"Heh heh heh..."
Held in Hyuga Sho's hand, all that remained of him was a head.
Yet Orochimaru was still full of life.
"What a shame... I haven't finished developing my Eight Branches Technique yet..."
Orochimaru murmured.
If he had completed the Eight-Headed Serpent, with its Infinite Regeneration and strength rivaling Mōryō and the power of the Tailed Beasts...
This Hyuga Sho would have long since...
Then...
Now...
Should he use Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over Hyuga Sho's body, or...
Orochimaru considered it for a moment.
He stared into Hyuga Sho's eyes, devoid of sorrow or joy and cold as ice.
Then he recalled Hyuga Sho's mysterious eye power, [Byakugan Pressure].
The obsession in his heart burned even more fiercely, like gasoline meeting a raging fire.
But...
In the end, reason won out over desire.
"Sho-kun, the next time we meet, I'll repay you for this humiliation..."
Despite speaking of humiliation, Orochimaru's face showed no displeasure whatsoever.
The gleam in his eyes... was nothing but an obsession with Hyuga Sho's body.
"!"
As Hyuga Sho unleashed Gentle Fist, Orochimaru's head lolled to one side, and he died on the spot.
Hyuga Sho frowned.
Looking at the head, now utterly lifeless, he pondered what Orochimaru had just said.
The next time we meet?
In other words, Orochimaru had another way to return from the dead?
Deep within the Underground Base... in the Interrogation Room.
A will, or perhaps a soul... without anyone noticing...
Descended upon this place.
When it "opened its eyes," a string of curses and shouts reached its ears.
"Take that~! And that~!"
Crack! Crack!
The whip cracked with a deafening roar.
A woman with long chestnut hair, dressed in a revealing red outfit, was fiercely whipping two women.
One was a busty airhead.
The other... the