Chapter 443: The Rebirth of the Snake!

Outside the camp, on a mountain peak not far away, a temporary command post stood here.

Tsunade and Jiraiya were waiting in the camp at this moment.

Tsunade sat in the main seat, calm and composed, seemingly having everything under control; while Jiraiya had his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in the tent, his expression full of anxiety.

Besides the two, the rest were some strategists and advisors of the Leaf Allied Forces, as well as sensory and communication ninjas responsible for passing messages and gathering intelligence.

Finally, the firelight soaring into the sky in the distance entered their eyes.

In an instant, Jiraiya's pupils contracted sharply, and his tightly locked brows instantly relaxed.

"It's done!"

Jiraiya clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it into his left palm, the joy in his eyes overflowing.

Not only him, but even Tsunade, who seemed as steady as Mount Tai, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw this.

"Order all units, attack!"

Tsunade immediately ordered the communication ninja beside her, who was responsible for contacting the Leaf ninjas deployed in other locations.

"Yes!"

A communication ninja immediately responded, then solemnly performed communication ninjutsu to communicate with other Leaf ninjas.

It turned out that yesterday, through Mizunuki Ryosuke's face-to-face guidance, Tsunade immediately made arrangements based on Mizunuki Ryosuke's analysis and deduction.

According to Mizunuki Ryosuke's deduction, Salamander Hanzo, who was facing huge logistical pressure recently, would definitely take the initiative to launch a surprise attack on the Leaf, so the Leaf needed to be prepared at all times to actively deal with the Rain ninjas' attack.

Thus, Tsunade chose to use the enemy's plan against them, luring the enemy deep and catching them in a trap.

And because of the success of the previous tactics, Orochimaru and Jiraiya did not raise or express any doubts about Tsunade's decision.

Thus, under Tsunade's careful preparation, the Leaf abandoned the original main camp and buried a massive amount of explosive tags under the entire camp.

Subsequently, the Leaf side, under Orochimaru's mobilization, gathered nearly a thousand death squads, leaving these nearly a thousand Leaf ninjas who were determined to die in the main camp to act as bait.

Not only that, Orochimaru, one of the three commanders, also personally guarded the camp to deal with any emergencies that might occur.

And the other ninjas had already been deployed by Tsunade at different locations ten kilometers away from the Leaf camp, surrounding the Leaf camp tightly.

The three agreed to use the explosion as a signal; as long as Orochimaru activated the explosive tags under the Leaf camp, the Leaf ninjas who had been lying in ambush around would immediately launch a strangulation attack on the Rain ninjas and directly form a counter-encirclement.

Everything was indeed as Mizunuki Ryosuke had predicted; Salamander Hanzo took the initiative to launch an attack, trying to turn the tide.

Little did he know that all his actions had not escaped Mizunuki Ryosuke's prediction.

At this moment, the Rain ninjas' defeat was a foregone conclusion.

"Tsunade, you stay here and command."

"I'll go to the front line to help!"

Seeing that Tsunade's plan had succeeded, Jiraiya felt that the overall situation was settled, and he was no longer needed here.

It would be more satisfying to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, so he requested Tsunade.

As he spoke, a trace of profoundness and firmness flowed in Jiraiya's pupils, and a determined aura was on his body.

"Hmm, then you go."

"Be careful."

Tsunade thought for a moment and finally nodded in agreement.

After all, she had no reason to leave an idle quasi-Kage combat power unused; she was indeed enough here at the command post.

"Good!"

Jiraiya's eyes became deeper, carrying a look that Tsunade couldn't see through.

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya's back, feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong.

This was a critical moment, and Tsunade could only force down this strange thought.

"Jiraiya, don't let me down."

Thinking of this, Tsunade shook her head and focused her energy on the command of the battlefield.

Site of the Leaf camp.

With the end of the explosion, the originally magnificent Leaf camp, except for some embers still burning, was left with only a ground of charred residue.

Occasionally, one could still see some charred remains and limbs that were no better than charcoal scattered around this charred land, burning and making pitter-patter sounds.

These charred residues were the remains of the dead after the explosion, both Rain ninjas and Leaf ninjas.

Having experienced such a tragic scene, these corpses could no longer be identified as human.

And on this charred land, there was only one charred corpse that looked relatively complete. Although this corpse was complete, it had long been burned beyond recognition, looking like a burnt roast duck.

"Click, click."

Suddenly, a faint sound rang out, which sounded particularly harsh in this silent environment.

"Hoo~"

A cold wind blew by.

The charred, pitch-black, hard skin of the charred corpse on the ground actually began to crack continuously.

Then, the charred corpse "came to life."

This shriveled, charred corpse, like an awkward old doll, suddenly moved stiffly.

Then, its face, which had been completely burned to charcoal and was a blur of black, suddenly had movement...

"Click, click!"

A withered sound rang out, and the charred corpse opened its upper and lower jaws to a degree that had long exceeded the limits of a human.

"Ugh!"

The next second, something chilling and disgusting happened.

From the throat of the charred corpse, a sticky, smelly small snake was actually spat out.

The small snake, covered in a charred scent, struggled to swim out of the charred corpse's throat, struggled twice, and then became motionless again.

But this was not over yet; a magical scene happened.

"Puchi!"

First, a palm covered in mucus, white to the point of being greasy.

Then the arm, shoulder, head, torso.

A man covered in disgusting mucus, with an extremely pale complexion, his skin soaked by mucus into a disgusting wrinkled state, actually crawled out from the mouth of the small snake again.

He controlled his somewhat weak body, struggled to crawl up from the ground, and a smile that made people feel a bit chilled appeared at the corners of his mouth.

In the man's pair of snake pupils, there was perverted ecstasy.

He had finally succeeded!

The man scanned the surroundings, looking at the tragic scene around him, his expression neither happy nor sad.

Throwing away hundreds of thousands of explosive tags at once, such a feat was something only the Leaf could do without blinking.

Do not think that explosive tags, which never seemed to kill anyone in the original story, are cheap.

On the contrary, as an important consumable in ninja missions, ordinary ninjas are reluctant to use them.

The production of explosive tags is limited, their power is not bad, and they can be called a must-have for killing, looting, and traveling.

Limited by production, the price of explosive tags has always remained high.

With the financial resources of an ordinary Genin, having three or five in hand is already the limit.

Even the backbone of the ninjas, the Chunin, would avoid using them as much as possible.

Only when reaching the level of Jonin can one be considered to have achieved "explosive tag freedom."

Even so, a Jonin using a hundred explosive tags a year is at most the limit.

The scene of tens of thousands of explosive tags exploding simultaneously is rare in the ninja world.

But the man didn't care at all, his face only filled with calm indifference.

But soon, he raised his head, opened his still uncoordinated hands upward in the charred and messy environment, a trace of fanaticism in his eyes, as if he were embracing something.

He, Orochimaru.

At this very moment, ushered in his rebirth.