Chapter 160: Snake Dream
Chapter 162 Snake Dream
"One vote for Namikaze Minato."
"Orochimaru one vote."
"One vote for Namikaze Minato."
"Orochimaru one vote."
"Orochimaru one vote."
In the largest conference room in Konoha space, the Third Hokage, three advisors, heads of departments, ninja clan leaders and jounin representatives all gathered here.
More than eighty faces showed eagerness, and nearly two hundred eyes were fixed on the end of the conference table without blinking, their gazes as intense as entities.
Where everyone's eyes met, Jonin captain Nara Shikaku was counting the names on the last few ballots.
But judging from his expression, he already knew the answer and was very satisfied with the result.
"Jōnin Namikaze Minato received twenty votes; Lord Orochimaru received fifty-six votes; the rest received a total of four votes."
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in the front row, turned to look at a long-haired ninja next to him whose gender and age were difficult to distinguish with an encouraging smile.
Orochimaru's always sharp gaze was weakened by the blue-purple eye shadow. He nodded slightly and responded with a subtle smile that said "everything is under control". He seemed not surprised by the result.
"According to the voting rules established by the Second Hokage, if a candidate gets more than 2/3 of the votes in the first round of elections, there is no need to conduct the next round of elections.
"Therefore I declare that the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Hidden Village——
"Lord Orochimaru will be in charge!"
As soon as this was said, many jounin representatives almost jumped up and applauded in celebration. Everyone's eyes were filled with uncontrollable enthusiasm.
Without exception, this group of people were all ninjas who accepted Orochimaru's direct command during the Third Ninja War.
However, not only his subordinates, but also Orochimaru's competitor, Namikaze Minato, who received the second most votes, also had a convinced smile on his face and was not frustrated by his defeat.
"Be at peace and don't be impatient. Be at peace and don't be impatient."
Nara Shikaku raised his hands and pressed down, "There is one last step."
Everyone fell silent, and some even smiled sheepishly.
Nara Shikaku nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the elderly people at the front of the conference table.
"I would like to ask the Third Hokage-sama and the three advisors, do they object to Orochimaru-sama becoming the Fourth Hokage?"
"No objection."
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and shook his head, "We were able to turn the tide and even win the great victory in this Ninja World War, all thanks to Orochimaru's calm command. He is my best student, and I believe he will become a better student than me." A better Hokage!"
"The three of us have no objections."
Shimura Danzo made the choice for them without even looking at the other two elders. Fortunately, judging from their expressions, the two men did not have any objections.
"If Orochimaru hadn't accepted my invitation, personally led the root wood escape experiment, and used the finished product to shock Ohnoki and the Third Raikage, even if we were the victors, we wouldn't have been able to take advantage of such a huge benefit.
"Don't talk about Hiruzen, even when the Second Hokage was in power, he never made Konoha the strongest ninja village worthy of the name! But Orochimaru did it!
"As an advisory elder, I am willing to assist such a Hokage wholeheartedly."
Danzo's words were eloquent and resonated with many people.
"No one will object at all!"
"Captain Nara, there's no need to ask anyone else!"
"That's right!"
"Other than Lord Orochimaru, we will not accept anyone else as Hokage."
The meeting room was filled with excitement after a short while.
"It's hard to disobey all orders."
After complaining, Nara Shikaku made a gesture of invitation: "In that case, please trouble Lord Orochimaru to go up to the rooftop and complete the handover ceremony of Hokage."
Orochimaru tried hard to control himself, trying not to let the excitement spread to his face. He nodded calmly as always, gaining more recognition and respect.
Just when the etiquette staff opened the door and prepared to guide him to change into the Hokage's exclusive god robe, Orochimaru glanced at the faces in the room and suddenly noticed something that made him uncomfortable.
When everything you experience is going as you wish, such "discomfort" is very strange and unexpected.
[Among the representatives of the Ninja clan, why is there no Uchiha Fugaku? 】
[Obviously the election went so smoothly, why do I feel something is wrong? 】
However, he didn't have time to think about it, after all, he didn't know he was dreaming.
