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"Setting Danzo aside for now—he wanted to scheme against you, so no matter how you retaliated, it wouldn't have been excessive. But..." Sarutobi looked around at the culture dishes in the laboratory, then fixed Nawaki with a complicated gaze and asked again, "Did you really take part in these so-called experimental studies?"
Nawaki could sense Sarutobi's feelings at that moment. He knew that, even now, Sarutobi still held out hope for him. But he nodded and admitted, "Yes! Although I didn't personally conduct the experiments, I provided Orochimaru with substantial funding and theoretical support. So, he and I jointly led these experiments!"
At those words, Sarutobi's eyes went utterly lifeless. His body swayed, and he nearly lost his grip on the adamantine staff in his hand.
"Teacher!"
Nawaki instinctively reached out to support him, but Sarutobi roughly brushed him aside. With a sorrowful expression, he said:
"Good! Who would have thought that Skywalker, regarded as the embodiment of kindness and benevolence, would commit something so cruel and evil!
"It seems the entire Shinobi World has been deceived by you.
"But why didn't you keep pretending?
"You should know that if you hadn't admitted it yourself, I never would have believed it—even if Orochimaru had openly revealed your relationship!"
Orochimaru's mouth twitched. The gap between people really was enormous.
The other two listeners in the corridor still wore expressions of utter disbelief. Yamato was merely too shocked to speak. Kakashi, however, kept denying it under his breath. "No! How could Teacher Nawaki do something like this? This must be Orochimaru's scheme..."
Orochimaru was