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Tatsumi was about to leave the class after the class ended but he heard a voice come from the gate just as the class ended.

"The first team, come with me."

Orochimaru appeared at the door of the classroom.

He looked at Nishimura with deep golden eyes, then turned and left the classroom.

Tatsumi and the other two stood up, greeted Kushina and Minato and left.

Orochimaru kept increasing his walking speed, making it difficult to catch up to him.

This speed put no pressure on Tatsumi. Nawaki could also barely keep up but Mikoto was struggling.

Soon, the team reached the Konoha Gate.

Tatsumi took a sigh of relief. Mikoto and Nawaki would now be able to take a break.

This speed is still too much for both of them.

But Tatsumi didn't expect that Orochimaru wouldn't slow down at all.

The four of them rushed out of the gate.

There were two Chunin guards at the gate.

"Hey! Who is it?." One of the Chunins was angry.

In his heart, he always felt that he was a very honourable doorman.

"Shhh, keep your voice down. That's Orochimaru. His teacher is Lord Hokage, you can't mess with him." A middle-aged man next to him

said.

"So what? What will we do if something goes wrong?"

"..... "

Out of the gate, four figures began to move fast at a speed beyond the visual limit of ordinary people.

Orochimaru glanced at the three behind.

"Not bad."

Not far behind him, Tatsumi was following him with ease. Mikoto and Nawaki were a little away.

Although the two of them began to sweat, their breathing was still smooth overall and they had no intention of giving up.

'It seems that in the past three years, in addition to Tatsumi, others have also grown a lot.' Orochimaru thought.

Mikoto was particularly surprised. Three years ago, her strength was still very less. Especially on physical terms.

Orochimaru glanced at Tatsumi, then laughed.

"Interesting. So many excellent people are all around you. What kind of wind will you blow? I am looking forward to it."

Then, Orochimaru again increased his speed.

Time passed and at this time, Tatsumi behind Orochimaru was still at ease. However, Mikoto couldn't go any longer, Nawaki was also gasping for breath.

Orochimaru shook his head, 'it seems this is their limit.'

Finally, Orochimaru slowed after the long run in the afternoon.

"Stop." Orochimaru raised his hand and said.

Then, Nawaki lay on the ground and began to gasp like a donkey.

"I...no...no more. I just breathe..run...to death, I...don't… run." Nawaki said to Tatsumi, breathing heavily and eating half his words.

"..."

Mikoto's condition was worse than Nawaki's but she wanted to maintain her image in front of Tatsumi, so she was struggling to keep standing.

"Come on, drink some water." Tatsumi handed the sac he had to Mikoto.

Nawaki looked beside him and wanted to take a sip, but no one paid attention to him.

"Let's rest here today." After a little observation of the surroundings, Orochimaru said.

Now, Nawaki began to dig out of his ninja bag and he took out two dry food rations to supplement his physical strength but Orochimaru licked his lips and then smiled.

"Nawaki, you better throw away your dry food. I have poisoned it."

"..."

"This is a forest in the east of Konoha. There are all kinds of animals here. So, whether it is clean water or food, you will need to work hard to find it during this mission. Of course, it also includes you guys finding my share."

"So, when you have recouped, go hunting. I am hungry, I want to eat."

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E/N: I have exams going on so lesser chapters will be released for some days.