Xuanhui had thought Orochimaru was reluctant to leave the Laboratory and the forbidden techniques he had yet to obtain.
It turned out he was reluctant to leave him!
Xuanhui sighed. He had clearly already won Orochimaru over and kept him from turning down a dark path, yet he still doubted him...
"Orochimaru really is a good teacher..."
"Why say that all of a sudden?"
"Never mind that, Teacher. Let me show you the new technique I developed."
Under Orochimaru's curious gaze, Xuanhui gathered a ball of light between his hands and quickly gave it solid form.
This surprised Xuanhui a little. He hadn't expected to improve so quickly in just one day. His casting speed had more than doubled!
He turned the ball into a rod, held the rod of light in his hand, and swung it a few times.
Orochimaru leaned closer with interest.
"Can I play with it?"
Xuanhui tapped Orochimaru's palm, coating his hand with Light Release chakra as well.
"What scorching chakra!"
This was Orochimaru's first time personally experiencing Light Release chakra.
He took Xuanhui's rod of light and effortlessly twirled it like a sword.
With it in hand, he demonstrated a couple of proper Sword Style moves, earning repeated applause and praise from Xuanhui.
"Nice! You can use this as a Light Sword!"
"But it's still a rod of light. I'd like to shape it into something cooler.
It's just that shaping it takes so much effort every time. Even making a rod is hard enough."
"Then don't gather one big ball of light. Gather small ones instead."
"Small balls of light?"
"Rather than gathering a huge ball of light, gather countless tiny ones, stack them together, and then fuse them.
It's like energy in the microscopic world. It isn't continuous, but comes in discrete