At the end of the day, it was just the sacrifice of a few people in exchange for the victory of the many. However, was the sacrifice really that valuable?
"Hey!" Hidekazu laughed self-deprecatingly, stood up, and walked forward.
"When did I become so sentimental? What a joke." He mumbled as his figure gradually disappeared from Yamamoto Saida and Shirakawa Yui's sight.
Hideki wanted to talk to the leader, Jounin, and see what the next step of the mission was.
The supplies in the carriage were not damaged too much, and the " reinforcements " from the camp had also come to accept the work.
Did that mean that they had completed their mission and could return to the village?
As they walked, Shue suddenly stopped and squinted his eyes.
It was a slender figure hidden in the dense shadows under the leaves.
This person was wearing a Jounin vest. He crossed his arms and casually leaned against the tree trunk behind him.
He did not seem to care about the look that Shoutu gave him. Instead, he sized Shoutu up with interest.
It was a man with a face as pale as paper. He was about 20 years old, and his long black hair fell over his shoulders.
His eyes were dark gold, and there was dark purple eyeshadow at the corners of his eyes. His pupils were vertical like those of a beast.
Hidekazu looked at him for a few seconds before slowly saying,""Orochimaru Jounin? What's the matter?"
Before passing by this place, Hidekazu did not activate his perception ability, so he did not know that Orochimaru was hidden here.
If it wasn't for the fact that this guy had leaked out a trace of his aura, perhaps Shue wouldn't have noticed his presence from the start.
"This is Orochimaru…I couldn't sense him with my intuition.
From the looks of it, his strength should be much stronger than mine under normal circumstances.”Hidekazu secretly analyzed the difference in strength between the two sides. At the same time, he was also curious about Orochimaru's appearance here.
"Shinobuchi has very keen intuition.”Orochimaru's voice was very hoarse, giving off the feeling that he had been ill for a long time.
"To be able to deal with two Jounins by yourself, Hidekun, you are not a simple Chuunin.”
After hearing this, Shue Nishikawa realized that Orochimaru knew what had happened on the battlefield. He said humbly,""No…If it wasn't for the help of the other Jounin, I might have already died.”
Orochimaru shook his head and slowly walked to a spot one meter away from Shue Shinkawa. His eyes revealed an interested gaze." Presumably, after returning to the village, Teacher Yuan Fei will raise your class to Jounin, right?”
"Maybe." Hidekazu did not comment on this. He looked at Orochimaru with a questioning gaze, waiting for him to continue.
"I heard that Hidekun had just become a chuunin a year ago. In just a year…he has grown to his current level.”Orochimaru licked his lips." Hidekun, don't you think you're suspicious?"”
"Maybe I'm a late bloomer?" Shue shrugged.”
"Is that so?" Orochimaru smiled coldly and asked,""I think you're more likely to be a spy from another village.”
Right at this moment, a spotted python suddenly crawled out from the soil behind him. It quickly climbed up and tightly wrapped around his body.
The python's ferocious mouth was aimed at Shue's face, and it stuck out its forked tongue sinisterly.
Hidekazu looked at the snake head expressionlessly. He did not struggle and only asked,""Why did Orochimaru Jounin accuse me of being a spy?”
"Where is your evidence?"
Orochimaru slowly approached Hideyoshi, and his head naturally leaned over. The distance between his cold snake eyes and Hideyoshi's eyes was less than ten centimeters.
"In the past, there was nothing extraordinary about Hidekun, but in the year that you became a chuunin, your strength has improved by leaps and bounds.”
"No, to be precise, it's only these two months.
? You grew from an ordinary Jounin to a Jounin that was stronger than an average Jounin. This kind of growth speed was truly terrifying.”
" So, what does this mean?" Hidekazu asked calmly.”
" This means…" Orochimaru's lips curled into a cold smile.
"Perhaps you are no longer Shoutu Shitagawa. Speak! Who are you? Who sent you?"
Sho smiled indifferently. This was the second time someone had asked him who he was in recent days.
Although Shino was surprised by Orochimaru's sudden attack, he had considered this possibility.
From the moment he revealed his strength, he was already prepared for this scene. However, he did not expect that Orochimaru would be the first to suspect him.
Moreover, the other party seemed to know a lot about him.
With his previous identity as a Chuunin, it should not be worth the effort of someone like Orochimaru to investigate him.
It had only been a few hours since he revealed his strength. It was impossible for Orochimaru to investigate him so thoroughly in such a short time.
In other words, someone was paying attention to him behind the scenes and sending Orochimaru relevant information.
The things behind this made Shoutu think deeply.
In comparison, Orochimaru's probing seemed insignificant.
"I'm naturally Kiba Chuunin, Shigawa Shue.”" Yes," Shue said slowly, answering Orochimaru's question.
"I don't think there's anything suspicious about me.”
"First of all, if I were a spy from another village, I wouldn't have acted decisively on the battlefield just now.
Secondly, everyone might have their own unique personal encounters. The reason why you don't understand is that you haven't experienced it yet.”
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and pointed out a "loophole" in Hideki's words when he saw that Hideki wasn't flustered at all."You were in an extremely bad situation at that time. Who knows if you were forced to attack because of Yu Ren? Maybe you just don't want to die.”
Hideki sighed and said sarcastically,""It seems that Orochimaru doesn't know that I have the ability to sense? There's no need to hide the village's plan…"
Orochimaru's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect that Shoutu had already seen through the situation. It seemed like…the other party must not have been forced to reveal his strength, but had long planned to " perform " well.
There was nothing wrong with this method.
However, Orochimaru didn't stop probing Shue Shikawa just because he remembered the mission given to him by the higher-ups.
"Hideki, have you realized where your biggest mistake was?”Orochimaru looked as if he had won." You're too calm, and this is not the attitude a normal person should have when facing injustice.”
This was not over yet!
A wave of irritation surged in Shouta's heart. He put on an impatient expression and snorted coldly,""I don't believe this, I don't believe that.
Orochimaru, do you really think that you have me?”
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