Orochimaru, who had survived the disaster, sat quietly on the grass for a long time without moving, looking straight into the void in front of him with an expression as if he was in a daze.
But after a long time, Orochimaru's brain completely digested everything that had just happened.
The moment those fears from the past returned to the present, they turned into empty dreams that occurred in distant time and space.
After a long silence, Orochimaru lowered his head and laughed dryly from the bottom of his throat.
"Ah..."
"Hahaha..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
He didn't know why he was laughing, but at this moment Orochimaru just wanted to laugh.
Maybe he was overjoyed to survive the disaster, or he was amused by the stupidity of the hounds of Tindalos. In short, there was always some reason for this laughter.
Orochimaru's laughter echoed through the woods, as if the trees in the forest felt Orochimaru's happiness.
Suddenly, a thick white fog spread out from the bottom of the tree roots without warning.
This thick fog seems to have a soul, sometimes settling and sometimes floating, and it looks very agile.
And in the thick fog, a figure whose outline cannot be distinguished by ordinary people is emerging from the source of the thick fog in an incredible way.
At this moment, after seeing all this, Orochimaru's face once again lost the remaining color due to fear, his eyes widened and his face turned pale as he stared at the spreading white mist.
That...
It looks like a hound's head is about to come out!
It breaks through!
It's breaking through!
Its tongue is out!
It...comes...
[Get 7800 tremor points from Orochimaru! 】
At this time, Orochimaru had no time to organize his thoughts, so he could only take advantage of the body of the Tindalos Hound to completely emerge from the white thick fog, and fled frantically towards the Leaf Village.
Now that Orochimaru's consciousness has returned to his body, he can use ninjutsu normally to fight against this monster hound.
But even so, Orochimaru never thought of doing this.
Because the Hounds of Tindalos are creatures beyond the real dimension, they come from a horn-shaped space and time in which death does not exist.
The Hound of Tindalos is an immortal existence, and any of Orochimaru's abilities and ninjutsu have no effect on such an existence.
The only thing Orochimaru could do at this moment was to run as fast and as far as he could before being choked by the claws and fangs of the Tindalos Hound.
Try to move your grave to a farther place.
When the Hound of Tindalos spreads the bat wings on its back, the Hound of Tindalos can fly at supersonic speeds.
At such a speed, it only takes a blink of an eye to catch up with Orochimaru. Even if Orochimaru tried his best to use the teleportation technique, he still couldn't close the distance with the Hound of Tindalos.
Waves of low growls and barks came out from the hound-like head of the Tindalos hound, as if they were mocking and taunting Orochimaru who was desperately running away on the ground.
Suddenly, the Tindalos hound flew behind Orochimaru in a dive, and a pair of sharp hooks instantly pierced Orochimaru's shoulders.
"ah!"
Bang!
The hoarse roar and the smoke explosion happened almost at the same time. When the Tindalos hound lowered his head again, he saw that the "person who violated the laws of time and space" in his hand had turned into a wooden stake.
At the critical moment just now, Orochimaru used the Substitute Technique and just escaped an attack by the Tindalos Hound.
But it's not time to relax yet, for the Hounds of Tindalos are demons that will never stop seeking life before tearing out the throats of their prey.
They don't know how to give up, they will just keep chasing forever...
Soon, the Tindalos hound caught up with Orochimaru again, swooped down again, and hooked Orochimaru's body with its sharp claws.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang!
Orochimaru used his shadow clone to evade this attack again, causing the Hound of Tindalos' attack to fail again.
But before Orochimaru could take a breath, the swooping attacks of the Tindalos hounds came one after another.
"Earth Release: Earth Clone Technique!"
"Water Release: Water Body Technique!"
"Thunder Release: Thunder Clone Technique!"
"The art of snake shedding!"
Orochimaru's rich reserves of escape ninjutsu made the Tindalos Hound's attacks fail. The ones he captured several times were either earth clones, water clones, thunder clones, or Orochimaru's shed body.
This completely enraged the Tindalos hounds, and the ordinary barking turned into an angry roar.
However, even though Orochimaru used so many clone techniques, he was still unable to get rid of the Tindalos Hound.
