As Hiruzen said, begin, all 4 disappeared in a burst of speed, while Hiruzen walked over to a log post and just sat waiting for the attack. Jiraiya, hiding behind a tree, peeked a look at Hiruzen.
'That old man is looking down on us.' He thought seeing Hiruzen's relaxed demeanor
"Alright then, if you want to look down on us, then I'll just take those bells and make you take me seriously," Jiraiya said as he began to charge out toward Hiruzen, but before he could even escape the trees' radius, a rope closed around his leg, hoisting him upside down by a branch.
"Oh, come on." Jiraiya shouted, annoyed.
Suddenly a sword came flying, cutting the rope, and Jiraiya, caught off guard, plummeted to the ground.
"Why didn't you warn me?" Jiraiya said, rubbing his head as he looked up to see Hiruko, Tsunade, and Orochimaru staring down at him.
"Are you an idiot? This is the Hokage, the second strongest in the village. Did you think running in headfirst would help?" Tsunade said, shaking her head in disbelief at Jiraiya's stupidity.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter what the old man is; I can take the bell myself if I really want to." Jiraiya said confidently.
"Oh yeah? Then let's make a bet. If you get the bell, you win; if you can't, I win. The loser has to buy the winner dinner." Tsunade said, equally as confident,
"Fine then, let's do it," Jiraiya said pridefully as he walked off to do his next move.
Once he was out of sight, Tsunade posed, "What are the odds of him getting the bell?
At the same time, both Hiruko and Orochimaru said, "Zero."
After saying that, Hiruko followed up, saying, "He's the Hokage. The odds of any of us getting the bell alone are zero, and if you haven't realized that isn't the objective of this test, the objective is—"
"To test our teamwork and strength" Orochimaru said, finishing Hiruko's sentence, he was more of a lone wolf; if not for Hiruko and the test objective, he would prefer not to work in a group.
At Orochimaru's answer, Hiruko simply nodded as the three disappeared again to formulate a plan.
Internally, Hiruko thought, looking at a luminescent blue screen, 'I knew no matter what, Hiruzen couldn't fail us, so I originally planned to take it easy, but now I guess that's out the window.' Hirko thought
[Host, you have a mission.]
[Take the bell from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Reward: Sanji [Genetically Modified exoskeleton]
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Tied up to the previous log post was Jiraiya, who, after a whole bunch of attempts at grabbing the bells and failing, was tied up as punishment.
To the side of him was Hiruzen, who had a small smile as three bodies appeared a couple of meters in front of him.
In front of me stood Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Hiruko with his sword.
Hiruzen, watching the three, thought internally,
'Clones, huh? And very good ones at that. The transformation jutsu applied on Hiruko and Tsunade are nearly perfect. Good job, Orochimaru.' Hiruzen praised internally; if not for the discerning eye that comes with war, he might not have been able to tell the difference.
But still, Hiruzen played along; this was a test, not an actual battle.
"So you three decided to stop hiding and try your hand at taking the bells." Hiruzen said, chuckling, though he knew this type of basic provocation wouldn't work since these clones were
Orochimaru's, but he still decided to give it a try. If he was lucky, Tsunade might just appear with her fist flailing.
But getting no reaction, Hiruzen sighed and took action, using a single hand seal, causing the earth to rise and mold into a staff.
Seeing him fall into a defensive stance, all three clones rushed in towards Hiruzen; Hiruko's clone with his sword rushed in, engaging with Hiruzen, who blocked with his staff.
The Tsunade clone using this chance attacked with a punch to Hiruzen's left while Orochimaru's clone delivered a kick. Both clones hitting Hiruzen suddenly were taken by surprise when he turned into a log via The substitution Jutsu.
Looking around, all three clones suddenly disappeared in a puff as something struck them quickly from behind.
Shouting out loud, he yelled, "Is that all you have?"
But suddenly a voice called out from behind him.
"Not even close, old man." A girl's voice rang out as Hiruzen slightly turned to see Tsunade with her Chakra Enhanced Punch only a few inches away.
But surprisingly, she didn't try and attack him; instead, she hit the ground, causing it to split and fracture in a 5 meter radius.
Hiruzen, using the Body Flicker Technique, quickly escaped just outside the radius.
