An watched from below for quite a while and noticed that Orochimaru had been relying on the Chakra Beads in battle. He had not used Dojutsu with massive Chakra consumption, such as the "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion" or "Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion," even once. An immediately understood that Orochimaru's weakness lay in his Chakra reserves.
Although he had been strengthened by the "Tenseigan," after all, his "Tenseigan" had been stolen from Hinata and did not belong to him. Using it was inevitably somewhat awkward.
Still, since those test subjects could enter a "pseudo-One-Tail transformation," there was no reason Orochimaru could not.
It could only be said that Cloud Village's attacks had yet to place enough pressure on Orochimaru to force him to reveal all his trump cards.
Since that was the case, An was in no hurry to act and simply stood nearby, happily watching the show.
After fighting for an entire day, Cloud Village finally could no longer bear the losses. With a whistle, they withdrew in an orderly fashion.
Orochimaru pursued them for a while, claiming quite a few more victories before returning with his men.
Only then did An appear and meet with Orochimaru.
"Haha, Lord Orochimaru, long time no see. It seems the research I commissioned from you has already produced results!"
Orochimaru's gaze traveled over An's body, and he bared his teeth in a smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Lord An's reputation has also resounded throughout the Ninja World recently!"
"Who would have thought that Konoha, such a massive ninja village and once the strongest in the Ninja World, would now be destroyed by Lord An?"
"Lord Orochimaru, don't talk nonsense." An shook his head like a rattle drum, firmly denying Orochimaru's "false accusation."
"Konoha was destroyed by Itachi. He released the monsters