Kazakami Senran had mobilized because the time had come when he had no choice but to act.
A massive Giant Purple Snake crashed through the eastern defenses of the Sunagakure camp with a hiss.
The person standing atop the snake was slender, pale-skinned, with long hair and purple eyeshadow.
Orochimaru!
Among the Konoha Three Sannin, Orochimaru had the greatest reputation.
Though the Konoha Three Sannin had yet to reach the heights they would attain years later, after earning the title of the Three Sannin, they were already nearing their prime. Every one of them was a genuine Kage-level powerhouse.
Behind him stood Konoha Ninja armed with swords, blades, and kunai, all superbly equipped.
"Sayama, Tetsuya, hold them back with the puppets. Sada, support them with ninjutsu. Kurokawa, let's go!"
To stop Orochimaru, Sunagakure had deployed nearly all of its remaining High-Level Combat Power.
Yet there were not many who were qualified to fight a powerhouse like Orochimaru.
Of the entire Sunagakure force sent to the Land of Rain, there were only a little over twenty Jonin. Of those, only a handful could be called elite among Jonin.
Sunakami Sayama and Tetsuya were respectively the vice-captain of the Puppet Force's First Division and the captain of its Second Division. Together with Sada, Kurokawa, and Kazakami Senran, the five Elite Jonin could barely hold Orochimaru off for a while with the support of the ninja forces.
As for defeating him, that was basically impossible.
Shimizu and the other two kept watch as they observed the battle in terror.
Kazakami Senran and the Jonin named Tetsuya were unexpectedly strong, clearly more powerful than the other three Jonin. They were also the ones bearing the greatest pressure.
If Shimizu had to judge, he would say that even if these two were inferior to Hatake