"Now Tsunade, what was that for?" Hiruzen pondered; he really wondered what the point was of destroying the ground."
But Tsunade simply responded with a smirk, saying, "You'll see."
Suddenly Hiruzen felt a force in the shape of a sword slash suddenly push him toward Tsunade; it wasn't a big force. Hiruzen could have resisted it or anchored himself down with jutsu, but he was curious as to what their plan was.
In the surrounding woods a quiet voice said, "Moko," blackish lightning surrounding a white haired boys body.
Hiruzen, pushed just a few inches from Tsunade, feels a presence behind him. Turning his head slightly, he saw a clone of Hiruko performing hand signs quickly and then placing his hand on Hiruzen, causing sealing ink to transmit to his body before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
'So this was their plan.' Hiruzen thought about turning back to the real Tsunade only to be met with a punch to his gut that pushed him back a few feet short of his original position.
"Hehe, so you caused the ground to fracture so I wouldn't see the clone who used the transformation technique to hide. How smart," Hiruzen said with a chuckle.
Suddenly, though, Hiruzen felt a slight drain on his chakra.
"A seal?" He posed slightly confused, not at the presence of a seal. I mean, two of his students were family of the great Mito Uzumaki, but he was confused at why they would place a chakra-draining seal.
Though he wasn't a full-fledged Kage-level yet, he still had Chakra reserves that qualified him to be near them, so a seal like this drained his chakra, yes, but the drain was negligible.
Tsunade, seeing his confusion, spoke up.
"Yep, a seal, old man, a modified one to be exact. If you didn't know, Hiruko happens to have talent in the arts of sealing, so he modified the chakra drain seal to not need physical contact to continuously drain at the cost of a bit of a gradual process." Tsunade said with a bit of pride.
At this Hiruzen was noticeably surprised. 'Modifying a seal at the age of six? If he can improve it even more and place it on someone, making it not so easy to take off, this seal could be a pain in the butt. But that's in the future right now, though this seal is removable, though I'll need about a minute,' Hiruzen thought as he began to start removing the seal.
Suddenly, however, Hiruzen began to feel a presence, looking up at the figure of Hiruko, who was falling down, his weight currently at 500 kg.
"What the—" Hiruzen said as Hiruko came down, causing a minor shockwave and dust to rise up and cover some of the training ground.
Hiruzen, who escaped by jumping into the air, was about to land when he suddenly felt his movements become restrained as a force descended on him.
'Hiruko's gravity kekkei genkai?" Hiruzen thought internally as he felt a large pressure of gravity 3x.
"So these kids are ready," Hiruzen said with a small smile. He could easily resist this gravity with a bit of effort, but he decided not to as he fell back to the ground.
"Okay, you guys—" But just as Hiruzen was about to tell them they passed, Tsunade and Hiruko appeared, their index fingers extended.
Tsunade, who learned finger gun, enhanced it with chakra, and Hiruko, who learned Tsunade's chakra, enhanced strength. Further enhanced his finger gun with it and, as a cautionary measure, brought his weight up to 100 kg.
Hiruzen, feeling the danger radiating from them, backflipped from both fingers when suddenly a pale hand extended from the ground from his current spot.
Hiruzen, who saw this, was going to use the body flicker technique when Hiruko, who previously was ready to attack Hiruzen, made a series of hand signs, activating the seal on Hiruzen and making his chakra disrupt for a split second, just enough for Orochimaru to grab the bells.
Hiruzen, who was now on the ground in disbelief, said, "You won…but how?"
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I will explain the battle and the intricate parts next ch
I tried to make this battle as enjoyable as I could and not as straight forward and boring so I hope it was good
And today I uploaded in Saturday because I already missed a day this week but going forward I won't upload on Saturday due to religious reasons
Also I want to know how you guys feel about lesser known or not explicitly stated to be cannon rewards from the system like Zoros obviously unique physique or biological things like electro from the mink tribe (this would only be certain aspects or abilities not the whole half animal stuff) or would you like me to stick to the regular stuff like Haki and devil fruit etc etc if you want the lesser known or not explicitly cannon stuff pls give me some suggestions or ideas you wish to see thank you
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