Hidden Hot Springs Village was a very strange village. Ninja held little status there.
Its famous hot spring services attracted many tourists.
This boosted the local economy to the point that it did not need many ninja. Most of the people on the streets were ordinary civilians, and even the village's Kage was only at the level of a Jōnin.
"Teacher Orochimaru, I think Hidden Hot Springs Village is better than Konoha. They chose a pretty good path."
Only pretty good. A village's prosperity rested on strength and wealth. With wealth but no strength, you were nothing more than a fat sheep.
"Hm?"
Orochimaru found Muzan's words strange. Sometimes, even he could not keep up with this disciple's way of thinking.
Standing at the entrance of a hot spring establishment, he merely gave the other person a quiet reminder.
"Don't forget what I told you. In order to obtain a method for cultivating Senjutsu, some necessary sacrifices can be understood."
It was only a simple Transformation Jutsu. That idiot Jiraiya would definitely agree to the request on the spot.
But it did not sound that way to Muzan. Never mind men and women—his current body could not even be called human.
"Seriously... all I can say is, as expected of Lord Jiraiya, teacher of Konoha's Yellow Flash. Yellow indeed!"
The black robe he wore was already gender-neutral, so there was no need to change clothes deliberately.
The instant he passed through a door, Muzan's figure and appearance underwent an enormous transformation.
He took a black ribbon from his chest and tied up his flowing hair. Beneath the black robe, Muzan removed his hood, revealing crimson eyes as eye-catching as gemstones.
Combined with that inexplicable cold pride, he made everyone around him turn to look!
Especially the guests who had just