"Kabuto, do you think Tsunade will agree? The method you said seems to be a bit extreme." In a base near the Tanzaku Quarters, Orochimaru looked at Kabuto. Although he also wanted to tell Tsunade about this matter, after all, he had very few good friends. No matter how ruthless he was, he could not do this.
He let Tsunade see that Sarutobi used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal his two grandfathers, but after Kabuto analyzed the stakes for him, he knew that there was a high possibility of success. After all, he was no longer the Orochimaru of the past. His heart had changed, and although the influence was still there, it was impossible to be like before.
"Tsunade-sama and you both know each other very well. You have always been an extreme person in her mind. This method fits your character. Moreover, you also saw that Tsunade is completely different from what we expected."
"Her strength and skills did not regress at all. On the contrary, she was stronger than what you said during the Second War. I think you still remember that punch."
"Although doing this will completely destroy the last bit of friendship between you and Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya, who is already looking for her. If you don't completely provoke the hatred in her heart, although she will not return to Konoha to be the Fifth Hokage, it is very likely that she will not help you."
Kabuto's glasses reflected light, making people unable to see what he was thinking.
"Kabuto, do you think a person's heart will change?" Orochimaru said in a very rare and bleak tone. He knew that the last friendship he had with Tsunade would be gone when he handed over that Seal before. Orochimaru had completely become a loner. Was this the price he had to pay for pursuing eternal life?
"People change. Orochimaru-sama, you have said this to me more than once. Sometimes, they can't even control their own hearts, let alone other people's hearts." Kabuto whispered with a smile.
"Haha, it seems that I might be affected by the Third's seal. I actually became sentimental." Orochimaru laughed at himself. He could no longer take back the water he had poured out. Now, he could only keep walking.
"Orochimaru-sama, rather than thinking about this, why don't you think about how to deal with Jiraiya-san and Ryoha? I've already adjusted what I said before. In a town nearby, if the information I obtained is correct, Ryoha had a battle with Itachi and Kisame."
Kabuto did not expect Ryoha to hide so deeply. It had only been a short while since the Chuunin Exam, but Ryoha's strength had already reached this level.
"What is the result of the battle?" Orochimaru's tone became a little hurried.
"According to the intelligence, Ryoha fought Itachi and Kisame at the same time, only for them to retreat."
"However, they were both severely injured. Especially Itachi. When he left the town, someone clearly saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and his mouth was constantly bleeding."
However, there were no wounds on his body. It should have been caused by the battle between genjutsu. Therefore, it could be speculated that he had a genjutsu battle with Ryoha, and he had used the Mangekyo. In the end, Itachi should have been defeated."
"Kabuto was also shocked. He knew that Orochimaru was defeated before by Itachi!"
"Although Orochimaru and Itachi were only fighting for a short time, Orochimaru did not use his strongest forbidden technique, such as the Yamata no Jutsu, which could fight against the Susanoo. But Orochimaru was indeed defeated.
No matter how long it took or what the situation was, a defeat was still a defeat. No matter the reason, Itachi, who defeated Orochimaru, was actually defeated by Ryoha. It was really unbelievable.
Back in Konoha, although Ryoha was already very strong, Kabuto was confident that he could still defeat him. But now, Kabuto could no longer have this kind of idea, at least not now.
"Maybe it's a bit troublesome. It's not impossible for me to fight against the Mangekyo in my current state, but it's a bit of a waste to use it so early."
Orochimaru was not an idiot. He knew his own flaw. His soul was already weakened because he had been reincarnated many times, and the Third's sealing jutsu sealed off a good part of his soul. His soul was very weak, and his resistance to genjutsu was almost at its lowest.
Therefore, he had thought of many ways to protect his soul from the genjutsu. In the end, he had indeed developed it. However, this technique had been deeply buried in his heart. He would not use it unless it were a matter of life and death. This was his greatest trump card at the moment, but it seemed that he could not use it now.
In fact, if he had used that technique and were immune to the damage of the illusion, he would have no weakness. His strength was at the level of a Veteran Kage.
If Orochimaru's weak point was gone, then let alone Sasuke's 3-tomoe, even Ryoha and Itachi might not be able to defeat Orochimaru, who had used all of his trump cards.
In the original story, he was really unlucky. After reincarnating so many times, his soul got sealed by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and then two and a half years later, he fought with the four-tailed Naruto, who was also fighting with Sasuke. At that time, although he couldn't even resist the 3-tomoe's genjutsu, he was still fine. He was just hiding inside Sasuke's body.
However, his miserable luck really made people speechless. When he encountered Susanoo, he was not afraid since he had the Yamata no Jutsu. Since Orochimaru was just a soul at that time, he couldn't die.
If he had a body, it would not be a problem to use Yamata no Jutsu, but unfortunately, he was just a soul at that time. Moreover, his soul was already damaged. In the end, he was sealed by Itachi's Sword of Totsuka.
As a pure soul, no matter how powerful his jutsu was, in the face of the Sword of Totsuka, Orochimaru was helpless.
His Kage-level strength could not be used to a certain extent and was sealed. Therefore, your body and soul are actually inseparable, so you should not use any reincarnation technique on yourself. Otherwise, you would be really unlucky. This was the conclusion that Ryoha had summed up from Orochimaru's experience.
"There's actually a jutsu that I don't know about. It seems that although Orochimaru-sama had lost twice to the Mangekyo. It's not because he really can't resist it, but because he doesn't want to use his trump card in that situation. It's too wasteful."
"Haha, this is going to be a good show. I can finally see what Orochimaru-sama's trump card is." Kabuto was excited. Sure enough, Orochimaru could not be underestimated.
However, it was also because of this that he admired Orochimaru's power so much. He also knew the flaws of the reincarnation jutsu that destroyed Orochimaru's originally perfect strength.
Therefore, he was very clear that Orochimaru had been trying to find a way to make up for the flaws of the jutsu, but unfortunately, he couldn't find it for the time being. The things about souls were too mysterious and profound.