I Brought Orochimaru Under My Command

Feng Yao simply watched Orochimaru quietly.

From the shadows, a large snake suddenly leaped out and coiled around Feng Yao in an instant!

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi also immediately used the ninjutsu Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, binding Feng Yao tightly.

"Hehe, do you know what eternal art is, Feng Yao?"

Greed flashed in Orochimaru's eyes.

It was the look of a hunter spotting his prey.

"I don't know yet myself."

"That is why I need a perfect body."

"A perfect body that will let me achieve eternity!"

Feng Yao remained impassive throughout, revealing a faint, strange smile as he looked at Orochimaru.

"Hehe, your idea of eternity is far too narrow!"

Before Orochimaru's eyes, Feng Yao, who was tightly bound by Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, actually began to slowly disappear!

The scene shifted, returning to the moment when he had been facing Feng Yao earlier.

"A paralysis genjutsu..."

When?!

"Such terrifying ocular power..."

Orochimaru looked at those special Sharingan, different from the three-tomoe version.

He knew that they were the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan!

For a moment, Orochimaru felt both excitement and fear!

He could hardly believe it. He was Orochimaru, one of the illustrious Sannin.

Yet he had fallen under a genjutsu without even knowing how!

Beside him, Kabuto's eyes were unfocused and vacant. He had clearly fallen under a genjutsu.

Feng Yao chuckled. Orochimaru had yet to receive a beating from Itachi and did not know how formidable the Mangekyō Sharingan was.

In the original story, even Itachi could instantly defeat Orochimaru with genjutsu.

His genjutsu prowess surpassed Itachi's, and he also possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

How could he possibly do worse than Itachi?

Kamui!

Terror filled the immobilized Orochimaru's eyes.

He could only watch helplessly as he was sucked into a mysterious dimension.

Feng Yao had always acted cautiously, prioritizing certainty.

Even though Orochimaru was not as strong now as he would be later, nor did he have as many tricks.

He was pulled into the Kamui Dimension.

Unless Kaguya came.

Otherwise, Feng Yao truly could not imagine anything escaping his Kamui Dimension!

"Hehe, Orochimaru, now we can have a proper talk..."

Orochimaru could not believe it. Had he really been brought under the other man's control just like that?!

He desperately tried to control his hands, wanting to form hand seals to break free of his restraints.

"Nothing but a pointless struggle!"

Feng Yao's gaze was calm.

"Crow Summoning Technique!"

Feng Yao formed hand seals. Knowing full well that villains died from talking too much, he decided to cut straight to the chase!

He was determined to claim Orochimaru, this destined tool!

He immediately summoned the crow familiar bearing Shisui's Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan!

A crow with special Sharingan in both eyes appeared on Feng Yao's left hand.

Back when Itachi had left the village, he had handed Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan over to Feng Yao.

Orochimaru was terrified. He wanted to avert his eyes.

Unfortunately, no matter what Orochimaru did, his eyes remained fixed on the crow familiar's eyes!

"Kotoamatsukami!"

"Stop!"

The ocular jutsu activated without any visible phenomenon.

But Feng Yao knew he had succeeded. Orochimaru had also fallen under Kotoamatsukami.

I brought Orochimaru under my command!

Orochimaru's gaze was complicated. He could move now; Feng Yao had released that terrifying paralysis genjutsu.

"You went to all this trouble to make me swear loyalty to you because you want me to help your Uchiha clan?"

"Yes, but I had no choice. Your scientific research abilities are far too terrifying. I can only feel safe employing you if everything is foolproof!"

Feng Yao was blunt. Unafraid of letting Orochimaru know, he said it outright.

As long as Orochimaru remained loyal to Feng Yao and did not play any tricks, Feng Yao would devote every resource he had to supporting his research.

"My scientific research abilities?"

Orochimaru looked puzzled. Although he knew he excelled at experimentation, surely this was unnecessary.

He had thought Feng Yao valued his strength as a shinobi and needed him to help the Uchiha.

Yet now Feng Yao was saying that he valued his scientific research abilities?

Did he also want to research Hashirama cells and obtain Wood Release?

Seeing Orochimaru's confusion, Feng Yao began explaining.

What followed was Feng Yao revealing virtually every secret of the Shinobi World to Orochimaru in exhaustive detail.

These included Kotoamatsukami, the secrets of Hashirama cells, the Rinnegan...

"In short, your most pressing task now is to research Hashirama cells and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu as quickly as possible. The rest can wait."

"Also, you can establish a base in the Land of Rice Fields and make it our experimental facility."

"Once my Uchiha clan moves to Amegakure, we will give you our full support too!"

Orochimaru went from shock to fear, then disbelief, and finally numbness.

Orochimaru believed that everything Feng Yao told him was true.

Would Feng Yao go to such lengths, even using a broken ability like Kotoamatsukami, just to fool him for a laugh?

That was precisely why Orochimaru found it all so utterly absurd!

He even felt that this world had gone mad!

At that moment, he felt that the eternity he had pursued all his life was worthless!

What he found even more absurd was this.

Pain, whom he had considered immensely powerful, was actually nothing more than a puppet.

And the plan they believed was about capturing the tailed beasts to establish deterrence was merely a prerequisite for activating the so-called Infinite Tsukuyomi.

He would not even get into how the result of that damned Infinite Tsukuyomi was merely resurrecting a woman.

What he could not handle was that Madara Uchiha, a pinnacle powerhouse of the Shinobi World, actually believed a genjutsu could bring about peace?!

All that fighting in the Shinobi World, and it turned out to be a family affair?

Having absorbed too much information at once, Orochimaru found it somewhat unreal.

Feng Yao knew so much that Orochimaru was left bewildered. But Feng Yao trusted Orochimaru's abilities, so he said nothing and quietly waited nearby for Orochimaru to digest the information.

In the end, Orochimaru did not disappoint him.

He excitedly washed his entire face with his tongue.

His eyes brimmed with excitement because he now had even more avenues of research!

Previously, he had regarded Hashirama cells and achieving immortality as his lifelong pursuits.

But now, Feng Yao had revealed the truth of the world to him, and he felt nothing but boundless excitement, as though the truth were waiting for him!

Natural energy, the Rinnegan, White Zetsu, the tailed beasts, and that unbalanced technology tree...

"Feng Yao, it truly is an honor to have earned your appreciation and been shown the truths and secrets of this world!"

Now, he was actually glad that Feng Yao had used Kotoamatsukami to secure his loyalty.

Otherwise, even he could not be certain that Feng Yao would feel comfortable letting him live after learning everything!

He did not ask how Feng Yao knew these things. That was not something he should ask.

"All right, that should be about enough..."

Feng Yao took the excited Orochimaru out of the Kamui Dimension.

They returned to Orochimaru's base.

Kabuto Yakushi still wore a vacant expression.

This made Orochimaru marvel at how terrifying Feng Yao was.

Without hesitation, Feng Yao released the genjutsu on Kabuto.

"Phew..."

Kabuto Yakushi felt cold sweat pouring down his body. He had been pulled into a genjutsu world and harshly taught a lesson by Feng Yao for an entire day and night.

"Lord Orochimaru?!"

Kabuto Yakushi immediately gripped a kunai and moved to guard Orochimaru's side.

"Don't worry. I have chosen to pledge my loyalty to Lord Feng Yao."

"What?!"

Kabuto was shocked. Orochimaru had actually pledged his loyalty?