Seeing the child bound by his snake hands, Orochimaru finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had caught him at last!
Orochimaru stepped forward slowly.
"Kid, don't misunderstand. I really came here to find someone. I have a disciple named Nawa... Huh! Why is sand falling off your face...?"
Orochimaru immediately realized something was wrong. What he had bound was no child at all, but another puppet!
Just as he tried to break free, his vision went dark. Black Ant had somehow already closed in, opened the mechanism in its abdomen, and trapped Orochimaru tightly inside!
"Haha, capture successful! My tactics aren't bad, right? Let me introduce you. The one you caught just now was the humanoid puppet I designed myself—Crow! You got fooled, didn't you? Hahaha!"
The child's arrogant laughter came from outside the puppet.
Orochimaru wanted to smash through the hard wooden walls. But the space inside Black Ant was so cramped that he could not even raise his hands. Its designer had clearly intended this, so that anyone trapped inside would be unable to form hand seals. Of course, that was no problem for Orochimaru and his snake hands. But why bother arguing with a child?
"Kid, I..."
"Shut up. If you don't want to die, behave yourself and come with me to the Sand Village Security Department for questioning!"
Going to the Sand Village Security Department was not a big deal. The Konoha and Sunagakure were allies now, so any misunderstanding would naturally be cleared up there.
But on second thought, absolutely not! Once he got to the Security Department, everything else could be explained—but if word got out that he had been captured by a child from Sunagakure, then his lifelong reputation would...
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"
Black Ant's abdomen suddenly burst open. Orochimaru broke