According to the route planned by Orochimaru in advance, the three of Tsunade ran directly in the direction of the bandit base camp after bidding farewell to Sarutobi Hizashi and Toshihiko.

Just as the three of them were moving quickly from the forest, Orochimaru frowned slightly, landed on the top of a large tree, and stretched out his palm, suggesting that there was a situation.

As Orochimaru stopped, Tsunade and Jiraiya also stopped by his side one after another.

Facing Orochimaru, who looked a little serious, Tsunade looked slightly puzzled: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"Well, don't you feel it?" Nodding, Orochimaru said very directly.

"Feel what? There seems to be nothing unusual here. "I looked around, but I didn't notice anything wrong here.

Instead, Tsunade said thoughtfully, "It's too quiet here. ”

"Isn't it normal for this kind of place to be quieter? Not a single figure could be seen. "I'm getting more and more puzzled.

"Stupid, didn't you notice, this is in the forest, we are on the way, no matter how careful we are, it will inevitably make a noise that will alarm some sensitive birds, but have you noticed, there is no sound here."

Faced with a dazed face of Jiraiya, even if Tsunade was reluctant, he could only explain patiently.

"Uh~!"

As Tsunade's voice fell, no matter how slow Jiraiya's reaction was, he was aware of it at this time.

"Xiuxiu~~!"

But in the next second, several sounds of breaking the air suddenly sounded in the surrounding dense forest.

"Spread out~!"

Fortunately, Orochimaru had already raised his vigilance when he noticed that something was wrong before, so at this moment, he gave instructions to Tsunade and Jiraiya very calmly.

"Bang bang~!"

As the trio managed to dodge the attack, the place where they were standing was filled with shurikens.

Obviously, if it weren't for Orochimaru's timely discovery, they would probably have been caught off guard.

"It's so dangerous, are we in an ambush?"

After falling safely to the clearing, Jiraiya patted his chest and said in shock.

"Be careful, the enemy has spotted us and is ready to fight."

Compared to Jiraiya, both Orochimaru and Tsunade have already pulled out the kunai in their ninja bags and looked around vigilantly.

"Hey, it's really a pity, I thought I could ambush some powerful characters, but I didn't expect it to be three little ghosts."

At this time, a group of figures came out of the dense forest, led by a sturdy middle-aged man.

"The three ninjas, and the other dozen or so are just ordinary people."

Just by taking a look, Orochimaru quickly made a judgment, in addition to the middle-aged man at the head, the two beside him were also ninjas, and the others were just ordinary people.

"What now?"

swallowed his saliva, and he clenched the kunwudao in his hand tightly.

Although he is arrogant enough, he is not a fool, not to mention the combat effectiveness, the other party crushed them at least in terms of numbers.

You must know that at present, when they can only use physical arts, if they are restrained by a group of strong ordinary people, not to mention defeat, the consumption of physical strength will definitely increase, not to mention that there are three ninjas opposite.

"What can I do, hit." On the contrary, Tsunade was very direct at this moment.

In her opinion, the other party was just three wandering ninjas and a group of ordinary bandits, and they didn't fight.

"No, you can't fight, since the other party has chosen to ambush us here, it is obvious that they already know about our arrival. I suspect it's a conspiracy against Konoha.

I'll stay and hold them back, and you guys get out of here right away and tell the teacher and Toshihiko the news. ”

At this time, it was Orochimaru who said unusually calmly.

He knew very well that this mission was definitely not as simple as described in the quest scroll.

You know, they're taking on a C-level mission, and this level of mission may have a battle, but there will definitely be no such thing as now.

Three ninjas appeared on the other side at once, and he felt a sense of oppression in the middle-aged man led by him, if he guessed correctly, he was probably a middle ninja.

The main thing is that Orochimaru is worried that this is not all their hole cards, and there may be more powerful characters who have not yet appeared.

If this is the case, the mission is definitely a conspiracy.

"No, if you want to go together, I won't leave my companions behind."

Tsunade is not stupid, after listening to Orochimaru's explanation, she has already roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter.

It can be said that Orochimaru's plan is the safest way to go, but she will never be able to let her stay with her companions to delay their evacuation.

"Yes, I would never abandon my companions." Jilai also said firmly.

"Bang Bang~!"

And at this time, the middle-aged man at the head clapped his palms with a smile: "It's a good companionship, but it's a pity that none of you can leave." ”

"Up~!"

No more nonsense, with a wave of his hand, the middle-aged man rushed out first, and the two ninjas beside him also followed.

As for those ordinary bandits, although they didn't move so quickly, they also rushed towards Tsunade and the others with their weapons on their shoulders.

"There's no way, let's get ready to fight, but I still mean just now, I'll run when I can, and I must pass the news to the teacher."

Looking at the menacing enemy, Orochimaru knew that they had missed a perfect opportunity to retreat.

It's not that he will lose his prestige, but Orochimaru knows that the current situation is indeed a disadvantage for them.

"What are you afraid of, maybe we can annihilate the enemy."

Clenching his fists, Tsunade rushed out first, aiming directly at the middle-aged man.

Orochimaru could feel it, and Tsunade could naturally do it, she knew very well that this middle-aged man was the strongest existence among the enemies.

"Jiraiya, you are in charge of the bandits in the back, and I will deal with these two ninjas."

Originally, Orochimaru wanted to deal with the middle-aged man, but since Tsunade had already fought against him, he could only choose the other two ninjas.

"But..."

"Don't do it, wait until you get rid of those bandits and come to our aid."

Seeing that Jiraiya showed a hesitant expression, Orochimaru shouted directly.

"Got it."

No longer hesitated, and after the words fell, Jilai also rushed directly towards the group of bandits.

He knew very well that both Orochimaru and Tsunade would pick out their strongest opponents, not for anything else, just to take care of him.

Obviously, if Tsunade and Orochimaru are defeated in the battle after a while, they hope that Jiraiya will be able to evacuate safely.