The Price of Misery

"Genjutsu?" Orochimaru silently retracted his hand and then walked in.

He was very sure that he had been hit by Genjutsu just now.

When was Genjutsu activated?

Why can't it be solved?

Is it still in Genjutsu?

He didn't know a single one.

So he gave up.

"What should I call you? Akatsuki's leader, Yone, or Konoha's taboo? Senju Haru?" Orochimaru directly exposed the other party's identity. Since the other party did not kill him last time, and this time he used a Genjutsu instead of killing him when they met, then Orochimaru had an idea in his heart and came to a conclusion.

The other party did not want to kill him, but wanted to use him!

But why did the poison not work?

"Sometimes, the more you know, the faster you die. But for the sake of your classmates, I will give you a quick death later."

As he spoke, Haru took off his mask and revealed his true appearance.

That iconic black and white hair, and that handsome face that could vaguely see part of the shadows when they were young, made Orochimaru dispel the last doubt in his heart.

"It really is you."

Orochimaru was suddenly a little excited. "The last time I asked someone to probe but failed to find out the result was because you already knew the whereabouts of Second Hokage's son. Moreover, he is still alive"

Orochimaru was indeed very smart. He only relied on a few clues and his judgment of human nature to deduce the truth of the matter.

However, Haru's indifference made him frown, and he began to feel uncertain again.

At this moment, Haru sighed, "I thought you were a smart person. I didn't expect that in the end, you would still make a mistake that most people would make. Do you think I won't kill you?"

Orochimaru suddenly felt a great crisis, but before he could do anything, a saber light flashed in front of his eyes!

Orochimaru widened his eyes. He really could not believe that the other party really wanted to kill him!

Bones.

What a big head directly rolled to the ground.

At this time, Orochimaru finally panicked and regretted. The fear of death attacked him.

Before he completely fell into darkness, he also heard the last sentence that the other person said before leaving.

"In your next life, don't be so self-righteous. There are some secrets that you can't listen to. Some people can't be provoked. Otherwise, the end will be like this. What a pity."

"No! How can I die here!"

No matter how unwilling Orochimaru was, his consciousness gradually fell into darkness.

Then in a trance, he seemed to hear a voice coming from his ear.

"Do you want to live again?"

Think!

Of course!

"Then I'll give you one last chance. Remember this feeling. This is the feeling of death. If you don't want to experience it again, you know what to do."

Orochimaru suddenly woke up and opened his eyes!

He found himself standing in the corridor of the base. In front of him was the room full of traps.

"I'm still... alive?"

"Everything that happened just now was just a Genjutsu?"

Orochimaru was covered in cold sweat. His eyes were in a trance. He started to be unable to differentiate between reality and illusion because everything he had just experienced was too real. Especially when his head was cut off and he felt death, he did not want to experience that feeling again in his life.

Then he subconsciously touched his neck with his hand and his body froze again.

Because there was indeed a red line on his neck that was slowly seeping out blood.

However, this wound was very shallow. It only scratched the skin.

Orochimaru looked at the blood on his hand, his face somewhat gloomy and uncertain.

When he entered the room, the two samuraiswords on the table had disappeared, replaced by a strange Kunai.

Orochimaru picked it up and examined it carefully. Sure enough, he saw the familiar code on it.

Thus, his face became even more gloomy, and the wound on his neck began to ache.

This was not just a warning and a threat, but also a clear understanding of the difference in strength between the two.

Also.

"That pair of eyes."

Orochimaru finally recalled the pair of eyes he had seen in the dark the moment he came in.

In other words, he had been dragged into Genjutsu space from the beginning, and then kept struggling between reality and illusion.

Orochimaru originally did not plan to start the plan so early, but time did not wait for him. He did not want to experience the fear of death anymore. He wanted eternal life!

The humiliation Senju Haru gave him today was also pointing out his path.

Orochimaru suddenly laughed, "So the combination of Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan is actually so interesting. Then next is to find a way to get Senju Hashirama's cells and Uchiha Clan's Sharingan. Although I don't know what that guy wants to use me to do now, it may become another path of retreat for me in the future."

For some reason, Orochimaru suddenly thought of Nagato's pair of eyes.

Perhaps he had a better choice than Sharingan?

Orochimaru walked into the depths of the darkness, gradually merging with the surrounding environment, no longer separating from each other.

...

On the other side, Haru came back after scaring Orochimaru.

It wasn't that he didn't kill him twice because of the friendship between classmates, but that he still hoped that Orochimaru would continue to split Konoha and make more trouble.

Moreover, without Danzo, Orochimaru's research would definitely be even more arduous.

At that time, as long as Orochimaru wanted to seek help from him, he would have to pay an even greater price.

Even if Orochimaru was willing to cooperate, he had a way to mess with Konoha and make that old guy Sarutob Hiruzen not even have the leisure time to peek at the female bathhouse with a crystal ball!

After Haru returned, Kagami received the news and immediately rushed over. "Found the snake nest?"

"Yes, I found the snake nest, but the snake is not fat enough now, so I let it go after teaching it a lesson. I think it will be useful in the future."

"Be careful of playing with fire and burning yourself. You should have heard the story of the farmer and the snake." Kagami reminded.

"Don't worry, a small snake can't hurt people, especially this snake wants to live forever."

Live forever?

Kagami was a little surprised and didn't ask any more questions.

"What are you going to do with these prisoners in prison?"

"What do you think?" Haru glanced at him.

"Send a message to Konoha and Suna. Have them bring money to redeem people and promise to never invade Amegakure again. Otherwise, kill them all and hang their heads on the border to show the public."

"Promise? Do you think this kind of thing is useful?"

"At least it will be useful in a short period of time. After all, they are five big countries. They should at least have a little face and not turn hostile. What we lack is time."