This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

After instantly dodging away, Orochimaru looked at the figure that suddenly appeared opposite him with a cold and vigilant gaze, his eyes filled with astonishing murderous intent.

His pair of snake pupils kept shrinking back and forth, which was obviously the reaction of a snake creature when it was frightened.

Not only that, the skin of the body that Orochimaru had just deposited was tingling slightly.

This is the instinctive reminder that snakes give when facing danger.

This person who suddenly appeared is very dangerous!

Only then did Orochimaru see the man's true face.

This is a handsome man in white with a gentle smile. The elegant smile on his face always gives people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, which makes people feel good about him.

But in the current scene, the face of the man in white inevitably makes people feel a little weird.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes tightly, ignoring the surprise in his heart, and quickly confirmed the identity of the man in front of him.

Due to inertia of thinking, and the fact that this was the battlefield where the Rain Ninja and Konoha were fighting, Orochimaru subconsciously associated the man in front of him with the Rain Ninja.

But Orochimaru quickly rejected this idea.

Konoha has been fighting with the Rain Ninja for nearly half a year. As the head of Konoha's intelligence, he never remembers that the Rain Ninja has such a person.

Besides

This person can make Orochimaru's instincts keep sounding the alarm because of the pain, which means that this person at least has the strength to threaten Orochimaru.

But this man is really too young. Orochimaru himself is already a great genius in the ninja world. He has achieved his current success at the age of only twenty.

But compared to the man in front of him, his age was clearly not an advantage.

Who is he? Rain Ninja obviously does not have a young talent of this level.

Orochimaru searched back and forth in his mind, but in the end he found nothing.

On this charred land, the two of them just kept looking at each other.

The two people's states and expressions were completely different.

Orochimaru still had a serious and cold expression, as if he was about to attack and hurt someone at any time.

On the other hand, the man in white on the opposite side remained as gentle as ever, and the elegant and easy-going smile on his face never disappeared.

Mizunoe Ryosuke looked at Orochimaru opposite him with calm eyes, with a hint of emotion in his expression.

Talent

Although the ninja world is vast, there is only one eccentric like Orochimaru.

Orochimaru is also the only man who has been against both Naruto and Sasuke and still survived to the end, although there is some element of whitewashing involved.

But you have to know that not everyone can whitewash themselves as successfully as Uncle Snake.

Under Naruto's mouth-to-mouth technique, even Uchiha Obito and Uzumaki Nagato, the two master-killing lunatics, were cleared of all charges.

But what in the end?

One of them was directly drained of his body and died (Nagato).

The other one also seemed to have died from being drained of his body.

It seems that even if the villain who opposes the protagonist is whitewashed, he will eventually be drained of his body and die.

Orochimaru's whitewashing may seem unreasonable at first glance, but if you think about Orochimaru's character carefully, everything is actually completely normal.

After all, for Orochimaru 810, "scientific research" is everything.

In the original work, Orochimaru had only one goal from beginning to end - scientific research!

The reason why Orochimaru seems out of tune with the ninja world is because he has huge differences with other ninjas in the most fundamental concepts.

This is not a difference in tone or identity, it is entirely a difference in cognition and nature.

If you have to say it, other ninjas took the path of "becoming gods through ninjutsu".

Only Orochimaru took the path of "becoming a god through technology".

For Orochimaru, there is only one in general.

Not strong enough? Make up for it with research.

Life is too short? Technology is slowing down!

Although Orochimaru also pursued to become Hokage in the original work, it is difficult to say clearly what Orochimaru's purpose in becoming Hokage was.

Maybe he just wanted to use the power and resources brought by the Hokage to better complete his research.

From this perspective, we have to say that Sarutobi Hiruzen did not let Orochimaru become Hokage. Although his own personal desires were involved, it is obvious that Orochimaru, like Jiraiya, was not fit to be Hokage.

