Unscrupulous Master and Disciple Conning People Online

"Wood Release: Great Tree Technique."

"Ice Release: Shattering Ice Technique."

Two children were seen sparring in a blank arena. One child with a square face, half black and half white hair, and large eyes, and another child with a melon seed face, small eyes, black hair, and black pupils, were fighting using ninjutsu.

It was indeed Kōichi and Sanshō.

This Wood Release user had been sold to Danzō by Orochimaru at an exorbitant price.

Danzō, anticipating more children, named him Kōichi, meaning "the first," with the implication that there would be more.

However, he didn't know that Orochimaru, after discovering that Sanshō's cell infectivity could be neutralized by the First Hokage's cells, had taken the money and gone to research immortality, completely disregarding Danzō's plans.

On the field, a withered sapling rapidly grew and coiled around Sanshō.

Sanshō's intelligence clone yawned lazily and simply spat out a breath of ice, shattering it.

Shattering Ice Technique is a variation of Water Arrow Technique. By increasing the amount of chakra and flattening the water ball before turning it into ice, it breaks into several shards. Hence its name.

Danzō watched from the sidelines, frowning as he observed Sanshō, whose chakra was practically boundless, easily dominating Kōichi, who was barely at the Genin level.

Danzō sighed softly, but his mood wasn't entirely bad.

After all, with Sanshō as a shining example, Kōichi wouldn't be bad once he grew up. Kōichi looked to be only six or seven years old.

Danzō miscalculated again. In reality, Kōichi was already ten years old. Due to malnutrition during the war-torn era, he was only a little over a meter tall and so thin and shriveled that he naturally looked younger.

Danzō sighed and said, "Sanshō, from now on, Kōichi will be your direct subordinate. Get along well."

Perhaps deep down, Danzō truly saw Sanshō, a cyborg who resembled him by ninety percent, as his own child.

Sanshō sighed softly, thinking to himself, It's good to have someone following along. At least it's safer.

Ōnoki, in his role as a supportive elder, to either elevate or suppress Sanshō, not only widely publicized Roshi's defeat but also gave Sanshō a new name: Shimura Unrivaled!

He even placed a bounty of ten million ryo in the underworld.

As for why it was clear he was behind it, it was simple: the Sand Ninja were so poor they were wetting their pants.

According to an unwritten rule in the underworld: the bounty issuer must pay half the bounty upfront. The Sand Ninja didn't have the money.

After finishing training his subordinates, Sanshō's intelligence clone went to the Hokage Building to find Orochimaru.

Sanshō personally witnessed the Third Hokage, in his role as a supportive elder, strip Orochimaru of his commander status with just a sleeve of his Hokage robe and a few kind words.

Under the guise of "great contributions," he was promoted to Hokage Assistant.

Heh, naive! The Third Hokage had done the same thing to Hatake Sakumo back then. However, the supportive elder had miscalculated. Orochimaru wasn't interested in the military; he was more interested in money.

But Orochimaru wasn't like Hatake Sakumo. Orochimaru and Danzō were both pragmatists, unlike the naive Hatake Sakumo.

Orochimaru now spent his days at the mission assignment office. Wasn't it more profitable to fleece Genin by assigning them missions? The money earned could be used to buy equipment and materials, wouldn't he be delighted?

Unlike Hatake Sakumo, who foolishly went to train the Anbu. He worked himself to death and gained nothing, ultimately being forced to his death by Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

When Sanshō arrived, Orochimaru was haggling with an envoy from a small country's Daimyo.

Sanshō completely inherited the personalities of Orochimaru and Danzō, being a thorough pragmatist who didn't care about face or anything else.

The other party, seeing the child baring his teeth and threatening to turn hostile if the price wasn't increased, slowly formed a question mark above his head.

However, after hearing the explanation from his attendant, he learned that this child was actually Shimura Unrivaled, who had flooded the Rock Ninja and buried the Sand Ninja in snow. He immediately agreed to pay more.

(Damn it, black-hearted merchants bullying customers!)

This unscrupulous master and disciple duo managed to inflate a B-rank water diversion and canal construction mission into an A-rank price.

They even claimed it was out of consideration for their years of cooperation, otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered during wartime.

When the other party left with a flushed face, Orochimaru secretly changed the mission scroll back to B-rank.

Recorded as one of Danzō's staunch supporters was Yamanaka Fu. Yamanaka Fu saw that it was the master and disciple duo, Sanshō and Orochimaru, shook his head, and pretended not to see.

While Hiruzen Sarutobi was busy with war matters, the master and disciple duo earned money by day and experimented by night.

The days passed like this, until a major turning point occurred on the front lines.

One day, while Sanshō and Orochimaru were still conning people, Sanshō's expression suddenly changed. He nodded to Orochimaru and disappeared with a "boom."

The person who came to assign the mission was startled. Orochimaru quickly exaggerated the situation, claiming the front lines were dire, and demanded more mission fees.

When Sanshō was summoned by his main body, the entire camp was already engulfed in flames.

Sanshō secretly guessed: It seems Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu have found their candidate, and this place is no longer needed.

A dense fog surrounded the area, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face. A slight sensing revealed faint traces of chakra filling the mist.

Sanshō's speed clone quickly formed hand seals: Ninjutsu; Snake Illusion Body.

Then, he stood behind and observed the situation.

The strength clone took out a scroll from his person and handed it to Hyuga Go. Hyuga Go opened the scroll.

Inside was the snake venom and antidote meticulously prepared by Orochimaru.

Then, the strength clone, holding "Peerless of the West," stood beside Hyuga Go, one on each side of Sanshō. Everyone else scattered, in utter chaos.

Sanshō and his intelligence clone quickly formed hand seals and shouted in unison, "Ice Release: Blizzard."

The surrounding ninjas heard this and quickly converged towards Bing San's direction.

The sky was filled with falling snow. The mist, agitated by the snow, quickly began to recede.

Mist Ninja had already broken into the main camp. The man leading the charge had long black hair flying, and his pure blue eyes sparkled like stars.

He wore the Rain God Armor, a Mizukage's hat, and a strangely shaped sword at his waist.

It was the Third Mizukage. It was unbelievable that this blind man, who always kept his eyes closed, was personally leading the charge.

The Akimichi and the madmen of the Kaguya clan clashed once more.

Kurama Chōjō, clutching his stomach, was once again confronting Shark Mouth.

Jiraiya was fighting two opponents, facing Jūzō Biwa and Suikazan Fuguki.

Minato Namikaze was out on patrol and not present today, and the Ino-Shika-Cho squad was entangled with Ao and his subordinates.

Hyuga Kyuya and Bing San were not far apart, but three individuals wielding bone swords were eyeing them menacingly.

The Agile Clone carefully scanned the scene. The entire camp was surrounded, and he had no idea about the situation with the patrol teams outside.

How could they have been surrounded directly without any warning? Could Minato Namikaze have fallen in battle?

With this momentum, they might all be wiped out here.

At this moment, the Third Mizukage on the opposing side spoke: "Impressive Ninjutsu, worthy of the ice-cold Shimura Unrivaled.

Are you interested in joining the Mist Ninja? Your talents can only be fully realized within the Mist Ninja."

Their own high-end combat power was tied up, yet the opposing Third Mizukage didn't even have an opponent.

Facing the Third Mizukage directly, Bing San thought bitterly, I'm just a baby, why are they looking for me?