Sacrifice the Entire Cloud Village?

"No," Orochimaru frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook his head. "According to my intelligence, you don't hold any official position in Konoha; you're still just an ordinary Genin."

"What you're saying to me is just empty promises, and you have no authority to make those decisions."

Orochimaru expressed his suspicions very seriously.

His attitude showed that he genuinely wanted to return to Konoha Village to continue his experiments in peace, but unfortunately, he believed that Kanami was just making empty promises.

Kanami shook his head. "Although I am still just a Genin, I am more than just a Genin."

"You know my own strength, and besides that, one of the three Tailed Beast is in my wife's hands, Two-Tails Matatabi, only listens to me and my wife."

"What did you say? Your wife?" Orochimaru's expression was strange.

Kanami, standing before him, didn't look very old at all, and even the other person had a wife, yet he himself couldn't even fully define his own gender.

Perhaps this year he is male, but in three years the next vessel will become female.

Therefore, Orochimaru is affectionately known as "Snake Auntie".

"Who is your wife? Is she in charge of Two-Tails Matatabi?"

Once Orochimaru came to his senses, he began questioning Kanami about his wife.

Is it possible that besides Kanami, who possesses the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan, there is another person who possesses the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline?

In his view, the Uzumaki Clan was the easiest and quickest way to control Tailed Beast.

Even setting aside the Uzumaki Clan, he didn't believe that Tsunade Hokage Konoha Village, could control the Two-Tails Matatabi.

Of course, another point is Tsunade's age; she's the same age as him, already in her forties or fifties.

How could she possibly be Kanami's wife?

As for Naruto Uzumaki, he already possesses the Nine-Tails Fox within him.

Throughout history, aside from the Sage of Six Paths, there has never been a case of a Jinchuriki having two Tailed Beast inside their body.

"Hinata Hyuga," Kanami said with a surprised expression, "You know me so well, yet you don't even know the person I share my bed with?"

"Who would bother to find out who your wife is? I don't have any deep-seated grudge against you."

Orochimaru replied casually.

"For example, everyone knows the Resounding Through the Shinobi World Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo Konoha. But how many people know who Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo's wife is?"

Kanami nodded upon hearing this. "What you said makes a lot of sense."

He thought about it and realized he was right.

If Orochimaru really knows that his wife is Hinata Hyuga and has even conducted a special investigation, then he has to consider whether or not to let Orochimaru return to Konoha Village.

After all, killing Orochimaru was one thing, but letting Orochimaru return to Konoha Village was another; killing him was actually simpler for him.

Although he knew that Orochimaru could be resurrected using the Cursed Seal, it required someone to deliberately guide him to save him.

"But your wife Hinata Hyuga?"

Orochimaru murmured softly.

Does the Hyuga Clan possess any special sealing abilities?

He thought about it for a long time, but couldn't come up with any powerful sealing ability.

The only thing that's somewhat impressive is that his Byakugan, Kekkei Genkai, can see through an enemy's meridians, but it doesn't seem to help much in suppressing Tailed Beast.

Moreover, all he knew about Hinata Hyuga was that she was the daughter of the current head of the Hyuga Hiashi clan.

As for expressiveness, there's basically none...

"Wait, Hinata Hyuga?"

He suddenly frowned.

His thoughts instantly drifted back to the Chunin exam before the Konoha Crush Plan.

At that time, he was still disguised as the Third Kazekage of Sand Village.

The third exam he witnessed was Hinata Hyuga versus Kanami.

Kanami lost without even making a single move.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru glanced at Kanami with a strange expression. "So you already won over your wife during the Chunin exam."

"What's wrong? You seem surprised to learn that my wife is Hinata Hyuga."

"It's nothing. I just thought that someone as strong as you would likely marry someone who is also very strong, or a very considerate and virtuous commoner. I didn't expect it to be neither."

In Orochimaru's eyes, Hinata Hyuga was not a commoner; she came from a prestigious family. However, her own strength was not particularly high.

Kanami glanced at him indifferently. "Sorry, my wife is both."

He continued, "Never mind me. Do you want to go back to Konoha Village? If you go back, I'll naturally find a way to resolve your problem. Why would I need to lie to you?"

"If you can really solve these problems, I'm naturally willing to go back with you, but you make me very uneasy."

Orochimaru gently licked his lips.

Why do you feel uneasy?

"Because you didn't tell me what benefit you got from doing this, I don't believe you're the kind of person who suddenly wants to do good deeds."

"Even if you really are that kind of good person, I've never heard of someone traveling across borders to save others."

Kanami suddenly realized and smiled, "Oh, so that's what you were worried about."

"The benefit I told you about is reducing annoying flies, but it seems you don't believe my reasoning."

Orochimaru: "No one in their right mind would believe that."

"Since you really want to know, then I'll tell you. The Impure World Reincarnation," Kanami looked at Orochimaru, "You've dabbled in all sorts of techniques, and the tree is Forbidden Jutsu you studied a long time ago."

"However, the Impure World Reincarnation requires living people as sacrifices to bring the dead back to life. This drawback isn't particularly significant, but it's not insignificant either."

"So, aside from the Konoha Crush Plan, you've basically never used this Forbidden Jutsu again, right?"

Orochimaru: "You seem to know quite a bit about this. How come you've also done research on the Impure World Reincarnation? Would you like to discuss it with me?"

Although he asked the question in this way, the contempt on his face was obvious; he didn't believe that Kanami's reason for coming was this.

"I wanted to discuss this with you, but the person I'm discussing it with isn't me, it's Xiao." Kanami replied calmly.

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "It seems you've finally returned to the purpose of your visit. Tell me, why did Akatsuki want to discuss the Impure World Reincarnation with me?"

Kanami: "What else could it be for? Naturally, it's to invade Konoha Village and use the Impure World Reincarnation to summon a large number of the dead to fight. Otherwise, the Akatsuki Organization's numbers simply can't sustain a national war or a war between ninja villages."

Orochimaru countered, "Then where did they get so many living people?"

"Could it be that they're planning to sacrifice the entire Cloud Village?"