On Hokage Rock, not far from the arena.
Orochimaru flicked out his tongue, his face brimming with excitement.
"For a mad scientist like him, nothing was more thrilling than obtaining new experimental data."
"Hehe, I never expected that after finally coming out for once, these two clone bodies would finally prove useful."
"And I even ran into two Otsutsuki who died twenty-eight years ago."
"But only this could verify just how great my technology truly was."
"Using that person's flesh and blood, I painstakingly cloned and modified the Rinnegan, created the Nine-Tails chakra conduits, and persuaded that Nine-Tailed Fox. It practically cost me countless brain cells."
"Still, seeing it successfully put to use now truly makes me happy."
"As for whether they could defeat those two with this power, that would depend on their own abilities."
Watching the sealed multilayered barrier in the distance, Orochimaru greedily flicked out his tongue and said, "If I could replicate even more clone bodies, perhaps I could create an existence like that guy in the future."
"At that time, it would become my greatest masterpiece!"
Orochimaru grabbed his own cheek and pulled so hard that it felt as though he might tear off his own skin.
"Orochimaru, you're still the same—so crazy that you don't even love women."
"Oh, right. Even now, I still can't tell whether you're a man or a woman."
The cold, haughty voice rang out without warning.
Orochimaru shuddered. Every muscle and cell in his body tensed to the limit as he hurriedly looked behind him.
The first thing that entered his sight was a burly figure with golden hair.
As he looked at the stranger who had appeared behind him without warning, especially the immense power concealed within the other man's body, Orochimaru's eyes widened. Just as he tried