At the Land of Fire's border.
Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara had just engaged in a battle with Hidden Sand Village Ninja.
They were about to win, but due to the arrival of other Hidden Sand Village Ninja reinforcements, the three of them—Kakashi, Obito, and Rin—had no choice but to retreat first.
"Hiss~ Those Hidden Sand Village Ninja are truly shameless. Don't they know not to hit someone in the face? As expected of the Village where Kamishiro stayed before, they all like to hit people in the face, it's too much!"
Obito's face was swollen and his skin was broken.
"Alright, stop complaining. Don't move, I'll treat you."
Rin Nohara took out an ointment and applied it to Obito's face.
Obito asked, "Kakashi, what should we do next?"
Kakashi took out a map and looked at it, "Our current position is already in enemy territory, it's too dangerous. Let's retreat first."
The three of them—Kakashi, Obito, and Rin—evacuated their current location and returned to the Konoha Garrison.
Kamishiro had already arrived at the Konoha Garrison a step ahead.
At this moment, Kamishiro stood very cautiously in the command room within the Garrison.
And the commander here was Orochimaru.
Although Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were all at the Land of Hot Springs's Garrison, Kamishiro had only met Jiraiya and Tsunade, and had not yet met Orochimaru.
The first time he saw Orochimaru, Kamishiro felt very uncomfortable.
It was as if a cold, venomous snake was staring at him, as if this venomous snake considered him its prey, and might lunge at him and bite him at any moment.
Moreover, although Orochimaru was expressionless, Kamishiro always felt that Orochimaru was up to no good.
Orochimaru looked at the scroll in his hand, "Kakashi and the other two are currently on a mission outside. It's unknown when they'll return. Since Sarutobi-sensei wants you to continue acting with them, then you should wait for them to return at the Garrison."
Orochimaru's gaze never directly met Kamishiro's from beginning to end, as if he looked down on Kamishiro.
However, Kamishiro could understand, because Orochimaru was inherently a cold person, not specifically targeting Kamishiro, and in Orochimaru's eyes, Kamishiro was not worth targeting.
Orochimaru continued to flip through other scrolls. When he realized Kamishiro had no intention of leaving, his gaze finally met Kamishiro's directly this time, "Why aren't you leaving yet? Is there something else?"
Kamishiro awkwardly said, "Lord Orochimaru, I, I have an impolite request."
"Just say it directly."
Orochimaru frowned. He didn't like people who spoke indirectly like Kamishiro, because it wasted too much time.
Feeling Orochimaru's impatience, Kamishiro quickly said, "Lord Orochimaru! I want to fight Chiyo!"
Orochimaru was suddenly stunned for a moment when he heard Kamishiro's words. Then, his eyes were no longer cold, but filled with interest.
"You were a Hidden Sand Village Ninja before, so you should know Chiyo better than I do. She is an all-rounder Ninja with super-class Puppet Technique, as well as powerful Taijutsu, Medical Ninjutsu, and Sealing Techniques. She is also the sworn enemy of Hanzou, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village.
You should know who Hanzou is, right? He is a man regarded by Ninja as the pinnacle of the Ninja World. A casual remark from him led to Jiraiya, Tsunade, and I being called the Leafs Sannin.
A Ninja who can be Hanzou's sworn enemy is not someone those Ninja you encountered before can compare to."
Kamishiro said with a serious expression, "If I were to compete with that old woman in anything other than Puppet Technique, I would definitely lose miserably. But if it's just Puppet Technique, I will absolutely not be weaker than her!"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and looked at Kamishiro, "Oh? And why are you so confident? To be honest, I've seen many people who don't recognize their own strength, who like to boast, and they all end up dying quite miserably."
Kamishiro extended a finger, "First, Chiyo's main offensive method is puppets, and my Magnet Release naturally counters puppets. Once it invades a person or puppet's body, it can completely paralyze them, rendering them useless. Magnet Release has a clear advantage when fighting against Puppet users."
Then Kamishiro extended a second finger, "Next is the puppets themselves. I admit Chiyo's White Secret Technique has some merit, but not much.
Because the puppets Chiyo uses are ten puppets called 'Kinomoto Ten Puppets', and these ten puppets were created by the founder of Puppet Technique, the Second Kazekage Shamon, known as Monzaemon. They can be operated with one finger per puppet, and can also cooperate with each other to perform combination attacks and Ninjutsu.
However, those are very old puppets. In my opinion, they are just antiques. Lord Orochimaru, you are a scientist, and you must be very clear about the importance of technological iteration.
So…"
Kamishiro unrolled a scroll and summoned Kannazuki.
Kamishiro then enthusiastically asked, "May I now introduce to Lord Orochimaru the puppet I independently researched and manufactured?"
Orochimaru originally wanted to refuse, after all, he had his own things to do and no time to listen to Kamishiro introduce his puppet, but what he said was, "Then I'll tentatively listen to your introduction."
Orochimaru was stunned for a moment, then found a reasonable excuse for why he said that.
Perhaps he saw the passion of a researcher in Kamishiro, which is why he was willing to give Kamishiro time to talk about his puppet.
Kamishiro passionately explained the technology used in Kannazuki to Orochimaru.
After listening to Kamishiro's explanation, Orochimaru's expression was a bit strange, "How do I feel like your puppet seems to be using the technology I researched?"
"Uh…" Kamishiro scratched his head awkwardly, "I did use it. I originally asked Lord Minato to give me some technological data that was more advanced than ordinary technological data. I never thought Lord Minato would give me core technological data. It was through this core technological data that I developed this generation of Kannazuki."
Orochimaru was slightly surprised, "In other words, you spent two months independently learning that core technological data?"
Kamishiro truthfully said, "Some of it I haven't understood yet, and some knowledge is beyond my current comprehension, so it's a bit difficult to understand."
If Kamishiro didn't have so many strange things in his head, and Minato Namikaze suddenly brought out such high-end stuff, Kamishiro would really only be able to stare blankly.
Orochimaru now looked at Kamishiro with new respect. Although the technological data he gave to Konoha was what he had eliminated, even that eliminated data was quite difficult for Konoha's researchers to fully comprehend.
Yet Kamishiro had achieved this level in just two months, and he did the research alone, which could be said to be genius. There are many geniuses in the Ninja World, for example, in Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, or Taijutsu, but people with talent in scientific research are truly rare. At least Orochimaru has not seen any so far.
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