Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 629

A dotted circle.

The Great Void Forest.

The area around the tower was completely silent.

A group of Arrancar slowly backed away to make way, and a sinister man with long black hair slowly walked out, accompanied by Nellyl and Grimmjow.

The man looks very young…

However, the strange smile on his face was somewhat unsettling…

Those cold, serpentine eyes made one feel as if they were looking at a giant python ready to devour its prey!

Orochimaru!

Even though he left Soul Society thousands of years ago, what he left behind still influences Soul Society, and every time his manuscripts resurface, they are treasured like precious gems…

The mere fact that he developed one secret technique was enough to make the Uehara clan, who obtained it, the most powerful clan in Soul Society…

"This is really..."

Aizen Sousuke's face remained calm as always. He slowly raised his glasses with his fingers and said softly, "I've heard so much about you... Orochimaru-san."

"Yeah?"

Orochimaru curled his lips into a cold smile, chuckled, and said, "In that case, it's truly an honor..."

"No…"

Aizen Sousuke, adjusting his mirror, narrowed his eyes slightly, a rare occurrence, and his smile grew increasingly strange: "The one who should truly feel honored is me..."

"Hehehehe..."

Orochimaru merely let out a soft chuckle.

Although everything that happened in the Soul Society over thousands of years was arranged by Uehara Naraku, and all of Orochimaru's deeds were also manipulated by Uehara Naraku... it did make Orochimaru very satisfied with this feeling of being a senior.

At least when facing Aizen Sousuke…

Orochimaru is like someone who once stood at the peak and looked down at the ground.

To be honest, this feeling was quite good. Uehara Naraku's arrangements were reasonable enough. Orochimaru's resentment towards Uehara Naraku dissipated for the first time, and a little bit of goodwill towards that guy even rose in his heart...

If we can really continue to cooperate with Uehara...

Actually, this kind of life is not bad.

In comparison, it's truly pathetic to live like that brat Aizen Sousuke, controlled by Uehara Naraku from the very beginning...

Thinking of this, Orochimaru looked up at Aizen Sousuke as if gazing at prey about to be tortured, and chuckled, "Alright, shall we start with the appetizer? The test for those Arrancar brats has only just begun..."

"OK."

Aizen Sousuke slowly nodded, his eyes slightly narrowed as he smiled and said, "Perfect timing, I'm also very interested in these things..."

"Hehehe...that's good."

Orochimaru couldn't help but stick out his long tongue and lick his lips.

Even though Orochimaru had replenished his soul power by absorbing Hollows and possessed a body that could be considered immortal, he still couldn't resist wanting to obtain Aizen Sousuke's body when he saw him.

The first written exam for freshmen Hollows has just begun.

Aizen Sousuke originally wanted to take this opportunity to have a good chat with Orochimaru, but when he saw the test questions, he couldn't help but become a little interested.

Because of the test questions on this...

If this gets out, it will send chills down the spines of the entire Soul Society!

When these test questions fell into Aizen Sousuke's eyes, his eyes narrowed slightly, because they tested intelligence on the Gotei 13, covering all the captains of the Gotei 13!

This even includes Uehara Naraku, who had just become the vice-captain of the Fifth Division!

Information about Soul Society…

So Orochimaru has been keeping this under his control all along?

Even the written test included a discussion of the Shikai and Bankai abilities of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13…

Do not…

Or rather, all the essay questions are about answering the questions of all the captains of the Gotei 13. Shikai and Bankai are almost always on the test!

This means that…

The new Hollow Saints sitting in the examination hall taking the written test now have information about the captains of the Gotei 13!

nature…

This also includes his illusions and fleeting dreams.

That's terrifying...

Even Aizen Sousuke couldn't help but sigh.

"Truly worthy of being a great figure who has lived on in the Soul Society's mouth for thousands of years..."

Aizen Sousuke sat at the tea table and slowly remarked, "These Hollows who have just become Arrancars are already recognizing their opponents from this moment on..."

"Hehehehe..."

Orochimaru chuckled and nodded, then slowly said, "The importance of intelligence doesn't seem to need much explanation..."

"That's right."

Aizen Sousuke's eyes flickered, a glint of light flashing within his glasses. He turned to Orochimaru and asked softly, "The Uehara clan of Soul Society is extremely meticulous in protecting their intelligence. Is this due to Orochimaru-sensei's teachings from back then...?"

