At Mei Terumi's command, dozens of ninjas who had been ready and waiting for some time blurred into streaks and headed for the Mizukage Building.
On the other side.
After crushing a bounty hunter's throat, Orochimaru gave Raiga Kurosuki a strange grin. "You're holding a Lightning Blade. I didn't expect you to be one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"
Raiga Kurosuki glanced at the dozen or so bounty hunters sprawled around him. His expression darkened, and he quickly dashed away.
Their mission was to find Orochimaru and monitor his every move. They weren't supposed to confront him head-on.
But Orochimaru had noticed them and wiped them all out single-handedly.
She had said from the start that Orochimaru wouldn't be easy to deal with.
Things had gone just as she'd expected.
Orochimaru glanced in the direction Raiga Kurosuki had fled, lost in thought.
Orochimaru couldn't figure out why the other party had been targeting him.
Raiga Kurosuki had already gone rogue from Kirigakure. Whoever was behind this couldn't be from Kirigakure.
After pondering for a while, Orochimaru still couldn't make sense of it.
So he left the house with Haku and moved to a new hideout.
The Mizukage Building.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
After several muffled impacts, Sora was struck by the Fourth Mizukage, who had entered Tailed Beast Transformation. He went flying and slammed hard into a shop along the street.
Sora crawled out of the rubble in a sorry state and spat out a mouthful of blood. He sneered, "How did that guy let the Fourth Mizukage break free of his control?"
If he hadn't had Shikotsumyaku to protect him, being struck by the Fourth Mizukage would have left him far worse off than just coughing up blood.
After using Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals to dodge one