The Alcohol Factory's Mole Takes Action

"Hmph, you stinking snake. I hope that when you return to the Land of Fire, it won't become your grave. Otherwise, if I want to pay my respects someday, I'll have quite a long trip ahead of me!" Once the matter had been settled, Sasori's voice leisurely rang out.

No one knew whether Sasori and Orochimaru were simply born incompatible, but whether in the original story or this life, the two had always disliked each other.

Their mutual sniping had continued ever since they first met.

Furthermore, they had plenty of disagreements in the field of research as well.

Put simply, Sasori believed in mechanical ascension, while Orochimaru believed that flesh was weak!

Back before Shisui joined Akatsuki, Sasori and Orochimaru had once been partners for a time.

Of course, that time had been exceedingly brief!

Akatsuki's operations generally involved teams of two. Most of the time, the two members could cooperate and achieve an effect greater than one plus one. At worst, one plus one still equaled two.

But Orochimaru and Sasori were different. Their cooperation was completely less than one plus one, perhaps even approaching one or less.

Whenever they carried out missions together, both wished they could kill the other.

However, since neither showed all their cards, the strength they displayed remained relatively evenly matched.

This left them wanting to kill each other, yet unable to do so.

Thus, whenever Sasori and Orochimaru went out on missions in the past, they had to guard against each other. Naturally, the two of them together were worse than either one acting alone.

Later, Shisui joined Akatsuki. Orochimaru decisively abandoned Sasori and asked Pain to pair him with Shisui.

Naturally, Sasori felt the same way. He did not want to team up with Orochimaru either.

After Nagato secretly discovered just