Orochimaru's soul clone had his neck squeezed by Ryou, and his expression was very unsightly.
He shouted, "Uchiha Ryou, let me go quickly! My main body has already brought the Second Hokage and Kato Dan to hunt you down."
"If you know what's good for you, release me now, or else when my main body arrives, I'll make sure you suffer the consequences."
"How dare you—"
Ryou let out a shout and immediately activated Lightning Release, electrocuting Orochimaru's clone until it crackled and screamed in pain.
Even though Anko had already seen the truth that Orochimaru wanted to possess her, she still stood up for her mentor.
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Anko summoned several snakes from her hands to attack Ryou.
"Uchiha Reflection!"
Candy jumped onto Ryou's shoulder and waved her Kitty Flame Fan, fanning Anko's snakes into chunks of meat.
Candy's golden cat eyes held a piercing gaze. "Anko, it's true that I'm your good friend, but you haven't really seen your situation clearly."
"The only reason you're still alive right now is purely because my master wants to take you."
Anko felt a bit sad. "But Lord Orochimaru is my lifelong benefactor. He's like a father to me. I don't believe his feelings for me were all an act."
"Our bodies, hair, and skin are gifts from our parents."
"If my father really wants to possess me, then let him do it—"
"..."
Orochimaru's clone was being electrocuted by Ryou, but upon hearing Anko's words, his pupils shrank slightly, and he looked at Anko with a face full of guilt.
Ryou's Sharingan captured the soul clone's feelings of guilt. He was somewhat surprised; Orochimaru hadn't completely lost his humanity.
Orochimaru still had feelings for Anko.
After all, she was his cute disciple.
Ryou stopped releasing Lightning Release and implanted a spore into the body of Orochimaru's soul clone.
The soul clone's expression turned grim. "Uchiha Ryou, what did you do to me?!"
Ryou didn't answer the soul clone. This clone of Orochimaru was special.
It wasn't an ordinary clone, but a soul clone.
In the original story, Orochimaru was resurrected from Anko's Cursed Seal.
By stacking Jugo's Cursed Seal power with the Orochimaru cells inside Sage Kabuto's body and adding Senjutsu chakra, Orochimaru was restored to his complete form.
To some extent, a soul clone was superior to a Yang Release clone because it involved copying and saving one's own data.
If the main body died, the soul clone would inherit everything and quickly restart the account.
It was like the 'Karma' of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, where one's memories, personality, genes, chakra, and abilities were all digitized and compressed into a 'Karma' mark on a 'vessel' to serve as a backup file for resurrection.
But 'Karma' was a real hassle; one had to find someone with a suitable constitution who could bear the Ōtsutsuki chakra.
Isshiki searched for over a thousand years just to find one perfect vessel—Uzumaki Kawaki.
And it wasn't an instant resurrection; there was a very long data-thawing period in between.
'Karma' was too primitive; Orochimaru's resurrection method could completely outclass that of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
However, there was one drawback.
That was that a soul clone had its own will, and this will could potentially backfire on the original.
Even ordinary clones had their own will, let alone a clone with a soul origin.
In the original story, the will of the Orochimaru clone residing in Anko's Cursed Seal was leaning toward good. After resurrecting from Anko's Cursed Seal, Orochimaru stopped causing trouble.
He started doing good deeds.
It was also because this clone resurrected the people who knew everything (the past Hokage) that the Fourth Shinobi War reached a turning point.
The Orochimaru clone that emerged from Anko's Cursed Seal embodied Orochimaru's kindness; he even insisted on having beef in his noodles.
Why?
Because he was good!
Ryou didn't want to destroy this clone of Orochimaru, but rather wanted to preserve it.
Ryou needed a talent with scientific research capabilities.
Sasori wasn't enough; Sasori was a genius leaning toward mechanics, while Orochimaru leaned toward biology.
Back to the topic.
Ryou activated the spores inside the soul clone's body. At this time, the soul clone's body hadn't fully taken shape yet.
Because it hadn't obtained more of the main body's cells.
Ryou used his own spores to simulate Orochimaru's cells and give the soul clone a fixed form.
Soon, the soul clone underwent a massive change.
Straight, jet-black shoulder-length hair, with one side covering her face, the strands smooth and possessing a cold, elegant texture.
The skin was still Orochimaru's porcelain-white, cool-toned skin, with golden slitted snake eyes, light purple markings around the eyes, and a blue-black snake-shaped earring on the left ear.
She wore a white kimono-style outer robe over a deep blue cross-collar garment, with a wide black belt cinched at the waist.
The person was still the same, but she possessed the cold and glamorous temperament of a mature woman.
Anko and Candy watched this drastically changed Orochimaru in shock.
The soul clone herself couldn't accept her own transformation. Feeling the two heavy lumps on her chest, she roared at Ryou, "Uchiha Ryou, you bastard—"
Even the voice she roared with was no longer hoarse and dry, but a feminine one.
Because Ryou had completely turned Orochimaru into a woman.
Ryou looked at Orochimaru's female clone with great interest. "I'll call you Female Orochimaru from now on!"
Orochimaru's original soul was neither male nor female; after practicing Living Corpse Reincarnation, his soul had mutated into the White Scaled Serpent.
Ryou's spores merely provided Orochimaru with a female host body.
Her essence was still the all-devouring White Scaled Serpent.
Female Orochimaru felt her connection to the main body being blocked by Ryou's Spore Clone; she could no longer report the situation here to the main body.
Ryou felt something rising for Female Orochimaru.
He kept telling himself this was Orochimaru and he couldn't be like this.
But his junk wouldn't listen to him!
"I can't take it, let me release!"
Female Orochimaru looked in shock at the red-eyed Ryou rushing toward her like some kind of pervert.
She instinctively shrank back, her eyes darting around in panic, not daring to look at his lustful appearance.
Once, this kind of expression was exclusive to Orochimaru; whenever he saw a Ninjutsu he was interested in, he would be filled with greed.
But now, she was actually being lusted after by someone else.
At the critical moment, Anko stood in front of Female Orochimaru.
"Uchiha Ryou, you're not allowed to take advantage of my teacher!"
Candy also jumped up. This time, it no longer stood on Ryou's side because Candy's sense of morality made it impossible to side with its master.
Even trying to have his way with Orochimaru—is he even human?
Candy released Lightning Release on Ryou, shocking Little Ryou and making him regain some sanity.
Ryou stopped in his tracks.
At that moment, a terrified scream rang out from the side—
"No, Lord Orochimaru, don't hurt me anymore!"
Everyone turned their heads in confusion and saw the long-haired Yamato clutching his head and making painful sounds, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
It turned out that while Ryou was being perverted, Ichikishimahime had quietly dispelled Yamato's genjutsu.
Ryou walked over and looked at Yamato in confusion. "Was he turned into a toy by Orochimaru on the spot?"
(Female Orochimaru = Orochimama? Femrochimaru? Hmm....)