"They're all just a ragtag group."
The corner of Obito Uchiha's mouth twitched beneath his mask.
Although he knew the members he had tricked into joining had no grand ambition of bringing peace to the shinobi world.
He truly had not expected the two of them to run away at a time like this.
He instinctively looked at Orochimaru. Surely this guy wouldn't follow suit after seeing the others flee?
In fact, Orochimaru had wanted to flee the moment he realized he could not use Impure World Reincarnation.
He simply felt a little awkward with Obito Uchiha watching him.
I'll run when he isn't paying attention.
His reason for joining the Akatsuki was to obtain the Rinnegan and use the Akatsuki to acquire Uchiha Jin's Mangekyō Sharingan.
Now it seemed he had no chance of getting either pair of eyes.
Since that was the case, there seemed to be no reason to stay.
He might as well run.
Find somewhere no one would disturb his experiments.
He could live for a very long time anyway. If all else failed, he could wait until Uchiha Jin grew old before making a move to seize his eyes.
This was a life lesson Orochimaru had learned from Kakuzu.
It seemed very reasonable.
As long as he lived, there was hope.
Even someone as powerful as the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, could not change the reality of birth, aging, sickness, and death.
But he, who had developed Living Corpse Reincarnation, was different. As long as he kept changing bodies, he could achieve a form of immortality!
Although doing this over the long term would weaken his soul, he believed his intelligence would allow him to find a solution in the future.
Perhaps he could even achieve true immortality!
And the prerequisite for all