Not long after, Tsunade and Third arrived at the deepest, heavily guarded part of the prison.
There was only one cell inside, and the prisoner locked within was none other than Orochimaru, who had previously caused chaos in Konoha and nearly succeeded in assassinating his teacher.
Stepping into Orochimaru's cell, Tsunade said, "Danzo has already been arrested!"
Imprisoned on a bench by various Sealing Jutsu, Orochimaru curled the corners of his mouth upward upon hearing this, speaking in a raspy voice, "Then I should really congratulate you both!"
Tsunade frowned. "He already confessed that he was the one who provided you with intelligence and offered you asylum."
Orochimaru chuckled. "So, what is it you want to ask?"
Tsunade asked, "We want to know if there was any other cooperation between you and him?"
Orochimaru replied, "Of course!"
Tsunade pressed, "What cooperation?"
With a mocking expression, Orochimaru said, "Things like research into the constitution of Upper Moon demons, research into the Bloodline Fusion Ritual of Biruko, research into the Sharingan, and research into First Hokage cells—as long as it piqued our interest, we cooperated on it! Well, does an answer like this satisfy you?"
Hearing Orochimaru's words, both Tsunade and Third fell silent.
The reason why Orochimaru, who once held a high and powerful position, became a rogue ninja in the first place was because his human experiments on his own village's ninja were exposed.
Now it seemed that Orochimaru was likely not the only one involved in those human experiments back then; Danzo must have participated as well.
Orochimaru's gaze then shifted to Third's empty left sleeve, and he smiled. "Teacher, with the technology I currently command, I can forge an even more perfect left arm for you, and even reverse your aging, allowing you to return to your peak