His extraordinary comprehension allowed him to create immortal techniques at the age of six, astonis

As a teacher, having to accept a disciple's secret techniques would make even Orochimaru feel somewhat embarrassed.

But, restraint?

Orochimaru had no interest in such things at the moment; he eagerly grabbed the scroll and immediately opened it to read it.

"Okay, let me take a look!"

"So that's how it is! That's the line of thought. It turns out that the path of natural energy is the right one!"

"Hiss!! According to theory, as long as one completes the Sage Transformation of their body, their strength will have the potential to surpass that of the First Hokage..."

Orochimaru looked at the scroll excitedly, muttering to himself.

After a long while, Orochimaru finally finished reading everything, then let out a long sigh, raised his head, and looked at his disciple with a complicated expression.

"Ishihara, you've surpassed me!"

He was surpassed by his own disciple.

He had already made preparations when Ishihara took out the Body Tempering Technique.

But Orochimaru didn't expect the day to return so quickly.

His feelings were indescribably complicated.

Originally, being surpassed by a student as a teacher was something to be extremely proud of.

Because in reality, he only provided Ishihara with a learning environment, but did not provide him with any real guidance.

Rather than a master-disciple relationship, Orochimaru felt more like he had been surpassed by a rival.

It made him feel both resentful and at peace.

At that moment, Orochimaru accepted reality and realized that he was indeed inferior to Ishihara.

"Teacher, isn't this what you've always wanted?"

Ishihara maintained his smile!

He was satisfied with Orochimaru's reaction.

The immortal technique he gave was completely genuine, without any modifications!

He said he wouldn't let Orochimaru down, and he won't.

However, Ishihara genuinely wanted Orochimaru to be his experimental subject, to test the waters for him.

After all, he only has a lifespan of three thousand years now; he has a long way to go before he can live forever.

Orochimaru chuckled and shook his head, then took out a blank scroll and began to write.

Ishihara raised an eyebrow; he had already seen the first few words and couldn't help but feel a little expectant.

[The Reincarnation Technique!]

After Orochimaru finished writing, he handed over the scroll and said with a complicated expression:

"This is the forbidden technique I've been researching: the Reincarnation Technique!"

"I hope this will be helpful to your research!"

With the immortal body, he was already able to obtain the most powerful body, so naturally he no longer considered changing to another body.

The technique of resurrection was no longer useful to him.

This left Orochimaru feeling somewhat disappointed.

Ishihara opened the scroll and looked at its contents, his eyes lighting up immediately.

"Indeed, this is knowledge about the soul and spirit!"

[You have studied the secret techniques of the Reanimation Jutsu, Tobirama Senju, and Orochimaru, and you have created the Body Seizure Technique!]

[Body-Snatching Technique: After use, it allows your soul to be transferred to a new body with minimal damage to the soul. The new body can be used for up to the age of natural death.]

"A useless thing!"

Ishihara only glanced at the secret technique before forgetting about it.

For him, the knowledge within this secret technique was more important; there was much that he needed to study and deduce further, so he would put it away for the time being.

Upon seeing this, Orochimaru immediately asked, "What happened here?"

Ishihara gave a brief explanation, and Orochimaru immediately sneered:

"What a coincidence! I was stopped by the Akatsuki on my way back!"

"It's likely that they leaked the information to Konoha."

Following that, Orochimaru also recounted his encounters with Sasori of the Red Sand and Pain.

"Ignore them for now. The most important thing now is to conduct the next step of research on immortality!"

Ishihara pondered for a moment and then shook his head.

"You've already made progress?!"

Orochimaru's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He had also read about the cultivation method for immortal bodies, so he naturally knew about the lifespan of three thousand years.

But what he wanted was immortality, so he wanted to go even further!

"I think the next step is to study bloodline limits. At the same time, I also need to do some experiments. If there are no unexpected problems, it should be of some benefit to the Sage Body!"

"Therefore, we need to obtain information about people with bloodline limits and their corpses!"

Ishihara did not provide any information related to the Ten-Tails.

Since the source of the intelligence was unclear, it was more reasonable and advantageous to explain it through experiments.

Orochimaru laughed coldly upon hearing this.

"Perfect timing. I recently received intelligence that the Blood Mist policy of Kirigakure has reached its most intense moment of resistance."

"I've heard that the Hozuki clan and the Kaguya clan are preparing to rebel!"

"Furthermore, Kirigakure has a large number of corpses of people with bloodline limits!"

Ishihara's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. "Alright, let's go to Kirigakure!"

Most of the subordinates Orochimaru plans to recruit in the future will come from Kirigakure, destined to be studied.

The two men's positions had been reversed without them realizing it.

But no one felt it was inappropriate; on the contrary, they thought it was perfectly natural.

Everything was destined the moment Ishihara took out the Immortal Body Cultivation Method!

……

Konoha Village.

After Kakashi and Itachi returned to Konoha, they immediately went to the Hokage Building to report for duty.

At this moment, the Hokage's office was deathly silent.

Just now, Kakashi and Itachi recounted the entire details of this mission. Even the Third Hokage's trusted Anbu members examined Kakashi's memories and confirmed their authenticity.

The Third Hokage's expression was grim as he puffed on his cigarette, gritting his teeth as he said:

"I never imagined there could be someone in this world with such terrifying talent, especially one who is Orochimaru's disciple!"

"What a cruel twist of fate! He should belong to Konoha!!!"

"We must find a way to bring him back to Konoha!"

The Third Hokage was extremely unwilling to accept this.

Kakashi and Itachi exchanged a bitter glance.

They've tried to persuade him several times, but the Third Hokage simply won't listen.

Hokage, please don't do anything foolish, that's courting death!

Ishihara is someone the entire Hidden Leaf Village can't afford to offend!

Chapter Twenty-Two: Obito's Revenge! Medical Ninjutsu Secret Technique! (Seeking flowers and ratings!)

In a forest somewhere in the land of water.

The Hidden Mist Village's ANBU are brutally killing several people.

"You bastard Yagura, my Hozuki clan will never let you get away with this!"

"How dare he attack someone from our Hozuki clan! Yagura has gone mad!!"

"Damn, what the hell is going on?!"

"Even if you want us to die, you should at least give us a reason, right? Yagura, come out here!"

Several severely wounded members of the Hozuki clan roared angrily.

But all they received in response was an even fiercer attack from the Mist Ninja Anbu and a tragic end.

Obito stood atop a tree in the distance, looking at the corpse lying on the ground with a cold gaze.