Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

"It's a word."

Hatake Sakumo looked into Ito Toru's eyes, feeling somewhat relieved and somewhat melancholy.

The young boy has now become a capable ninja.

Only those who have been through it know how much they have experienced.

And Hatake Sakumo knew it all too well.

"You must come back alive."

"of course."

Ito Toru smiled freely.

"Then, I'm leaving."

"Bon Voyage."

"thank you all."

The two stood at the entrance of the village, watching Ito Toru's figure gradually go away until he disappeared into the forest.

Before we knew it, it was spring again.

The seeds on the ground sprouted and broke through the soil, and the newly blooming flowers exuded fragrance.

In such a vibrant environment, Toru Ito set out on the journey to Kumogakure.

The news of his departure spread slowly only after a long time.

Konoha Hospital.

"The Hidden Cloud Village is not a good place."

Kabuto was still carrying out his daily work, and the Four Sound Ninjas were helping him, and they were becoming more and more skilled.

After hearing the news, the four of them felt a little uneasy.

"We were here to help him, and now he's left. What a big deal!" Duoyou was a little depressed, but she was still cleaning the blood-stained gauze on her hands.

"What else can we do?" Zuo Jin said with empty eyes: "Can we leave now? Let's just stay here."

"I think the work here is pretty good, and the food in the cafeteria is delicious."

Jirobo was used to it.

He had a big appetite to begin with. Although he was able to eat his fill at Orochimaru's place, the quality of the food was not very high and he could only barely fill his stomach.

And now the food in Konoha Hospital makes him not want to leave.

"Whatever. Just treat it as a game."

Among the four, Kidomaru was the one who was most satisfied with this situation.

After he came here, he unexpectedly felt like a fish in water.

Because his ability is to manipulate silk threads, and the most important thing after surgery in the hospital is suturing.

In addition, Kidomaru has the sense of a spider, so he can perform the operation very quickly and efficiently.

After a few visits, it received a lot of attention.

So for him, this is paradise.

"Alright, alright, stop talking."

Sakon let out a long sigh.

He had refused at first, but Dou mentioned to him that if he did a good job, he might be able to do the separation surgery.

Although he and Ukon were like brothers, it was still a little weird for such close brothers to be conjoined like this...

He didn't feel that way during normal battles, but now that peace has come, he can't help but think about it more.

It can't go on like this forever, can it?

In the past, I lived a precarious life and had no expectation of living long.

Now that I have hope, there are naturally more things to consider.

"Just do it first, and do it well."

As the captain, Zuo Jin spoke, and the other three naturally nodded in agreement.

"I just don't know what the situation is with Lord Orochimaru..."

"He must be very concerned about us."

"Of course, we are Lord Orochimaru's trusted subordinates!"

"Without us, he might even have to eat a few less bowls of rice a day."

"That's it!"

When several people were discussing with full confidence.

Somewhere in a forest, Orochimaru was looking up at the sky.

The sky is vast and boundless.

Vast and distant, large white clouds dot the clear blue sky.

The sunlight shining on the green leaves has a crystal clear and vibrant beauty.

This is the feeling of life.

Orochimaru sighed.

And around him, hideous and twisted white monsters were slowly approaching.

These monsters are covered with all kinds of strange-shaped thorns. They look like humans, but they crawl on all fours. They look very ugly and spew out a fishy smell from their mouths.

"There are beautiful lives, and there are also such ugly lives..."

Orochimaru withdrew his gaze and looked at these monsters with some disgust.

"Why are monsters like you allowed to live in this world?"

"Roar--!"

A monster pounces fiercely!

Almost at the same time, a white shadow flashed in the forest!

The sharp bone spurs pierced through the monster's body in an instant!

Nail him to the ground!

Kimimaro!

His slightly pale hair hung down and his handsome face slowly raised up.

"You ugly monster, stay away from Lord Orochimaru!"

"Roar!!"

The death of their companions only aroused the ferocity of these monsters!

They roared one after another and rushed forward!

"I really don't know how to live or die!"

Kimimaro ejected bone spurs from both hands at the same time and jumped out with agility!

In just a moment, several monsters were ruthlessly killed!

He kept moving, as if he was doing an elegant dance.

Light and swift, like the sound of wind chimes blown by the breeze.

With such graceful movements, he was as efficient as the god of death, madly harvesting the lives of monsters!

Orochimaru just stood there quietly and did not intervene in the fight.

His eyes turned to the defeated monsters.

After death, the bodies of those monsters slowly disappeared like inflatable toys ignited by invisible flames.

Nothing was left at the site except traces of the previous collision.

It's like an illusion.

"interesting."

"It's a bit like a psychic beast, but it's a completely different species from a psychic beast."

If other people naturally couldn't see the trick, they would just feel confused, but Orochimaru was different. He had always been the top researcher in these areas.

So he was able to notice that after the corpses of these monsters disappeared, the grass that was originally bent under their huge corpses was slowly nourished by the powerful vitality that escaped, and became stronger and denser.

"Can such an ugly body contain such a powerful vitality?" A strange light flashed in his snake eyes.

"It's really rare to see such a rare and exotic beast."

"What kind of thoughts did the people who made them have?"

While Orochimaru was thinking, Kimimaro had already used his ultimate move!

"Early Fern Dance!"

He thrust his hands hard into the ground!

With him as the center, there were countless huge bone spurs densely packed around him, protruding from the ground!

These are ferocious and murderous bone spurs, each of which is extremely huge and two meters high!

Even the largest monster would be pierced through instantly, and would stop moving after struggling for a few times.

The densely packed group of monsters were also cleared out at this moment!

All that was left was a dense forest of bones, like the dense grass by the river!

"Hu-hu-"

Kimimaro's forehead was covered with sweat and he was breathing heavily.

Using such moves is also a heavy burden on his body.

After a long time, he finally pulled his hand out of the ground.

Without the support of his chakra, the bone forest slowly shattered into tiny pieces, and finally fell to the ground, breaking into countless pieces.

"You did great, Kimimaro."

Orochimaru's praise also followed.

"However, this move consumes too much of your life essence, so try to use it less in the future."

"Lord Orochimaru..."

Kimimaro hesitated for a moment.

"What's wrong? We shouldn't need to beat around the bush when talking to each other."

"I also want the Heaven's Curse Seal."

Kimimaro looked serious.

"..."

Orochimaru was silent.

When he gave the curse seals to the Four Sound Ninjas, he also considered whether to give one to Kimimaro.

However, after letting the two sides fight briefly, he found that Kimimaro's strength far surpassed the Big Four and he didn't need the curse seal at all.

and……

It seems that because of the special physique of the Hyuga clan, Kimimaro's acceptance of the curse seal is unprecedentedly high!

Even the transformation of his cells by the curse is more complete.

Orochimaru didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, so he didn't rush to plant it on him.

But now, Kimimaro took the initiative to make this request.

"Can't I? Lord Orochimaru."

Seeing that Orochimaru didn't speak for a long time, Kimimaro looked a little lonely.

"No, it's not impossible, but this may not be the path of cultivation suitable for you."

Orochimaru shook his head slightly and said, "How about this, you go find Ito Toru. I heard that he recently went to the Hidden Cloud Village. He happens to be there and has some information I need."

"When you get there, you can contact him. Perhaps he can solve the problem of your slow improvement in strength."

"Yes!"

Kimimaro's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I also need to go!"

Karin jumped out of nowhere and said, "I haven't seen Ito-san for a long time! Take me with you!"

"……also."

Orochimaru nodded with a somewhat conflicted expression.