Chapter 187, Hanzo the Salamander!
"Oh, you're annoyed with me now?"
Raijin leaned back slightly, and Tsunade's arm slid off his face and fell onto his shoulder.
"Talk again and I'll punch you..."
Tsunade mumbled drowsily, her voice growing fainter with the last word, and before she finished speaking, she had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Watching Tsunade sleep peacefully in his arms, Raijin couldn't help but chuckle softly.
You get tired too, huh?
But this time, Tsunade was indeed quite exhausted. She had single-handedly taken down nearly three-quarters of the Mizukage's guard force, including the captain, Karatachi Yagura.
The sight of those shadow clones scattered across the hills and fields had even Raijin feeling a surge of fear. After all, although Uzumaki Naruto could achieve such a feat, Tsunade didn't have the chakra of the Nine-Tails or the reincarnation of Ashura within her.
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"Yay!"
With Gamabunta's disappearance, Jiraiya landed nimbly on the ground. Before Orochimaru had a chance to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen, he saw Jiraiya jump up on the spot.
At this sight, a smile brimming with joy couldn't help but surface on Orochimaru's face.
Victory feels so good.
...
"Hmph."
With arms crossed, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked down disdainfully at the Third Mizukage lying on the ground and snorted.
A Kage?
Is that all?
It seems the Jonin of Konohagakure are stronger after all.
Well, at least stronger than the average Konohagakure Jonin.
Indeed, I am worthy!
Turning his back, Sarutobi Hiruzen leisurely looked over at his disciples.
As he turned, he caught sight of Jiraiya, who was showing off next to Orochimaru.
"How about that? Cool, isn't it? My Sage Art: Goemon!"
Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya with full disdain and turned to leave, but after only one step, he froze in place.
Turning back, he looked down at Jiraiya's hand gripping his arm.
"Let go."
Orochimaru said quietly.
"Cool, isn't it?"
Jiraiya stared intently at Orochimaru as if he hadn't heard him.
Orochimaru closed his eyes in despair. Why do I have to be teammates with someone like this?!
"Alright, Orochimaru, prepare some food. Jiraiya, clean up the battlefield."
At that moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice rang out. Hearing this, Jiraiya reluctantly let go of Orochimaru and turned to clean up the battlefield.
Orochimaru gratefully glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen and then vanished from the spot.
"How are you doing? Are you okay?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, hands behind his back, strolled leisurely towards Uchiha Raijin.
"Ah... No problem, just a bit tired."
Raijin looked down at the sleeping Tsunade and spoke softly to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"And you?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded in response to Raijin's question.
"I'm fine."
Raijin chuckled lightly and shook his head. To say he wasn't tired after casting so many high-level Ninjutsu would be a lie, but it was still within his limits. In fact, he could even enter Sage Mode again now that the Yin Seal was released!
As the battle in the Land of Water came to an end, the war within the Land of Hot Water was also unfolding.
The Konohagakure police force and the Konohagakure Anbu are actually divided into two parts. Typically, a squad is dispatched jointly by the Anbu and the police force, one in the open and one in the shadows, to entangle with the pursuers from the Land of Thunder.
This is done to slow down the advance of the Kumogakure pursuers and buy time for the main force's retreat.
Such a rotation method also ensures that each ninja entangled with the pursuers from Kumogakure is not too exhausted.
Today, the squad dispatched by the Konohagakure police force is the Third Squad led by Uchiha Suisei.
Truth be told, Uchiha Suisei is all too familiar with such missions, leading the members of the Third Squad and the pursuers sent by Kirigakure, constantly stepping into traps set by the Anbu Second Squad.
Along the way, the sounds of Explosive Tags detonating, Kunai and Shuriken slicing through the air, and screams of varying volumes but equally desperate, were like a grand symphony with war as its theme.
"Captain, it's not that difficult, these Kumogakure ninjas are even slower to react than my elderly grandmother."
The deputy captain, following beside Uchiha Suisei, said with a bit of teasing.
"Be serious, this is a battlefield."
Suisei glanced at the deputy captain beside her.
"Yes!"
The deputy captain immediately became solemn and spoke in a low voice.
"Your grandmother was much stronger than them when she was young."
Glancing sideways, what came into view was his own Third Squad, which had already lost many members compared to when they arrived.
Most of them had wounded and now retreating along with the merchant convoy.
If there were medical ninjas in the squad, the situation might be better.
But no, if one member of each squad were replaced with a medical ninja, it would reduce the casualty rate of the squad.
But it would also reduce the squad's combat power.
As she moved forward, Uchiha Suisei pondered.
"That's right, when my grandmother was young, she made the Senju clan flee at the mere sight of her."
The deputy captain said proudly upon hearing this.
"Hey, watch your language, inherently evil Uchiha."
As soon as the deputy captain finished speaking, a voice belonging to the Senju clan rang out.
"Aren't you supposed to be setting traps up ahead? Inherently deceitful Senju."
The deputy captain glanced at the Anbu who had appeared beside him and said coldly.
"Bah, do you want to try the power of the traps set by the Senju clan?"
The Anbu member chuckled and spoke sarcastically to the deputy captain, while also tossing a scroll to him.
"After the war is over, I'll show you what it means to be an Uchiha."
The deputy captain gritted his teeth and spoke to the Anbu beside him.
"Huh? No need to wait for the war to end, I already know what Uchiha is, inherently evil, huh?"
The Anbu member couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, and before the deputy captain could go berserk, he dashed forward with a burst of speed.
"Damn it!"
The deputy captain cursed as he watched the Anbu's retreating figure, but at that moment, his pupils shrank suddenly.
The Anbu member had just charged out when he suddenly froze in place.
"Enemy attack!"
As the Anbu member's body fell powerlessly to the ground, the deputy captain stopped dead in his tracks.
Along with the deputy captain's voice, a tall figure appeared, wielding a scythe and wearing a mask.
Looking at the scythe-wielding ninja before her, Suisei knew from years of combat experience that this ninja was very strong!
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