Chapter 38: Battle Against the Hokage and Orochimaru
Those watching from the sidelines were all dumbfounded.
"What...what are you trying to do?"
"Could it be... that even these shadow clones that have become kunai can track the target as they did just now?"
"What?! That can't be..."
"But since Mochizuki did this, there must be a reason. This is the only possibility I can think of."
"Two hundred kunai capable of tracking targets, and perhaps even other secrets—if they all hit, then the Hokage will be considered... defeated!"
Upon hearing the possibility of the Hokage's defeat, everyone looked on incredulously.
Even though this was just an assessment, and the Hokage was even letting his opponent win, it's still incredible that the Hokage lost!
Even the legendary Sannin have never been known to defeat the Hokage in a sparring match!
But having just experienced the incredible fates of those kunai, everyone couldn't help but think... it might not be impossible!
The one with the most complex expression was Sarutobi Asuma, the second son of the Hokage.
"No way... Can Mr. Mochizuki defeat my father?"
In the field.
Seeing two hundred kunai raining down from the sky, the Hokage's lips twitched slightly, and he said with a wry smile:
"This kid has no sportsmanship!"
"Hmph... Who told you to be so arrogant, teacher!" Orochimaru laughed as well.
Many people can create two hundred shadowless clones, but few dare to do so to them.
If all these kunai had the same perfect accuracy...
So Mochizuki Souji's goal is obvious: he wants to defeat them all at the very beginning!
Defeat the Hokage and Orochimaru together!
What a bold guy!
The kunai rained down, and the two responded with their ninjutsu.
However, the next moment, both of them discovered that their ninjutsu had no effect at all!
The kunai bypassed the massive earth wall and even the Hokage's clones, directly pursuing the Hokage's main body!
"This technique... seems truly inescapable? But it doesn't seem like there's any way to deal with it..."
The Hokage tried several methods without success, and finally grabbed the kunai with his bare hands.
As a result, the kunai, which no ninjutsu could stop, was simply caught in his hand.
The Hokage's eyes flickered, and he felt that he had found a way to deal with this technique.
"As expected, there is no ninjutsu in the world that is without weaknesses."
Orochimaru summoned hundreds of pythons, which intertwined and stretched upwards like a giant tree, spitting out half of a sword from their mouths and frantically attacking the falling kunai.
Finally, he used the snake's mouth to summon the giant snake's intestines and stomach, trapping a large number of kunai inside the snake's belly.
"Alright, can your kunai hit me now, Mochizuki Souji?"
Orochimaru looked up at the sky, his smile full of confidence.
However, the next moment.
"Um!?"
Orochimaru's smile froze.
Puff puff puff!
A large number of kunai directly pierced the snake's belly created by the snake's mouth binding.
When they encountered other pythons that tried to block their way, they smashed the snake and the sword in its mouth together!
These kunai seem unstoppable!
"How is this possible?! My Snake Mouth Binding Technique has actually..."
These kunai are all training kunai, they're not even sharpened, how could they possibly pierce a snake's belly!?
The snake belly that was summoned from the snake's mouth was a giant snake from Ryuchi Cave, only slightly weaker than the top-tier summoning beast Manda.
Even an ordinary Jonin would find it difficult to deal with.
Not only that, the snakes attacked the kunai with fake Kusanagi swords, but not a single kunai was damaged!
On the contrary, whether it was the giant snake's belly, the snake swarm, or the fake Kusanagi sword, they were all like paper in front of these kunai, and were directly crushed and pierced!
These kunai are just shadow clones; the real ones are nothing more than ordinary training kunai. How could they possibly be of this quality?!
Could this also be the effect of Mochizuki Souji's technique?!
Orochimaru's eyes widened in shock, as if he had seen a ghost!
Seeing that the kunai that had broken through the snake swarm was pointing directly at him, he sensed that the situation was not good and immediately formed hand seals to cast a spell again.
However, I always felt that something was locking me in, and that none of these techniques would work...
"Interesting! Could it be that his kunai is truly guaranteed to hit?! Is this Mochizuki Souji's technique?"
Orochimaru grinned maliciously as he looked at the kunai flying towards him, an idea forming in his mind.
Could it be that the truth behind this technique is... that it locks onto the outcome of 'hit'?
...
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Amidst the stunned gazes of the onlookers, a barrage of kunai rained down, bypassing and even piercing through the Hokage and Orochimaru's techniques, each one striking the two of them!
Finally, two hundred counts of suffering passed.
As the smoke cleared, the two figures were revealed.
The Hokage looked somewhat frustrated and helpless, while Orochimaru wore a smile on his face.
Although the Hokage discovered that he could use his hands to catch kunai with a very slight 'hit', he only had two hands and couldn't catch hundreds of kunai, so he quickly gave up resisting and let the kunai hit him.
Although he has many other powerful techniques, such as the top-level defensive ninjutsu 'Rashomon', if he goes all out, he can even use up to four levels of it!
The Hokage actually wanted to try and see if he could break through those kunai.
However, this was ultimately just a sparring match with a junior; using such a powerful ninjutsu would be going too far.
Since it was a rare opportunity and the opponent had won the battle through sheer strength, the Hokage simply stopped resisting and let the battle end.
After all, it was my decision to let the other party make the first move, and I can't just turn around and contradict myself.
I feel like I didn't even get a proper chance to fight back, and I was defeated by a junior, or rather, in just one move. It's really frustrating.
Although it was a training kunai, being hit by it hundreds of times still hurt quite a bit.
Orochimaru tried a few more times, but it was still ineffective; half of the kunai soon hit him.
Even if you accumulate ten effective hits to non-vital areas, you must leave the game; that's the rule.
With 202 kunai evenly divided between the two, each hitting 101 of them, they had already far exceeded the requirement.
The Hokage and Orochimaru threw the kunai they were holding onto the ground, making a clinking sound.
Although Orochimaru was caught off guard for a while, he eventually used his rich combat experience and intelligence to discover, just like the Hokage, that he could stop the kunai by taking a slight hit.
Souji's eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that these two, like the Sand Village Jonin he had fought before, had already discovered a way to stop his kunai.
I only used it once, and these two immediately came up with a solution. Kage-level experts are indeed on a completely different level from ordinary ninjas.
"That was quite an interesting exchange, wasn't it, teacher?"
The Hokage looked somewhat embarrassed, coughed lightly, and announced:
"Ahem... This assessment is over!"
"Mochizuki Souji, I have fully understood your strength. Very good. You are worthy of my title as a Konoha Jonin."
"Congratulations on officially becoming a Jonin of Konoha!"
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