In the interrogation room, Naruto rested his chin on his hands and watched Orochimaru before him with great interest.
Orochimaru was one of the Konoha Sannin, a genius inventor no less talented than the Second Hokage. Whether it was senjutsu curse mark transformations, cloning Kekkei Genkai, or souls, he had dabbled extensively in all of them.
In a sense, Orochimaru had improved Impure World Reincarnation, indirectly leading to the outbreak of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
That shinobi war, which had lasted only three days, had claimed the lives of over thirty percent of the shinobi world's ninja. It had pushed the Five Great Nations toward peace and, in a roundabout way, fulfilled Nagato's plan to bring peace to the shinobi world through deterrence.
Orochimaru's shortcomings were equally obvious. After witnessing the passing of life, he had become incomparably cold-blooded.
He not only disregarded the lives of his enemies, but even those of his subordinates and civilians. He was a thoroughly cold-blooded creature.
Seeing Naruto's fixed gaze, Orochimaru inexplicably thought of himself before he had begun his experiments. When he looked at his test subjects, his eyes had been just as indifferent.
After a moment of silence, Naruto said in a low voice, "Orochimaru, how do you think I should deal with you?"
The familiar tone made Orochimaru frown, but he still said calmly, "That depends on Menma's intentions. Does Menma want another partner, or another enemy?"
After a brief pause, Orochimaru continued, "Besides, if Menma wanted to kill me, he would have acted long ago."
Naruto glanced at Orochimaru, then dropped his smile and said, "Orochimaru, you have certain things I need. If you're unwilling to hand them over, I don't mind giving you to Konoha and the Akatsuki. I'm sure they'd be happy to accept this gift."
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