"Thank you!"
After hearing the last words, Aoba's advanced paper clone no longer concealed anything. Instead, he expressed his gratitude to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's last words could be said to remind him and also to him.
Advanced paper clone technique.
It could be used to deceive anyone except Orochimaru.
This was Orochimaru's affirmation of him!
Of course.
This was just the appearance.
If you go deeper, it will be very easy to find out!
After saying that.
Aoba's two advanced paper clones walked out of the laboratory door.
These two advanced paper clones were still in a cautious state and did not let down their guard because of Orochimaru's words.
The safer it was.
The more he could not let his guard down.
Aoba was very clear that many dangers often happened when he thought there was no danger.
Aoba's two advanced paper clones walked out of the laboratory along the dim corridor they came from. They did not use Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique) to leave directly. He did not know if Orochimaru was watching him somewhere.
Now, Aoba's advanced paper clone's matter had been exposed.
It was just that Orochimaru had no idea who he was.
But if he used Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique).
It was very likely that he would be discovered by Orochimaru.
Aoba's two advanced paper clones, just like when they came, went through the corridor again and walked out from the main entrance of Orochimaru's secret base.
After walking out.
They saw the light outside again.
Although it was already dark at this time and the moonlight was only shining through the gaps between the branches and leaves, it was much brighter than Orochimaru's laboratory.
Aoba's two advanced paper clones cautiously strolled through the forest.
After walking for a long distance.
The two of them were sure that Orochimaru had not followed them out.
Instantly.
The two of them executed Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique) together and appeared in the tower together with the scroll in their hands and Corpse Dissolving Water.
...
At this time.
Aoba was sitting at the desk on the second floor of the tower.
He was holding a pen in his hand.
He was writing something messy on the white paper on the table.
What was written were all his plans for this period of time.
He needed to straighten out the things he needed to do as much as possible so that he could do things with ease.
Right at this moment.
Two figures appeared out of thin air in the office.
They were carrying a bag of Corpse Dissolving Water and a scroll.
They were the two advanced paper clones who had just returned from Orochimaru's laboratory.
"Something has happened."
The faces of these two advanced paper clones were very ugly. They did not say anything and directly canceled the shadow clone technique. With the experience of this period of time, they directly merged into Aoba's mind.
Hum!
Aoba's head shook slightly. Scenes after scenes appeared in his consciousness.
These scenes were not complicated.
Most of it was conversation.
It was just...
The conversation here was very intriguing.
"Orochimaru."
Aoba's dark eyes flashed slightly. He never thought that Orochimaru would be able to see through his advanced paper clone technique in an instant.
To him...
That was a great threat!
"Orochimaru said that he can see that the two souls are the same..."
Aoba pinched his chin and silently analyzed.
"This means that he can at least find the same and find the difference. So, as long as Orochimaru is present, he will be able to completely understand the actions of many of my advanced paper clone's acting skills. Moreover, he will know that these are all done by me!"
Aoba's expression became ugly.
This kind of threat was too great.
It was enough to destroy all his plans, and it might even disturb his quiet life.
This was something he did not want to see at all.
"In addition..."
"Orochimaru also said that he had seen the two Root ninjas."
"In other words..."
"Orochimaru can determine a person's soul."
"Now he has seen the souls of my two advanced paper clones."
"Then..."
"Orochimaru can already compare my soul!"
Aoba's expression became even uglier as he analyzed this point.
This was already a big matter.
Aoba could change his appearance and even hide his memories, but he had no way to change his soul.
No one could change something like a soul.
But...
Orochimaru had already locked onto his soul aura.
As long as he passed by Orochimaru one day in the future.
In that case, Orochimaru could immediately recognize him from the crowd.
This was too terrifying!
All of a sudden.
Aoba frowned.
He felt an unprecedented threat from Orochimaru.
For things like souls.
If it were someone else who said it.
Or Orochimaru said it for others to hear.
They might all be treated as words, and no one would believe them.
However.
When these words entered Aoba's ears, it was a completely new feeling.
