A clone with Orochimaru's own personality, still the familiar formula.
Tomoki walked through the low, dark, damp underground tunnel, quite unaccustomed to it, and so he specifically lit a lamp.
Led by Haku, Tomoki quickly arrived at the room where Orochimaru was.
It was a stone room, much drier than the passage.
After Haku brought Tomoki in, he did not leave, and Tomoki understood why when he saw Orochimaru.
At this moment, Orochimaru was as weak as a Ninja Academy student.
With a pitifully low Chakra response, Tomoki felt that Homura Mitokado's Chakra reserves were more than ten times greater than Orochimaru's current ones.
Orochimaru's Uchiha Clan skin from their last meeting, and his hair had also returned to its natural smoothness.
He was leaning against a stone bed, with a wheelchair beside it, and Haku walked straight to the bed and helped Orochimaru into the wheelchair.
"Tomoki-kun, please excuse me for letting you see me in such a disheveled state."
"There's no need to talk about being excused or not, but given your current state, Senior, can you continue your research? You know, I've never stopped funding you monthly!"
Results from Konoha seemed imminent, but Tomoki still hadn't given up on this side.
His own Orochimaru was good, but that was also his flaw; he was too good.
The uninhibited Orochimaru before him was the strongest being in Tomoki's heart.
"Actually, even if Tomoki-kun hadn't come, I would have come to you soon, but I have a question. I thought my new base was foolproof, so how did Tomoki-kun find its location?"
Before Haku brought Tomoki, Orochimaru had carefully checked everything and couldn't figure out what had been exposed.
"There's no need to mention such trivial matters. I have a special Perception Ninjutsu. I wonder, Senior, what did you want to see me about?"
Tomoki had no intention of explaining anything to Orochimaru; he just wanted to know what Orochimaru intended to ask him for.
"The three questions Tomoki-kun mentioned when we met for the second time, I feel I'm close to finding the answers to them. These are answers my original body in Konoha will never find, but I need help now."
That was the first meeting!
Tomoki mentally refuted Orochimaru's statement, and he didn't believe a single word of the subsequent content.
Konoha was clearly close to getting results, but you, who don't know history and lack a large amount of data, can understand nothing!
"Oh? What kind of help? Let's be clear, I won't be adding any more funding until there are concrete results."
Tomoki's look of disbelief made Orochimaru realize it was time to show his true skills.
"Tomoki-kun, I have found the source of everything!"
After speaking, Orochimaru brushed aside his left bangs, revealing his pure white, flawless left eye, subtly glowing with a faint blue light.
The blue light was very faint; if Tomoki hadn't had the foundation of Mangekyo, he might not have even noticed it.
Holy crap! Tenseigan!
Tomoki's heart skipped a beat, but then he realized it was just a high-purity Byakugan.
Combined with Orochimaru's words, Tomoki immediately thought of the origin of the eyeball in Orochimaru's eye socket.
"The help Senior mentioned, is it related to the Moon?"
Since Orochimaru already knew, Tomoki no longer hid anything, displaying an air of being in complete control.
This was in preparation for the upcoming negotiations.
"Indeed, Tomoki-kun knows more than I imagined, so I won't go into detail."
Although Orochimaru was shocked that Tomoki had seen through the Byakugan's origin with a single glance, he still wanted to test how much Tomoki actually knew.
Tomoki was not annoyed by Orochimaru's intentions.
"No problem, I suppose it's about combat, Ōtsutsuki and Tenseigan, right?"
He actually knew?
Orochimaru put away his thoughts and asked.
"What does Tomoki-kun want?"
"The upcoming actions will be under my command, ownership of the spoils of war belongs to me, Senior has the right to use them, and I must have backups of all related research, including existing results."
Tomoki stated his conditions without hesitation.
You're asking for too much!
This was Orochimaru's only thought after hearing it. Although having the right to use them was enough, everything had to be built on the foundation of success.
And everything he currently had, Orochimaru had fought tooth and nail to get back.
Orochimaru himself was in such a terrible state, and while he had confidence in Tomoki's strength, those few brief rounds earlier.
Also made Orochimaru feel that Toneri's strength was unfathomable, and without being able to guarantee success, Orochimaru didn't want to be so easily manipulated.
Especially since Tomoki himself knew about the Moon's intelligence but hadn't made any moves, he might also be wary of the Ōtsutsuki on the Moon.
"Tomoki-kun, can you ensure the success of the operation?"
"I make no guarantees. Of course, if Senior Orochimaru thinks it's not worth it, you can find someone else to help or do it yourself."
Tomoki, who had seen through Orochimaru's current state, was not worried at all. Besides himself, the only one Orochimaru could find was Nagato.
Tomoki didn't believe Orochimaru could get Nagato to be his enforcer.
The scene fell silent. Orochimaru, sitting in the wheelchair, feigned hesitation for a long time before saying.
"No problem!"
Tomoki said with his signature smile.
"Happy cooperation!"
And Orochimaru indicated he didn't want to speak!
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