Chapter 64: Orochimaru

"That's right!"

Shi Yuan nodded.

Orochimaru and Terumi Mei were both excited.

This discovery made Terumi Mei more excited than if she had obtained the training methods for Boiling Release and Dissolving Release herself.

"Give me the Kirigakure clan's secret technique!"

Terumi Mei declared with determination.

The prospect of enhancing her own strength—even surpassing past bloodline limit users—had completely fired her up.

She absolutely had to obtain the Kirigakure clan's forbidden secrets.

As for whether Shi Yuan could accomplish this, neither she nor Orochimaru had the slightest doubt.

Orochimaru felt the same, so he said nothing more.

"How is the research on the Senjutsu body progressing?"

Orochimaru licked his lips and asked.

When they came to Kirigakure, their direct goal had been to study bloodline limits, but their true purpose was to research the immortal Senjutsu.

Upon hearing it concerned immortality, Terumi Mei immediately perked up.

After all, she was now considered part of this small circle, even if she hadn't yet mastered the secret of immortality.

Shi Yuan frowned. "This will require your personal verification—I still need more time."

Then he told Orochimaru the training conditions for the bloodline limits.

Orochimaru immediately smiled.

This was tailor-made for him.

He already possessed Kage-level strength without mastering any bloodline limit, meaning he had pushed the five chakra nature transformations to an extreme level.

Perfect for using the training methods to master two bloodline limits.

"Then I'll be off!"

Orochimaru snatched the two bloodline limit training methods from Shi Yuan's hands and turned to leave without delay.

But after a few steps, he stopped, turned back to Terumi Mei, and said in a low, serious voice:

"Her strength is still weak—if you plan to give her the Senjutsu body training method, prepare to keep it secret!"

Without waiting for Shi Yuan's reply, he turned and left.

Shi Yuan watched Orochimaru's retreating back and smiled.

What a conscientious test subject.

He hadn't even said a word, and Orochimaru had already volunteered to conduct the experiment.

Although the idea that bloodline limits could aid Senjutsu body cultivation was his own conclusion.

But the actual outcome remained unknown.

Especially when considering ninja world history, the path of Senjutsu body cultivation and the path of bloodline limits were in fact two separate roads.

One path was the Senjutsu of the Great Toad Sage and other summoning beasts.

The other was the chakra cultivation method brought by the Ōtsutsuki clan.

The result of combining them—no one would know without firsthand experimentation.

"That bastard Orochimaru!"

Terumi Mei muttered under her breath.

Shi Yuan snapped back to attention and looked at her calmly:

"Even if Orochimaru hadn't warned me, I'd have used some means to ensure your secrecy!"

"These techniques are for your personal cultivation only—don't even think of using them to boost your clan or village's strength!"

From the future's perspective, Terumi Mei wasn't just extremely powerful; she also had immense responsibility toward Kirigakure.

Whether breaking the Fourth Mizukage's genjutsu or restoring Kirigakure, she was the actual driving force.

She had always protected Kirigakure's interests!

Until he was ready to reveal everything, he wouldn't let Terumi Mei act recklessly.

"Alright."

Though hurt, Terumi Mei accepted Shi Yuan's arrangement.

Next, Shi Yuan carefully selected several sealing and secrecy incantations from Orochimaru's data library and studied them.

【You read a vast number of sealing and secrecy incantations. You created the secret technique: Sealed-Off Incantation!】

【Sealed-Off Incantation: After activation, it seals a memory. If the memory is forcibly extracted, it will vanish permanently. The incantation will attempt to retaliate against the breaker. If the retaliation fails, the sealed person will die!】

Seeing the technique's effect, Shi Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

This technique was similar to the Caged Bird Seal's protection of the Byakugan—exceptionally effective.

Soon, Shi Yuan implanted the incantation into Terumi Mei, leaving three small black dots in a straight line on her right ear.

"Be careful—anyone who forcibly extracts your memory could kill you!"

Shi Yuan warned Terumi Mei after explaining the incantation's effect.

"I understand!"

Terumi Mei touched her ear and nodded firmly.

Shi Yuan suddenly asked: "By the way, why didn't you appear at your mission location earlier?"

Terumi Mei's face darkened with anger, her voice low:

"We were ambushed—we were attacked before we even reached the site."

Shi Yuan's expression grew thoughtful as he walked.

"It is likely that Tobi accelerated his retaliation against the Mist Village due to Orochimaru's appearance," he thought for a moment and said:

"You need not be anxious about the secret techniques of the Hozuki clan; wait and see how the situation in the Mist Village develops next!"

Mei Terumi nodded, then her expression changed.

"Oh no, I have been gone too long; I fear something has already happened in the village!"

"I must leave immediately!"

She looked at Ishihara with a pleading expression.

If this man did not agree, she could not possibly leave.

"Go, and remember what I said."

Ishihara let her leave; Mei Terumi was temporarily useless to him.

"Good!"

Mei Terumi turned and left immediately, not even asking about the Sage Body.

Ishihara shook his head.

Indeed, in Mei Terumi's heart, the village was very important.

However, he did not mind; after resting a while, he continued to go study.

This time he did not study new knowledge, but took out the basic knowledge he had once learned and began his second round of study.

On the other side of the base, Orochimaru was also carefully attempting to learn the Boil Release cultivation method.

Mist Village, Mizukage Tower.

Zetsu, who had left not long ago, appeared again.

"I already know the purpose of Orochimaru's appearance in the Mist Village this time!"

Tobi was somewhat surprised, "So quickly?"

Zetsu said coldly, "That bastard Orochimaru has developed an intelligence network in the Mist Village; the personnel are mixed, so I could obtain intelligence so quickly."

"He seems to have come to the Mist Village to collect the corpses of Kekkei Genkai ninja!"

Tobi froze, then sneered.

"That guy Orochimaru still hasn't given up on researching Kekkei Genkai?"