "There's nothing we can do about it; after all, it's all for the sake of the ideal state."

"Is that so? Lord Cade is truly great."

Camilla offered a compliment.

The man before me appears virtuous and upright, but in reality, he is a hypocrite, ruthless, and quite ambitious.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be this enormous warship standing beneath our feet.

As they were talking, the two suddenly sensed something flying towards them. Looking to the side, they saw a blue humanoid creature with its arms outstretched, flying towards them like an eagle spreading its wings.

"So what exactly is this...?"

Hyde's eyes widened. Although he didn't understand what was going on, his instincts told him that the visitor was up to no good.

"Dive immediately," Hyde ordered as he left.

"Yes." Camilla immediately turned around and carried out the order.

Hyde glanced one last time at the giant creature flying in the sky, then quickly scrambled into the hatch.

Before long, the steel ship began to submerge like a submarine, and the seawater completely submerged it.

Before Hyde could even catch his breath, the entire ship suddenly began to shake violently.

Hyde nearly lost his footing: "What on earth is going on?"

His subordinate came to report: "It's ice."

Hyde was taken aback: "Ice?"

The subordinate added, "The ice froze the seawater along with the ship."

"W-What did you say?!"

This illogical situation completely overturned Hyde's understanding, leaving him speechless with astonishment.

On the frozen sea, several people stood on top. One of them tapped the ice with his finger: "It seems like even I can't get in now."

"That's true. It seems I used too much force." Aokiji pressed down with one palm, slapping the ice surface to remove the ice brought by the Ice Age, while keeping the part of the ice that was frozen to the hull to prevent the ship from escaping.

Immediately afterwards, the driving force of the soul fire pushed the ship directly onto the sea surface.

The subordinates who came with Aokiji were all awestruck by this immense power. With such strength, how could Konoha not dominate the world?

"Who exactly are you people?"

Hyde opened the melted cabin and stared in astonishment at the group of people dressed in black robes.

"Let's do it."

Aokiji was too lazy to waste words with him. He decided to beat him down first, and then use his Sharingan to slowly extract all the information he knew from him.

"Yes."

One of the men in black robes brought by Aokiji charged forward, his wrist adorned with a pink, crystalline wrist blade.

"Don't even think about succeeding..."

A purple figure appeared in front of Hyde, using the armor on his arm to block the wrist blade's strike.

At the same time, a purple figure appeared behind them and launched a sneak attack.

With a tearing sound, the black robe was instantly ripped to pieces.

The attack missed its target, and Feng Wai, who had just failed in his sneak attack, scoffed in dissatisfaction.

She and the former, Rank, were both among Hyde's three knights.

Looking in a certain direction, there was a woman wearing a green coat, a purple shimenawa belt around her waist, and a red bodysuit underneath.

His light blue spiky hair and slightly upturned phoenix eyes exuded a cool and aloof air.

Honglian smirked: "Hmph, after witnessing our strength, you still dare to resist. I admire your courage."

"What an arrogant woman."

Rank and Feng both swelled up, transforming into humanoid creatures resembling gorillas and bats, respectively.

"Interesting, this trip was definitely worthwhile."

A man in a black robe removed his hood, revealing a sickly pale face. He licked his lips, revealing a gleam of serpentine delight at spotting his prey.

Stared at by those golden vertical pupils, Rank and Feng felt a chill run down their spines, each vertebra freezing.

Orochimaru—!?

Hyde recognized the effeminate man before him, and was shocked. His face broke out in a cold sweat, and he swallowed hard, trying to appear calm: "Why did you suddenly attack us, sir?"

First, find out the reason, and then slowly negotiate the conditions. Fighting is impossible, mainly because we simply can't win.

Aokiji had an absolute advantage and didn't have time to waste words with him. He disappeared on the spot, leaving behind a few snowflakes.

When Hyde came to his senses, he had already been punched in the stomach and was spitting out blood.

"Lord Hyde..."

Hyde's three knights focused their attention on protecting him, but as soon as they moved, they were immediately stopped.

Aokiji casually stretched out his hand, grabbed a ball of blue flame, stretched it to condense it into an ice sword, and put it away. A scream rang out in response.

Hyde's face was deathly pale. He covered his bleeding limb with one hand, staggered back a few steps, and looked at the ruthless man who had severed his arm without saying a word with a look of horror.

Aokiji grabbed the severed limb from the ground, his gaze fixed on the gem on the back of his hand. He pulled it out, his crimson eyes narrowing as he sensed powerful chakra emanating from it.