After all, I'm afraid no one can accept it. As a dignified Hokage, he just plays the technique of people spitting snakes and people spitting snakes when he has nothing to do.

If Senju Hashirama knew about this in his afterlife, he would probably be so angry that he would crawl out of his coffin without even having to undergo the Impure World Reincarnation!

Chapter 457, Orochimaru

Orochimaru is actually not difficult to understand.

As the first boss in the original story, do you think he is bad?

In fact, it is not necessarily that bad. In fact, if you look at it from the perspective of the overall environment of the ninja world, everything Orochimaru did is simply normal.

A glimpse of the whole picture reveals that Kaguya-kunmaro voluntarily became Orochimaru's tool and was willing to die for him. This is enough to illustrate the unique personality charm that Orochimaru carries.

As for the so-called Orochimaru relying on "brainwashing" to control Kaguya-kunmaro, that is even more nonsense.

What is brainwashing?

If accepting the emperor's favor and dying for him is considered brainwashing, then we can only say that there are countless brainwashed people in history.

Coincidentally, both the Sound Four and Kabuto Yakushi have loyalty and affection for Orochimaru that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Even Anko Mitarashi still had complicated feelings towards Orochimaru after Orochimaru defected.

During the Konoha Collapse Plan, judging from the way Orochimaru treated Red Bean, this seemingly cold-blooded pervert was actually not as cold-hearted as he appeared on the surface deep down in his heart, it was just that his emotions were much more awkward than those of ordinary people.

After encountering Anko Mitarashi during the Chunin Exam, Orochimaru could have easily killed this troublesome Anko Mitarashi, but in the end he still chose to show mercy.

You know, at that time, Orochimaru disguised himself as the Fourth Kazekage and sneaked into Konoha, which was itself a huge risk. There was no reason for him to leave such a handle as Red Bean outside.

The most important thing is that later events proved that Orochimaru even killed his "mentor", the Third Hokage, so it was no big deal to kill Anko Mitarashi, who was just a disciple.

If Orochimaru was truly evil and had lost all humanity, he would have no reason to let Anko Mitarashi go.

As for exploitation, that doesn't make sense.

A mere Mitarashi Anko is completely worthless to Orochimaru.

You have to know that at that time, Orochimaru had already colluded with Danzo within Konoha, so he didn't need a small follower like Red Bean at all.

As for whether Orochimaru planted a curse on Anko Mitarashi, one can only say that different people have different opinions.

Sasuke also has Orochimaru's Heaven's Curse Seal on his body, but Sasuke can use the Heaven's Curse Seal to enter the "fly form" and use this power as a plug-in.

However, after being cursed, Anko achieved nothing and was brought only pain. This can only be attributed to the fact that Mitarashi Anko's talent is too poor.

Facts have also proved that in the end, Orochimaru's curse did not cause any harm to Red Bean.

Similarly, Hongdou was unable to develop any power or usage of the curse seal.

Power is neither good nor bad. It is good if used well and bad if used badly. That’s all.

In Mizunoe Ryosuke's personal opinion, the curse that Orochimaru planted on Red Bean was just a gift to his apprentice.

In general, Orochimaru is not a good person, but he is not a bad person either.

Although he seems cold-blooded because of his clear purpose, he is still sentimental deep down.

In terms of ability, there is no need to mention Orochimaru's excellence.

It can be said that Orochimaru changed the situation in the entire ninja world with his own strength.

The reason why Kabuto Yakushi was able to become an almost unsolvable bug with his Impure World Reincarnation technique in the later period was that he essentially inherited everything from Orochimaru.

At its core, the technique of Impure World Reincarnation was perfected thanks to Orochimaru's talent.

If Kabuto Yakushi were to do all this on his own, he would probably be far from being able to do so.

And this is just his ability in "scientific research". In terms of means and scheming, Orochimaru is not inferior to others.

