~Borders~

The people who came to hunt Menma are feeling frustrated because they cannot hunt him down; now all of them are playing his games.

Many people have managed to survive the creatively designed attacks through luck or hard work. However, there is one thing they all share in common - the fact that it is no laughing matter to go after him. He is actually a dangerous mastermind. Even his normal traps are not normal; the entire mountain is like a death trap.

Ten groups of bounty hunters are defending against dog and wolf golems. These are a mix of rock made puppets and fuinjutsu. Menma built them as a test project.

One of them said, "What is this? It looks like puppets made of rocks." They checked and found that no one was controlling them.

The dog golems are fast and try to bite them at every turn. If they're just one, it's understandable and easy to beat them. But fuck, it's a whole pack. A pack of hundreds of dogs and wolves.

"Fire ball jutsu,"

One rogue shinobi tried to fry them. The golems looked at him for a moment. But the fire was absorbed inside the mouth of the same golem.

A dog golem suddenly attacked his leg before he could use his other leg to kick it away. Another dog golem caught his other leg. The same thing happened with his hands, and a wolf golem suddenly tore his neck with its teeth.

The other bounty hunters nearby were surprised and fearful, but half of their number was now surrounded by dogs and wolf golems.

The others watched as the golem tore the remaining ones apart. They fled and discovered that the golems did not pursue them.

The golem's time has expired and the effect disappears, leaving them as statues in the same location. However, other players don't need to know this.

By this time, the fog had become even denser.

Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Sasori are attacked by another pack of Wolf and Dog Golems.

This group is fending off the golems with terrifying jutsu. However, they have found that whenever they send jutsu, these golem animals eat them.

Hodan tried to pierce one of them with his scythe, but it didn't bear any fruit. A wolf managed to catch his leg, however, and he somehow kicked it away. But then they noticed that all the golems had suddenly stopped moving and were standing as statues.

Kakuzu said, "The jutsu's effects wear off."

Hidan who had been bitten by the golems grunted and tried to kick them, but he found that these golems were made of solid rock.

Hidan said, "They become rocks." He touched them to confirm it.

Sasori didn't say anything as he saw many of his normal puppets were damaged by these golems.

Orochimaru said, "They didn't become statues but they were statues from the beginning. He made them like golems and now the time limit has passed. Interesting." He tried to check them but he could not find anything which would give him any clues about this jutsu.

They moved ahead but found another group who came to hunt Menma. But all they saw were their broken skulls and bones in the mouth of the statue of canine golems. They're now immobile. At least hundreds of them are dead.

Hours passed, and the bounty hunters faced yet another challenge. Snake golems attacked them from the ground, bushes, and everywhere else. The number of snake golems was greater than those encountered previously. There were various types of snake golems, including small snake golems, big snake golems, python golems, two-handed python golems, and even five-headed snake golems.

The seven thousand have been reduced to a mere thousand people, and all of them are elite in their fields.

They all gathered together. Even Akatsuki members joined them, as they realized it is really difficult to do it alone.

One of them said, "That bastard, he made sure that we were low on chakra and our numbers were down, so when we faced him, we were easy pickings."

All of them agreed with him. The second one said, "We will slay him today, no matter what it takes. We have lost too much to return empty-handed."

During this difficult time, they decided to form an alliance. Nearby, Menma's clone appeared at a Shinto gate. The gathered bounty hunters were nearby.

He clapped his hands to cheer them up. He said, "Now you are taking this seriously. I told you, my head is hard to get. Now that all of you are taking it seriously, then I shall take all of you seriously."

One of them attacked him, but the clone was easily passed through. The clone was then quickly replaced by another one.

But before that rogue samurai could attack him again, he felt something shackle his body.

The clone cleared his throat and said, "Where were we? Before I was rudely interrupted. Yes, I shall take all of you seriously. First, second, third, and fourth level is over. First one was basic traps, second was creative traps, third was wolf and dog golems, and fourth was snake golems. Now you have the chance of facing fifth level. Then, sixth, seventh, and eighth level will follow afterwards. I will face you in the ninth level. This place is specially designed by me, the nine levels of purgatory for all of you. Do you think, I will face a crowd like yours without a plan? All of you are greedy, but it doesn't matter. I will give you redemption. Those who can survive can able to flee from now on. I am quite merciful."

The clone has vanished in a puff of smoke.

The people look everywhere but can't find any enemies. The fog becomes denser and denser. The rogue samurai suddenly howls like a beast, as if he is possessed. It's the same guy who attacked the clone of Menma.

Not only him, but at least eleven more bounty hunters suddenly bowed down and rolled on the ground.

But before anyone could say anything, these twelve people were enveloped in Fuinjutsu ruins around them.

The fog was denser than before; all the bounty hunters only saw these twelve people get up from the ground and look at them with bloodlust.

