"Coming, coming."
Orochimaru didn't continue to dwell on why Uchiha Hikari suddenly kissed her, and would ask her when she had time.
"Why does it feel like it's ugly and suits you?"
Orochimaru helped Tsunade put on the battle armor, combed her light yellow long hair into two ponytails and hung them behind her head, and finally put on her forehead protector for her.
"Orochimaru, I want to give it to you."
Tsunade took off the necklace that she had been wearing around her neck since she was a child.
"Isn't this your grandfather's relic?"
Orochimaru looked at the necklace in Tsunade's hand with a look of surprise.
This necklace is a Chakra crystal that can react with Senju Hashirama's Chakra.
No, rather than saying that it reacts with the First Hokage's Chakra, it is better to say that Senju Hashirama used Chakra to condense a Chakra crystal as a gift to Tsunade.
I don't know if his money was used for gambling. When it came time to give Tsunade a gift, he had nothing to give her, so he could only condense a Chakra crystal with Chakra to make a necklace.
"It's my grandfather's relic, and it's also a gift from my grandfather to me."
Tsunade's bright light brown eyes looked at Orochimaru, hoping she would accept it.
"I don't have the great dream of becoming a Hokage, is it really okay to give it to me?"
Orochimaru said, lowering her head to let Tsunade put the necklace on herself.
"What a coincidence, I don't want to be a Hokage either, we're the same!"
Tsunade looked at the necklace on Orochimaru's neck, revealing her signature smile.
"Let's go, it's almost time to gather."
Orochimaru put the necklace close to her body and looked at Hyuga Mio and said, "Mio, I'll leave everything at home to you."
"Yeah."
Hyuga Mio nodded slightly, with a faint smile on her face, walked up to Orochimaru, hesitated for a moment, took a step forward and hugged her.
That was... Hyuga Mio noticed the necklace on Orochimaru's neck, recognized that it was Tsunade's necklace, and thought that the things she had prepared were a bit embarrassing to take out. After hesitating for a while, she still put the prepared amulet in Orochimaru's hand.
"Orochimaru, you and Tsunade must be careful."
"Yeah."
Orochimaru looked at the amulet in her hand, and could see that it was sewn by Hyuga Mio herself. She put it close to her body and pulled Tsunade out.
If I had known, if I had known, I would have prepared an amulet too... Tsunade looked resentfully at the place where Orochimaru put the amulet.
In the forest outside Konoha, the vanguard composed of Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan was ambushing here.
"Is that Konoha over there? I didn't expect to get close so easily."
"Is this Konoha, the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages? It's nothing more than that!"
"Let our lovely bees give Konoha a surprise!"
The Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan didn't expect to come near Konoha so easily. A large number of special bees gathered into swarms, and under their control, they flew towards Konoha in the sky like dark clouds. Before they even got close to Konoha, the Kikaichu formed a worm wall to block the bee swarm.
One after another, huge Chimera Bug appeared in the sky, and there were also a few Chimera Bug that were slightly smaller and had more colorful colors on their bodies.
"That is... what is that?!"
The Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan had never seen such a huge bug.
The Ninja of the Aburame Clan stood on the Chimera Bug with their arms crossed, looking down at the Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan.
"Not good!"
"We've been discovered!"
"Retreat! Retreat!"
When the Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan saw the Ninja of the Aburame Clan on the back of that huge bug, they realized that they, as the vanguard, had been discovered, so this operation was meaningless.
"Kamizuru Clan, huh... Iwagakure sent you as the vanguard to Konoha, but unfortunately, you have to face the Konoha Aburame Clan. As fellow insect users, you're just unlucky to run into the Aburame Clan."
Aburame Shisuke, who had entered middle age and changed into a more mature outfit, looked down at the Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan who wanted to retreat, raised his hand, made a gesture, and said, "Chimera Bug, it's time to show the enemies of Konoha your strength and let the Ninja World know of your existence."
The Chimera Bug waved its large pincers, and its two scorpion tails wagged excitedly as it charged towards the Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan, with Kikaichu surrounding the Chimera Bug to protect its safety.
As the darling of the Aburame Clan, Aburame Shisuke would feel sorry even if it was slightly injured. The Kikaichu, which were born in swarms, seemed less important in front of the Chimera Bug.
The attacks launched by the Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan controlling the bees were all blocked by the Kikaichu, and the summoned giant queen bee was pierced by the Chimera Bug's scorpion tail in one exchange.
"How could this be..."
The Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan looked in shock at the queen bee that had been pierced by the Chimera Bug and disappeared in a puff of smoke, and they completely lost the will to fight.
The Chimera Bug was like entering an uninhabited land, killing one Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan after another.
The Ninja of the Aburame Clan wanted to kill them all, however, several Ninja of the Kamizuru Clan still escaped.
The vanguard's operation failed, and the main force of Iwagakure chose to attack Konoha from the front.
Konoha sent a large force composed of Jonin and Chunin in small teams of three to meet the enemy.
"Orochimaru, I didn't expect us to be assigned to the same team."
Kato Dan looked at Orochimaru and showed a warm smile on his face.
"Hey, stop looking, we should go!"
Tsunade intervened forcefully, standing in front of Orochimaru, lest this guy always smile foolishly at Orochimaru. She realized that her rivals were not only women but also men!
Jiraiya, what on earth are you doing? Why haven't you come back yet?
At this moment, Tsunade especially missed Jiraiya.
And Jiraiya, who she missed, was on his way back to Konoha...
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