Not long after, a smile appeared on Orochimaru's face as he gave the answer that finally allowed Tobirama to set his anxious heart at ease.
"Success."
Then, Orochimaru directly summoned a giant python and had it swallow the prisoner's corpse.
True to his principle of not wasting anything, Orochimaru used it to feed the snake.
Not long after, Orochimaru and Tobirama appeared in the living room of Hyuga Hiashi's residence.
Hyuga Hiashi looked at Orochimaru with both excitement and apprehension. However, with Tobirama present as well, he unconsciously became somewhat restrained.
"Second Hokage, why have you come as well?"
Tobirama looked at Hyuga Hiashi before him. It truly had not been easy for the Hyuga clan to produce someone unlike the rest, someone who wanted to free his clan.
If the Hyuga clan continued as it had before, it would likely perish within a few decades.
"I merely came to see how the Hyuga are doing now. You needn't be so restrained."
"Besides, I am no longer Hokage."
"As the Hokage's Assistant, your position is nominally higher than mine. What is there to be restrained about?"
Upon hearing Tobirama's words, Hiashi inwardly wanted to complain, but ultimately held his tongue.
Leaving aside your enormous contributions to Konoha—founding the Anbu and Police Force, establishing the shinobi education system and shinobi ranking system, and developing a whole pile of forbidden techniques.
On top of that, your elder brother was Hashirama, the former God of Shinobi and First Hokage. You were the Second Hokage. Your grandniece is the current Fifth Hokage, my superior. Your grandniece's husband is the strongest person in the Shinobi World, the president of the Ninja Association and the Hokage's Assistant.
Not to mention that you yourself possess tremendous strength and are known as the man who made a