The next second, he had already passed the half-hour preparation time, put on his clothes, put on a red hat with the word "fire" written on it, and arrived at the edge of the rooftop of the Hokage Building.
When the crowd in the square downstairs spotted the snake sticking its head out, they immediately cheered like a roaring tsunami. Even the Hokage's hat was slightly stirred by the crowd's fiery enthusiasm.
This move finally completely dispelled Orochimaru's suspicion that something was wrong, and also released him from the leather holster that he had always been cautious about.
There was no need for Nara Shikaku to remind him. With a wave of his sleeve, the whole square fell silent instantly, as if everyone had their souls taken away at the same time.
Orochimaru has always been proud of his values that are completely different from ordinary people. However, at this moment, he found that he actually enjoyed this moment extremely.
Everyone in this village is eagerly waiting for him, intending to take every word he says as a standard and recite it over and over until he can repeat it in his dreams.
After all, if you can stand in the light and receive the spotlight, who really wants to stay in a dark place and be cynical?
"Everyone."
After taking a deep breath, Orochimaru spoke: "Ever since I was very young, I have been thinking about one thing.
"What is there in this world that is worthy of a person pursuing without hesitation?"
He paused and looked around the crowd, "I can guess that the answers in most of your minds are nothing more than strength, power, wealth, health, and feelings, with very few exceptions.
"Those of you who are ninjas, you must be extremely thirsty for power. Because power is the foundation and the guarantee for survival, wealth, power and other cherished things."
Hearing this, almost all Konoha ninja nodded in approval.
"That's what I thought at the time, so I learned as much ninjutsu as possible and went to find the holy land of senjutsu hidden in the mountains and jungles. I almost made improving my strength the only focus of my life."
But Orochimaru's words changed: "However, as I grow older, I find that strength will eventually decline as the body ages."
He glanced at the Third Hokage thoughtfully.
“As the body declines, wealth will be plundered, power will be emptied, accumulated knowledge will become blurred, and even survival itself will become increasingly uncontrollable.
“In the end, everything a person accumulates in his life will all come to nothing...
"Let me ask you, if a person works hard and does everything he can, and the final reward is death and the light disappears, then what is the meaning of such a life?!"
The audience looked a little confused, but there were also people who agreed with Orochimaru's complaints, such as Shimura Danzo.
"So, I overturned the conclusion I made when I was young. No matter how tempting power is, it is only a necessary tool, not the ultimate answer to all problems.
“The only thing worthy of a person’s pursuit at any cost is eternal life.
"Only by defeating time itself, everything we have done in the past will be meaningful, and we can accumulate more and move towards infinite possibilities!"
Orochimaru spread his arms, and his divine robes rustled in the sunset.
"Whoever has endless life has everything!"
He looked at the gradually turning red faces of the crowd and knew that the preparations had been completed and it was time to reveal his future plans.
"Today, Konoha has become the strongest among all ninja villages.
“We defeated all our enemies and left them in a state of panic for several years, unable to think about anything but cutting their losses.
“This gives us the opportunity and space to pursue more fun at a higher level besides survival and winning.
"Therefore, as the Fourth Hokage, I no longer intend to compete with those ordinary people on a fixed track.
"I want to use all the manpower and material resources this village can use to realize a more imaginative plan——
"To defeat the erosion of time and obtain an immortal body!"
In the past, he was able to achieve such an achievement with only Danzo's help.
Once the tens of thousands of ninjas in Konoha Village are used by him to find test subjects for him in the entire ninja world, it goes without saying what the result will be!
Wrapped in huge confidence, Orochimaru spoke decisively:
"You guys need to understand that I'm not the only one who can benefit from this!"
"Power will not decline in such a body, but will only continue to accumulate and become stronger. As long as I am the shadow of Konoha, the dominance of this village will last forever!
"Knowledge cannot be forgotten in such a body, it will only continue to interweave and develop. Eventually, I will share all the knowledge with you, and everyone will receive unimaginable rewards.
