Orochimaru immediately discovered that he was covered by a layer of miraculous chakra, and his spirit body followed it into a place shaped like the mouth of a jar.
He slowly opened his eyes and found Kairen and Deidara looking down at him.
At the same time, Orochimaru also felt that he had lost something.
What was it?
"Hahahaha…"
Deidara pointed at Orochimaru and laughed wildly: "Orochimaru, you used to be neither male nor female, and now you've directly turned into a woman—no, a little girl!"
Orochimaru was shocked and hurriedly looked at his arms—white and tender, like those of a seven- or eight-year-old girl.
Kairen handed over a mirror and said, "This body isn't much different from your old one, it's just a bit smaller."
Orochimaru looked at himself in the mirror.
Emerald-green hair, with two buns tied at the back, and a pair of eyes that were golden-yellow—he looked extremely cute.
Damn your mother!
Orochimaru was furious inside. Turning me into a woman is one thing, but don't turn me into a little girl!
But he didn't dare say it out loud and could only accept this body.
Moku Kairen, I will remember this. I will dissect your body ten thousand times.
Kairen immediately gave Orochimaru another name: "Don't call yourself Orochimaru. From now on, you'll be called Suzune."
Not only did you insult the name Orochimaru, you even gave me a feminine name—Moku Kairen, I'll dig up your ancestors' graves.
Orochimaru greeted Kairen's ancestors in his heart, but on the surface he showed a smile:
"Thank you, Lord Kairen, for bestowing a name."
Why did Kairen turn Orochimaru into a loli?
He originally wanted to turn him into a woman, but he was afraid that if she became too pretty he would commit a crime, so he simply turned him into a loli.
The fundamental reason was that he couldn't stand Orochimaru's gloomy look from before—anyone who saw it would say he was a villain, which hurt his personal image.
After finishing Orochimaru's sex change, Kairen shifted his attention to the suffering brothers below.
...
Itachi lay on the ground, blood filling his mouth, using all his strength to crawl forward.
His eyes were dim and dull, and he could faintly see Sasuke's shadow.
Sasuke had grown up, but the way he did things was still very immature.
"…Sasuke!"
Sasuke retreated frantically, crashed into a wall, and watched helplessly as Itachi's two fingers approached his eyes.
Incredibly, those two blood-soaked fingers only tapped his forehead.
That person seemed to murmur something softly. Sasuke didn't hear it clearly, but his intuition told him that it was perhaps Itachi's final farewell.
Itachi is dead!
"Drip, drip!"
A light rain fell from the sky, bathing the earth.
Sasuke leaned alone against the wall, letting the rain hit his face.
His great vengeance had been repaid, but his heart instead felt a bit empty.
It seemed that something extremely important in his life was gone.
Orochimaru didn't care about the sincere emotions of the human world. He glanced at Kairen and asked for battle: "This is when Sasuke is at his weakest. I'll go take his Mangekyō Sharingan and bring it to you."
Kairen shook his head: "No need. I already have enough eyes. Besides, it's not like I don't know your little schemes—once you get the brothers' Mangekyō, you'll run off halfway."
Orochimaru hurriedly shook her head: "How could that be?"
She was unwilling in her heart; Kairen's eyes seemed able to see through her soul.
Suddenly, a vortex appeared out of thin air below and sucked in both Sasuke and Itachi's corpse.
Orochimaru cursed wildly: "Damn it, even the things I've set my sights on get snatched—who is it?"
Kairen's Tenseigan released a faint blue light.
In the world of the Tenseigan, he saw Obito carrying the Uchiha brothers through a space passage.
He also discovered a soul shadow below.
"Itachi?!"
Kairen leapt down from the sky and landed below.
Itachi's spirit stared blankly for a long time at the vanished Sasuke, then looked at the Kairen who appeared out of thin air. Those sky-blue eyes seemed to be able to see him.
"You can see me?"
Kairen nodded and asked, "Are you still attached to the ninja world?"
Itachi nodded: "That child Sasuke is too easy to deceive. I'm afraid he'll be used."
Kairen smiled: "The Sharingan is a sharp blade. No one can underestimate it, let alone the Eternal Mangekyō."
Itachi fell silent. Perhaps this ending was a calculation; Sasuke could never escape the circle of fate!
Kairen asked, "Do you have any last wishes? If you do, I'll help you fulfill them!"
Itachi asked, "Why? Why would you help me?"
People need a purpose to do anything—of course, dogs wearing human skin don't count.
Kairen let something slip: "Just take it as a stepfather's pity for you two!"
"Stepfather?!"
Itachi was puzzled.
Kairen hurriedly explained: "Seeing you two brothers is pitiful, and I'm soft-hearted. I can satisfy one of your wishes."
Itachi said no more. After a long silence, he said, "Can you let me stay by Sasuke's side as a non-human being? I want to make up for the guilt of these years toward him."
Kairen nodded lightly and asked, "Only that? You don't have a further request, like revival or something? I possess—"
Before Kairen could finish, Itachi interrupted him. He mocked himself: "Someone who slaughtered his own entire clan—what right does he have to cling to life in this world? What I hope for is nothing more than Sasuke's happiness."
Kairen shook his head.
Uchiha Itachi was like this—his heart liked sweet things, but fate made him eat bitterness.
"Alright! Your request is granted."
Kairen began to use Yin-Yang Release, spending an enormous amount of chakra to help Itachi break free from the Pure Land and exist as a non-human.
With Orochimaru's prior experiment, Kairen was getting the hang of it. In no time, he turned Itachi's spirit into a crow.
The cold crow squatted in Kairen's palm, a pair of red eyes gazing faintly at the rainy sky, as if nothing could stir its attention.
Kairen said, "Alright, your request is done. I also copied a pair of Mangekyō for you so you can have some means of self-protection."
Itachi looked at Kairen.
Kairen's gifts sounded simple, but every single one exceeded the scope of ninjutsu; calling them the methods of a sage wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Itachi bowed: "Thank you! If you ever need me in the future, please say the word!"
Kairen waved his hand: "By the way, I have another proposal. I can turn you into a girl, so you and your brother can have a—"
"Sorry, I'll be leaving now."
Before Kairen could finish, Itachi flew away. That speed seemed to carry a hint of fleeing in panic.
Orochimaru and Deidara jumped down. Deidara asked, "What's special about that crow?"
Kairen smiled: "That's Uchiha Itachi."
Deidara glanced at the less-than-one-and-a-half-meter-tall Orochimaru and instantly understood.
Orochimaru laughed loudly. At least she was still human; Itachi had directly turned into a crow.
Uchiha Itachi, in the end I still beat you by a head.
"Let's go—return to the palace with me!"