Susanoo-no-Mikoto stared coldly at Orochimaru, the long staff in his hand pointed straight at him.
Then he charged forward once more.
Orochimaru went through the most bewildering ten minutes of his life.
The man who had badly injured him actually started bandaging his wounds.
He even set his broken bones.
Then.
"The target possesses the strength to threaten the mission objective."
"Continue the interception mission."
After hearing those two lines from Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Orochimaru was attacked again.
The assault continued for ten minutes.
"Summoning Technique!"
Orochimaru couldn't take it any longer.
Even though they were near Konoha, he didn't want to keep being treated like this.
The next moment, the enormous Manda appeared.
Seeing the gigantic creature suddenly appear, Susanoo-no-Mikoto's expression turned grave.
"A super-high-level dangerous species?"
"Still within the range I can eliminate."
Susanoo-no-Mikoto's face grew serious, and he launched another attack.
Manda had barely appeared and was just about to tell Orochimaru to prepare a sufficient offering when Susanoo-no-Mikoto's attack struck.
The giant snake's head was sent flying.
The pain unleashed Manda's ferocity.
He swept his body toward Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
His enormous body, combined with tremendous strength—
"Bang!"
Under the terrifying force, Susanoo-no-Mikoto disappeared into a cloud of dust.
"What incredible speed!"
"Orochimaru, the enemy you've run into this time is pretty strong!"
"Since when did you start going on adventures in such dangerous places?!"
A hint of excitement gleamed in Manda's eyes.
Every time he'd been summoned before, he'd only had to deal with trash opponents.
This time... finally, he had a worthy opponent!
"Don't gloat."
"That guy is strong!"
"I'll treat myself first. Then we'll fight together!"
As he spoke, Orochimaru began treating his own injuries.
There wasn't much left of his body that was in good shape anyway.
A few broken bones were no big deal.
"Tch!"