Back in the underground lab, Orochimaru adjusted his physical state and prepared to receive the power 'given' by the Genie.
In fact, he knew very well that there were many ways to use the remaining wish power after fulfilling Hizashi's wish and paying off the debt.
Acquiring a 'Soul Cutter Sword' was not the most helpful option for him, but it was definitely what the Genie wanted most.
However, Orochimaru didn't have a good solution. He knew that if he dared to make demands this time or force the Genie to compromise in any way, the Genie would dare to hide the remaining wish power next time.
Without a way to monitor or counter him, the agreement between him and the Genie was inherently unequal.
Fortunately, generally speaking, the Genie wouldn't exploit his advantage to take advantage of him, but would only take away most of the extra benefits.
"Ready? I'm starting."
Seeing Orochimaru sitting cross-legged and ready, the Genie said to himself, and before hearing a response, most of his body surged into Orochimaru's body.
"Huh?! Ahhh..."
Once again, an uncontrollable scream was squeezed from Orochimaru's throat, his body shaking uncontrollably, curled into a ball.
"Oh, is it that painful?"
The Genie was surprised and quickly checked Orochimaru's physical condition. Seeing that he didn't have any 'damage', he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and laughed, "Turns out it's just a normal reaction to the surgery, scared me to death."
As Orochimaru thought, he naturally wasn't just trying to give Orochimaru a Soul Cutter Sword, but also to test a new way to copy abilities.
Creating ability cards, forcibly using abilities, and letting the host adapt... this time there was no change in essence.
Except that a little wish power was added in the process to protect the host's body and ensure that the host wouldn't die suddenly after the ability was copied.
As for the pain produced in the process?
That just means 'getting power always comes at a price'.
Making the host not feel any pain at all and not consume any wish power?
A Soul Cutter Sword is at least an epic-level ability. To ensure Orochimaru could safely acquire it, the previous remaining wish power was already barely enough.
In the future, if other people in the world want to get this ability, they'd have to do seven, eight, or even ten difficult tasks before the system store would even show it.
The screams lasted for about five minutes before stopping. Of course, this didn't mean the pain was over; it just meant that Orochimaru had gotten used to it, was numb to it, and could endure it.
And a whole quarter of an hour passed before the granting of the Soul Cutter Sword officially ended.
"Huff..."
Orochimaru gasped for breath, collapsing helplessly on the ground, most of the muscles in his body unable to exert any strength, like a dehydrated salted fish.
After a long while, he recovered some strength and got up from the ground, but he was already dripping with sweat, soaking his clothes, the whole person as if he had been fished out of the water.
Orochimaru glanced at the Genie floating in the air, pretending to be fine, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end.
The Genie was a pit, he had known this for a long time.
Pointlessly raging now would only be venting, which wasn't in his nature. But having endured so much pain, if this 'Soul Cutter Sword' wasn't as amazing as the Genie said, then he would have something to talk about.
He, Orochimaru, wasn't like those useless snacks from the Hyuga Main family that anyone could manipulate.
"Cough cough... hurry up and try it out."
Coughing twice, the Genie said casually.
Orochimaru closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The next moment, a ball of light surged from his arm and gradually took shape.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
A small white snake appeared from the light, its body wrapped around Orochimaru's arm, forming two loops, shaped like an '8'.
It flicked its tongue, constantly chasing its own tail, crawling back and forth on Orochimaru's arm, like wearing a bracelet.
The Genie looked at the white snake with interest, "It's in 'initial release' state from the start..."
This was also to be expected. Orochimaru didn't have a 'blank blade', and without a samurai sword-like container to restrain it, it was naturally in a released state from the beginning.
But what the Genie was more curious about was whether this Soul Cutter Sword still had its own will, thoughts, and personality without going through the 'blank blade' stage, or was it completely controlled by Orochimaru himself?
After looking at it seriously for a while, the Genie denied the second guess.
Simply because Orochimaru wasn't so bored that he would keep chasing and biting his own tail.
"This is really strange."
Orochimaru licked his lips, "It's clearly my soul and under my control, but it's as if there's another will in it... no, it should be said to be a personality."
Thanks to his research on Uchiha's mental illness, he also had some understanding of multiple personality disorder, and quickly grasped his situation at this time.
"Genie, you didn't say there was this downside at the beginning."
Yes, in Orochimaru's view, this was a downside. Anyone with a strong desire for control could not tolerate having another will in their body.
"Don't overreact."
The Genie shrugged, "Compared to letting your soul materialize, this little discomfort is not a problem at all."
"You know, if it wasn't for relying on the Soul Cutter Sword, you would have to reach almost Six Paths level to achieve this."
Orochimaru was slightly stunned, looked up and down at the white snake in his hand, and then remembered that this was his soul body, not a snake summoned by ordinary means.
He could see and touch it without relying on the Genie's power.
"And don't forget, you still want to go to the Pure Land to absorb soul energy. What are you going to do? Continue to split your soul?"
The Genie smiled and pointed to the white snake chasing its tail,
"It has the same heart as you but a different body. Wouldn't it be great to have it do it for you, getting stronger while lying down?"
Orochimaru frowned, not feeling particularly happy because of this. All power involves a control issue.
A power that originates from himself but is not completely under his control, to be honest, this is not a good thing.
But things had come to this, and he could only accept it, while secretly resolving in his heart to rely less on this method to become stronger until he understood its advantages and disadvantages.
The Genie was generous, but at the same time, he was also a deep pit, and you never know when you might fall into it.
"By the way, you should have heard it when you got it." The Genie smiled, "What's its name?"
Orochimaru said slowly, "Tail Eater."
"Ouroboros, it suits you."
The Genie drew a circle in the air, "In the culture of a certain world, this self-eating snake symbolizes the meaning of 'Limitless' and 'Cycle', which coincides with what you seek."
"Is that so." A glimmer of color flashed in Orochimaru's eyes.
The Genie shrugged, "So, get to know it as soon as possible, after all, it is a product born from your soul."
"I will."
Orochimaru flashed into the training ground and injected Chakra into the white snake. In an instant, thousands of snake shadows leaped from his hands.
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