High in the sky, Lin Ze maintained his Azure Dragon Form as he sped toward the laboratory in the Land of Whirlpools.
This time, Lin Ze had let his guard down and failed to dodge-or rather, he had grown arrogant.
After his earlier infiltration missions in the Lands of Wind, Water, and Earth, coupled with his ever-growing strength, he had gradually lost the caution he had possessed at the start.
That was why, when he realized Kumogakure was about to surround him, he had not immediately flown away. Instead, he had wanted to first figure out how they were tracking him.
Unfortunately, Lin Ze had underestimated Kumogakure, especially Killer B.
Killer B was extremely fast. Over short distances, his speed was arguably not far behind Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God, which prevented Lin Ze from quickly taking to the sky and escaping during the ensuing battle.
The other Kumogakure jōnin were a problem too. Although Lin Ze could kill them effortlessly in an instant, if he tried to take flight without finding an opening, he would certainly be bombarded by all kinds of ninjutsu, followed immediately by Killer B pinning him down head-on.
His chakra pathways throbbed with stabbing pain from forcibly opening the Gate of View, and the internal injuries he had sustained fighting the Kumogakure shinobi ached as well. Yet those physical discomforts paled beside the turmoil churning within him.
Orochimaru...
The name flickered through Lin Ze's mind again and again like a venomous snake's tongue, bringing an icy chill and blazing fury.
He had still underestimated just how low that venomous snake would stoop, and how insane he was!
He had originally thought that even if Orochimaru coveted his body and secrets, he would keep them to himself, slowly lay his plans, and wait for an opportunity.