Monster

A month prior to the monster attack, near Orochimaru's Northern Base, on a nearby hilltop.

"It should be here, Orochimaru's treasure..."

A group wearing Rain Hidden Village Forehead Protectors and specialized breathing masks stood on the hilltop, gazing at the entrance to the Base in the distance.

Two high piles of stacked rocks guarded the wooden-tiled buildings. The wooden door was broken, and there were two huge claw marks on the rock piles, left and right, as if something enormous had crawled out of there.

"Chuan, I have a bad feeling," said a Rain Hidden Village ninja beside him, taking a deep breath, his eyes filled with worry as he looked at the building.

The leading ninja, called Chuan, remained calm. "Orochimaru is dead. All we have to deal with are the experimental subjects he left behind, like the ones we saw in the Land of Rivers."

"Only by obtaining that power can we avenge Lord Hanzo."

The other ninjas listened quietly, and the ninja who had spoken fell silent.

Rain Hidden Village had been destroyed, and all of Hanzo's subordinates were being hunted down by Akatsuki. Those guys had blocked all news from the Land of Rain, and the ninjas who went to allied countries for help never returned.

They had completed their mission in the Land of Rivers and were on their way back home when, before they could report Orochimaru's invention, they were forced to flee north in a sorry state, further and further away from the Land of Fire, which should have been able to help.

In the process, they also heard the infuriating news that 'Lord Hanzo' had attended the Three-Country Summit.

They had been chased and fled until they had nowhere to go. Either they would return to the Land of Rain and fight Akatsuki, or they would continue to abandon their identities as ninjas, scatter, and live in anonymity. At the moment of decision, they heard the news of Orochimaru's death, and Chuan proposed to come and take a gamble.

In the end, it was a decision made by everyone together.

They could not abandon their hatred, and even if it cost them their lives, they would pursue a future without light.

"Let's go."

Seeing everyone remain silent, Chuan broke the silence and was the first to walk towards the entrance of the Base.

The other ninjas did not hesitate, and even those who had doubts followed closely behind, entering the deathly silent Base together.

In the distance, two men in hooded robes were silently watching them enter. One of them took off his hood, revealing a terrifying face with brown skin and fangs. He grinned, revealing not only his exposed fangs but also the dense, sharp teeth in his mouth. His voice sounded like two pieces of raw iron colliding:

"Guren, more prey has been caught. It looks like ninjas from Rain Hidden Village."

The hooded man called Guren tore off his black robe with a ripping sound, revealing a spindle-shaped brown head and an upper body covered in colorful fish-scale patterns. A ferocious, bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face. "Yes, Yayan, their Chakra reactions are very good. This time, we should be able to have a good feast..."

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—Time returned to the present, above a village not far from Orochimaru's Northern Base.

"Partner, look at the ground, meow!" Hina suddenly shouted, staring at the ground.

Lin Ke and Utakata lowered their heads and saw several houses emitting thick smoke, and buildings collapsing one after another.

He signaled the Earth Dragon to descend, and soon they could see clearly that a brown monster with an inflated body and dozens of huge, pale bone spurs piercing its skin was rampaging around. It was not fighting anyone, holding half a corpse in its hand, and swallowing it in large gulps.

The wind carried the cries and wails of humans into their ears.

Orochimaru's experimental subject?

Thoughts flashed through Lin Ke's mind. Before he could act, Utakata had already jumped down on a bubble.

The Bubble Technique developed using the Tailed Beast's characteristics was really useful for riding, binding enemies, defending, flying, etc. All he had to do was blow bubbles. There was no need for hand seals, and the various effects were quite good.

The only problem was that others couldn't learn it unless they also stuffed the Six Tails into their stomachs.

"Chi!"

Utakata was still in mid-air when he formed a hand seal and released a Water Release, spitting out a large amount of water to extinguish the fire that was spreading in the village, attracting the monster's attention. After landing, he blew on his ninja tool, and bubbles with a diameter of more than one meter were blown out.

"Roar!" The monster jumped twice and crossed most of the village, arriving near him. Before it landed, bubbles were already waiting for it.

Soon, a large number of bubbles surrounded it from all directions, forming a super-large bubble after continuous squeezing.

"Squeak~" The monster trapped inside stretched out its claws and tore around, the fingertips rubbing against the surface of the bubble, making a harsh sound.

Its mouth opened and closed, as if roaring, but it was completely isolated by the bubble.

Utakata tried to control it but failed. Moving it was also unsuccessful. After a dozen seconds of stalemate, his Chakra was greatly consumed, and he was obviously struggling. He had no choice but to detonate the bubble decisively.

"Boom!"

The aftermath of the explosion spread out, a large amount of dust was blown away, the wooden building ruins exploded, and an oval-shaped pit appeared at the location of the explosion. The monster, with half a shoulder and one leg missing, still existed, lying dying in the very center of the pit.

"Tap."

