At that time, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Orochimaru was still busy with his experiments.

It's just that he also has his own bottom line, and he uses the corpses of the enemy.

His experiments have come a long way, and success seems to be beckoning to him just around the corner.

Konoha forty years.

The war continues.

Uchiha resists the wind and dies on the battlefield!

Sakumo returned to Konoha with the body of the Wind.

In Shuomao's life, an important person has lost another one.

Orochimaru looked at the information in the laboratory and sighed leisurely.

"Shuo Mao, is even the wind alive in your heart now?"

Orochimaru leaves the lab.

At sunset, he saw Shuo Mao's figure silent at the memorial monument.

I haven't left for a long time.

There was a lot of content in his eyes, and the big snake pill on the side was a little incomprehensible for a while.

That's a pity, and it seems that there is a choice.

But what shocked Orochimaru was that there was a kind of relief.

Extrication?

Why did he feel relieved?

What decision did he make?

Orochimaru didn't know.

But he was suddenly a little scared.

It seems that the person in front of you will disappear even though they will disappear.

Will it disappear?

This man is like a cold knife.

"Shuomao ......"

Orochimaru stood behind Shuo Mao and shouted softly.

Just like when he secretly watched Shuo Mao practice his sword.

Shuo Mao didn't look back, but said in a low voice: "Orochimaru, the path of people always has to be walked by themselves." It's just that don't regret it. He made his own choice. I also have my own path that I want to follow. So, where is your choice, where is your path? ”

Orochimaru was stunned.

My way?

Shuo Mao turned around, glanced at Orochimaru, and said, "Orochimaru, Yufeng made me understand a truth. ”

"What?"

"Sometimes, choice is more important than anything else."

"Choose?"

"Choice is a measure. People tend to choose directions that are beneficial to them. That's what normal people do. But some people will choose a direction that is not good for them, but it is good for them, and that is a fool's practice. ”

"It's a fool's errand, as if it were all the same."

"But such a foolish approach, I want to do it again."

Shuo Mao said, smiling again.

Then he turned and left.

Under the sun, Shuomao's shadow seemed to be stretched long.

Orochimaru stayed quietly in place, not knowing why.

What did Shuo Mao figure out?

What does he want to do?

Orochimaru didn't know.

Orochimaru didn't expect that this time, it would be the last time the two would meet again.

As the years passed, World War II was long over.

And Sakumo's son, Kakashi, is also beginning to make a name for himself.

He graduated at the age of five and was a shinobi at the age of six.

The name of Kakashi's genius spread to every corner of Konoha.

"Kakashi Hachiki? Shuo Mao, you have a good son. ”

When Orochimaru learned about the news, he was just happy for his friend, and immediately threw himself into the experiment again.

His experiment is almost successful.

Konoha forty-five June.

Hachiki Shuo Mao, a super ninja known as Konoha White Fang, committed suicide at home because of the rumors.

At the time of his death, only his seven-year-old son was by his side.

In the laboratory, Orochimaru got the news and was horrified!

"How is that possible! How could Shuo Mao die! ”

Orochimaru was shocked and left the laboratory in an instant.

But what came was nothing more than Shuo Mao's funeral.

The funeral was very simple.

Except for Kakashi and Miyo, there was no one.

Zilai is also wandering around, and he doesn't know anything about it.

Orochimaru stood far away from the cemetery, not saying a word.

"Still dead?"

Orochimaru looked at Shuo Mao, who was lying quietly, without the slightest hint of life.

It was a corpse.

A corpse with no possibility of resurrection.

He did not die by the sword of his enemies, but by the sword of his own proud white fangs.

How ironic.

"Shuomao ......"

Orochimaru shouted softly, his fists clenched tightly.

You said that you can't help yourself, the choice you said, is this it!

Orochimaru roared in his heart, full of puzzlement.

How could such a strong man die like this?

He didn't believe it.

At the beginning of that day, Orochimaru left the laboratory.

Research that was close to success has been put on the back burner.

He is investigating, investigating the cause of Shuo Mao's death.

Investigate the source of that rumor!

All the clues point to one person!

Danzo!

And also......

In the laboratory, in the dim light.

Orochimaru watched the candle flame silently.

Fluctuating candle flames.

"Shuo Mao, you're right, people have to make their own choices."

Orochimaru whispered softly, then gently pinched the candle flame away.

The room was plunged into darkness.

In this place, Orochimaru doesn't want to stay anymore.

But before leaving, there are things you might be able to get your hands on.

Forty-six years of Konoha.

Root Danzo gets the news that Orochimaru is tinkering with human experiments.

In the same year, Danzou joined Orochimaru's experiment on the condition of providing experimental materials.

Object of study, intercolumnar cells!

During this time, Danzo instigated Orochimaru to use a ninja from the same village as an experimental subject.

Orochimaru smiled and gladly accepted.

In the forty-eighth year of Konoha, the research on intercolumnar cells came to an end, and the only successful subject, A, was completed.

In the fiftieth year of Konoha, Orochimaru failed to run for Hokage, and Mizuto became the fourth Hokage.

When Orochimaru knew the news, he just smiled faintly.

"Hokage? It's boring. ”

If it weren't for the sake of stabilizing the group, Orochimaru would not have run for election at all.

Fifty-one years of Konoha, the Nine-Tails Rebellion!

Orochimaru watched quietly as the Nine-Tails wreaked havoc in the village, and the young Hokage gave his life.

Using the Uzumaki Clan's ultimate sealing technique, the ghouls were sealed.

"It's really unwise to use such a trick to seal. Why did Watergate do this? ”

Orochimaru was puzzled, but he keenly sensed something.

The ninja world is only afraid that there will be chaos.

"Entrusting the future to your son? Watergate, is this your choice? Orochimaru whispered.

Fifty-two years of Konoha

The collaboration between Orochimaru and Danzo broke down.

Danzou was furious and revealed Orochimaru's use of Konoha ninjas for experiments to the three Hokages.

The three generations of Hokage were furious and expelled Orochimaru from Konoha.

At that time, Orochimaru met Kakashi for the first time.

The son of Shuo Mao.

"Silver-white hair, it seems that you are Kakashi, but I didn't expect that Shuo Mao's son is already so old, hehe, it's really interesting, I don't know your father's ability, how much have you learned?"

The son of the old man, goodbye is a sword to each other.

Seeing the flag wood sword technique, in the middle of nostalgia, Orochimaru actually missed and was slightly injured in Kakashi's hand.

"Shuomao, your son, have grown up."

Orochimaru clutched his injured arm and smiled imperceptibly.

At that moment, it was as if I had returned to that sunny morning.