Orochimaru turned his head to dodge Kazama's hand, frowning in disgust: "You don't need to wipe my face! Get these two wild dogs holding me down away first!"

"You're being too formal, Senior."

Kazama stood up with a chuckle and snapped his fingers.

The black and white Divine Dogs holding down Orochimaru's arms released their front paws and melted back into the shadows.

Orochimaru propped himself up with his hands and pulled his body up: "Since you're making me help you train your disciple, you should at least bring something decent in exchange, right?"

Kazama asked with great interest: "Oh? What treasure of mine has Senior taken a fancy to? Let's make it clear first, I have no money, all my savings went into buying Make-Out..."

"Who cares about your stinking money!"

Orochimaru interrupted impatiently, pointing at the shadow mud pool beneath his feet: "I want this Ninjutsu of yours!"

"Just this?"

Kazama wore a weird expression: "Tsk, I thought you were planning to make me steal the Hokage hat of old man Hiruzen for you to wear for a couple of days."

"It's just a Ninjutsu, sure, I'll teach it to you!"

Orochimaru, who had already prepared to bargain, was thrown off balance by Kazama again: "You just agreed like that? No other additional conditions?"

Kazama waved his hand dismissively: "What conditions could there be, it's just a Ninjutsu."

Finished speaking, Kazama fished out an Ichiraku Ramen coupon, wrote a string of addresses on the back with a pen, and shoved it into Orochimaru's hand: "Senior Orochimaru, come find me at my house later!"

Seeing Kazama agree so readily, Orochimaru's thoughts also cleared up: "Hahaha... Refreshing!"

"Alright, it's a deal then, see you later, Senior."

Kazama raised his index and middle fingers of his right hand in front of his chest, preparing to disperse the domain enveloping the alley.

"Wait! Don't undo it yet!" Orochimaru shouted urgently to stop him.

Kazama stopped his finger and tilted his head to look at him: "What is it again, Senior? Could it be that you've developed feelings for this mud house? Do you want me to call out Muxiang and give you a set of Thai-style back walking?"

"I'm not in the mood to joke with you!"

Orochimaru lowered his voice and pointed around:

"We made such a big commotion here just now, and this alley has been sealed by your shadows for so long. What are we going to do if it attracts the Konoha ANBU?"

Hearing this, Kazama looked at Orochimaru with the gaze of someone caring for a fool: "What do you mean 'what if'? They've already been attracted."

Orochimaru's breathing stalled: "What did you say?"

"Senior, those guys in the Konoha ANBU are not blind."

Kazama spread his hands: "In broad daylight, an entire street alley is suddenly shrouded by a black curtain, even a fool would know there's a problem."

"I just sensed it, outside has long been surrounded by Anbu ninja, numbering at least thirty people."

Orochimaru went numb!

If he was exposed here today, all his plans would go down the drain!

Orochimaru asked Kazama anxiously: "How do you plan to handle this? If the Anbu find out you're hanging out with me, you won't be able to stay in the village either."

"Hehehe! Rest assured, Senior Orochimaru! I've already thought of a solution!"

Kazama crossed the two fingers held in front of his chest outward: "Release!"

Chimera Shadow Garden instantly dispersed completely!

At the same time as releasing the domain, Kazama took out two smoke bombs and smashed them onto the ground!

Bang! Bang!

Two puffs of white smoke burst open, obscuring the figures of Kazama and Orochimaru.

Kazama cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted: "Nigerundayo!"

After saying that, Kazama quickly left using Soru, bounding across three streets in a few leaps without being discovered by the Anbu at all!

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

Seeing the thick smoke filling the air, an Anbu immediately formed Hand Seals with both hands.

A fierce wind blew into the narrow alley, instantly blowing away most of the white smoke in the alley.

Right in the center of the alley.

Only Orochimaru, wearing the skin of Kusagakure ninja Shiori, was left standing alone in the wind in disarray.

No, I haven't even gotten on board yet!

Having lived for fifty some years, fought in two Great Shinobi Wars, defected from Konoha, entered and exited Akatsuki...

But this is the first time he's ever seen a beast who sells out his teammate so smoothly and without any psychological burden!

Orochimaru looked in the direction Kazama escaped, and gestured a Dust Release sign!

Kazama, damn you!!!

"Don't move! Put away that weird hand seal gesture!"

On the edge of the alley wall, an Anbu squad leader wearing a hawk mask leaped down, pressing the hilt of the Ninja Blade behind his back with his right hand, and sternly demanded:

"Squat down with your hands behind your head! Speak! Who are you, who were you fighting with in this alley just now, and what is the deal with that black Barrier and the guy who just ran away!"

More than thirty strands of killing intent locked onto Orochimaru simultaneously.

Orochimaru reluctantly pulled back his hands.

Should he move to slaughter all these people?

But once blood was shed here, Konoha's highest alert would sound on the spot, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and all the Jonin of the village would pounce over in an instant.

Impatience spoils great plans...

Thud!

Orochimaru's knees went soft, and he collapsed sitting on the ground, wrapping his arms around his shoulders into a ball, crying out in a weak female voice:

"Wuu... Save me, you Konoha lords!"

"I am Shiori, a Genin from Kusagakure here to participate in the Chunin Exams... I just finished the first written test, got separated from my companion and got lost, and ended up accidentally turning into this dead end alley..."

The hawk-faced squad leader raised his hand to signal two subordinates to step forward and search the surroundings, asking in a deep voice:

"Lost? Then what was that black curtain that covered the entire alley just now! And who was the person who escaped!"

"I don't know him!"

Orochimaru put on a weak, excessively frightened appearance, his shoulders twitching as he accused:

"As soon as I walked into the alley, a masked Monster jumped out from behind! That bastard released a large amount of black mud to trap me inside, saying he wants to finish me off here for tomorrow's exam!"

"My lords, why is Konoha's security so chaotic, you scared the life out of me..."

Two Anbu who finished inspecting the scene hurried back to the squad leader's side, reporting in a low voice:

"Captain, the blue bricks at the end of the alley have footprints crushed by powerful Taijutsu. The Body Flicker Technique of the person who escaped was ridiculously fast, and the outer perimeter guard group failed to intercept him."

"However, the bases of the walls on both sides left quite a few nicks from sword blade slashes, as well as large areas of traces corroded by strong acid. The situation at the scene is definitely not simple."

The hawk-faced squad leader glanced around the surroundings, then lowered his head to look at Orochimaru, feeling doubtful.

Being able to save her life under the attack of a Taijutsu master of that level, this Kusagakure female Genin's luck was simply too good.

"Hand over your examinee pass for verification!" The hawk-faced squad leader reached out his hand.

Orochimaru tremblingly pulled out Kusagakure's official documents from his ninja tool pouch and handed them over.

After the hawk-faced squad leader opened and confirmed it was correct, he closed the booklet and threw it back into Orochimaru's arms.

Right now, Ninjas from various countries are gathered. Before catching solid evidence, rashly dragging an outside village examinee into the interrogation department would easily trigger diplomatic disputes.

"Since an unidentified attacker has sneaked into the village, it's too dangerous for you to walk back alone."

The hawk-faced squad leader beckoned backward, and four Anbu immediately stepped forward to sandwich Orochimaru in the middle:

"Out of consideration for the safety of examinees from other villages, we Anbu will now personally escort you back to the inn and confirm your whereabouts with your companion by the way. Get up, Miss Shiori."

Orochimaru immediately put on a weak expression of extreme gratitude: "Then... thank you very much, my lords."