The Arrogant Heart

As for the operational details, the experienced Orochimaru definitely did not need Mizuki telling him what to do. They only needed to provide him with an identity.

"Coming up with names is such a headache..."

"Fortunately, we only need to give Orochimaru a background. As for his clone army, he can figure that out himself!"

Naming several of his own physical clones had already given Mizuki enough trouble. He had no intention of wasting brainpower arranging identities for hundreds or thousands of people.

"Then let's give Orochimaru a title fitting Amegakure's style... What do you think of the name Shigure?"

"Shigure?"

Mizuki hesitated for a moment.

"It sounds a little too soft, though it does suit Orochimaru's temperament rather poorly... I seem to remember there was once an Amegakure shinobi named Shigure?"

Cee replied with a smile:

"There are plenty of people in Amegakure called Shigure. It's like names such as Li Ming, Li Gang, Jianguo, Guoqing, Jianjun, or Heping—there are far too many duplicates."

"Fine, then. Prepare the documents for an Amegakure jonin and send them to Orochimaru. After all these days, he should have regained control of the clone army. It's time to begin."

"Shouldn't we notify him in advance? It seems a little impolite."

Mizuki shrugged.

"Orochimaru doesn't care about that. There's no need for all those pointless formalities!"

More importantly, Orochimaru was currently under the influence of Kotoamatsukami, so there was no need to make things so complicated.

"Set that aside for now. Let me see how far Dreamplay's fusion with the Shinigami's authority has progressed..."

Mizuki's true body lightly pressed a finger against Cee's abdomen. A ball of multicolored light emerged from within Cee, eventually transforming into a giant butterfly before the two of them.

Cee did not resist Mizuki's actions. After all, Dreamplay was