That overflowing Chakra from before really was Tailed Beast Chakra? Orochimaru's eyes flashed. He did not fully believe it, but neither did he doubt it much.
Orochimaru was equally interested in the Tailed Beasts, but he had not had many opportunities to come into contact with them.
Konoha Village had the Nine-Tails, but it was sealed inside Kushina. Even if he wanted to study the Nine-Tails, he had no opportunity to do so.
Although Jinchuriki often appeared in war, there were not many within the Five Great Ninja Villages who could truly control a Tailed Beast.
Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, counted as one, and Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, counted as another!
The two publicly acknowledged perfect Jinchuriki were both in Kumogakure, so Kumogakure's apparent strength was still formidable, second only to Konoha Village, which possessed two Kage and three Sannin!
That was also why they had dared to launch the Third Shinobi World War!
Their immense strength had driven them to start the war!
On the battlefield, it was not as though Orochimaru had never encountered Jinchuriki. He had even fought them before. But when it came to research on Tailed Beasts, he certainly had not delved as deeply into it as he had in the original story...
After all, Orochimaru did not yet have much time to research all sorts of things. First Hokage Cells alone were enough to occupy him for a long time...
Orochimaru gave a teasing smile. "So the Chakra fluctuations I sensed before were the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Chakra. But that idea is simply a fantasy! Even if your body can withstand the Tailed Beast Chakra's invasion, without a Tailed Beast continuously supplying Chakra, one day it will be completely exhausted..."
Yei said calmly, "That is why I gave up on that idea