good chapter... it is true that you currently need the ants and their tools for your experiments... but this is the world of Atg... not even at the highest power levels, at most mid-low power levels, it could already easily do by itself everything a deadly tool can do... ( With your IQ, chakra knowledge, adding primal energy to it, it's child's play) What seems strange to me is how confident he is... It's Orochimaru, he doesn't have his power, resurrection methods, or much knowledge of the world... Dude, with all that unknowing, it's too reckless to attract attention like you're doing... It is true that for those of us who have read Atg, we know what it is like, but for Orochimaru, everything is unknown and extremely dangerous, he is acting too much in public and attracts attention...
thanks for the chapter man and when will orochi start cultivating seriously? like there seem to be no progress in that aspect, like he is a genius of highest caliber, so he should be able to unlock all of his profound entrances if he focuses on that. like yeah I get it that you are trying to build a foundation for the story, but it's getting really boring.