Chapter 120: Survival in the Dessert part 5.

"They are the first Kazekage Puppet Collections so they are stronger than the one outside that we fought so be careful." ​​

Murasaki said as he held a sword in his hand, and he was wearing a weird full set of armor that made him fully armed.

"You lead them away so I can find an antidote!"

Sakumo said as he already secretly probes and observes the puppets while running, and using the shuriken he picked up on the hallway on them, he concluded that these Puppets are invincible!

More than that, he felt that the consumption of his chakra and physical strength increased again.

"The antidote? I got a bottle!"

Murasaki said, shaking his hand and throwing the antidote to Sakumo.

"So generous?"

Sakumo said in surprise as he caught the antidote thrown at him.

Does this guy know there are only three of these? He thought.

"By the way, the poison mist will increase every ten minutes. And according to my hypothesis, it may be accompanied by a shrinkage of the area that can make the poison more lethal. That's why we can't fight. And since you're the fastest, leave these puppets to me and find the rest."

Murasaki explained the information he got while at the same time provoking the Ten puppets.

However, When he was talking and while at the same time distracting the puppets…

Two of the Puppets merge and become a shuriken, and suddenly fly towards him with a terrifying momentum, and behind them, the other puppets also follow in an imposing manner. 

Seeing it, Murasaki didn't panic, and without hesitation ran without looking back.

However, the two puppets that become Shuriken although miss their target didn't lose their momentum as they suddenly made turns as if someone was manipulating them and once again on Murasaki trail.

Although Murasaki is fast, he can't escape the homing attack of the shuriken, and within a second, the big shuriken made of the puppet's body directly hit Murasaki at the center of his back ready to split him into two.

However…

What the audience expected to happen didn't happen. Because they saw Murasaki's body Unscathed!

"What! Is he so resistant to beating?"

Moonlight Night Dance exclaimed and was completely dumbfounded witnessing it with her own eyes.

"It's because of his Full Body armor."

Hatake Sagiki said as he noticed the armor on Murasaki's back being broken.

"It seems that the equipment in the Illusory Domain is very difficult to deal with, but unfortunately I only got a piece of paper, and it was robbed by Orochimaru."

Shin Yūhi said, feeling a bit bitter about his experience.

"It seems Shinnosuke will suffer."

Hatake Sagiki mumbled out loud. Witnessing the effect of the Armor, he is no longer optimistic about Shinnosuke.

At first, he thought that the most important things in the game were weapons, food, and information.

But now, it seems that it's not only those 3, but everything is very important in the game.

Illusory Domains weapons and equipment can make ninja stronger.

The full body armor of Murasaki was not a blue symbol on the map but it was still very strong armor. So how can Orochimaru's weapon that was a blue symbol which is the best equipment in the game not be strong?

So him predicting Shinnosuke results, there is no need to explain…

Because, a few seconds later, a voice sounded on the screen: "Sarutobi Shinnosuke has been killed; Reason of Death: Killed by Orochimaru."

And after the voice faded, another pitiful person suddenly appeared in the viewing room.

Shinnosuke glanced at Shin Yūhi, and then at Moonlight Night Dance, who was eliminated first and sighed heavily.

The first three that got eliminated are his team.

"How frustrating!"

And without waiting for him to whine, his two teammates bombarded him with questions.

"Why did you die?"

"What….?"

Because the view was not on Shinnosuke, everyone did not know how Shinnosuke died and it made their curiosity to its peak seeing how Shinnosuke died especially the two. 

But Hatake Sagiki didn't inquire like the two, instead, he asked indifferently like he already knew the answer to his question.

"Did Orochimaru resist your strongest Ninjutsu?"

"Yes, that guy completely resisted my Earth Dragon Bullet."

Shinnosuke answered as he sighed somewhat helplessly.

"..."

"..•.."

Hearing his voice filled with helplessness, the two didn't ask more.

Earth-Style Ninjutsu focuses more on defensive ability. And Attack Ninjutsu is a very rare thing in those types, and Earth Dragon Bullet is one of those Attack Ninjutsu.

So with Orochimaru scheming mind, he must really take the opportunity to one-hit kill him during that time when he uses an Attack Ninjutsu.

"Double your training in the afternoon."

Hatake Sagiki said lightly.

"Yes!"

The Three of them said in unison while bowing their heads, since who told them to be eliminated first?

At this time, the screen changed once again.

Orochimaru crawled out of the dirt with great effort, and then sat on the ground while breathing heavily.

"Damn, That was close! If not for my Armor, instead of Shinnosuke, it will be me who will die!"

Orochimaru said while breathing heavily, a little scared from earlier experience.

The move Shinnosuke utilizes, named Earth Dragon Bullet, has very formidable power, that even the Armor Akabane created cannot resist its damage perfectly that leads to his current state.

