Compared to Orochimaru's persistence and talent in research, Mizuki's only advantage is the logic and way of thinking cultivated by the scientific and systematic education in his previous life. He has unique advantages in sealing techniques and barrier techniques that require knowledge accumulation and excellent deductive ability.

Orochimaru's research on forbidden techniques and his genius creative thinking really make Mizuki feel ashamed.

Although Mizuki has currently gone further than Orochimaru, this is due to his overwhelming advantage. In fact, if the two of them continue to research freely, it is only a matter of time before Mizuki is surpassed by Orochimaru.

An adult jackal that breaks into the den of a lion that has not yet fully grown up naturally has an advantage in strength, but when the lions grow up, the jackal's weak nature will sooner or later be exposed.

What Shuimu did was to strive to go higher and farther while still having an absolute advantage, trying to reach the limit of his strength and increase the difficulty of being overtaken.

Relying on the God-like intelligence perspective, I have completed the initial primitive accumulation and reached a level where the influence of qualifications is low enough. Now it is time to build a moat to consolidate the results and protect the existing advantages.

Now is the time for Shuimu to harvest and taste the fruits of the past.

This time, the place where Orochimaru performed the Impure World Reincarnation was not the Uchiha family's ancestral home - Nanga Shrine in the original work, but Mizuki's Kingdom of the Sea in the ocean far away from the continent. It was one of the biological weapons laboratory bases that Orochimaru once operated, but was later abandoned and replaced by Tenchi. It was also the place where Mizuki rescued Yuhuo and obtained Umibozu. The place where he guided Sakura to practice Sage Mode is not far from here.

“How does it feel to revisit an old place?”

It's a rare opportunity to return to this small place called Onigashima Island. The last time I came here, Mizuki sank a corner of Onigashima Island to the bottom of the sea with one blow in order to demonstrate the power of the Sage Mode. Now, traces of the destruction on the island still exist.

Orochimaru glanced at it casually, then responded somewhat boredly:

"It looks no different than before, except for the terrain. But there's nothing valuable here anymore!"

Mizuki smiled.

"How can we expect to gain anything by coming to this remote place? We ran so far just to avoid being seen."

Whether it is Orochimaru's resurrection or the reappearance of the four former Hokage, it must be done in secret.

Even the locals of the Sea Kingdom generally wouldn't come here unless there was something important to do. In addition, there have always been terrifying legends about sea monsters attacking humans here, so even fewer people would come to this dangerous place.

Arriving at the biological laboratory that Orochimaru had built under the instruction of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, everything inside had long been cleared out by Mizuki. A strong musty smell permeated the place where no one had been for a long time. Because the air was too humid, a layer of light green moss appeared on the originally smooth rock surface.

Orochimaru didn't seem to have any special feelings about this laboratory that he had abandoned and had completely gone astray.

"Then let's get started quickly, it seems we don't have much time."

For researchers, racing against time may be a bit exaggerated, but wasting time that could have been used for experiments on meaningless things is absolutely unacceptable.

Mizuki nodded in understanding, handed the death mask to Orochimaru to wear, then took out the four subdued White Zetsu clones as sacrifices for the Impure World Reincarnation, and at the same time took out an empty shell body for Orochimaru to perform the Undead Reincarnation.

Looking at the soul container that Mizuki prepared for him, Orochimaru's originally indifferent expression suddenly changed.

"Huh... Is this me? Where did you get it?"

"It's a long story. I was originally going to use it as material for your Impure World Reincarnation if you couldn't be resurrected. I didn't expect you to be resurrected successfully, so I decided to just make it a container for your soul!"

Once, Danzo Shimura used the precious opportunity of Kotoamatsukami in order to capture Orochimaru, but he was tricked by Kabuto Yakushi and hit the puppet of Orochimaru controlled by Kabuto Yakushi.

Since it was able to trick the Mangekyō Sharingan into admitting its mistake, it definitely couldn't be a nameless puppet.

Orochimaru has performed the Reincarnation Technique many times, but the original body that belonged to Orochimaru has never been discarded, and there was nothing wrong with it. Naturally, he was able to deceive Danzo Shimura and consume Kotoamatsukami.

This body originally belonged to Orochimaru. Although it was made into a puppet, some of its cells are still active. Just like the human puppet core of Scorpion, the puppet of Orochimaru controlled by Kabuto Yakushi also has some cells that retain vitality.

Naturally, this precious body fell into Mizuki's hands through Shimura Danzo.

There is no need for Impure World Reincarnation, but these living cells can be cultivated into a complete shell. Although it does not replenish much vitality, under Mizuki's careful modulation, it can still maintain Orochimaru's appearance before reincarnation.

"After going around in circles, I'm back to the starting point. Fate is really amazing."

Although it looks like a 40-50 year old body, Orochimaru can feel that the vitality of this body is lost very slowly. If nothing unexpected happens, it should have a long lifespan. Although there is no bonus in combat power, Orochimaru does not need too strong combat power now. Moreover, after the soul injuries of both hands are recovered, using his original body does not require too much adjustment in terms of fit. This is also a very good choice. Even if he is not satisfied in the future, he can change to another body. However, it may take a long time before the next reincarnation.

After completing all the preparations and Mizuki checked the layout of the surrounding barrier again, he let Orochimaru start to perform the forbidden technique.

"You can use it as you like, but if you can't hold on and are dying, I won't save you."

"As it should be. Are you looking down on me by saying this?"

Although he is temporarily at a disadvantage, the great reputation of the "Three Ninjas" will not allow Orochimaru to be questioned in this way.

"You should think carefully about how to negotiate with the four previous Hokage. You are the protagonist, and I am just the one who provides you with assistance."

"That's something I need to think about. If anything goes wrong, I can just leave and you can just stay here and play with the seniors."

Mizuki, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, was not too worried about his personal safety. The only difference was that if he failed, he might have a slight headache in the future.