Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

His feet created ripples in the puddles on the ground. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and walked home with a normal expression.

Two on the left, three on the right, three at the back... and one in the front. Is he their captain?

They don't look like ninjas from the Anbu or Root, which means they are here to assassinate me?

It seems that my research and development results have caused the fear of other ninja villages...

Orochimaru realized that the ninjas following him were not from the Anbu and Root, and immediately guessed their purpose.

Being able to sneak into Konoha so easily, the barrier set by the barrier team is really...

It's hard to say!

Orochimaru strolled leisurely on his way home, twirling his umbrella playfully.

Are you ready to take action?

Orochimaru noticed that this was already a remote area of the village.

Wow——!

Orochimaru jumped up and stepped on the puddles on the ground, creating a splash of water.

The ninjas who had been secretly following Orochimaru and coming to assassinate her took action at this moment.

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh was heard, Orochimaru's pupils suddenly contracted, the umbrella fell out of her hand and was blown into the air by the wind, and in an instant she was surrounded by ninjas who came to assassinate her.

A samurai sword pierced her chest, a kunai pierced her back, and a kunai cut her neck. The food in her arms fell to the ground, and a half-dead flounder fell into the muddy water on the ground, its mouth opening and closing.

The ninjas who successfully assassinated Orochimaru were not happy, as they noticed something was wrong.

Illusion?!

The ninjas realized that they were caught in an illusion. After the illusion was lifted, they saw that it was their own companions who were killed by their smooth combo!

The female ninja opened her eyes wide, her eyes full of disbelief. Before she died, she didn't even think about why it was her who died instead of Orochimaru, whom they wanted to assassinate!

"That's amazing. You guys are so cruel to your own companions. You're worthy of being called that."

The rain on the ground condensed into the shape of Orochimaru. She clapped her hands and praised the ninjas for their ruthlessness and decisiveness.

"Water clone?"

The ninjas were not sad about the death of their companions. They had more important things to do, which was to kill Orochimaru. This was an important task assigned to them by the village, a task they had to complete even at the risk of their lives!

boom--!

A ninja took out a smoke bomb and smashed it on the ground. A kunai with an explosive tag flew out from the smoke.

boom--!

The kunai pierced the water clone's body, and the detonating talisman shattered the water clone.

Orochimaru held the food in one hand and took advantage of the water clone to attract attention to move behind them. With his other hand, a flash of lightning flashed on the ground and the lightning spread in all directions. Even with the smoke from the smoke bomb as cover, the lightning was still conducted to them along the rain on the ground.

"Lightning Release: Five Finger Thunder Bomb!"

Dazzling lightning flashed, and the ninjas trembled violently. The rainy day greatly increased the range of the lightning escape.

It turned out to be a unique ninjutsu!

The ninja lying in ambush in the dark was shocked to see Orochimaru use the Lightning Release Ninjutsu without even forming any hand seals. Thinking this was the perfect opportunity to take action, he jumped above Orochimaru and stabbed her in the back.

"what?!"

The rainwater on the ground squirmed and formed a water clone of Orochimaru. The samurai sword was stuck in the water clone. The ninja realized how stupid it was to assassinate a ninja who was proficient in water escape on a rainy day. There was water everywhere, making the water clone particularly difficult to deal with.

"Unfortunately, Water Style and Lightning Style are both my strengths."

Orochimaru's hand on the water clone flashed with lightning.

"In that case, then you will die with me!"

The ninja knew very well what the consequences would be if he was caught, so he opened his clothes and found explosive tags everywhere inside.

boom--! ! !

The extremely violent explosion engulfed everything around it, including the ninjas lying on the ground who were deliberately spared by Orochimaru. A large amount of smoke rose up and burned with flames.

Don't want to leak information?

Orochimaru's real body walked out from behind a tree. From beginning to end, it was her shadow clones that fought with the ninjas who were assassinating her. She was hoping to keep them alive and get some useful information, but she didn't expect that the man would rather blow himself and his companions to death than let Konoha get the information.

