After several twists, the giant snake finally stopped its head, pressing down in a fixed direction.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
The black and red snake tongue flickered, saliva mixed with a fishy smell splashed out, and everyone felt the oppressive force nearby, so they were careful, and dared not even breathe loudly.
However, right in the middle of this, a loud cry suddenly rang out, breaking the oppressive silence.
The red-haired woman's face changed again and again, desperately trying to calm the child in her arms, but adults may be able to judge the situation, but children will only follow their instincts.
She is very scared now. In front of this terrifying giant snake, the warmth from her body gives no sense of security. The crying becomes even louder.
The giant snake seemed to be attracted by the sound, lowered its head slightly, its cold snake eyes staring straight at the mother and daughter, with a cruel, bloodthirsty meaning flashing in them.
Feeling the approaching snake mouth, the red-haired woman couldn't even retreat, stunned in place, with two lines of clear tears flowing down her face.
Both mother and daughter began to cry. The child cried very loudly, but the mother just shed tears silently. Vitality and death mixed together, jointly explaining the word 'despair'.
Seeing this scene, everyone present subconsciously felt pity. Even a cold-blooded and cruel person like the Kusagakure elder couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
But soon, he secretly thought to himself how beautiful this was.
Bullying the weak, this 'strong' has many definitions, but the scope of 'weak' is much narrower: the elderly, weak women, young children.
What could be more heart-wrenching, more illustrative of 'bullying the weak', than Orochimaru making snakes eat a mother and daughter?
Oh... there is one. Maybe changing it to an old woman and a child would be even more effective.
The Kusagakure elder thought maliciously, and then he heard Orochimaru's hoarse and magnetic voice in the crying,
"Changes are many, but I've finally found you."
What does this mean?
Under their suspicious gaze, a long snake stretched out from Orochimaru's arm, wrapped around the red-haired woman's waist, and brought her to the top of the snake's head.
Are these two the people Orochimaru seeks to hurt?
The elders wearing bull and sheep masks looked at each other, and both saw surprise in the other's eyes.
He also knew the mother and daughter. Although he didn't remember their faces, seeing the distinct red hair, he could judge her identity - a member of the Uzumaki clan.
This makes sense. What ability would an ordinary Kusagakure ninja have to make an enemy of someone who could offer a reward that even a Konoha Sannin would be tempted by?
Although there were still some doubts, the development of the situation to this point was not bad.
Leaving Orochimaru with the impression of bullying the weak, damaging Konoha's reputation in the ninja world, increasing Kusagakure's cohesion and appeal to exiled ninjas, and the final cost was just a foreigner.
He originally thought at least a Chunin would die.
While business and calculations flashed in the Kusagakure elder's mind, the situation changed again on top of the python's head.
Orochimaru gently put the red-haired woman down, and at the same time stretched her hand to support her shoulders.
This made everyone who was watching the mother and daughter slightly stunned.
"Don't be afraid, I don't have any intention of killing you. I'm here to save you."…
The corners of Orochimaru's mouth turned up, and a smile appeared on his face. He was imitating the face he made when acting like the Light God's 'holy smile'.
But this not only did not put the mother and daughter at ease, on the contrary, it made them feel even more terrified. To put it bluntly, the child cried even louder.
Orochimaru clicked his tongue, "...In the end, I can't act like the Light God."
However, he also had a way. He put a finger on the child's pressure point, causing her to fall into a deep sleep. He put his other hand on the woman's neck and gently pressed, depriving her of her ability to speak.
Stockholm syndrome, a complex in which victims develop feelings for their abusers, and even help them in return.
Orochimaru wasn't sure if this woman had also been psychologically damaged by these Kusagakure ninjas, so he made her unable to speak for the time being.
This series of quick actions made the two Kusagakure elders feel something was wrong.
The Uzumaki woman was clearly not the person Orochimaru was seeking to hurt, but if not her, then who could it be?
For a time, a strong sense of crisis surged in their hearts, as if disaster was imminent.
But before they could take any action, Orochimaru spoke.
Slowly and calmly, he began to tell of the crimes committed by the Kusagakure ninjas against the Uzumaki woman.
Cannibalism, treating a human being like livestock, like a medical blood bag, is an extremely cruel crime, no matter where you are.
These words were spoken quickly and urgently, but every word was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.
While speaking, Orochimaru showed the scars on her body, proving that what he said was true.
At this time, the pity that the crowd had for the mother and daughter had not faded, and now it was even deeper.
Whether it was the unaware Kusagakure residents, or the foreigners who simply came to Kusagakure's 'black market' to take on tasks, the way they looked at the Kusagakure ninjas coming out of the medical room became extremely strange.
Bullying the weak, bullying the weak... the 'weak' has not changed, but the 'strong' has another meaning, and this behavior is more disgusting than Orochimaru's.
Under the gaze of the crowd, those seriously and lightly injured Kusagakure ninjas changed their expressions drastically, as if all the blood in their bodies rushed to their faces, and countless blood vessels burst in their eyes.
This is not just the anger of having their sins exposed, but more... is a deep sense of guilt.
Do bad people also feel guilty? Do bad people also regret it?
When a person is wrapped up in a group and does evil deeds as a matter of course, they will selectively ignore it and will not have any doubts about their actions.
But when this matter is exposed in broad daylight, and they have to accept the judgment of another, larger group, fear, panic... and then self-doubt.
They cannot deny reality, because what they have done is actually a crime. They didn't realize it before, just because they didn't think about it carefully. Now, being forced to think by the public, they are shocked to realize what they have done.
At this stage, most people will collapse, just like the several seriously injured people on the ground directly passed out, unable to withstand these violent emotional fluctuations. A small number of people will become hysterical and launch suicidal attacks at Orochimaru.
Of course, these irrational people directly lost their lives in the snake's mouth.
But there are also some people who have known about crimes like this from the beginning, and are still firm in carrying out the ninjas, and directly flew back. They have already rehearsed this scene in their minds.
"Orochimaru, my Kusagakure will never rest until one of us is dead!"
The two Kusagakure elders' eyes were about to split, and they released ninjutsu, leading the Kusagakure Anbu to launch an attack directly.
Orochimaru smiled lightly, and summoned a python to swallow Karin and her daughter,
"Just in time!"
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