Konoha: Who says that hunters can't play in the ninja world?

Kimimaro was trapped in a white fog, with countless high-temperature bubbles ready to explode at any time, leaving him in a dilemma.

If this continues, Kimimaro knows that he will not be able to complete the mission of Lord Orochimaru. But he has his own persistence. He is seriously ill and has long been ready to sacrifice for Orochimaru's ambition at any time.

He, Kimimaro, will not retreat, but will fight for Orochimaru's mission regardless of his own safety.

Reaffirming his belief, Kimimaro did not hesitate for the last time, "Corpse Bone Vein, Dance of the Stake. Full coverage form." Kimimaro was seen with long bone spikes all over his body. This time, they were not exposed hideously, but wrapped around his entire body, making Kimimaro look like a human-shaped skeleton.

This is the strongest form of defense and also his last-ditch effort.

Bone armor can isolate heat to a certain extent. He must break this ninjutsu or kill the person who performs this ninjutsu before the temperature penetrates the bone armor and steams him.

With the protection of bone armor, Kimimaro acted more boldly, or it would be more appropriate to say that he charged forward recklessly.

Xinzi became alert instantly. The assassination method was too little threat to such a weak guy. If he got close to her, she would lose the environment she had created with great difficulty.

After thinking for a while, Xinzi formed a seal with her hands: "Water escape. Water clone technique." This time, there were three water clones, and each one was vivid and lifelike. Xinzi herself slowly sank into the water and disappeared without even causing much ripples.

People who are good at close combat always have great confidence in their best attack mode. When facing any enemy, their first choice is to get close. For example, Kimimaro's ability is definitely that of an elite jonin, but unfortunately, his success is due to blood, and his failure is also due to blood. A single attack mode always has some capabilities, but also some limitations.

Nobuko also had a similar problem. This battle broke his confidence in close combat. He no longer relied on his assassination methods, but instead used auxiliary water escape as his main means of attack. This was progress.

Kimimaro rushed forward recklessly. With his speed, he should have rushed out of the area covered by the thick fog long ago, but there was still a vast expanse of white in front of him. There was only one explanation, that is, someone was controlling the fog and moving it with his movements. In this way, he was always in the fog, giving people the feeling that he had not thrown out the fog.

"Although the Mist Hidden Technique is a large-scale ninjutsu, it is absolutely impossible to be too far away from the thick fog. Otherwise, it is impossible to control the fog. In other words, the opponent is not far from me." Kimimaro endured the burning pain from his body, but his mood was as calm as dead water.

"Given my physical condition, I don't have enough time to search this thick fog. In this case, this is the only trick I can use." Kimimaro trembled all over, and the bone armor on his body began to grow, split, and pierce into the soil, rushing into the air, and stabbing into the void.

"Corpse Bone Vein. Early Death Dance" is Kimimaro's desperate move. After using this move, with his current body, even if he doesn't die, his body will definitely be on the verge of collapse.

"Don't worry, Kimimaro-kun. Without prey, hunters will have no interest in hunting. There is no need to fight for your life." Orochimaru's voice suddenly sounded beside Kimimaro.

Then a giant snake, more than a meter thick, rose from the ground, swallowed Kimimaro, and then dived into the ground. Kimimaro was rescued by Orochimaru's summoning snake.

Nobuko hid underwater and kept a close watch on Kimimaro. Kimimaro's chakra was running wild. To be on the safe side, Nobuko had to dive deeper underwater. As a result, Kimimaro disappeared in a few blinks of an eye. There was nothing in the thick fog. There was no living thing.

Xinzi, who was on high alert, felt that the plan she had prepared for a long time had become an empty shell.

Xinzi, feeling extremely uncomfortable, reluctantly cleared the thick fog, revealing large and small spherical bubbles filled with water vapor. The forest was less murderous and more childish.

"Hey, what are these spheres?" Naruto asked with great curiosity. In addition to the two Byakugans who observed the battle, only Ino had the perception ninjutsu and knew what was going on.

Before he could warn her, Naruto curiously stretched out his finger and poked the bubble the size of a human head.

"Be careful." Before he could finish his words, the bubble exploded instantly, and a large amount of high-temperature steam poured out, drowning Naruto.

"Ouch, it's hot, hot, hot!" Naruto cried out in pain while shaking his hands. It was his fault that he had such a naughty hand that the hand he stretched out to touch was facing the hottest steam. Just with such a simple contact, his entire hand was burned red and swollen, and blisters were visible to the naked eye.

A good hand turned into a red braised pig's trotter. Fortunately, with the disappearance of Kimimaro, these blisters were not heated by Nobuko, and the temperature of the water vapor was lowered, otherwise it would not be as simple as a burn.

"Senior Nobuko won, and the bone man was rescued." Neji then spoke and announced the result of the battle.

"Great!" Several girls jumped up and down to celebrate. The tense atmosphere just now was swept away, and Xiaoqiang finally felt relieved.

Even if they were just standing by and watching the fight, they were still very nervous. They put themselves in the shoes of the fighters and thought about how they would deal with a bloody ninja like that. Those who wanted to say something tough had to clench their fists and remain silent.

They are so far away.

Now they just want to go back quickly and train well so that they won’t be so powerless next time facing such an enemy.

"Okay, Sakura, help bandage Naruto. We're ready to go back to the village." Shikamaru frowned and gave the order.

"Hey, didn't we just finish the battle? Don't you want to take a break?"

"It's too late to rest. The longer we stay outside, the higher the chance of encountering danger. This time we only encountered a few of Orochimaru's men, and we are so embarrassed. Who knows what we will encounter if we continue to delay? Get back to the village as soon as possible to complete the mission." Shikamaru didn't want to delay for a quarter of an hour. He had too much responsibility as a captain. After seeing the danger outside the village, he just wanted to get back to the village immediately, lie down and look at the clouds.

"But what about Brother Kazama? He's still facing Orochimaru." Naruto had seen Orochimaru before. He was able to face the other two Sannin one-on-two. In Naruto's mind, Orochimaru was the most dangerous one.

"I'll send you back first, Kazama will take care of himself." Although Nobuko and Ichiro were pessimistic about whether Kazama could defeat Orochimaru, they were not too worried if it was just a matter of delaying and escaping.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. This is what Kazama said. Since he dared to face Orochimaru alone, he must be mentally prepared. With the preparation of Kazama, Nobuko and Ichiro, I don't think anyone can really catch him.

"Hey, aren't you worried?"

"Naruto, since Senior Nobuko and Brother Ichiro have said so, we just need to listen. The most urgent thing now is to send Sasuke back. His condition is too dangerous." Shikamaru pointed to a strange wooden barrel that was covered with talismans and emitting black air.