"I wouldn't dare."
Orochimaru calmly lowered his head, but the smile on his face showed not the slightest sincerity in admitting fault.
After living in Konoha for some time, Naruto-Sasuke and Boruto had learned about Orochimaru. Boruto was fine with it; in his era, Orochimaru really did wander around the village.
But Naruto-Sasuke did not see it that way.
He knew perfectly well how difficult it was to keep Orochimaru in check during this period.
Because Orochimaru at this time was no different from a madman when it came to research.
"Let's continue our previous topic."
Yan picked up a skewer of grilled meat and casually handed it to Orochimaru before continuing,
"After you were taken away by Orochimaru, he did indeed raise you. Though he had his own motives, you did grow stronger and become very powerful. You even made Orochimaru suffer a loss."
"But do you think Orochimaru, who only wanted to take over your body, would truly put effort into building your foundation?"
Foundation was important—at least, it had been important to Naruto-Sasuke as a child. Unfortunately, Orochimaru would not help him in that regard.
Because Orochimaru's goal had been to take over Naruto-Sasuke's body.
To Orochimaru, something like a foundation had no meaning.
"This must be Sasuke-kun, correct?"
Orochimaru did not know much, but he was good at guessing. He was not Jiraiya; with limited clues and intelligence, he could infer many things.
Being very familiar with Sasuke, after seeing that similar face and hearing Yan's words, he could guess that the person before him was Sasuke Uchiha—more precisely, not the Sasuke Uchiha of this world.
"You can call me Uchiha Naruto-Sasuke. The me from this world doesn't much like having two people named Sasuke Uchiha."
Naruto-Sasuke gave Orochimaru, who differed greatly from the one in