It has to be said that these two ninjas were really weak; they were subdued by Orochimaru in just one move.
"Ah! Brother Tianqi has been killed!" Jiraiya shouted in panic to Orochimaru and Tsunade.
"Bang! Idiot, look closely, what was killed?" Tsunade punched Jiraiya on the head when she saw his expression.
"Huh, how did it turn into a piece of wood?" Jiraiya covered his head and looked at the spot where Tianqi had been lying. There was no corpse left, only a piece of wood that had been hit by a shuriken.
"Idiot, you don't even know about the Substitution Jutsu?" Orochimaru also showed a contemptuous look.
Clap clap clap!
Tianqi emerged from the nearby woods, clapping as he went.
"Very good, very good, very good! Orochimaru, Tsunade, you did a great job! You will definitely become outstanding ninjas in the future."
"As for Jiraiya, if you can overcome this situation in the future, you can also become an excellent ninja," Tianqi said to the three of them.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you guys to be so capable. You caught two ninjas in one go, except for that brat," Tang said excitedly. He hadn't expected these guys to be so strong.
Jiraiya felt incredibly frustrated hearing Yuwa look down on him and seeing the gazes from the other three. He thought to himself, "Why was I so intimidated?"
"Damn it! Next time I'll definitely be the first to strike!" Jiraiya punched a tree next to him, and blood flowed from his fist.
"Idiot, it's not about who strikes first or not. Brother Tianqi just reminded us. Orochimaru and I both reacted, but you're still acting like a fool." Tsunade delivered a blow to his ego.
"What..." Jiraiya thought for a moment and realized that his older brother, Tenchi, had reminded him; he hadn't really realized it at the time.
“Wait a minute… Brother Tianqi, ninjas shouldn’t appear in C-rank missions.” Orochimaru thought about it carefully and realized something was wrong. How could ninjas appear in C-rank missions? Ninjas usually appear in B-rank missions. Tsunade nodded in agreement.
"Don't rush this, I'll find out. Now I'm giving you a task: you take care of these two ninjas. Tang He and I will find out the situation first, and you can follow up later." After giving these instructions, Tian Qi pulled Tang He away.
"You want us to kill people? This..." The group exchanged glances and hesitated, even Orochimaru hesitated.
On the other side, Tian Qi was smiling as he asked Tang He, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
"What? What's going on? I don't know what you're talking about," Tang He said, still pretending to be clueless.
“If you continue like this, I can simply abandon this mission and return to the village. With ninjas appearing, it’s no longer a C-rank mission. Are you sure you want to keep pretending?” Tianqi said to Tang He with a serious expression.
"This, this... okay, I'll confess." Tang hesitated for a moment, but decided to be honest.
"Our Land of Hot Water has samurai, so we also have places to forge weapons. We sell the weapons we forge to some ninja villages, and we live quite well. But two years ago, a powerful ninja came to our village."
"Not only did they seize our weapons production site, but they also recruited a group of ninjas, threatening us to work for them. Our country's warriors were no match for them, and in the end, we couldn't take it anymore and decided to fight back, but we were too weak."
"After discussing it, we decided to pool our money to hire ninjas for help. However, the ninjas who occupied our territory also found out that we were going to hire ninjas to deal with them, so they started chasing me all the way. I finally managed to get close to Konoha after a lot of hardship, and then those ninjas stopped chasing us."
"But when I arrived in Konoha with the money, I realized that we only had enough to post one C-rank mission. However, I was being hunted down and had no other choice. So I posted one C-rank mission with all the money, hoping to return to the Land of Hot Springs and find a way to raise more money."
"Please, please help our Kingdom of Tang!" Tang He said, then knelt down in front of Tian Qi.
"Alright, a man's knees are worth gold. You'd better get up quickly. I'm fine with it. Let me ask my teammates first. If they agree, then we'll continue the mission. If they don't agree, there's nothing I can do. I can't risk their lives." Although Tianqi wanted to continue the mission, he still wanted to ask Jiraiya and the other two for their opinions.
"Thank you, thank you. On behalf of the people of the Land of Hot Springs, I thank you." Hearing that Tianqi was willing to help him, Tang He thanked him repeatedly. As for the other three, he believed that as long as the Jonin in front of him agreed, his subordinates would definitely agree as well.
As they were talking, Jiraiya and his two companions walked up from behind, groaning as they went.
"Tian, how well do you know about the matter, Brother Tianqi?" Tsunade asked Tianqi, suppressing the urge to vomit.
"I understand what happened. Are you all alright?"
"Don't worry, it's nothing, Jiraiya-sama," Jiraiya said defiantly.
"Yes, we can overcome it," Orochimaru's expression also wasn't very good.
"Really? The blood keeps flowing, and the ninjas have such unwilling eyes. You guys are actually alright, that's amazing!" Seeing them like this, Tianqi immediately started to make fun of them.
As expected, upon hearing Tianqi's words and recalling what had just happened, the three of them immediately ran to the side and vomited again.
Seeing the three of them run over and vomit again, Tianqi couldn't help but sigh. Who would have thought that Orochimaru, who vomits like crazy after killing someone, would become a ruthless scientist who kills without blinking an eye? Life is truly unpredictable.
"Pah, Brother Tianqi, you're too mean," Jiraiya said, wiping his mouth.
"I was worried you wouldn't have vomited completely. If you vomited it all out this time, you won't have any problems next time."
Upon hearing Tianqi's words, the three of them simply chuckled and said, "I don't believe you for a second. You're obviously just messing with us."
"Let me tell you something serious," Tianqi then told the three of them about Tang He's situation.
"That's how it is. We might encounter Jonin and a group of Genin. We don't know yet if there are Chunin. The mission is already at Rank A. Whether you continue the mission or not is entirely up to you. I won't force you."
"This, this..." The three looked at each other and saw the resignation in each other's eyes. Chunin and Genin were okay, but Jonin were probably beyond their capabilities.
"Brother Tianqi, do you think we should continue?" Orochimaru asked Tianqi directly, wanting to see what he thought.
"Personally, I hope you guys continue, but it's okay if you give up. After all, it's alright to back down once or twice," Tianqi said to Orochimaru with a teasing expression.
"I won't back down, I'll continue the mission!" Upon hearing Tianqi call him a coward, Jiraiya immediately refused to continue.
"That idiot, he just takes the bait as soon as someone provokes him," the two cursed Jiraiya under their breath.
"Captain Tianqi, I think this mission has gone beyond our capabilities, and the enemy is too strong. We should abandon it," Orochimaru stepped forward and expressed his opinion.
“Yes, Brother Tianqi, we don’t need to be stubborn,” Tsunade also began to persuade Tianqi.
"You, you guys..." Jiraiya looked at his two teammates in disbelief. How did they become cowards?
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