"Uehara..."

Orochimaru's smile faded slightly before returning to its usual expression: "They're only blocking out trivial rumors... I already know everything about the entire Uehara clan!"

At this moment…

Orochimaru seemed to be trying to hide his feelings toward the Uehara clan.

However, the instant his smile vanished, it was clear that his relationship with the Uehara clan was not as friendly as the legends of Soul Society suggested!

Orochimaru made no attempt to hide anything. He looked at Aizen Sousuke, a sinister smile slowly spreading across his face: "It seems there's no need to hide it from you anymore... You've slowly come to realize it, haven't you, my relationship with the Uehara clan..."

"Yes."

Aizen Sousuke slowly raised his head and began leisurely, "It seems I'll have the privilege of hearing an interesting story from thousands of years ago during this time..."

"Hehehehe..."

Orochimaru's smile suddenly turned somewhat neurotic. His hand gripped the teacup on the table tightly, and his hoarse voice was sinister: "Then listen to this story, a story about the King of the World..."

"Thousands of years ago..."

Orochimaru frowned slightly as he said this, and continued, "Perhaps even earlier, when the entire world was still in a cycle, even the Hollows were just a part of the spirit particles, only a slight deviation occurred in the middle..."

The void began to devour the spiritual particles.

This means that the world's cycle has gone wrong.

If the Hollows continue to devour everything, this world will be annihilated. All spiritual particles will be consumed by the Hollows, turning into terrifying Hollows, until the entire world falls into oblivion.

And at this very moment, the world finally saw its creator, a god named the Spirit King who used the power of annihilation to destroy the Void…

"The Spirit King..."

Aizen Sousuke's brows furrowed unconsciously.

Aizen also desperately wanted to know what this so-called Soul King was, but he knew that the Soul King was mysterious and unpredictable, yet he had never actually seen one...

However, Aizen Sousuke knew about the existence of the Soul King Palace!

To enter the Soul King's Palace, one needs the King's Key, and unfortunately, Aizen has recently been researching how to create the King's Key...

"Hehehehe..."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly, a sinister smile spreading across his face: "To the Soul Society, the Soul King is indeed a supreme deity... but to us, he's merely an experimental subject!"

"Experimental subject?"

The surprise in Aizen Sousuke's eyes flashed for a fleeting moment.

Orochimaru stared at Aizen Sousuke, chuckling as he said, "Hehehe... Don't be so surprised. Aren't the Zero Division using the Soul King as a test subject right now?"

At this point, Orochimaru abruptly changed the subject, no longer mentioning the Zero Division, and brought up the past again: "Thousands of years ago, when the Soul Society was slowly forming, that era was truly brilliant, and even I was just an unknown nobody..."

"This doesn't look like it at all..."

Aizen Sousuke couldn't help but chuckle softly: "Even after thousands of years, Orochimaru-san is still incredibly famous in Soul Society! Just the fact that he's only an Edo Tensei..."

"So you also think that the Impure World Reincarnation technique was invented by me?"

Orochimaru's lips curled into a strange smile, as if he were looking at something laughable: "No, or perhaps that's not entirely wrong... In fact, there are only three people who have truly researched the Impure World Reincarnation technique..."

"Three?"

"good."

Orochimaru stared at Aizen Sousuke, then glanced at Gin Ichimaru beside him, and chuckled as he said, "Both Kabuto and I merely perfected this technique... and the first person to research the Impure World Reincarnation was... Tobirama Senju, who joined the Uehara clan... but he abandoned it halfway through due to Uehara's orders..."

"The first head of the Uehara clan?"

Aizen Sousuke raised his eyebrows slightly.

Because the secrets of Soul Society mention that the first head of the Uehara clan was named Uehara, who was also Orochimaru's close friend.

"You also think he's my friend, right?"

Orochimaru couldn't help but sneer as he said this: "I did consider that guy a friend once, but he betrayed my trust time and time again..."

Orochimaru slowly gritted his teeth, a flash of anger crossing his face: "Every time you try to trust him, he brazenly betrays you..."

These words…

These are all Orochimaru's true thoughts.

