Orochimaru's snake-like eyes fixed fiercely on Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. "Interesting, but I still want to know why you trust me so much. You know I was once a rogue ninja, and I've used many village comrades as experiments."
It left him puzzled.
It couldn't be because he was too strong, so Tobitake Tonbo felt at ease with him, could it?
Besides, only Tobitake Tonbo and his son should have known about Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. Why tell him?
If Orochimaru had such research material, he would have hidden it away just as tightly.
This was far too precious.
"Because this world is at a critical point between life and death. My death doesn't matter, but I don't want my descendants to lose their lives before they've properly seen this world," Tobitake Tonbo said.
To be honest, he himself was not afraid of death.
Having survived in this world for nearly twenty years, his outlook had changed every day.
He was no longer the boy he had once been.
Every age came with its own way of thinking, and Tobitake Tonbo had no great feelings about it.
"What a noble ideal. For the sake of your descendants!"
Orochimaru understood.
He looked at Tobitake Keigo. Every sign showed that Tobitake Tonbo truly thought that way.
Family...
It reminded him of the past.
Back when he was young, his parents had also died on the battlefield. His mindset had gradually matured, and he slowly began to change afterward.
Those were things he should have been thinking about at that age.
Still, after witnessing so many wars, Tobitake Tonbo had somehow retained this mentality. That was truly unexpected.
"But what do you mean by a matter of life and death?"
That was the real crux of Tobitake Tonbo's words.
Was the Shinobi World still facing a threat