Chapter 102: Losing My Sakura?
Orochimaru didn't answer him right away. Instead, he smiled and said, "Secret techniques aren't taught lightly. If you're willing to become my student, I'll teach you this jutsu. How does that sound?"
The moment Orochimaru said "this jutsu," Keiichi immediately understood.
What else could it be?
It could only be Impure World Reincarnation!
How had I forgotten?
In this Shinobi World, the dead couldn't always keep secrets. Even after you died, someone could drag you back from the Pure Land and question you!
To anyone else, it might sound like a tall tale, but Orochimaru wasn't just anyone.
What a terrifying, ruthless man. Even his own students weren't exempt—he could pull them back from the world of the dead and make them keep working for him.
You could be dead and still have to work overtime!
"Keiichi, I know quite a few of your little secrets. You wouldn't want other people finding out, would you? Think it over. I'll be waiting for your answer."
With that, Orochimaru patted Keiichi on the shoulder, gave him a kindly smile, and walked straight off.
That smile sent a chill down Keiichi's spine.
Keiichi stood there, frowning as he tried to work out what Orochimaru was really after.
Perhaps at first, he really had made up charges against him to avenge his student. But for someone like Orochimaru, revenge was never the most important thing.
If Keiichi suddenly became Orochimaru's student, then the so-called victory of the Leaf Jonin would instantly become a joke. Orochimaru would have won after all.
And it would be a win-win.
As for Keiichi, he would completely alienate all the great clans of the Leaf. If he wanted to stay there, he'd have to obey Orochimaru without question.
So there was no way he'd