Kimimaro replied, "Lord Orochimaru, I feel like my illness has gotten a little better."
"Oh!"
Orochimaru was suddenly intrigued.
Then, as he told Kimimaro to lie down on the operating table, he hooked him up to one monitoring device after another.
Kimimaro glanced at the demon locked up in the laboratory, then looked away.
Since he had taken part in the operation in Grass Country, he had learned a great deal about demons and knew how dangerous they were to the Shinobi World.
In other circumstances, he would have dealt with the demon without hesitation.
But they were in Orochimaru's laboratory. Though Kimimaro felt that Orochimaru's private research on demons was somewhat improper, he kept the thought to himself.
After examining Kimimaro, Orochimaru clicked his tongue in wonder. "Your condition really has improved tremendously. Was it 'A'? How did he do it?"
Kimimaro didn't hide anything. He explained how, during the battle in Grass Country, he had released the "biological exoskeleton" on his body and unexpectedly obtained a mysterious power.
He left out the part involving Neji.
"A mysterious power!?"
Orochimaru's expression instantly turned grave.
He knew how strong Upper Moon One was. On the snowy mountains in the Land of Lightning, Kimimaro and Kabuto Yakushi had joined forces against Upper Moon One and been easily defeated.
In the battle in Grass Country, Upper Moon One had displayed even greater power. He had not only held off the Sunagakure Ninja Army single-handedly, but had nearly killed the Fourth Kazekage right in front of a host of Sunagakure elites. His reputation had soared!
Against such a top-tier fighter, Kimimaro had managed to fight him to a standstill with a mysterious power. That alone showed how formidable it was.
After pondering for a while, Orochimaru assigned Kimimaro a new task: find a