As an expert in medical Ninjutsu, Tsunade immediately understood the effect of the medical Ninjutsu used on Yakushi Kabuto's body. She was a bit surprised by this technique.
"Orochimaru, your subordinate has talent. Give him a few more decades, and his medical skills might just catch up to mine."
Kabuto's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Indeed." Orochimaru nodded. He couldn't deny it—Tsunade's level of medical Ninjutsu was beyond what the term "medical ninja" could capture.
Back then, if he could have found Tsunade, he would have taken Kimimaro to her for treatment instead of relying on Kabuto. But now, it didn't matter because Kimimaro was beyond saving; simply put, he was cannot be saved.
There's an interesting story here. During the Second and Third Shinobi Wars, the Mist Village from the Land of Water participated, bringing the Taketori clan into battle. These battle-crazed fighters fought recklessly, and while they killed many Konoha ninjas, a lot of them also fell on the battlefield.
To counter Mist Village, Konoha even researched Mist's unique bloodline limits, like the Hozuki clan's Hydrification technique, the Yuki clan's Ice Release, and other secret techniques like Boil Release and Lava Release. But their main research target was the Taketori clan's Shikotsumyaku.
The details of the research process aren't important, but the conclusion was that even the strongest medical ninja in the Shinobi World, Tsunade, couldn't find a way to counter Shikotsumyaku. Although she knew about the bloodline disease linked to Shikotsumyaku, she couldn't cure it. Similarly, Orochimaru, the Shinobi World's top scientist, also had no solution other than suggesting soft tissue modifications as a counter.
However, due to circumstances back then, Tsunade didn't study it for long, so her inability to cure the bloodline disease was just true at that time. Now, who knows?
Anyway, that's the story—back to the fight.
Maybe because he heard Orochimaru's praise, Kabuto suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Orochimaru glanced at him, saying nothing more.
He had admitted Kabuto's medical Ninjutsu talent was strong, even surpassing Tsunade's in some ways. But Tsunade had the "slug" advantage, and besides, she was already over fifty, while Kabuto was still young. Who would've guessed he'd already start thinking Tsunade wasn't that impressive?
He's a bit too full of himself.
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade. The situation was getting tricky; he was preparing to use the Reverse Summoning Jutsu to escape. However, he couldn't make the hand signs right now, so he needed a bit of time to get ready.
"Trying to run?" In a flash, Tsunade appeared in front of Orochimaru, throwing a full-force punch without hesitation.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, his snake-like pupils showing a cold glint. His body leaned back, but he was completely pulverized by the blow.
"Tsk." Tsunade clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Don't bother using cheap tricks like that—it's embarrassing."
Broken flesh shattered into dirt and fell to the ground. Behind a rock in the distance, dirt rose up and then exploded as Orochimaru walked out, casting a sideways glance at Tsunade.
"This woman is getting better at controlling her chakra."
Wasn't it said that she hadn't fought in years because of her hemophobia?
Orochimaru felt a bit annoyed. Who gathered that intel? He'd have to bite them when he got back and give them a cursed seal to make Orochimaru walk backward from then on!
…Oh wait, it was Yakushi Kabuto who collected it.
Well, that's fine then.
Orochimaru's stealth skills were top-notch; even now, hiding behind the rock, Tsunade couldn't sense him. So she chose the dumbest approach.
She destroyed everything around her!
A massive force crashed down as Tsunade unleashed her full strength for the first time, using her superhuman strength along with the chakra from her Yin Sealing Technique and the boost from her Mitotic Regeneration. Almost instantly, the ground in her line of sight completely collapsed.
On the Street:
…They should be thankful there were no people around. Otherwise, with this punch, Tsunade would have killed at least a hundred.
The Toad Sage watched the cracks spreading before him and jumped back, standing hundreds of meters away to look inside.
"Tsk, tsk, Tsunade is still as violent as ever."
He glanced at Naruto, who had stars in his eyes, recalling the last time he saw such a scene—when the tailed beasts fought.
Ugh, why has he been summoned to face such monsters lately?
Manda also dodged the attack, standing on the other side and looking back at the Toad Sage.
The slug… wasn't that nimble. She watched in surprise as the ground shattered, then sank into the earth like a little round ball, her two eye stalks gleaming with helplessness.
"Tsunade-sama, if you keep fighting like this, the whole town will be affected."
Although the battle was unavoidable, the slug loved life.
Even if Shikkotsu Forest had no life, she still enjoyed the hustle and bustle.
By the way, Shikkotsu Forest got its name because it rains every day there. The rain is special and can corrode the human body. In fact, besides the slug and Senju Hashirama, no one dares to stand in the rain of Shikkotsu Forest.
Tsunade looked at Orochimaru, who didn't seem to be in a good mood, and smiled.
"can you split off a few clones to protect the people around?"
"Sure thing!" The slug happily agreed.
Then she split off about one-third of herself, sending thousands of adult-sized slugs crawling around, looking for ordinary people who might be hurt and protecting those who hadn't been harmed yet.
"Orochimaru, look! How could Short Street end up like this otherwise?" Tsunade pointed at Orochimaru, full of righteous indignation.
Orochimaru's eyelid twitched.
"The people here dying has nothing to do with me, and it seems this is your doing."
He glanced around, noting that Tsunade's punch had shattered everything within hundreds of meters, transforming nearly a fifth of the area into a field of rubble.
"Heh, and it's all because of you." Tsunade charged forward with her fists, showing no intention of holding back.
Orochimaru could only dodge. Right now, he couldn't form any hand signs, and even if he could, he wouldn't dare take one of Tsunade's punches head-on. His modified, flexible body wouldn't survive it either.
If Kabuto hadn't been taken out, he might have been able to help by forming signs for ninjutsu. But now, Orochimaru had no choice but to take the hits, with no chance to turn the tables.
As he thought about this, Tsunade's punch finally landed.
His body seemed to explode instantly, turning into a cloud of blood mist, scattering everywhere. But his head remained intact, and almost immediately after, his mouth opened, and a fully intact version of himself crawled out from the remains of his head.
"Your ninjutsu is as disgusting as ever," Tsunade commented, before landing another punch on the leftover head.
With a splatter of red, yellow, and white across the ground, Orochimaru caught his breath and jumped back, slightly winded. The Serpent Substitution Jutsu had drained his chakra quite a bit, but he managed to speak between breaths.
"And you're as brutal as ever. Jiraiya's description of you wasn't wrong: a violent, flat-chested woman."
At this, Orochimaru gave a sly smile, glancing at a certain part of Tsunade's figure with a smirk.
"Oh wait, you're not flat anymore. Now you're more of a… busty, violent woman."
A vein bulged on Tsunade's forehead.
Her fists tightened. Tightly.
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