That was that Orochimaru definitely wasn't speaking casually!
As a person who had watched Naruto Anime, Aoba knew very well what kind of genius Orochimaru was.
He was an existence known as a ninja world scientist!
He had researched countless things.
He even grasped the secrets of immortality.
The Living Corpse Reincarnation that could move one's soul to another's body like it was skinned, wasn't it a research on souls?
It was precisely because Aoba knew this.
He believed even more in what Orochimaru had just said.
"Now, I've been targeted by Orochimaru!"
Aoba's eyes flashed with a deep light. He knew very well what kind of situation he was in right now.
"Orochimaru gave me Corpse Dissolving Water so easily and gave me Corpse Dissolving Water's formula. Then he must have guessed that I was using an advanced paper clone to stir up trouble and even guessed that I was the one who killed Aburame Tatsuma. "
The more Aoba analyzed these things, the more pressure he felt in his heart began to grow.
The matter was far more serious than he had imagined.
"Now that he has told me about the flaws of this technique and wants to take me as his student. It can be judged that he has already taken a fancy to my body, or perhaps he has already taken my body as his own."
When Aoba thought of this, he could not help but take a deep breath and slowly spit it out. By taking a deep breath, he calmed his complicated feelings.
"This way, I have to be more careful."
"If my guess is correct..."
"There will definitely be a battle between me and Orochimaru!"
"Either you die or I live!"
Aoba's eyes instantly became especially cold. He had already made a deep judgment and analysis through the information he had experienced.
His relationship with Orochimaru now.
It was no less than the relationship between Sasuke and Orochimaru at that time.
However, Sasuke intended to borrow Orochimaru's strength to become stronger. He wanted to defeat Uchiha Itachi with Orochimaru's help, but he did not know that even Orochimaru was not Itachi's match.
If Sasuke had not killed Orochimaru at that time, then he would have been possessed by Orochimaru.
Aoba now had the same feeling.
If Orochimaru had not locked onto his soul, he would not have to worry about this. As long as he kept a low profile enough, he would not have been targeted by Orochimaru.
But now, things had come to this.
He knew that there was no room for regret. There was no way to redo everything. He just had to look forward.
Through the message that Orochimaru had transmitted from his words.
One thing was very important!
In the entire ninja world, only Orochimaru could see his true identity through this method of observing the soul.
As long as there was no Orochimaru...
Such a thing would not happen!
"Do I have to be Orochimaru's student?"
Aoba pinched his chin and began to seriously think. Although the advanced paper clone had inherited his will just now, he was not him after all. He could do things according to his rules, but he would not have such complicated and profound thoughts.
At this time.
Aoba already had two choices in his heart.
The common point of these two choices was to get rid of Orochimaru.
One of the methods was to directly become enemies with Orochimaru and then get rid of him.
The benefit of doing so was that there was no need to worry.
The disadvantages were also obvious.
That was, if he did not have enough confidence in dealing a fatal blow to Orochimaru, it would very likely give him room to breathe.
As a result.
His identity would also be exposed.
The quiet life was gone.
The other way was to pretend that nothing had happened. If Orochimaru really recognized him, then he would take the opportunity to become Orochimaru's student and numb Orochimaru in turn.
At that time...
Orochimaru would treat him as one of his own.
Not only would he help him keep his secret, but he would also help him cherish his current identity.
After all...
In Orochimaru's heart.
He was very likely to be the candidate for Orochimaru's reincarnation vessel.
The benefit of doing so was that he could temporarily paralyze Orochimaru and even let Orochimaru help him do something.
The bad thing was...
Asking a tiger for its skin!
He would be in a dangerous state at any time.
Aoba silently thought in his heart. With his current strength, if he used the method of hiding his identity and surprise attack, there was still a chance to kill a Jonin.
However, if he were to fight against Orochimaru, who was at the Sannin level.
Aoba did not have any confidence.
"If it really doesn't work out, then I can only wrong myself and become a Sannin student again."
Aoba rubbed his temples. He felt very helpless.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been so greedy for Corpse Dissolving Water!"