So battle earlier was really a close call for him.

"Orochimaru, why did you kill Shinnosuke?"

At this time, Tsunade arrived.

When she heard the announcement, she was stunned, and she didn't understand why Orochimaru did that.

Jiraiya followed her, but the way he looked was more miserable than Orochimaru who fought a battle, so obviously, he was dragged all the way here without his consent.

Orochimaru didn't immediately answer Tsunade's question. He glances at Jiraiya, then at Tsunade who looks energetic and is suddenly lost in thought.

He collects equipment, food, and information on his own painstakingly.

While these two people have no sense of crisis at all…

"Hey, help…Help, I'm going to die, kill me already airport, don't torture me…"

Jiraiya exclaimed. 

"Eat it."

Orochimaru took out a bottle and poured a pill from it.

Tsunade took it and sniffed.

"A Food."

She mumbled then handed it over and gave it to Jiraiya.

After a while, after taking the pill, Jiraiya recovered a bit, at least he could move a little now, unlike how he couldn't move earlier and was lying on the ground after Tsunade tossed him.

"What the hell is going on, why did you kill Shinnosuke?"

Tsunade asked seriously.

"You came all the way and didn't find anything?"

Orochimaru asked while holding his head, having a headache.

What kind of teammates these two are? Are they all going to rely on him?

"Because the poison is not fatal, I don't care about it…"

Tsunade answered honestly.

Then, the two looked towards Jiraiya.

Seeing the two looking at him, Jiraiya sat up and took a pondering position, but before he could answer, Orochimaru beat him on it.

"Forget it, you can't count on an idiot."

Orochimaru took out two pieces of paper and handed it to Tsunade after mocking Jiraiya, "There must be important information over there. So it's difficult to understand what is there now. But for now, that's it."

Tsunade was suddenly embarrassed after reading two pages of manga.

Jiraiya, ignoring Orochimaru's mocking, pondered for a while and suddenly said after remembering something: "Speaking of which… When I met Murasaki, he didn't have any weapons so I gave him the sword I picked on the sand since he is a companion and I didn't need it in the first place."

"Fool!"

Orochimaru exclaimed with his eyes wide open.

Having seen Gauntlet and frying pan's ability, he was pretty sure that the weapons in the Illusory Domain were not as weak as they thought.

So Sword weapons are absolutely very strong.

"Well, it's too late to regret, we can just beat them."

Tsunade said that with full confidence, she then stretched out her hand and spread it out towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru who saw that froze for a moment. He feels that it is a kind of deja-vu where parents give pocket money to their child.

Holding his head from pain due to a headache, he still rummaged through his body to find it with his other hand.

I got it…

"I don't have anything suitable for you on me. But I have these shoes. If you wear this, you can run faster." 

"No!"

Tsunade exclaimed with a look of disgust, and Orochimaru had worn those shoes. So how could she still want them?

But for Jiraiya, who doesn't have any piece of equipment, it's suitable for him.

"Okay, let's go in and kill them!"

Tsunade said as she clenched her hand and bumped it into each other, then rushed first.

"Be careful of their armor, those kinds of armor can withstand fairly high formidable power."

Orochimaru shouted, but whether Tsunade heard him or not was unknown.

"There are only two of them, so why can't we charge together? Are you afraid we will lose?"

Jiraiya asked with his face swollen.

Orochimaru thought for a while and felt that there was something out of place.

He always feels something is wrong...

In the viewing room, Hatake Sagiki who saw that also became thoughtful.

Regardless of the equipment, route, or the range of the poison mist, everything was orchestrated by someone!

"Akabane, you're not being fair!"

Not only did Hatake Sagiki notice it, but the others also gradually realized something was wrong. Just like where the Ten Strong Puppets come from, was also where the bottle of antidotes was located and was also 'coincidentally' obtained by Murasaki that led to him being attacked by them and then also 'coincidentally' met Sakumo.

Is there really such a coincidence?

"hmph hmph, this will be more fun, and I am their teammate anyway."

Akabane said as he laughed.

This piece of Illusory Domain was created by him. So taking care of his teammates is easy.

More on that.

Actually, he didn't take special care of them. He just let the poison circle be refreshed in a favorable place for Sakumo and Murasaki.

Like the first bottle of antidote, it was completely found by Murasaki by mistake and had nothing to do with him.

Yes, the fate circle.

After the two found the antidote to converge, they left from the other channel, which happened to be the limit range after the poison circle contracted.

If they take a few steps, they can enter the less toxic circle.

But Orochimaru and his two teammates are not the same as the two. And sooner or later, they will have no other choice but to pick on who is going to drink the third Antidote, while the other two will die from poison or for other reason.