Bang!
The sound of glass shattering rang through a brightly lit laboratory.
"What? Say that again!"
Orochimaru, dressed in a white lab coat, froze with both hands suspended in midair.
His left hand was empty, while his right still held a glass instrument resembling a dropper.
His vertical snake pupils were filled with shock.
He had originally been conducting an experiment, but when Ohm returned, he brought him startling news.
Konoha was gone!
Upon hearing this, the shock in Orochimaru's heart caused the glass vessel in his hand to fall to the floor.
Naturally, Orochimaru's first reaction was to suspect that he had misheard, which was why he asked that question.
"Orochimaru-sama, not long ago, while the Allied Forces of the Five Great Shinobi Villages were attacking Amegakure, the Akatsuki Organization launched a surprise attack on Konoha. The Sky Ninja joined them afterward.
Konoha has now been completely destroyed!"
Ohm truthfully relayed the intelligence he had received to Orochimaru.
Thinking of his own initial reaction upon receiving this intelligence, Ohm did not find Orochimaru's expression strange at all.
After hearing Ohm's account once more, Orochimaru fell silent.
The slight tremble of his body revealed the turmoil within his heart.
"Haaah..."
Who knew how long passed before Orochimaru finally let out a long breath.
"Let's go."
Orochimaru suddenly said to Ohm.
Now that he had learned Konoha had been destroyed, how could Orochimaru still be in the mood to conduct experiments?
Of course, after learning this news, Orochimaru could not say whether he was happy or sad.
Perhaps it was both.
All that could be said was that Orochimaru's feelings were very complicated.
To be honest, Orochimaru himself had thought more than once about destroying Konoha.
It was just that Konoha in this life was too powerful, and Orochimaru had never