Seeing that Tsunade seed to be "moved" by his proposal, Orochimaru continued, his voice a silken whisper. "Not only can I resurrect those two, but I can also promise you that from now on, I will never harm Konoha Village again."
"How about it? Do you agree to my proposal?"
Tsunade's body trembled slightly as she listened to Orochimaru's promise. She lowered her head, her hands clutching the necklace on her chest so tightly her knuckles turned white.
"Tsunade! Don't believe him!" Jiraiya's voice ca from behind her. "Orochimaru is lying to you!"
"Shut up!" Tsunade yelled at Jiraiya, then looked up at Orochimaru. "Fine. I promise."
"Hehe…" Orochimaru smiled with satisfaction. "That's wonderful, Tsunade. Let's start now. After you heal my hands, I will imdiately resurrect those two."
Tsunade gathered chakra in her hands, a soft green glow enveloping them, and slowly approached Orochimaru. Jiraiya, who had been about to stop her, suddenly closed his mouth after seeing the look in her eyes and the subtle gesture she made. He understood Tsunade. This chakra was not ant to heal Orochimaru, but to kill him.
Orochimaru, desperate for a cure, saw nothing amiss. The extre, unceasing pain in his arms left him no room to think about anything else. His only hope now was Tsunade, the greatest dical ninja in the world. He felt he understood her completely. She had two great weaknesses, and one of them was that the re ntion of those two nas would cause her to lose all rationality, to beco like a puppet on a string.
"Co on, that's it, Tsunade. Heal …"
"As long as you heal , I will imdiately let those two co back to life and see you… hehe."
Just as Tsunade was about to reach Orochimaru, a kunai suddenly shot between them, embedding itself in the ground. Sensing the danger, both of them quickly leaped back, their eyes turning to the direction the kunai had co from. There, standing on a tree branch, was Kabuto Yakushi, looking at them with a cold, unreadable expression.
Orochimaru's own expression turned serious. With the imdiate threat gone, his mind began to clear from the frantic haze of pain. "Kabuto… I never thought that at this critical mont, you would actually betray ."
"Wait, that's not right…" Orochimaru's pupils dilated as he ca to a sudden realization. He looked at Tsunade in disbelief. "Tsunade… how did you co to this decision? You actually intended to kill ?"
Orochimaru finally understood why Jiraiya had been watching from the sidelines, why he hadn't tried to stop her. He had seen through Tsunade's plan from the very beginning.
"Tsunade, don't you want to see those two people?" he tried again, his voice laced with a desperate edge. "My patience is limited. If you miss this opportunity, there won't be another." He truly wanted his hands back.
Tsunade was silent for a mont, then whispered, "Orochimaru, I know that everything you said is a lie. I'm a dical ninja. I know that the dead cannot be resurrected."
"Just as you lost your judgnt and naively thought I could heal your hands, I was also naively thinking you could bring the dead back to life."
Orochimaru looked at her with an almost innocent expression. "Hmph, your vision is still too short-sighted. I can indeed do it."
"Just now, I resurrected the First Hokage and the Second Hokage."
"Your grandfather, and your grand-uncle."
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