Because the Hound of Tindalos chases its prey based on scent, much like a hound, this magical creature from the city of Tindalos is called the Hound of Tindalos.
But in fact, this smell is not body odor in the conventional sense, but the smell of the soul.
Even across the barriers of time and space, the Hound of Tindalos can smell this scent of the soul clearly.
Therefore, no matter how Orochimaru changes his appearance or whose body he is in, he cannot escape the fate of being chased by the hounds of Tindalos.
Fortunately, Orochimaru now has many ways to escape. Before the chakra is exhausted, he will not be caught by the Tindalos Hounds...
On the roof of Konoha Village, Moonlight Hayate, who had completed his mission, was dragging his tired body over the houses in the direction of Moonlight Dojo.
Danzo of Tenshimura assigned a secret mission to Gekko Hayate, which was to monitor the movements of the chuunin examination team of Sunagakure Village, especially Maki of Sunagakure Village.
Maki is the elite jounin of Sunagakure Village. According to intelligence, Maki is deeply trusted by all generations of Hokage and holds an extremely important position in Sunagakure Village.
When participating in the Chunin Exam this time, Maki also appeared as the Jonin in charge of Gaaraban in Sunagakure Village.
Therefore, Shimura Danzo believes that if Sunagakure Village wants to make any small moves during the Chunin Exams, it will definitely not be able to avoid this Maji.
These days, Moonlight Gale has been quietly following Ma Ji, but so far he has not noticed any unusual behavior from Ma Ji.
Tonight, he was also monitored until late at night, waiting until the lights in Markie's room went out for two hours before leaving.
Staying up all night made Moonlight Hayate's already dark circles slightly aggravated. Now Hayate just wanted to go home and rest.
But at this moment, on the quiet street, Moonlight Gale suddenly heard a series of running sounds.
The sound of running was particularly fast, and it was also mixed with the noise of Ninjutsu release and the sound of breaking wind of the instantaneous body technique.
It's so late, who is he?
Moonlight Gale didn't dare to be careless, and immediately lay down on the roof and activated Translucent Escape. His body quickly became transparent, and his whole aura almost completely disappeared.
On the distant street, Moonlight Swift Wind saw a figure.
The figure moved very fast, almost so fast that only a phantom could be seen.
This kind of speed is definitely not the speed of ordinary ninjas, at least Moonlight Hayate can't do it himself.
Looking closely at the face of the figure, Moonlight Gale finally determined the answer after a slight hesitation, but once the answer was determined, it would not change.
That is...
Orochimaru!
At this time, Orochimaru's face was full of despair, and his expression became a little distorted due to fear and fear, making Moonlight Hayate not sure at first.
But upon closer inspection, Moonlight Hayate determined that this was Orochimaru, the S-class rebel ninja on the Leaf Village's wanted list.
Orochimaru?
Why did Orochimaru appear in Konoha Village?
With such doubts, Moonlight Hayate lay quietly on the roof, observing Orochimaru running "alone".
...
At this time, Orochimaru was still running for his life, escaping from the Inuzuka clan's training ground to the streets of Konoha Village, but the Tindalos Hound had no intention of giving up.
On the other hand, Orochimaru's chakra in his body is getting less and less. If this continues, he will sooner or later become a dead soul under the claws of the Tindalos hounds.
what to do?
what to do!
Orochimaru, who has been a calm person since he was young, also panicked at this moment, his body swaying from side to side due to his increasingly weak will.
Suddenly, Orochimaru felt a breath in his consciousness.
This aura was very weak, but it was still captured by Orochimaru.
As if seeing a life-saving straw, Orochimaru's eyes widened for an instant, and then he suddenly jumped onto the roof next to the street. Countless snake limbs suddenly poured out from his sleeves, pulling out the still transparent Moonlight Hayate.
How can it be?
My penetration was actually seen through at a glance!
Orochimaru saw through and found out in an instant, and Moonlight Hayate was filled with disbelief.
But something even more incredible is still to come.
Orochimaru didn't say any more nonsense to Moonlight Hayate, and directly threw the Moonlight Hayate in his hand into the sky behind him like a ball.
After briefly glancing at Moonlight Blast, who was thrown towards the Tindalos Hound, Orochimaru finally showed a slightly more relaxed smile on his lips.
