"Hoho..."
Orochimaru smiled, the killing intent in his eyes now completely undisguised.
Hyuga Sho was the first person to look down on him so completely and force him into such a state.
Even the owner of the Rinnegan, Pain,
had never been as arrogant as Hyuga Sho!
"What came before was only an appetizer!"
Orochimaru bit into his finger, formed a hand seal, and slapped it against the ground!
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Bang!!
Accompanied by an enormous cloud of white smoke,
the ground trembled as a purple venomous snake as large as a small mountain appeared before everyone!
"It's Lord Manda~!"
The shinobi of Otogakure cried out.
The one they called Lord Manda was Orochimaru's Summoned Beast.
Manda, from Ryūchi Cave, one of the Three Great Sage Lands!
"Hiss~~~!"
Manda flicked out its tongue and looked toward Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru... what is it this time?"
Manda's tone was not one of obedience at all, but rather one of interrogation.
It was as if, unless Orochimaru explained himself properly, it would turn against him.
"Hoho, Manda, this enemy is no ordinary foe. You'd better prepare yourself..."
"Oh?"
Manda's gaze swept across the area before quickly fixing on Mōryō.
"That's...?! Mōryō?!"
Manda's enormous slit pupils suddenly widened.
As a Summoned Beast with an extremely long lifespan,
although Manda had not lived as long as the eight-hundred-year-old Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima,
still...
it knew about something like Mōryō.
"So this is Manda..."
Hyuga Sho raised his head and stared at this Summoned Beast, which was as large as Mōryō.
It was said
that Orochimaru would not summon Manda casually.
That was because Manda and he were not master and servant, but partners.
Every time he summoned Manda, Orochimaru had to prepare a living sacrifice.
That was the price for summoning it.
Looking at Manda's