"so…"

A glint flashed in Aizen Sousuke's glasses as he spoke in a low, seductive voice, as if bewitched by a demon: "You've broken ties. Orochimaru and the Uehara clan have become sworn enemies, each seeking to kill the other..."

"That's right..."

Orochimaru's lips curled into a smile again as he looked at Aizen Sousuke as if he were looking at an ignorant child: "Just as I wanted to annihilate the Uehara clan... the entire Uehara clan has been secretly hunting me down."

Orochimaru glanced at the Dark Forest of Menreiki and said coldly, "Our cooperation was initially quite pleasant, but when I decided to research the Soul King so that we could both become true gods, supreme gods ruling over the entire Soul Society!"

"Study the Spirit King... and become a god..."

Aizen Sousuke's eyes narrowed slightly.

First of all, Orochimaru must be lying. Even Aizen Sousuke himself didn't believe that Orochimaru would share the opportunity to become a god with others, because Aizen himself wouldn't share the opportunity to become a god with others.

However, that's not their key point.

Both of them were focused on how to become a god through the Spirit King…

"That's right."

A mad glint flashed across Orochimaru's face as he coldly declared, "As long as... we obtain the Soul King, we will obtain the largest aggregate of spiritual particles in the world..."

Orochimaru's words seemed to conceal something.

He deliberately concealed how he became part of God through the Spirit King.

This was the most crucial part, and what Aizen Sousuke was most concerned about. However, Aizen Sousuke had found a way to deal with it, and he was also very clear that Orochimaru wouldn't easily reveal these things...

Furthermore, Aizen Sousuke also learned of Orochimaru's purpose; this guy's desire to cooperate with him was likely aimed at obtaining the Soul King…

Aizen Sousuke paused for a second, then suddenly changed the subject: "If that's the case, then the Soul King is also the source of the split between Orochimaru and the first Uehara clan head..."

"Hehehehe... Of course."

Orochimaru turned to look at Aizen Sousuke and sneered, "Uehara hypocritically claimed that the Soul King was the source of stability in the world, swallowed all the results of my experiments, and sent his thirteen assassins to hunt me down for allegedly conducting forbidden experiments. Left with no other choice, I had to escape Soul Society alone and hide in Hueco Mundo..."

Orochimaru slowly clenched his fist, a sinister glint in his eyes: "Even now, the Thirteen Dead Servants are still searching for me, and those Uehara lackeys are still carrying out his orders, trying to kill me..."

this moment…

He seemed like a true old friend who had been betrayed by Uehara!

Aizen Sousuke slowly processed the part of the truth he had learned, then nodded and said, "Indeed, otherwise, Orochimaru might have become the ruler of Hueco Mundo much sooner than me..."

Of course, to be honest.

Aizen Sousuke actually trusted the person named Uehara more.

Because Aizen Sousuke had met Uehara Naraku, the current head of the Uehara clan, a naive and innocent little fellow who seemed to have nothing to offer except for his extraordinary talent and powerful spiritual pressure…

However, such people...

It will surely gain the trust and following of more people.

Aizen Sousuke was more inclined to believe that what the first Uehara clan head said was true; if the Soul King were killed, it might really lead to the destruction of the world.

but…

Aizen Sousuke didn't care about this issue either.

As for this world, let it be destroyed if it wants to be destroyed...

Aizen Sousuke was more concerned with another issue. He slowly raised his head and looked at Orochimaru calmly, saying, "In order to return to Soul Society and obtain the Soul King, and in order to destroy the Uehara clan, Mr. Orochimaru has been secretly searching for suitable people..."

"Hehehehe...that's right."

Orochimaru chuckled and nodded, a hint of approval flashing across his face: "Aizen Sousuke, when I saw you conquer Hueco Mundo, I knew the person I wanted had arrived..."

"Yeah?"

Aizen Sousuke's lips curled into a smile as he reached out and took the box that Tosen Kaname had been carrying, slowly placing it in front of Orochimaru.

Aizen Sousuke slowly opened the box, looking at the piles of snake molts inside as if they were some kind of treasure, and said with a smile, "No, I should say earlier... about several hundred years ago, or even earlier..."

Aizen Sousuke looked at Orochimaru and chuckled, "Because if it had happened any earlier, my spiritual pressure wouldn't have been enough to detect the traces of Orochimaru sending your pet to spy on me..."

(End of this chapter)