Come to think of it, if Konoha knew from them who sent them, would it be possible for it not to retaliate?

Anbu ninja and Root ninja are experts at doing this kind of thing.

Even if Konoha doesn't retaliate, she won't pretend nothing happened. They've already hit her doorstep, and if she doesn't react at all, doesn't that mean she's easy to bully?

"Master Orochimaru!"

The smoke condensed, and Zhili Yu appeared aside and looked at the traces left by the explosions of numerous detonating tags around him, realizing what had happened.

"Is this an assassination attempt against you, Lord Orochimaru?"

Chiriyu clenched his fists, his whole body trembling slightly with anger. Lord Orochimaru was the savior of the Ibri clan. Without Lord Orochimaru, they would still be living in a dark cave.

But now someone comes to assassinate Lord Orochimaru, who is most important to them.

"calm."

Orochimaru looked at Chiri Yu, whose face was twisted with anger. "Now that things have come to this, there's no point in getting angry. Unfortunately, they were all killed by the detonating talismans. Not a single one was left alive."

"Lord Orochimaru, what happened?"

The ANBU and Root ninjas appeared at the same time, looking at everything around them, and realized what was going on.

"You're still asking what happened? Isn't it obvious? Someone wants Lord Orochimaru dead!"

Chiri Yu, who was already angry, immediately exploded when she heard the Anbu ninja asking such an idiotic question.

Hokage building, conference room.

"Sarutobi-sensei, why didn't Konoha's barrier detect the ninja who attacked me?"

Orochimaru sat in a chair and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen. After this incident, Konoha's barrier felt to her like a decoration.

"Orochimaru, they entered Konoha through normal channels and have been living in Konoha for some time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a drag on his cigarette to relieve the stress.

"No wonder Konoha's barrier didn't react."

Orochimaru's doubts were resolved.

"Orochimaru, there will be more and more assassinations against you. We want to protect you. I hope you can understand."

Mitomon En said sincerely that no one knew when the next attack would come. This attack even mobilized ninjas who had been ambushing in the village for many years, which showed how much they valued Orochimaru.

"Master Yan, please forgive me for being blunt, but this is useless. I can't live under your protection forever. Since you want to assassinate me, let me see how many ninjas they can send. I don't believe there are more people they have planted in Konoha."

Orochimaru said with a cold face: "I don't think I am someone who can be assassinated so easily."

it is as expected……

Orochimaru's reaction was just as they expected, if she was such a good and obedient person, she wouldn't be herself.

"Orochimaru, you should move in with Mito-sama. Mito-sama can sense bad intentions, and any ninja who wants to assassinate you will be discovered immediately."

Danzo Shimura suggested that he and Uzumaki Mito were not on good terms, but he had to admit that Uzumaki Mito's ability to perceive malicious intent could ensure that Orochimaru could discover the ninja who wanted to assassinate her at the first opportunity.

"No, this matter must be kept secret from Grandma Mito. She must not know about it."

Orochimaru rejected Shimura Danzo's proposal, "I don't want Grandma Mito to worry about me. The purpose of the ninja village that wants to assassinate me is very simple, that is to prevent Konoha from developing. They think that my existence has accelerated Konoha's development."

Orochimaru didn't want to involve Grandma Mito.

"But in reality, Konoha is developing, and they are just standing still? If I can attract a steady stream of ninjas from the hostile villages, wouldn't this be a way to reduce their strength?"

Orochimaru defines himself as bait to attract enemies. Enemies keep coming to assassinate her, and Konoha kills these enemies. Isn't this weakening the enemy's strength?

"Training a ninja skilled in assassination requires a lot of time, energy, and financial resources. How many ninjas can they continue to send? For me, who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, as long as I detect their intentions, their assassination mission will fail... This kind of waste of time is beneficial to Konoha. I really hope they keep sending people to assassinate me."

Still... can it still be like this?

The four were deeply shocked by Orochimaru's novel perspective and unconventional way of looking at things.

It was the enemy who sent ninjas to assassinate you, so how can that be considered weakening their strength?

The most important thing is that they think it makes sense.

