"Teacher, stop joking around."
Qian Ye took two steps back, shaking his head like a rattle-drum.
"I am only twelve years old, and you want me to be a bait for a rampaging Shadow Level powerhouse?"
"What is the difference between this and tying me to an Explosive Tag and throwing me into a fire!"
Qian Ye spoke with righteous confidence.
Orochimaru was not angry.
He leisurely turned around, pressing both hands on his desk.
"Not going?"
"That is fine."
Orochimaru picked up the battle damage report on the desk.
"Then I can only report your combat record to the village truthfully, and by the way, broadcast it to the whole army, commending your heroic deeds of killing twenty-three Sunagakure ninjas last night."
"Of course, I will also specifically have someone shout out in front of the Sunagakure battle formation, telling Pakura that you are currently hiding in my command tower."
The expression on Qian Ye's face froze.
This move was too vicious.
Pakura was already completely insane right now.
If she found out he was hiding in the command tower, that woman would definitely bring fireballs and smash them directly over.
By that time, Orochimaru would just pat his ass and leave, and he would definitely be roasted into charcoal.
"Teacher, let's be reasonable here." Qian Ye made a bitter face.
Orochimaru raised a single finger.
"As long as you lure her to the canyon entrance of the C4 Defense Zone."
"The Barrier Team has already set up the Four Violet Flame Formation there."
"You only need to stall her for three minutes, and once the barrier closes, she will have no way to escape."
"Sunagakure's formation has already been torn apart by her, and as long as we trap her, the Hidden Leaf can directly cut off Sunagakure's front and rear, and devour their Assault Unit."
Hearing this tactical arrangement, Qian Ye cursed mentally.
Three minutes.
Under that kind of high-density firepower coverage from Pakura, let alone three minutes, thirty seconds would be enough to evaporate someone several times over.
"I'm not going." Qian Ye stubbornly refused to relent. "Three minutes is too long, I won't survive."
Orochimaru looked at Qian Ye and threw out his first bargaining chip.
"Once the matter is done, I will take you to Ryūchi Cave."
Qian Ye was slightly stunned.
"Ryūchi Cave?"
"One of the three great sage inheritance lands, go there to sign the Summoning Contract." Orochimaru added unhurriedly.
Qian Ye's heart leaped fiercely.
The Summoning Contract of Ryūchi Cave.
This thing was definitely a top-tier life-saving talisman in the Naruto World.
Although Manda had a terrible personality and liked sacrifices, at critical moments it could truly block a blade.
The fact that Orochimaru was able to bounce around in all kinds of desperate situations in his past life owed much to the summoning beasts of Ryūchi Cave.
With this thing, his survival rate would skyrocket instantly.
Yet Qian Ye still did not relent.
"Teacher, no matter how good a summoning beast is, that is a matter for the future."
"Right now I don't even have a defensive ninjutsu, what am I supposed to use to block Pakura's three minutes?"
"I am not going, you might as well just report me to the village, at worst I'll run away overnight."
Qian Ye put on an attitude of a dead pig not fearing boiling water.
Seeing his rogue-like appearance, Orochimaru instead smiled.
"Greedy little brat."
Orochimaru walked over to the desk and pulled open the bottom-most drawer.
"When the deed is done, besides the contract of Ryūchi Cave."
"I can also let you choose any S-rank Ninjutsu from the Hidden Leaf's Book of Seals."
The command tower instantly fell silent.
Qian Ye felt his breath stall for half a beat.
An S-rank Ninjutsu!
That was something from the Book of Seals!
Flying Thunder God Technique, Impure World Reincarnation, Eight Gates, Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.
Taking out just any random one of them would allow someone to walk sideways across the Ninja World.
Orochimaru actually dared to use this kind of thing as a bargaining chip.
Qian Ye swallowed hard.
Wealth is sought in danger.
As long as he didn't fight Pakura head-on, purely running away and stalling for three minutes.
It seemed there wasn't completely zero path to survival either.
"Deal."
The right-wing battlefield.
The situation had completely turned into a one-sided slaughter.
Pakura floated mid-air, the fireballs around her like soul-reaping ghost fires.
Choza Akimichi's enormous physique was extremely eye-catching on the battlefield, but it also made him the best living target.
The special iron staff in his hand had been roasted red, making it completely impossible to grip.
"Retreat! Fall back!"
Choza roared, covering the Hidden Leaf ninjas behind him as they retreated.
A few Chunin who failed to dodge in time were directly flipped over by the heat wave sweeping past their sides, and flames instantly ignited on their bodies.
Screams echoed across the battle formation.
