Make Orochimaru Speak to Me Personally

"What bullshit are you spouting over there?" Kiba Inuzuka said irritably. "You've put me in a terrible mood. I was even thinking of making you kneel and apologize."

"You chose death!" the masked ninja snorted. Before long, five more figures sprang out from all around them.

"You guys!" Kiba Inuzuka was startled as well. "You maliciously teamed up?"

Teams were supposed to be groups of three. Now that Team 8 was facing six people, the pressure was enormous!

"The rules never said we couldn't team up. Besides, once we kill you, who's going to know about it?" the masked ninja said with a vicious grin.

Just as both sides were about to fight, Shino Aburame put the Earth Scroll into his bag, turned, and walked away. "Kiba, Hinata, that's enough. Let's go."

Shino Aburame's words left the six who had maliciously teamed up completely dumbfounded.

The six of us have you in our grasp. We can kill you whenever we want, and the situation is completely under our control. You say that's enough? Are you treating us like air?

"Bastard, you're looking down on us!" the masked ninja shouted, reaching up to remove his black robe. The inside of it was covered in densely packed shuriken!

The masked ninja grabbed the black robe and flung it!

A sky-filling barrage of shuriken instantly came flying at them! With such an enormous number, if they failed to block them, they would be riddled with holes!

"Get behind me!" Shino Aburame suddenly appeared in front of Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga, raising both hands.

"Secret Technique! Insect Wall!"

Dense swarms of Destruction Bugs flew from Shino Aburame's wide sleeves, forming a black barricade!

Clang, clang, clang!

The shuriken struck the insect wall, producing a series of metallic clatters.

After blocking the rain of shuriken, Shino Aburame waved his hand and recalled the Destruction Bugs into his body!

"Shino! You're this strong?" Kiba Inuzuka said in shock. It was his first time seeing Shino Aburame get serious.

"This is a secret technique of the Aburame Clan. I generally don't use it." Shino Aburame spoke as though he had merely done something trivial, then pushed up the sunglasses on his nose.

"I didn't want to kill anyone, but you tried to attack me and my companions. So die."

"You think you can be this arrogant just because you blocked my shuriken?" the masked ninja sneered and began forming hand seals. But just as his chakra had nearly reached full concentration, the connection suddenly dropped!

The half-formed ninjutsu was instantly forced back.

"My chakra... what's going on?" The masked ninja was horrified. The other five also formed hand seals one after another, yet none of them could release chakra.

"So you finally noticed?" Shino Aburame said coldly.

"Bastard, what did you do?!" The masked ninja was no longer composed. In the Forest of Death, unable to use chakra and unskilled in taijutsu, they could only serve as cannon fodder.

"When my Destruction Bugs were searching your scroll bags earlier, they set a small trap along the way. I originally thought you wouldn't fall for it." Shino Aburame shook his head. "Don't you feel uncomfortable around your necks?"

After he said that, the ninjas immediately felt dizzy, and faint stinging pain spread across their necks.

The masked ninja suddenly tore a palm-sized Destruction Bug from his neck. It clung to his palm, and whenever its soft suckers opened and closed, chakra was drawn out of his body!

"Ahhh!" All six of them screamed as they pulled Destruction Bugs from various parts of their bodies.

"What is this?! What is this?!"

"They're only cute Destruction Bugs. By the way, after they drain all your chakra, they'll suck your blood." After saying that, Shino Aburame turned to his companions. "We can go now."

"Shino, you're terrifying. Good thing we're companions," Kiba Inuzuka said, swallowing hard.

"Yes, we're companions." Shino Aburame smiled. "I also have some cuter Destruction Bugs. Would you like to see them?"

"No."

Not long after Team 8 left, screams rang out through the sky.

The sound carried directly into the woods on the other side.

At the same time, the four members of Team 7 had each found a Sky Scroll and arrived beneath a towering giant tree.

"Ow!" Naruto Uzumaki suddenly clutched his stomach.

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sakura Haruno hurriedly asked.

"I think I drank expired milk last night!" Naruto Uzumaki's stomach rumbled. "Ah, I can't hold it anymore!"

"What a pain." Sasuke Uchiha frowned deeply.

"Let's wait for him," Tianming suggested. They could also use the chance to wait for the three Sound Ninja who had been following them.

Before long, Naruto Uzumaki ran out from the bushes. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

However, before Naruto Uzumaki could come closer, Tianming grabbed a log and hurled it at him.

"That's the Transformation Technique! The real Naruto is behind us." Tianming tossed out the words and charged forward.

"So I was discovered." The log exploded the instant it approached the fake Naruto.

Zaku Abumi struck out with his palm! The air vents on his arm were spewing white vapor.

"Only you out of the three-man squad?" Tianming asked calmly.

"To deal with you, I alone am enough!" Zaku Abumi said with a cold laugh. "You should be grateful that you're lucky enough to survive."

"Heh." The corners of Tianming's mouth rose slightly. "Let Orochimaru tell me that personally."