"Those pirates from the Funato Clan are my betrothal gifts."
"..."
Orochimaru put away the smile at the corners of his mouth, his presence turning even colder:
"Xia Yu, are you proposing to me in public? I told you, I have no interest in you..."
Xia Yu waved a hand. "Whether you're interested in me doesn't really matter to me either. Aren't I doing all this for the child in your belly? I don't want to be a scumbag. If it's my seed, I have to take responsibility..."
Those words set the crowd off again.
The spectators were practically going crazy, unable to believe their ears.
"One of the legendary Sannin... Orochimaru is actually pregnant! My God!"
"Tsk, tsk... people say the entertainment industry is a mess, but the ninja world is no better."
"This is the first time I've ever seen living people used as betrothal gifts..."
"Did you hear that? Those pirates from the Funato Clan are going to become test subjects. What does that mean? It sounds terrifying..."
The villagers might not understand, but the Kirigakure higher-ups present understood all too well.
According to their intelligence, Orochimaru had defected from his village back then because his human experiments had been exposed. In the end, he had left the village and become a rogue ninja.
If this went through, the future fate of those Funato Pirates reduced to test subjects was easy to imagine.
But they did not care about that. They were more concerned about tomorrow's operation.
The Kirigakure Ninja had not expected Orochimaru's sudden arrival.
Judging by Xia Yu and Orochimaru's conversation, Orochimaru was clearly already carrying Xia Yu's child. Their relationship was no ordinary one!
When the plan to occupy the Land of Sea was put into action tomorrow, Orochimaru would surely lend his formidable