Chapter 140:
"How… can this be?"
Hanzo stared down at the black snake biting into his thigh, disbelief flashing across his face. He, Hanzo of the Salamander, taken off guard by a mere snake? Ridiculous.
He didn't have time to dwell on it, though. Quickly, he gripped the end of his weapon chain in one hand, wielding the sickle at the other end, and slashed down at the snake wrapped around his leg.
Clang!
The sound of metal striking something hard rang out as the sickle met the snake. But… a metallic sound?
"What in the world…?" Hanzo's eyes widened. How could there be a metallic clash from striking a snake? His confusion turned to wariness as he pushed Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword away, leaping off his salamander summon to gain some distance.
On the other side, though the snake had been knocked aside, it wasn't injured. Landing gracefully, it slithered back to Orochimaru, climbing up onto his shoulder.
"Master, I succeeded!" it hissed, sounding proud of itself.
"Good work," Orochimaru replied with a faint smile. He glanced at the spot where the snake had been struck. "You're lucky Hanzo went easy on you, or you'd be nursing more than just a bruised scale."