"Resurrect? What do you mean?" Orochimaru stared tightly at Lexon.
"Literal meaning," Lexon replied.
"Can you really do it?" Orochimaru confirmed again.
In his cognition, there was no technique in the Ninja World that could resurrect people.
Lexon nodded slightly.
"How can I trust you?" Orochimaru asked.
"You have no other choice but to trust me," a faint smile appeared on Lexon's face, his words carrying a hint of laughter.
Orochimaru fell into deep thought again.
Even without releasing the seals, the Impure World Reincarnation body had a limit to how long it could be maintained by the caster's chakra, and the soul would gradually wear out during this process, just at a much slower relative speed.
Moreover, every time the slippery snake used Living Corpse Reincarnation in recent years, it actually consumed a certain amount of soul power.
Therefore, he knew very well that listening to the other party's request might allow him to live for nearly ten years, while releasing the seals would only give him a few years.
He was just considering the pros and cons of both...
But now he heard the news that the other party could resurrect him.
"What method can be used to resurrect me?" Asking such a question already indicated that Orochimaru tentatively believed Lexon's words.
"Rinnegan." Lexon pointed to his own purple-tinged pupils.
"The eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths..." Orochimaru said gloomily.
Actually, he had coveted the Rinnegan...
He initially joined "Akatsuki" because he was recruited after failing to seize the Rinnegan from Tendo Pain.
And compared to the Mangekyo Sharingan, the Rinnegan existed almost in legends, and the current Orochimaru knew absolutely nothing about it.
Can resurrect the dead... the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths... is it true or false...
Orochimaru looked directly at the ripple patterns in those eyes, thoughts surging in his mind.
"I agree," Orochimaru said hoarsely.
"A wise choice," Lexon responded.
Immediately, a smile appeared on his face as he continued, "Since you've agreed, let's discuss your treatment..."
"..." Seeing his smile, Orochimaru suddenly had an ominous premonition.
...
Just like that, Orochimaru and Lexon signed a "labor contract."
Working twelve hours a day, Lexon would occasionally observe his work status through the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
Specific tasks included but were not limited to: obtaining information on Jinchuriki, researching and perfecting forbidden jutsu, grave robbing for corpses, especially the corpses of Hashirama and Uchiha Madara...
"This should be fine," Orochimaru said with a face full of black lines after listening to Lexon's series of words.
"That's about it," Lexon said with a smile.
"Then I'll be going first." Orochimaru was about to leave after speaking.
"Ah, wait," Lexon stopped him. "Do you have Hashirama Cells there?"
In Lexon's impression, Hashirama Cells were also a project Orochimaru was researching, and he had even made related transactions with Danzo Shimura.
"They are still somewhat unstable and might cause body collapse," Orochimaru was not surprised that Lexon knew about the "Hashirama Cells" and responded directly.
"Is that so... then add this to the work projects as well," Lexon smiled gently.
"..."
Orochimaru left.
Now he was an Impure World Reincarnation body, possessing near-infinite chakra and an undying body. His survival ability was no different from before, and his strength hadn't decreased much, so walking in the Ninja World was no problem.
Only Lexon remained here alone.
Sage Mode will be obtained sooner or later... The news about Tailed Beast Jinchuriki has alerted Orochimaru and Kakuzu, so gathering the chakra of nine Tailed Beasts is only a matter of time... The possibility regarding Hashirama and Uchiha Madara has also been handed over to Orochimaru to grasp...
Lexon stood in place, thinking.
He pondered his next move.
What remained in this world that he hadn't touched yet, and which was relatively useful, were the 'Tenseigan' of Hamura Otsutsuki, the brother of the Sage of Six Paths on the moon—which was on the same level as the Rinnegan—and the sealed Kaguya.
But going to the moon is a bit troublesome...
With Lexon's current ability, relying on the Eight Inner Gates to step on the air and fly for a certain distance was no problem, but on the moon, there was still a Six Paths level existence like the "Giant Tenseigan."
Stepping on the air continuously to the moon, fighting on the moon, and finally coming back—obviously, this behavior was a bit excessive.
"Do you know how to get to the moon?" Suddenly, Lexon looked at a certain empty spot and spoke.
Clearly, there was an open space there, with nothing in it.
But he asked anyway.
Sure enough, there was no response.
The breeze blew, lifting the bangs near Lexon's eyebrows, revealing his entire face.
"Stop hiding, Zetsu." His eyes were indifferent as he slowly spat out a name.
Another silence.
"Almighty Pu..."
Lexon's Rinnegan fixed on that position, raising one hand, pupil power radiating.
"Don't be like this... Uchiha Lexon..." Before the pupil technique of the Rinnegan could be cast to lift that entire area, the soil over there suddenly loosened, and a voice came out.
Accompanying the voice appeared a guy half-white and half-black, covered by a pitcher plant-like vegetation around his head.
It was precisely Zetsu of the "Akatsuki" organization.
While casting the Impure World Reincarnation technique for Orochimaru just now, Lexon had already detected Zetsu's arrival using the Perception ability signed in from the White Snake Sage.
That was why he was so certain.
And now, even though Zetsu had appeared, Lexon did not stop casting the pupil technique.
An invisible force burst forth, instantly crushing a large patch of land where Lexon was looking into dust.
"Uchiha Lexon... what is the meaning of this?" In another location, Zetsu broke through the soil again, and the black part of Zetsu spoke in a low tone.
"I almost died just now!!!" The white part of Zetsu screamed.
"Didn't you survive..." A smile appeared on Lexon's expressionless face. Looking at Zetsu, whose "Akatsuki" uniform was damaged and whose pitcher plant vegetation on both sides of his head was broken, he asked, "So you should know, right? The way to get to the moon."
The method he referred to was not simply flying up, but reaching the moon through a space-time transmission point.
In Lexon's view, Black Zetsu should know about a certain "secret space passage" from the earth to the moon mentioned in the Naruto movie.
After all, the moon was the place where his mother, Kaguya, was imprisoned. As the mastermind behind the scenes, it was impossible for Black Zetsu not to understand everything about the moon over thousands of years.
"Go to the moon? Go to what moon?" White Zetsu was very curious about what Lexon said and asked with a look of surprise and eagerness.
"Ah... I almost forgot." Lexon shook his hand, and the azure, deep Nichirin Sword appeared in his grip.
He swung it casually at Zetsu.
Instantly, the white part of Zetsu's body was cut off out of thin air, completely separating the body into black and white parts.
"Eh?" White Zetsu made a confused sound.
In the next moment, the Nichirin Sword in Lexon's hand swung again.
Instantly, White Zetsu's body was cut into hundreds of fragments, falling to the ground, lifeless.
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