Naruto: I no longer have the money to protect Konoha Chapter 035

Lion Combo!

The instant the kunai missed, Uchiha Chigetsu had already changed his posture.

He stepped on Orochimaru’s shoulder with one foot, intending to scissor-kick and clamp Orochimaru’s neck.

Orochimaru guessed Chigetsu’s intention and suddenly squatted down, causing Uchiha Chigetsu’s sweeping kick to miss.

Not good!

Uchiha Chigetsu preemptively performed the Substitution Jutsu!

Bang!

A cloud of smoke burst open on Uchiha Chigetsu’s body. On the half-buried wooden stake, a kunai was embedded deeply.

“Chigetsu-kun, excellent reaction.”

Orochimaru still didn’t spare his praise.

Although only half a minute had passed since the battle began.

But with such combat intelligence and strength, he had no rivals among genin.

‘A+’

Orochimaru gave his current rating in his mind.

It was worth noting that he had previously given Senju Nawaki a B+ rating.

‘Sugoi!’

In the bushes, Senju Nawaki was incredibly surprised.

So he really wasn’t Uchiha Chigetsu’s opponent!

That five-meter fireball just now, at least an elite chunin would be needed to cast it, right?

“Next, use your full strength.”

Orochimaru extended his hand and said.

‘To what extent will the wind you stir up reach?’

“Okay!”

A hint of fighting spirit flashed in Uchiha Chigetsu’s eyes.

This was the first time, the very first time since his transmigration!

Finally, he could test his own strength.

Uchiha Chigetsu didn’t like to hide; if he could, he wouldn’t hide at all.

But forced by circumstances, he had to.

Now, with an opportunity to display all his strength, Uchiha Chigetsu naturally wouldn’t let it go.

Against Orochimaru, genjutsu was a pure waste of chakra.

Not everyone was Uchiha Itachi, and Orochimaru’s mental strength hadn’t declined yet!

Uchiha Chigetsu had a reasonable suspicion that Orochimaru’s weakness to genjutsu was due to the Impure World Reincarnation.

The most effective thing he could use was…

Chidori!

“Nawaki! Water Release!”

“Hai!” Senju Nawaki jumped directly out of the bushes:

“Water Release: Water Stream Jutsu!”

Water jetted from his mouth, shooting towards Orochimaru.

Uchiha Chigetsu used this opportunity to retreat backward, forming hand signs throughout the process.

巳 – 未 – 申 – 亥 – 午 – 寅.

In less than two seconds, a Great Fireball was again spewed from his mouth.

Orochimaru’s eyes lit up.

He had already anticipated Uchiha Chigetsu’s tactics.

So… in a steaming environment, what would you do?

Swish~

Orochimaru dodged, and the Water Stream Jutsu collided with the Great Fireball, a burst of steam erupted, instantly covering dozens of meters.

Under the Sharingan, this mist was naturally like nothing.

Summoning Jutsu: Lightning Blade Transformation!

One after another, whooshing sounds attacked.

Orochimaru’s ears twitched, immediately deducing the shuriken’s trajectory.

Swish!

He pulled out a kunai and blocked all the incoming shuriken, a series of clanging sounds echoing in the forest.

Fuma Shuriken!

Uchiha Chigetsu inwardly let out a low cry.

Manipulated Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows!

Two Fuma Shuriken were thrown by Chigetsu.

A whooshing sound approached, and Orochimaru dodged the two shuriken by turning his body.

His gaze swept lightly, naturally seeing the threads on the shuriken.

Uchiha’s Manipulated Shuriken, huh?

Hum!

After the Fuma Shuriken passed around Orochimaru, they were pulled back by Uchiha Chigetsu.

They crossed paths after arcing through the air.

Orochimaru secretly praised, then was about to flash away.

The next instant, the Fuma Shuriken exploded directly in mid-air! Breaking into four pieces!

And the single thread that was originally on each shuriken turned into several!

It’s genjutsu!

Sharingan genjutsu!

The Sharingan doesn’t require any contact, it can even cast genjutsu with just light refraction… truly terrifying.

The details he hadn’t noticed had laid a trap like this.

And this genjutsu merely made him subconsciously ignore the tangled threads.

Orochimaru marveled again, and the four-part shuriken had already been pulled back by the threads, covering a wide area!

Dodging was too late; there was no place to land nearby.

“Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.”

Orochimaru formed hand signs, and a whirlwind spewed from his mouth, blowing the pulled-back shuriken in all directions.

No!

These shuriken… have lost their force!

The four-part shuriken scattered with a single blow; there was no force from the manipulated shuriken pulling them back.

Swish, swish, swish!

Dozens more whooshing sounds attacked.

This time, Orochimaru’s eyes narrowed.

If it were an ordinary chunin, this series of actions would surely be fatal!

“Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall.”

Orochimaru suddenly turned, formed hand signs with both hands, and then slammed them onto the ground.

Immediately, an earth wall stood before him.

Clank, clank!

The sound of shuriken piercing the earth wall came…

As expected.

Orochimaru was speechless, silently changing his evaluation to S.

Such combat intelligence was truly extraordinary.

Orochimaru viewed battles between shinobi as ‘resource exchange.’

Chakra was the biggest capital.

A chunin facing two genin would normally overwhelm them.

From the perspective of resource exchange, it meant winning in both the quantity and quality of ninjutsu.

From the beginning until now, Uchiha Chigetsu had only expended one Great Fireball and his teammate’s Water Stream Jutsu, as well as shuriken that didn’t consume chakra.

In doing so, he had exchanged away two of his own ninjutsu.

In a normal battle, he would have already fallen into a huge disadvantage!

The chunin’s sure-win situation had turned into a disadvantage.

At this moment, the mist behind Orochimaru had been blown away by the Great Breakthrough.

And after the shuriken and kunai pierced the earth wall, another sizzling sound erupted!

Explosive tags?

Even Orochimaru couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth at this moment.

As expected of an Uchiha, their application of ninja tools far surpassed others.

Boom!

One explosion after another stirred up dust again.

Orochimaru retreated, but the surrounding environment once again became filled with smoke.

‘No matter what, he won’t let me have a clear view, will he?’

A very good strategy.

Swish!

Another whooshing sound attacked; a kunai pierced through the smoke, brushing past the earth wall.

Orochimaru turned his head and saw a head-sized shadow flash past his waist.

“Chigetsu-kun, not a very wise choice.”

Orochimaru’s mouth curved upwards, the kunai in his hand glinting with cold light, and he stabbed towards the shadow.

Swish!

The area around the shadow opened up, revealing only a corner of a robe tied with a kunai, fluttering towards him!

“Lightning Release: Ground Flash!”

A furious roar echoed in the void.

Orochimaru quickly looked behind him, his hand movements not stopping:

“Wind Release…”

No!

It wasn’t ninjutsu at all!

Uchiha Chigetsu’s face appeared before him.

It was in this one-second interval of forming hand signs that Chigetsu’s sweeping kick landed heavily on Orochimaru’s head.

For a moment, Orochimaru stumbled back several steps sideways.

Uchiha Chigetsu’s eyes narrowed, his Lion Combo didn’t stop, and he even pulled out a kunai and stabbed it directly into Orochimaru’s heart.

Splash!

Orochimaru’s body turned into a pile of mud and collapsed.

As Uchiha Chigetsu landed, another Orochimaru emerged from the ground.

“Mūta, Chigetsu-kun, it’s over.”