Ye Ning brought Sasori and Shika to Orochimaru's laboratory.
Danzo had been thrown in jail, so Orochimaru naturally couldn't continue colluding with him.
Without Danzo keeping him in line, Orochimaru had become much more well-behaved. He wasn't in a hurry to carry out those terrifying experiments anymore.
Even so, few people ever visited this laboratory of his.
Orochimaru was cold by nature, and pythons often appeared near his laboratory. All in all, he was very unpopular. The Konoha shinobi were more than happy to keep their distance, so naturally, nobody came to bother him.
Ye Ning might have been one of the few exceptions.
To Ye Ning, people like Orochimaru might be crazy, and sometimes it was hard to understand how his mind worked. But as long as you figured out how to get along with him and built a good relationship, he was actually quite easy to deal with.
At the very least, he hadn't lost all of his humanity.
Besides, his abilities would never disappoint.
"Hiss—"
As soon as Ye Ning and the others approached, a small white snake raised its body and hissed at him twice.
Then, with a sudden dart, the little snake shot into the woods and disappeared.
Before long, Orochimaru emerged from a concealed entrance, a hole so well hidden that it was difficult to spot.
Ye Ning's unexpected arrival had caught him while he was still wearing his white lab coat.
When he saw Ye Ning, Orochimaru shrugged. A smile formed on his pale, sinister face.
"I was wondering who it was. So it's you, Ye Ning. It's been a long time."
Noticing Sasori and Shika following behind Ye Ning, Orochimaru curled his lips and joked, "Have you come all this way to deliver experimental subjects to me yourself, Ye Ning? What an