Otogakure was thrown into chaos.
The Sound Four, who had been injured and fled Konoha, had no way to stop those people from defecting.
So.
They simply let it go.
Under Kabuto Yakushi's orders.
The Sound Four took the critically ill Kimimaro and left Otogakure directly.
They had completely abandoned the village.
Instead, they all arrived at Orochimaru's secret base not far from the Land of Fields.
"When exactly will Lord Orochimaru revive?"
Kidomaru asked somewhat urgently.
"It won't be much longer."
Kabuto Yakushi glanced at the secret chamber.
Then he quickly led the Sound Four back to the conference room.
At that moment.
His mood was exceptionally pleasant.
A faint smile hung from the corners of his mouth.
"I knew it.
Lord Orochimaru is the strongest.
Look.
The leader of the Black-Clad Organization, such a mysterious existence.
Couldn't even kill Lord Orochimaru!
Once Lord Orochimaru obtains an even stronger body.
I refuse to believe there's anyone in this world who can stop Lord Orochimaru!"
Not long ago.
He had watched helplessly as Orochimaru was struck dead with a single palm.
His heart had completely collapsed.
Because in his eyes.
Orochimaru was the strongest existence in the world.
That palm had overturned his understanding.
It had left him utterly devastated.
To the point that he had barely fought at all before fleeing back with the Sound Four.
However.
Just as he was feeling sorrowful and despairing, preparing to use Orochimaru's cells to modify himself.
He suddenly discovered that Orochimaru had come back to life!
Although Orochimaru was frighteningly weak at that moment.
But.
He was, without a doubt, alive.
This immediately gave him endless room for imagination.
"To survive that kind of attack.
As expected of Lord Orochimaru!"
However.
He did not know.
The Lord Orochimaru he was praising was