After drawing a vial of Kisame Hoshigaki's blood, Orochimaru let him leave.
Kisame Hoshigaki's compatibility with the Three-Tails was astonishingly high. His chakra reserves were already immense, not much less than those of the Uzumaki Clan.
Perhaps because he looked like a shark, Kisame possessed an absorption trait. When facing opponents with enormous chakra reserves, such as Jinchūriki, he could instead display even greater combat power.
With Kisame's current strength, it would not be an exaggeration to call him the strongest person in Mist Village. Although Mei Terumi possessed two different bloodlines, she was certainly no match for Kisame in terms of strength.
Even under such circumstances, Kisame was still willing to follow the village's arrangements and obey orders. That was truly rare.
It had to be said that although Kisame was hot-tempered, he was unquestionably a qualified ninja.
But what was a ninja? Nothing more than a tool.
In Orochimaru's eyes, Kisame was a qualified tool with convictions of his own...
Still, everyone had their own convictions and choices. For Kisame, this might have been the best choice.
That afternoon, Orochimaru obtained his answer from Kisame's blood. Kisame's genes contained a large number of genetic fragments unlike those of creatures from this world, much like the Otsutsuki Clan.
The genetic compatibility of this world's humans seemed extraordinarily strong. Not only could they accommodate the genes of the Otsutsuki Clan, but they could also accommodate the genes of alien races from other worlds.
This might have been related to the existence of chakra. Chakra had been subtly transforming this world all along. Or perhaps it was because of the Divine Tree, which had absorbed the chakra of the entire world once and given all living creatures here a small portion of its traits.
Judging from Kisame's genes and characteristics, this