Orochimaru felt an instinctive wariness toward Liao Wu.
This man had not only the Sharingan that could counter him, but also the Rinnegan possessed by Pain, the leader of Akatsuki.
And his face was one Orochimaru had never seen before.
Liao Wu folded his arms and smiled at Orochimaru's question. "Take a guess!"
Orochimaru emerged from the great snake's mouth. Until he understood Liao Wu's purpose, he made no rash moves.
He flicked out his snakelike tongue and studied Liao Wu's appearance. "That form of yours—is it Ryūchi Cave's Snake Sage Mode?"
"Are you a senior who trained in Senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave?"
But as soon as he said it, Orochimaru dismissed the idea. "No. The White Snake Sage told me no one had ever mastered Snake Senjutsu!"
"Then you... came from the future!"
Liao Wu looked at Orochimaru in surprise. The identity he had given himself was that of an ancient Uchiha from the past.
Yet Orochimaru had decided he came from the future.
"You figured out where I came from based on Snake Senjutsu alone?"
Orochimaru shook his head. "Not just Snake Senjutsu. There's your Sharingan and Rinnegan, too. Your eyes look as though they've seen through everything."
"Through my life, through my personality! If you aren't a god, then that look proves you know a great deal!"
Of course Liao Wu did. He had read the manga.
Liao Wu did not leave Orochimaru to keep guessing. "Then can you guess why I revived you?"
"I would say... my research abilities," Orochimaru replied. "I may not be particularly strong, but when it comes to studying the Ninja World, I'm confident I can hold my own against those old monsters."
"For example?"
Orochimaru used Liao Wu's two eyes as his example. "I once observed Itachi's Sharingan. His Mangekyo carries