Chapter 630 - The Pursuit of Eternity and Omniscience
After Shimura Danzo walked out, Homusubi and Orochimaru also got up from their respective seats and left the meeting room.
While walking side by side through the gloomy passages of the Root Base, both of them remained silent, and only the sound of their footsteps echoed in the quiet and empty passage.
A while later, the two of them came out of the Root Base, then by using a secret passage that both of them were quite familiar with, they made their way towards the forest not far from Konoha.
After confirming that no one was following them now, Orochimaru licked his lips, and while continuing to jump from one tree to another, he said, “I now fully believe that Nidaime Hokage-sama had a very good eye for judging someone’s character, and he made the right choice by not making Danzo Hokage… Shimura Danzo is really not suitable for that position… Ever since he has gained some political power and identity that is not even Hokage, he has started to lose himself… I won’t comment on other matters, but… it worries me that he has started to get out of our control too.”
While continuing to jump from one tree to another, Homusubi turned her head towards Orochimaru, and said, “A dying person who won’t live for very long, just bear him for a while… As long as we are careful, nothing will happen.”
Listening to Homusubi’s words, Orochimaru stared at her with interest and said, “It’s really surprising that you–who is not only an Uchiha but also a member of the overbearing Amatsukami Organization–can tolerate him to this extent. This further makes me believe that someone in your organization really wants to become a God!”
Tsukihi did not deny Orochimaru’s guess, “This is not a secret.”
“Is it your leader Yama?” he asked quickly, then for some reason paused and continued with a confused expression, “But Yama already seems to have such great power, isn’t he already a god?”
Tsukihi asked, “What do you think?”
Orochimaru shook his head and said, “It’s a pity that I have no idea whether your leader has stepped in the domain of God or not…” then paused and continued again, “In fact, I have always been curious, what exactly is your leader pursuing? Why did he create an organization such as Amatsukami, and how exactly did he manage to gather such Shinobi under him?”