"Monsters can turn back into humans?"
Beaut, who had stood up while holding Orochimaru's hand, widened his eyes.
He instinctively wanted to question it, but faced with the latter's smile, he could not bring himself to speak.
"Yes. In fact, we already have one successful case, though the method is somewhat unusual."
"Let me show you around."
"Oh, right. I'll remove your seal first. It was only there to prevent you from flying into a rage, losing control, and damaging the facilities."
With that, Orochimaru raised his right hand, pale blue flames igniting on each of his fingers.
The next moment.
Beaut's upper clothing automatically lifted up first.
Then Orochimaru casually reached with all five fingers toward the ring of strange black patterns on his abdomen.
Beaut instinctively tried to dodge, but with the seal still in place, he could barely use any strength.
"Five Elements Seal Release: Revised!"
"Urgh!"
Beaut felt a sudden burning sensation and impact in his abdomen.
But the power surging out from within him immediately filled him with joy.
Still, the power released after being suppressed for so long was somewhat too violent.
Beaut tried his best to control it, but it still affected his mimicry ability.
His handsome face began to distort, though he reacted quickly and restored it at once.
"Sure enough, you need an extremely high level of control over your body to maintain perfect mimicry."
"But the more energy you use, the more it interferes with that control."
"You have to choose between perfect mimicry and fighting at full strength."
"That was why you were unwilling to advance to S-Class before, wasn't it?"
Watching the other's performance, Orochimaru analyzed it thoughtfully.
"Yes."
"Sweet Mask" Beaut wore a bitter smile.
Of course, his claim that he did not want weak heroes casually