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"What should we do? Where can we find animals at this time?" Nawaki was a little depressed.

He thought that the team was going to do a simple mission, so he brought a lot of Food Pills and dried rations. He didn't expect the food to be poisoned by his own Sensei.

Even worst was that he had never caught animals before.

"Alright, let's do this, the three of us will act separately, and each one will try to catch an animal alone first. If it doesn't work, come back here." Tatsumi said.

"Okay." Mikoto was silent for a moment and then nodded seriously.

Nawaki had no choice but to agree.

The three immediately separated and went in different directions.

After running for a while, Tatsumi stopped under a big tree.

He took a closer look at his surroundings. It was already dusk, and the sun was about to sink. Due to the dense cover of trees, the visibility was very low.

It was easy to set traps in an environment like this.

When Orochimaru brought them directly to carry out the mission, Tatsumi had a vague guess of what it was about.

The Third Hokage said that it was mission execution. It was true, but the real task was to exercise their survival abilities.

Under normal circumstances, a Jonin would take them to the training stadium for a cordial exchange before the mission.

Perhaps, there would be the regular grab the bell test.

However, Orochimaru did not take them to the stadium for them to grab the bell.

This can't explain much. However, when Orochimaru did not allow them to eat Food Pills and dry food, and instead ordered them go to the forest to find food by themselves, it was clear to him.

Orochimaru was testing them in a different way. The real purpose of this mission is to train them and improve their survival ability.

That's why Tatsumi suggested that the three go separate ways. Only by separating, can everyone's awareness be better exercised.

Tatsumi was relieved that at least Mikoto had also discovered the reason of Orochimaru's mission.

In fact, Mikoto agreed to Tatsumi's decision easily just now.

The only one among the three who didn't react was Nawaki… he's an idiot, that's all.

Tatsumi hesitated for a moment, then bit his finger.

"Kuchiyose-no-Justu."

After a burst of smoke appeared, a white one meter long snake appeared.

After Tatsumi got the summoning contract, he went home and tried the summoning.

The snake he just summoned is excellent in sense and detection.

But Tatsumi was hesitant in his heart and didn't really want summon her.

The white snake climbed Tatsumi's legs and crawled onto Tatsumi's neck.

'She is cold. In the future, she can be used as an ice pack.'

Tatsumi sighed.

"Little Kid, I haven't seen you all night." The snake stuck out her tongue and licked Tatsumi's neck.

"..."

The character of this snake was too weird. It's true that Tatsumi is confident in his looks, but he doesn't want to attract a snake either.

Tatsumi hurriedly shook his head and drove the distractions out.

He said quickly, "Dabai, help me sense if there is any animal around."

"You have nothing else to say to me?" Dabai licked Tatsumi's ear.

"Hurry up and check it out! If you do I will introduce you to other boys tonight."

"I have a good friend named Nawaki, who is tall and handsome and has a great character." Tatsumi said quickly.

Dabai started to sense.

"Well, there is an Explosive Tag under your right foot."

Tatsumi quickly moved a few steps to the left.

"Stop, stop. Under the haystack on your left, there is a trap. There is a kunai inside, facing you."

"And in front of you. ....."

"Behind you..."

"...."

"Ha ha, Orochimaru, you are really naughty." Tatsumi laughed in embarrassment.

Tatsumi prayed for Nawaki. It may be possible that he would not last long enough to even reach the war and the explosive tags may end it for him here only.

"bang!"

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion in some distance. Someone should have stepped on the Explosive Tag.

"Die! I must kill you. Orochimaru!" Nawaki's voice came from a distance.

"....."

Tatsumi smoothly dragged a huge wild boar back which he had caught just now.

Mikoto also walked back with a grass chicken.

As for Nawaki, Tatsumi saw nothing. 'He should have been bombed to death by Explosive Tag. After all, this is his fate even i I use the butterfly hack.'

However, Tatsumi felt something coming right under his feet. He was scared, super scared.

It was too dark so he didn't notice, when Tatsumi took a closer look, he vaguely recognized that the black lump, which turned out to be Nawaki.

His whole body had become black and his clothes were tattered.

"Uh!" Tatsumi was disgusted.

Orochimaru stared at the camp fire and said,"If you are on battlefield, Nawaki, you would have been dead if I was not there to save you."

Orochimaru paused and continued to speak,"I won't teach you much Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, but I will give you, the knowledge required to survive and not di like an idiot."