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"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

"That guy... Why did that guy's eyes turn just like Lord Orochimaru's?"

In a pile of strange rocks not far away, Uchiha Shin lay on a boulder, craning his neck as he stared at "Hiruko" in disbelief!

"Hiruko" still stood motionless, his golden, slit-pupil eyes narrowed as if recalling something.

After a moment, a look of satisfaction spread across his face. "The Chimera Technique. Heh heh heh... Hiruko, I'll take this Forbidden Jutsu!"

"Hiruko"—no, Orochimaru, reborn in Hiruko's body—took a small step forward, his pace... unsteady.

Just as expected.

Although he had successfully reincarnated into Hiruko's body, it was a poor fit for his soul, and the body's rejection was severe.

But Orochimaru wasn't worried. During his years of research into Organ Transplant, he had already developed drugs that could temporarily suppress the rejection. With a few repairs here and there, the body should hold up for three years.

The only thing that worried Orochimaru was that the rejection between soul and body would leave him constantly weak. It was like a beautiful porcelain vase: if he fought anyone too fiercely... it would probably crack.

Of course, he could still manage a few casual moves.

Orochimaru walked over to his "original body," bent down, and peeled off its face. Then he gently laid it over his own. Next, he transferred everything from the original body onto himself and took the opportunity to inject himself with a shot to suppress the rejection between his soul and body.

Orochimaru did all this without hiding it from Uchiha Shin. He knew Shin's nature: greedy, afraid of death, cunning, suspicious, and ambitious. Shin was like a white-eyed wolf that could never be tamed. If Orochimaru kept secrets, he would only reveal his own weakness and give Shin a chance