"Teacher Orochimaru, you must be joking. No matter what, I wouldn't use such a lousy excuse, would I?"
Soji felt that he still needed to establish a new persona for himself!
"Oh? Is that so? Then why?"
The smile at the corner of Orochimaru's lips widened. It was clear that he was quite curious about this.
"Sigh, to be honest, Teacher Orochimaru, before long, I need to do something, but I don't have absolute confidence in succeeding. If something happens to me... then, Teacher Orochimaru, I'll need you to help look after this little one."
Soji sighed. His tone sounded carefree, but it also carried a trace of helplessness.
Ever since Shion prophesied that he would be swallowed by a Black Hole, Soji had not truly relaxed for even a single day.
Soji had actually considered giving up on advancing his life level to the Six Paths level.
But having come this far, he was truly unwilling to give up!
Forget being swallowed by a Black Hole—even if he knew he would certainly die, Soji would still take a gamble!
Why were prophecies generally so difficult to change?
Because even when the person in the prophecy knew the outcome, most of the time, they would still continue down the path of their predetermined fate.
The only benefit of knowing a prophecy was that one could make the necessary preparations before that day arrived.
"Hm? You're going to do something you aren't confident about? And something might even go wrong?"
Hearing this, Orochimaru lost the mood to tease Soji. His eyes narrowed dangerously.
Rin Nohara, standing nearby, was also shocked!
Before coming to see Orochimaru, Soji had never mentioned this matter to her.
But now that things had reached this point, it was not appropriate for her to ask.
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