Orochimaru! Your eyes are still as... fierce as ever!
Jiraiya's gaze turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "And your ideas... are still as dangerous as they were in the past!"
"Hinata, you deal with the guy with glasses! I'll handle Orochimaru!"
"Oh oh!"
Hinata nodded repeatedly in agreement, then looked at Kabuto Yakushi with a cute expression and said with a grin, "Kabuto-senpai, why don't we just watch the show from the sidelines and let the two of them fight to the death?"
"If Orochimaru is killed, I'll let you go. If the Pervy Sage is killed, you'll let me go... How about it?"
The Kabuto Yakushi tilted his head and said with a faint smile, "Good idea. Anyway, the outcome between us is irrelevant. As small fry like us, we just need to avoid dragging them down."
Hinata gave Kabuto Yakushi a thumbs-up, nodding vigorously and saying, "Yes! That's exactly right!"
After saying that, Hinata took out a bag of Honey Fruit from her backpack, handed it to Kabuto Yakushi, and asked, "Kabuto-senpai, would you like some?"
Kabuto Yakushi chuckled lightly, "Hehe! I don't need it!"
Jiraiya and Orochimaru stared at each other awkwardly. What should they do if they suddenly didn't want to fight anymore?
We two 'Legendary Sannin' are fighting to the death here, while you two little shrimps sit on the sidelines and watch the show?
Hinata glanced at Jiraiya, then at Orochimaru, and seeing that the two still hadn't made a move, she immediately said with dissatisfaction, "You two want to fight? Then fight! Pervy Sage, go ahead and hit him! Have you two even considered how we, the audience, feel?"
"Oh! By the way, would you like to move to a more spacious place?"
Jiraiya's face was ashen, as he looked at Orochimaru and said, "This place is indeed not suitable for fighting."
Orochimaru's expression wasn't much better than Jiraiya's. He nodded slightly, then moved quickly and ran towards the outskirts.
Hinata, Jiraiya, Kabuto Yakushi followed.
The ninjas were incredibly fast, and in no time, the four of them arrived at a desolate area five miles outside Tanzaku City.
Hinata and Jiraiya stood together, facing Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi.
Orochimaru looked at Hinata with a gloomy gaze, but said to Kabuto Yakushi beside him, "Even if you're just going to watch the show, you still have to do something."
Kabuto Yakushi slightly, then took out Kunai and cut his finger, smearing the blood on Orochimaru's arm.
Jiraiya bit his finger and rapidly Hand Seals.
"Summoning Technique!"
Manda Gamabunta appeared on the field at the same time.
"Yo! Isn't this Manda? It's been so long! And Orochimaru too..."
Gamabunta's voice had a slightly teasing tone.
Hinata looked at the giant Toad at her feet with great curiosity. Although she had seen it many times in the manga, this was the first time she had ever seen a real Gamabunta.
"This is the giant Toad of Mount Myōboku!"
Compared to Gamabunta's obedience, Manda was much more domineering. "Orochimaru, don't always dump this mess on me, or I'll eat you up!"
Hinata, however, was staring at Gamabunta. I also felt a bit hungry...
Hinata suddenly looked up at Jiraiya and encouraged him, "Pervy Sage, you have to do your best! You have to take down that giant snake! Tonight we'll roast the snake meat, and we can take its gall bladder back to my dad to make medicinal wine to help him recover."
Gamabunta rolled his eyes upwards and snorted, "Although it's a bit annoying to have a brat standing on my head, well said, I also happen to want a snakeskin wallet!"
Hinata asked doubtfully, "Giant Toad, do you people on Mount Myōboku also have to pay for things?"
Gamabunta: "..."
Jiraiya scoffed, "Don't just think about eating all day long. You should at least know something about Summoning Beast! If they're too badly injured, they can return to the Summoning World on their own!"
"Oh, oh!" Hinata exclaimed excitedly. "That's right! There are many giant snakes in Ryūchi Cave!"
To be honest, soaking Orochimaru in alcohol is a bit disgusting, but if you use snakes from Ryūchi Cave to soak in alcohol, then it's fine.
Manda glared fiercely at Hinata and said menacingly, "You brat, I'm going to kill you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Manda charged toward Gamabunta at an incredible speed, a speed that seemed impossible for someone of his enormous size.
Gamabunta leaped into the air and slashed at Manda with his sword.
Manda opened its huge mouth and bit down on Gamabunta's Ninja Blade, while simultaneously whipping its tail at Gamabunta.
Gamabunta had to abandon his Ninja Blade and retreat.
Jiraiya shouted, "Gamabunta, oil!"
"Know!"
Hinata channeled her chakra to her feet and absorbed Gamabunta, watching the two Summoning Beast battle with great excitement. The scene was even more thrilling than a 3D movie.
Gamabunta spits out oil, Jiraiya uses Fire Release: Flame Bullet. The Fire Release reacts with the oil, and in the blink of an eye, a sea of fire soars into the sky.
Fire Release: Oil Flame Bullet!
"Oh oh oh—"
Hinata shouted excitedly.
To be honest, Jiraiya's Oil Flame Bullet was just as spectacular as Madara Uchiha's Great Fire Annihilation.
The only difference is that one uses Fire Release with its own power, while the other relies on Toad Oil for assistance.
Hinata her Byakugan and shouted, "It's snakeskin, it's down there!"
At that moment, Gamabunta landed on the ground, and the ground instantly exploded, with something of unknown origin bursting out of the earth!
Gamabunta grabbed the thing; it turned out to be the tail of Manda!
"Hinata!"
Jiraiya immediately sensed something was wrong. When it comes to long-range ninjutsu that doesn't require Hand Seals, no one is faster than the Hyuga Clan's Mountain Breaker.
Hinata had already observed the battle situation through her Byakugan and quickly gathered Chakra Fist, but in her haste, she hadn't had time to integrate Natural Energy.
However, Manda's head had already burst out of the ground behind Gamabunta and was about to bite Gamabunta.
Hinata unleashed both fists simultaneously, and five Chakra Ray merged into one, instantly blasting into Manda's mouth and exiting from the back of Manda's head.
The Manda, in pain, involuntarily shook its head.
Gamabunta seized the opportunity and instantly leaped away from Manda.
As he jumped back, Gamabunta puffed out his mouth and spat out a water ball.
Water Release: Water Bullet
The Manda was caught off guard and was instantly struck by the Water Bullet, sending it flying through the air.
Before it even hit the ground, the Manda exploded into smoke with a 'BOOM' and fled back into Ryūchi Cave.
Manda would never fight to the death with anyone for Orochimaru.
Orochimaru landed on the ground, his face grim. He hadn't expected Manda to be defeated so quickly.
With his mouth wide open, Orochimaru's tongue stretched out rapidly, like... it's hard to say exactly what it resembled, but it was as if Orochimaru were inhuman, and swept towards Hinata.
"Hey! Didn't we agree that Kabuto-senpai and I wouldn't participate in the battle?!"
Orochimaru's tongue is absolutely disgusting; now he's even licking me...
Hinata didn't even want to touch it.
Hinata quickly hid behind Jiraiya, only peeking out her head, and loudly protested, "Orochimaru! I promised I wouldn't lay a hand on you. Kabuto broke the rules first. He used the Summoning Technique on you first."
"Don't hit me! If you want to hit someone, go hit that Pervy Sage. He has nothing to do with me."