Giving up his body was easy enough to understand.
After all, this body had never belonged to Orochimaru himself. Many years ago—at least before he found Ryūchi Cave—Orochimaru had already discarded the flesh his parents had given him.
Giving up the identity of "Orochimaru" was somewhat unbelievable, but if he kept brainwashing himself into becoming another person—someone who already existed, or an entirely new identity fabricated from nothing—it was not impossible to comprehend—
But giving up his soul?
"Isn't that just suicide?" Wu Yu could not hold it in any longer, question marks practically popping up over his head. "It is suicide, isn't it? Even if I couldn't tell, this fairy lady's Byakugan wouldn't mistake your soul—your soul really is Orochimaru's own. There's no faking that."
Otherwise, Mysterious Kaguya would not have been unable to stop herself from questioning Right Mysterious Orochimaru just now.
Right Mysterious Orochimaru said darkly, "Whether it is suicide depends on how you define the word 'self'—what exactly constitutes a person's self?"
Wu Yu was nothing if not honest. "You just said that you would be reborn from the Cursed Seal in an entirely new form of life. As far as I know, the Sage Chakra contained in the Cursed Seals you modified carries a trace of your own spiritual imprint—or perhaps it could be called a fragment of your soul."
Snake talk and Horcruxes really did sound like a perfect match.
Right Mysterious Orochimaru said calmly, "If I want to sever all ties with your Mysterious Clone ability and eliminate any possibility of being summoned and exploited by you through a Mysterious Clone, then—I will no longer allow the Sage Chakra within the Cursed Seals to match my own soul."
"Souls—" His dark golden vertical pupils stared at the cool-faced Mysterious Kaguya beside him. "They