Having lived for nearly a thousand years, White Snake Sage has seen many people and has some ability to judge them.
Orochimaru, in her view, is among the best of humanity.
He has great ambition, combined with the talent and horrifying ability to put it into practice.
Of course, the thing White Snake Sage admires most is Orochimaru's lack of scruples.
He's clearly human, but he doesn't have as many human concerns.
This kind of person has very high investment value.
The reason for being stingy before, only giving a Manda, was because it wasn't necessary.
But now, she needs to reconsider.
White Snake Sage isn't worried about controlling Orochimaru, because he wants a lot from her, and she can give him even more.
Picking up her pipe and taking a puff, White Snake Sage thought about the next steps, no longer focusing extra attention on Manda.
Its success or failure is no longer important.
In fact, in Ryuuchi Cave, no snake or person cares about Manda's success or failure.
The three snake princesses sisters might care a little, but mostly they are worried about whether White Snake Sage will punish them for their poor performance earlier.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, is busy recording and observing data.
Without the support of natural energy, the invasiveness of First Hokage cells is much weaker than before, and the chakra strength has returned to the level Uchiha Jinsuke faced.
In this situation, Manda's own extraordinary physique has room to shine, and the instinct of the First Hokage cells is being tamed.
This is a perfect fusion at the cellular level, so even if the test subject is not human, but a snake, the experimental data it can provide is very valuable.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
Manda is still screaming, but compared to before, it sounds much stronger, as if announcing to others that someone still cares about the success or failure of the surgery.
After who knows how long, Manda's original purple body suddenly takes on a grayish-white color. Then like porcelain, fine cracks appear on its skin, and a faint purple light shines through.
The next moment, under Orochimaru's gaze, the grayish-white shell shatters, and the reborn Manda raises its head, letting out an excited hiss.
Orochimaru licks his lips, the transplant surgery was a success.
Whoosh...
At the same time, slender tentacles withdraw from within Manda's body, retreating into the darkness of the cave, returning control of natural energy to Manda.
But this time, it won't aid evil and go on a rampage again. On the contrary, as Manda stretches its body and reacquaints itself with it, the natural energy within becomes its aid.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The rocks on the ground seem to be given life, and sharp spikes rise from the ground, surrounding Manda, like a group of snakes surrounding their king.
Orochimaru raises an eyebrow, recognizing the ability Manda is now using.
This is Senjutsu!
Surprising? Not really.
After all, Manda's body already contains a large amount of natural energy. The compatibility between First Hokage cells and White Snake lineage Senjutsu is also excellent, or maybe White Snake Sage did something...
There are too many reasons for Manda to master Senjutsu. If it can't master it at this point, it would be quite useless.
So, Orochimaru just nods slightly and lowers his head to continue organizing the experimental data, ignoring the excited Manda.
A quarter of an hour later, seeing that Orochimaru had finished organizing all the experimental data and equipment, and put them back in the scroll, Tagorihime, who had been waiting for a long time, smiles and says,
"Please come this way, the Sage wants to see you now."
Orochimaru smiles and nods, but says, "Wait a moment, I have some small things to do."
Since they haven't urged him for so long, White Snake Sage probably won't mind waiting a bit longer.
With this in mind, under the surprised gaze of the three snake princesses, Orochimaru goes to Manda and releases a seal on the scroll.
A wild boar nearly thirty meters long appears out of nowhere and falls to the ground with a thud.
Seeing this, Manda's eyes flash with greed, followed by caution and hesitation.
Orochimaru smiles and says, "This is a boar king. Don't worry, there are no drugs added. This is your reward."
Manda hesitates for a moment, then pounces directly.
The surgery took a lot of its strength, and it is now empty and hungry.
After appeasing Manda, Orochimaru goes to each of the giant snakes that participated in the Kumogakure battle and feeds them each a smaller wild boar, as a reward for their service.
Compared to Manda, the two snakes are much more respectful. They crouch slightly, and only begin to eat after Orochimaru leaves.
After doing all this, Orochimaru follows the three snake princesses sisters back to the front of the 'Dragon' word.
White Snake Sage is holding a pipe, exhaling a long puff of smoke.
Her eyelids are slightly closed as she says, "You helped Manda transform. This is your reward."
A stone platform rises up in front of the seat, holding some paper documents, and steadily moves to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru is not in a hurry to pick up this Senjutsu training method. His gaze falls on the stone platform, which seems to have grown naturally, and he can't help but lick his lips.
With his current senses, he can tell how high a concentration of natural energy is gathered within this small stone platform.
This ground-controlling Senjutsu is exactly the same as what Manda displayed earlier.
Orochimaru knows that this is a demonstration, and also a kind of deterrence.
The earth that White Snake Sage can control is naturally not limited to this small stone platform. It's likely that the entire Ryuuchi Cave is under her control.
In other words, since he stepped into Ryuuchi Cave, his life has been beyond his control.
The alarm bells of his biological instincts are ringing loudly, but Orochimaru's lips slightly curl.
He quickly browses through the document, turns to White Snake Sage, and says, "Sage, I want to take the Senjutsu trial now."
"Oh? You're ready?" White Snake Sage narrows her eyes slightly. "Now, you are confident you can pass the trial?"
Orochimaru nods. "Yes."
The snake princess' waiting attitude, White Snake Sage's easy offer of the Senjutsu method... led him to confirm one thing: the change that happened to Manda has attracted White Snake Sage's interest, and it's bigger than he imagined.
This makes him fearless.
The so-called Senjutsu trial is just White Snake Sage's idea. Unless someone's aptitude is terrible, she definitely has the ability to let a ninja pass the trial.
After all, White Snake lineage Senjutsu originates from White Snake Sage.
When the trial is no longer a trial, it becomes a gift.
White Snake Sage opens her narrowed eyes, her expression changes slightly, and she says softly, "You are very bold."
She can naturally see that Orochimaru is trying to control her, and he doesn't even try to hide it.
"I have always been bold."
Orochimaru bows slightly and smiles. "Just don't misunderstand, Sage. What I seek is cooperation. Only by mastering Senjutsu can I have the opportunity to go further. And isn't that what you hope to see?"
White Snake Sage looks at Orochimaru, closes her eyes slightly, and slowly says, "Leave your mark on it, and I will agree to this."
As she finishes speaking, the scroll from the beast's mouth behind her shoots out and lands in front of Orochimaru.
The scroll slowly unrolls.
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