"By the way, how is your immortality project going?"
Thinking of Orochimaru's lifelong dream, Lei Luo asked curiously.
"Breakthrough progress has been made."
When this topic was brought up, Orochimaru seemed to be interested. He smiled, raised his left hand, and showed the back of his hand. Lei Luo looked up, and a mysterious symbol suddenly appeared in his eyes.
The symbol was a little weird. It was made up of black lines, with a vertical line in the middle and symmetrical semicircles on both sides of the vertical line, like a sharp sword that split the sun in half.
The lines and textures seemed rough, but the pattern was very delicate, with a faint gray light shining, and an indescribable unique beauty. Lei Luo felt the familiar power flowing in it, and a flash of thought flashed in his eyes.
"This is... a curse seal?"
Thinking of a project that Orochimaru once mentioned, Lei Luo moved closer to observe it carefully, and stretched out his fingers to touch it. The dent was obvious...it didn't look like it was painted on, but like it was drawn with a carving knife.
It was chiseled out with one stroke.
"The development idea is similar to that of a curse mark, but I prefer to call it a brand."
Orochimaru unhurriedly pulled out a kunai and slowly slashed it towards the wrist of the hand with the brand mark. The blade cut the skin and cut the artery, and soon a stream of blood spurted out.
"countercurrent!"
As Orochimaru's excited shouts rang out, the brand's gray light flashed, Lei Luo stared at the opponent's intact wrist intently, and was greatly surprised. He never thought that his ability would be copied by others one day.
"how do you feel?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Lei Luo's surprised expression. Even though Orochimaru had always been calm-minded, he couldn't help but feel a little proud at this moment. After all, the development of the brand had consumed his energy for many years. Now that he had succeeded, he felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
"You don't have amnesia?"
For a long time, Lei Luo held back a question, while Orochimaru slowly put the kunai away, raised his palm again, and while looking at the branding symbol intoxicated, explained in a leisurely manner:
"The power of the brand comes from your blood."
"After I have made several improvements, the power of the brand has become much easier to control. It is not difficult to drive it to avoid the brain and affect the whole body. I just reversed it in about three days."
As he spoke, Orochimaru paused for a moment, sighed lightly, waved his hand in front of Lei Luo's eyes, and added with regret:
"Unfortunately, the imprint is a consumable product. Once the power of time stored inside is used up, it can only be burned again. This is different from the natural energy obtained from Zhongwu."
Noticing that the gray light on the surface of the brand symbol was slightly dimmed, Lei Luo nodded with understanding. Then he remembered Jugo that Orochimaru had just mentioned, and couldn't help but asked with a little doubt:
"Speaking of which, are you really not going to practice the immortal mode?"
Libra Jugo, this son is only three or four years old. He was met by Orochimaru during the middle of the Third Ninja War when he was searching for Ryūchi Cave. He was later brought back to Konoha by Orochimaru to train him.
The Cursed Seal Project was developed with Zhongwu as the core.
"There is no war now, so why should I take such a big risk to practice Sage Mode?" Orochimaru shook his head disapprovingly, glanced at Lei Luo, and said with a pointed smile:
"Besides, doesn't the key factor that determines the future world pattern still depend on the strength comparison between you and Bing? Ordinary ninjas like me can just calm down and engage in logistics and scientific research."
"It's useless to have such a strong force, and it can't change the overall situation."
Ordinary ninja...
When he said these four words, there was no reluctance on Orochimaru's face, as if the above words were taken for granted, and of course, there was no thought of competing with Lei Luo or Hyoichi in his mind.
Looking at Orochimaru who looked calm and unconcerned, Lei Luo was unusually speechless.
In fact, the attitude Orochimaru showed towards war and power at this moment is also the thought of most ninjas in the ninja world today.
Whether it's a Konoha ninja, a Mist ninja, or a ninja from any village...
Everyone understands that in the bipolar structure formed by Lei Luo and Bing, no one or any force has the ability to break the balance of force between the Empire and the Federation. To act rashly is tantamount to seeking death.
With a gap of countless dimensions in strength, let alone genin, even jounin, elite jounin, and even kage level are no more than ants in front of Lei Luo and Bing, who can be wiped out with a wave of their hands.
Like Yeyue Ai, the third generation Raikage of Yunyin Village, who possesses the strongest spear and shield, could not even make a single move under Lei Luo's fierce attack, and was beaten to the point of losing all his combat effectiveness in just a few seconds...
Not to mention, there are ninjas who are not as powerful as Yeyue Ai.
It is precisely because he is deeply aware of the gap between himself and Ye Yue Ai, and then understands the gap between himself and Lei Luo, that he finally has an idea of Bing's strength - this is generally a reflection of Orochimaru's inner mind.
It's useless. It's useless no matter how much you practice. There are some people in this world who can make people lose the idea of chasing after them. Terms such as genius and strong can no longer define them. If you insist on saying so...
Only words such as devil, monster, and abyss can describe it a little bit.
There are no shortcomings in the three aspects of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and illusion. His speed surpasses that of the Flying Thunder God, and his strength surpasses that of the tailed beast. His blood inheritance ability has been developed to an unimaginable degree, and his destructive power has reached an astronomical figure.
In front of such a monster, hard work, talent, blood, and resources all pale in comparison. Orochimaru knows his own limits, so he will no longer force anything.
Just have enough strength.
What is important is eternal life.
And, he's already got it.
Looking at the back of Orochimaru leaving leisurely, Lei Luo sighed softly. Just as ripples appeared in the space around him, Obito's figure appeared. He quickly adjusted his mentality and turned to look at him.
"When did you come here?"
"Not long after I arrived, Hokage-sama..."
Halfway through the words, Obito seemed to have realized something, and looked back at Orochimaru. He bowed to Lei Luo first as a greeting, and then asked respectfully:
"Yondaime-sama, what do you want me to do?"
After the handover ceremony, before Lei Luo sent Minato into the office and made some instructions, he sent a time wave to summon Obito to come to meet him. Now it seems that the other party is obviously late.
"There is a task that I am going to let you do."
He tilted his chin towards the front, indicating that he was walking and talking, and Obito followed Lei Luo who was walking forward. After hearing this sentence, without a trace of hesitation, he said decisively:
"No problem, just leave it to me!"
"Listen to me first..." He waved his hand helplessly, Lei Luo organized some words and explained his plan:
"There is a sect in the country of Yu, called the Evil God Sect. This sect is involved in the disappearance of the former intelligence minister Hinata Tamaki and the former root minister Danzo."
"Obito, I want you to investigate the details of the evil cult."