Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-32832770-20170829130028/@comment-3568954-20170830021650

Crazylazyguy wrote: Orochimaru's bodies last like 3 years, during Boruto's era he has probably changed it a couple of times already, so the wood style is most likely gone. With that being said he didn't battle all that much after he got the white zetsu body in the first place.

thats not how it works, when orochimaru takes a body, he perminently gains access to their abilities, for example if he were to take sarada's body and 3 years later he gets a new body, he would still have the Sharingan. because his soul absorbs the chakra and abilities of everyone he absorbs, because there entire being is stored in another dimension inside of orochimaru.

moreover we don't know if current orochimaru has a 3 year limit. the white zetsu was bound with hashirama's cells and most likely was a semi perfect body for him to take control of, IE he most likely is no longer bound to that 3 year limitation

on a side note, hashirama's ability to use wood release is tied to him being a transmigrant of asura, since he inherited asura's strong life force it allows him to merge water and earth into a new element, in theory, naruto wouldn't need hashirama's cells for wood release