"At that time, you will understand - humans are just bridges to God."
When it comes to gods, Orochimaru's speech style suddenly begins to change in Pain's direction.
"I will surpass all ninjas and all lives. Even the legendary Sage of Six Paths cannot compare with me!"
“Now, I invite you to join me.
“Those who oppose will become fuel and my ladder to eternal life;
"And those who support me, who will serve as my hunters and seek for me, will be rewarded!"
Orochimaru pressed his hands on the fence on the rooftop, and his snake eyes filled with infinite ambition stared down coldly: "Will you stand by our side?"
Butterfly Ninja once said to Giyu that dreams are the fulfillment of wishes. To put it bluntly, they are "wishful thinking" fantasies.
Therefore, Orochimaru's crazy plan was not questioned by anyone at all. The reason why people remained silent was entirely because they were shocked by such "ambition".
The deathly silence lasted only three seconds, and endless cheers immediately exploded like fireworks!
"Orochimaru!"
"Orochimaru!"
"Orochimaru!"
Everyone was on Orochimaru's side.
Including those who would never agree to such a thing in reality.
After the speech, the new Hokage will attend the inauguration banquet and wait for the congratulations of other ninjas on the rooftop.
The ninjas came and left one by one. The congratulations from Jiraiya, Tsunade, Naoki (he was still alive in the dream) and even Mitarashi Anko made Orochimaru, a cold-blooded creature, couldn't help but be touched. .
However, after waiting and waiting until the sun went down, Orochimaru still didn't wait for Uchiha Fugaku, whom he cared about most.
"Why didn't Uchiha Fugaku come?"
He asked Nara Shikaku.
"Uchiha Mikoto just gave birth today, so Fugaku may not arrive until later." Nara Shikaku replied: "I heard three months ago that she was pregnant with twins."
Suddenly, he looked towards the stairs: "Look, isn't this coming? The whole family is here."
Orochimaru raised his head, and sure enough he saw the Uchiha couple walking towards this side with a baby in their arms, followed behind them by the famous genius of Konoha Ninja School, Uchiha Itachi.
"Hokage-sama."
When Uchiha Fugaku spoke to Orochimaru, he didn't even have the unruly attitude toward the Hokage and advisors, and seemed very respectful.
"I'm really sorry that I missed your inauguration speech, was late for the celebration, and didn't even prepare a gift."
"It's okay." Orochimaru suddenly felt that the uneasiness that had been lingering in his heart seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and his whole person felt much more relaxed.
He reached out and touched the face of the child in Miqin's arms, "Speaking of gifts, there are gifts. What can be more precious than the child born on this special day today?"
"What do you mean?" Uchiha Fugaku was surprised and asked, "Are you planning to accept this child as a student?"
"This child has many years to grow up," he nodded slightly and shook his head, then naturally glanced at Uchiha Itachi, who had a deep expression on the side.
"However, I heard that the eldest son of the Fugaku clan has not yet met a qualified teacher? I wonder if I have this qualification?"
"How about it?" Orochimaru leaned down and stared at Uchiha Itachi, or rather his two dark eyes, "Are you willing?"
"Teacher." Uchiha Itachi bowed to Orochimaru without saying a word, looking unusually obedient.
"Then from today on, you are my student."
[I didn’t expect that it would be so easy to have a useful body in the first place! 】
While Orochimaru was chatting with the flattered Uchiha couple, he looked at the sleeping baby, [If this child shows a stronger talent, then he will be the next one. 】
Soon, the day ended and night arrived. The huge full moon came over everyone's heads at an eerie speed, and the celebration party finally came to an end.
"Since this child was born on the day you took office, Hokage-sama," Uchiha Fugaku took the baby from Mikoto and rocked it gently in front of Orochimaru, "please give him a name."
"How is Sasuke Uchiha?"
For some reason, Orochimaru felt that this child should be called this name, as if this was an established fact.
"Sasuke? Sasuke...Sasuke!"
