Manda Turns Against Orochimaru! Orochimaru Flees
The Manda's body is covered in hard, purple scales, and it is enormous.
After being summoned, it instantly filled the Swamp of the Shinki.
The Manda flicked their tongues, and a dangerous displeasure appeared in their snake eyes!
"Orochimaru, didn't I tell you not to summon me unless it's absolutely necessary?"
"Give me at least a hundred living Sacrifices! ╰_╯"
After hearing Manda's words, Orochimaru nodded repeatedly.
And he whispered, "As long as you can survive."
Orochimaru summoned Manda primarily to buy time for his own escape.
The Shinki possesses Wood Release, making it far beyond the capabilities of Manda...
After hearing Orochimaru agree to his request, Manda's eyes sharpened as he looked ahead, his voice sinister and hoarse. "What's it about this time?"
"I want to kill that brat in front of me," Orochimaru said.
Manda hissed as it exhaled a breath from its nostrils, seemingly expressing its disdain.
"You're really getting worse as you get older; now you even need to summon me to fight a little devil."
"This brat isn't One-Tail..."
As it spoke, the massive body of the Manda writhed in the mud!
"Splash--"
The tails of the Manda, laden with mud, swept towards the Shinki!
Shinki felt that Manda was a bit dirty and was unwilling to have any physical contact with him.
So he raised his right hand!
"Swoosh--"
Pure Chakra converges!
From the tip of the Shinki's palm, a long and wide Chakra Scalpel extends!!
Nearby, Kabuto, who hadn't run far, Kabuto Yakushi back to check the situation and, upon seeing this, broke out in a cold sweat.
That scalpel is ridiculously large; it must be used to perform surgery on Tailed Beast!
He is also medical-nin.
Even if he used all his Chakra, he couldn't extend Chakra Scalpel as huge as the Shinki!
What a terrifying amount of Chakra!
On the other side, Manda, who had extended its tail, also realized that something was wrong.
But by the time it tried to pull its tail back, it was too late!
Shinki raised his knife and brought it down!
"Buzz--"
Chakra surged, parting the air!
The next moment, an incomparably sharp Chakra Scalpel severed one-third of Manda's body from the rear!
"Hiss!!--"
This caused the Manda to frantically flick their tongues in pain!!
"Ah!! Orochimaru! I'm so badly injured, it would take at least ten thousand living Sacrifices to heal me!!"
It roared and complained about Orochimaru.
It couldn't understand how a young Ninja who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old could possess such power!
This kid must have grown up eating Chakra!!
Before Orochimaru could reply...
Manda saw the Shinki opposite him clapping its hands together!
"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"
"Whoosh--"
A giant Wooden Man, forty to fifty meters tall, has appeared!
Upon witnessing this scene, Manda completely lost his composure!!
"Orochimaru, why didn't you tell me this kid could use Wood Release!"
Orochimaru!!
Manda called out Orochimaru's name a few more times, trying to find out the background of the Red-Haired Kid in front of him.
But no matter how many times he called out, Orochimaru didn't respond.
The Manda turned their backs, but Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen on their backs!
Manda: Σ( ° △ °|||)
It's over!
I got tricked by that scoundrel!!
The next moment, Shinki controlled the Wooden Man and slowly walked towards Manda.
Every time the Wooden Man's foot landed, it stirred up a considerable splash of water in the mud!
And with each step the Wooden Man took closer, the panic in Manda's eyes intensified!
(°Д°≡°Д°)
This damn sense of oppression!!
This is the Wood Release once used by the God of Shinobi!!
A technique capable of capturing Tailed Beasts alive!!
In fact, Manda's body is not much different from that of the Wooden Man, but it cannot muster the slightest thought of resistance!
Run?
You still have to be able to escape!
Now that half of Manda's body has been cut off, its movement speed has been greatly reduced!
Finally, as the Wooden Man approached, Manda lowered his proud head and said earnestly, "Young man, perhaps we can talk."
A playful glint appeared in Shinki's eyes. "You say."
"If you spare me this time, I'm willing to abandon Orochimaru and form Summoning Contract with you," Manda hurriedly said.
In fact, it didn't really want to make a pact with the Shinki.
I simply wanted to wait until the Summoning Technique ended so I could return to Ryūchi Cave and have a good talk with the Great Snake Sage...
Unexpectedly, Shinki revealed a serious expression.
As far as he knew, Manda was Orochimaru's Summoned Beast, originating from Ryūchi Cave of the Three Great Sage Regions sites.
Its status in Ryūchi Cave is equivalent to, or perhaps even higher than, Gamabunta of Mount Myōboku...
If I capture this Summoned Beast, wouldn't I be able to go and check out Ryūchi Cave?
You should know that Ryūchi Cave is a place where Sage Art are passed down; who knows what treasures and secret manuals of Sage Arts might be hidden inside...
Thinking about this, Shinki felt that it was a good deal to take this cheap Summoned Beast!
(ﾉ∇︎ )
"Okay, I'm willing to enter into Summoning Contract with you."
As he spoke, Shinki reached out and covered the serpent's lowered head.
"Shuashuashua..."
Mysterious runes seeped from the Shinki's hand, covering the surface of the giant serpent's body!
The next moment, Orochi could clearly sense that his connection with Orochimaru was weakening!
Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
Who exactly is this kid? He managed to erase my spiritual connection with Orochimaru just by touching me...
Immediately afterwards, the Shinki drew several lines on the head of the Manda, and a new Summoning Contract was formed!
The entire process, from placing the Shinki's hand on the head of the Manda to taking it away, took less than a minute!
"Now that you've become my Summoned Beast, you can no longer eat people."
After withdrawing his hand, Shinki said in a serious tone.
Manda sneered disdainfully.
If a giant snake doesn't eat people, is it still a giant snake?
The next moment, Manda, who wanted to refute, raised his head and looked directly into Shinki's calm eyes.
Those eyes were clear and bright, with a subtle yet palpable sense of pressure!
If I refuse, this guy might cut me into eight pieces with a scalpel!
The imposing aura of the Manda instantly weakened!
The words that were about to come out of his throat were swallowed back down.
Manda: "Understood."
Shinki smiled and patted the snake's head, "Good boy, I'll come visit your Ryūchi Cave next time I have time."
After saying this, he dispelled the Summoning Technique and sent the Manda back to Ryūchi Cave...
After doing all this, Shinki turned his head and looked in the direction Orochimaru had fled.
"You don't really think you can escape, do you?"
On the other side, Orochimaru, who hadn't run far, was still shaken.
"The connection between Manda and me has disappeared; it's probably been killed by Shinki."
"Three years have passed, and this kid has grown from a child into a ruthless and decisive individual."
"Luckily I ran fast, otherwise I would have been the one in trouble..."
"By the way, we need to hurry up and research a potion to counteract Wood Release. Ideally, we should also disable his other elemental techniques... This kid is too strong right now; ten of me wouldn't be enough to take him down..."
Towards the end, Orochimaru let out a long sigh.
"Sigh, when will I ever have a body like this...?"