Chapter 259

After laying down the seals, the Sannin quickly broke the Impure World Jutsu. Hashirama and Tobirama then turned into puddles of mud. Then, Orochimaru thoughtfully lowered his Kusanagi and narrowed his eyes.

“Since things turned out like this… How about my proposal?”

"He's on his own again?" Shikamaru just sighed.

“Orochimaru, you have far more abilities than a pointless search for the Sharingan and a new body. You can do incredible things... Instead, you're here, engaged in a senseless war. Seeing the Sannin's displeased face, Shikamaru sighed and shook his head.

- I am not interested. I have enough strength to easily surpass any Kage.

"Of course," Orochimaru nodded slightly annoyed, "Okay, since it turned out like this...

Opening his mouth to an amazing width, he put his hand right down his throat and pulled out a drooling scroll. Wiping off his viscous drool, the snake grunted and threw the scroll to Shikamaru. He deftly caught it and grimaced:

“Damn kite, are you on purpose?

“What are you…” Orochimaru licked his lips, chuckling, turning the most curious look on the guy. Shikamaru even had goosebumps running down his back at that expression.

“There's enough DNA in there to resurrect many. I have enough of these ... not a big fee. I think our paths will cross again. Hmm, I can't wait... - grinning at the end, Orochimaru folded his hands together and immediately disappeared into the unknown. Shikamaru could still feel him, but the snake was quickly leaving Konoha's territory.

"Even if the old man didn't die, never mind... This Shikamaru is the most interesting thing I've ever encountered... Now, it's paid off!" With a wicked grin, Orochimaru continued to squeeze something dark in his right fist. He got enough from this fight!

Meanwhile, Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief and tossed the scroll into his ring. Finally, he managed to accomplish almost everything important in this small skirmish. Even without checking the scroll, he still killed the Kazekage - this is already a success. If Orochimaru gave away the fake, which is unlikely in his case, then it's not a big problem...

"Well, that's all..." Turning around, Shikamaru looked into the distance. The snakes have been killed for a long time. Most likely enemy Shinobi too. Although, the battles with the Sound Four actively continued. Hiruzen and the Anbu are seriously getting down to business and these four fry are definitely in trouble...

Never mind.

Shikamaru wasn't interested in them. They could be useful for experiments, while Tayuya is for entertainment, but otherwise there is no use for them. This was the last thing he was interested in, because he did not even think about them. He decided to ignore them and go to his spiders.

Shikamaru could sense the two furious chakras far away in the Konoha forest, but decided not to intervene for now. Naruto must do his part to re-educate Gaara, or in the worst case, he will simply have to kill him and take control of the Hidden Sand. Shikamaru didn't think the idea was such a bad idea, especially if it was Temari's responsibility. But then the question with Shukaku becomes uncertain. Killing Nagato ahead of time and running into Obito is definitely undesirable. Where the descendant of the Uzumaki interfered, the Uchiha would intervene...

“Well, I could bring Kaguya back myself… That’s also a good idea, as a last resort, I’ll have to act on my own. Hmm.." Looking around, Shikamaru frowned. The sound of the battle was growing, probably the Sound four were putting up good resistance even to Hiruzen and the Anbu.

"Not so weak, judging by the chakra, they are at the limit ... However, why not," Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and folded the seal and an exact cloned copy immediately separated from his body. The clone just nodded and quickly moved towards the battlefield. After creating another copy, Shikamaru patted him on the shoulder and sent him on a mission as well.

Having dealt with everything, the man instantly teleported to the huge back of Hatu, to a pre-set seal.

"Wow." Surprised at his position, Shikamaru looked around.

A whole crowd of spiders knelt before the charming Isa, who polished her katana to the fullest. Not far from the crowd of spiders, led by a girl, a crowd of shinobi settled down, next to it lay the carcasses of chopped snakes and several killed shinobi of the Sand. Jiraiya also stood in the ranks of the Anbu and glared at Isa with a frown. Even this girl scared him a little...

As soon as Shikamaru appeared, she abruptly raised her head and immediately identified his presence by smell. Smiling brightly, her small fangs flashed playfully, and she joyfully shouted:

- You're back! I killed everyone, give me my reward!

Many of the Konoha shinobi looked at each other in surprise, while Jiraiya watched Shikamaru with interest.

“So that’s him… He looks strong.”

In this battle, the Sannin did not even have time to really participate, before he could intervene, a cute girl with a bunch of spiders showed up and cut the snakes into pieces, and then began to kill all the shinobi of the Sand. No one even dared to speak to her, and the one who tried was almost cut to pieces by the evil girl. Shikamaru's appearance and her cute reaction to him caused all the ninja to look at each other in surprise. Jiraiya already understood a lot. From the Toads of the Wise, he learned much about other beasts with similar powers.

Your reward will have to wait. I still need to do something... - Shikamaru calmly replied to Isa's arrogant throw.

- Do?! - interrupted the displeased girl: - Stupid deeds can wait, I'm more important than them! Do you want to make the princess wait?!

- Yeah.

— Grrr! You! You..! Well, okay! With a snort, she grabbed his hand and immediately sank her teeth into his palm.

That's just...

- Aaay! – clutching his mouth, Isa groaned: – Wh-what kind of skin is this... Oooh... It hurts! Painfully!

“If you want my blood, just ask.

What did she expect? Even a sword strike without proper strength will not harm him...

- Fool! Fool! Fool! The girl puffed out her cheeks and blushed a lot.

I nearly broke my teeth!

- Stop squealing, or I won't give blood.

Isa covered her mouth and blinked, then quickly nodding.

To everyone's surprised faces, Shikamaru cut his finger with a kunai and handed it to the girl, who quickly grabbed it and began to suck blood furiously. As soon as the first drop hit her tongue, Isa's eyes sparkled, and she began to suck this delicacy with even greater excitement. The sight is strange, especially considering the girl's excited face. Everyone who could see this simply opened their mouths in shock. Someone even swallowed loudly ...

- Hey! Do not be greedy! Taking his finger away, Shikamaru threatened, "Listen when I'm talking!"

“Wow, well, you and ... You are definitely not a person!” Hmph! You are lucky, I decided to become your draft girl!

The man held back a laugh and raised an eyebrow.

- A call girl?

- Well, yes ... - Isa narrowed her eyes, quickly understanding some subtext in his words:

- What do you mean?!

- No, nothing...

Narrowing her eyes, she looked at Shikamaru suspiciously, and then pulled out her lips and nodded:

— Hmph! Well, I went! If you need to kill someone - call! - next, in a cloud of smoke, the beautiful Isa vanished without a trace.