Fugaku repeated it several times, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the name was very appealing, "Then it will be called Uchiha Sasuke.
After receiving the child's name, Uchiha Mikoto leaned forward slightly, "Hokage-sama, it's late today, so we'll take Sasuke back first. We still have many procedures to go through early tomorrow morning."
"Please." Orochimaru nodded and watched the Uchiha family leave.
But just as the family of four turned around, the feeling that something was wrong came back, and it was stronger than before, as if a hand made of thorns was tightly holding Orochimaru's intestines.
"etc!"
Orochimaru frowned and quickly stopped them.
"Lord Orochimaru?" The Uchiha family turned around in confusion, "Do you have any other instructions?"
"I remember, you added twins to your family today, aren't they?"
Orochimaru looked around, and took a special look at Uzumaki Kushina, who had a good relationship with Uchiha Mikoto, and found that the woman did not have a child in her arms.
"Didn't you bring the other one in the hospital?"
"What are you talking about?" Uchiha Mikoto smiled kindly, "If Giyuu had been there, he would have been here a long time ago, right?"
"Are you here already? Wait," suddenly, Orochimaru felt that his stomach and intestines seemed to be twisted together, and his heartbeat was as irregular as the pace of an honor guard suddenly disrupted: "Uchiha Giyu?"
At the mention of this name, he felt an emotion called fear that he had not seen for a long time, and his already pale skin was even stained with a layer of deathly cyan.
"Click——"
Thunder broke out from the sky for no reason, blue cracks suddenly tore apart the cloudless sky, and then came the downpour without warning!
When the cold rain hit his face, Orochimaru felt himself - no, the entire Konoha collapsed like a plummeting elevator! Then, everything was spinning!
"Earthquake!" The crowd was instantly confused, and several panicked voices came and went, "It's an earthquake! Leave quickly!"
Orochimaru used his chakra to stand firm, frowned and came to the edge of the rooftop, where he saw the Konoha Village swaying like undulating waves on the sea.
What's more, the entire village began to spin with the Hokage Building as the center, as if where he was was a whirlpool that could suck everything in!
What followed was a stronger earthquake, and a crack struck from a distance like the trembling handwriting of a god when he was practicing calligraphy, splitting the entire Hokage building in two in an instant!
The half of the building where Orochimaru was not around tilted and instantly fell into the ever-widening crack. Countless ninjas who had made great contributions on the battlefield fell one after another. Screams came one after another. As far as the eye could see, no one who fell could survive. After successfully gaining a foothold on the ground, he could only crawl to the ground in less than half a second.
"How could there be such a strong earthquake!"
Orochimaru realized something was wrong and looked at the Uchiha family, only to find that the four members of the family were like a big tree with roots, standing firmly on the collapsed building!
The family just looked at him curiously, as if they were in another absolutely safe time and space, and Orochimaru was a crazy psychopath.
[What's going on? ! ]
Before the doubts in his heart ended, a burst of thunder-like drumming sound broke out in the south of Konoha Village.
Orochimaru looked in the direction of the sound and found that the trees over there seemed to be trampled by some invisible giant, falling down in rows!
In the end, the culprit pushed down the last row of trees like a group of silver elephants charging into battle, rushed to the front of the building, and swallowed it up at a lightning speed!
"It's a flood! The rain is too heavy! The water in the Nanga River has burst its banks!"
[That scale can only be caused by a river bursting its banks? ! ]
Orochimaru felt like he was going crazy when he heard the shouts, [Could it be an attack by ninjas from other villages? 】
And this is not over yet.
The cracks that were still spreading on the ground cut off the Ninja Realm Building and the Hokage Rock - but what was incredible was that after the Hokage Rock was broken, it actually erupted red magma!
The earthquake almost razed the entire Konoha to the ground!
However, there was a magma eruption in front and a nearly 20-meter-high raging water roar behind. The few living people were drowned and swallowed one by one. In the end, the whole village seemed to be left with only him and the Uchiha family standing on the Hokage Building that had not collapsed.
