Nnoitra's reiatsu was suppressed as much as he could manage. He didn't generally go to that extreme -- his chakra was a constant feeling in the Palace, part of the ambient.
He didn't let it go when Kadaj flared his own, allowing it to effectively mask his presence. Good. That gave him the element of surprise. Usually, he would have rushed in with a wordless shout and his weapon glinting as he swung for the first blow, but Orochimaru was powerful and dangerous and he knew as well as Kadaj that they'd likely only get one shot.
If they failed, they'd both be pulled up in front of the present members of Clan Khamja and while Kadaj might get away with it on the technicality that death by another member is an occupational hazard, he would not.
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He didn't let it go when Kadaj flared his own, allowing it to effectively mask his presence. Good. That gave him the element of surprise. Usually, he would have rushed in with a wordless shout and his weapon glinting as he swung for the first blow, but Orochimaru was powerful and dangerous and he knew as well as Kadaj that they'd likely only get one shot.
If they failed, they'd both be pulled up in front of the present members of Clan Khamja and while Kadaj might get away with it on the technicality that death by another member is an occupational hazard, he would not.