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"A bit of common sense is fine, but you have to experience it with the people around you to really understand it, right?"
The Hatake house was filled with the aroma of cooking. Hatake Kuroshi spat out the mouthwash in his mouth.
Tenzo was surprised when he first tasted Kuroshi's cooking.
After all, Kuroshi lived like a sweet tooth personified.
It was like a plant could live off of photosynthesis, Kuroshi could live off of eating sweets.
"You don't look like someone who would cook normal food."
"And I've never seen you cook before."
Kuroshi grinned, poking at the omurice, revealing the colorful fried rice inside.
The rising steam blurred his face.
"That's prejudice. This basic life skill is essential for a single man."
"You never asked if I could cook before."
Tenzo couldn't help but frown and comment, "Besides your personality, you're really a perfect ordinary person in every way."
Kuroshi opened the wooden door, and right there, blocking the entrance, was a giant brown python, sinking into the ground.
The snake's head alone was as long as his sliding door.
A pair of golden vertical pupils were darting around, inspecting something, and as soon as Kuroshi opened the door, they fixed on him, spitting out a crimson tongue.
On top of the giant snake's head stood a man with black hair and a Konoha shinobi uniform.
Because Kuroshi opened the door so suddenly, the snake's descent stopped abruptly.
The two stared at each other in silence for two seconds before Kuroshi, without waiting for the man to speak, shook his head in disgust.
"Is this karma for my bad personality?"
"Wait, I'll lock the door."
Orochimaru, standing on the snake's head, was also stunned by Kuroshi's calm reaction.
Orochimaru was considered a rogue ninja, and it was risky to come back to Konoha.
Although Konoha was currently at odds with the Uchiha, if they discovered him, they would immediately unite against him.
For this reason, Orochimaru had spent nearly a month preparing to find Kuroshi without alerting anyone.
He also took the opportunity to retrieve some data on the Sharingan and the sealed Wood Style ninja.
The daze only lasted a moment, Orochimaru quickly recovered and squeezed out a few crow-like croaks from his throat.
"How interesting, Kuroshi-kun. Ordinary people don't react like this when they see my giant snake."
[Shixie: Thats what he said?]
"Let me witness your abilities firsthand!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru leaped off the snake's head.
The brown python, as if receiving an order, instantly whipped up a gust of wind, directly charging towards Kuroshi's back.
A gaping maw lunged at Kuroshi, and the constantly flicking snake tongue was about to wrap around his waist.
"My house is primarily made of wood, you know. Such a strong wind would be a real hassle to repair."
Kuroshi threw his keys up, pressed his hand firmly against the snake's head, and forcibly stopped the giant snake, which was charging like a tidal wave.
With a loud bang, a wave of air rippled outward from the center of the man and the snake!
The wooden corridor beneath Kuroshi's feet "whoosh" and broke apart, and the flying wood chips were instantly blown away by the air current.
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"Just taijutsu...?"
Orochimaru stood on a tree branch not far away, watching Kuroshi's movements.
If Kuroshi couldn't even handle this snake, then he wouldn't need to intervene.
But it seemed things were taking an interesting turn.
Orochimaru licked his lips with interest.
The brown python twisted its body, pushing forward with force, but Kuroshi's hand was like a wall, firmly blocking its advance.
No matter how hard the snake tried, it couldn't move at all!
"Actually, I kind of like pythons."
A bright smile curved Kuroshi's lips, but the eyes behind his blindfold were mercilessly fixed on the python.
The python instantly felt a primal fear.
It was going to die.
This was an instinctive reaction derived from millions of years of biological evolution, engraved in the bones and genes of all living things.
Its golden eyes widened instantly, and the python struggled to escape.
But Kuroshi didn't loosen his grip on its head, it couldn't move forward or back, and it kept hissing in struggle.
Kuroshi suddenly retracted the playful smile on his face, and a pale blue gas emanated from his palm.
Starting from the snake's head, a stream of pale blue flames instantly enveloped the entire giant snake.
"Kuroshi!"
The giant snake, enveloped by the pale blue gas, had no chance to twist or deform. From head to tail, its flesh instantly flipped outward, revealing pink, tender flesh.
