After receiving Orochimaru's message, Sasuke gave a quiet acknowledgment and quickly left.
In the underground research laboratory's only room with natural light, Sasuke sat cross-legged on a stone bed and slowly removed his white robe, turning his smooth, jade-like back toward Orochimaru.
"If this drug is so powerful, why don't you inject it all at once?" Sasuke asked, closing his eyes and frowning.
Holding a small syringe, Snake Aunt smiled. "Its power is too great. If I injected it all at once, you'd either die from being unable to withstand it or become too weak to walk normally."
As he spoke, Snake Aunt inserted the gleaming needle into Sasuke's spinal cord and slowly depressed the plunger.
As the perfect Hashirama cells serum entered Sasuke's spinal cord, his body immediately began to tremble.
This was the third time Sasuke had endured the agony of every cell in his body running wild.
The first time he had felt this pain, he couldn't help letting out a low growl. But it had seemed much weaker the second time, and now, on the third, Sasuke could withstand it with nothing more than a frown.
"I hope you haven't lied to me. Otherwise, I won't willingly hand my body over to you."
Snake Aunt smiled at Sasuke's words. "Your willingness is exactly what I want."
Slowly withdrawing the needle, Snake Aunt turned and walked toward the door. He stopped at the doorway and said, "Your taijutsu has already reached Kage Level. Starting tomorrow, Kimimaro will no longer train with you in taijutsu."
Sasuke put his white robe back on and frowned at those words. "Then what about my training?"
"Starting tomorrow, I'll train you personally. Itachi's strength isn't his taijutsu, but his terrifying genjutsu. If you want to beat him, you have to improve your