"Have you eaten humans or not?"
"What if I haven't?"
White Snake Sage asked.
Lin Qing's gaze, mingled with the blazing sunlight, fell on her as he met her eyes.
"If you haven't, I can talk with you about Kumogakure."
"If you have..."
"Then you die."
"Heh—"
White Snake Sage let out a scoffing laugh.
The earth suddenly split open. A massive, scarlet snake, every bit as thick as Manda, slithered up from underground.
The great snake, Garaga.
One of its eyes was blind. Its sole remaining eye was filled with hatred for humans and wild fury.
"Garaga, kill him. Your reward will be the same as Manda's."
"Don't order me around!"
Garaga was different from Manda.
It didn't need a reward to kill people.
To Garaga, hunting humans was the greatest reward of all.
Garaga crawled out of the earth inch by inch, its scarlet scales gleaming like steel beneath the sunlight. It bared its fangs, its two venomous teeth glinting with a cruel, icy light.
"Roar—"
It was hard to imagine that the sound had come from a snake.
Waves of sound rippled outward. With a furious roar, Garaga shot into the sky, blotting out the sun like a true dragon soaring through the heavens.
It looked down at Lin Qing, opened its jaws, and sprayed foul venom in a torrent.
Garaga might have been insane, but it wasn't stupid.
In its eyes, Manda was a useless piece of trash. Still, he was one of the more notable pieces of trash in Ryūchi Cave.
Lin Qing had smashed Manda's skull in just a few minutes, which meant he had some skill.
So Garaga opened with its strongest move.
Once its venom touched you—even a single drop—you would turn to stone under the effects of Senjutsu, and Garaga would