Snake!

Damp.

Dark.

The air smelled like a stinking rag that had been baked on a radiator.

Pinching his nose, Zhang Jie carefully surveyed their surroundings. "Are we being too bold coming back here? What if we run into the Aliens? Just the two of us?"

Fang Yu looked at Daniels, who was scouting ahead, then rolled his eyes at Zhang Jie. "Don't we have Daniels, the badass heroine of the series?"

Zhang Jie was puzzled. "Isn't the mission to protect Daniels? Yet they want us to risk our lives bringing Daniels here to find Black Water Technology. Aren't they afraid that Demon Team will find the two of us?"

"You still don't understand what matters most in a team battle." Fang Yu tapped the glass of his Reincarnation Watch. "Killing members of the opposing team is the most important thing. Protecting the heroine doesn't even offer a specific reward. We might as well hunt people down and kill them."

"As for protecting the heroine..." Fang Yu narrowed his eyes. "Both sides know that wherever the heroine is, the other team will care deeply about her safety. She might even become a burden."

"So we might as well make use of her and get more done. There's no need to assign combat power specifically to protect her anyway, since nobody will hurt her."

Zhang Jie breathed a sigh of relief. "So, by your logic, we're actually the safest right now?"

"Not necessarily. Remember those NPCs? They might have already turned into Aliens. When that happens, we'll have to see how good your shooting is."

Zhang Jie swallowed and gripped the Desert Eagle with Infinite Ammo that Da Qiang had given him. "I've never used this gun, but judging by its caliber, whether I can still hold it after firing three shots in a row is anyone's guess. I'll die, won't I?"

"Then die." Fang Yu shrugged without much concern. "I don't know why you care so much about your life. From the second you entered Reincarnation Space, it was really only a matter of dying sooner or later. Don't get too attached. It's useless."

"I..." Memories flashed through Zhang Jie's eyes. "Er Niu said that the ball of light can create someone from your memories. I... I want to see her."

Fang Yu knew Zhang Jie's personality well and did not want to persuade him any further. "Fine. Then work hard and try to survive this team battle."

The moment he finished speaking, Daniels, the heroine ahead of them, suddenly cried out!

"Quick! Come here! I-Is this the Engineers' Combat Suit?"

"Do I really have to wear this to turn in the mission?"

Uchiha Yu looked at himself in the mirror, dressed up as a geisha by Kakashi, and dearly wanted to retaliate by asking whether Rin's hands felt soft, whether Chidori slid smoothly after stabbing in, whether Obito's eye had turned mushy, and whether father was doing well.

Kakashi wore a solemn expression. "As a ninja, of course you must obey the mission arrangements! They said we have to deliver the scroll containing the mission item to Miss Kyoko in the brothel dormitory without anyone noticing. You must follow orders!"

"Why don't you go?"

Kakashi pointed at his mask. "No geisha wears one of these!"

"Then can't you take it off?"

Kakashi had just raised a hand to remove his mask when Uchiha Yu hurriedly waved him off. "F-Fine, I'll go. I'll go."

"Good. I'm counting on you!"

After watching Uchiha Yu leave, Kakashi finally could not hold it in any longer and burst out laughing!

He had barely laughed twice before the room door was pushed open. Uchiha Yu stared at Kakashi with his Sharingan. "Were you laughing?"

"You heard wrong." Kakashi's expression was stern. "I'm not someone who laughs easily."

Years of war had forced countless families apart and left many people without hope of living.

Situated between Konoha and the Land of Lightning, the Land of Rice Fields often served as a buffer zone for battlefields, so its entertainment industry was especially developed.

Whenever people had a little spare money, they chose to spend it.

After all, no one knew whether tomorrow or war would arrive first.

The mission's delivery location was a large brothel in the middle of the entertainment district.

As Uchiha Yu walked down the street, quite a few scruffy Uncles whistled at him.

Still, he had to admit it.

With this outfit, combined with the age of a "loli,"

he was the unattainable dream of many old men who had failed in their youth.

"Hey, little lady! Have a drink with your uncle!"

Uchiha Yu ignored the passerby blocking his path, flashed past him, and headed straight for the dormitory behind the brothel.

This was a C+ mission, and the goods were a box of valuable jewelry.

The danger level was not high. The only issue was the complicated delivery location.

Besides, with Kakashi Hatake, a pillar of Konoha, present, this mission was practically free money.

