"Lord Yoru, take care!"
Orochimaru bowed and scraped, seeing Yoru all the way to the other side of the spatial gate.
His fawning lackey-like demeanor was utterly different from the mad frenzy of the scientific fanatic he had been just moments ago.
Once Yoru had completely vanished from sight,
Orochimaru abruptly turned around.
"Heh heh... Hehehehe..."
Rubbing his hands together, he let out a creepy, perverted chuckle.
His golden slit pupils locked onto Hidan, who had been bound up by Wood Release like a dumpling.
As though he were looking at a naked beauty with no ability to resist.
"Mmph! Mmph!"
Seeing the malicious look in the eyes of the pale-faced freak before him, Hidan shuddered violently.
He struggled with all his might, letting out unwilling muffled cries.
An icy chill shot from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.
He had a premonition.
Falling into this guy's hands would be ten thousand times worse than death!
"Don't be scared, little darling."
Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips, his voice so sticky it was nauseating.
"Very soon, you'll become my greatest work of art."
He gave Hidan no chance to react.
He simply hoisted up the still-wriggling "mummy" like a sack and carried him through the pitch-black spatial gate.
The gate slowly closed.
All that remained was the wreckage-strewn lakeside, along with that maniacal laughter full of perverse delight, lingering in the night wind for a long time.
Iwagakure, underground Supreme Scientific Research Institute.
A-07, the biological dissection chamber with the highest security clearance.
The air was thick with the pungent stench of formalin mixed with disinfectant.
"Zzzzt—"
Alloy restraint straps firmly secured Hidan to the cold operating table.
The Wood Release in his mouth had been removed, but in its place was