"Kagura told me..."
"The feud between him and Lord Orochimaru has already been written off, and he believes these matters shouldn't be hidden from you anymore. So today, I'm telling you the truth of the past."
Kabuto finished speaking and seemed to truly think so.
"..."
Can this be written off?
Orochimaru's heart was boiling with rage.
When Akihara Kagura revealed part of the truth to Orochimaru, at that time Orochimaru was filled with the desire to challenge Akihara Kagura to a life-or-death battle, but he was forced to retreat due to his lack of power.
At that moment...
Orochimaru could barely maintain composure and grace.
Even later, when Akihara Kagura willingly shouldered all the expenses of his experiments, Orochimaru decided to temporarily suppress his anger, and now he faces yet another blow!
How could he write this off!
Who could write off such enormous hatred of having one's life manipulated!
Every time he tried to calm his mind and gradually release his anger from his chest, Akihara Kagura would come up with new stories that fueled his resentment!
All these days, when Orochimaru and Kabuto acted together, something seemed off. Why did Kabuto seem unaffected?
Akihara Kagura didn't seem like a magnanimous person.
Judging from Akihara Kagura's performance during the Chunin exams, he surely knew about Kabuto's secret operations, yet not only did he generously let Kabuto go, but also allowed Kabuto to use the Reanimation Jutsu to revive Katou Dan, a competent Jonin?
Was it because Kabuto came from the Konoha Orphanage?
That seems unlikely, right?
Akihara Kagura wholeheartedly saved Kabuto, but Kabuto developed a sense of betrayal towards him. With Akihara Kagura's petty nature, he would surely make Kabuto experience the pain of this world.
Orochimaru felt suspicious, yet he was still mindful of Kabuto's willingness to save him at all costs, and he helped him find reasons, especially since Kabuto was a competent assistant and an exceptionally talented Medical Ninja...
But in the end...
Kabuto directly revealed the truth!
This bastard!
He even suggested to Akihara Kagura that he should kill him back then!
This bastard!
At that time, his injury could have healed within a month, but Kabuto actually prolonged the healing for three months using medical techniques, leaving him paralyzed for three months!
He even thought Kabuto had done his utmost!
"Kabuto."
Orochimaru looked at Kabuto standing at the doorway. His rage escalated quickly, and he almost laughed with anger, "Should I be grateful to Kagura for not listening to your advice to kill me back then, and instead just sending you to toy with my life? Should I be grateful to you for only paralyzing me for three months, instead of leaving me bedridden for life..."
"Please forgive me."
Kabuto slightly bowed his head in apology and continued, "Initially, that was my thought, but after working for Lord Orochimaru all these years, I realized Kagura was right."
"Lord Orochimaru's value is unparalleled in the Ninja World; it's unlikely future generations will see another scientist like Orochimaru..."
This was Kabuto's sincere thought.
Despite Orochimaru always being a threat to them, Orochimaru's value was indeed immense. Merely the vast knowledge and extraordinary ideas in his mind greatly surpassed anyone else in the Ninja World.
"As for your illness..."
Kabuto's face showed a hint of apology, a sincere regret, "My medical skills were limited, worried that Lord Orochimaru might notice the flaws, Only dared to delay the healing for three months..."
"..."
Orochimaru took a deep breath.
Akihara Kagura and Kabuto, these two from the Konoha Orphanage, really made him feel a mix of love and hate. Unlike anyone else in the Ninja World who feared scientific technology, they showed enormous respect towards it.
However...
This is indeed over the top!
If he continued to cooperate with them, unable to vent the hatred, he felt an intense urge to devour them right away; If he abandoned collaboration with them, he felt a bit unwilling, not suitable from both an emotional and a benefit standpoint.
"You and Scorpion..."
Orochimaru spoke a sentence but paused, he then sat back down on the tatami mat, and commanded in a deep voice, "Tell me everything from the beginning! What Kagura has done to me, it's best to disclose everything to avoid future misunderstandings..."
"..."
Kabuto hesitated.
Firstly, the upcoming matter of Akihara Kagura dealing with Orochimaru's trusted people and deploying spies around Orochimaru, couldn't be spoken out...
"Initially, it was me who forced Lord Orochimaru into a desperate situation with Scorpion because only at that time could Orochimaru gain more trust in me..."
"I understand."
Orochimaru nodded, already indifferent about it.
Since Orochimaru already discarded trust towards Kabuto, these things weren't worth being overly concerned about, maybe just cursing from the heart for a bit.
"There shouldn't be anything else, right?"
Kabuto furrowed his brow, pondered for a moment, and then continued, "Back then, to save Lord Orochimaru, I was hit by Scorpion's poisonous needle, however, Scorpion had already given me the antidote beforehand, despite Lord Orochimaru also guiding me to prepare an antidote swiftly..."
"No wonder you dared to block the poisonous needle for me..."