"Earth Grudge Fear? At your level, do you still need to learn a secret technique like that?" Orochimaru looked curiously at the black thread in Anyo's hand.
Anyo replied, "This secret technique lets you keep living by repeatedly taking fresh hearts and replacing your old ones, achieving immortality to a certain extent. Uncle, aren't you tempted?"
"Don't assume this technique has no flaws." Orochimaru sneered. "Do you know why Kakuzu cares so much about money?"
"Oh? Why?" Anyo really was quite curious.
"Because he's afraid he'll stop being himself," Orochimaru explained. "Human thought is controlled by the brain, but emotions are connected to the heart. Frequently changing hearts alters a person's emotions, which in turn affects their thinking. So he invested all his emotions in money to preserve his absolute sense of self, becoming someone who trusts nothing but money. Still, I really never expected him to have a special attachment to you, enough to trust you with this technique."
"So that's how it is." Anyo tightened his grip on the black thread, a little guilt rising in his heart. His uncle trusted him, yet he was plotting to seize his uncle's secret stash. I really deserve to die!
At that thought, Anyo said to Orochimaru, "Once I finish extracting the cells from these black threads formed from blood vessels, I'll find him a heart that won't weaken, so he won't have to keep replacing it."
"Oh? You think he'll die?" Orochimaru suddenly understood why Anyo had asked Kakuzu for Earth Grudge Fear.
Anyo sighed helplessly. "Even if he doesn't, I'll make sure he does."
Orochimaru asked in surprise, "I'd like to know why."
"I'm short on money, and he's too rich." Anyo made no attempt to hide it and spoke bluntly. "If I steal his secret stash while he's