Chapter 10:
Now was a time of war. Children in the Ninja Villages entered school at the age of five and were eligible to take the graduation exam as early as age six!
Looking at the young boy in front of him, Orochimaru realized that Might Dai, the boy who would one day become the father of Might Guy, was probably no older than himself.
In other words... he was just five years old and had only recently started school.
"Do you know him?" Tsunade asked, noticing Orochimaru's focused expression and feeling a bit curious.
"No, it's my first time seeing him," Orochimaru replied, telling a half-truth.
This was, after all, the first time he had physically seen Might Dai in this world. But of course, Orochimaru's knowledge of the future told him exactly who this boy was Might Dai, the "Eternal Genin," the man who would spend twenty years honing the most powerful taijutsu technique, the Eight Gates Release Formation.
Orochimaru would never forget a man like that.
But there was no need to share all this with Tsunade. For now, Might Dai was just a five-year-old boy who had barely started his journey in the ninja world. He wasn't on Orochimaru's radar yet, and Orochimaru had no interest in exchanging taijutsu experience with a child who had yet to prove himself.
Shrugging off the matter, Orochimaru made his way to the shooting range and started practicing throwing shurikens, following the technique imprinted in his memory.