Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 74 is interesting

He saw a large number of venomous snakes rushing towards him.

At this moment, Tachibana Kanagawa had no time to form hand seals. He gripped the short sword behind his back with his right hand, as if time had slowed down. He focused intently on Orochimaru's attack trajectory, preparing to use "Iai Slash" to cut down the snake swarm.

However, these venomous snakes slithered through the air, constantly changing their course, making it difficult for Jianchuan Ju to block them all.

But just then, a soft shout came from behind Jianchuan Ju.

Water Release: Water Mirror Technique

The next moment, an oval mirror made of clear water suddenly appeared in front of Jianchuan Ju.

Before Jianchuan Ju could make any other move, another thick, long black iron hook extended from his side and hooked onto the edge of the water mirror. With a gentle pull of the iron hook, the water mirror tilted back at a 45-degree angle, and a figure identical to Orochimaru was reflected in the water mirror, also using the Hidden Shadow Snake Hand to collide with Orochimaru's real body.

Then, the snakes summoned by Orochimaru's main body burst into a cloud of white smoke, and the clones reflected in the water mirror also exploded into a splash of water.

Orochimaru didn't seem to care much about his failed attack. Instead, he watched with interest as the green-haired ninja slowly walked out from behind Tachibana Kenkawa, and said with a smile.

"Yagura Karatachi of Kirigakure, I didn't expect you to arrive even before the intelligence report."

Yagura didn't pay any attention to Orochimaru's somewhat teasing attitude. He casually flipped his staff and slammed the iron hook in his hand hard into the ground.

He looked at Orochimaru with a serious expression.

"The intelligence may not be accurate, Orochimaru."

As Yagura's words fell, more than a dozen figures swiftly landed on the beach, seemingly intending to surround Orochimaru.

When Tachibana saw that the reinforcements from Kirigakure had finally arrived, and that it was unexpectedly led by Yagura Karatachi, his heart finally calmed down a bit.

When Orochimaru appeared earlier, Tachibana Kanagawa was still thinking.

Even if Suigetsu Hozuki received the information I sent back and actually came to support me, he might just be delivering food to Orochimaru.

Seeing that he seemed to be surrounded, Orochimaru was not flustered at all. He even waved to Yakushi Nonou to continue the treatment and not to worry about it.

Seeing this, Yagura, seemingly wanting to provoke Orochimaru, spoke up.

"Orochimaru, tell me, if you die here, how long can Konoha's frontline camp hold out?"

The other Hidden Mist ninjas also adopted attack stances in coordination.

Orochimaru ignored all of that and instead focused his gaze on Kenkawa Tachibana, asking a question.

"Kid, what happened to you just now was quite interesting. Perhaps we can learn more about it next time we meet."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju almost got goosebumps.

"This guy said 'Let's get to know each other' in front of so many Hidden Mist ninja? He's trying to get himself killed!"

Jianchuan Ju quickly spoke up.

"There's no need for a next meeting. If Mr. Orochimaru is interested, we can go back to the camp and discuss it in detail. I promise to tell you everything I know."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru became even more interested in the brat in front of him.

However, at this point, Orochimaru had not yet experienced being instantly killed by Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan genjutsu.

So it's just that I think Tachibana Kanagawa has a certain constitution that makes her more resistant to illusions, and I only have a slight desire to study it, but I don't really push it too hard.

Yagura, the tachibana mani, also gave Tachibana a look of approval and spoke up.

"Orochimaru, there won't be a next time!"

Then, all the Hidden Mist ninjas unleashed their prepared attacks, with ninjutsu, kunai, and shuriken raining down on Orochimaru.

However, Orochimaru stood motionless with a smile on his face.

The next instant, a huge, ferocious snake head burst out of the ground and swallowed Orochimaru, Yakushi Nonou who was receiving treatment, and several Konoha corpses nearby.

The giant snake that emerged from the ground withstood the attacks of everyone in Kirigakure. Only the ninjutsu of Yagura Karatachi and a few other ninjas left relatively serious wounds on the giant snake.

Without looking back, the giant serpent leaped into the sea and swam swiftly towards the coastline of the Land of Fire, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Lord Karatachi, should we pursue them?" a Jonin asked.

"Never mind, be careful of another ambush."

In fact, when Yagura came to provide support, he never expected to encounter Orochimaru, and he didn't bring many ninjas with him.

After all, the support troops he led had only just arrived at the front line, and most of the ninjas needed to rest for a while.

Yagura Karatachi only refused Suigetsu Hobutsuki's suggestion and came to provide support himself because he had some prior acquaintance with the Ao team.

Unfortunately, if there had been more people, or if some specialized ninjas had been brought along, perhaps Orochimaru could have been captured.

At that time, we could even seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Konoha's front-line camp.

When Tachibana Kanagawa heard that they were not going to continue the pursuit, he stared intently at the direction Orochimaru and Yakushi Nono had left for two seconds.

He then withdrew his gaze and began to mobilize his chakra to help Lanzi and the other two break free from the illusion. Without stopping, he ran to Qing, who was still unconscious in the pit, to treat him.

However, Qing's injuries were so severe that they could not be healed on the spot, so Jianchuan Ju could only do his best to stabilize his condition.

At the same time, Tachibana Kenkawa also saw that on the other side, his fellow medical ninja who had come with Yagura Karatachi was treating the injuries of Kushimaru Kurihara, who had fallen into a coma at some point.

Although Kushimaru Kurihara's arm injury was also quite serious, he still slowly woke up after receiving treatment from the other party.

"Could this guy have been faking fainting after seeing Orochimaru arrive?"

However, after thinking it over, Jianchuan Ju thought that given the murderous nature of the Kirigakure villagers, they probably wouldn't do something so shameful. So he simply ignored it and focused on treating Qing.

In the end, Ao was too badly injured to wake up, so the three of them, including Tachibana Kenkawa, had to make a makeshift stretcher and carry Ao back to the camp.

On the way back, Yagura also specifically sought out Tachibana to ask what Orochimaru meant by what he said before he left.

Tachibana Kanagawa only vaguely said that he had used some kind of secret technique and coincidentally withstood one of Orochimaru's genjutsu attacks.

After all, if it's a secret technique, the worst that can happen is that they hand it over to save their lives. But if they're mistaken for having a special constitution and are arrested for research, that would be too tragic.

Fortunately, the ninja world still values ​​the intellectual property rights of secret techniques. Even though Tachibana Kenkawa was an orphan, Yagura Karatachi did not show any intention of asking him to hand over the secret techniques.

The group returned safely to the front-line camp.

(End of this chapter)