It was a tremor born of Kitahara Kaede's decisiveness.
Orochimaru had come from an era of war.
What kind of scene had he not seen before?
There had been no shortage of spies who spoke like Kitahara Kaede.
It would be more accurate to say there had been an enormous number of them.
Usually, when those spies said such things,
it was often when they were about to gain someone's trust.
Once the words were spoken, trust naturally followed.
But...
Orochimaru did not want to regard Kitahara Kaede as a spy.
After all, Kitahara Kaede seemed to have no need to use emotions to get through to him.
The two fell silent for a while.
Tsukikawa Isshiki's projection suddenly spoke.
"How was that? Were you shocked? I left that time for you to marvel!"
Just as Orochimaru was about to speak, he heard those words.
No wonder the projection had seemed to freeze earlier.
So there was nothing wrong with this thing.
His desire to study and reproduce the device grew even stronger.
Meanwhile, Kitahara Kaede, who witnessed this,
felt even more deeply that Tsukikawa Isshiki was a living treasure.
He had been planning to test his acting skills again.
To see whether he could play an emotional card well against Orochimaru.
But now, it seemed Kitahara Kaede's plan was impossible.
"Were you confused by your own bloodline?"
Tsukikawa Isshiki's projection moved closer to Kitahara Kaede.
The latter took a tiny step back.
Kitahara Kaede truly could not stand Tsukikawa Isshiki anymore.
The moment he stepped back, Tsukikawa Isshiki's projection followed again.
"Actually, I didn't notice it at first. It wasn't until you activated your power earlier that I caught a whiff of something familiar."
As he spoke, Tsukikawa Isshiki's projection suddenly revealed a wicked smile.
"I also discovered a