The Heaven Curse Mark on Anko Mitarashi had already had Orochimaru's spiritual imprint within it shattered by Tsunade and Left Mysterious Minato and his wife during last year's Chunin Exam, then been remade into Tsunade's Cursed Seal.
This included the Cursed Seal of Earth on Sasuke and Naruto, as well as on the "defected" Kimimaro. Tsunade had reset them all long ago, replacing them with a pure, harmless green version.
Naruto's had even been replaced with the spiritual imprint Kushina Uzumaki had left within the Eight Trigrams Seal, becoming protective chains similar to Gaara's sand armor----
If he killed the Orochimaru before him, Wu Yu had no idea where any spare Heaven Curse Marks capable of reviving Orochimaru might be. And even if ordinary Orochimaru curse marks could also be used for revival, unfortunately, Wu Yu had only recently released the curse mark test subjects at the Northern Base.
Fortunately, Wu Yu had never intended to revive Orochimaru again anyway.
He could use Orochimaru's Mysterious Clone, so what difference did it make whether the real Orochimaru lived or died?
[Wu Yu, the way you view life and death seems different from before!] Jade Rabbit said curiously within Wu Yu's heart.
[How is it different?] In his mental world, Wu Yu casually stroked the gray rabbit.
[Hmm----] Jade Rabbit hopped about, landed atop his head, and lowered her drooping ears to look into Wu Yu's eyes. [Death is just changing locations, going to stay in the Pure Land. It's nothing worth making a fuss over—like that?]
[Is that so?]
[Yeah—hey, I'm the one asking you, Wu Yu!]
[Hehehe----]
Wu Yu smiled and gestured to Mysterious Kaguya.
Mysterious Kaguya did not hesitate. Since Wu Yu had confirmed it with a nod, she moved her foot away, flicked her sleeve, and drew Orochimaru's