Aoba helplessly complained to himself. However, he also knew that this was something that would happen sooner or later. When he found out that Corpse Dissolving Water had been allocated by Orochimaru, he would eventually run out of Corpse Dissolving Water and go to him.
Now, he just wanted to take advantage of the time when the news of the disappearance of the two Root ninjas had not been completely updated to find a loophole to take away a few bottles of Corpse Dissolving Water from Orochimaru.
Moreover...
As long as he was still using advanced paper clones.
Then one day, he would appear in front of Orochimaru.
That was to say.
All of this was destined to happen.
It just happened to happen at this time.
Thinking of this.
Aoba figured it out.
Then.
Aoba's gaze fell on the sticky scroll.
"Orochimaru actually gave me the Corpse Dissolving Water's formula. If I learn it, I can get some equipment and make it myself here."
The corners of Aoba's mouth curled into a smile. No matter what, this time was not a loss.
Instantly.
Aoba squatted on the ground.
He picked up the bag of Corpse Dissolving Water.
"Huh?"
Aoba suddenly realized that something was wrong. The weight of the bag was lighter than what he remembered.
It was not that he had not used Corpse Dissolving Water before.
These bottles of Corpse Dissolving Water piled up together should not be this weight.
"Could it be..."
Aoba immediately stood up and placed on the table. In an instant, all the bottles in the bag were poured out.
Crash!
The bottles collided with the surface of the table, producing a series of sounds.
Aoba looked at the bottles and picked up one. From the weight of the bottles, it was indeed very light.
He opened it and took a look.
The bottle was empty. There was nothing inside.
"It really is an empty bottle!"
The corners of Aoba's mouth twitched. After that, it turned into a smile. He looked at the large pile of empty bottles on the table.
"Orochimaru, ah, Orochimaru, you really don't let others take advantage of you!"
Aoba recalled the situation when the advanced paper clone received the bag from Orochimaru.
At that time, the two advanced paper clone's attention was on Orochimaru.
Not only were they afraid of Orochimaru's sneak attack, but they were also listening to Orochimaru's words.
The whole process was very tense.
He did not realize the weight of the bag at all.
It was only after Aoba calmed down that he realized that he had been cheated by Orochimaru who gave him a lot of empty bottles.
"Then..."
Aoba's gaze fell on the scroll stained with snake saliva on the ground, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
"This scroll can't be blank, right?"
Thinking of this, Aoba immediately bowed and picked up the scroll on the ground. Then, he placed the scroll on the table.
He raised his hands and opened the scroll in front of him.
As the scroll slowly opened up.
Aoba saw that the edge of the scroll was completely white.
It was like an empty scroll.
There seemed to be nothing recorded in it.
"Hahahaha!"
Aoba couldn't help but raise his head and laugh. He had already realized that he had been tricked by Orochimaru.
Orochimaru didn't give him the Corpse Dissolving Water formula at all, nor the Corpse Dissolving Water.
All of this was a lie to him!
Old ginger is still spicier!
Aoba suddenly felt that what happened between him and Orochimaru just now was not a loss at all, but a complete blood loss.
In the first direct confrontation with Orochimaru, he had completely fallen to a disadvantage.
"As expected of Orochimaru!"
Aoba's impression of Orochimaru had now greatly changed. He found that in terms of scheming and scheming, Orochimaru was also a very powerful opponent.
"I was fooled by him by accident!"
Aoba shook his head in self-mockery. He once again focused his gaze on the table and completely opened the scroll.
"I don't understand."
"Since you don't intend to give me Corpse Dissolving Water."
"Why are you giving me empty bottles and empty scrolls?"
"Are you trying to mess with my mind?"
"After giving it to me, you let me go..."
"Is this how Konoha's Sannin bully their juniors?"
Aoba couldn't help but complain to the scroll.
After saying that.
He slowly pushed the scroll and spread it completely.
The scroll was completely blank.
There was nothing.
It was really an empty scroll.
It was exactly the same as what he had expected.
"Damn it!"
