Chapter 447: Ice Three Feet Thick Is Not Formed in One Day

Hearing this, Orochimaru was silent for a moment, and a pair of snake pupils returned to calm again.

Since the other party had already revealed his identity, even if he was not familiar with the Mizukage and knew very little, at least he would no longer be played by the other party like a blind man or a fool.

"What does Lord Mizukage want to chat about?"

"Could it be that you want to chat with me about this group of Rain ninjas outside?"

Orochimaru asked coldly, a strange luster blooming in his snake pupils.

After calming down, Orochimaru also restored the true colors of a generation of heroes, and instead used words to probe Mizunuki Ryosuke.

He attempted to use the Rain ninjas to probe Mizunuki Ryosuke's purpose for appearing here.

After all, a dignified Mizukage suddenly appearing alone in the Land of Rain, no matter how you look at it, there is a lot of article inside.

Hearing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke shook his head indifferently, not taking the bait, and didn't mention a word about the Rain ninjas.

How could he not know that Orochimaru was using the Rain ninjas to probe him?

"Can you tell me the name of that technique just now?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke looked directly into Orochimaru's eyes, didn't choose to answer Orochimaru's words, but directly locked the topic on Orochimaru himself.

Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally knew that Orochimaru's reincarnation secret technique was called "Living Corpse Reincarnation"; he pretended to ask this also for the reason of probing.

Orochimaru was silent again.

"Living Corpse Reincarnation."

For some reason, perhaps under the guidance of a ghost, Orochimaru still answered Mizunuki Ryosuke's question.

Seeing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke's mouth raised slightly, but the arc was imperceptible.

"You are a talent, Orochimaru."

"The 'forbidden technique of eternal life' cannot be pursued in the Leaf."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said slowly, breaking the secret that Orochimaru didn't want to be broken by others in the depths of his heart in one word.

Being broken by Mizunuki Ryosuke one after another, Orochimaru had gone from initial surprise and shock to being somewhat numb now.

Since the other party could see through the use and shortcomings of Living Corpse Reincarnation at a glance, it was not a difficult thing to extend and guess Orochimaru's purpose.

It was just that for Mizunuki Ryosuke's words, Orochimaru didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this moment, Orochimaru had a bit of a dilemma.

Whether advancing or retreating, he was already completely handled by the other party at this moment.

His choices were nothing more than two.

"Advance" one step and choose to fight; with the other party's aura just now, he was afraid he was not an opponent. Even if Orochimaru was confident in his strength, his extremely poor state at this moment decided that he could not exert his combat power at all.

Looking at the other party, not only was his strength unfathomable, but he also seemed to know his current state like the back of his hand.

"Retreat" one step and choose to follow the other party's request to "talk about it," which was basically Orochimaru being crushed directly.

Every word of Mizunuki Ryosuke went straight to Orochimaru's heart, while Orochimaru's probing of Mizunuki Ryosuke was not painful or itchy at all.

How can we chat like this?

Most importantly, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already broken Orochimaru's ugly affair and held Orochimaru's "handle" in his hand.

Fight, can't fight; talk, can't talk.

Even if he runs, Orochimaru doesn't dare to run away easily.

People say that a snake has seven inches; undoubtedly, Orochimaru's "seven inches" is now firmly held in Mizunuki Ryosuke's hands.

Actually, you can understand it just by thinking about it a little bit.

Ice three feet thick is not formed in one day.

Orochimaru now is far from being as unscrupulous as he was after defecting, wanting to "spit" however he wants, and wanting to kill however he wants.

As a disciple of the Hokage with a glorious image in the Leaf, he still has to consider some influence, such as the face of the Leaf and the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, etc.

The series of forbidden techniques researched by Orochimaru, such as this kind of "man spitting snake spitting man" technique, and techniques similar to Living Corpse Reincarnation that occupy others' bodies for their own use, the Leaf will never allow such things to be exposed to the light.

And now Orochimaru has researched "Living Corpse Reincarnation," which is a fact; once such an evil forbidden technique is exposed, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen protects Orochimaru, he must deal with it seriously.

After all, the Leaf is the representative of light and greatness; how can it research such evil secret techniques?

