After leaving the Hokage Building, Zou Hyuga quietly slipped out of the village and arrived at a small cabin in the Forest of Death.
Inside, Kimimaro was restrained by sealing jutsu. At the sight of Zou Hyuga, his gaze turned vicious. "I won't reveal any information about Orochimaru..."
Zou Hyuga stared at Kimimaro, lost in thought.
Unlike Karin and her mother, who had already been sent to the Leyline Base, Kimimaro could not be taken to his secret base. For now, he could only be held under guard outside the village.
After studying Kimimaro for a long while, Zou Hyuga smiled. "Kid, have some faith in Konoha's interrogation skills. This is the shinobi village that raised Orochimaru, after all. Quite a few useful interrogation techniques have been passed down."
Kimimaro remained silent. He knew what Lord Orochimaru was capable of.
After a moment's deliberation, Kimimaro finally asked, "What exactly do you want? This isn't Konoha, is it?"
During his confinement, Kimimaro had already determined that he was not inside Konoha. Lord Orochimaru had once told him about the village.
"You caught me..." Zou Hyuga smiled dismissively, then activated his Byakugan.
He did not know how to deal with Kimimaro, but that did not mean he could not study him. Both his Shikotsumyaku and the cursed seal left on his body held considerable research value.
The latter, in particular, represented the essence of Orochimaru's research. With these special cursed seals, Orochimaru could mass-produce sages.
If Zou Hyuga could thoroughly understand this technology, it would be an enormous help to his chakra network plan.
But cursed seal technology was at the heart of Orochimaru's research. Obtaining the relevant information would clearly be no easy task.
Using his Byakugan, Zou Hyuga quickly located the cursed seal and began studying it.
From his hazy