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Ichigo Hot Spring.

The gentle moonlight poured down like liquid silver, illuminating the cobblestone pavement in all its beauty.

Hanfeng sat in the warm pool, but goosebumps kept breaking out all over his body.

"You look a little uncomfortable." Orochimaru watched Hanfeng with a smile, his gaze growing increasingly amused.

Hanfeng's mouth twitched. This was more than discomfort—it was practically psychological trauma!

"Orochimaru!"

Hanfeng took a deep breath to rein in his temper, then stared at him impassively. "You've got some nerve. In broad... daylight—under the moon, no less—you dared sneak into Konoha!"

"I've already paid a visit to the Fourth Hokage. Surely you know that?" Orochimaru said with a smile.

Hanfeng instantly felt a wave of malice wash over him. He didn't want to waste time talking, and was ready to get up and take the bastard out!

But Orochimaru seemed to have seen through his intentions. His smile widened, growing colder as he rasped, "Hanfeng-kun, I'm only a clone. I came here just to have a chat with you."

"I've got nothing to say to you." Hanfeng stood up and cupped his right hand. A rapidly spinning Rasengan formed in an instant with a roar.

Orochimaru didn't move at all. He just stared intently at Hanfeng's face and asked, "Hanfeng-kun, in what capacity did you take the Three-Tails Jinchuriki from me? As a Konoha Anbu, or as part of the Abyss?"

"None of your business!"

Hanfeng's resolve never wavered, and his expression stayed unchanged as he slapped Orochimaru into a pile of Rasengan rubble.

But inside, his thoughts churned. Orochimaru's paranoid nature was truly awful!

He climbed out of the Hot Spring Pool, went to the nearby courtyard to dry himself off, then changed back into his own clothes.

As he left the small house, Mei Terumi came