"The feeling of being under a Summoning Sealing? Why do you ask?"
Ichikishimahime watched Orochimaru warily, looking at her as if she were a dangerous individual.
Previously, she thought that as one of the Three Sages of Ryūchi Cave, she was an existence that power-hungry madmen feared. It wasn't until she met Orochimaru that she realized an existence like Orochimaru was the most dangerous.
"The Summoning Sealing is still not perfect, and to perfect it requires continuous experimentation."
Orochimaru held a notebook and a pen, looking at Ichikishimahime as if she were a test subject.
"What kind of look is that! I am a Sage of Ryūchi Cave! Show some respect!"
"Then, esteemed and great... Ichikishimahime Sage, could you tell me what you felt after being affected by the Summoning Sealing?"
Orochimaru looked at Ichikishimahime respectfully.
"Hmph hmph!"
Ichikishimahime was quite satisfied with Orochimaru's attitude. After thinking for a moment, she said, "The feeling of being under a Summoning Sealing is that the connection with Ryūchi Cave suddenly broke. It wasn't severed, but rather a feeling of being separated. I could sense Ryūchi Cave's existence, but I couldn't return to it."
Separated... The sealing power of the Summoning Sealing forcibly kept Ichikishimahime in place, preventing her from returning to Ryūchi Cave... In other words, the Summoning Sealing acts on the physical body.
Therefore, Ichikishimahime felt separated, able to sense Ryūchi Cave's existence but unable to return.
If the effect of the Summoning Sealing were stronger, would it be possible to prevent Ichikishimahime from even sensing Ryūchi Cave's existence?
However, doing so would be meaningless.
The current Summoning Sealing was already sufficient.
Judging from the effect on Ichikishimahime, if applied to me, it's highly likely that I would be able to sense the Flying Thunder God Technique formula's existence, but be unable to reverse summon myself to it, thus rendering the Flying Thunder God Technique unusable.
The only problem is that the Summoning Sealing requires preparation time, making it very difficult to apply to someone who can use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Orochimaru wrote down the last word in her notebook, pondered for a long time, and came to a conclusion.
Preparing the Summoning Sealing in advance is absolutely necessary. When fighting a Ninja who uses the Flying Thunder God Technique, one must seize the moment the opponent reveals a weakness to apply the Summoning Sealing to them.
Otherwise, no matter how many techniques she mastered, if she couldn't touch the opponent, it would be useless.
But, if I've already caught the opponent's weakness, why wouldn't I kill him?
Orochimaru suddenly thought of this and was completely stunned.
Right, if I've caught the enemy's weakness, why wouldn't I kill him?
Was I, wasting my time?
Orochimaru looked at the notebook in her hand, wondering if she had spent her time on something she shouldn't have.
Hmm... it wasn't a complete waste of time. Not many people use the Flying Thunder God Technique. Besides Senju Tobirama, who developed it, there's only Minato Namikaze.
If I ever fought Minato Namikaze, I wouldn't be able to kill him, nor would there be any need to kill him. Catching his weakness and applying the Summoning Sealing to him would allow me to easily control him.
"Hey, hey! What are you thinking about?"
Ichikishimahime looked at Orochimaru, who was engrossed in her own world, and was very displeased with her behavior of using her and then discarding her.
"I'm thinking about whether developing the Summoning Sealing was a waste of time."
Orochimaru closed the notebook in her hand and said earnestly, "The conclusion is that the Summoning Sealing can be used to prevent you from running back to Ryūchi Cave to hide after you've angered me, so it's very, very useful."
"Hey! Orochimaru, you're going too far! Did you develop the Summoning Sealing just to deal with me?"
Ichikishimahime angrily bared her teeth, wanting to take a huge bite out of Orochimaru's face, leaving a teeth mark that wouldn't disappear for a long time.
"Of course not, you're just a bonus."
Orochimaru put away her notebook, stood up, dodged Ichikishimahime who was pouncing on her, and caught her just before she hit the ground.
"I'm going to the hot springs; do as you please."
Orochimaru turned and walked out.
"Wait for me!"
Ichikishimahime chased after him.
In the hot spring bathhouse, Orochimaru was submerged in the warm water. It was a pity that the hotel's hot spring pool was enclosed and not open-air, perhaps due to the possibility of peeping.
Iwagakure had already bought back the strategic materials Kakuzu sold. If they knew that batch of goods was from Iwagakure's supply unit, who knows how angry he would be.
He'd probably take it out on the black market to vent his anger, wouldn't he?
It's impossible to completely eliminate the black market. The intelligence about the Konoha and Sunagakure talks was obtained from the black market.
"Orochimaru, aren't you drinking?"
Ichikishimahime ordered a bottle of sake, took a small sip, and looked at Orochimaru, who was lost in thought again. She complained, "We're at the hot springs now. What are you thinking about? Can't you just relax?"
"I'm already very relaxed."
Orochimaru had many things to consider, having received the memories and fatigue of his Shadow Clone, and he also had to think about his research.
"You can drink the sake yourself. I don't like drinking; it affects my brain."
On the night of Tsunade's birthday, if Grandma Mito hadn't strongly urged her to drink, she wouldn't have touched a drop.
"Oh? I wonder who got drunk and..."
Before Ichikishimahime could finish her sentence, she received a glare from Orochimaru.
"Peeping is not a good behavior."
Orochimaru's pale face flushed. He hadn't expected Ichikishimahime to be peeping that night.
"If it weren't for you two suddenly... I was planning a prank!"
Ichikishimahime glanced disdainfully at the small sake cup, grabbed the bottle, and took a big gulp, condemning, "Why do you two only talk about people's chests? What's wrong with my chest? Flat chests are a rare value!"
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