Orochimaru casually tossed Yamada Juichi to the ground and curled his lip. "Trash!"
Watching Yamada Juichi lie unconscious where Orochimaru had thrown him, Delta frowned in midair.
A fighter at Six Paths level had been knocked out by a single punch from Orochimaru. That really was pathetic.
Orochimaru immediately changed his expression and called up to Delta. "Sorry. I seem to have gotten a little carried away."
Now that the battle was over, the Research Institute's airship overhead and the medical team on the ground hurried over.
After the airship landed, Amado went straight to the unconscious Yamada Juichi and examined him. Once he confirmed that Yamada Juichi was still alive, he let out a slight sigh of relief, then stood and asked Orochimaru, "What happened?"
Orochimaru immediately offered the excuse he had prepared in advance. "All the previous testing methods failed, so I wanted to try using death to see if it could spur him to awaken a divine technique. You saw what happened!"
Scorpion chuckled. "So he really is useless!"
Tsunade crouched beside the unconscious Yamada Juichi, examining his body as she muttered, "Huh. Given his constitution, he shouldn't have passed out so easily."
Orochimaru explained, "Maybe he was simply too weak to awaken a divine technique! After all, even I haven't awakened one. What makes him think he can?"
Of the three people who had successfully survived the ritual so far, only Owl had awakened a divine technique. No one contradicted Orochimaru; from the Research Institute's perspective, surviving the ritual didn't mean someone would necessarily awaken a divine technique.
After examining him, Tsunade furrowed her brows. "His injuries are serious. Even his Chakra is weakening!"
Amado asked, "Is his life in danger?"
Tsunade shook her head. "Probably not, but it may take some time for him to