Believe it or not

Upon hearing this, Kanami froze.

He hadn't expected Orochimaru to be so audacious.

He could even come up with the idea of sacrificing the entire Cloud Village. But then again, many of Orochimaru's experiments were inhumane.

It's not a big problem to be able to instantly think in an inhumane way.

"Sacrificing the entire village... Even if the Akatsuki Organization had that idea, Ōnoki would never agree to it. Besides, Ōnoki isn't a fool like Hanzo who would be forcibly killed by a small organization from his own village."

Kanami finished speaking.

Orochimaru nodded, lost in thought.

The fact that Ōnoki has lived to such an old age and is still the Third Tsuchikage means he has his own abilities, and it's not just because he possesses the most powerful attack, Kekkei Tōta, or Dust Release.

However, apart from this method, Orochimaru pondered for a long time but still couldn't come up with any other solutions.

In his view, since the Impure World Reincarnation requires a large number of lives, and they themselves have no human beings, the Cloud Village is currently the least emotionally connected group.

Although news from the Shinobi World indicated that the Akatsuki Organization had already occupied Mist Village and killed the Daimyo of the Land of Water.

The situation in the Land of Water was already common knowledge; there were hardly any people left in the village, so how could they possibly form Ninja army to fight against the Konoha Village?

"If you don't understand, then tell me, what's the point of the Akatsuki Organization seeking me out to discuss the Impure World Reincarnation?"

"They don't have any new life forms to serve as vessels, and even if they wanted to resurrect powerful Ninja from previous generations, they would need to collect their corpses; at the very least, they would need some flesh and blood to have a chance."

Kanami replied simply, "Collecting corpses is mostly not difficult, and there's no custom of cremation here."

Orochimaru asked in confusion, "Cremation? What's that?"

"They used fire to set the body on fire."

"Even the dead must suffer the agony of their bodies being burned alive? What a strange custom."

Orochimaru found it utterly incomprehensible. The person was already dead, probably preparing to be reincarnated, and yet they were burned. It was as if even in death they couldn't find peace.

"So, people like you don't understand. That's why in this Shinobi World, many corpses are still easy to find. As for the other life forms you mentioned, unfortunately, they do exist, and quite a few at that."

Orochimaru frowned upon hearing this.

"There are many other life forms? Perhaps I haven't explained it clearly. Pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep won't do; it must be humans."

He reiterated this point.

Kanami naturally understood that he needed people; otherwise, wouldn't all those years of watching Naruto Shippuden have been for nothing?

Kanami said, "I know that they possess nearly ten thousand humanoid life forms, and these can serve as vessels for the Impure World Reincarnation."

"How many?!"

"Tens of thousands?"

Orochimaru frowned even more deeply.

He was somewhat skeptical; if it weren't for Kanami telling him this, he would have turned around and left by now.

What does "tens of thousands" mean?

That's almost the population of a large ninja village.

The Akatsuki Organization, with so many members, currently only publicly displays five members?

Were tens of thousands of them ordinary civilians, not Ninja?

If that's the case, then the Akatsuki Organization is even more terrifying.

He used to be a member of the Akatsuki Organization, but he had never heard of any mission or requirement to capture other civilians.

The task assigned to his group was to capture the Tailed Beast. Basically, they worked in pairs, and each pair was responsible for two Tailed Beast.

But he eventually defected.

After all, Akatsuki was merely a temporary place for him when he first left Konoha and had not yet found another place to settle down.

After failing to defeat Itachi Uchiha, there was naturally no need for him to remain alive.

"How come I've never heard of the Akatsuki Organization having such a thing?"

Do you really think your intelligence network is invincible?

If you could really find out other people's secrets just by wanting to know them, then why would Obito Uchiha wear a mask and act Madara Uchiha? He could just take off the mask and admit his identity Obito Uchiha, and that would be the end of it.

Besides, even Nagato doesn't know about this, how could Orochimaru possibly find out?

Only two people in the entire Akatsuki Organization knew about it: Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

Kanami glanced at him. "I won't let you know everything."

"How did you know that?"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes to slits and asked in return.

Kanami was taken aback.

This was a path he hadn't considered, and Orochimaru's counter-question stumped him.

"I have a special ability: I can see the future."

Although he couldn't even fool his wife Hinata Hyuga with those words, he didn't care.

In short, believe it or not.

Orochimaru naturally chose not to believe it.

"Then tell me, what does my future hold?"

Kanami: "Telling you won't help. You won't believe me anyway. And even if you do believe me after the future has happened, it won't make any difference."

"Then why should I believe you?"

"I didn't ask you to believe me; believe it or not, it's up to you."

Orochimaru remained silent.

This was the first time he, a man of great eloquence, had been completely stumped by a question.

"Then I believe you. Tell me."

Kanami looked up at Orochimaru.

It's obvious that the other party's words were just casual remarks, and it's hard to say whether they were truly believed or not.

However, Kanami didn't care too much; he had come up with a good idea.

"In a few days, Akatsuki will come looking for you, but it won't be the leader you know. Instead, it will be someone wearing a mask who claims to be Madara Uchiha."

"And he'll discuss the Impure World Reincarnation with you, wanting to cooperate with you. Then you'll know what this 'life form' he's talking about really is."

After listening to what Kanami said, Orochimaru fell into deep thought.

The future has not yet happened, so he cannot make a decision.

He was skeptical of what Kanami said.

He recognized the masked man, but he was just a substitute player. Even if he had barely become a regular player, he shouldn't have been sent alone to discuss cooperation with Orochimaru, unless the leader had lost his mind.

Otherwise, with Masked Man 'Tobi strength, would he be able to defeat Orochimaru?

Orochimaru himself, at least, did not believe that Tobi possessed the strength to face him alone.

And why does he have to bear the identity of Madara Uchiha?

"I knew you wouldn't believe me. Whatever. Judging from your suspicious attitude, you don't believe I can let you conduct experiments in Konoha without worry. Do as you please."

After Kanami finished speaking, he vanished from the spot in a flash.

Orochimaru, regaining his senses, was stunned for a moment.

"Is that the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"It seems like he uses it even faster than the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze..."

"But did he really leave like that?"

After whispering, Orochimaru used his sensory abilities to perceive his surroundings.

a long time.

He turned and went back into a dark Underground Room.

"He actually left... Did he really only come to me about this because he thought Akatsuki's attack on Konoha would bother him?"