The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 02]

Chapter 379 - Orochimaru's Dangerous Gamble 02

A rumble tore through the rocky plains. Then, without warning, the ground a couple hundred meters away cracked and split apart. A colossal red summoning snake, dozens of meters long erupted from the earth. It reared its massive head, hissing viciously as its glowing yellow eyes locked onto Daichi and Tsunade with predatory intent.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he looked at the giant serpent. "That's..."

"Orochimaru's summon... Looks like that bastard is still alive." Jiraiya muttered as he looked at the creature with slightly narrowed eyes.

Daichi didn't look up from his patient as all his attention was on his teacher. But as Shizune looked into the eyes of the large beast she realized that they were its target. "It's... It's looking right at us."

Just as those words left her lips, the snake sped towards their location with the intent to swallow them whole.

"Shit," Jiraiya muttered, muscles tensing.

But before the snake could close the distance, Tobirama vanished in a blur and reappeared between the snake and his comrades. Jiraiya and Kakashi quickly stood in a diamond formation, but Tobirama raised his arms, weaving swift hand seals.

"Water Style: Water Severing Wave!"

A violent torrent of superheated water erupted from Tobirama's mouth, heading straight for the serpent.

The water jutsu sliced clean through the gargantuan serpent body, cutting it into several pieces. The beast shrieked and convulsed, its body collapsing into several writhing portions. The severed remains crashed into the dirt with a thunderous impact.

But just as the beast fell, something moved within its body. From inside the snake's corpse emerged a silhouette, stepping free of the bloody remains with disconcerting calm. A moment later the summoning creature vanished in a puff of smoke and it obstructed the sight of the Leaf ninjas, but only for a few moments.

As Tobirama, Jiraiya and Kakashi stood guard the smoke cleared and they finally saw the figure of a fairly tall kunoichi. She was fair-skinned with pupil-less brown eyes. She had green hair that she tied in a bun on top of her head with a hair needle running through it and one short and long strands of hair with orange tips framing each side of her face.

Kakashi took a closer look and he suddenly recognized the enemy in front of him. "Wait. I think that's Pakura of the Sand village."

Jiraiya nodded when he heard that. "The Hero of the Hidden Sand huh. I heard she died from an attack by the Hidden Stone village a few years ago."

"She's a reanimation. Her eyes are a dead give away." Tobirama spoke up. 'Another reanimated corpse... Orochimaru must be pulling out his reserves.'

"What can you tell me about her strength?" The Senju asked his team.

"She was a renowned kunoichi during her lifetime. She possesses a Kekkei Genkai known as Scorch Style. She can create heat orbs that "mummify" her enemies by evaporating all the moisture in their bodies. At least that's what I've heard. A strong and difficult opponent." The Toad sage quickly recalled the intel he had on her and updated his team.

The Second Hokage nodded. 'A Scorch Style user huh. Very rare.' The reanimated Kage quickly made a decision. "Then I'll handle her. You two stay here and guard these three."

Just at that moment, without preamble, Pakura launched a scorching orb of heat at Tobirama. He immediately countered with a defensive swirl of water, steam hissing where the two elements collided. The two opposing elements quickly cancelled each other out.