Inducing

Chapter 43: Inducement [14 requests for collection]

Satoru looked awkwardly at Orochimaru's twitching lips.

Clearly, this Amegakure captain across from him didn't understand that a python's constricting power was a safer, more harmless option compared to its venom.

"Satoru, you watch them... I'll go find some food outside. When I get back, we'll start the interrogation!"

Orochimaru flicked his sleeve and left, the summoned python sliding off the captain's body and following him.

"Yes!"

Satoru nodded and exchanged a look with Nawaki and Mikoto.

The Amegakure captain gradually regained his breath. Seeing Orochimaru's figure disappear at the cave entrance, he gritted his teeth and signaled the sensing ninja.

The campfire dwindled. Nawaki scratched his head, glancing at his wet clothes.

"With this little fire, when will it get dry!"

"It's been raining here, and this is all dry firewood that the captain processed with Ninjutsu. Even if you go pick more firewood now, it'll be wet and won't burn," Mikoto said, pulling a small pot over from beside the campfire. It contained boiling compressed biscuit soup, emitting a fragrant aroma.

"Before the captain gets back, let's use this to tide us over. The captain hates this stuff, but I think it's pretty good."

Mikoto stood up and began distributing the emergency rations to everyone.

"We're limited on time. We'll start the interrogation immediately when the captain returns. The internal defenses of Amegakure in the direction of the Land of Birds, even if they don't know, will still have some valuable information."

Satoru took the food and spoke terrifying words in a seemingly casual tone.

"But I prefer a more direct approach. If they don't talk, I don't mind turning them into pigs to be roasted."

"Maybe roasted sheep would be better? Actually, I can also turn into a dog, and dogs bite people... Rabbits would be better."

Ito and his two companions, along with the three captives, all shivered. These ninjas, the youngest and seemingly cutest among them, were not only powerful but also ruthless!

And what were these bizarre techniques!

"Damn it, we can't wait any longer... Now is the time, attack!"

The Amegakure captain made a few gestures with his fingers tied behind his back. The sensing Amegakure nodded slightly, and the ropes binding his hands suddenly came loose!

Before Nawaki tied him up, he had managed to use his remaining consciousness to activate a Genjutsu, influencing Nawaki into believing he was quite securely bound...

And now, this became the key to their escape!

With the captain and his companions providing cover, the sensing Amegakure quickly formed hand seals and activated the strongest Genjutsu he currently possessed!

"Hey! You guys!"

With a loud shout, the sensing Amegakure drew the attention of all six people by the campfire. Before they could react, he successfully activated the Genjutsu!

"Thump!" "Thump!"

A series of falling sounds echoed. The sensing Amegakure gasped for breath – taking down six people in one go, especially while injured, nearly exhausted him.

"It worked!"

"Good job!"

"Captain, my technique can only last for a short time against six people. We have to leave quickly!"

Quickly untying his two companions, the sensing ninja immediately closed his eyes to sense.

"Bad... that Elite Jonin is not far from the cave entrance! He's rushing over!"

"These people have triggered alarm devices on them!"

"Damn it!"

The captain gritted his teeth fiercely. Looking at the people within arm's reach, whose heads he could seemingly harvest with a single grab, he made a decisive choice.

"Go! Transmit the information, and they're dead!"

"Escape before that Jonin returns! Even if you encounter him, he will definitely check on the mission targets first!"

The fastest Amegakure pulled his two teammates and quickly rushed out of the cave.

And just as the captain had said, Orochimaru, carrying two fish, saw them and his expression changed, but he still quickly moved towards the cave entrance.

"It worked!"

The captain rejoiced inwardly. These Konoha guys were doomed!

"Those scoundrels took all our signaling devices..."

"Hurry! The nearest defense zone has a Jonin in charge!"

The three of them fled rapidly.

"Damn it!"

The Amegakure captain's face was grim. After advancing for nearly half an hour, they had returned to the same cave entrance!

"That Konoha Jonin... did we fall under Genjutsu during our last encounter?!"

By the time the three Amegakure ninja, realizing they had fallen for Orochimaru's Genjutsu after their scout was severely injured, discovered this, Satoru's group had already found the second Amegakure patrol.

Orochimaru's method of controlling his summoned snakes was of great help in reconnaissance, allowing the team to safely bypass many enemy patrols.

"Oh? It seems they've been notified."

As they advanced, Orochimaru was actually monitoring the movements of the nearest patrol.

"They seem to have received some signal and are heading towards our previous location."

"It seems the plan was successful."

The group's pace slowed down.

Mr. Ito and the old butler were being carried by the samurai Sanada and Orochimaru, which greatly sped up their travel.

However, everyone knew that while it was fine for a short time, traveling like this for an extended period was impossible for ninja.

If they encountered combat, they wouldn't be able to cope.

"Hoo... they won't chase after us, will they..."

Mr. Ito, recalling what happened in the cave earlier, still felt a lingering fear:

"Why didn't they choose to eliminate 'us' back then?"

"It seems you still don't understand how much deterrence Teacher Orochimaru has. If they had wanted to act, they would have been dead."

Satoru smiled. Of the six people in the cave at the time, "Mr. Ito" was a Shadow Clone of Orochimaru transformed by the Deformation Technique, and the old butler was Satoru's Real Body Clone Technique transformation.

Nawaki falling for Genjutsu was something Satoru had discovered from the beginning. The Book of Medivh reacted to Genjutsu, so knowing it was Genjutsu made it not difficult to break.

Therefore, their escape later was only a part of Satoru's plan.

Even if they had attacked, the worst that could happen would be to finish them off early and switch to a different plan.

Fortunately, the plan was going relatively smoothly. The three Amegakure patrol members should have already informed their superiors about the "escort destination."

"Next, we'll take a short rest, and then we'll leave the border defense zone at full speed!"

"Alright!"

Nawaki and Mikoto were very excited. They had followed Satoru's plan all the way. Orochimaru had only acted as a deterrent and had barely made a move.

This meant that for this A-rank mission, with Orochimaru holding the line, their three-person team was actually in charge.

After arduous training, they discovered that after their first battle, their confidence had grown even stronger.

At the Amegakure border command center, the commanding Jonin frowned as he looked at the disheveled patrol team in front of him.

"The destination they need to pass through our Land of Rain to reach is a small country?"

"In other words, this Konoha Elite Mission team's escort destination is likely the Land of Birds?"

The Land of Birds is a small country bordering the Land of Rain, located between the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Rain, at the junction of the three countries.

If one wants to travel from the Land of Fire to the Land of Birds, they must pass through the Land of Rain.