The Reason

"Stone. Stone tablet!"

Just as the Anbu leader finished speaking, Uchiha Yue, hidden behind the distinctive mask of the Anbu, suddenly frowned slightly, as if some thoughts were forming in his mind, as if he were about to deduce Orochimaru's purpose in massacring the Orochimaru. [Ferry] However, the Anbu who came with Uchiha Yue gave him no time to think before preparing to carry out the task assigned by Uchiha Yue.

Since this was Uchiha Yue's first mission with Orochimaru, he couldn't afford to be careless, as that could leave a bad impression on Orochimaru. Moreover, Uchiha Yue was there for Anbu training and couldn't afford to waste too much time. Therefore, Uchiha Yue went to the area in front of the massacred civilians and used his astonishing memory to check if he and the other Anbu had missed any civilians killed.

Then, after Uchiha Yue had finished checking all the civilian identities, he finally had time to quietly reflect.

However, Uchiha Yue never expected that before he could deduce Orochimaru's thoughts, Orochimaru's figure had already appeared in front of him.

"Moon, you did a good job on the mission."

Looking at the civilians who had died tragically before him, Orochimaru showed no pity whatsoever, as if those who had perished before him were not civilians of the Land of Fire. However, Uchiha Yue could understand Orochimaru's thinking. After all, in the eyes of a powerful figure like Orochimaru, civilians were nothing more than ants. Otherwise, if there were rules in the Shinobi World prohibiting the slaughter of civilians, Orochimaru's methods might have been even more ruthless. Furthermore, Orochimaru didn't care about the lives of Konoha ninjas in order to research forbidden techniques and conduct human experiments; naturally, the lives of these civilians before him were even cheaper.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's exaggerated remark, Uchiha Yue lowered his head slightly and nodded in response.

However, just as Uchiha Yue replied to Orochimaru unexpectedly smiled slightly and asked, "Yue, do you know why I massacred the village?"

Uchiha Yue replied, "I don't know."

"Heh, Yue, the reason I want to massacre the village is to uncover the truth of this world!"

Seeing Uchiha Yue looking at him with a confused expression, Orochimaru's smile deepened, and he slowly explained to Uchiha Yue, "Whether you want to become stronger or research forbidden techniques, you need a vast amount of knowledge as a foundation. And I, in fact, have already used that knowledge to unravel the secrets of this world."

"It seems impossible for me to glean any information from this stone tablet."

Thinking this to himself, Uchiha Yue took a deep breath and shook his head to clear his mind of distractions.

However, Uchiha Yue was still somewhat unwilling to give up and miss the chance to investigate the contents recorded on the stone tablet that Orochimaru valued. Then, just as Orochimaru instructed Uchiha Yue and the others to take the stone tablet away, Uchiha Yue secretly activated his Sharingan, preparing to use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to examine the writing on the stone tablet. If all else failed, Uchiha Yue planned to completely memorize the writing on the stone tablet and decipher it when he had time.

However, Uchiha Yue never expected this...

The moment he used his Sharingan its Three-Tomoe form and focused his gaze on the stone tablet in front of him, Uchiha Yue completely deciphered the inscription on it!

Immediately afterwards...

Under Uchiha Yue's shocked gaze, he murmured the words recorded on the stone tablet:

"Six Paths..."

"Samsara?"