Mizuki was busy, and Orochimaru was not idle either. His mouth, which was originally wide open due to severe pain, suddenly cracked, and a white phosphorus snake suddenly crawled out. It left the shell at lightning speed and crawled towards the soul container prepared by Mizuki, and sank into the open mouth. After a moment, the shell that was originally soulless began to plump up, and his face gradually became lively. After a while, he came to his senses and opened his eyes.

The first thing Orochimaru saw when he opened his eyes after performing the Reincarnation Technique was that the Impure World Form of the First Hokage Senju Hashirama used its own strong power to resist Mizuki's control, but was quickly disarmed by Mizuki's combined physical clones and then sealed up. Although it was because the Impure World Form of the First Hokage Senju Hashirama fell into a trap before it could react, Mizuki's method of restraining Senju Hashirama was too powerful. Wood Release is the strongest bloodline limit release technique in the ninja world. Is there anything more powerful than Wood Release?

"What on earth is that?"

Orochimaru's surprise was evident.

"I know about the Diamond Seal. You can use your hair to perform it. Although it's a good idea, it's not amazing. What's the method to restrain Wood Release?"

Mizuki glanced at the curious Orochimaru and answered as a matter of course:

"Wood Release is very powerful, but to say it is the strongest in the ninja world is a bit of an exaggeration. The powerful one is not Wood Release, but the first Hokage, Senju Hashirama. Without his terrifying vitality and almost infinite chakra, Wood Release would not be so scary."

"But you were able to suppress the First Hokage Hashirama Senju's Wood Style. That's still amazing. It's not surprising that you were able to control Hashirama Senju's Impure World Form, but it's very puzzling that you were able to suppress his Wood Style."

"That doesn't restrain Wood Release, it restrains all escape techniques. Although it's still a semi-finished product, it's enough in many cases."

"Restrain all escape techniques?"

Orochimaru was even more surprised.

"Is there such an escape technique? That's impossible... No, it really exists... Could it be Yin Yang Escape?"

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's Five Elements Essence - Great Link Technique is said to be able to restrain all Five Elements Essence Techniques, but that is not restraint, but rather an equal offset with the same force. Restraint must be the comprehensive suppression of the power of the natural enemy over the prey.

Orochimaru knew about Yin-Yang Release. Having seen the Rinnegan, he naturally knew that Nagato had used Yin-Yang Release before. He had also thought about studying the product of the Yin-Yang Release, the black stick, which was a power that could restrain everything and transmit the power of the Rinnegan. However, ever since Kabuto Yakushi defeated Pain's Six Paths and obtained some materials for the black stick, he was killed by Uchiha Sasuke before his research could yield any results.

"It seems that your research is about to enter the most critical part!"

After Mizuki sensed that there was nothing unusual about the Impure World Forms of the four previous Hokage who were sealed, he finally felt relieved.

"The power of Yin Yang Escape is really difficult to obtain. Even for me, I can only use it with difficulty now, and it's not yet complete!"

It is relatively easy to practice because there are ready-made references. Water, earth, and fire are relatively convenient, but progress is very slow in thunder and wind attributes, especially wind escape. The progress is so slow that it is touching. Wood escape, which is a fusion of earth and water attributes, is just within the range of water and wood restraint.

"It's really surprising that you have reached this point. If I hadn't known that someone like you would never be favored by the ninja world, I would have doubted whether you were the child of destiny that Jiraiya mentioned."

Mizuki curled his lips. What's so great about being the child of destiny? There is nothing commendable in front of a time traveler. For an independent ninja, even the favor of the ninja world is not necessarily a good thing. If you are given benefits, there will naturally be extremely troublesome problems that you need to deal with.

For someone like Mizuki who is beyond destiny, the most important thing is not to attract the attention of the existence that is watching from the dark side of the ninja world. The most important thing is to accumulate strength in secret.

But now it seems that the plan of practicing the Sage Mode has failed. Shuimu has been tirelessly improving his strength in order to deal with various emergencies.

“What an amazing research result!”

Although there are some disagreements and the two have significant differences in their ideas, Mizuki and Orochimaru are essentially the same type of people, so they can understand each other's thoughts. If it were someone else, they might not even understand what the other person is saying.

"This should be your legendary predicted bloodline limit, but it doesn't seem to be the case. It's really curious..."

"Where did you get this sentence from?"

Orochimaru chuckled and said:

"Although everyone thinks that your rapid improvement in strength is due to the bloodline limit of the ability to predict, I am quite skeptical about this. The ability to predict is essentially an ability that the ninja world grants to certain beings at critical points, and the predictor himself is definitely uncontrollable. It doesn't seem to be the case with you. Even if it is a prediction, a lot of information is too outrageous, and your actions are also very suspicious. It seems that you have a clear understanding of many things that have not happened, and you also have a very detailed understanding of some news in the past that could never be leaked. This is definitely not the ability to predict. In the final analysis, it is impossible for someone like you who is outside of destiny to be favored by the ninja world and obtain the ability to predict!"

"What makes you think that?"

Mizuki asked with a strange look on his face. Although he had long known that his noncommittal remarks were full of mistakes, he did not expect that Orochimaru was the first to discover these problems.

"I didn't realize it at first, but since I died once, I've thought about some things more clearly. And the birth of Mitsuki made me doubt it. Just like the last resort I pinned my hopes on, Mitsuki is an existence outside of fate and is not involved in all the disputes in the ninja world, but he knows a lot of things I know, maybe even more than I think. Has something like this happened to you? I'm very curious..."

"What a surprising association. Although I can't tell you the inside story, it's no mistake that I am Shuimu. I will not become a substitute to inherit someone else's will, nor do I need others to complete my unfinished business."

Orochimaru waved his hand.

"I don't doubt you. The curse that was cast on your soul will not lie. But what happened to you more than three years ago? From a mediocre Chunin, you suddenly became one of the strongest people in the ninja world. I am really curious. Is there any magical phenomenon in the soul and spirit that is beyond my understanding?"