"Hiccup..."
With a touch of blush on his face, Yiduan let out a burp and patted Yi Fan on the shoulder with a smile.
"After being blown by the wind like this, I suddenly feel a certain urge!"
"Yi Fan-kun, please wait for me here for a moment, I'll take care of something and be right back!"
Yiduan pointed to the dense grass not far away, winked at Yi Fan, and gave him a smile that men would understand.
Yi Fan waved his hand in exasperation and found a flat rock to sit on.
"Alright, alright!"
"It's always like this, Big Brother Yiduan. I really don't understand, why do you always drink a whole bottle when you know you get drunk easily!"
"I'll wait for you here, hurry back!"
Yiduan laughed heartily.
"Yi Fan-kun, this is the joy of adult men!"
"You, a child who hasn't grown up yet, can never understand this!"
"I'll be back soon, don't peek!"
Yi Fan immediately turned his head away with a look of disgust, showing with his actions that he absolutely would not peek.
Yiduan wasn't actually going to do anything unsavory. It was just that after drinking, the wind made his stomach feel a little uncomfortable.
As for those things men understand...
Standing to relieve himself should be the most suitable for a man's physical structure, right?
With a couple of sinister chuckles, Yiduan, hunched over, scurried into the dense grass in the distance. After looking around, he confidently unzipped his pants to relieve himself.
"Splash... drip, drip..."
The sound of water droplets seemed to startle the small animals lurking in the grass. After a rustling sound, a small, brightly colored snake slithered out from the grass, raising its little head and hissing at Yiduan, flicking its tongue.
"Huh?"
"A small snake?"
"Snakes of this color are rare in the Land of Earth. I'll catch it to show Yi Fan-kun later. Maybe it'll give that little guy a big scare!"
"Heh heh, come here, you!"
Yiduan flicked away some unclear liquid that had gotten on his hand, tied his belt, and bent down to reach for the small snake.
"Yo, you're quite lively!"
Slightly inebriated, he didn't consider why an ordinary grass snake, when facing a ninja far more powerful than itself, would not only refuse to flee but instead adopt a stance ready to counterattack.
"Let me see, little guy, what exactly are you..."
To prevent this apparently venomous snake from biting him, Yiduan imbued his palm with a faint layer of earth-yellow chakra and grabbed the small snake by its neck. He held it up to his eyes, chuckling sinisterly, and reached towards its tail.
"Pfft!"
The small snake, held tightly in Yiduan's grasp, had its eyes flash with ferocity. Its mouth opened wide. A long sword, gleaming with a chilling light, suddenly appeared from its mouth and pierced straight through his jaw.
"Cough..."
Yiduan released the small snake. He clutched the long sword in his neck with a look of pain. The instantaneous severing of his trachea and vocal cords only allowed a faint gurgling sound to escape his throat.
The small snake that fell to the ground burst into a cloud of smoke, and a black-haired man holding a sword hilt appeared abruptly in front of Yiduan.
"Mmm..."
Seeing the conspicuous Leaf Village forehead protector on the man's forehead, Yiduan's pupils widened dramatically. He waved his arms, trying to make some noise to alert Yi Fan, who was not far away, to the presence of an enemy. However, the man spun and drew the sword in his hand, and the light in Yiduan's eyes froze for a moment before rapidly dimming.
"Don't worry, I only want to use your identity to enter Iwagakure. Your companion can provide me with the necessary identification, so I won't harm him easily."
"Rest in peace!"
Orochimaru reached out and closed Yiduan's eyes. A faint stream of chakra flowed from his fingertips, and he meticulously traced Yiduan's face.
A moment later, as if having completely memorized the contours of Yiduan's face, Orochimaru pinched the skin behind Yiduan's ear with two fingers and gently tore it off. A complete human face was thus removed.
Carefully cleaning the traces of blood on the human skin with chakra, Orochimaru lightly placed it onto his own face. Activating the Body Replacement Jutsu, a faint ripple of chakra flickered, and the skin mask seamlessly adhered to Orochimaru's skin, leaving no trace of disguise.
"Using the Body Replacement Jutsu to achieve such a lifelike disguise effect, is this the secret technique I will use when I launch the Konoha Crush Plan in the future?"
"Heh heh, since it already has a name, let's continue to call it the 'Shōshagan no Jutsu'!"
Orochimaru chuckled, and under the control of the powerful Body Replacement Jutsu, his skeletal structure slowly reshaped his body's outline to resemble Yiduan's.
With nimble hands, he stripped Yiduan's clothes from his corpse and put them on, put away his own forehead protector, and used a sealing scroll to store Yiduan's body.
He casually summoned a small snake hidden in the grass and grabbed it. Orochimaru tied on the Iwagakure forehead protector and walked out with a refreshed expression and the smell of alcohol.
"Yi Fan-kun, you didn't peek, did you?"
Orochimaru laughed heartily at Yi Fan, who was looking at him with a puzzled expression, his voice exactly the same as the deceased Yiduan.
"Big Brother Yiduan, what just happened? I felt a slight fluctuation of chakra."
The 'Yiduan' walked to Yi Fan with a laugh, holding up the small snake in his hand.
"Here..."
"This little guy tried to ambush me while I was relieving myself just now. Luckily, I blocked it with my chakra, otherwise, you would have had to take me to the hospital later!"
Yi Fan looked at the obviously venomous snake in 'Yiduan's' hand, and the slight doubts in his heart immediately dissipated.
"So that's what happened!"
"This little snake is quite interesting, daring to ambush a ninja. Is it relying on being venomous?"
The 'Yiduan' nodded in agreement.
"Possibly!"
"I think this snake looks quite nice. Yi Fan-kun, do you want it? I'll give it to you!"
"It would make a good pet!"
"I think this little snake is quite brave, and seems to have some sentience. If it's trained well, it might become your summon in the future!"
Yi Fan's eyes flickered with interest for a moment, but looking at the small snake, which was barely bigger than a pair of chopsticks, he still shook his head.
"Forget it! It's too small!"
"And my attributes aren't suited for a summon that can only be used for ambushes."
The 'Yiduan' touched his chin and sighed with some regret.
"Alas! It's a bit of a shame!"
"It's a bit wishful thinking to encounter a suitable summon here."
"Let's hurry back! If you dare to ambush me again next time, I'll use you as an appetizer!"
After muttering some drunken words to the snake in his hand, the 'Yiduan' threw the snake back into the grass, clapped his hands, and smiled apologetically at Yi Fan:
"The wind made my head feel a bit fuzzy!"
"After we get back to the village, I'll stand behind you, and you can handle the interrogating guards."
"Yi Fan-kun, please!"
Yi Fan pouted with annoyance.
"You're scared now, are you?"
"Let's go! Let's go back quickly!"
The 'Yiduan' immediately grinned and followed Yi Fan's footsteps, and the two strode towards Iwagakure.
"Heh heh, I won't drink so much next time!"
"It's not that I'm scared, it's just that it's very awkward to be stopped outside the village!"
"Yi Fan-kun, you know, I'm a Chunin!"
"I know, I know, you say that every time!"