Chapter 272 Fighting openly and secretly

  In the Xingqiong Cave, Orochimaru controlled the magma Chihuo to sink into the ground little by little, and the temperature dropped accordingly.

   It also fell silent, and there was the atmosphere of a desperate fight just now, as if cold water had been poured into the sky.

  Old Zi was forced to withdraw from Tailed Beast Transformation, looked up at the huge shadow in front of him, and shivered involuntarily.

  Before he fell into a coma, he experienced a great battle, and was beaten by Susano and Jiraiya. After waking up, he immediately fought desperately.

  Do your best and fight hard. Although this kind of spirit is commendable, this kind of behavior itself consumes a lot of energy.

  Ninjas, most of them don't live long.

  If this battle is won, that's all. With an uplifted spirit, the body can also stimulate its potential again.

   But now, he lost.

   Not only the body, but also the spirit suffered heavy damage after losing to an irresistible and powerful enemy.

  For a while, with Renzhuli's strong physique, Lao Zi actually caught a cold after experiencing the temperature changes from hot to cold.

  The germs floated in the moist water vapor, wantonly invading the pores of the skin, and Lao Zi, who had lived in the dry north for a long time, looked a little thin.

   "This is our strength gap and ability restraint, and mere tail beastization cannot make up for it."

  Oshemaru lowered his head, with a consistent smile on his face, "I hope you recognize the gap between each other, and don't do useless work."

   "This is the first time, I can tolerate it, let you keep the chakra, and have the opportunity to practice growth... The next time you fail, I will find a way to turn you into a vegetable."

   Battering, still good-natured, not at all ruthless as rumored.

  However, after being killed in arrogance and having endured a blow, Lao Zi knew very well that this was not a discussion at all.

  Consultation is a process in which you come and go, and there are compromises between each other.

  But as soon as Orochimaru came up, he showed the chariot and horses, and said clearly what he asked for, without any compromise.

   This is not a negotiation, this is a notice, and an ultimatum will be issued as soon as it comes up.

  If you listen, that’s all. If you don’t listen, you will come up with another option that is even worse.

  Old Zi suddenly had a little enlightenment. The warm-spoken and laughing Orochimaru in front of him overlapped with the rumored cold-talking Orochimaru, and a common characteristic emerged in his heart—rationality.

  Ordinary ninjas are weak and will not pose any threat to Orochimaru. They just need to force them with their power. There is no need to say much, but I am different.

  At any rate, his all-out blow required Orochimaru to spend his mind and use immortal methods to resist.

  So against himself, he knows the advantages and disadvantages and shows force, the purpose is still to make himself submit, so as not to waste more time.

  Oshemaru doesn't care about his image in the minds of ordinary people at all, and considers the most effective way based on reality.

  After this image became clear in Lao Zi's mind, he completely believed the threat that Orochimaru said—that kind of vegetable.

  Because Dashewan will never give up scientific research and worry about his three meals a day.

  This person will only spend a little more time trying to get it done once and for all.

  Then do you listen to the 'suggestion' made by Orochimaru?

  Old Zi clenched his fists, and suddenly felt that this scene looked familiar.

  Although the reasons were different and the people present were different, the scene of forcing oneself to submit was exactly the same as in Yanyin Village.

  At that time, he chose to resist Onogi's stubbornness and chose to leave the village. As a result, he was defeated and imprisoned now. Do he have to make the same choice now?

   As soon as he thought of this, most of the depressed anger in Lao Zi's heart dissipated immediately.

  Picture it slowly, if you want to plan before making a move, you must first understand where this is, or how to contact the village.

  After making a decision in his heart, Lao Zi said coldly to Dashemaru, "I've lost to you this time, I admit defeat, but don't think that I will always fail, and one day I will find a way to defeat you."

   Orochimaru was startled slightly, then smiled lightly, "Then I'll just wait and see."

  Although what he said was cruel, Lao Zi's performance was obviously a sign of submission. It was really unexpected that such a simple way to make a proud and arrogant Da Nin Village's highest combat power bow down.

  Da She Wan thought that it would take several courses of treatment to correct Lao Zi's hard temper.

Different from Orochimaru's doubts, Deng Shen saw something, and said with a smile, "Maybe it's a compromise for himself, and he found some philosophical theory to support it, well...he should learn to unravel himself early, so that he won't be reduced to where it is now."

