Drip, drip.
In the dim prison, drops of water fell to the floor, each making a cold, chilling sound.
The surroundings were otherwise quiet. Most of those held in this prison were captives from Sunagakure.
As Orochimaru and Sōkyū Hatake walked past, pairs of eyes fixed directly on them.
Some were angry, some vicious, and others cold.
Every Sunagakure ninja here bore more or fewer wounds, clearly the result of repeated, brutal torture.
This happened on virtually every battlefield, in the hope of obtaining intelligence from these ninja about the enemy's secret deployments and the like.
After all, there was only one Yamashiro Kōyō. If everyone required her attention, even another ten ninja from the Yamashiro Clan would not be enough.
Tap, tap, tap.
Footsteps sounded as Sōkyū Hatake and Orochimaru arrived at the entrance to a cell.
"Lord Orochimaru." Seeing Orochimaru arrive, Yamashiro Kōyō hurriedly stood and greeted him, while also casting a discreet glance at Sōkyū Hatake.
"Mm. How is he?" Orochimaru nodded and glanced at Nara Rokuten, who lay motionless on the bed in the cell.
Even after hearing Orochimaru speak, Nara Rokuten still showed no reaction.
"Lord Orochimaru, Nara Rokuten has just undergone my Mind Reading Technique. He's still in a semiconscious state," Yamashiro Kōyō answered directly.
"Semiconscious? In other words, Nara Rokuten can actually hear what we're saying right now?" Sōkyū Hatake asked curiously from beside him.
"Yes, strictly speaking, that's the case. After all, ninja have relatively strong mental power, so in theory, he should be able to hear us," Yamashiro Kōyō said after a moment of silence.
"Then, since he doesn't want to speak, you can speak for him. Yamashiro Kōyō, what was in Nara Rokuten's memories?" Orochimaru spoke as though he did not care, his eyes fixed firmly on the motionless Nara