"Orochimaru... you've caused quite a bit of trouble this time..."
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The White Snake Sage stared at Orochimaru as he fiddled with various bottles and jars.
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"??"
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Orochimaru looked up, puzzled.
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Then.
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As clever as he was, he had already figured some things out.
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"White Snake Sage, are you saying..."
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Orochimaru's expression turned unusually grim.
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"The White Devil... has come to the door?"
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Hyuga Sho had no idea that Orochimaru had come to Ryūchi Cave.
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After all, Hyuga Sho wasn't a god.
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He wasn't omnipotent.
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He hadn't come to Ryūchi Cave solely for Orochimaru, either.
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It had been nothing more than a spur-of-the-moment decision and a coincidence.
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"My lord... I found something interesting inside her body..."
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Yakushi Kabuto brought his eye close to the microscope and observed.
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"It looks somewhat like the structure of the White Phosphorus Serpent's corpse."
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Orochimaru's Curse Mark power came from a part of humanity.
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Later, through those humans, he traced its origins to Jugo the Scales.
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By researching the people of Jugo the Scales' clan.
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Orochimaru ultimately found the source of Jugo's power.
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That was Ryūchi Cave.
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Jugo the Scales' Sage Transformation and Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode.
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Their relationship was much like that between the Hyuga Clan and Otsutsuki Hamura.
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Although one was the source, differentiation had still occurred.
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After reluctantly putting away the research samples.
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Yakushi Kabuto prepared to end this journey and resume his research.
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For now, the most important thing was to keep moving forward.
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Hyuga Sho walked over and looked toward Tagorihime.
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Tagorihime's expression had long since changed from ferocious to trembling with fear.
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Because...
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She had never seen