All love at first sight is just being stirred by lust.
Walking together is not because you are a perfect match, but because you can tolerate each other's flaws.
She spends ten thousand yuan on a bag that's only for showing off, and you spend ten thousand yuan on a figurine that doesn't even move.
Clearly looking down on each other, yet still stiffly staying together.
Boring and uninteresting.
Ryou nodded to Orochimaru and said, "Orochimaru, you're quite right. Sometimes I do find it boring, but my 'little brother' down there won't listen to me."
"I can't exactly chop it off, so I can only go along with it!"
"But I am the one in control of everything. When a woman can sway my emotions, I won't hesitate—I'll take her out immediately!"
Tobirama looked gloomily at Ryou: "Ryou, does Tsunade fall into that category as well?"
Ryou crossed his arms and nodded: "Of course. If she dares to suggest I submit to the Shinobi Allied Forces in front of me, watch me dunk on her!"
"凸(艹皿艹)."
"Bullying Tsunade?"
Tobirama was furious, his entire chakra turning into atmospheric pressure to suppress Ryou: "Evil Uchiha brat, I shall personally—"
Tobirama's hand gripped a Flying Thunder God Kunai, seemingly on the verge of launching an instant kill against Ryou.
"Wait—"
Orochimaru stopped Tobirama: "Lord Second, please calm down first!"
Tobirama's momentum halted as he asked Ryou about serious business: "Ryou, you just said that everything you did for Madara was because he forced you."
"In other words, you don't agree with Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan?"
Ryou nodded: "Agree my ass! The Eye of the Moon Plan is a scam. I worked so hard to develop Forbidden Jutsu, holding it in for thirty years."
"Now Madara wants me to go enjoy myself in a dream? Wouldn't my suffering have been for nothing?"
Orochimaru nodded: "That makes sense. Madara provides an opportunity for ordinary people, but he also stifles elites like us."
Tobirama called out to Ryou: "Ryou, I'll give you a chance now. I don't expect you to return to Konoha."
"Since you don't agree with Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan, then betray him. As long as Madara is dealt with, Konoha will live in peace with you from now on."
"..."
Ryou fell silent for a moment.
Orochimaru and Tobirama were both waiting for Ryou's reply.
A vulgar man like Ryou wouldn't agree to the Eye of the Moon Plan; Madara's plan touched upon Ryou's interests.
This meant there was an opportunity for them to cooperate.
While waiting for Ryou's answer, Orochimaru found the little catgirl maid beside Ryou very strange, inwardly despising Ryou for having to bring a woman even when going out.
Truly a low-class person.
Spending so much time on a simple, repetitive task—it's a waste of that body's talent.
Orochimaru felt that Ryou was wasting the powerful talent of that body; such a powerful body should be developed by him instead.
As he watched, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
That little catgirl was relishing the absorption of the surrounding dark, gloomy aura.
As if sensing Orochimaru's gaze, the little catgirl looked in Orochimaru's direction.
Orochimaru's heart jolted, and an infinite dread rose from the depths of his soul.
Those were eyes as red as blood, without a trace of white, leaving only a crimson so thick it wouldn't disperse, like two clusters of ghost fire burning in the abyss.
The gaze seemed able to pierce straight through flesh and bone, exposing one's most hidden thoughts and most unsightly secrets, leaving them completely bare.
The moment Orochimaru was fixed by those eyes, he felt naked and exposed, with a chill seeping out from his marrow, not daring to make a move.
Who exactly is this fellow?
Satori gave Orochimaru a grim smile. This guy named Orochimaru had endless darkness hidden in his heart, and his negative emotions were very distinct.
Extremely selfish, cold and ruthless, paranoid and crazed, gloomy and cunning...
Like a snake, he was a venomous serpent that no one should approach.
But to Satori, he was a great meal.
Ryou had thought it through by now and said to Tobirama: "Lord Second, I've already betrayed Konoha once. If I betray Madara again, whose to say I won't betray you again?"
"Madara treats me like a grandson. I was only able to grow this fast because of Madara's support."
"Even if I have no conscience, I wouldn't be such a beast as to defect just like that! Besides, you guys aren't giving me any benefits at all."
Orochimaru and Tobirama realized—so it was because the terms hadn't been discussed yet!
Tobirama glanced at Orochimaru, wanting to see how Orochimaru would tempt Ryou.
Orochimaru rubbed his head and thought for a while, only to find that he really didn't have anything good to tempt the other party with!
His Living Corpse Reincarnation was completely outclassed by Ryou's Plunder Rebirth.
As for the Eight Branches Technique, the opponent had Susanoo. In mythology, the Yamata no Orochi was slain by Susanoo.
Susanoo was the natural counter to the Eight Branches Technique.
Summoning Jutsu? That might work.
Ryou had once snatched his family's ancestral Ryūchi Cave scroll, but that was so Ryou could learn Ryūchi Cave's Sage Transformation.
He had already run off to Ryūchi Cave now, so he didn't care much about Orochimaru's family Summoning Jutsu anymore.
Thinking it over, Orochimaru really couldn't find any capital that could make Ryou betray Madara.
Seeing Orochimaru's awkwardness, Ryou sneered: "With those terms, you're coming out to try and incite a defection?"
Orochimaru hadn't wanted to turn Ryou in the first place; he wanted to team up with Tobirama here to deal with Ryou and take over his body.
But seeing Tobirama like this, he seemed to want to try and persuade Ryou.
Orochimaru couldn't go against Tobirama's wishes.
Orochimaru said to Ryou: "How about this, Ryou. If you see anything on me that you want, just say it."
Ryou stroked his chin: "Then I'll say it!"
"Go ahead!"
Orochimaru did have quite a few good things on him, it was just that they didn't provide much of a boost to the current Ryou.
But any boost was good.
At the level of a top-tier Shinobi, being able to improve even a little was something to be celebrated.
Besides self-improvement, Orochimaru also had powerful auxiliary Ninjutsu.
For example, Edo Tensei—a powerful Ninjutsu that reverses Yin and Yang and breaks the balance of life and death.
Ryou was afraid that asking for Edo Tensei right away would scare Orochimaru, so he first asked for an auxiliary Ninjutsu.
Triple Rashomon!
"Rashomon?"
Orochimaru stroked his chin; that was acceptable.
Because Rashomon wasn't originally his Ninjutsu; it was a Summoning Jutsu passed down from Hashirama, the Senju Clan.
It could summon the Rashomon from hell to defend against powerful frontal attacks.
Hashirama could summon the Quintuple Rashomon, while Orochimaru could only summon three, so he called it the Triple Rashomon.
However, this technique belonged to the Senju Clan, not Orochimaru.
Orochimaru looked toward Tobirama.
Tobirama crossed his arms and said to Orochimaru: "Give it to him! Rashomon isn't some incredibly powerful Ninjutsu."
Summoning Rashomon required a massive amount of chakra; only a Shinobi like Hashirama, whose chakra exceeded that of a Tailed Beast, could summon the Quintuple Rashomon.
Furthermore, the defensive nature of the summoned Rashomon was only relative to average Ninjutsu; when facing over-the-top Ninjutsu like a Biju Bomb, it was helpless.
In the original work, facing the Biju Bomb fired by Madara's Majestic Attire: Susanoo Nine-Tails, the Quintuple Rashomon Hashirama summoned only managed to alter the trajectory of the Biju Bomb.
It couldn't completely block the Biju Bomb's attack.