The ocean is wide and endless, holds everything, and has a lot of food. With Genie Lamp, a good radar, Orochimaru doesn't have to worry about food.
But just filling his stomach is not what Orochimaru wants.
The little white snake quickly grew, making his body go from a meter or two to nearly fifty meters. Although his strength and speed are much better than before, his body strength is not as good as it used to be.
Orochimaru can't turn himself back to the way he was. Real wise people also won't regret and guess. They always look to the future and don't focus on the past. So he chose to keep making his body stronger, and natural energy is the best choice.
Along the way, he endured the pressure of the sea water and kept doing his breathing technique on and off, which worked really well.
Orochimaru even feels that the bottom of the sea is the best place to train his body and get stronger.
Because of this good thing, he doesn't really care that Genie Lamp's directions were wrong, making him travel one more day underground.
But, if this is really the Land of Waves, he has to be careful.
Orochimaru frowned slightly.
This sea area is surrounded by the Land of Fire, Land of Thunder, and Land of Water. There are quite a few trade ships, so if he acts too wildly, he might give himself away.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru looked at Keisha and licked his lips without thinking.
Letting him go might not reveal his whereabouts, but destroying the body will make that chance zero.
And since this guy is going to die anyway, he might as well let himself try his taste.
After eating fish for generations, Orochimaru has long wanted to try a different taste.
Keisha suddenly felt like he was facing a fierce monster, and his whole body froze in place, with cold sweat running down his forehead.
"What's wrong with me?"
Seeing Keisha's reaction, Orochimaru's interest suddenly faded, and the desire in his eyes disappeared.
Given his views, normal morals can't control him, but on another level, he has his own set of rules.
And eating someone of the same kind, in the literal sense, clearly goes against these rules. Normally, he wouldn't even have this thought.
"It seems that this form has a more deep and twisted effect on me than I thought."
Orochimaru smiled mockingly, and went into the sea, not even interested in killing this human.
"It's only natural that you behave like this."
Genie Lamp followed Orochimaru, talking nonstop, "Matter decides consciousness, first principles..."
Soon, Keisha was left alone on the calm sea. He waited for a while, made sure that person was gone, and then swam towards the boat.
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Smart people don't focus on the past. After realizing this, Orochimaru made restoring his original body a higher priority.
To be honest, it's a bit hard. Reversing growth is not an easy thing to do. Otherwise, White Snake Sage wouldn't have stayed in Ryuuchi Cave for thousands of years.
However, Orochimaru feels that he still has some advantages over the other, a wood-like body allows him to adapt well to First Hokage cells.
Of course, he has to wait until things are stable before thinking about this.
Orochimaru is now starting his eating trip again.
It's worth mentioning that when he gets to the ocean, he can try to catch some big prey. He doesn't have to catch those small fish one by one anymore, so his efficiency has suddenly increased many times.
"So, have you found any big fish?"
Facing Orochimaru's urging, Genie Lamp smiled, "Don't worry, anyway, if we follow the flow of the earth's energy, we can definitely find it."
Areas with rich resources in the ninja world may not have a lot of natural energy, but areas with a lot of natural energy must be rich in resources.
Natural energy is a 'force' that can affect changes in the environment.
This is true whether on land or at the bottom of the sea.
And the fact is just like that. Not long after, Genie Lamp found a sperm whale that was nearly twenty meters long.
Genie Lamp pointed the way, "Go, little snake!"
"..."
Orochimaru ignored this meaningless name, waved his snake tail, and rushed forward.
When he arrived, he found that the sperm whale was also hunting. Its opponent was a flat giant squid, which was also nearly fifteen meters long.
Calling them opponents is not as accurate as calling them food.
The sperm whale opened its big mouth and tore at the giant squid's tentacles. In return, the giant squid's other tentacles could only leave some marks on the whale, not causing any fatal injuries. Being eaten was only a matter of time.
"Tsk, there's an unexpected gain."
Orochimaru came to the surface of the water to breathe, watched the two fighting, and didn't rush to take action, planning to get the benefits.
"Ooh ooh ooh..."
"Ooh ooh ooh..."
At this time, waves of melodious calls came from the ocean.
Orochimaru turned his head to look. His golden eyes saw clearly through the dark sea water.
—Those were a group of cute things with black and white colors. They moved very fast, and came close to Orochimaru in the blink of an eye.
"Aren't those orcas? Don't do anything yet, they don't mean any harm."
Genie Lamp looked them up and down, and said in surprise, "They're really cute."
A golden light flashed in Orochimaru's eyes, and he immediately entered Sage Mode. In this state, he could vaguely feel the emotions of animals, and the result was just as Genie Lamp said.
"Strange, really strange."
There were twenty-four or five orcas in the group. In front of Orochimaru, they split into two parts. Nearly twenty of them swam towards the sperm whale, their original prey, and the remaining smaller ones circled around Orochimaru. Two of them even rubbed his belly with their heads in a friendly way.
"Ooh ooh ooh..."
"What's going on?"
Orochimaru stroked the little guys' heads, with a confused look on his face.
"There's a theory that orcas use sonar feedback to understand the world."
Genie rubbed his chin, "And humans are very similar to them in the sound waves they get back, in other words, they might see you as one of their own, so they won't attack you."
"And the reason they're circling around you might be because they're wondering why you're so big?"
Genie Lamp made some guesses without taking responsibility.
"Interesting." Orochimaru teased the baby orcas with interest, and looked at the battlefield not far away. This group of guys were hunting their prey.
Sperm whales are huge and are at the top of the food chain in the sea. Adult sperm whales are not afraid of orcas.
But right now, this is a large family of more than twenty orcas. They are very smart and know how to work together. They're basically hunting the other in a playful way.
However, that's not Orochimaru's focus.
According to Genie Lamp, at this time, the orcas should be using their sharp teeth and fast speed to tear off the sperm whale's flesh bit by bit.
But they obviously weren't in a hurry to eat. Instead, they were trying to drive the sperm whale in a certain direction.
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