Hinata and Orochimaru's Meeting of Kindred Spirits

Inside the stone chamber, Hinata, Orochimaru, and Zetsu stared at each other, an invisible killing intent filling the air, making it almost feel stagnant.

In terms of killing intent, Hinata, a rookie ninja, is certainly no match for Orochimaru.

Since Hinata's debut, she has experienced many battles, but the number of people she has killed is probably less than a fraction of Orochimaru's.

However, Hinata, as a powerful ninja at the pinnacle, possesses an aura of strength that is enough to suppress Orochimaru's killing intent.

Because Orochimaru lacked confidence, he simply didn't have the courage to fight Hinata.

Instead of looking at me like that, you should focus on figuring out how to improve your own strength.

After a moment, Hinata looked at Orochimaru and chuckled, "Orochimaru, you were once considered a strong person, you should understand what that look in your eyes really means."

Orochimaru knew exactly what his gaze meant, because Orochimaru had seen that look countless times before.

Those who had been defeated by Orochimaru but were unwilling to accept their defeat would look at him with this kind of gaze.

This look appears fierce, but it also reveals one's incompetence and cowardice.

Because strong people don't look at others with that kind of gaze.

"Hehehehe..."

Orochimaru's hoarse laughter echoed through the air, his eyes still blazing with killing intent, but he said with a playful tone, "Whether this scroll meets the conditions for a transaction is for me to decide!"

As Orochimaru unfurled the scroll, his gaze swept over it, his eyes narrowing slightly, a gleam of intense excitement flashing in his snake-like pupils.

While Hinata's interpretation of Natural Energy may not be unprecedented, it is certainly the first time in her time that someone has interpreted Natural Energy to such an extent.

Orochimaru has been researching Natural Energy for many years. Since he himself cannot cultivate Senjutsu, he has focused his research on Jugo.

The Cursed Seal developed by Orochimaru is a rudimentary application of Natural Energy.

"Immortality...?"

Looking up at Hinata, Orochimaru licked his lips, his hoarse voice tinged with barely concealed excitement. "I never imagined that besides me, there would be someone else in this world who wanted to unravel the mystery of immortality..."

"Hinata... I wonder if you'd be interested in my 'Living Corpse Reincarnation'?"

Orochimaru wasn't just being polite to Hinata; he genuinely wanted to research the path to immortality with Hinata.

A genius who surpasses ordinary people by a little might be admired by the world, but a genius who surpasses ordinary people by too much is often called a monster.

Orochimaru is a genius who is not understood.

Hinata, as a genius of Konoha's new generation, also set her sights on immortality, which undoubtedly made Orochimaru feel excited about sharing the same goal.

There is a kind of feeling in this world called "high mountains and flowing water," and this feeling is called "understanding."

"The Living Corpse Reincarnation is indeed miraculous..."

Hinata said calmly, "However, for me, giving up my current body would be a loss that doesn't outweigh the gains."

Orochimaru was not disappointed upon hearing this. After seeing the paper on 'Natural Energy', Orochimaru knew that Hinata's path was different from his.

Hinata continued, "Orochimaru, you can't keep changing bodies indefinitely. Living Corpse Reincarnation is ultimately not the right path."

"I have solved the mystery of the immortals in the Three Great Sage Regions surviving for thousands of years. If you are interested, you may want to try studying Natural Energy."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in return, "You want to fuse the power of the Shikotsumyaku and the Wood Release?"

"Kindness!"

Hinata nodded and said directly, "Bones and life force are both part of the human body, and Shikotsumyaku and Wood Release... can make my body more perfect."

"Perfect?"

Orochimaru said noncommittally, "If you think your body is perfect, it only means you have no way forward... How pathetic that would be for people like us."

"People like us?"

Hinata chuckled upon hearing this, saying, "Orochimaru, we are ultimately different."

Orochimaru asked curiously, "Oh?"

Hinata had no intention of explaining further, and shook her head slightly, chuckling softly, "Once you get Sasuke's body, you'll understand what I mean."

That's right, Sasuke is here too!

Orochimaru is not the kind of person who gives up after being hit hard.

Although Orochimaru was defeated by his juniors, such as Itachi Uchiha and Hinata, Orochimaru did not lose confidence in himself. He only believed that his starting point was slightly lower than that of Hinata and Itachi Uchiha.

He has no Kekkei Genkai, nor any eye techniques like the Byakugan or Sharingan.

Once you have the Sharingan...

Thinking of this, Orochimaru looked at Hinata and asked calmly, "Shall we start with Kimimaro?"

"Kindness!"

Hinata nodded and said, "I prefer the Shikotsumyaku) over the Wood Release."

Orochimaru Hand Seals and said with a playful tone, "Is that so? This is the first time I've heard someone dare to underestimate the power of Wood Release."

Smack!

The last print is complete.

"Impure World Reincarnation!"

In the open space between Hinata and Orochimaru, a coffin bursts forth from the ground.

'Bang!'

The coffin lid fell to the ground, Kimimaro inside the coffin, his eyes closed, with some fine cracks on his face.

"What amazing ninjutsu."

Hinata never closed her Tenseigan, but even with the Dojutsu power of the Tenseigan, she couldn't see through this ninjutsu.

"You flatter me."

Orochimaru said noncommittally, "Compared to your eye techniques, this kind of ninjutsu is really nothing special."

At this point, a burning light flashed in Orochimaru's snake-like eyes.

I never imagined the Byakugan could evolve...

"Should we wake him up?" Orochimaru asked.

Hinata looked at Black Zetsu upon hearing this, Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "As long as we have Kimimaro's chakra, that will suffice."

Orochimaru formed several hand seals and looked at Hinata with curiosity. "Let's begin!"

Hinata nodded slightly, took out a syringe from her ninja tool bag, drew Kimimaro's blood, which she had prepared beforehand, into the syringe, and then injected it into her arm.

As blood was injected, a grayish-white mark immediately appeared on Hinata's fair arm. However, this grayish-white mark was quickly swallowed up by the surrounding fair skin, and in the blink of an eye, it grew from the size of a fist to the size of a soybean.

Black Zetsu quickly reminded her, "Hinata, hurry!"

Hinata didn't hesitate and activated her Tenseigan technique, causing Kimimaro's chakra to flow wildly into Hinata body.

The so-called Kekkei Genkai is the power that exists in the human gene pool.

Therefore, a huge risk associated with fusing Kekkei Genkai is that one can easily be consumed by the power of the Kekkei Genkai.

Hinata's situation is exactly the opposite. Hinata herself has an incredibly large life force, and the power of the Shikotsumyaku will only be absorbed by Hinata.

Moreover, the fusion of the Otsutsuki clan's bloodline Kekkei Genkai is inherently a case of the big fish eating the small fish.

To feed Hinata, this big fish, you need enough energy to sustain you.