"Aaaaa"

"Aaaaa"

"Arrrrrggghh"

"Aaaarrrr"

" Aaaaaa"

"Aaaaaaa"

The sound of bounty hunters being killed is very sudden.

One of them shouted and said, "Damn, he's using 12 of them against us! Damn fog, I can't see anything! Aaarrgghh" The person who shouted was killed by one of the twelve possessed men. He should not have spoken so loudly.

Orochimaru used the 'Wind Style: Great Breakthrough' technique suddenly. He blew away the fog, but by then, the enraged twelve men had killed more than two hundred people.

But the fog immediately began to gather again. The others who had seen the location of the twelve possessed men gathered around them.

In the end, the result is shocking; by the time they get rid of them, they have killed over fifty people, and they are all injured, with weapons sticking out of their bodies. They fight until their last breath. They are nothing but human puppets after being controlled. They don't feel pain, but they are like the Winter Soldier from Marvel. However, this time, they are thoroughly brainwashed through fuinjutsu to kill everyone around them.

By now, only 730 people remain of the original seven thousand.

Even Orochimaru can see that the entire mountain slope is now red from the blood that has been spilled.

Some of them decided to quit at that time. Over two hundred bounty hunters decided to walk out at that time immediately. No one stopped them at that time. Many were wounded, low on chakra, or simply too exhausted to fight.

As they left the mountain, they turned back towards the foggy peak. However, the next scene would remain etched in their minds forever.

"Ice age,"

They heard a loud voice of Menma from the top of the mountain. Suddenly, the entire mountain became cold and chilly. Ice began to form on the mountain's surface. The once green mountain was now covered in a blanket of white snow. The ice had a reddish tint, as if stained by blood.

One of them said, "The entire mountain became an Ice Mountain; it's even worse than before."

Another one said, "Let's go back. I won't attack him ever again."

They left that place, and one thing was common among them – all of them were afraid. Now they truly knew that a 70 million bounty was too small for this freak. They went even faster after seeing it.

The remaining bounty hunters on the mountain were immediately stunned by the sudden change in terrain.

Orochimaru said, "This is the Ice Style. It's much more interesting now."

Hidan and Kakuzu see that many people are trapped in ice. Soon after, turtle shells made of rock start flying towards these frozen bounty hunters. Not only do they have to deal with the ice, but the others who narrowly escaped it are also being targeted by these high-speed moving turtle shells.

Many of them were hit by these high-speed rocky projectiles. Even Hidan was sent flying by one such shell.

He got up and saw that the bombing had stopped. He saw his teammates were very serious at that point.

Orochimaru said, "Don't take it lightly."

Kakuzu said, "This must be the Sixth Level, he spoke of. Combining ice and rock-throwing jutsu, a deadly combo."

Sasori said, "I am very impressed so far. What about the seventh and eighth levels?"

Most of the living bounty hunters are depressed and have chosen to quit. They only saw the deaths of their own people after coming for this bounty. Many ran away directly before any more attacks could come to them.

Menma stopped his attack so that the remaining witnesses could live to spread the word of his massacre to the other Elemental Nations.

As soon as they had left the mountain, the rock turtle shell bombardment began again, but this time it was even more ferocious. No one remained unscathed; even the Akatsuki members sustained cuts and wounds this time.

Finally, the wounded decided to flee with shame, as no one was in any condition to fight.

Soon another clone of Menma appeared. He said, "Only 90 people are alive. However, none of you has chakra or the will to fight me. None of you are worthy to fight me. Not even the snake sanin. You haven't even completed my seventh and eighth levels. All of you have disappointed me."

The clone watched as almost all of them left at that time. Everyone was wounded this time; only those from Akatsuki who were confident in their strength stayed behind.

Many looked curiously at Akatsuki but didn't say anything since they were the least injured people. Soon, they left the mountain.

Orochimaru said, "It's not Menma, you've grown a lot over the past five years. Your parents would be proud." He had a dangerous smile on his face.

The clone laughed at his remark. He knew what Orochimaru was trying to do. So he said, "If it's not one of the Sanin, Lord Orochimaru. Are you sure, you want to continue? All four of you should quit; whatever I have planned for the next level is not something even Hanzo could face."

Hidan suddenly dashed forward to slice Menma. He was kicked in the air by one of Menma's clones. He then grabbed his head and directly slammed him into the ground.

The snakes attacked the Menma clone, which he managed to avoid. The puppet followed him, only for the clone to kick it away. Kakuzu then took back Hidan, who was now bleeding heavily from his wounds.

Menma's Shadow Clone said, "I am just a shadow clone."

"Summoning jutsu."

Orochimaru summoned Manda at that time.

Manda looked at Orochimaru and at the Shadow clone.

Orochimaru said, "Don't get smug, kid. You'll spill all your secrets once I catch the real you. Manda, take me to the top of the mountain."

The Menma clone laughed at that moment.