Chapter 208 Orochimaru Changes His Mind
A snake struggled to weave through the gaps in the trees, eventually finding a crevice to burrow underground and successfully escape the disaster.
It swam and swam for a long time until it reached a somewhat dilapidated laboratory.
Cough cough cough.
The snake suddenly opened its mouth, and with a tearing sound from its throat, a shapely body crawled out.
"I never expected it to really be the First Generation Lord. It's truly unbelievable."
The woman's voice rang out for a moment, then it changed back to Orochimaru's own voice, and his originally delicate and smooth female body slowly transformed into a male appearance.
"Tsk, there are still some minor issues with this body."
Orochimaru looked at his own body, which belonged to a female ninja from the Sound Village who had volunteered to join him. She herself did not have any bloodline limit, but her compatibility with White Zetsu cells was extremely high.
Therefore, Orochimaru chose this body and, after succeeding, underwent soft tissue modification.
After all, his soul is still predominantly male, so he will still try to act more like a man.
Yes, for now.
After wiping the slime off his body, Orochimaru walked naked to the closet where he kept his clothes.
Due to the software modification process, Orochimaru incorporated some of the properties of White Zetsu, and now he no longer needs to actively excrete waste.
Therefore, he didn't get Orochimaru implanted either.
However, his original body is still well preserved, after all, it was given to him by his parents, and he still needs to carry on the family line if he does not achieve immortality.
"Orochimaru, what's wrong with you~"
A white Zetsu poked its head out of the ground, looking curiously at the weakened Orochimaru, and asked.
"Nothing much, I just discovered something interesting."
Orochimaru put on a white lab coat, then gently picked up a bottle of medicine that was placed on the table.
"Gulp, gulp."
After swallowing the medicine, Orochimaru's originally pale face became slightly rosy.
"Oh, so shall we continue with the next task?"
The white zeolite emerged from the ground, curiously examining the potion in Orochimaru's hand, and then asked a question.
"No, the plan has changed and some modifications are needed."
Orochimaru shook his head, put the bottle back in its place, and then looked around at his former laboratory.
He secretly built this laboratory himself, exploiting some loopholes in the barrier, and also moved a lot of the equipment that Danzo had given him.
However, after leaving Konoha, he never came back.
Taking advantage of the crowds during the Chunin Exams, he returned to Konoha and restarted his former laboratory.
"It's been too long since I've been back; everything's dilapidated."
He took out a stack of documents from the drawer, some of which were his research manuscripts on the Impure World Reincarnation. Because they were discovered so suddenly, he hadn't taken them back with him.
It's just an early manuscript, so it doesn't really matter if it's discovered.
"The matters to be discussed with Rasa remain unchanged, but at the crucial moment, all the Sound Ninja will choose to retreat."
Orochimaru was writing something on the manuscript when he turned to the White Zetsu and spoke.
"Oh, by the way, tell Madara that Hashirama is back."
Suddenly, Orochimaru uttered these words.
"Huh? But I'm following you now~"
The white Zetsu trembled slightly before resuming its playful, grinning state.
"Then take it as my command. I've already placed a curse mark on you. Although you have no fear of death, it's always better to live than to die."
Orochimaru didn't turn around. These White Zetsu were all given to him by Madara. How could he not put some effort into them?
After modifying all the White Zetsu, Orochimaru placed a cursed seal in their strange brain tissue, preventing them from revealing information about themselves.
They've lived a relatively peaceful life these past few years, but I don't believe they've had no contact with Ban.
Orochimaru didn't care whether they settled down with him or lurked by his side; what he valued was the worth of the White Zetsu themselves.
However, this is a good opportunity.
A good opportunity to test the waters.
He wanted to use this test to see if the class was really real.
Or, is the real Madara inside Naruto's body, just like Hashirama inside Naruto?
"I'll give it a try, but I might not be able to find it~"
White Zetsu sank into the ground and disappeared.
Orochimaru gave a soft chuckle, then continued writing a few more names on the paper.
Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze...
None of these three people could be reincarnated.
Orochimaru initially thought that his idol, Tobirama Senju, had tampered with the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but after a long investigation, he found nothing.
But things are different now; now they can be connected.
The souls of these three people are not in the Pure Land.
That's interesting. If that's the case, what's it like inside the Pure Land?
If one has consciousness in the Pure Land, then does the immortality of the soul count as immortality, and what about oneself?
Orochimaru shook his head, then focused his attention on what was to come.
"If we're going to run away, then we'll have to abandon Otogakure too."
Orochimaru pondered for a while. He had prepared the Konoha Crush plan with Rasa in the name of the Sound Village, but Orochimaru knew that the chances of the plan succeeding were very low.
Moreover, upon learning that the First Hokage had returned and that the Second Hokage was also highly likely to return, he had no choice but to abandon Otogakure.
However, he has already trained the next leader of the Sound Village, and he will be able to return once the storm has passed.
The only sound in the dimly lit laboratory was the soft scratching of Orochimaru's writing.
...
"I am the prophet. Number nine is a 'golden water' (a lucky number in the Chinese zodiac). Number six, who is in the earlier position, listen up. The badge flow should suppress number ten, who is below the sheriff, and then suppress number four, who is in the earlier position and cannot be defined."
Naruto stood up with a confident smile and calmly leaped at the prophet.
He was number eight. After jumping, he gave number nine Sasuke a golden water, and then acknowledged number six as a good friend.
Who is number six?
Hinata: ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Karin couldn't help but watch Naruto jump again.
"No way, bro, you've jumped five times in a row already!"
"Also, can't you pay attention? Hinata-nee hasn't said anything. Don't be so blatantly spreading rumors!!!"
Sasuke covered his forehead speechlessly. As Naruto's teammate, he actually wanted to jump, but he was a step too late for Naruto.
"Ahem, believe me, this time I'm the prophet."
Naruto patted his chest.
Time passed in this relaxed atmosphere.
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