"That's quite an ingenious idea! Treating another person's soul as an inner demon, guiding it in, then utterly defeating it to temper your own soul. It should be imitating visualization methods like Asura contemplation and White Bone contemplation, shouldn't it?" Sarutobi Toru commented after reading through it.
"But isn't the cost of this method a little too great? Every session requires the life of at least a Chunin-level genjutsu ninja. No matter how wealthy you are, you can't squander resources like that."
"Even if every prison in Konoha Village were open to you, they'd only provide enough material for one or two months of training before you ran out!"
"Hehe." Orochimaru seemed troubled as he licked his lips. "It is indeed troublesome. Such an excellent training method, yet because of the lack of materials, I can only practice it once in a while."
Closing the scroll, Sarutobi Toru gained a clearer understanding of Orochimaru's madness. Only Orochimaru in this world could have conceived of a training method built entirely upon human lives.
Still, it had to be said that the method was indeed effective. Although a shortage of materials meant Orochimaru could only train occasionally, over the past year or so, the lives of more than a hundred captive genjutsu ninja had raised his soul strength to at least the stage where it could manifest visibly.
"Then how far has your bloodline research progressed? Don't tell me you have no requirements whatsoever for your future body."
Sarutobi Toru asked again.
"Of course I do. But a trade should be mutual, shouldn't it?" Orochimaru said excitedly, his tongue stretching out absurdly long.
"That's disgusting. Can't you put your tongue back in? Just because you're called Orochimaru, have your habits become like a snake's too?" Sarutobi Toru said with some displeasure.
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