"Lord White Snake, I'm not joking. This is a fact I've observed."
Orochimaru shook his head.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He just grabbed my hand, and I couldn't move. Orochimaru, are you saying he's actually very weak? I..."
Tashinohime almost lost her footing when she heard Orochimaru's words.
But even as she questioned the truthfulness of what Orochimaru said, she couldn't help but walk up to Shiro and grab him.
It seemed she wanted to get revenge for being intimidated and losing face by Shiro just now.
"What are you doing? Delivering something?"
Shiro, just like before, caught Tashinohime's outstretched hand.
After struggling twice to no avail, Tashinohime glared fiercely at Orochimaru—she had indeed been tricked by that scoundrel Orochimaru!
"I only said the cells are weak, not that Shiro-kun is weak."
Orochimaru spread his hands innocently.
"I heard that snake skin can be used to make wine or tea. Take off your socks, and I'll brew it for Jiraiya later."
"...Help me, White Snake Sage."
Tashinohime's body stiffened, on the verge of tears, and she slowly turned her head to beg the White Snake Sage for help.
"Young man, let her go. If you want snake skin for tea or wine, I can give you some before you leave. Brewing it with socks is too perverse. I advise you to interact less with Mount Myōboku in the future, lest you be led astray."
The White Snake Sage advised earnestly.
"Alright."
Shiro released Tashinohime.
The White Snake Sage was right; he had indeed been led astray by Jiraiya.
"Orochimaru, continue. What exactly is going on?"
The White Snake Sage looked at Orochimaru.
"Hmm, according to my observations, Shiro-kun's cell density is far lower than that of ordinary people. Not to mention the Uzumaki or Senju clans, even ordinary people without special bloodlines have 130 trillion cells.
But Shiro-kun's cells, by estimation, are at most only 50 trillion, and their activity and strength are also very low.
Originally, I was just confirming the reason why Shiro-kun couldn't refine chakra, but I found that given his condition, his physical fitness should be even worse than an ordinary person who hasn't trained."
"So? How exactly did he master Natural Energy? Have you figured it out?"
The White Snake Sage frowned and pressed further.
"According to my previous simple observation, Shiro-kun's cells are indeed pitifully weak, but the finer substances that make up the cells are completely different from any organism in the ninja world.
Those elements, roughly estimated, require at least billions of degrees of high temperature to be naturally produced... One could say that Shiro-kun's body was forged by the sun.
Besides that, there are some things I cannot observe.
Perhaps it's not just the sun..."
Orochimaru stopped here and stated the purpose of his trip, "Lord White Snake, I brought Shiro-kun to Ryuchi Cave precisely to find a more suitable training method for him."
As for the "unobservable things" Orochimaru mentioned, they referred to the illogical aspects in his research.
These illogical aspects, along with Shiro's "changing the future" and "Time Deletion," were of the same type.
But now Orochimaru no longer had doubts about these things.
Shiro's concept of dimensions made Orochimaru realize that this might not be illogical, but simply that he couldn't comprehend the logic behind it.
If Shiro possessed the power of a high-dimensional being, with inherent causality severance, then everything could be explained clearly.
Ōtsutsuki God?
Orochimaru felt that perhaps this legendary overlord who traversed the universe, who spent his entire life fighting and killing countless beings, ultimately didn't even reach Shiro-kun's starting point.
"...Is that so?"
The White Snake Sage hadn't expected the usually rational Orochimaru to say something so outrageous.
After a moment of thought, she decided to believe what Orochimaru said for now.
The White Snake Sage picked up her pipe and tapped the bed: "This old one understands. Since that's the case, I'll tell you. A thousand years ago, this old one once saw a collective with the most immense Natural Energy I have ever witnessed in this life—the Ten-Tails.
If he is truly as you say, then perhaps the Ten-Tails' way of survival is his way of cultivation."
"The Ten-Tails?"
Orochimaru stroked his chin and thought for a moment before looking up, "Lord White Snake, do you mean for Shiro-kun to gather Tailed Beasts and seal them within his body to become a Jinchuriki, to compensate for his lack of chakra?"
"I don't know."
"..."
Orochimaru was left speechless by the White Snake Sage's [Excellent Answer: I don't know].
"The battle of the Sage of Six Paths back then was so cataclysmic that the sky and earth lost their light. It was impossible for the three of us to get close. We could only sense things from afar with our sensory abilities. What do you think?"
The White Snake Sage glanced indifferently at Orochimaru.
"Then, Lord White Snake, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave."
Orochimaru was very efficient and pragmatic in his actions. Seeing that he couldn't get any more information, he prepared to leave with Shiro.
"Wait."
The White Snake Sage called out to the two of them. After tilting her head back in thought for a while, as if reminiscing, she spoke: "The center of the Sage of Six Paths' great battle caused extremely severe environmental damage. That was also where the Ten-Tails had once taken root.
The wounds inflicted on the earth, the fissures that were created, were called 'Dragon Veins' by the local people—hmph, dragon (muttering). If you can't find any other methods, you can go there and take a look."
"Thank you, Lord White Snake."
Orochimaru silently noted it down.
Dragon Veins?
That sounds familiar.
Isn't that something Shiro-kun briefly mentioned to him before, something that existed in the ancient city of Rōran?
"Shiro-kun, come closer. We're about to leave."
Orochimaru said to Shiro.
"Since we're already here, why not sign a contract before leaving? The Summoning Beasts are three beautiful snake Hime, which is quite nice..."
"No!"
"Hurry up and go!!"
"Help!"
As soon as the Three Goddesses heard Shiro wanting to contract them, some unpleasant images instantly flashed through their minds. The three of them hurriedly pushed Shiro next to Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru, quickly! Or I'll kill you!"
"..."
Bang.
Seeing the two disappear, the Three Goddesses finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ground.
"Did you also peek just now?"
Ichikishimahime and Tagorihime looked at each other and spoke in unison.
If they hadn't peeked, they wouldn't have known the wickedness of "human" hearts, and wouldn't have reacted this way.
Ignoring the disheveled Three Goddesses, the White Snake Sage walked to the table, picked up the two books she had just dropped, and opened the one titled "The Grass Python Hero Xu Xian."
"Damn frogs, it was indeed you who did it!"
Seeing that the protagonist inside was a white snake, and the curses were all "I'll screw your Sage," the White Snake Sage became even more certain that the old toad was spreading scandalous rumors about her.
"My sister, Green Snake? Hmm?"
"Achoo."
Outside Ryuchi Cave, the sleeping Green Snake suddenly sneezed, woke up, and looked around in confusion, thinking someone had come to contract it as a Summoning Beast.
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