Meanwhile, in a secluded hideout deep in the mountains, far from prying eyes.
Orochimaru stared fixedly at the Sky Screen hanging high overhead, his narrow eyes burning with excitement and fervor, his very presence stirring restlessly.
He kept turning those words from the Sky Screen over in his mind-your Immortality Technique has already succeeded.
An ecstatic smile spread across his face, his long tongue repeatedly licking the corners of his mouth, his expression filled with obsession and zeal.
"So that's it... I really did succeed in the future."
"I wonder which secret technique it was?"
"Hahaha! How fascinating! Of course it was me. Of course only I could achieve this!"
For decades, he had delved into forbidden arts, probed the boundary between life and death, and poured everything into researching immortality. Others called it evil, called it madness, but he alone had remained unwavering.
Now that the Sky Screen had revealed the outcome and confirmed that he had truly broken free of the constraints of life and death, the ambition and fervor in Orochimaru's heart were utterly ignited.
He looked up at the Sky Screen, his eyes shining, his heart consumed with obsession and longing for that ultimate secret technique.
"If my future self could succeed, that proves this path is viable."
"As long as I keep researching, I'll definitely succeed again!"
At that moment, all of Orochimaru's plans became perfectly clear.
He did not care who won or lost in the shinobi world, whether the Celestial Dragons ruled it, or what the Veil Organization was plotting.
As long as they left him alone, anything was fine.
All he sought was to transcend life and death and live forever!
The image on the Sky Screen settled on the deep, silent Dense Forest. Two figures stood facing one another, the temperature