Sunagakure's Assault Unit followed closely behind Pakura, their morale reaching an absolute peak.
"You Hidden Leaf trash! Weren't you shouting pretty loudly just a moment ago!"
"Keep shouting then!"
The Sunagakure ninjas mocked wildly.
The Hidden Leaf side felt extremely aggrieved, but no one dared to show their heads.
Pakura's current state was simply too terrifying.
Those four orange-red fireballs had turned bright white, their temperature so high that even the rocks on the ground were melting.
Just as the Hidden Leaf front lines were about to completely collapse.
A thin figure, moving against the retreating crowd of people, slowly walked toward the center of the battlefield.
Qian Ye walked very slowly.
With every step he took, he adjusted his breathing, keeping his chakra in the most active state within the meridians of his legs.
His left hand gripped two explosive tags, while his right hand hovered over the revolver at his waist.
A Hidden Leaf Chunin running backward bumped into his shoulder.
"Brat! Are you crazy! Ahead is Pakura!"
The Chunin grabbed Qian Ye's arm, wanting to yank him back.
Qian Ye backhanded and brushed his hand away.
"I know."
Without looking back, Qian Ye continued walking forward.
Several surrounding Hidden Leaf ninjas froze.
The firelight illuminated Qian Ye's young face, along with the extremely awkward, baggy shorts on his lower body.
Someone rubbed their eyes, suddenly reacting.
"Holy shit!"
"It's the Bare-Assed War God!"
This shout was extremely abrupt on the noisy battlefield.
The surrounding Hidden Leaf ninjas heard every word.
Everyone uniformly stopped in their tracks, turning their heads to look at Qian Ye.
Choza Akimichi also heard the commotion. When he looked back, his eyeballs nearly popped out.
This kid actually dared to come back?!
"What are you all standing around for for!"
A sharp-witted Hidden Leaf Jonin roared at the top of his lungs.
"The God of War is here! Make room for the God of War!"
"Everyone, fall back three hundred meters!"
Rustle--
The Hidden Leaf position, which had been as chaotic as a pot of porridge just a moment ago, instantly erupted with astonishing execution.
Hundreds of people scrambled and rolled as they scattered to the sides.
In a mere dozen seconds, a vast open space was forcefully cleared right in the middle of the battlefield.
Qian Ye stood in the center of the clearing, his face turning black.
These bastards.
Selling out their teammate so cleanly and decisively.
They had been suppressed and beaten by Sunagakure a moment ago, but now they all hid in the rear bunkers, poking out half their heads ready to watch the show like spectators eating melon seeds.
Some even pulled out Military Ration Pills, chewing on them while whispering to the people next to them.
"How long do you think the God of War can last this time?"
"Hard to say, Pakura's temper is a lot fiercer than yesterday."
"I bet five hundred taels the God of War will be running around with his bare ass again today."
Qian Ye had exceptional hearing, and every single one of those words drilled straight into his ears.
He was practically grinding his back molars to dust.
Just you wait until I get that S-rank Ninjutsu, the very first thing I'll do is blast all you peanut gallery freeloaders straight up to the sky!
Mid-air.
Pakura also stopped moving.
She lowered her head, her gaze piercing through the distorted heat waves to lock tightly onto Qian Ye.
The originally bright white fireball actually let out an extremely piercing screech at this moment.
Sunagakure's Assault Unit also halted.
They looked at the Hidden Leaf Genin standing alone in the middle of the battlefield, exchanging puzzled glances.
"Who the hell is this kid? So reckless?"
"No idea, judging by his headband he's just a Genin."
Pakura slowly descended from mid-air, her feet stepping onto the scorched black ground.
Within a three-meter radius around her, no one dared to approach.
The two of them were less than thirty meters apart.
A strange and eerie silence suddenly fell over the battlefield.
There was only the sound of the wind blowing past the flames.
Pakura looked at Qian Ye, the corners of her mouth twitching into an extremely cruel curve.
"You're here."
Her voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly traveled across the entire field.
Qian Ye sighed, rubbing the sweat off his palms against his trouser legs.
"I'm here."
The fireball beside Pakura accelerated its spin.
"You shouldn't have come."
Qian Ye raised his head, looking straight into Pakura's eyes, which looked as though they were about to breathe fire.
"Yet here I am."
From the Hidden Leaf position in the rear came a collective gasp of intake of cold breath.
"Holy shit, this dialogue, it's got flavor!"
"These two definitely have something going on! Definitely!"
Chōza slapped the back of that talkative Chunin's head with a heavy hand, yet he too pricked up his ears.
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