Orochimaru ran off again.
Chiyo's enthusiasm failed to persuade him to stay.
What the brave warrior of the seas yearned for was freedom and the ocean. He would never remain in one place.
"What a pity. I never got to see the real Mōryō."
Walking along the streets of Demon Country, Orochimaru strolled leisurely, having escaped unscathed. The doors of every house along the surrounding streets were tightly shut, and not a soul could be seen.
"Where should I go next?"
This Shinobi World was filled with Konoha's territory. Where else could he go?
In Orochimaru's eyes, the world was vast. Mimi often described the immensity of the world to him. Not to mention the starry sky above, there was another continent beneath their feet.
"The Byakugan fellows on the moon seem rather interesting."
But they were extremely closed off. After years of contact, they remained mysterious, and his knowledge of them was limited.
"Perhaps I should go to Kirigakure's territory."
Kirigakure had pawns Orochimaru had planted and manipulated, so he would not have to worry about not knowing where to go.
The problem was that, to evade Mimi's surveillance, they had spent years drifting at sea without a fixed route.
Although Orochimaru seriously doubted whether they had actually managed to hide from Mimi.
He could not help looking up at the sky.
Orochimaru had participated in and visited Mimi's Space Project, so he knew most of her plans.
One of them was the Sky Insect Eye System.
An extraterrestrial synchronous-orbit satellite insect.
What he did not know was whether Mimi had launched this massive thing into the sky.
However, compared with launching satellite insects, Orochimaru knew that Mimi had her eyes on the existing moon. As a Space Base, it was an exceptionally ideal location.
He had once watched