Meanwhile.
Wolffy finally finished making the Biological Time Accelerator.
He attached the Biological Time Accelerator to the Cloning Machine.
The embryo of Orochimaru's Cloning Body inside the Cloning Machine began to grow slowly. Satisfied with what he saw, Wolffy nodded, then draped a black cloth over the Cloning Machine.
What Wolffy failed to notice, however, was that a tiny screw on the Biological Time Accelerator hadn't been tightened.
Seven days later.
Orochimaru arrived at Naruto's House as agreed.
"Hehehe... Naruto, you should have everything ready by now, shouldn't you?"
"Of course! You can count on me to get things done!"
As he spoke, Naruto pulled away the black cloth covering the two Cloning Machines.
When Orochimaru saw Minato Namikaze inside one of the Cloning Machines, shock spread across his face.
Although... he had already prepared himself mentally, since Naruto had told him about the cloning long ago, seeing the finished product still struck him as unbelievable.
"What impressive technology!"
With that, Orochimaru looked toward the other Cloning Machine.
His eyelid twitched when he saw the person inside.
Noticing something off about Orochimaru's expression, Naruto followed his gaze toward the Cloning Machine.
When he saw the Orochimaru inside, Naruto froze too.
Because... the Orochimaru inside the Cloning Machine looked rather young, probably only eleven or twelve.
"What the hell? What's going on?"
Naruto stared in bewilderment at Orochimaru's youthful face inside the Cloning Machine.
At that, Naruto immediately used a Shadow Clone to summon Wolffy.
"Wolffy... I think something... went wrong with your invention!"
Naturally, Wolffy had also spotted the teenage version of Orochimaru inside the Cloning Machine.
"There shouldn't be anything wrong with my invention!"
As he spoke, Wolffy removed the Biological Time Accelerator attached to the Cloning Machine.
Only after taking the accelerator off did Wolffy realize what