Mei Terumi: For the Long-Term Friendship Between Our Two Great Ninja Villages, Please Help Me, Neji

Kimimaro coughed twice, then said, "Lord Orochimaru, please let me take part in this mission."

Orochimaru's gaze fell on the candlelight flickering in the room.

Kimimaro's life was like that candle. It would soon burn out.

Orochimaru thought for a long time, then finally nodded. "All right."

"Lord Orochimaru, I promise I won't disappoint you."

Kimimaro sighed in relief and forced himself to look alert as he spoke.

Orochimaru waved a hand, signaling for Kimimaro to leave.

Kimimaro bowed and obeyed, walking out of the room.

After the door closed, Orochimaru wore a thoughtful expression.

Kimimaro had been seriously ill for three years.

Even with Orochimaru's medical expertise, he could only suppress the illness with methods like developing painkillers and replacing Kimimaro's blood. He couldn't cure it.

His research had revealed that the root of Kimimaro's illness lay in his bone marrow—in the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai that had made the Kaguya Clan famous throughout the Shinobi World.

In other words, Kimimaro had a Kekkei Genkai disease.

"The Hyuga clan and the Kaguya Clan inherited Hamura Otsutsuki's Sage Eyes and Sage Body, respectively. When Sage Eyes and Sage Body are combined, they grant the Power of All Creation."

Orochimaru recalled the third path Hyuga Neji had pointed out to him, his golden eyes narrowing slightly.

He suddenly had a feeling that the key to curing Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai disease lay in the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.

Orochimaru sat upright on a bench, his hands clasped as a figure crossed his mind.

Hyuga Hinata, heir to the Hyuga clan's Main Family.

Neji's parents were both dead, and his only close blood relatives were the two girls, Hyuga Hinata and Hanabi Hyuga.

Orochimaru had witnessed the power of Neji's Tenseigan firsthand. Its ocular power was on par with the Rinnegan.

That made him realize