Candy laid the Sage Talisman over Itachi's face. The character for "Sage" stood at its center, surrounded by intricate markings.
Orochimaru couldn't make much sense of what those markings meant.
They looked like the sort of paper charm covered in symbols that some superstitious cultist would pass off as a divine talisman.
But Orochimaru could hardly mistake Liao Wu for a cultist.
Besides—
Orochimaru glanced at Candy.
He hadn't expected Liao Wu to use a Ninja Cat as his Summoning Beast.
It wasn't that Ninja Cats were weak. Someone like Liao Wu simply seemed better suited to a Summoning Beast from the Three Great Sage Regions.
Or he could have done what Madara Uchiha had done and captured the Nine-Tails to serve as one.
Then again, the Uchiha Clan liked cats. That suited them well enough.
As Orochimaru pondered this, the Sage Talisman covering Itachi's face began to glow green.
The glow spread over Itachi's entire body like the light of life itself.
It lasted for about three breaths.
Orochimaru's snake-like senses caught the change at once. Itachi was warm.
The dead had no warmth, but Itachi did.
At first, it was no more than a tiny spark. Then his temperature gradually rose until it matched that of an ordinary person.
Liao Wu had brought Itachi back to life!!
Orochimaru stared wide-eyed, greed stirring in his heart for the Sage Talisman Candy had just produced.
Orochimaru pursued immortality and eternal life. Any Forbidden Technique involving life fascinated him.
How could a method of reviving the dead not?
But Orochimaru quickly calmed himself and suppressed his greed.
A single paper talisman could bring a dead man back to life. What kind of power was that?
Orochimaru stole a glance at Liao Wu.
The man was practically divine!
As life returned to