The rickety body and slow-moving pace made the man look like an old man on the verge of death, but the scorpion tail behind the "old man" looked very deadly, which made everyone in the cave nervous except Orochimaru.

Moreover, this "old man" is also wearing a strange black trench coat, embroidered with flowing red clouds.

"Who are you?"

Jiraiya turned sideways so that he could see the person at the entrance of the cave and the big snake pill in the cave at the same time, while protecting Shizun behind him.

"Me?"

"Hmph."

The old man snorted contemptuously in a deep voice, and then said, "You don't need to know my name, I just want to take the snake inside." ”

Everyone turned their faces to look at Orochimaru, because everyone knew that Orochimaru's symbol was the snake.

Orochimaru smiled slightly when he heard the old man's words, but he didn't say anything.

Looking at the masked old man of unknown origin in front of him, Jiraiya and Tsunade frowned slightly, and they already had the same guess about the identity of the old man in their hearts.

Is it really Orochimaru's companion?

Orochimaru has basically disappeared since he left the village, although Orochimaru himself is a powerful ninja and has many secret bases, it should not be difficult to hide under the search of Konoha and Jiraiya.

But for such a long time, Orochimaru has never stopped his research activities, and if Orochimaru goes out to look for experimental materials by himself, he should find some traces.

But Orochimaru hasn't been found once for so long, which means that someone should be helping Orochimaru get the materials needed for the experiment.

And the mysterious old man who suddenly appeared in front of him confirmed this speculation.

But even if this old man who manipulated the scorpion tail wanted to save Orochimaru, it was impossible for him to give up, because it was already the best and only chance to catch Orochimaru back to the village in the past two years.

"Tsunade, let's join forces!"

Jiraiya glanced at Tsunade on the other side, and after Tsunade glanced at the old man and Orochimaru on the left and right, he nodded decisively.

"Good!"

After Jiraiya and Tsunade decided to join forces, Orochimaru also came to the old man's side with an instantaneous technique.

The two looked at each other, and without verbal communication, they turned and rushed out of the cave.

"Don't run!"

Jiraiya reacted immediately and chased after him, and Tsunade hurriedly chased him out.

Just as Shizune was about to follow, Tsunade immediately turned around and ordered, "You stay here and take care of the red beans!" ”

At Tsunade's orders, Shizune could only stop and watch Jiraiya and Tsunade's backs disappear into the light of the hole.

Shizune knew that Tsunade's order was good for him, after all, the new old man didn't talk about it for the time being, and the combat power of Orochimaru alone should not be underestimated, even if Jiraiya-sama and Tsunade-sama joined forces, they might not be able to suppress it easily.

With her strength in the middle of the ninja, she is really not qualified to participate in this kind of battle, and she is easy to be caught as a hostage.

Although he lost the opportunity to watch the battle between the three shinobi, Shizun returned to the cave and looked at the beautiful red bean sitting on the operating table.

"You..."

...

In the forest, Orochimaru and Akasand Scorpion are running ahead, followed by Jiraiya and Tsunade.

"You can't get rid of them if you go on like this."

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya and Tsunade, who had been following closely behind, the three of them, including the Red Sand Scorpion, were almost ninjas of the same level, and it was impossible to get rid of each other by footsteps.

"Orochimaru, this is all the trouble you caused, and when everything is over, you have to explain it to the leader in person."

The tone of the Red Sand Scorpion is not good, and there is no friendship between companions at all.

But Orochimaru didn't care, because the Red Sand Scorpion had never been kind to him.

"Deal with them right ahead."

Orochimaru suddenly stopped and stood on one side of the glade, and the Red Sand Scorpion also stood next to Orochimaru.

In a matter of seconds, two black shadows fell from the canopy, and Jiraiya and Tsunade stood on the other side of the clearing.

"What? Decided not to run? Jiraiya mocked with a slight smile.

"We've decided to get rid of you here."

The Red Sand Scorpion took the initiative to take a step forward, and because his parents were killed by the Konoha Ninja Hachiki Shuo Shigeru, the Red Sand Scorpion has a natural dislike for the Konoha Ninja.

This disgust is not only for Jirai and Tsunade in front of him, but also for Orochimaru, who is a "companion" next to him.

However, Orochimaru has captured a detail, that is, the subject in the words of the Red Sand Scorpion is not "I", but "we".

Usually when performing tasks, the Red Sand Scorpion feels that Orochimaru is too slow every time, and he has to perform it himself, and the subject of his speech is "I".

And this time it became "we".

This shows that although the Red Sand Scorpion usually disdains the title of Orochimaru's Three Ninjas, this time he is not so big as to think that he can face two Three Ninja at the same time.

In particular, one of the powerful places of the red sand scorpion is the use of poison, and there is a detoxification master opposite, and he is somewhat restrained in attributes.

...

There was no more verbal exchange between the two sides, and the breeze made a gurgling sound as the fallen leaves on the ground were blown.

In the next moment, the fierce battle between the two sides had begun.

The Red Sand Scorpion took the lead in attacking, and the tail of the scorpion behind it made a series of rattling sounds, attacking Jiraiya and Tsunade in the distance.

The scorpion tail exceeded the limit length of the original visual inspection in an instant, but it still didn't stop, and in an instant, it was already in front of Jiraiya and Tsunade.

This sudden attack brought a little shock to Jiraiya and Tsunade, because neither of them expected that the scorpion tail behind the old man could be extended to such an extent.

But this also confirmed the previous conjecture of the two, that is, the mysterious old man in front of them was a puppeteer.

Although it was unexpected, Jiraiya and Tsunade quickly dodged Scorpion Tail's sweeping attack, but Tsunade reacted a little slower and was almost slashed by the sharp blade on the side of Scorpion Tail.

Seeing that his poisonous blade was almost able to hit Tsunade, the Red Sand Scorpion let out a pitiful smacking sound under its mask.

Jiraiya glanced at Tsunade next to him and noticed that something was wrong with Tsunade's state today.

In fact, Tsunade's consumption today is indeed a bit much, not on the chakra, but when he used the chakra control technique just now, he consumed too much energy, resulting in the current spirit is not very concentrated.

"You can press me in the back." Jiraiya said.

Tsunade didn't respond, but already stood in the back with a back jump.

And as Tsunade took a step back, the position between Jiraiya and Tsunade presented the most classic battle formation of the Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade Sannin periods.

It's Jiraiya and Orochimaru in front of the enemy, Jiraiya is also on the left, Orochimaru is on the right, and Tsunade is behind to press the two of them.

It's been a long time now, but when Jiraiya stands in front of Tsunade, he still leans a little to the left.

Looking at the familiar battle formation on the opposite side and the vacated position that should have belonged to him, Orochimaru showed a playful smile.