After coming down from the mountain, Ming Jing's expression never improved. From Nagato, he had learned who had supplied him with the pills. It really was someone entirely unsurprising!
What Ming Jing had not expected was that Orochimaru had already joined Akatsuki. He still greatly admired that scientific madman of the Naruto World, the foremost expert in courting death, and a criminal who abducted children. Orochimaru was the best at cloning in the Naruto World and the person most concerned with orphans. Kimimaro, whose entire clan had been wiped out, and Uchiha Sasuke were both raised robustly under Snake Uncle's meticulous care. Unlike Jiraiya, who taught someone for three years and then simply washed his hands of them. At the very least, he should have taken them out of that dangerous Land of Rain!
So where had Snake Uncle failed most?
He was too honest!
The moment they met, he would say, "Young man, this old man has taken a liking to your body. Lend your body to this old man so I can cherish it properly!"
With a perverted old geezer like that, if you couldn't beat him, you endured humiliation and went along with it. But if you could beat him, you absolutely stomped him to death! For example, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke...
Ahem... He had gone off-topic!
Ming Jing felt that he had to meet Orochimaru, because Orochimaru definitely knew about the Kurama Clan's problem. But Konan and Nagato had both gone back to guide their old subordinates through drug withdrawal, so they probably would not emerge for quite some time. If Ming Jing went looking for him himself, whether he could find him was a minor issue. The key was Orochimaru's attitude!
However, before that, he should write to Koji Kurama and confirm whether the