If You Won't Do It, Ryūchi Cave Has Plenty of Snakes Who Will!

Time flew by.

More than eight months had passed since Jiang Mo began Orochimaru's newly arranged training plan.

Chiyu was now thirteen years old and stood along the coastline of the Land of Fire.

Orochimaru had accepted a C-rank Mission for Chiyu.

He was to eliminate pirates who had landed in the Land of Fire from the coast.

A great number of headless corpses lay scattered around Chiyu.

They were the pirates' bodies.

What surprised Chiyu was that there were actually ninja among those pirates.

According to reason, ninja should not have appeared in the C-rank Mission Chiyu had accepted.

Yet ahead of him, not far away, stood three people who could all use ninjutsu.

During their exchange, Chiyu realized that these three were definitely not pirates. They had to be ninja from a hidden village.

Their fighting methods were entirely those of ninja.

After considering it for a moment, Chiyu guessed that they were likely enemy ninja hiding among the pirates, intending to infiltrate the Land of Fire.

The three ninja were now watching Chiyu vigilantly, their expressions tense.

In such a short time, the boy before them had slaughtered every pirate. If they had not been positioned at the outermost edge of the pirate group and constantly interfered with Chiyu, they might have been beheaded as well.

Knowing they were no match for Chiyu, the leader of the three ninja quietly said, "Retreat," and prepared to flee.

Chiyu revealed a bloodthirsty smile. "I can't let you get away. You'll make fine achievements for me!"

Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!

A thunderous roar like tearing air rang out as Chiyu transformed into a streak of lightning and rushed at the nearest ninja at incredible speed.

With one slash, even the back of his blade cut into the opponent's flesh.

The struck ninja screamed and collapsed to the ground like a pile of mush.

The ninja struck in the back had his spine directly shattered by the back of Chiyu's blade.

Chiyu then rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, inhaled sharply, and puffed out his chest.

Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!

Chiyu spat four fire dragons ahead, attacking another ninja simultaneously from above, below, left, and right.

The second ninja immediately formed hand seals and pressed both hands against the ground.

Water Release: Water Formation Wall!

After channeling Water Release Chakra into the ground, he created an upright wall of water that rose from below.

The water wall successfully blocked the fire dragons from above and below, but it could not defend against the two fire dragons attacking from the left and right.

The two fire dragons struck the ninja and exploded instantly.

The charred ninja was blasted out of the explosion and fell to the ground.

Chiyu turned his gaze toward the third and final ninja.

The last ninja had fled rather quickly and was already some distance away from Chiyu.

The tip of Chiyu's longsword pointed directly at the ninja still fleeing desperately.

Lightning coiled around the longsword, crackling without pause.

Thunder Breathing Fifth Form: Heat World Lightning!

A lightning-shaped slash carrying searing heat burst from the longsword and struck at the final ninja.

The lightning-shaped slash was so fast that it hit its target in practically the blink of an eye.

Under the lightning's bombardment, the final ninja's hair instantly stood on end, his entire body convulsed, and white smoke began rising from him.

Chiyu promptly stopped the sword form to keep from electrocuting him to death.

The three ninja had been dealt with by Chiyu with virtually no ability to resist.

Chiyu gathered the three ninja who had lost their ability to fight together.

Then Chiyu formed hand seals again and pressed his hand to the ground.

Summoning Jutsu!

A cloud of smoke appeared. Once it dispersed, a large white snake appeared before Chiyu.

The white snake greeted him coldly. "Lord Chiyu."

Chiyu pointed at the three unconscious ninja on the ground. "White Snake, swallow them into your belly."

The moment it heard it was to swallow them into its belly, the white snake's voice became incomparably enthusiastic. Its body wrapped around Chiyu as it eagerly showed off. "Ah, Lord Chiyu, you're so good to me! You knew I was hungry and brought me food! I just love you to death~"

Chiyu rolled his eyes. The moment there was food, it became this enthusiastic. Snakes could change their faces that quickly too, apparently.

Just as the white snake opened its mouth and prepared to eat the three unconscious ninja whole, Chiyu reminded it, "Those three aren't food for you. I still have use for them. They're only being stored in your body temporarily. You can eat the corpses around us as you please."

Hearing that they were not food for it, the white snake immediately grew anxious. "What? Lord Chiyu, aren't you just toying with my feelings? What's so good about eating dead people?"

Chiyu grabbed the white snake and pulled it off himself. "Now you're being picky about food? Are you doing it or not? If you won't do it, Ryūchi Cave has plenty of snakes who will!"

"I'll do it, I'll do it, okay? You summoned me out here and now you're exploiting me like this. Is that fair?"

The white snake still agreed. While grumbling, it began by eating the corpses around them.

The corpses vanished at a visible speed.

Chiyu watched in amazement. After eating so many bodies, the white snake's belly showed no sign of swelling.

Soon, all the corpses had been eaten. Next came the turn of the three ninja.

Chiyu could not help reminding it, "I really do have use for these three ninja. Don't actually eat them!"

The white snake flicked its tongue at Chiyu and said dissatisfiedly, "Lord Chiyu, I have professional ethics too, you know."

The white snake opened its mouth again and swallowed the unconscious ninja one by one into its belly.

This time, the white snake's belly finally changed, swelling tremendously.

Chiyu asked curiously, "Why didn't your belly get bigger when you ate all those corpses just now?"

The white snake explained, "My gastric fluid can rapidly corrode flesh. Those three are currently staying in a part of my body without gastric fluid."

Chiyu suddenly understood. "So that's how it is. All right, I'll store those three ninja with you for now. I'll summon you again later."

A cloud of smoke enveloped the white snake, and it returned to Ryūchi Cave.

After tidying up, Chiyu set off for Konoha.

Over these eight months, Orochimaru had basically accepted a C-rank Mission for him once every month.

If Chiyu had not been merely a Genin, Orochimaru would have planned to accept B-rank Missions for him.

Over these eight months, Chiyu's strength had changed dramatically with each passing day.

Because he already had experience mastering the shape transformation and nature transformation of Lightning Release Chakra, he had also successfully mastered the shape transformation and nature transformation of Fire Release Chakra.

Not only had he mastered the Uchiha Clan's Fire Release Ninjutsu, he had also completely mastered the Summoning Jutsu and learned some of Orochimaru's secret techniques.

At the same time, through harsh training, Chiyu's Sharingan had evolved into the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

However, Chiyu's greatest improvement was not any of those things, but the volume of his Chakra.

Chiyu's current Chakra reserves had risen to the level of Kakashi with his Sharingan activated.

Chiyu knew very well that this had to be due to the Senju Clan physique he possessed. The Chakra reserves of Kakashi with his Sharingan activated were at least on the level of a Tokubetsu Jonin.