The instant Orochimaru's gaze settled on Anko...
Anko, who was reaching out to take her dumplings at the stall, suddenly went rigid!
"Hss-!"
Without warning, an agonizing pain erupted from the left side of her neck, like a blazing fire and countless venomous insects gnawing at her marrow!
"Ah! It hurts!"
Anko screamed in pain. The bamboo skewer in her hand fell straight to the ground, and she doubled over, clutching her neck tightly.
"What's going on?! Why did this damned seal suddenly activate?!"
Anko gritted her teeth and gasped for breath, both horrified and bewildered.
The Cursed Seal of Heaven on her neck was something Orochimaru had developed back then, and she was the only test subject who had survived.
The Cursed Seal was Orochimaru's creation to begin with. Now that Orochimaru himself had come nearby, the seal inside Anko naturally sensed him and resonated intensely the moment he came within close range!
Just as Anko's face turned pale with pain and cold sweat streamed down her...
"Hehehe... Anko, it's been a long time!"
A hoarse, chilling voice, like the flicking tongue of a venomous snake, suddenly drifted from a short distance behind her.
Boom!
Hearing that familiar voice, which she would never forget even if she were reduced to ashes, Anko felt as though lightning had struck her, and shock instantly filled her face!
Enduring the tearing agony in her neck, she spun around and fixed her gaze on the direction the voice had come from.
At that glance, she saw Orochimaru standing in the middle of the street not far away!
The instant she saw Orochimaru, Anko froze completely, her eyes filled with utter shock and disbelief.
She even wondered whether the Cursed Seal's activation had caused her to hallucinate.
*Wasn't Orochimaru a rogue ninja? Why was