Trees Chapter 330 Shinobi's Survival Skills Are Getting Stronger

Sasuke genuinely wanted to flee this godforsaken place right now.

Especially after that story Naruto had just told, it had thoroughly disgusted him.

‘That damn idiot just loved making jokes about me and Orochimaru.’

‘There was nothing between them, yet he insisted on comparing Orochimaru to Medusa.’

‘Besides...’

‘The current me is past that edgy phase.’

"Sasuke-kun..."

"Your words are truly heartbreaking."

Orochimaru, seemingly in a playful mood, pressed a hand to his chest and adopted an exaggeratedly feminine demeanor… taking advantage of his current androgynous appearance.

He might as well have outright called Sasuke a heartless scumbag.

The atmosphere instantly froze over after Orochimaru’s teasing remark.

Sasuke stopped in his tracks and turned back, his cold gaze locking onto Orochimaru.

Naruto, who was standing by, realized that something was wrong and quickly waved to the two white-haired guys.

‘Run for your lives!!’

Jiraiya smiled knowingly at his apprentice's gesture.

Knowing that his identity was exposed, he stopped hiding it. He pulled off his mask, hooked one hand on Orochimaru's shoulder and the other on Kakashi's shoulder, then laughed loudly.

"Hey, hey!"

"Sasuke, Orochimaru is your teacher, you know. You shouldn’t talk to him like that."

"Besides..."

"What we’re filming is art."

Kakashi nodded in agreement, fully supporting Jiraiya’s statement.

"Yes. This is art."

Boom…

With a loud bang, Sasuke's Heavy Xuan Ruler sank into the wall behind the three people.

His cold glare swept over them, his expression dripping with disdain.

"Just admit you’re selling yourselves."

"No need for excuses."

After saying this, Sasuke glanced at Naruto, who was sweating profusely, as if to emphasize that he and Orochimaru had nothing to do with each other.

"White-haired old man! Shut up!"

Naruto grabbed Sasuke’s arm and tried to drag him toward the glowing portal. If this kept up, he was sure Sasuke would snap sooner or later.

"No!"

"I have to say something today!"

Jiraiya's stubborn temper suddenly flared up.

As Orochimaru’s longtime friend, he felt he had every right to speak up, especially considering how hard Orochimaru had worked all these years to make money, all for Sasuke’s sake.

‘And how did Uchiha Sasuke repay him?’

‘Not only does he have no respect for Orochimaru, he also spends all day squandering money outside, but still swaggered back to the hideout like he owned the place.’

Jiraiya really couldn't bear to watch it anymore!

Compared to this, even Naruto was starting to look tolerable...

"Sasuke, who do you think Orochimaru is doing this for?"

"It’s for you!"

"You’ve learned his techniques."

"Used his labs."

"And this is how you repay him!?"

Sasuke’s words had been too harsh, and Jiraiya was genuinely pissed now.

They were just filming some borderline content, how can that be considered selling themselves?

And even if they were...

He still wouldn’t be able to bring himself to do anything with Orochimaru!

"Enough."

"Jiraiya, stop talking."

The more Orochimaru listened, the more he felt something was wrong, so he patted Jiraiya on the shoulder and signaled him to shut up.

"Hmph! You brats these days... have no idea how much your teachers sacrifice for you!"

"Ungrateful little shits!"

Uzumaki Naruto: “???”

‘Is this white-haired old bastard cursing me in a roundabout way?’

Naruto glared at Jiraiya, and the black rod that he’d just put away appeared in his hand again, scaring Jiraiya so much that he took a step back and hid behind Orochimaru.

Meanwhile, Sasuke felt really nauseous when he saw Orochimaru like this, and resistance was written all over his body.

If he continued to stay there, he didn't know whether he would dream of himself wearing women's clothes at night.

"Orochimaru."

"Cut the act. It’s revolting."

Sasuke greeted Jiraiya with a cold face and did not respond to Jiraiya's words at all.

After all, this white-haired old man is Naruto's master, so there is no point arguing with him.

What really worried him was...

Whether Naruto would spin some outrageous story about him after leaving this place.

"Sasuke-kun is so cruel~"

Orochimaru giggled playfully, clearly enjoying himself a little too much as he continued teasing Sasuke.

Sasuke had wanted to clarify his relationship with Orochimaru, but with Orochimaru acting like this...

He could already imagine Naruto using this incident to tease him for the rest of his life.

Sasuke could just picture it...

Years later, when he’s proudly regaling his children with tales of his past glories, the yellow-haired bastard would suddenly pop up, took out a picture of Orochimaru, and start spinning some ridiculous story about Uchiha Xiao Yan and the Medusa...

‘No!!’

‘This kind of thing must not happen!!’

After some thought, Sasuke decided the only way to clear his name was through action.

"Angry Buddha Lotus Flame!!"

With a flick of his wrist, Sasuke threw a black lotus toward the group.

He knew exactly how powerful this technique was. It would be enough to teach them a lesson, but not enough to cause serious harm.

Boom…

The last remaining hideout of Orochimaru was finally reduced to rubble by Sasuke...

Unfortunately, Sasuke's holding back also gave them time to escape. Orochimaru used his soft body to coil around Mitsuki and slithered away.

Kakashi was even faster. His Mangekyo Sharingan was instantly activated, and he vanished into the Kamui Dimension.

But the most impressive escape belonged to the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya.

Naruto originally planned to save the white-haired old man.

But when this guy saw that the situation was not good, he took out his phone and made a call, and the next second, he disappeared.

"Damn it!!"

"Reverse Summoning Technique!?"

Naruto blurted out in disbelief.

For some reason...

He had a feeling Jiraiya had originally planned to use that trick on him.

‘Unbelievable!’

‘Since when did these guys get so good at running away?!’

"What are you standing around for?"

"Let’s go. I’m never coming back to this crappy place."

Sasuke’s mood was foul after missing his targets. He had to admit that he had underestimated these three perverts.

"Alright."

Naruto sighed in relief. If Sasuke had really been serious and trapped them in a Duel Space, none of them would’ve stood a chance.

And then he would’ve been stuck in the awkward position of choosing between his good brother and his teacher.

‘Well...’

‘At least Sasuke held back.’

Naruto threw out a portal and the two returned to Konoha.

In front of the villa, Naruto saw Hinata sitting on the steps at the gate, waiting for him.

"Hinata, we're back."

Naruto grinned like an idiot.

‘Look, where else would I find a girlfriend this perfect?’

Naruto abandoned his good brother and rushed to Hinata in single bound.

"Mm."

Hinata responded softly, raising her wrist and glancing at the time absentmindedly.

A few seconds later, she finally smiled at him.

Seeing that the couple was getting affectionate again, Sasuke took out his phone.

"Yeah."

"That’s right. Anyway, thanks for your help."

"Oh, and Kakashi was involved too."

As soon as he ended the call, Naruto and Hinata walked up to him.

"Hm?"

"Who were you just calling?"

Naruto asked offhandedly while pulling out the Shinigami Wooden Token his father had given him.

"No one important."

Sasuke calmly pocketed his phone, then pointed at the wooden token in Naruto’s hand, looking puzzled.

Hinata, who was being held by Naruto, was in a bad mood at the moment.

She had thought Naruto’s so-called ‘big treasure’ was...

But what did he show her?

When she’d shyly asked about it earlier, he’d just pulled out this stupid wooden token and called that his treasure...

She didn’t want to see this thing at all!!