The exchange sounded completely nonsensical, but Orochimaru knew what Ye Zi meant. He was simply saying that the battle ahead would endanger his life.
So, with those practical Mangekyo eyes, he refuted Ye Zi's point.
Indeed, even Ye Zi could not deny how useful Kamui was, especially when it came to ensuring one's own safety.
"Suit yourself. Just don't die."
After a moment of silence, Ye Zi did not force Orochimaru to stay.
In fact, even if he failed and died, Orochimaru could not die. If Orochimaru died as well, there would be no one to carry out the arrangements he had left behind. That was something he did not want to see.
Orochimaru gave a cold smile and said indifferently, "I won't die before I find the truth. You should be the same."
Ye Zi silently glanced at him and nodded slightly. He then turned into a cloud of white smoke and vanished from the spot, returning to the ninja world.
Yes... I won't die before I achieve my goal. Before I see the result with my own eyes, even if I die, I won't be able to rest in peace.
In the past, he had thought that if his legs broke, he would crawl; if his hands broke, he would wriggle forward, or even bite the ground with his teeth to keep moving. Unless he died, he would never stop advancing.
Now, he felt that even if he died, he would crawl back from the Pure Land to the living world—not for anything else, but simply because he wanted to reap the rewards of all he had invested along the way.
Watching Ye Zi turn into white smoke and disappear, Orochimaru also used Summoning Jutsu to return to the ninja world.
The two appeared in the same place,