Orochimaru walked over, and Aokiji handed him the Grell Stone.

Orochimaru glanced at it and immediately showed great interest.

This was the first time he had ever seen something so interesting.

"Don't kill me, I can tell you everything I know."

Faced with overwhelming power, even the ambitious Hyde had no choice but to immediately submit and surrender.

"I'm not interested. What you know is of no bargaining power in front of my eyes."

Hyde met those scarlet eyes and was momentarily stunned: "This is...?"

The next second, the powerful pupil energy directly entered his brain, his eyes became unfocused, and he collapsed to the ground.

"I'll give you three choices: submit to me, or die."

Aokiji gave him a cold glance, his red eyes glaring at him.

The three knights felt a chill run down their spines. They exchanged glances, hesitated for a moment, then made up their minds, knelt on one knee, and chose to obey.

"Honglian, from now on you will be in charge of these three."

Aokiji casually handed over Tsunade's three subordinates to Guren for management.

"Yes," Honglian replied.

"Then let me ask you properly."

Aokiji stepped forward and used his Sharingan to thoroughly search Hyde's mind for everything he knew.

Having rendered them useless, Aokiji calmly gave the three knights the order: "Make your move."

Having said that, he casually tossed the ice sword in front of them.

The three knights were stunned for a moment, and hesitated. After all, they were serving their master just a moment ago, but now they had to kill their former master.

There was no point in just staring blankly. Camilla, one of them, made up her mind that since she was going to serve a new master, she had to completely sever ties with her former master. She bent down, picked up the ice sword, walked up to Hyde, and slit her own throat. Blood gushed out and stained the ice sword red.

Aokiji glanced at Orochimaru.

Using carrots and sticks is a classic method of controlling people.

Orochimaru understood, formed hand seals, stretched out his neck, lunged at Camilla's neck, opened his mouth and bit down, implanting a cursed seal.

Mysterious black patterns appeared around the bite mark. Camilla covered her head with her hands, bent over with her knees bent, and made painful sounds from her throat.

Rank and Feng Wai trembled, their voices filled with fear and understanding: "Why? Camilla already obeyed your orders and killed Lord Hyde, so why do this again?"

Orochimaru laughed as his elongated head returned to its original position, "This is a reward bestowed upon him."

"A reward?"

Orochimaru said with interest, "Of course, that's assuming he survives."

Ranke and Feng Wai looked at Camilla in surprise. Since it was something given by Orochimaru, it couldn't be too bad.

A pang of jealousy welled up inside her. She regretted her hesitation and letting Camilla get the better deal.

After dealing with everything at hand, Aokiji immediately had his subordinates take over everything here. The next step was to find the Grell Stone mine based on the information they had gathered.

There was once a group of people who used this power to create a powerful empire. However, because this power was too strong and could even grant immortality, a huge conflict of interest arose within the empire, ultimately leading to its downfall. To atone for this tragedy, the royal family sealed away the mineral.

What Aokiji needs to do is to break the seal, obtain the ore, and further enhance his strength.

However, even with this power, Aokiji was still somewhat uneasy about the potential crisis that might erupt. He planned to steal the meteorite from the Land of Bears and take it over for research.

This thing came from outer space; it might have some connection to the Otsutsuki clan.

A few days later, Aokiji was playing with a pitted stone, which was the meteorite he had just stolen.

For him, the level of defense provided by the Star Ninja Village was as easy as crossing a street in the early morning.

He called Orochimaru to his side, handed him the meteorite, and explained its origin.

After a brief moment of surprise, Orochimaru laughed and said, "You've been keeping this from Tsunade, haven't you?"

"What do you think?" Aokiji asked in return.

Tsunade is too idealistic at heart, and rather kind.

Tsunade is the branch facing the sun, while Aokiji is the root facing the shade.

I can do the dirty and tiring work myself.

Besides, meteorites are things that fall from the sky; the Star Ninja group just happened to find them.

Such nameless and ownerless objects are available to those with the ability to obtain them.

"That's true."

Orochimaru accepted the meteor shower, took his leave, and eagerly prepared to begin his research.

Orochimaru hadn't even fully figured out the Grell Stone from a few days ago, and today he got another amazing meteorite from outer space. He's having a very fulfilling day.

After Orochimaru left, Aokiji was left alone in the room. He muttered to himself, "So what should I do next? I've already gotten most of the resources I could."

Aokiji had a sudden inspiration: "Why don't I try to turn them against us?"

(End of this chapter)