Block it for me, my Konoha friend...
Moonlight Hayate's body is still floating in the air.
And in the moment of floating in the air, Moonlight Hayate discovered that although Orochimaru saw through his own escape, he had no intention of attacking him, but continued to run forward without looking back.
Or run away...
This abnormal behavior of Orochimaru made Moonlight Hayate quite confused. Is Orochimaru trying to escape from something?
But there was nothing behind him.
Although I don't understand it, since Orochimaru was discovered in Konoha Village, Moonlight Hayate, as a Konoha ninja, must continue to track him.
So Moonlight Gale quickly controlled the balance of his body in the air, preparing to chase him out as soon as he landed smoothly.
However, at the moment when the moonlight blast reached its highest point, the whole body stopped suddenly, as if frozen in the air, motionless in a suspended state.
This seemingly weird scene was felt extremely clearly by Yue Guangfeng.
This is not that Moonlight Hayate's body is floating in the air by itself, but that the entire body is clamped by some invisible force!
Yue Guangfeng clearly felt a pressure coming from his chest and back, clamping his body tightly like a pair of pliers.
Moonlight Hayate wanted to raise his right hand to take out the katana on his back, but his right hand seemed to be caught in the force and could not move.
There was no other way. Moonlight Hayate could only draw out the katana from behind with his left hand and slash at the void in front of him randomly.
In the face of this invisible force, Moonlight Gale didn't even have the most basic ability to resist, and could only wave his hands randomly like a weak child.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Moonlight Swift Wind's expressions and movements of wielding the samurai sword became increasingly crazier, but no matter how crazy they were, they could not harm the hound of Tindalos in the slightest.
As if sensing Moonlight Gale's desperate struggle, the Tindalos Hound's hand holding Moonlight Gale's body immediately increased its strength.
Click...
Several crisp bone cracking sounds were heard, and several of Moonlight Gale's ribs were crushed.
[Get 2750 trembling points from Moonlight Blast! 】
The squeeze of the invisible force made Moonlight Gale feel that the space in his body was gradually being compressed. This feeling of feeling that his body was getting smaller and smaller was more to be feared than facing death itself.
Especially in the face of this invisible threat.
However, the Hound of Tindalos did not go directly to execute Moonlight Swift Wind, because Moonlight Swift Wind did not see the Hound of Tindalos.
The Hounds of Tindalos are a fear that only belongs to those who travel through time. Without violating this taboo, it is difficult to see the Hounds of Tindalos.
It is precisely because no one can describe the specific shape of the Tindalos hound.
Because only time travelers can see their existence, and those who see them have been chased to death.
But Moonlight Swift's reckless resistance has angered the Tindalos Hounds. Even if Moonlight Swift Winds did not violate the taboo, the Tindalos Hounds still planned to kill this tiny human.
The Hound of Tindaros straightened the claws hanging in the air, and then thrust the claws like spearheads into Moonlight Cyclone's throat.
But just when the sharp point in front of the claws was about to touch Moonlight Swift Wind's throat, the claws of the Tindalos Hound suddenly stopped.
Because the Hound of Tindalos felt a nasty aura hanging on the neck of Moonlight Swift Wind.
This smell that makes the hounds of Tindalos nauseating is also disgusted by most mythical creatures. Some weak creatures are even afraid that this breath will contaminate their bodies.
Woo!
Woo!
With several angry barks, the Hound of Tindalos threw Moonlight Swiftwind's body to the street at his feet like trash, and then flew away as fast as he could, without stopping for a moment.
Moonlight Gale, who fell to the ground, was unaware of all this. He only heard the barking of dogs in his ears when he was dying of consciousness.
...
Konoha Hospital, Intensive Care Unit.
In the spacious single ward, the senior officials of Konoha Village, Shimura Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mito Kadoen, and Koharu who had transferred to the dormitory, all arrived.
And it was Moonlight Gale lying on the hospital bed.
At this time, Moonlight Hayate had regained consciousness and explained what happened last night to several high-level people in Konoha.
"I didn't expect Orochimaru to come to Konoha Village."
Sarutobi Hiruzen habitually took the lead in speaking, which made Danzo Shimura standing aside look a little dissatisfied.