Lin Ke landed, and the Earth Dragon lay prostrate on the open space. "Good work."

Utakata nodded, without any arrogant thoughts. Without any strange Ninjutsu, just pure power released, the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki were a group of people standing at the peak of the ninja world.

But in actual combat, he lacked too much. The interference from the Tailed Beast made it difficult for a non-perfect Jinchuriki to achieve much accomplishment in Ninjutsu, making it easy to suffer losses in a fight.

Hina looked at the monster in the pit and reminded, "Its aura is still very strong, far from being near death, and it seems to be playing dead, you guys..."

"Whoosh!" The monster, which had seemed on the verge of death, suddenly burst out, its injuries rapidly healing even as it was still in the air.

Utakata gripped his ninja tool, about to blow bubbles, when he saw several shadows rising from the ground, sending the monster back the way it had come.

The shadows' attack had not stopped; they instantly disappeared from their original positions, catching up to the monster that had been kicked away, and with perfect coordination, each grabbed a leg.

"Chiii!!!"

Its newly regenerated limbs were directly torn off, and its body and head landed with a thud, pinned down on the left and right by two shadows.

"Meow?"

Hina made a somewhat hesitant sound. As the saying goes, a cat's reaction is seven times that of a human, but in that split second, it really hadn't seen what had happened.

It just felt like in the blink of an eye, the monster had fallen to the ground.

So they're this strong? After realizing this, it looked at the shadow holding it with shining eyes, already having nine plans for cat shadow intimidation in mind.

Looks a bit like Cursed Seal State Two.

Lin Ke approached, observing the monster firmly suppressed by the shadows on the ground.

Its strength and speed barely reached the level of a slightly stronger Chunin, still far from the average level of a Jonin. It was thick-skinned and tough, not dying even after taking a multi-layered Foam Technique. Its regenerative ability was even more freakish, and most importantly—

There was no Chakra reaction.

Is this the special experimental subject Karin mentioned? Turning into a monster and then self-destructing after a period of time?

Lin Ke took two steps forward, used the Mystical Palm Technique, and slapped it directly.

"Slap!"

A set of rapid-fire slaps. Amidst the sounds of the slaps, the monster quickly reverted to its ordinary human appearance, but the bone spurs protruding from its body did not change at all. Its body and head returned to human form, and it died on the spot without a sound.

For a monster over two meters tall, the bone spurs were just piercing the skin, but for a human around 1.7 meters tall, the bone spurs were sharp weapons piercing through the chest, tearing the entire chest open and exposing the bright red internal organs inside.

Can confirm that Natural Energy turned him into this. Is this Orochimaru's latest achievement? Turning into a monster and not dying?

As usual, Lin Ke sealed the corpse into a Scroll and sent the shadow into the village to search for survivors.

Shadow entering the village, feels a bit strange?

Thinking this, he tossed the bag containing Healing Pills to Utakata, who was about to act with the shadow, while Hina was responsible for summoning the sofa.

After staying near the nameless village for about half an hour, the shadow and Utakata, with sweat on his forehead, returned.

"That monster was a Ronin from nearby," he said, relaying the information he had gathered. "He disappeared two years ago, returned not long ago, and people in the village started disappearing one after another. The villagers suspected him and gathered together to confront him, and then this guy suddenly turned into a monster and started attacking others."

"Moreover, similar situations have reportedly occurred in nearby towns. Some people have hired ninjas from Cloud Village who are searching for information everywhere."

"No other information for now."

Eating people?

Lin Ke frowned. This characteristic alone made it impossible to promote. It would be troublesome if people learned it and started eating people everywhere.

They didn't linger and set off again. After searching for about an hour, they found a building identical to the one in the photo in the vast Gobi Desert.

However, the wooden door of the building was completely torn apart, the rock piles on both sides were crooked, and the ground was covered with scattered ninja tools, as if someone had fought here.

"Be careful," Lin Ke reminded.

The Earth Dragon slowly descended. As soon as they reached the ground, Utakata stood in front of him, and Hina, with her fur standing on end, said quickly, "Partner, there's a very scary monster rushing out from inside, meow~"

"Whoosh!" The sound of the body compressing the air rang out.

Immediately following was the sound of the building ruins exploding, and then a tall figure rushed towards the two of them.

"Bang!"

Utakata, who was standing in front, was directly knocked away. The shadow was slightly slower, but quickly stopped the attacker.

"Kill, kill, kill! Kill you! Hahahahaha!"

The figure, blocked by the shadow, shouted wildly, orange hair, brown skin, and orange pupils filled with madness. The body was nearly five meters tall, and the two arms were as big as the bucket of a loader, slamming on the ground with a thud, constantly shaking.

The shadow was slightly slower than him, and its strength was far inferior to his. It seemed a bit weak in close combat, but relying on its two-dimensional characteristics and ample numbers, it still managed to put up a lively fight.

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