Naruto's Review : First Viewer is Senju Tobirama?

Orochimaru has always been eager to possess the technology that could grant him immortality, or even eternal life.

At present, he already relies on the forbidden jutsu of Living Corpse Reincarnation and cloning techniques as his means of achieving longevity.

However, the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique has a major flaw—each time he uses it, his soul becomes weaker.

As for the cloning technique, it seems to have no flaws since the bodies are cloned from his own cells, making them completely compatible with his soul.

But, the cloning technology has not been thoroughly tested over time, and no one knows if there will be any long-term side effects.

Now, Orochimaru has seen Sasori's human puppets, and it immediately sparked an idea in him. He wanted to acquire this technology.

Of course, he understands that turning himself into a human puppet has its downsides.

For one, he would likely lose his sense of taste and his digestive system.

He's never heard of a puppet still being able to eat food.

However, to Orochimaru, these issues are not problems.

As long as he can master Sasori's human puppet technique, he believes that if he ever decides to transform himself, he can only modify the necessary parts. There's no need to change his entire body like Sasori did.

As for the issue of organ failure, that's easily solved.

He can simply remove and replace the organs from his clone body.

With this, Orochimaru believes that by using a semi-puppet form, he can achieve the ultimate immortality.

"It seems I need to come up with a plan to get Sasori's human puppet technology," he thought.

"Yes, when Kabuto returns, I'll have him contact Sasori and see if we can get the human puppet technology from him."

[During the time when Orochimaru and Sasori became partners, Orochimaru had placed Kabuto as a spy next to Sasori.]

[However, Sasori seemed to appreciate Kabuto and sent him back to spy on Orochimaru.]

[So, Kabuto ended up becoming a double agent, spying for both sides.]

"Eh? Kabuto is still a double agent? Orochimaru, do you know about this?"

When it comes to Kabuto, Jiraiya and the Third Hokage were very serious about the matter.

They had to be serious. Kabuto was someone who had been revealed on the light screen to be a very important figure in the Fourth Ninja World War.

At first, the Third Hokage wanted to eliminate Kabuto, sticking to the principle of 'better to kill wrongly than let go.'

Jiraiya, though not as extreme, wanted to imprison Kabuto in Konoha and monitor him day and night.

But it was Orochimaru who vouched for Kabuto in front of them.

Orochimaru assured them that Kabuto in the current world wouldn't do such things, so they didn't take action against him.

Now, after seeing the reveal on the screen, that Kabuto was still the spy Sasori had placed by Orochimaru's side, Jiraiya and the Third Hokage couldn't stay calm.

Since Kabuto was sent by Sasori as a spy, did this mean his loyalty to Orochimaru wasn't as high as it seemed?

Had Kabuto been tricking Orochimaru all along?

And did Orochimaru know that Kabuto was a spy sent by Sasori?

This was what Jiraiya and the Third Hokage wanted to know the most.

"I knew about it, of course."

Orochimaru calmly looked at Jiraiya and the Third Hokage and said, "I know what you're worried about, but Kabuto has always been on my side. Any information he gave to Sasori was only trivial information that I allowed him to share."

"Well, in that case, we can rest easy."

After exchanging a glance, the Third Hokage asked, "Then, does Sasori know..."

"Sasori doesn't know that Kabuto is with me. He still thinks Kabuto is working for him."

"Heh, sorry Orochimaru, Sasori really has bad luck."

Hearing the Third Hokage say this, Jiraiya immediately chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, old man, back in the day, you exiled Orochimaru from the village and really made him your enemy. Years later, he came back and launched the Konoha Crush plan. If it weren't for the Second Hokage, you'd probably have been killed by him."

"…"

The Third Hokage looked at Jiraiya, his lips slightly trembling, his expression showing some agitation. It seemed like he wanted to swear.

But considering the people around, the Third Hokage held back and could only glare at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya: ????

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"Hehehe, Jiraiya, you're right!" Orochimaru laughed loudly and gave Jiraiya a thumbs-up.

Back then, Orochimaru was discovered by the Third Hokage for experimenting on the villagers.

Although the Third Hokage let him go, he still exiled him from Konoha.

Was Orochimaru ruthless?

Of course, he was.

His plan to destroy Konoha was mainly to kill the Third Hokage on the battlefield, making him a hero of the village, instead of dying in his old age in a sickbed. But there was also a part of it that was revenge for what happened back then.

[After completing the glorious evolution, Sasori would often hide inside the puppet shell, Hiruko, to move around, never showing his true face.]

[Referring to the battle between Sakumo and his parents, Sasori had long realized that puppet masters have disadvantages in close combat. So, Hiruko became Sasori's armor and weapon, providing both offense and defense.]

[Later, as expected, Orochimaru defected from Akatsuki. Sasori, along with Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi, found Deidara and persuaded him to join the organization.]

[Through Itachi's eyes, which could make anyone pregnant just by staring, Sasori and Deidara successfully formed a team.]

[In this way, Sasori shifted from the immortality duo with Orochimaru to the "Artistic Duo" with Deidara.]

[When Akatsuki started collecting the Tailed Beasts, Sasori and Deidara were assigned to capture the One-Tail Jinchuriki, Gaara.]

[After Deidara succeeded, Gaara's older brother, Kankuro, chased after them, determined to rescue Gaara.]

[Noticing that Kankuro was a puppet master and using three puppets that he had played with in the past, Sasori wondered if it was his twisted curiosity or if he wanted to test the skill level of Sunagakure's puppet masters. He told Deidara to take Gaara and leave, while he stayed behind to handle Kankuro.]

[Kankurō was naturally no match for Sasori. After being toyed with for a while, he was directly defeated by Sasori.]

[However, Sasori did not kill Kankurō; instead, he poisoned him.]

[This poison, if it killed him, then that would be the end. If it didn't kill him, it would serve as a plot point for later.]

[After being poisoned, Kankurō awaited the support from the Konoha team.]

[Sakura, who learned under Tsunade, used this opportunity to prepare an antidote to cure Sasori's poison.]

"Ah? Sakura will be Tsunade's apprentice in the future?"

The people present were a bit surprised.

They were somewhat familiar with the members of Team 7.

As for Naruto and Sasuke, there's no need to mention them—they were powerful both in strength and background.

But Sakura, from the same team, seemed somewhat plain and inconspicuous.

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