Second Pillar cast Orochimaru a cold glance.
With a slight frown, he said, "What answers can you give me? Do you even know what answers I'm looking for?" There was not the slightest trace of trust in his words. After all, even Sasuke himself did not truly know what answer he wanted to find, nor did he know whether that answer would be what he wanted—whether it would allow him to let go.
But Sasuke knew very clearly that if he did not search for it, he would never be able to resolve the knot in his heart for the rest of his life!
"Hehe, Sasuke-kun, do you understand yourself that well? Yet I understand you—better than you understand yourself. The current you is just like I was back then, seeking the secret of immortality, hoping to find the most perfect method in this world. I simply did not want to die. Was that wrong?"
"They called me an ambitious man, but that was nothing. It truly was a kind of ambition. And now, Sasuke-kun, you have stepped onto the same path where I once stood. So I'm curious. I want to know what choice you will make once you find your answer!" Orochimaru's hoarse voice echoed through the space.
It seemed so empty and chilling.
Second Pillar merely looked at Orochimaru calmly. It seemed that Orochimaru's words had stirred something in him, giving him a trace of understanding. Or perhaps, from that perspective, he accepted Orochimaru's explanation.
"Let's go. We'll find the people who can give you the answer."
"To Konoha—to the previous Hokage."
Orochimaru's words made Sasuke raise his brows slightly, and then a look of realization flashed across his face. It seemed Orochimaru truly understood what answer he wanted to find, and the previous Hokage were indeed