In the silent void, suddenly, the void was cut open, and a ray of light came in. Orochimaru knew that someone had lifted the ninjutsu imposed on him, allowing him to sense the outside world again.
After his consciousness returned, Orochimaru opened his eyes and saw a table in front of him. There were three people sitting in front of the table, the yellow-haired Namikaze Minato, and the two teenagers he had seen before his consciousness was sealed.
Orochimaru felt quite complicated. After losing to Uchiha Itachi, he also lost to a group of teenagers. These teenagers were even younger than Uchiha Itachi!
Although he said he was defeated by a group of teenagers, Orochimaru knew in his heart that even if one of these teenagers took action, he might not be able to win.
It can be said that the defeat to Uchiha Itachi was due to the blood successor. The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan was too powerful. He had no blood successor limit, so he was defeated. However, when these teenagers attacked him, they didn't use any blood successor...
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This made Orochimaru feel even more humiliated and frustrated than when he lost to Uchiha Itachi. He considered himself a genius, knowledgeable and proficient in various forbidden arts. He was also not lazy. He had been studying hard and practicing hard, but he was actually beaten by a group of teenagers.
Defeated, Orochimaru couldn't help but doubt himself - Could it be that I, Orochimaru, am also a mediocre person? After studying hard for decades, am I worse than a group of teenagers?
While thinking about this, Orochimaru looked around, not caring about the three people sitting in front of him. He had already been caught. He couldn't resist what others wanted to do to him, so he might as well relax and feel more comfortable.
This is a strange room, not big, but bright and clean. The wind blowing in from the window carries a salty smell. Orochimaru remembers smelling this smell at the beach. The sunshine is very good today, but
You can clearly see the fine dust floating in the air.
He was sitting on a chair, his clothes were still the same as before and had not been changed. Except for the chakra being restricted, his hands and feet were not bound.
After observing the room, Orochimaru said to the three people: "Isn't this Konoha?"
One of the two teenagers said: "We didn't say this was Konoha!"
Orochimaru said: "Then who are you? What do you want to do after you caught me here?"
The young man said: "You don't need to know who we are for the time being. As for the main purpose of bringing you here, you don't need to know. I woke you up today to get some information from you. Of course, this is not an interrogation.
You, so in exchange, you can also get some information you want to know from us."
"Not an interrogation?" Orochimaru smiled. He thought these teenagers were really interesting. They caught him but they were not interrogating him. Instead, they wanted to exchange information with him fairly. They could directly torture him to extract confessions or use ninjutsu to read his memories. He couldn't resist.
ah.
The young man did not explain this, and Orochimaru continued: "No matter what you want to know from me, I only have one question..."
Orochimaru looked at the three of them and said with an unprecedented serious look: "Why are you so strong and why did you defeat me so easily?"
He really wanted to know where he failed. Compared with this group of teenagers, what did he lack? Was it lack of intelligence, insufficient effort, lack of blood inheritance, or something else?
At least let him know where the difference is and let him defeat clearly!
Hearing Orochimaru's question, Namikaze Minato and the others were puzzled. Orochimaru was so obsessed with the reason for his defeat?
Little did they know that Orochimaru was rubbed by Itachi Uchiha with his Sharingan in the Akatsuki organization, and then was crushed and captured by them.
Two consecutive defeats made Orochimaru become extremely obsessed with victory and the reasons for failure!
How could such an arrogant person like him be willing to be defeated twice by juniors who were younger than him?
The boy who was talking to Orochimaru said: "Are you sure you want to exchange this question?"
Orochimaru said seriously: "Just this one, I don't want to know about the others!"
The young man glanced at Orochimaru and said: "Actually, there are two main reasons why you will lose to us: First, there is an information gap between you and us, that is, we know you, but you don't know us, so we can fight
You were caught off guard, but you didn't take precautions in advance; secondly, there is a difference in strength between us, and the reason behind this is what you really want to know, right?"
"Although there are twelve of us attacking you, you should have noticed that each of us can defeat you head-on. The reason why twelve of us are dispatched is to be faster and safer."
If the boy's words were put to the ninja world, they would definitely be considered as lies. Orochimaru is one of the "three ninjas" who are famous in the ninja world. He actually said that each of them can defeat Orochimaru head-on.
But Orochimaru did not refute, because in that short battle, he really felt that way, each of these teenagers could defeat him.
The young man said: "The difference in strength between you and us is not actually chakra, ninjutsu and combat experience, but the gap in wisdom and knowledge."
The gap between wisdom and knowledge?
This is the first time Orochimaru has heard such a reason in his life!
In the past, comparing oneself with others was based on who had more chakra, who mastered more ninjutsu, who was stronger, and who had more combat experience. Just like in the battle with Hanzo, Hanzo's ninjutsu was more powerful than the underworld.
, with more combat experience, he defeated the three of them.
The young man continued: "From your information, you can be regarded as a rare researcher in the ninja world. You have touched the threshold of wisdom and knowledge. However, because of the education you received in the early years, you were unable to cross the threshold.
Arrive at the true palace of knowledge.”
"I can't blame you for this. It's a common problem among ninjas in today's ninja world. You have been accustomed to the thinking mode that you have developed for a long time. You rarely think about some essential things. Even if you sometimes find something, you rarely can put it into practice.
fully applied in practice.”
"What you often do is foolish discoveries and confused applications. It seems that you are also doing research, but in fact it is not systematic at all. I heard that you have done experiments related to the cells of the first Hokage in Konoha. I guess it was also through a large number of experimental subjects.
There is a chance that an experimental subject that happens to be suitable for the first-generation Hokage cells will appear."
"In layman's terms, you are just making wild guesses. The so-called research is to pile up a large number of samples and find something useful by chance. Your research mainly relies on luck, not wisdom and knowledge."
"..."
Orochimaru was silent because he thought deeply about the boy's words and found that what he had done in the past seemed to be true. He had created a lot of things over the years, but basically everything was obtained by the death of a large number of experimental subjects.
The young man added: "As I said before, I can't blame you. You have not received any systematic education and have only relied on your own wisdom and ability to get where you are today. Orochimaru, you are actually an incredible genius!"