"Heh-heh-heh, Namikaze Menma…" Orochimaru licked his lips, eyes feverish as he stared at the blond youth.
"Where did you find that whole group of monsters? They're not lab products, are they? They're a brand-new race outside of humanity. Where are they from? Some islands near the Land of Water, or lands beyond this continent—can you tell me?"
"You didn't answer a single thing, and instead you asked me a pile of questions…" Naruto shook his head slightly and casually tossed the severed head in his hand.
"Even if you team up with Konoha, it doesn't matter…"
Law's eyes widened in surprise. He couldn't help saying, "Naruto-sama, um… are we just letting him go?"
"His name is Orochimaru," Naruto said evenly. "Around here he's famed as the hardest one to kill. Don't let that decapitation fool you—he's a long way from dead."
Law didn't buy it. Blade in hand, he strode toward Orochimaru's head.
But before the edge could fall, the separated head suddenly opened its mouth and countless venomous snakes poured out. As Law cut down most of the serpents, a tiny white snake abruptly spat out Orochimaru's full body.
"Heh-heh-heh… Naruto-sama?" Orochimaru looked at Naruto with interest.
"So that's your real name!?"
Before Law could attack again, Orochimaru bolted at high speed into the distance.
"That guy…" Law watched the fleeing back, a hint of dread rising in his chest.
"His ability is way too bizarre—almost like true immortality. So this is what shinobi from Naruto's hometown are like!?"
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!"
In Konoha's training grounds, Hiruzen's face was dark as he performed Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique) yet again. He'd already tried seven or eight times, and each time it failed—as if the summoned beasts were being spirit-bound.
But this time was different. White smoke exploded, and the massive Gamabunta appeared.
"Uuurggh!"
Gamabunta retched violently, and Jiraiya, Shikaku, Choza, and Hiashi were vomited out like so much half-digested refuse—slimed head to toe, with a few writhing bugs that had been swallowed still squirming on them.
Clutching his belly in pain, Gamabunta bellowed, "Damn you, Jiraiya—don't summon me for a while! I'm going back to Mount Myoboku to recuperate. And you humans—go take a bath already…!"
With a poof, Gamabunta vanished.
The commotion quickly drew Konoha shinobi. They stared, dumbfounded, at the slime-soaked group.
"Clan Head Hiashi, what happened to you?"
"And Choza—this is Choza, right? Why do you look like a ball of jutsu residue…?"
"And Shikaku, who punched your face? Your eye sockets are swollen and your nose is bent…"
Konoha shinobi babbled questions over one another. In their impression, Jiraiya had been gone no more than twenty minutes. How had they ended up beaten into such miserable states?
"Orochimaru…" Hiruzen's first thought was him, but his brows quickly knit.
"No, that doesn't make sense. If it were him, why would he beat them like this and then send them back? And I've never heard of him being a taijutsu specialist…"
"Cough, cough, cough…" Shikaku spat a mouthful of frog stomach juices, dry-heaved a few times, and finally managed, hoarsely,
"Jiraiya-sama, why didn't you have that toad keep us in his mouth?"
Jiraiya coughed. "Too many people. So he swallowed you into his belly. Good thing you hadn't been digested yet."
By now Choza and Hiashi had also recovered somewhat—and also vomited copious toad mucus.
"That damned frog—why were there so many bugs in its stomach? I swallowed seven or eight of them—ugh, ugh…"
"I got a mouthful of stomach acid…"
Jiraiya's mouth twitched. He hurriedly turned to Hiruzen, his face turning grave as he said in a low voice,
"Hiruzen-sensei, I took them to probe those 'monsters' just now. They're strong. Every one of them is a taijutsu (Taijutsu) powerhouse. In my view, their mastery is no less than Guy's—and their raw strength is dozens of times higher. Especially that giant—their power is terrifying…"
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"And among them, some seem to possess unique kekkei genkai (Bloodline Limit)—one could turn into yellow sand, one controlled water currents, and one used jikūkan ninjutsu (Space–Time Ninjutsu)…"
"Hold it, Jiraiya!" Hiruzen frowned at him.
"Have you still not come to your senses?"
He still didn't want to believe Jiraiya. How could anything so absurd be true?
"It's true, Hokage-sama," Shikaku said solemnly to Hiruzen. "Jiraiya-sama isn't lying. We clashed with those monsters. They're real."
Hiruzen looked surprised—he hadn't expected Shikaku to say the same.
Choza added, "Hokage-sama, that giant is definitely real—over twenty meters tall. I was nearly killed even after using Baika no Jutsu (Expansion Jutsu)…"
As he spoke, he showed Hiruzen the bruises and dents covering his body—each crater punched in by the giant pirate's fists.
Hiruzen's expression turned unsettled.
If it were just Jiraiya, he'd dismiss it; but Shikaku and Choza both corroborated it. He turned to the most battered of them all—Hiashi, who was swollen beyond recognition.
"Clan Head Hiashi, is what they're saying true?"
Hiashi's face was puffed up like a loaf of bread. He forced his mouth open and mumbled through swelling,
"Y-Yes… it's true. Those monsters almost killed me…"
Hearing even Hiashi say so, Hiruzen sucked in a cold breath for the first time, realizing the situation was grim.
"So it's real!?"
Others might be trapped by genjutsu (Illusion Technique), but the Byakugan (White Eye) of the Hyuga grants strong resistance to illusions. If even he affirmed it, then what they saw truly existed.
"Giants, fish-men, little people, multi-armed folk…" Hiruzen muttered, expression turning exceedingly grave.
"Summon all shinobi and prepare for battle. Jiraiya, tell me about their combat ability—every detail."
Jiraiya nodded, then added,
"Hiruzen-sensei, have you ever heard of any powerful shinobi in our world named Naruto?"
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