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  “Weak, oh so weak, now you know who’s the boss, Orochimaru.”

  “Ah, more, more~”

  “Look at this Orochimaru, already drunk after just a few drinks. He’s really pathetic.”

  “Amazing! This Orochimaru is such a lightweight.”

  “Jiraiya-sama, from the way you’re talking, you must be a good drinker, huh?” Gojo Kaigetsu raised his gss and took a rge gulp. Both he and Orochimaru remained unfazed, showing no signs of intoxication.

  The tter was immuo all poisons. As for the former… Infinity-activate!

  Only Jiraiya was swaying unsteadily, barely scious.

  “Please, of course! After all, after drinking, I still o… hic~ wash my feet!”

  “Let me tell you guys, that foot massage parlor in the new ercial district, the girls there are amazing at massages, very skilled. They have great figures too, even I, one of the Sannin…”

  -Thud-

  The invincible Jiraiya finally colpsed onto the table.

  Gojo Kaigetsu smiled without saying a word.

  It was hard to imagihat Jiraiya dragging Orochimaru out for a meal was simply to express gratitude and… gather intel.

  Gratitude for his assistan supp Minato, leading Konoha to prosperity, and for his “uanding” of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

  As for the intel… it was naturally about the hidden literary genius in Konoha, the one who pehe awe-inspiring “Foot Massage Bible” that had captivated Jiraiya.

  “Apologies, Gojo-san, for making a fool of myself.”

  Orochimaru, in his usual state, appeared approachable, g the arrogaypical of a Sannin.

  However, ohe topic shifted to ninjas or experiments, he would switch personalities, being sinister and scary.

  Don’t be fooled by Orochimaru’s harmless appeara stemmed from his belief that Gojo Kaigetsu remained unaware of his secret, gruesome human experiments.

  Otherwise… who knows.

  “Jiraiya-sama is truly a man of passion.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu gave a thumbs-up, simultaneously slipping a pre-prepared slip of paper covered in intations into a brocade pouch with his other hand.

  After pleting this, he pced the pou the table.

  Orochimaru’s gaze was drawn to it. “Oh? Gojo-san, what’s this?”

  “sider it a small token of my appreciation, a little gift.”

  “Perhaps it might aid Orochimaru-sama in your ninjutsu training.”

  Ninjutsu? Training?

  Orochimaru was slightly surprised. It wasn’t that he looked down on Gojo Kaigetsu, but he believed…

  He could take down Jonin with a single sp, let alone in. In his eyes, all irash, nothing more than slightly higher-grade b rats.

  What use could a in’s gift possibly have in ninjutsu training?

  Well, it was the thought that ted.

  Orochimaru offered a natural and polite smile. “Is that so… I’m delighted to receive a gift from Gojo-san.”

  “How delighted?”

  Orochimaru: “-.-?”

  “Aha, just kidding. Please, Orochimaru-sama, only open it when you enter difficulties in your training~”

  “Perhaps it might actually be effective~”

  “Damn… another failed experiment?”

  After esc the drunken Jiraiya back to his residence, Orochimaru returo his secret human boratory alone.

  Frowning, he swiftly ehe life of the waili subje the operating table.

  The jutsu he was currently attempting to master was-Edo Tensei!

  Edo Tensei was an S-rank forbidden jutsu ied by the Sed Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

  This jutsu could resurrect the dead and trol them. During his lifetime, Tobirama had specifically developed the “Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags” to be used in jun with Edo Tensei.

  Its primary application was for Tobirama to summon the deceased usiensei and then cover them in explosive tags with the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, turning them into human bombs to attack oppos.

  However, after stealing this forbidden jutsu, Orochimaru had analyzed a different application.

  That is-

  To replicate the full power of the summoned deceased and trol them like puppets, simir to the puppeteers of Sunagakure, making them fight for him.

  The idea was sound, but Orochimaru had hit a bottleneck.

  The summoned deceased were limited by the strength of their vessel; they were also limited by the user’s own power and the power of the summoned individual. If the target was to, even Orochimaru himself couldn’t trol them.

  These were the two most troublesome aspects.

  “I’ve tried tless times, but I ’t seem to solve these two issues.”

  Orochimaru’s face darkened.

  Based on his research experience, if repeated attempts failed to yield a solution, it meant… this problem wasn’t meant for him to solve.

  Perhaps he could only wait for someoh greater talent iure, someone who could duct more ih resear Edo Teo further develop it.

  Having e to this realization, Orochimaru entered a state of profound ption, listlessly returning to his chair.

  The mome dowiced an unfamiliar obje his pocket.

  “Oh, it’s the brocade pouch from that Gojo Kaigetsu kid.”

  Orochimaru apathetically retrieved it, took out the slip of paper inside, and tossed the pouch aside without a sed thought.

  “Let’s see how a mere in intends to guide my training…”

  His cold snake eyes slowly sed the paper, and Orochimaru’s expression froze-

  [To Orochimaru-sama, this is a secret ninjutsu mantra I developed myself. I’ve personally verified that silently ting it while training ninjutsu has miraculous effects.]

  [Below-]

  [Return, Hashirama Hokage, my proudest belief!]

  [Vivid memories of Wood Release, tears inexplicably flow!]

  [Faintly recall the Rashomon, and the mighty Hokage’s hand]

  [Repel all enemies, annihite all rogue ninja]

  Orochimaru: “.”

  His snake pupils involuntarily dited, a strange sensation of his brain bei washing over him.

  As one of the most educated ninjas in the shinobi world, Orochimaru reized every character on the slip. However, when bined into this mantra…

  Orochimaru felt his sanity being taiwisted.

  “This… mantra?” Orochimaru murmured, a cruel smile creeping onto his lips.

  He uood.

  Gojo Kaigetsu was clearly mog him, ridig his inpeten research. Orochimaru silently added Gojo Kaigetsu’s o his mental hit list.

  Perhaps when he initiated his “Konoha Crush” pn iure, he would eliminate Gojo Kaigetsu along the way.

  But for now…

  “Patience.”

  Orochimaru ted silently, about to discard the slip of paper, but his gaze inexplicably lingered on “Hokage Hashirama.”

  “Could this be fate?”

  As a twisted ninja obsessed with immortality, Orochimaru was more receptive to notions of fate ainy than most ninjas.

  In simpler terms, he was rather… superstitious.

  At this precise moment, in this precise location, entering a mantra reted to the First Hokage, could this be a sign from the heaven?

  “Should I… try it?”

  Orochimaru vinced himself, approag the operating table. With the corpse he had just killed, he initiated Edo Tensei and began ting:

  “Return, Hokage Hashirama, my proudest belief…”

  As the mantra cluded, only the awkward yet polite sound of the wind filled the air.

  For the first time, Orochimaru’s face flushed red. Enraged, he roared in the dimly lit chamber:

  “Was this also part of your pn, Gojo Kaigetsu…”

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