"You look cute even when you're angry~!"
Uzumaki Chigusa pinched Orochimaru's cheek.
"Enough! I'm going back to Konoha."
Orochimaru waved away Uzumaki Chigusa's hand. She didn't want to waste any more time here.
This time's harvest was considerable, most importantly the Transformation Formula on the flying device.
Since it can convert Chakra into Wind Release Chakra… does that mean the Transformation Formula can also convert Chakra into Lightning Release Chakra, and the electricity generated by Lightning Release Chakra can be used as power?
"Clan Head!"
Uzumaki Nano pushed open the door and immediately saw the flying device disassembled into parts on the table, her eyes wide. "This… isn't this the thing I found on the beach? Clan Head, you took it apart?"
"I don't understand why you would ignore me, a living person standing right here, and focus on this kind of thing."
Orochimaru looked at Uzumaki Nano speechlessly. She felt that she had a strong presence. It couldn't be that she was affected by the Aburame Clan's passive skill of weak presence from her previous research on Kikaichu, could it?
"Oh, oh! It's Orochimaru!"
Uzumaki Nano lowered her head and only then saw Orochimaru, who was much shorter than her. She put her hands together and, closing one eye, said, "Sorry, sorry!"
Orochimaru not only didn't feel Uzumaki Nano's apology but instead felt humiliated.
That bowing motion of yours was intentional, wasn't it?
"There's one thing I need to correct you on: I disassembled this flying device, not Chigusa."
"Flying device?"
Uzumaki Nano picked up a wing and muttered, "I thought it was a kite."
A kite?!
Your kite looks like this?
Orochimaru was deeply shocked by Uzumaki Nano's words. She realized that what she considered common sense was something unheard of and unseen by some people.
In summary: ignorance is truly terrifying!
"Hey! Orochimaru, what's that expression! Are you thinking something bad?"
Uzumaki Nano stood with her hands on her hips, bending over to stare at Orochimaru.
"You're overthinking it."
Orochimaru pushed Uzumaki Nano's face. "Also, you're too close."
Are all Uzumaki Clan members this perceptive?
"Speaking of which, if this thing is a flying device, can it be used to fly?"
Uzumaki Nano looked at Orochimaru with sparkling eyes, longing to fly in the sky.
Orochimaru spread Uzumaki Nano out in a cross shape and said, "If you can accept posing like this and constantly injecting Chakra into the flying device, then yes, it can make you fly in the air."
"Then… maybe not… I just feel so ashamed!"
Uzumaki Nano imagined herself flying in the air in such a pose, being watched intently by the Village people. Just thinking about it made her blush and her face burn.
"Alright."
Orochimaru swiftly reassembled the flying device. After a slight adjustment, the wings and tail of the flying device folded in.
"That fast!"
Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano looked at the reassembled flying device in surprise.
"I told you, this thing doesn't have much technological content."
Orochimaru looked at their unworldly expressions with a hint of disdain.
"Hmph, what a fuss over nothing."
Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano exchanged glances, communicating with their eyes.
"What are you two doing?!"
Orochimaru noticed Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano encircling him from left and right. Just as he was about to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to make a quick escape, he was grabbed by Uzumaki Nano.
"Clan Head! Now's your chance!"
"OK!"
Uzumaki Chigusa aimed for Orochimaru's ticklish spot on his waist.
"Hey! What are you two doing?!"
Orochimaru realized what they were about to do and struggled in vain.
"Hahaha! Hahahahaha! Tickling, that's too childish!"
"Childish? It's just right for you!"
"You two… Hahahahaha! You're too wicked!"
Orochimaru's forced laughter echoed through the house.
In the brightly lit Laboratory, Orochimaru's figure appeared, holding two syringes. The blood in the syringes belonged to Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano, obtained after playing around with them for a while.
She had proposed to study their blood, and Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano, knowing Orochimaru's research achievements in Konoha and having a good relationship with him, naturally didn't refuse Orochimaru's request.
Moreover, seeing Orochimaru's disheveled and miserable appearance, they also felt it would be rude to refuse.
"Orochimaru, this blood is?"
Hyuga Mio walked out of a room, the bulging veins around her eyes not yet fully receded. Having assisted Orochimaru in his research for some time, she immediately recognized the extraordinary nature of the blood in the syringes.
"Uzumaki Clan blood samples, important research materials that will greatly aid our research."
Orochimaru casually placed the blood samples in Hyuga Mio's hand. "Take them and have my Shadow Clone analyze them."
Hyuga Mio looked at the blood samples in her hand, then looked up to see Orochimaru using the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave, tilting her head in confusion.