In the blink of an eye, the python instantly burst open from the inside out.
With a "boom," it shattered into hundreds of pieces!
Kuroshi had compressed the space inside the python, and the snake's body was constantly exploding from the pressure.
When the small explosions and air currents reached a certain point, the python exploded in an instant.
With a "clink," the key Kuroshi had thrown up landed on a small hook by the door.
Orochimaru's heart instantly surged with a wave of turmoil. If it weren't for the human face mask, his shocked expression would have been revealed.
"There's no trace of explosive tags here, such a big explosion, was it caused by just that force?!"
The air only smelled of the snake's blood, there was no gunpowder smell. Without relying on fire and explosives, how could he cause such a massive explosion!
"What kind of power is that, what is that pale blue gas?!"
Even though he saw it with his own eyes, Orochimaru couldn't understand what kind of power Kuroshi had just used.
"It can be seen directly, but it can't be sensed?!"
Chakra has various classifications, but the power Kuroshi used had no characteristics.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, just by feeling it, the giant snake would have exploded without any reason!
Orochimaru quickly jumped down from the tree, but Kuroshi, who had been standing at the door a second ago, was now standing in front of him with his hands in his pockets.
"Don't always fight at other people's doorsteps, leave some money for repairs before you go."
Kuroshi suddenly turned his head to Orochimaru.
He was so close, so fast, like a cat silently approaching and able to bite a snake or rat in one gulp.
The Judgment of the Spirit? The Judgment of the People?
Orochimaru's vertical pupils constricted slightly, and he took a step back, flicking his sleeve towards Kuroshi.
Countless snakes shot out from his sleeve, each one opening its mouth wide and wrapping around Kuroshi.
Relying on their sheer numbers and speed, Orochimaru's snakes quickly wrapped around Kuroshi tightly.
"Repairs, huh."
Orochimaru snorted with amusement, leaning towards the bound Kuroshi.
He reached out to the blindfold covering Kuroshi's eyes.
"I'm more curious about the eyes hidden beneath that, than those repairs."
"Those unknown jutsu, they have something to do with your eyes, don't they?"
A kekkei genkai that can directly use jutsu without chakra!
Does such a thing really exist in this world?!
The moment Orochimaru's finger touched the blindfold, the bound Kuroshi instantly disappeared into thin air.
There was no trace of movement, he just vanished.
After a series of crackles, the snakes that had been used to bind Kuroshi suddenly burst open.
Orochimaru widened his eyes in disbelief, and the wind whistling past him instantly interrupted his thoughts.
"When…!"
Orochimaru was also covered in a pale blue gas, and Kuroshi was behind him, somehow.
"Don't forget the real business because you're too obsessed with other people's eyes."
Before Orochimaru could react, his body was completely out of control and slammed into the ground below.
The trees around him were instantly snapped in half, and the broken branches charged towards Orochimaru.
"Bang!!"
With a loud bang, the ground where Orochimaru landed trembled for a moment.
Then, with him as the center, the ground around him cracked like a spiderweb, and rocks and ground constantly shattered.
The thick branches repeatedly slammed into Orochimaru.
With a loud boom, dust scattered, and a large pit four or five meters deep collapsed in the ground!
Kuroshi covered his mouth, waved his arm to disperse the dust, and only a skin sack belonging to Orochimaru's body remained on the ground.
Kuroshi frowned slightly.
That impact was quite powerful, and Kuroshi quickly sensed reinforcements coming from all directions.
"Forget it, this mess is best left to the professionals."
Kuroshi scratched his head, a nonchalant smile on his face.
A black shadow flashed, leaving behind a scene of chaos.
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"Your new mission is to watch the scenery here?"
A flippant voice suddenly rang out.
Tenzo was peeking from behind a tree, engrossed in watching, when he was startled by the sudden voice from behind and almost jumped.
He immediately made a hand seal, leaving a Wood Style clone in place with a "bang."
"Kuro-Kuroshi-nii?"
Tenzo jumped to the side, looking at Kuroshi with some lingering fear.
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