Orochimaru watched from a distance without disturbing Jiraiya.
He turned and carefully sorted through the usable parts of the Jashin Cult Followers strewn across the ground, leisurely collecting experimental materials.
Once he had gathered the useful pieces of flesh and blood, he slowly removed his bloodstained gloves, had the giant snakes he had summoned dispose of the remains littering the ground, and strolled over to the contemplative Longjian Senju.
"How did it feel to get out for the first time in so long?"
Orochimaru asked in a tone that could only be described as heartless.
Longjian Senju looked up at him, utterly speechless, and rolled his noble Rinnegan eyes.
Being abducted hardly counted as going out. What was Orochimaru trying to probe with a question that sounded like a parent asking their child about a spring outing?
With an expression Orochimaru knew well, Longjian Senju replied in words so cold they bordered on cruel. "None. Of your business."
He stepped back twice and waved a hand in disgust, as though shooing away a fly. His body language plainly said, "Kindly fuck off this way."
Orochimaru did not get angry. He tucked both hands into his robes and narrowed his eyes with a smile, his snake pupils growing slightly rounder.
Yes, that was Longjian. That felt right.
Sigh. Who knew why this child had hated me since he was little?
All I did was tell him a few extra dark jokes when he was young, take a few extra blood samples, and want to dissect him for research... did he really have to keep treating me with such hostility? Honestly!
Still, Longjian's reaction showed that his memory had not been damaged. As for the other aspects of his mind...
Suggestion, control, hypnosis... those were harder to judge. After all, their enemy