Although Orochimaru's expression did not noticeably change, there was still a faint trace of regret and disappointment within it.
Orochimaru slowly walked up to the glass jar, raised a hand to stroke its surface, and began recounting the information he had not told Tsunade.
"Senya, you restored my body, so you should know that this allowed me, more or less, to sense the existence of Natural Chakra."
"Yet even this tiny fragment makes me instinctively loathe and reject it."
"I still have not figured out what this thing is. But one thing I can be certain of is that it does not belong to the Shinobi World. I have studied countless samples, yet never encountered anything containing such Chakra—so incomparably greedy that it constantly and slowly devours the Natural Chakra around it."
Only then did Orochimaru remove his hand from the glass tube. When he looked at Senya again, his gaze had become sharp and serious.
"This fragment was discovered by Hiruko while carrying out a mission at Kannabi Bridge."
"He once developed a secret technique called the Chimera Technique, which could devour another person's bloodline limit and transplant it onto himself."
"Through human experimentation on himself, he transformed his constitution into one with an extremely high affinity for Chakra."
"The instant he touched this thing, the fragment began merging into his palm. By the time he returned to me, only this small piece remained exposed, and it was eventually removed."
"At the same time, his consciousness began to grow hazy. Before long, his temperament became impatient and irritable, and soon after that, he defected from Konoha."
"As for what happened afterward, Fugaku already mentioned it earlier. Judging by your expression, do you know some hidden details?"
As Orochimaru told Senya everything he knew, he also watched the changes in