Chapter 387: The Exchange Between Aizen and Orochimaru

Tsunade's luck has always been terrible.

The few times she has won a big gamble, it was at the cost of the lives of those close to her.

Just like now, Tsunade, having redeemed an SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg, felt no excitement; instead, she frowned as if she had encountered something bad.

"My luck... seems a bit too good?"

Tsunade pursed her lips.

Sorting through the memories in her mind, every time her luck improved, especially with such a sudden surge, it meant she was about to be plagued by trouble.

It's just that,

in her long career as a ninja, she no longer had any relatives left to lose.

The only thing remaining is the Konoha village she has protected; could it be that, just like last time, someone wants to attack Konoha? Tsunade felt restless, but she knew very well that restlessness could not solve difficulties; the most important thing was to improve her strength.

The SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg,

unique to the entire Samsara Game, hadn't even hatched yet, but the moment it was redeemed, it directly occupied the top spot on the Pet Ranking.

"Who is it?"

"The SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg, isn't that the famous big gambler of the ninja world? I heard she loses every bet she makes, how could this happen?"

When the game channel broadcasted the appearance of the SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg, all the players were in an uproar.

"It's definitely beginner's luck!"

"The SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg has a huge disadvantage; to level up, you must feed it massive amounts of expensive materials. Even the most well-funded factions would be hollowed out, right?"

"I'm quite smart; I decisively chose a C-grade pet. I can quickly increase the pet's level, and then snowball to become stronger. That's better than holding a god-tier pet and having no money to feed it..."

"I smell something very sour; is that you, upstairs?"

Compared to Buggy,

more players felt envy and jealousy toward the prize Tsunade received after her luck exploded.

After all, they truly didn't envy the famous gambler for throwing real money into the gacha system.

Moreover,

no one was willing to offend one of the strongest Knights; otherwise, if she refused to cooperate or team up in the future, the mortality rate when encountering tough Pollution Monsters would definitely skyrocket.

"This pet is ridiculously strong, right?"

Tsunade spent a painful amount of most of her zombie materials to barely successfully hatch this SS-grade Mutant Pet Egg; these materials were enough to hatch over a dozen ordinary pets.

【Mutant Zombie Baby (SS)】

Level: Lv. 1 (Due to quality attribute interference, each level-up increases 40 random attributes.) Attributes: Unknown Four Dimensions: Strength 45, Agility 50, Constitution 48, Spirit 42 Skill Slots 4/6: Corpse Poison Aura Lv. 1, Zombie Iron Body Lv. 1, Corpse King Aura Lv. 1, Corpse Horde Control Lv. 1 Growth Progress: Juvenile 1/100 Hint: This pet is a mutant; when it evolves into a mature form, a 【Special Metamorphosis】 will inevitably occur.

"A newly hatched juvenile, and its four-dimensional attributes already rival a Shadow-level expert, and it gains a full forty random points every time it levels up?"

Tsunade was dumbfounded.

If judged by the standards of Pollution Monsters, the zombie she hatched was a Golden-level boss.

You have to know, a Golden-level boss requires several top-tier players to join forces, constantly maneuvering, using tactics, potion recovery, skill rotations, and a war of attrition... just to hunt it.

And now, she was carrying a Golden-level boss with her?

Although it was a juvenile,

if there were plenty of zombie materials, the Golden-level boss's growth would be just around the corner.

Of course,

this was a very optimistic way of thinking.

If Fang Yi were here, he would definitely say that players think too simply; how could a Golden-level boss be so easy to cultivate?

Not to mention anything else,

the zombie materials required just for leveling up were countless times more than the materials needed to redeem and hatch the pet egg; the higher the quality of the pet, the more this was true.

Wanting to spend no money and rely solely on hunting pollution to provide a tiny bit of pet experience was completely a drop in the bucket.

Therefore,

buying game pets costs money, and cultivating game pets costs even more.

On the other side, warm and gentle sunlight spilled onto the rooftop of the Hokage Building. Aizen stood at the edge, quietly watching the busy figures of countless civilians and ninja, as well as the faint sounds drifting up. Because the distance was too great, they looked like ants.

And the tall city walls surrounding the village were like prison bars restraining these ants; they were chains, they were shackles.

A butterfly slowly landed,

but was captured by a suddenly appearing black snake and bitten to pieces in one gulp.

"It is an honor to receive your response. I am Aizen Sosuke. If there are no accidents, we will be partners who can fight side-by-side for the foreseeable future."

"Mr. Orochimaru."

As the words fell,

that black snake suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a pair of pale arms covered in black curse marks propped open the snake's maw,

and like shedding skin, he crawled out from the black snake's belly.

"Thank you..."

The completely naked Orochimaru took the Haori handed over by Aizen and draped it over his body.

The two were very close,

having already broken the safety distance, and could strike at any moment to put the other to death.

"A guy from another world, to be able to perfectly deceive Danzou and the civilians in just a few months and achieve this level—although I am very reluctant to admit it, if it were me, I couldn't do it..."

Orochimaru flicked his tongue, looking with great interest at the man with the gentle expression. Danzou's disguise had huge loopholes, but because he was originally Sarutobi Hiruzen's shikigami, their auras were of the same origin, and there were few high-level players in Konoha skilled in soul abilities, so he hadn't been exposed.

However, for Orochimaru, who treated playing with souls like a daily routine, the mere residual soul aura was enough to figure out the current situation in Konoha.

Moreover,

He also saw through Aizen's disguise.

A very strange life form.

The internal soul and external shell are completely separated; no... it should be said that Aizen is originally a soul-based life form, capable of surviving normally without a shell.

The Ninja World has no such life.

Therefore, Orochimaru can conclude that the other party is an impostor from another world who used certain means.

And the recent event that could cause spatial fluctuations is the Evil God attack from a while ago.

Aizen's time of appearance also matches.

How interesting! Orochimaru's tongue hung down, licking the pitch-black curse marks at the corner of his mouth, looking very Weirdness.

The pitch-black Dead Spirit Curse continuously radiated waves of death energy outward.

Even a body like Aizen's, condensed from pure Reishi, was disturbed by this death energy.

This feeling,

is like the dark sensation of a soul falling into becoming a Hollow.

"A former Hokage candidate, Mr. Orochimaru, who destroyed the strongest Ninja Village with his own hands, is also the current strongest player in the Samsara Game."

Aizen's tone was relaxed, but his gaze did not shift away for a moment; game level,

is a reward bestowed upon players by the Samsara Game; leveling up increases attributes and can be seen as a gift.

He himself has no need for the game's gifts.

He is already judged to be a 【Tier 2 Life】, so there is no need to fear Orochimaru.

Even in a real fight to the death,

Aizen has the confidence to defeat any enemy.

It is just that,

after personally feeling the bursts of Dead Spirit aura emitted by Orochimaru, he still couldn't help but marvel.

He marveled at the power of the Samsara Game, which could actually forge Orochimaru, who was originally only a 【FirstTierLife】, to a degree that even he felt a chill.

This pressure,

is probably close to that of Captain-Commander Yamamoto, right? "I intend to sacrifice the entire Konoha, and then open a passage between Hueco Mundo and the Ninja World. Is Mr. Orochimaru interested?"

Aizen slowly revealed the true purpose of quietly contacting Orochimaru.

(End of this chapter)