Aoba had never expected that someone like Orochimaru would actually play such a wicked thing.
It was just that...
Why did he have to give the scroll?
Was it good with just empty bottles?
"Wait!"
Aoba suddenly widened his eyes and stared at the scroll. He suddenly raised his hand to close the scroll.
He suddenly realized.
Orochimaru gave him the scroll first. After seeing that he was not satisfied, he gave him the empty bottle.
In other words...
Orochimaru had planned to give him the scroll from the beginning!
"There's something wrong with this scroll!"
Aoba instantly felt his scalp go numb. After he fought with a real ninja, he immediately realized his immaturity.
He had always felt that he was incomparably smart.
He could plan things one after another.
He had never been defeated.
Now he realized that he had fallen into Orochimaru's combo.
This set was brilliant and terrifying!
It was a hundred times, thousand times more powerful than Yuta!
Just when Aoba's palm touched the scroll, he felt a powerful chakra power surging out from the scroll, which had already solidified the scroll into something that was close to an iron plate.
It couldn't be rolled up at all.
Of course.
If Aoba had to use brute force, he could still roll it up, but it was too late.
"Not good!"
Aoba instantly reacted. His left hand grabbed the scroll on the table, and his right hand grabbed the Corpse Dissolving Water empty bottle on the table and held it in his arms.
His entire process was completed in an instant.
After that.
His perception was connected to a tree in the woods behind Konoha's prison.
There was a black circle on the trunk of the tree. It was Aoba's Flying Thunder God Formula.
Swish!
Aoba immediately used Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique).
His figure flashed and disappeared. He directly brought Orochimaru's scroll and those empty bottles and appeared beside a tree.
The moment Aoba appeared.
He threw the scroll and empty bottles on the ground.
Then he suddenly jumped up and directly stuck to the tree trunk next to him. The paper on his body fluttered, forming pieces of paper that stuck to his body. From a visual point of view, he merged with the tree trunk. He had already displayed Kami no Shisha no Jutsu(Paper Person of God Technique)'s disguise.
The entire process was as smooth as flowing water.
Aoba could use Hiraishin no Jutsu(Flying Thunder God Technique) to leave again, but he did not do so.
There was only one reason.
He needed to confirm one thing.
It was something very, very important to him.
Chi Chi Chi....
In front of the trunk.
White smoke emerged from the solidified scroll as if it were burning. Pitch-black lines appeared.
The lines became clearer and clearer.
They were reflected in Aoba's perspective.
As someone who had learned all kinds of sealing techniques during this period of time, Aoba immediately recognized that this was a summoning seal.
Hum!
When the black lines on the scroll appeared.
The scroll suddenly trembled.
A large yellow snake emerged from the seal!
This snake was directly summoned by the summoning seal!
The moment the big yellow snake appeared.
The big yellow snake opened its big mouth and spat out a small white snake from its mouth.
After the small white snake came out halfway, it opened its big mouth again and spat out a person from its mouth.
This person...
It was Orochimaru.
After Orochimaru appeared, his expression was calm. His long and narrow snake eyes shone with a bright light. After scanning the surroundings of the forest, his gaze landed on the scroll on the ground.
"He actually escaped!"
Orochimaru looked around again and carefully sensing the chakra around him, but he didn't find anyone.
"Is it so fast?"
"Or have you mastered space-time ninjutsu?"
"I didn't expect Konohagakure to have such an interesting person..."
Orochimaru's gaze swept past the tree trunk where Aoba was. He did not stop for even a moment. Then, he strode in the direction of his secret base.
Aoba hid behind Kami no Shisha no Jutsu(Paper Person of God Technique)'s disguise and watched as Orochimaru left. The corners of his mouth curled up into a proud smile.
"You are so nasty!"
Aoba could not help but complain. This Orochimaru was really full of tricks.
What saw the soul?
This was all a trick.
Aoba was now certain that Orochimaru had identified his advanced paper clone through a certain thing, but it was definitely not the soul. This was just an excuse to scare him.
"I was almost fooled by you!"