[Are you kidding? ]
Just when Orochimaru wondered if he had been hit by some Sharingan illusion, a familiar voice sounded in the distant sky, but it seemed to have directly appeared in his mind.
[To people like you, I am an earthquake, a flood, a volcanic eruption, and an irresistible tsunami. ]
"Who is it?" Orochimaru looked around in panic, but there were only surging waves around him except for the red magma.
[I am a meteorite hanging over your head, ready to fall at any time. It is a natural disaster that you cannot predict or avoid. 】
Muffled sounds of puffs rang out one after another.
Orochimaru noticed that the bodies of those who died in the natural disaster all exploded into balls of crimson blood mist, like organized migratory birds, forming countless silk-like streams flying towards the night sky - to be precise, flying towards the bright moon.
[As long as you are seen in a place with light, as long as you hurt someone and are known, I will give up everything I am doing...]
The blood mists gathered together and dyed the entire moon red.
[No matter the cost, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth! 】
The Uchiha family who had stayed on the roof with him all showed subtle smiles, and suddenly turned into ink marks and flew into the sky -
The Uchiha couple and Uchiha Itachi turned into three magatama on the red moon, and the swaddled Uchiha Sasuke turned into a black sphere surrounded by three magatama, or in other words, the pupil of a giant Sharingan.
At this moment, the biting cold chilled every blood vessel of Orochimaru.
He once had an unstoppable desire for the Sharingan, but now he had an equal amount of fear of it.
The feeling of wanting to scream took off from his abdomen and continued to spiral up, but in the end, it could not break through his throat that was as tight as a needle hole.
[When you are most complacent, think you have escaped, and when you least expect it...]
[I will come behind you. ]
"Behind me?"
Orochimaru turned around suddenly, and hundreds of the most vicious snakes emerged from his sleeves and bit forward, but they bit nothing.
There was no one on the concrete ground behind him.
Thunder tore through the sky again, and just as it turned the whole world into a pale negative, Orochimaru fell into a mad despair -
There was indeed no one behind him.
However, farther behind him, outside the entire Konoha, outside the towering mountains, outside this planet, an indescribable figure that almost covered the sky and the sun was standing there quietly.
"You shouldn't exist in this world."
The magnificent voice of heaven sounded, but it brought ruthless destruction.
The figure as big as the sky raised his arm, and his index finger pierced through the atmosphere, turning into a meteorite wrapped in flames, pressing down towards Orochimaru's position!
The meteorite was still hundreds of kilometers away, but Orochimaru already felt how small he was under such a great force-
An invisible wind pressure blew down from the air, and Orochimaru and half of the Hokage Building where he was collapsed together!
The building was reduced to dust, and Orochimaru escaped with the help of the substitution technique, turning into a monster with a human head and a snake body and drilling into the crack that split the earth, falling deeper regardless of everything!
However, the magma and the torrent had already arrived nearby, and when they encountered the crack, they poured in mercilessly!
The denser red lava fell on Orochimaru's snake body first, and the pain could no longer be described in words.
He planned to use the substitution technique to escape again, and the cold river water finally arrived and poured on the magma, emitting thick steam while turning the magma into hard rock!
Then, more magma and rain continued to accumulate on Orochimaru's body effortlessly, eventually wrapping him up, leaving only one eye of a mentally collapsed person looking at the sky lit up by meteorites.
[You will never be able to escape! ]
"Hu——"
In a dark stone cave, Orochimaru in the real world straightened up like a corpse, and immediately supported his painful forehead with his right hand.
His eyes were wide open in horror, and his physical condition was still the same as in his dream. His chest was rising and falling rapidly like a blacksmith's bellows, and cold sweat overflowed from his pores like a stream.
"It's so miserable. The nightmare can't stop for a day."
A Bai Jue half-body emerged from the ground and mocked with a smile: "When you are awake, you are waiting to be killed, and when you are asleep, you cannot escape this kind of mental torture. Your life is really miserable."
