"Because Lord Orochimaru was originally my teacher. It was only right that he helped me."
A figure in white robes approached quietly and opened the cell door. What came into view was a lavish robe embroidered with the words "Akatsuki Shadow."
What truly shocked Jiraiya was the face beneath the conical hat—it was Uchiha Yuu!
"Weren't you already dead? What the hell is going on?"
Jiraiya was utterly bewildered. Uchiha Yuu had died at Minato Namikaze's hands back then, and many people had witnessed it!
"Lord Jiraiya, the boundary between life and death is not as clear-cut as you think. To us, deceiving the Death God is merely a basic method."
Uchiha Yuu spoke with meaningful intent, then finally shifted his gaze toward Orochimaru. Orochimaru's appearance began to change, quickly becoming that of a beautiful woman.
She had already completed her reincarnation. The boundaries between life and death—even the boundary of gender—had long since been erased.
Jiraiya's worldview was being utterly overturned. He could not understand what had happened to them during this time!
"Even if I killed you now, I could use special methods to revive you again."
Orochimaru clearly had more to say to her former companion. She was also proving that her research in Konoha had not been wrong. Rather, it was the Third Hokage's obstruction and favoritism that had been wrong.
Her voice was crisp, but the chill in her tone made it clear that the person before him was Orochimaru!
"Lord Orochimaru, please restrain yourself."
Orochimaru's actions carried a hint of showing off, while also revealing some of her methods. Yet those methods made Uchiha Yuu rather uncomfortable. He knew Orochimaru's experiment had succeeded, but seeing a female body still instinctively made him feel that she was a pervert.
"I merely felt sentimental upon seeing