Kabuto Yakushi's shriveled body rolled across the ground like a dead fish.
It kicked up a small scattering of dry gravel.
On Orochimaru's paper-white face.
The last shred.
Of hope.
At that moment, utterly.
Shattered into scattered debris.
He had planned.
To have Kabuto ambush Shizune and Naruto, the weakest two at the rear, and use them as hostages to force Tsunade to comply.
But he had never imagined that this brat, Sen Senju.
Had actually.
Hidden a perfect, solid Wood Clone underground!
Even Orochimaru himself had failed to detect the clone's chakra fluctuations!
Kabuto... you useless piece of trash...
Orochimaru ground his teeth in silent fury.
His two empty sleeves flapped violently in the wind.
Blood from his severed arms.
Began seeping through the coarse bandages.
Once again.
"Orochimaru, looks like your plan to use someone else as your weapon backfired. Now even your weapon's broken!"
Jiraiya laughed heartily, twirling the kunai in his hand around his fingertips.
It flicked off a spray of sticky mud mixed with grease and sweat.
"Tsunade! You see it now, right? That snake's just using you!"
Naruto loudly chimed in, tossing aside the red bean cake that had fallen onto the sandy ground.
"Yeah! You violent, big-boobed granny!"
"My big bro can bring people back to life with Wood Release, and you're still buying that stinking snake's lies?!"
"Get over here! Let's skin him together!"
Hearing their shouts.
Tsunade, who had collapsed amid the ruins.
Drew a deep breath.
The shadow of her fear of blood, which had filled her chest and sent every muscle in her body into spasms.
At that moment, seemed to be forcibly crushed by the overwhelming strength Sen had shown in killing Kabuto Yakushi with a single punch.
Forced back down.
The fear gradually faded from her slightly