He slowly moved to the stone bed where Orochimaru was sitting, and asked curiously: "If I were you, wouldn't it be better to die completely? Aren't you ninjas all-'If you want me to live in humiliation, why not "Kill me" type? Or do you have no sense of honor? "
"As an artificial intelligent creature, you are very curious."
After Orochimaru's headache subsided slightly, he let go of his hand and half-jokingly said in a gloomy tone: "Even the 'Six Paths Sage' in this world has given up his dignity and lived in humiliation. How can I refuse my fate?"
"You mean Payne?" Bai Jue was silent for a while, then asked a bit stiffly: "What do you mean by this? Who can do anything to him? Where has he been humiliated?"
"I may not be good at estimating threats from other people, but I can tell at a glance who is actively participating in their destiny and who is being forced to do things they don't want to do."
Orochimaru stood up, rolled up the towel in the corner and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Penn is a person who talks a lot of nonsense and has a strong desire to control. Back then, I just wanted to join the Akatsuki organization, and he prepared a lot of details. questions to test my reliability.
"But a few times ago, after he helped me solve the hidden danger of immortal reincarnation, when he asked questions about Uchiha Giyuu, his questions were very general, as if he was just talking according to a script arranged by others.
"So I guess the current real owner of the Akatsuki organization is someone else, right? A person who truly works for himself will not be so unenthusiastic."
Bai Jue did not respond directly, "I think you were too stimulated by the dream and your brain was confused."
Orochimaru's eyes flashed.
This white thing has a very strict mouth. But if he guesses wrong, it will attract more than just this wave of ridicule.
[As expected, even the ‘gods’ of the Kingdom of Rain are controlled by them, but how do they do this? 】
[With the life of that blue-haired woman? Or is it the fate of the Rain Country? Or do they have the means to directly suppress the Samsara Eye? 】
"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."
Orochimaru fixed his hair and looked at the wall clock in the crypt: "What did they send you to do this time? What big move are they going to make? Do they need to sacrifice my life to attract attention?
"I'm not just saying this for myself - as cautious as I am, I have been able to avoid Jiraiya's idiot many times over the years, but I have been caught repeatedly by a brat who is not even a ninja - there are many such things Once it happens, it will become a flaw in itself.
"Honestly, I think he should have suspected it."
The truth of the matter is not much different from what Kabuto Yakushi estimated based on limited information.
Orochimaru is indeed a cover used by the Akatsuki organization to attract Uchiha Yiyu and divert attention.
Whenever the Akatsuki organization makes any big move and Uchiha Giyu happens to be nearby, they will betray Orochimaru's location through the gold exchange so that Uchiha Giyu cannot pay attention to their activities.
And every time Orochimaru is resurrected after being killed, it is indeed the human path of Pain's Six Paths that consolidates his wasted soul and spiritual power.
But what Kabuto Yakushi didn't guess was that Orochimaru didn't work for Pain, and the Akatsuki organization didn't work for Pain either.
Both of them are now Akatsuki's tools, not even official members.
"I'm not here to have fun this time."
Bai Jue stretched out his hand, revealing the simple ring in his palm, "You forgot about this thing after you moved your hiding place last time. Bei Liuhu came to see you for something but couldn't contact you, so he asked me to send it to you."
When he mentioned the words "Beiruhu", Orochimaru wrinkled his nose as if smelling a foul smell, but he immediately restrained himself.
Hiruhu was a contemporary of the Sannin of Konoha. Because he had no ninja talent, he stayed in Konoha as a researcher after graduation.
Although he was humble and in a low position, he made good use of this low sense of existence. He conducted human experiments privately in Konoha and developed a forbidden technique called "Kimera no Jutsu", which can seize the blood inheritance limit of others.
After the incident, he used a trap to escape the pursuit of the Sannin and has since become a traitor and has disappeared.
It was more than two years ago that Orochimaru met the other party again.
To be honest, Beiruhu was his savior - after being eliminated by Uchiha Giyu for the first time, Beiruhu was the one who released him from Mitarashi Anko's Heavenly Curse Seal.