Not only was he able to easily break away from Konoha and strike out on his own without incident, but even after leaving Konoha, he was able to navigate the clutches of powerful ninja forces like Akatsuki, Danzo, and Sasori. Who else in the ninja world could match his experience? He even managed to create the Otogakure (Sound Village), completely embodying the image of a powerful ninja.

Among these people, how many are easy to get along with?

He betrayed Konoha and Akatsuki, the two leading forces in the ninja world, one after another and is still alive and well. Who else in the ninja world can do that?

If it weren't for the Sharingan's natural ability to counter it, it's hard to say whether Uchiha Itachi could have controlled Orochimaru. And with the two moves that Hashira had, at most he could have been easily toyed around by Orochimaru.

So no matter what, Uncle Snake is a rare talent.

It's even rare to find a talent that even Ryosuke Mizunoe is jealous of.

After previous observations, Mizunoe Ryosuke basically concluded that this point in time was just the starting point of Orochimaru's "pursuit (of) seeking (the) true (abnormal) reason".

It was perfect to contact Orochimaru at this time and lay a foreshadowing.

Not only that, Orochimaru is still a rookie now, and has not yet experienced the changes in the future to grow into a hero in the ninja world, so he is not difficult to deal with.

So Mizunoe Ryosuke decisively chose to take the initiative to contact, and directly gave Orochimaru a king bomb.

Seeing that Orochimaru was alert and silent for a long time, Mizunoe Ryosuke no longer waited, but took the initiative to speak.

"Judging from your appearance, you must have just used a reincarnation-type secret technique."

“It’s just a pity”

"The shortcomings of your technique are a bit too obvious. Bad review."

"Also, your current body is quite fragile."

Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke slowly, his eyes revealing a hint of indifference. Every word he said was like a branding iron burning into Orochimaru's heart, causing him both pain and torment.

After all, no one would feel comfortable if their true identity was seen through at a glance.

Most importantly, the indifference in Mizunoe Ryosuke's eyes deeply irritated Orochimaru.

Chapter 458: Fighting with the Air

“Who the hell are you!!!!”

Orochimaru's expression changed drastically, and the cold expression on his face was completely broken.

His body subconsciously hunched over, his hands crossed in front of him vigilantly, and his expression looked extremely ugly for a moment.

No one could imagine how shocked Orochimaru was deep down at this moment.

He had only recently developed the secret technique of "Reincarnation without Corpse" and today was even his first time conducting a physical experiment. However, strangely enough, the man before him had revealed everything in one sentence.

Not only that, this man seemed to see through the shortcomings of the Reincarnation Technique at a glance, and his tone was full of disapproval, which made Orochimaru extremely angry.

You know, Orochimaru has only just researched this technique. He has not yet experienced the side effect of using the Non-Corpse Reincarnation Technique, which is that the body and soul will be mutually repelled, resulting in double damage to the body and soul.

Faced with the trump card thrown by Mizunoe Ryosuke, one can imagine the shock and anger in Orochimaru's heart.

Seeing the expression on Orochimaru's face, Mizunoe Ryosuke knew that his words just now had successfully hurt Orochimaru's pain point.

Ryosuke Mizunoe is not afraid of Orochimaru's big reaction, but he is afraid of Orochimaru's no reaction.

Seeing this, Mizunoe Ryosuke prepared to continue to stimulate Orochimaru 810.

"Do you feel weak in your limbs and extremely uncoordinated?"

"Is it accompanied by dizziness and blurred vision?"

"The most important thing is whether your chakra circulation is extremely sluggish at this moment?"

Mizunoe Ryosuke's questions were like a string of cannonballs, which made Orochimaru's mind tremble violently.

"Who is he?"

"How does he know my condition so well?"

Orochimaru's arms couldn't help but begin to tremble slightly. He kept talking to himself in his heart, and his eyes became more and more gloomy.

"it is a pity"

"The idea of ​​using this to develop a technique for immortality is a good one, but one problem has been overlooked."

"That is—the soul!"