Every village had more or less some forbidden techniques, but forbidden techniques were ranked. Some were not to be touched, and Impure World Reincarnation was one of them. Danzo had once been able to mobilize Anbu personnel, so getting Orochimaru a copy of Impure World Reincarnation might not have been difficult for him. At worst, he could simply copy it down. But not now.
Now, no matter who you were, entering to take those scrolls without Hikaru and the Third Hokage's permission was nothing but a dream. Unless you killed all the Anbu personnel—but if you wanted to do that, you had better first consider whether you had the means. An elite Anbu squad guarded the place openly, and every one of them was an Elite Jonin.
It would be too difficult to kill them without letting the news spread. Besides, Hikaru had secretly stationed the Nine-Tails here. Being able to kill a few Elite Jonin did not mean you could deal with the Nine-Tails so easily.
The moment there was a problem, a large number of Anbu would immediately arrive as reinforcements. Trying to forcibly seize them through violence would be very difficult.
There was no way through Hikaru, and asking the Third Hokage for forbidden techniques was even more impossible.
"What a disappointment." Orochimaru could not help shaking his head, the smile vanishing from his face. Would asking Hikaru for help work? He was not sure whether Hikaru would give him this forbidden technique. If the matter were investigated later, Hikaru would also be dragged into trouble. Though nothing would likely happen to him, trouble was still trouble.
Doing something that harmed others without benefiting yourself was already foolish enough. How many people would do something that benefited others while harming themselves? Was this the legendary fool among