However, this old classmate who was once mediocre seemed to look down on him, and at the same time he was worried that Orochimaru would affect his status in the Akatsuki organization——
After taking away Orochimaru's hard-fought technique of reincarnation, Beiruhu teamed up with the Red Sand Scorpion to kick Orochimaru out of the Akatsuki organization's laboratory.
Since then, Orochimaru has entered a cycle of "killed-resurrected-killed", living in nightmares all the time.
"..."
Orochimaru thought for a while, then took the ring and input chakra. Within about five seconds, a colorful black short shadow appeared in front of him.
It was Beiliuhu who relied on Pain's Samsara Eye to use the Magic Lantern Body Technique.
"Orochimaru." Beiruhu said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you look like you are going crazy. The dark circles under your eyes may be a symptom of brain damage."
"It's not all thanks to you."
Orochimaru responded with a sneer: "Thanks to you, I have no time to study those forbidden arts recently. If you are thinking about these things, I am afraid I will disappoint you."
"Be it Ninjutsu or Forbidden Jutsu, compared with our current research, they are all outdated."
Although Beiruhu is short in stature, his arrogance can be felt even from Orochimaru thousands of miles away, "Do you still remember the shark that Inikaki Kisame gave us before you left?"
"How could I forget a creature that requires the power of the Samsara Eye to subdue."
Orochimaru frowned, "I remember that later we discovered that the shark could live independently even if its heart was taken out.
"We tried to inject the blood it produced into the bodies of other animals, but the result was nothing more than creating a group of cannibalistic monsters."
If the blood produced by the heart is fed to humans, humans will choose to eat humans; if fed to rabbits, rabbits will also eat rabbits; if fed to tigers, tigers will also preferentially eat tigers.
Although the blood produced by the heart can mutate the bodies of the subject creatures and provide them with a large amount of natural energy, it also seems to deprive them of their intelligence.
Orochimaru judged that the uncontrollability of the shark heart was worse than the curse seal, so he didn't pay much attention to that thing at the time. What's more, he was kicked out of the Akatsuki organization not long after.
"That's a thing of the past. I used the art of Oni Yaluo to transform the heart, and it is now under my control."
Biluhu smiled proudly, "Through it, I can directly convey orders to the animals affected by the blood, and sometimes even see what they see. I released a batch of experimental products in the ocean, and manipulated While they were dealing with the Mist Ninja, the information collected in less than two months was actually more than what those white retards collected in a year..."
"Hey!" Bai Jue, who was lying on the gun, raised his fist in protest, but no one cared about his feelings.
"What about humans?"
"Ordinary humans injected directly into the blood will go crazy due to the influx of large amounts of natural energy, just like your pet named Zhongwu."
Beilihu shared his research results: "But if ordinary people ingest diluted blood every time, the concentration of which is no more than one thousandth of a drop of blood, then this blood will subtly change their bodies. The Country of Waves A group of fishermen have been catching and eating the experimental products for more than half a year, and their physical strength is no less than that of ordinary wandering ninjas or samurai.
"Although a few fishermen developed the urge to eat people, there was no such mutation that turned them into monsters."
"..." Orochimaru was silent for a while and asked: "Can you control them like animals?"
"cannot."
Orochimaru chuckled when he heard the answer: "The cycle is long and the results are slow. I don't think your research is meaningful."
"You are wrong." Beilihu knew that Orochimaru would say this:
“Although I cannot control them consciously, I have successfully used things like dreams to exert hints on them from a subconscious level.
"When the blood gradually accumulated in their bodies exceeds the critical point, it is not impossible to directly transmit orders."
"Since you are so optimistic," Orochimaru asked pretending to be puzzled, "then what are you doing with me? If you are just showing off, it would be inconsistent with your status..."
"of course not."
Beilihu said seriously: "Ingesting undiluted blood will cause ordinary people to lose their minds directly, so they can only use a step-by-step approach: but for ninjas with chakra, there should be another time." It’s okay, there’s no need to go to such trouble.”
