How Orochimaru hated doing tasks he could easily delegate to suboordinates, but he had sent the Sound Four out on a mission and Kimimaro was out of action due to an unknown illness. He would have sent Kabuto on the mission, but he needed him to try to synthesize a cure for Kimimaro. Orochimaru remained perched on a tree branch, waiting for his target to pass through. They were a nuisance, one which needed exterminating. Serpentine eyes narrowed slightly, focusing on his target as they came into view. As he got closer, Orochimaru decided on the simplest way to eliminate them. He threw a shuriken at the target, quickly forming the hand seals for his jutsu. “Shuriken shadow clone jutsu.” The single shuriken multiplied, hundreds of shuriken resulting from the technique. He heard a gasp, watching as his target fell to the ground. It was as easy a mission as he had expected.