After praising Yasu, Orochimaru began as usual pointing out his problems.
"First of all, your hand seal speed needs more practice. In a duel between ninjas of equal strength, it depends on who can perform the ninjutsu with hand seals faster. A slow hand seal speed means losing the initiative, and the subsequent battle will become passive. Therefore, the next training needs to add hand seal training."
"This is the main problem. The others are some minor issues that you usually expose during training. After you go back, continue to train on those issues."
"Overall, you've gotten pretty good. Before, because you had too many problems, the practice of Summoning Technique was put on hold. So, after these minor problems are resolved, you can sign the contract of Ryūchi Cave and gradually master the Summoning Technique and my secret techniques."
Yasu was very interested in Orochimaru's secret techniques. Hearing that he could finally learn them, he excitedly said: "Yes, Teacher Orochimaru!"
Orochimaru patted his shoulder, then suddenly changed the subject and said in a low voice, "Yasu, I know very well what you are thinking. Konoha is a prison for you. You are working so hard to become stronger in order to escape this prison. Sooner or later, you will leave Konoha..."
"Teacher Orochimaru..."
Yasu frowned and was about to argue, but Orochimaru ignored him and continued: "As I said before we are the same kind of people. I want to learn all the ninjutsu in the world, but this limited body will eventually become a burden to me, just like Konoha is your prison, this body is also my prison."
"I want to break free from this prison at all costs, so as your kind, I naturally know what you are thinking."
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, blowing Orochimaru and Yasu's hair.
Orochimaru looked up at the bright moon in the sky, his voice hoarse but with a unique charm: "I have expectations for you now. I want to see where this wind will blow you as my disciple."
Yasu stared blankly at him, not knowing what he meant.
No matter what Orochimaru meant, it's better to express his position now: "Teacher Orochimaru, I will always be a ninja of Konoha."
Orochimaru looked down at him with a smile, but there was a strange emotion in his eyes.
At this time, Orochimaru was also in a period of confusion.
During the Second Ninja World War, he witnessed the death of his friend Katō Dan and the death of his first disciple Nawaki.
Especially Nawaki, whose personality was completely opposite to his, and a bit like Jiraiya, but Nawaki was still Orochimaru's most beloved disciple.
During the Second Ninja World War, Nawaki rushed to the front line with enthusiasm, but was unexpectedly killed by a landmine trap set up by the enemy in advance. (Most useless death, like come on a full blood Senju dying to a land mine is laughable…)
By the time he and Tsunade arrived, Nawaki was already dead, and his internal organs had been emptied.
Even Tsunade, who was skilled in medical ninjutsu, was powerless to save him.
Faced with the tragic death of his beloved disciple, Orochimaru began to think about the meaning of life. At the same time, he witnessed the scene of people disrespecting life during the war, and he started believing that life was fragile.
However, he believes that the human body contains power that cannot be used in a lifetime. Only by learning all ninjutsu can one grasp the truth of the world.
But there are so many ninjutsu in the ninja world that even a lifetime of effort cannot master all of them.
So Orochimaru increasingly felt that this body was a burden.
And he secretly started killing the guards and sneaked into Konoha's forbidden technique base, seizing a large number of ninjutsu scrolls. At the same time, what was quite important to Orochimaru was the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which could summon the souls of the dead from the underworld to the present world and revive them.
He has been studying the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Although he has not yet learned it fully, it has provided him with an inspiration.
That is the soul.
The human body is a container, and the essence is the soul.
If it is possible to transfer the soul to another person's body, then is it possible to achieve immortality?
Now Orochimaru is only in the theoretical stage and has not yet officially started the experiment.
However, if experiments are to be carried out, it is bound to touch on forbidden human experiments.
However, human experiments are not allowed in Konoha, or even in the ninja world, because they violate human ethics, especially since he is a disciple of the Third Hokage of Konoha.
Orochimaru feels that what is binding him is not only his own body, but also these worldly ethics.
If he were not the Hokage's disciple, not a ninja of Konoha, then he could conduct experiments to his heart's content.
Thus, he was now very confused. He cannot abandon these worldly ethics and cannot conduct human experiments unscrupulously.
And there's Yasu.
At first, Orochimaru was only asked by Hiruzen to see if Yasu was qualified to be his disciple.
This kid's talent is very strong, and there is no doubt that he is a genius.
What really made Orochimaru decide to take him as his disciple was the unintentional look in his eyes.
That kind of look that would do anything to achieve his goals.
Back then, during the Second Ninja World War, he also had such eyes.
Orochimaru recalled that during the Second Ninja World War, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and he were surrounded by ninjas from the Hidden Rock, and the three were trapped in a cave.
Jiraiya was seriously injured, and Jiraiya himself thought he would not survive.
Orochimaru's approach at the time was that Jiraiya's injury was too serious. If this continued, he would only be a burden, and instead would implicate him and Tsunade in sacrificing themselves. So, he planned to end Jiraiya's life himself.
Tsunade said that he was too unscrupulous and even wanted to kill his own companion.
Orochimaru thought that she is right, he is indeed an unscrupulous person.
He felt that if it were his former self, he would have conducted human experiments without hesitation.
Now seeing Yasu, Orochimaru seems to see his former self. Yasu is very much to his liking.
So, he wants to see whether this wind, which is similar to himself, will blow up or stop halfway.
Yasu looked at Orochimaru's eyes with unease, completely unable to guess what he was thinking.
Orochimaru turned his back to Yasu and said: "Don't worry, just proceed with your own plan. I won't hinder you, and I will help you, because you are my disciple. I will try my best to train you and make you a wind that can blow into the sky."
Yasu looked at his back with a strange look.
He always felt that Orochimaru was acting a little strange now.
And he felt that his attitude towards him seemed a little different.
'Because you are my disciple.'
It sounds like Orochimaru finally recognizes him as a true disciple.
But would the self-centered Orochimaru really recognize him as a disciple?
And not be like Orochimaru's later subordinates, who are all tools.
Yasu is now confused himself too, but he will not express anything.
Orochimaru saw that he would leave Konoha sooner or later, but since he said 'proceed with your own plan', he shouldn't have to worry about others knowing his true thoughts for the time being.
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