Of course, Tony's fear subsided only after he clearly saw that the giant pythons were under Orochimaru's control.
At the same time, Tony was also somewhat embarrassed.
It's just a giant python; if I had my Iron Man Armor, it definitely couldn't hurt me.
But now, standing alone in front of the giant python, it's normal for Tony to feel scared.
However, Tony found this somewhat humiliating.
After all, he's Iron Man!
It's really inappropriate to be scared by a snake...
To distract himself, Tony put on his Iron Man Armor and approached Orochimaru.
Thank you again, thank you for making my dream come true!
Tony thanked Orochimaru again.
Orochimaru, of course, accepted it without hesitation.
But at that moment, Tony suddenly paused.
Inside the visor of his Iron Man Armor, JARVIS suddenly said, "Sir, you should take a look at this."
As he spoke, JARVIS pulled up the surveillance footage.
The video recording naturally shows what happened inside this hall.
In the video, Madara Uchiha, dressed in a sage's robe, stands in front of Orochimaru, and the two appear to be conversing.
They talked for quite a while before Madara Uchiha finally left.
Apart from that, Wu Chen and Minato Namikaze were not seen in this video.
"Madara Uchiha!"
Tony was immediately shocked; he still vividly remembered the war started by Madara Uchiha!
Without hesitation, he immediately said to Orochimaru, "Mr. Orochimaru, could you explain this matter?"
As he spoke, he projected the surveillance footage directly onto the wall.
Minato Namikaze stared at the scene in surprise, then looked at Orochimaru, as if astonished, 'What's going on here?!'
Seeing this, Orochimaru remained calm and asked in return:
"Mr. Stark, is this how you treat your benefactor?"
Orochimaru is very good at turning the tables on his opponent.
Upon hearing this, Tony's face showed a hint of shame, but it vanished in an instant.
"Although I feel this is not right, Mr. Orochimaru, please understand."
"Madara Uchiha is extremely dangerous; we must be very careful!"
Orochimaru stared at Tony's visor for a few seconds. "Alright, alright! I'll tell you what happened."
As he spoke, Orochimaru sat down in the chair and slowly uttered the words he had prepared long ago.
"Since you all know how powerful Madara Uchiha is, you should understand one thing, right?"
"What is it?" Minato Namikaze asked, playing the straight man.
"When a powerful figure like Madara Uchiha comes to me and asks me to do something, do I have the choice to refuse?"
Orochimaru recounted his 'tragic situation' in detail.
"Madara Uchiha's strength has reached a bottleneck, and he wants to use my research abilities to achieve a breakthrough."
"I had no choice but to agree."
"However, I've been studying it for several days, but I haven't made any progress."
"The scene you saw was from when Madara Uchiha came to see me just today."
"He wants me to produce results, or he'll kill me."
"It's fortunate you came; he left after learning about the situation."
"Otherwise, my life might be in danger."
Tony didn't believe Orochimaru when he said that.
But his reason told him that this was the most likely scenario.
So he looked at Minato Namikaze, wanting to hear his opinion.
After thinking for a moment, Minato Namikaze said, "Orochimaru, do you understand your current situation?"
"You mean? Madara Uchiha could come looking for us at any time?" Orochimaru asked, frowning.
Minato Namikaze nodded. "That's right."
"I believe you, but you also need to think about your future."
"Facing a formidable enemy who could appear at any moment and kill you,"
"You can't escape on your own, and you can't fight back, so you might as well find yourself a powerful backer."
"So, come back! Orochimaru, as the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, I pardon your crime of defection."