Chapter 31: Overlord
After leaving Konoha, Orochimaru began observing his two students.
Natsuki and Nawaki were both leaving the village for the first time. As soon as they left, everything seemed new to them, and they kept looking around.
But after only a short while, a difference appeared.
Natsuki quickly calmed down.
Orochimaru nodded slightly.
Compared to Nawaki, Natsuki seemed more like a shinobi.
Looking at it now, Tsunade having Natsuki become Nawaki's teammate was indeed a very good choice.
A team needed a tactical core.
Especially with someone like Nawaki.
Without someone constantly keeping watch, something could easily happen.
"I'll assign the tasks."
Orochimaru spoke.
"Sensei, haven't we not arrived yet? Are there other tasks?"
Nawaki asked in confusion.
"There is only this one mission."
Orochimaru explained, "I'm talking about what you need to do during the mission."
He quickly arranged things.
Simply put, he had Natsuki and Nawaki act as sensory shinobi, paying attention to their surroundings at all times.
Orochimaru rarely spoke this much at once.
Natsuki and Nawaki both listened seriously.
These words were valuable experience. They might save their lives one day.
"Go, Saburo!"
Nawaki used the Summoning Technique and summoned his ninja dog.
Ninja dogs had sharp senses of smell and were very useful for detecting strangers.
Natsuki also summoned his ninja dog, Kurohana.
He and Nawaki walked at the front and rear of the formation, watching for anything unusual around them.
Orochimaru walked between them, telling them any points of attention that came to mind.
The journey was uneventful, and night soon arrived.
"During a mission, you should avoid any open flames as much as possible."
Orochimaru opened a bento box and said.
Natsuki and Nawaki had already prepared as well, and they took out their bento boxes.
After dinner, the two of them began discussing the bandit extermination.
The bandits were located on a mountain, with around twelve people in total.
Only the bandit leader was a shinobi. The rest were not.
"We'll climb up from the back of the mountain."
Natsuki suggested, "We'll use the night to launch a sneak attack."
His Fushiguro Megumi Template required him to assassinate one Chunin and one Special Jonin.
The bandit leader this time might be a Chunin, and he met the condition, so Natsuki naturally could not miss it.
"I have no objections."
Nawaki nodded and said.
If he had been the one making the plan, he definitely would have charged straight in instead of going through so much trouble.
"If we're discovered, we can set a fire to confuse them."
Natsuki added, "The bandit leader's strength is unknown. No matter who sees him, support immediately."
"Not a bad idea."
Orochimaru praised him.
In his eyes, for the seven-year-old Natsuki to think of this much already made him a natural shinobi.
"You two will keep watch tonight."
Orochimaru said again.
"Yes, Sensei."
Natsuki and Nawaki replied in unison.
Another new day arrived.
After walking for two consecutive days, they finally arrived at their destination.
During those two days, Orochimaru had said a lot, making Natsuki almost mistakenly think he was talkative by nature.
He had to admit, when it came to being a Sensei, Orochimaru could be called extremely outstanding.
Leaving Nawaki aside, Orochimaru had treated Mitarashi Anko quite well.
When he defected, he had even asked for her opinion. When she refused, he did not force her.
Later, when they met again, Anko tried to kill him, but he still held back and did not kill her.
Night fell.
Natsuki and Nawaki looked at each other, then went up the mountain.
The mountain was not high, but they were climbing from the back, so it was very steep.
Fortunately, they were shinobi, and a steep mountain was nothing to them.
Ten minutes later, they reached a spot not far from the summit.
"You take the left, I take the right?"
Nawaki asked quietly.
Natsuki nodded.
The two of them leapt at the same time, rushing at extreme speed toward the two bandits guarding the rear mountain.
They covered the two bandits' mouths, and with a slash of the kunai in their right hands, blood sprayed out.
"How are you?"
After Natsuki put the bandit down, he looked at Nawaki.
"I'm fine."
Nawaki took a deep breath and said, "It's just my first time killing someone, so I'm not used to it."
Everyone reacted differently to killing.
Perhaps because he had lived two lives, Natsuki did not feel any discomfort.
"Hurry."
Natsuki walked toward the left side of the stronghold.
