Orochimaru walked up to Lei Luo, and happened to see the latter squatting on the ground, frowning as if thinking about something, silently stretching out his abdomen covered with his palms, and couldn't help but curiously asked:
"Lei Luo, what are you busy with?"
Hearing the voice coming from his ear, Lei Luo was not in a hurry to answer, nor was he in a hurry to take back his hand. He just maintained this posture until two minutes passed.
"Sure enough..." With a slight sigh, Lei Luo retracted his hand, turned his head and glanced at Orochimaru, and said lightly: "I am experimenting with my ability to see if it can have an effect on him."
"Ability?" Orochimaru's pupils shrank. Thinking of the scene he saw that night, he immediately picked up his energy and subconsciously asked: "The ability you are talking about refers to the ability of resurrection? Or..."
At this moment, before the battle, the short half-minute exchange with Lei Luo suddenly came into Orochimaru's mind, causing him to immediately recover and blurt out uncontrollably:
"Are your ability to resurrect and your ability to make surprise attacks the same thing? And your speed, you, you..."
As he spoke, seeing Lei Luo just looking at him with a smile and not denying his guess at all, Orochimaru paused for a moment, and all kinds of thoughts quickly passed through his mind. The next moment, his expression suddenly changed.
The scenes of talking with Lei Luo, getting along with Lei Luo, and fighting side by side with Lei Luo suddenly struck his brain like lightning, causing Orochimaru to wake up instantly.
The fog that had lingered in his mind for a long time and the heavy shadows that shrouded Lei Luo seemed to have dissipated in an instant, but this fact that seemed to be the truth made Orochimaru shudder in his heart.
Having seen the changes in Orochimaru's expression, Lei Luo was not surprised. After all, he was a smart man. After spending so long with him, he probably should have already made some guesses in his mind.
He doesn't need to speak too clearly, he just needs to order a little bit of Orochimaru at the critical moment, and the other party should be able to react, just like now.
After dozens of seconds, Orochimaru seemed to have just recovered from the shock. He took a deep breath and slowly suppressed the surging emotions.
"Your ability...is time, right?"
Orochimaru's face seemed to have calmed down as he spoke the question slowly and word by word, but the slightly trembling tone in his mouth revealed the true emotions in his heart.
"That's right." He glanced at Orochimaru quite funny, Lei Luo waved his hand pretending not to care, and said casually: "Controlling a part of time is the core of my ability. You can understand it as time.
Blood inheritance."
"How's it going? Does this blood successor look okay?"
"More than just okay..." Orochimaru ignored Lei Luo's slightly teasing tone. There was a hint of bitterness in the corner of his mouth, and he said in a slightly low tone:
"A ninja who can control time... I'm afraid all the enemies you have fought against now are like puppets on strings for you to manipulate, right?"
Seeing that Orochimaru was obviously in a low mood, Lei Luo couldn't help but feel a little confused.
In his opinion, with Orochimaru's character, after discovering his true ability, he should have an excited mentality and want to study and understand the principle. Why now...
Sensing the confusion in Lei Luo's eyes, Orochimaru just thought about it for a moment and understood what the other party meant. He simply didn't want to hide anything, so he said bluntly:
"Lei Luo, to be honest, all the time I have known you until now, I have been targeting you all the time, trying to defeat you and surpass you..."
As he spoke, Orochimaru's lips curved into a self-deprecating smile, and he continued half-heartedly:
"But now, after learning about your true ability, I have completely lost this fighting spirit, because I really don't know how to defeat you."
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Orochimaru asked with a complicated face, and then without waiting for Lei Luo's answer, he continued with a wry smile and said: "In your opinion, with this kind of mentality, don't I feel very good?
ridiculous?"
Silently staring at Orochimaru's blank face, Lei Luo didn't know what to say for a moment. In his opinion, Orochimaru was an unparalleled genius in Konoha, and his character was so proud that no one could understand it.
In this case, when he learned that he was only thinking about the goal of transcendence, but actually controlled the existence of some supreme rules, and there was no possibility of transcendence at all, his mentality would inevitably become unbalanced.
To put it simply, the gap is too big, and Orochimaru is now in a state of confusion.
If immortality is Orochimaru's highest pursuit, then surpassing Lei Luo may also occupy a large place in his heart without even realizing it.
Lei Luo didn't know how to persuade Orochimaru. Are you right? He said that my progress will only get faster and faster, so why don't you give up your fighting spirit? Let's forget it.
"Orochimaru, I want to remind you that I am not invincible, at least not now."
Lei Luo looked at Orochimaru seriously, his expression a little serious. He didn't want his ally to become depressed, so he started his "Lei Luo style" comfort method.
"You see how hard it is for me to defeat a Hanzo, and how long it takes to defeat a Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki. You should know that you don't have no chance."
"So, try your best to catch up with me as soon as possible. I will wait for the day when you stand in front of me."
Perhaps Lei Luo's "comfort" did have some effect. Orochimaru seemed to have calmed down a little. After finally letting out a wry smile, he completely calmed down.
"Lei Luo, I want to collect a little bit of your blood. I wonder if you can satisfy my request?"
To be honest, Orochimaru's question was not beyond Lei Luo's expectations, so he simply responded: "Okay."
Hearing this, Orochimaru's expression relaxed, but before the joy could well up in his heart, Lei Luo added: "But all the experiments you carry out about me need to be carried out in my presence."
Lei Luo's request was not too much, so Orochimaru quickly nodded and said, "No problem."
As for what Orochimaru is thinking, no one knows.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Lei Luo did not ask for any benefits this time. After all, he had basically obtained all the valuable things from Orochimaru, so the next thing he wanted to "acquire" was Orochimaru's wisdom.
It just so happens that he doesn't know much about his own power of time, so it would be a good thing to use Orochimaru's wisdom to study it more deeply.
After all, the other party is also the world's leading scientist, and he might be able to come up with something that will allow him to increase his power again.
As for the possible betrayal? Lei Luo didn't care.
Not to mention that Orochimaru has retained his power of time in his body, and his perception of coordinates ignores distance. Let's just say that Lei Luo has experienced so many things now, and he also has the heart and magnanimity he should have.
As long as he keeps moving forward, no one in this world will dare to betray him.
Being cautious and cautious was just a mentality in the early stages of time travel. Today, he has reached the point where he is now. He should no longer act like a dog and lose his demeanor of a strong man.
Traveling alone is faster, traveling together is farther, he still understands this truth.