Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Tsunade kept using earth escape techniques to cover Jiraiya to prevent him from being attacked by surprise.

But accidents happen. A kitchen knife fell from the sky from nowhere and hit Jiraiya on the head.

The earth escape technique couldn't be pulled up, and Jiraiya's fire escape technique couldn't be lifted up either.

Even Orochimaru, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but take action, but it was too late.

"careful!"

Tsunade's voice echoed in Jiraiya's ears for a second, but he seemed unable to hear it in his mind.

Time seemed to stand still. The curses and fearful expressions of the surrounding bandits were reflected in Jiraiya's eyes. The fire bomb was still burning, and Jiraiya's own body became extremely sluggish.

The kitchen knife was right above his head, and it was about to fall down and split his head in half.

"Are you going to die? They're just a bunch of bandits, but I'm a ninja..."

Zilai didn't raise his head, nor could he lift it up. His neck was as stiff as an old millstone, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't turn it.

"Ninja, how can you give up so easily? I am... Jiraiya..."

"My head... my hair! My hair can be my weapon too!"

"Ninjutsu! The Lion Hair Technique!!! I am!! Jiraiya!!!"

“Grow it for me!!!”

Jiraiya's hedgehog-like white hair grew wildly like weeds at an accelerated rate, not only in length but also in hardness.

Under the stimulation of chakra, his white hair shot out from the roots like a steel dragon and soared into the sky.

when--

The kitchen knife collided with Jiraiya's hair and was knocked away directly, making a crisp sound of metal clashing.

"The technique of messing up the lion's hair!"

Jiraiya seemed to be reborn. His wild hairstyle swept through the crowd as he roared, like a demon lord descending to the earth. In an instant, several bandits who were close to him died under his long hair that was like steel needles.

"Jiraiya... heh... I knew you could do it."

Orochimaru chuckled in the dark, his low voice full of relaxation.

Hiruzen's figure appeared on the treetops in the distance, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but take action just now. Such a disciple with such firm beliefs should not die in such a place. But after Jiraiya's chakra fluctuated violently and developed new moves, he flashed back to the treetops in time.

"You have great talent, you are worthy of being my disciple, hehe."

Hiruzen was very pleased.

"What are you arguing about, kid?"

Gu Zang muttered in dissatisfaction. He knew that Jiraiya was in danger just now, but he had no intention of taking action.

Jiraiya is dead, so let him die. Anyway, there is nothing on Jiraiya worth devouring, either now or in the future. He doesn't want those toad eyes and weird tattoos on his face at all!

Jiraiya didn't care about Gu Zang's complaints, he was in high spirits right now!

"Come on! Master Jiraiya can even beat you to a pulp with his hair!"

Tsunade was originally worried, then relieved, and now she vaguely feels that Jiraiya is too arrogant. Her mood can be said to be constantly fluctuating.

The crisis was resolved. With Jiraiya's extraordinary power, the situation became almost one-sided. Not only could the bandits not hurt the two of them, it was now dangerous for them to even get close to them.

At this moment, Orochimaru discovered the bandit leader.

The bandit leader took advantage of Jiraiya attracting everyone's attention and quietly sneaked to the entrance of the stronghold. If Orochimaru had not been keeping an eye on the overall situation from a high place, he might not have been able to discover him.

"Ah..."

Orochimaru chuckled mockingly, jumped down from the wall of the village in an instant, and rushed behind the commander in a few flashes.

"Master Commander, where are you going?"

"I...you!"

The commander subconsciously wanted to answer, but immediately realized something was wrong. He turned to look at Orochimaru and immediately noticed the Konoha forehead protector on Orochimaru's head.

There are three ninjas!

The commander instantly realized that he could not escape.

Unlike other bandits, the leader has broader knowledge and knows more. When facing a ninja, even if the ninja looks very young, he cannot escape even if he has two more legs.

But this time he was no longer panicked, but laughed a little crazily.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The commander laughed, and the smile on Orochimaru's face stopped.

His intuition told him that something was wrong.

"What's so funny about a dying person?"

"Kill me, come on, little ninja, kill me."

The commander walked towards Orochimaru as if he was crazy. Orochimaru took two steps back cautiously.

"I can't survive. I just realized that even if I can run away, I can't survive. Hahahaha——"

"I am also part of the adults' plan. Since I am included, I must die too. I am so stupid, hahahaha——"

The commander talked to himself, sometimes laughing, sometimes looking like he was about to cry, and kept walking towards Orochimaru, as if he had completely lost the will to live.

"what's the plan."

Orochimaru accurately extracted the key words from the commander's rumors.

But the bandit leader completely ignored Orochimaru's questions and continued walking towards him, seeking death.

boom--

A dull explosion sounded, echoing across the valley, and it was impossible to tell where the explosion came from.

Boom boom boom——

Explosions followed one after another.

The smell of gunpowder instantly filled the air.

not good!

Orochimaru's expression changed drastically.

There may be a large amount of explosives buried under this stronghold. The purpose of building this stronghold is not to make these bandits rich, but to target the ninja who accepted the C-level mission!

Before Orochimaru could escape, Hiruzen appeared beside him.

He grabbed Orochimaru and then flashed up and down frantically, trying to escape from this unknown boss.

Hiruzen was closest to Orochimaru and could only save Orochimaru in time.

Looking back now, the mountain stronghold has been blown to pieces, and there are chain explosions everywhere. The amount of explosives buried in the mountain is enough to flatten the entire mountain!

Boom boom boom——

The explosions continued to ring out, and Hiruzen had already rushed down the mountain with Orochimaru.

"Teacher... Jiraiya and Tsunade and the others..."

“This is a conspiracy.”

Orochimaru stopped talking halfway through his question and instead told Hiruzen about the bandit leader's strange behavior.

Hiruzen held his old pipe in his mouth, puffing on it one after another, and looked up at the fiery red sky.

The explosion was too violent. Even if he rushed in, he might not be able to get out. His water escape technique was not as powerful as the second generation's ability to release the sea out of thin air.

Now, we can only hope that the first generation's summoned beast is really not a fake one.

......

In the cottage.

"You're not stupid, aren't you? You know how to squeeze over here?"

Gu Zang looked at Jiraiya who was half-dead in the explosion below him with a teasing look.