"No, this is too dangerous. If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain this to Mito-sama?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude was very firm and he would never agree with Orochimaru's proposal.

If something happened to Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that his time as Hokage would be over.

Apart from anything else, those ninja clans who made a lot of money and got better development because of Orochimaru's research results will not let him off easily, not to mention Uzumaki Mito who treats Orochimaru as her other granddaughter.

As Orochimaru's teacher, he didn't want her to do such a risky thing.

Knowing that so many people wanted to kill her, she used herself as bait to lure them...

Isn't this just walking a tightrope?

A little carelessness can lead to disaster!

"Sarutobi-sensei, your objection is invalid."

Orochimaru's gaze swept across the faces of Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mito Kado En, and finally landed on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.

"Flying Thunder God Technique is a space-time ninjutsu. You can't restrict my actions."

Orochimaru's words completely silenced them. They couldn't object, and scolding her might even backfire. She just had to do what she was doing.

At this point, they can only accept it with a wry smile.

More Anbu and Root ninjas were arranged to patrol Konoha, and Anbu ninjas were sent to secretly notify the leaders of various ninja clans, including the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan, in an effort to catch the ninjas who were trying to assassinate Orochimaru as soon as they sneaked into Konoha.

Volume 93: Chapter 4 (K) The Fate of the Jinchūriki

Ninjas came in waves to assassinate Orochimaru, from Chunin to Jonin, and the methods of assassination were varied, some poisoned him, and some disguised themselves as children to approach Orochimaru...

Each assassination attempt was unsuccessful.

Many of these ninjas were discovered shortly after they sneaked into Konoha, and some were killed by the Ibri clan who were protecting Orochimaru.

In the end, fewer and fewer ninjas came to assassinate Orochimaru, until no one came to assassinate her.

This process lasted for three years. After such a long period of assassination, even the most slow-witted ninja villages could see that Orochimaru was clearly stinging the police.

She wanders around Konoha when she has nothing to do, and sometimes even leaves Konoha on purpose. Isn't this just to lure the ninja who wants to assassinate her?

God knows why her instant body movement technique is so fast, so fast that people can't react, even the senior ninja can't see her movements clearly.

So many ninjas were sent out to assassinate her, but not only did they fail to kill her, almost all of them died, and very few came back alive. The only information collected was that she was extremely good at the technique of instant body movement and had the ability to change the nature of all chakras.

This is not a conflict between ninja villages. With so many casualties, those villages naturally couldn't bear it and gave up the assassination plan against Orochimaru.

Orochimaru felt it was a pity. It would be quite interesting to fight wits and courage with those who came to assassinate her.

It's a pity that the happy time passed by just like that. She still misses the days when she was assassinated by those ninjas using various means.

Orochimaru has not produced any new research results in the past three years, so in fact, he has nothing to show for it.

Cloning technology is still immature. Cloned animals have congenital diseases and are difficult to survive. They die as soon as they leave the culture tank, not to mention cloning humans.

Regenerative technology has not yet solved the problem of cell division shortening lifespan.

Genetic technology, with the Chimaera worm as a precedent, Orochimaru has been able to modify the genes of some animals and implant the genes of other animals to create new creatures.

However, the success rate is not high and no human trials have been conducted.

Only when cloning technology matures can human experiments be considered.

There has been considerable progress in the pupil-sealing curse. Orochimaru tried it on Hinata Mio and found that it was able to interfere with her use of the Byakugan.

According to her, it was like a wall separating her from the Byakugan, making it difficult for her to perceive the existence of the Byakugan, but her ability to see with her eyes was not affected.

The material of liquid contact lenses has been replaced with a material that is more sensitive to chakras, and has been developed to the third generation.

Although no one from the Uchiha clan was tested, it should be able to resist the illusion of the three-magatama Sharingan. However, it is impossible to resist the illusion of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After the third generation of liquid contact lenses was developed, they were given to the Ibri people and Jiaodu of the White Snake Medical Technology Company.

It was the first time that the country bumpkin Kakuzu felt the power of technology so intuitively.