"Answer me, Uchiha Akira! Are you going to save Orochimaru or not?!"
Korde roared himself hoarse.
Even his claws had sunk deeply into Orochimaru's neck, as though that could threaten Uchiha Akira.
"Let Orochimaru answer for herself. I can't be bothered to explain."
The golden Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan in Uchiha Akira's eyes glimmered faintly. He looked at Orochimaru with a half-smile, not even sparing Korde a second glance.
As if an ant was not worth any more of his attention.
"Look directly at me, Uchiha Akira! What gives you the right to ignore me?!"
Korde was furious.
Failing to become Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's vessel had left him with a pride that refused to bow beneath anyone.
Especially after inheriting Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's will and rescuing Ada.
He had also won Ada's "affection."
In his eyes, no one in this world had the right to look down on him anymore!
But now, the mockery of everyone around him and the contempt in Uchiha Akira's eyes once again wounded his pride!
"Then let me explain."
Orochimaru's voice was hoarse, but the corners of her mouth curled upward.
A trace of indifference lingered in her golden snake eyes. The injury to her neck brought her no fear, as if life and death meant nothing to her.
"I am indeed Lord Akira's most loyal subordinate."
"But I am also the subordinate who gives Lord Akira the least trouble. You know that ninjas in the Land of God can be revived, don't you? But do you know how they are revived...?"
Orochimaru's voice grew increasingly magnetic, carrying a woman's seductive charm.
"They were all revived by me, trading life for life."
"And even so, I am still alive. Not even the Reaper could kill me—"
A flash of contempt passed through Orochimaru's golden snake eyes.
It was exactly