Seeing this, Nawaki headed to the right.
It was late at night now. Aside from the patrolling bandits, the other bandits were all asleep.
Natsuki approached a wooden house and saw a sleeping bandit through the window.
He directly threw a senbon coated with poison.
The senbon struck the bandit's throat.
He instinctively opened his eyes and clutched his throat, wanting to say something, but nothing came out. In the end, he fell into eternal sleep.
Natsuki continued forward and killed three more bandits in the same way.
But at that moment, a scream came from not far away.
The entire stronghold woke up at once.
It seemed Nawaki had alerted the bandits.
Natsuki had a guess, but he did not rush out to help. Instead, he hid in the darkness.
In the next second, a roar rang out.
A water dragon came rolling out, rampaging through the stronghold.
It was Nawaki's Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Nawaki.
He threw a punch straight at Nawaki's head.
Nawaki reacted, but he could only defend in a hurry.
He turned around and placed both hands in front of him, blocking the punch.
Seeing that his first strike failed, the bandit leader immediately swept out with a leg and struck Nawaki's legs.
Nawaki cried out in pain, and his body fell backward.
"Fire!"
The sudden shout made the bandit leader instinctively glance over.
He saw the entire stronghold burning.
"There's another person hiding in the dark?"
The bandit leader immediately hesitated.
For Nawaki to be able to use Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique at such a young age, his identity was definitely not ordinary.
Now there was another person as well. If he continued fighting, he might lose his life.
Nawaki did not know what he was thinking and seized the opportunity to immediately form hand seals.
Water Release: Wild Water Wave!
He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of water.
"Get lost!"
The bandit leader took out a ninja sword and split the stream of water apart, then turned and left.
Natsuki finally moved.
One-Sword Style, Iai, Lion Song!
His entire body turned into a blurred gale in the night, accompanied by a terrifying sharpness, piercing through the bandit leader.
The bandit leader's body trembled. He instinctively lowered his head and saw the blade tip protruding from his chest.
Natsuki's Sword of the Thunder God had stabbed through his back and pierced straight through his heart.
With his death, the remaining bandits completely lost the ability to resist and were quickly dealt with by them.
"How are you?"
Natsuki looked at the limping Nawaki and asked.
"It's nothing serious."
Nawaki sat on the ground, lifted his pant leg, and looked at his calf.
Being struck by the bandit leader's leg sweep had left his leg somewhat swollen and bruised.
"I have medicine here."
Natsuki took out a bottle of medicine, poured out a little liquid, and applied it to Nawaki's calf.
Nawaki grimaced for a moment, but he endured the pain and did not cry out.
Aside from medical ninja, there was another profession in the shinobi world called physicians.
Although they did not know medical ninjutsu, they knew how to prepare medicine.
In fact, physicians were the mainstream.
After all, medical ninja were far too rare.
As a shinobi, always carrying various medicines for treating injuries was also normal practice.
And the most famous medicinal herb merchants in Konoha were the Nara Clan.
[You have awakened the Nfirea Template.]
Natsuki's movements could not help but pause.
Who was this?
He instinctively looked at the newly awakened template.
[Name: Nfirea Bareare.]
[Period: Final.]
[World: Overlord.]
[Rank: C-rank.]
[Ability One: Innate Talent, unlocked.]
[Effect: You can use all ninja tools without any restrictions.]
[Ability Two: Blue Healing Potion, locked.]
[Effect: Promotes the body's natural healing and restores injuries at a slower speed.]
[Unlock Condition: Successfully prepare it once by yourself according to the formula.]
[Ability Three: Red Healing Potion, God's Blood, locked.]
[Effect: Promotes the body's natural healing and restores injuries at an extremely fast speed.]
[Unlock Condition: Successfully prepare it once by yourself according to the formula.]
[Ability Four: Stamina Recovery Potion, locked.]
[Effect: Restores stamina, relieves fatigue, and can also help with frequent married life.]
[Unlock Condition: Successfully prepare it once by yourself according to the formula.]
Natsuki's heart shook.
Three formulas poured into his mind.
These three potions were truly good things!
The only problem was that these three formulas were very troublesome.
(To be continued.)
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