Once he collected the mission reward, Uchiha Yu could keep barely surviving for another month.

When he reached the dormitory entrance, his eyes shifted as his hands formed a Hand Seal!

Bang!

As the smoke cleared, a lifelike clone appeared!

He picked up a stone and threw it at the guard by the door!

Smack!

"Ow! What was that?!"

The guard clutched his face and looked around. Finding no one nearby, he spotted only a little brat at the entrance.

"Did you throw that?!"

Naturally, the clone did not speak. It merely stared blankly at the guard.

"Get lost, get lost! Don't stay here! This isn't a place for you!"

Smack!

Another stone came flying over!

"Ow! You damned brat!"

The guard strode forward, just about to grab Uchiha Yu's unmade-up clone.

Whoosh!

In a flash, Uchiha Yu struck the guard's neck with the edge of his hand!

Dragging the guard into the grass beside the path, Uchiha Yu straightened his clothes and pushed open the dormitory door.

A geisha dormitory was not much different from an ordinary girls' dormitory.

It was full of chattering voices and incredibly noisy.

When the older Geishas in the corridor saw Uchiha Yu, they were all shocked.

"Such a young child is already in this line of work?"

"Business is getting harder and harder these days! How can old, faded faces like ours compete with young girls like her?"

"Then we can only make up for it with skill!"

"Oh my! Have you no shame?"

Uchiha Yu lowered his head as his face reddened, wanting only to finish the mission and return to the village as soon as possible.

"This should be it."

Uchiha Yu stopped outside the door of an unlit room.

He pushed the door open and asked the person lying on the bed, "Miss Kyoko?"

"Mm... it's me. Put the things beside my pillow."

The weak voice made Uchiha Yu hesitate slightly, but he did not delay. He took out the scroll and used the Summoning Technique on it!

As the smoke cleared, an inconspicuous black box appeared in Uchiha Yu's hands.

He carried the box forward and gently set it down.

"Well then, Miss Kyoko, my mission is complete. Goodbye."

With that, Uchiha Yu turned, preparing to leave the room filled with the scent of cosmetics.

But at that moment, his pupils abruptly contracted. An inexplicable power awakened in the depths of his heart, and some slumbering force was roused!

His heart pounded violently!

In that instant, the black in his pupils was rapidly replaced by a vivid red. Two curved tomoe hung within that red, granting him reactions and judgment far beyond those of an ordinary person!

He reacted almost instinctively, his hands rapidly forming Hand Seals!

The instant he completed the seals—

"Miss Kyoko" on the bed moved!

Her neck stretched out in a distinctly inhuman manner, shooting toward him like a poisonous snake. Her mouth opened, revealing sharp fangs as she lunged for Uchiha Yu's shoulder!

Bang!

With a dull thud, "Miss Kyoko" bit through empty air where Uchiha Yu had been standing, leaving behind only a shattered piece of wood!

As the smoke dispersed, Uchiha Yu appeared in the corner of the room. His gaze was ice-cold as he stared fixedly at the thing before him.

Its body twisted grotesquely, and an evil smile appeared on its face. Those eyes revealed a thirst for power.

Sickly white skin that barely looked human, long greasy hair.

The vertical pupils unique to snakes.

The person before him was none other than Orochimaru, the infamous fugitive ninja of the Ninja World!

"I didn't expect a child to see through my disguise." Orochimaru's voice was hoarse as he slowly rose from the bed.

His clothes slid down with his movements, revealing the snake-like body covered in scales beneath them.

"I didn't see through it..." A drop of cold sweat ran down Uchiha Yu's forehead. "I simply reacted quickly. As one of the Three Sannin, why are you here?"

Orochimaru licked his lips, amusement flashing in his eyes. "Me? I'm merely searching for interesting test subjects... and you have caught my interest."

"I'm very sorry to have lured you out of the village this way..."

Orochimaru's snake tongue flickered through the air. "Of course, I paid quite a price as well. I issued thirteen missions to Konoha. Only because my teacher was short-handed and left with no choice did he send Kakashi."

Orochimaru revealed a reflective expression. "It was fortunate that I did not become Hokage back then. Financial problems are truly a headache."

With his Gene Lock open, Uchiha Yu locked onto Orochimaru with his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and brought his hands together!

"Thank you, Lord Orochimaru, for thinking so highly of me."

"Then let me thank you with this!"

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

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