"Let me guess..." Orochimaru showed a sinister smile, "But when you gave the ninja blood transfusions, he was unable to grasp the balance of the large influx of natural energy and chakra, and all of them turned into stone statues. Inorganic matter, right?”
"It's even worse." Bei Liuhu shook his head and sighed, "They melted into a pile of mud."
"So, you need technology that balances natural energy and chakra."
Orochimaru grinned, revealing his gleaming teeth, "At this time, you have thought of the curse seal, and you need me, the excluded person, again?"
The so-called curse seal is a simplified sage mode that not only helps the owner absorb natural energy, but also automatically balances the relationship between chakra and natural energy.
Although its growth rate is not as exaggerated as that of Immortal Mode, and its side effects are also very strong, it is better in that it can be mass-produced and quickly produced.
"Wouldn't that be a good thing for you?"
Beiruhu never thought that Orochimaru would refuse, "Firstly, you are of use to the Akatsuki organization, so you no longer have to act as a bait; secondly, you helped me complete this experiment. After the members of the Akatsuki organization accepted the transformation, they will be stronger.
"At that time, except for the leader, everyone else will also have the confidence to deal with Uchiha Giyu...
"Don't you want to avenge your shame? Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru nodded in approval: "This result is indeed what I want."
Kexiao Organization is now also the target of his revenge.
Uchiha Giyuu was the one who stabbed him, but they were the ones who pushed him to the knife.
"Since you agreed, I will report to the leader. When we get close to the land, we will send someone to bring you back. During this time, you should hide well."
After achieving the goal, Beiliuhu immediately ended the communication.
"It seems that you are relieved." White Zetsu seemed to be happy for Orochimaru, but it sounded like there was a sense of loss that there was no fun to watch.
"There is still a long way between being needed temporarily and being irreplaceable." Orochimaru did not comment on White Zetsu's optimism.
He already had other plans.
He looked around and asked, "You haven't gone out to catch people recently, have you?"
"I calculated that it's not time for you to die recently, so I didn't act rashly." In other words, "Since no one is missing, this place is safe, and he can't think you'll be here."
Bai Zetsu looked up, "After all, this is in the "body" of his ancestor Uchiha Madara."
"This is the best."
Orochimaru closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, but in the peaceful darkness, the scene of meteorites falling from the sky in his dream suddenly appeared again.
Orochimaru opened his eyes again with a serious expression, and looked at the stone walls around him anxiously, always feeling that an earthquake would destroy this place at any time and expose him in broad daylight.
However, outside the statue of Uchiha Madara where he was hiding, there was the moonlight of the Valley of the End.
Less than a kilometer away, a team of people dressed as samurai were carrying a hunter tied up in the dark forest.
"Sir, this is the sixth one this month. If we continue to capture them like this, won't it attract the attention of the Konoha ninjas?"
"That's right, it's time to move to a farther place." The leading samurai wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"However, the young master's illness is really strange. He actually has to eat..." The follower carrying the hunter paused, "Only by eating this kind of thing can he regain his sanity."
"Stop talking nonsense." The leader ordered sternly: "Hurry up, you must rush back before dawn, and you must not be seen by anyone!"
"Yes!"
Just like that.
A big pot...
suddenly fell on Orochimaru's head.
At the same time, in the Snow Country, the royal palace.
The current daimyo of the Snow Country, Fenghua Nutao, had his hands cut off and was knocked unconscious and thrown aside. After Uchiha Giyu wiped his saber, he took out a rolled-up map and a pen from his belt and drew an X at the location of the Snow Country.
[It was said to be missing, but it turned out that he was captured to build a railway, which had nothing to do with human experiments. 】
On the map, those remote small countries are full of ×, and there are also scattered marks on the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind.
Finally, only the clean Land of Fire is left, which looks more and more suspicious...
Written at the airport, the flight was cancelled due to bad weather, and I just wrote a little bit after sitting there for 20 hours
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