Heavenly Curse Mark

Kabuto Yakushi knew Orochimaru's mind best. Seeing Orochimaru shake his head in disappointment, he pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Compared to that person, anyone would look mediocre, wouldn't they?"

He was the one who rescued Orochimaru from Itachi's subordinates, so he understood Orochimaru's complicated feelings toward Itachi best. Besides, praising Itachi a little could also dispel some of the gloom from Orochimaru's crushing defeat at Itachi's hands.

Orochimaru chuckled softly and accepted Kabuto Yakushi's flattery.

Kabuto Yakushi asked next, "Since you didn't take Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan, do you have some other arrangement?"

"Without the Uchiha bloodline, it's hard to control the Mangekyō Sharingan. Danzo reached the extreme in every aspect, yet he still had to leave the Sharingan implanted in his body in a sealed state to maintain the fragile balance of chakra within him."

Orochimaru shook his head, a hint of disdain for Danzo showing on his face.

Kabuto Yakushi immediately understood Orochimaru's thoughts. "You want to acquire Sasuke's body directly? He's still too young right now, so you want to keep observing for a while?"

Orochimaru gave a noncommittal hum.

The appearance of Upper Rank let him see the possibility of attaining eternal life with his own body, and coupled with his research into senjutsu, it caused him to hesitate slightly about whether to use Living Corpse Reincarnation to possess someone else's body.

Furthermore, Sasuke was only eleven or twelve years old right now, and his body was not yet fully developed. Possessing Sasuke's body at present was not the best choice, so after weighing the pros and cons, he made the same choice he did back in the Forest of Death and let Sasuke go.

Of course.

The reason he made this decision was also because Kimimaro had concealed the intelligence that