Hyuga Kazuki and Aburame Shiori made a gesture of reconciliation, bowed to the audience, and silently left the arena.
"Indeed, they are from prominent clans," Tsunade remarked, seemingly giving a compliment, but her scornful expression betrayed her true feelings.
"Yes, indeed. Just look at you, the princess of the Senju Clan. You don't seem to care about your image at all," Orochimaru retorted with a reflexive smirk.
"What did you say?" Tsunade, lying lazily on the armrest of the stand, immediately frowned. She pretended to be apathetic, but Orochimaru's calm face and witty remark managed to rile her up even more.
"I mean, Tsunade-sama's image must be impeccable, even though you may appear unrestrained and carefree most of the time, you still surpass Hyuga Kazuki in that regard!"
Orochimaru sat up straight in an instant, silently praising his own cleverness.
Indeed, even powerful individuals must show respect in certain situations. Though they may play the role of antagonists, they are still relatively "young" and need to grow.
"Humph!" Tsunade stood up with her hands on her hips, as if she was about to "take off" from an airport runway, about to say something.
"Next match: Senju Tsunade vs. Kaito Fujikawa!"
Tsunade glared at Orochimaru for a moment.
"Humph!" Tsunade made a "wait and see" expression and leaped off the stand!
"Bang!" Tsunade's seemingly slender and delicate body slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a cloud of smoke, truly displaying a standard heroic entrance!
On the other side, Kaito Fujikawa, an ordinary civilian ninja, trembled as he watched Tsunade approach casually.
Orochimaru glanced at the scene but didn't pay much attention. As expected, within a minute, amidst the cheers, Kaito Fujikawa dramatically threw himself into a pit in a way that pleased the audience, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
Tsunade folded her arms in front of her chest and glanced provocatively at Orochimaru.
"Well done, Tsunade!" Kato Dan called out at that moment.
Orochimaru thought, "Just as expected."
Tsunade looked back dominantly, smiled, and both of them returned to their seats.
"The next match: Orochimaru vs. Nara Yasuo!" the referee announced.
"Hey, isn't he from a clan known for their high IQ?" Orochimaru finally came to his senses and prepared to leave the stand.
Tsunade happened to come up at that moment, walking towards him with a captivating smile.
However, Orochimaru's gaze was fixed on Nara Yasuo, completely ignoring Tsunade.
"The Nara clan members are truly lazy."
"How dare you ignore me?!" Tsunade's lips pursed, and she raised her fist but then let it go.
"Bang!" Shocking! Orochimaru, caught off guard, was kicked and sent flying into the arena, displaying a graceful posture like a falling wild goose!
The entire venue fell silent for three seconds...
"Come on, Orochimaru!" Tsunade's voice rang out harshly!
"This girl," Sarutobi sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead.
"Ahem." Orochimaru's figure was slightly hunched as he got up, but Nara Yasuo was under a lot of pressure. Orochimaru's strength had overwhelmed him, and he regretted not surrendering in the first round.
"Troublesome. Based on my calculations, the chances of winning are less than 10%," Nara Yasuo said with lowered eyelids. "I intended to admit defeat, but my sensei and others wouldn't allow it. Sigh, what a hassle."
After forming the seal, Nara Yasuo threw multiple kunai directly.
"Is that what you think?" Orochimaru smiled faintly and easily deflected all the kunai aimed at him with his own kunai.
Ordinary people might not understand the Nara clan's shadow control techniques, but Orochimaru's perception had already detected the two transparent chakra threads wrapped around the back of two kunai.
These threads were hard to spot with the naked eye, but they were visible in the sunlight. Nara Yasuo's chances of winning were based on using shadows to control Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was momentarily perplexed. What if the gap in strength was too significant and the shadow control didn't work?
In the following moments, Nara Yasuo hurled kunai in circles at Orochimaru, but Orochimaru stood firm, easily catching and redirecting all the kunai, even kicking away the two kunai at his feet, seemingly unintentionally.
"Have you found out?" Nara Yasuo panted, realizing that the situation was not favorable. Orochimaru's actions left him with no opportunities. It was a targeted approach.
Since when did Orochimaru become so powerful.
Even with an IQ of over 200, Nara Yasuo couldn't figure it out, but the audience started booing.
"Only one last move!" Nara Yasuo became anxious and finally threw a kunai with an explosive tag with all his might.
"Bang!" Orochimaru finally jumped to dodge.
The smoke from the explosive tag obscured Orochimaru's figure.
"Now's the chance!" Nara Yasuo widened his eyes with a solemn expression and immediately threw five or six kunai in different directions, each with a chakra thread behind it!
"Based on his strength, the direction of his jump, and some details from his previous battles, these are his most likely landing spots!" Nara Yasuo whispered.
By using the smoke from the explosive tag to block Orochimaru's vision and then predicting his possible landing spots based on previous actions, Nara Yasuo's exceptional analytical abilities and insight were truly commendable.
"I've got him!" he exclaimed as one of the chakra threads controlling the kunai collapsed, and he activated his shadow-binding technique with excitement!
"Success!" he shouted, feeling that Orochimaru had put him under immense pressure. The shadow-binding technique had seemingly restrained Orochimaru's physical body.
"What an impressive young man," Tsushima admired.
"He's indeed smart, but unfortunately, he won't win," Tobirama commented indifferently.
After the smoke cleared, Orochimaru caught the kunai in his hands!
"What?!" Nara Yasuo was utterly bewildered. Due to his excessive force, he was even injuired.
Actually... was it that easy?!
"Yasuo!" His colleagues Akimichi Chou and Yamanaka Inosuke in the stands shouted anxiously, and there were exclamations from the VIP stand as well.
"So, in the face of absolute strength, all strategies become meaningless?" Nara Yasuo smiled wryly, his proud IQ completely suppressed. This blow was even harder to bear than losing the match.
Looking at Orochimaru, who still stood calmly in the distance, Nara Yasuo smiled bitterly and raised his hand.
"Referee, I admit defeat."
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