   "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on this guy. Even if he has some escape plan, if he defeats it a few times in advance, he will recognize the reality."

   "Then leave it to you."

  Oshemaru nodded, dragged his huge body, and returned to the corner where he was before.

  Lao Zi looked at Orochimaru who left directly, opened his mouth, and was speechless for a while.

  Even if he has a little understanding of Orochimaru's strength and knows that this is an expression of self-confidence, isn't it a bit too much to stock up like this?

   Also, what about the fish?

  Did you forget to unlock the seal on me so that I can handle seafood by myself?

  At this time, a huge black shadow slowly moved in front of him, "Your Excellency Lao Zi, please come with me, and I will entertain you for Orochimaru."

  Old Zi looked up and said in surprise, "Slug... Are you the psychic beast of Princess Konoha Tsunade?"

   "This is not accurate, what Tsunade is psychic about is only a part of my body."

  The slug clone tilted its head and pointed towards the back of the cave, and then Lao Zi saw another figure that was even bigger and looked like a tailed beast.

   "How can it be so... big?"

  Old Zi was dumbfounded. He thought it was just a cave wall, but he seemed to have thought of something.

   "Is this the wet bone forest? Are you a slug fairy?"

   "Your knowledge is good." Slug turned over and nodded slightly,

   "Next, I will find some sea fish and treat myself with snacks. This thing is irregular."

  Looking at the slug fairy leading the way in the cave, Lao Zi froze for a moment before stepping up to follow.

  He had a premonition that unless the situation in the ninja world changed, he might have to stay in the wet bone forest for a long time this time.

  The disappearance of Jinchuriki is bound to be a big event for Ninja Village, and I don’t know how that old guy Onogi will deal with it.

  …

  Similar to the cooling down of the wet bone forest, the attack on Lao Zi in Yanyin Village was a hot topic in the ninja world.

  Three generations of Dokage Onogi chose cold treatment.

  Since he is convinced that Lao Zi cannot be successfully rescued, and he cannot send troops to Konoha or Kusanagi, and cannot make a strong response, acting low-key is the best way.

  The flags and drums in Yanyin Village have died down, but the Kusanagi Alliance has been aggressively targeting Konoha, announcing a series of sanctions.

   Two of the most critical, one is to set up checkpoints to restrict all caravans leading to or from the Fire Kingdom, and the other is to prohibit Konoha ninjas from entering the territory of the Kusanagi Alliance, otherwise it will be regarded as an invasion.

  These two items greatly affected Konoha’s source of income. Konoha naturally did not accept it, deployed a large number of troops on the border, and still insisted on hiring and other commercial activities.

  But with Baijue's clone as eyes, Kusanagi's reconnaissance ability is completely a dimensionality reduction strike.

The white eyes of the Hyuga clan are indeed better in terms of detection range, but there are more white eyes, and their abilities last longer. They almost completely monitor the area of ​​​​the Kusanagi Alliance. There is no blind spot of vision. Once they enter, they will be found .

   Not to mention, they are quite chicken thieves.

  When the Konoha team is monitored, the Baijue avatars will take the initiative to retreat, give up a part of the field of vision, and then call in people to help eliminate the black spots on the map.

  After several fights, Konoha was convinced that he could not gain any upper hand in terms of vision intelligence, so he changed his fighting style.

  First of all, let the sealing class improve the storage scroll, reducing the difficulty and cost of transporting items.

  Secondly, they began to send out bait teams including the Hyuga clan, to tempt, seduce, and entangle... They caught the shortcoming of Kusanagi's lack of manpower and made them exhausted.

  In addition, the four-person team is no longer used as the action unit, but multiple teams cooperate to escort.

Although this increased the transportation cost, it greatly improved the success rate of the mission. Barely opened up two roads leading to the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder in Longin Village and Tangren Village, the two weakest areas of Grass Ninja. country's trade.

Of course, this is not worth boasting about. Kusanagi Village only dispatched a few times, but it made Konoha’s normal business activities quite uncomfortable, and almost completely solved the disadvantages of the outflow of employment tasks in the country. It can be said that it is a win. .

  The Konoha ninja team is completely passive. When walking in Kusanagi's sphere of influence, they must always worry about the opponent's intrusion.

