After straightening his knotted neck, Orochimaru stared warily at Kenya, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.
That deep-seated, oppressive feeling once again stirred up his tragic memories of being used as a nunchaku and beaten at sea.
How did this monster end up here?
Moreover, how could he suddenly appear in the tree hole without my noticing?
"What... what do you want to do?"
Orochimaru's voice was hoarse, and his body unconsciously retreated, trying to create a safe distance.
The tension in the face of this S-rank missing-nin who was renowned throughout the ninja Shinobi World.
Kenya, however, appeared completely relaxed.
He didn't even glance at Orochimaru, but turned and walked out of the tree hole.
I arrived at the riverbank not far away and squatted down.
I casually rinsed the rice cracker packaging bag in the clear river water after I finished eating.
This sudden action not only stunned Orochimaru, but also left the three members of Team 7 in the tree hollow dumbfounded.
This is a battlefield where life and death are at stake!
What kind of crazy thing is it to wash packaging bags there?!
"There's no other way; the packaging is covered in soy sauce. If I don't wash it clean before throwing it in the trash, it'll attract ants."
Kenya seemed to sense everyone's confusion and explained without turning his head.
After washing, he stood up and casually stuffed the packaging bag into his pocket.
Then he turned around and looked at Orochimaru with a smile, who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.
" Orochimaru, I heard you've been researching some kind of immortality technique all these years?"
Kenya stopped a short distance in front of Orochimaru.
With a white jade pipe dangling from his mouth, he spoke in the tone of an old acquaintance chatting casually.
Orochimaru's expression changed.
Immortality was his lifelong pursuit and his proudest scientific achievement.
How come it sounds so much like low-class charlatanry coming from this boorish brute?
"This is the ultimate truth of science, something a barbarian like you, who only knows how to use brute force, would never understand."
Orochimaru snorted coldly, trying to save face with his words.
"Science?"
Kenya couldn't help but laugh, his laughter full of teasing.
" Orochimaru, is that science? That's just pointless experimentation."
He stretched out his strong, powerful arm, which gleamed with an ebony sheen, and waved it in front of Orochimaru.
"Look at you, pale-faced, skin and bones, and you're always doing those weak, molting techniques."
Instead of researching how to change bodies, you should learn more from me.
Kenya offered his advice in a very serious tone.
"Do 500 push-ups and 500 sit-ups every day."
"Make your body harder than steel, thicker than a black tortoise."
"By then, who can kill you? Isn't that much better than your so-called immortality?"
Using push-ups as a substitute for scientific research on immortality?
This is the greatest insult to Orochimaru's life's work!
Orochimaru trembled with rage, his golden vertical pupils blazing with fury.
"Shut up!"
"You are insulting science!"
Orochimaru roared and rapidly Hand Seals in front of his chest.
Although he was terrified of Kenya's power.
But as one of the former Sannin, he had his own pride and would never allow anyone to trample on his beliefs like that!
" The Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!"
With Orochimaru's roar, he opened his mouth wide.
Countless brightly colored venomous snakes surged like a black tide.
It gushed out of his mouth incessantly!
Hundreds and thousands of venomous snakes intertwined and writh, emitting a chilling hissing sound.
They opened their gaping maws, filled with venomous fangs, and, emitting a pungent, fishy stench, swept towards Kenya in a massive, overwhelming frenzy.
This Ninjutsu technique not only involves a large number of snakes, but each snake is also highly venomous.
Even Kage Level expert, if trapped by this dense snake formation, would be instantly devoured until nothing remains.
Sakura, inside the tree hollow, was so frightened by the terrifying scene that she fainted.
Sasuke and Naruto were also pale-faced, staring in horror at the venomous snake net that lunged at Kenya.
However.
Faced with this sea of snakes, enough to trigger trypophobia.
Kenya showed no sign of panic.
He didn't even change his standing posture.
He simply lowered his head slightly, looking at his large right hand.
"Since you won't listen to advice..."
Kenya's voice became deep and violent.
He slowly closed his five fingers.
"Buzz--!"
This was accompanied by the action of him clenching his fist.
A jet-black current, deeper than the night itself, instantly wrapped around his entire right arm.
Armament Haki!
Moreover, as his integration level increased, his domineering Haki became even more intense and ferocious.
It even sparked dark red flames in the air.
A suffocatingly terrifying pressure, as if it were a tangible force, spread outwards from the center of Kenya.
The venomous snakes that had been fiercely attacking stopped the moment they sensed this oppressive force.
They all paused for a moment in mid-air.
It was as if I had encountered some kind of natural enemy, and I instinctively felt fear.
Orochimaru bit into the poison sac, preparing to unleash his full power, while Kenya had already stepped forward and charged forward.