Once such a scandal is exposed, it will cause a huge blow to the reputation of Orochimaru and the Third Hokage; not only that, I am afraid that even Jiraiya and Tsunade will be implicated.

No matter what the purpose is in the depths of his heart, there is no doubt that Orochimaru still has a certain covetous heart for the position of Hokage at this time.

He absolutely cannot tolerate the exposure of his own scandal, which will affect his inability to succeed as Hokage in the future.

"What exactly do you want?"

Finally, Orochimaru began to speak; he could no longer continue to be silent like this.

Mizunuki Ryosuke's ambiguous attitude was like the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head; although it hadn't fallen yet, who could say for sure when this sword would seal his throat with one sword?

So he must figure out what the attitude of this Fourth Mizukage is at the moment.

Hearing Orochimaru say this, Mizunuki Ryosuke knew that his purpose had been achieved.

Orochimaru is a smart person and has figured out the joints in this, and his saying this means one thing.

Orochimaru has compromised!

"I don't want anything."

"On the contrary, to be honest, I appreciate you and feel that you are a bit talented in the Leaf."

"I just want to tell you that what the Leaf can't give you, I can give you."

"Including helping you achieve that immature idea of eternal life."

To here, the meaning in Mizunuki Ryosuke's words has been revealed without doubt; clearly, he is recruiting Orochimaru.

Even Orochimaru didn't expect such a change to occur; a few surprised looks appeared in his cold snake pupils.

There is nothing better than this.

Mizunuki Ryosuke's conditions are quite good, and among them, there is the point that makes Orochimaru most moved—eternal life!

Relying on Mizunuki Ryosuke being able to see through the immature parts of his Living Corpse Reincarnation at a glance, Orochimaru has reason to believe that Mizunuki Ryosuke has already gone further on this path than him.

But even so, just relying on one sentence to make Orochimaru give up everything in the Leaf and go with Mizunuki Ryosuke is impossible.

Empty words have no proof; how can Orochimaru put his trust in Mizunuki Ryosuke based on a few thin words from Mizunuki Ryosuke?

Here, Orochimaru's goal is Hokage; with his ambition, how could he be willingly recruited by Mizunuki Ryosuke at this moment?

Orochimaru is still silent; his silence does not represent default, but he is thinking about how to refuse Mizunuki Ryosuke.

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Regarding this, Mizunuki Ryosuke knows it well, and he didn't think about conquering this unruly poisonous snake with just a few words; coming here specially today was just to make some contact first.

"Swish!"

"You don't need to refuse; it's fine to think about it carefully; I'm not in a hurry."

Mizunuki Ryosuke raised his hand and threw an ice kunai containing a faint scarlet luster inside toward Orochimaru.

Orochimaru raised his hand to catch this kunai, his eyes flickering.

"When you figure it out, crush this kunai, and someone will come to find you."

"By the way, take this; I think you will understand a little bit about where the loopholes in your Living Corpse Reincarnation are."

Mizunuki Ryosuke raised his hand again and threw a scroll; the scroll recorded some basic principles of Yin Release techniques, as well as an analysis of the relationship between the soul and Yin-attribute chakra.

In the current ninja world, Yin-Yang Release techniques are the secret techniques of various families and villages; even Orochimaru can hardly come into contact with systematic Yin-Yang Release theories.

It was just that for this scroll, Orochimaru appeared somewhat indifferent, looking at it falling to the ground indifferently.

Seeing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke couldn't help but shake his head; he knew that this might be Orochimaru's inner pride at work.

He might have guessed the content of this scroll, but he was unwilling to accept the gift of others, especially the gift of someone who had just played him in the palm of his hand.

But Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't care about this, because he was clear that Orochimaru was a smart person, and a smart person would naturally understand what to do.

"Then, looking forward to seeing you next time, Orochimaru-kun."

After finishing, Mizunuki Ryosuke's body slowly faded in color before Orochimaru's eyes and disappeared into the wind.

This mysterious disappearance was as unpredictable as the sudden appearance before.

Orochimaru clenched his fists, didn't try to pursue Mizunuki Ryosuke, but stared tightly at the scroll on the charred land.

— Author's Notes —

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