  The 'Enlightenment' in the Bliss Box is an irresistible monster for most Jonin. If it is touched, it will cause serious injury or death.

In this one and a half years, only three shots have brought a lot of casualties to Konoha Ninja. If Jilai hadn't been sitting on the border of Fire Nation and the support was still in place, perhaps these two business routes would have been destroyed. .

   But even so, the ninja team escorting the merchant still endured a lot of mental pressure.

  In this case, the Konoha Ninja Squad headed by Mifune, who was originally a samurai from the Iron Country, began to stand out.

   These people are not very strong, they are no different from ordinary Chunin and Jōnin, but after Baijue series of cell and gene fusion operations, they are real flesh.

   Some fatal injuries to ordinary ninjas, as long as they are treated in time, they can struggle back from the death line.

  This special physique made Konoha Ninja very envious, and even a little angry. It was Konoha Sannin who developed this kind of surgery, but the first to enjoy it was a group of 'outsiders'.

  —Of course, it’s not correct for the village to say this now, but many Konoha ninjas still can’t help but think this way in their hearts.

  So, where is Orochimaru in "Sannin"?

   It was rumored that he was besieged and seriously injured in Taki Ninja Village in order to seek information about Kusanagi, but more than a year later, he still did not show up, and some rumors that he was defeated and died spread like wildfire.

  Although the village immediately refuted the rumors, it still couldn't stop the private discussions.

  Being worried every time you perform a mission, and the samurai are keen on their health, they have developed the Orochimaru for physical strengthening surgery, and the topic has never been brought down.

  Although most of the discussion content is quite controversial, in general, it is a good thing.

  The four-tailed jinchuriki old purple was attacked before and after Orochimaru's disappearance. Up to now, not many people even in Yanyin Village have paid attention to this matter.

  In the final analysis, if you are strong alone, you are at best a high-level thug. In non-war periods, people who care about grand narratives will always care.

  Most people care more about things that are close at hand, such as when will Orochimaru come back? For example, when can low-risk surgery be used?

  …

  Damp bone forest.

  Old Zi, whom no one cared about, was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the cave.

  His black and white eyes stared forward, and he pressed his hands on the ground and spewed chakra. A crack opened on the ground, and magma fire gushed out, turning the hearth built of gravel into red.

   Yes, he's lighting a fire.

  The heat of the magma passed through the stove, roasting the stone pot red, and the thick layer of grease spread on it gave off a fresh fragrance after being heated.

  Old Zi sniffed, put the fish piece that had been processed long ago flat on it, waited for time, and turned it over repeatedly until the large piece of fish was completely cooked.

   "Slug Immortal, this is yours."

  Lao Zi inserted the fish meat with a prepared stone stick and placed it in front of a slug the size of a puppy. Then he continued to repeat the previous steps. After a while, he made another portion.

  Old Zi grabbed the stone stick, ignored the temperature of the fish, and took a bite, "Huh..."

   Breathing in continuously, he swallowed the fresh and tender fish meat, narrowed his eyes slightly, and seemed to be enjoying it.

  —to have fun while suffering.

  Damp bone forest is forbidden to go out, and its own resources are very scarce, even the most common salt, although there is no shortage of big fish and meat, but the taste is just like that.

  Lao Zi is just a ninja after all, not a time traveler, he doesn't have so much "common sense of life" in his mind, at most he can boil seawater to produce some crude salt.

   Even so, after living in the wet bone forest for more than a year, Lao Zi has figured out some ways based on his experience.

  For example, the fish that I eat now, Lao Zi can’t name it, the only thing he knows is that this kind of sea fish is different from others, it has a hot and spicy taste after frying.

   In this dark wet bone forest, it is already a rare enjoyment.

  Uh... well, it does sound a bit miserable, but with whom to compare.

  After eating and drinking, Lao Zi looked at another corner of the cave by the light of the gemstone.

  There, Orochimaru lowered his head, still conducting unknown research, and beside him were huge bones and some smelly fish.

  Not to mention whether it can be digested or not, the taste alone is definitely not something ordinary people can bear, but Dashewan has been eaten for more than a year.

   After finding a little sense of superiority in eating, on the other hand, he also admires Orochimaru.

   Witnessing such terrifying concentration, Lao Zi knew that he did not complain about the loss.

   Just thinking about it, the huge black shadow dragged its tail and rushed towards him.

  (end of this chapter)