Ignoring Jiraiya's puzzled look, he continued:
"Don't reveal my identity for the next five years. I'll bear all responsibility afterward!"
With that, Orochimaru stopped paying attention to the somewhat drunken Jiraiya and left directly.
After Orochimaru left, Jiraiya opened the scroll, unable to understand why that guy was being so mysterious again.
But the moment he saw what was written inside, his mind instantly cleared. There was no trace of drunkenness left.
"Where did Orochimaru get this stuff?"
Jiraiya hurriedly put away the scroll, cold sweat unknowingly breaking out across his forehead.
He had thought that after lying low for a year, Orochimaru had turned over a new leaf. Seeing these things now made his heart sink.
And he had to hide it for him for five years. What was supposed to happen after those five years? What exactly was that guy planning?
Those questions once again filled Jiraiya's mind. Looking in the direction Orochimaru had departed, he could only let out a heavy sigh.
What Orochimaru had given Jiraiya was none other than the Wood Release ninjutsu he had recorded.
Yamato had now left Danzo's control. Without Danzo backing him, he naturally could no longer learn Wood Release. But if that old bastard Danzo could get hold of it, then Orochimaru could as well.
Not to mention his current research—even if he told Danzo that he wanted to study Wood Release ninjutsu in order to research Hashirama Cells, Danzo would obediently comply.
Ordinary people without the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai could not use Wood Release at all. It was precisely because Danzo knew this that he had allowed Orochimaru to view the ninjutsu.
There were also quite a few Wood Release ninjutsu within the Sealing Jutsu Forbidden Area he had entered, and Orochimaru had recorded every last one of