Important research materials?
She hadn't seen Orochimaru treat these two blood samples as important at all; his casual manner made them seem like insignificant items.
At the Laboratory Base on the island, Orochimaru's Shadow Clone, transformed into the appearance of Mi, looked at the explosives that had reached their maximum Chakra capacity.
This was the current limit of Chakra that explosives could hold. To increase the power of Chakra bombs, a large amount of Chakra explosives simply had to be sealed in paper.
Although Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags are touted as an infinitely exploding Ninjutsu, in reality, they require a large number of specialized exploding tags to be prepared in advance to activate them.
Otherwise, if the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags explode and then run out of exploding tags to summon, that would be embarrassing.
This means that Senju Tobirama should have a place to store exploding tags, specifically for summoning exploding tags when activating Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, right?
Attacking enemies with Chakra explosives is destined to be a costly method of attack, especially utilizing the principle of Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags… that would be an astronomical figure!
This isn't a battle; it's clearly about crushing enemies with money!
Things accumulated over many years might be depleted in a few confrontations with the Ōtsutsuki.
Money, money, money… still need to earn more money!
Orochimaru had thought he no longer needed to worry about money, but now it seems the money he earned is far from enough. Just manufacturing Chakra explosives to seal in paper requires a lot of money, not to mention needing to prepare tens of millions… just thinking about it makes him heartbroken. The money he earned with such difficulty is spent even faster.
"Mi-sama, should I inject more Chakra?"
The person responsible for injecting Chakra into the explosives said breathlessly, "I feel that continuing to inject Chakra might exceed the explosives' tolerance limit."
"Your feeling is not wrong. The Chakra bomb's capacity for Chakra has reached its limit, and this is also the maximum we can achieve at present."
Orochimaru looked at the Chakra bomb, eagerly anticipating the power of the Chakra bomb made this time. He said to his assistants behind him, "Go and set up the Chakra bomb in the experimental area."
"Yes, Mi-sama!"
The assistants helping Orochimaru with his research looked at the Chakra bomb on the table with anticipation, then cautiously glanced at Lord Orochimaru, feeling very confused.
Why does Lord Orochimaru insist on transforming into this appearance and having us call him Mi-sama?
They didn't understand why Lord Orochimaru did this, but Lord Orochimaru must have his reasons for doing so!
In their hearts, whatever their most respected and exalted Orochimaru-sama did was reasonable and certainly correct!
They didn't know why they thought that way. If Orochimaru knew their thoughts, she would also find it perplexing; she never bothered with brainwashing.
Boom—!
An even larger wave surged skyward from the sea, with a dazzling light erupting from its center.
My money… Orochimaru looked at the towering wave created by the explosion, feeling no joy, only heartache.
Deep beneath the Mountain Graveyard, this tremor was even more intense than usual, with gravel and sand falling in torrents.
Uchiha Madara stood with his arms crossed, veins bulging on his forehead, seemingly trying to endure something. He looked up at the cracks above; he had just repaired them not long ago, and they had cracked open again!
Uchiha Madara felt like he was about to crack along with the roof!
He could feel that the power of this experimental detonation far surpassed previous ones. Before, he believed the aftershocks of the experiment couldn't collapse this place, but now he wasn't so confident.
The Laboratory Base's detonation experiment had started again, and its power was greater than before.
Black Zetsu emerged from the ground, observing the activity at sea. It wasn't difficult to deduce the power of the Chakra bomb in this detonation experiment.
If this continues, Madara won't be able to take it, will he?
Black Zetsu looked down at the ground, his gaze penetrating to Uchiha Madara below.
That woman named Mi truly developed something extraordinary.
Based on the research progress, it's necessary to investigate.
Sigh, for the current stage, this power is already quite good.
Orochimaru was fairly satisfied with the power of the Chakra explosives. She already had a method to increase the explosive's power.
Besides improving the formula, she could use the principle of Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to continuously summon paper containing sealed Chakra explosives to continuously bombard the target.
Orochimaru returned to the base and informed her assistants of the next research direction: replacing the explosive materials to allow the explosive to contain more Chakra, thereby increasing the power of the Chakra explosives.
Outside the Laboratory Base, black matter appeared on the ground, coalescing into something like a black slime.
This is the Laboratory Base.
Black Zetsu looked at the Laboratory Base ahead, hesitating. If he were discovered and got himself caught, it wouldn't be good. He still had a very important task: resurrecting his sealed mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
With his strength, he might not even be able to defeat a Chunin. If he were discovered by the people in the Laboratory Base… Black Zetsu dared not imagine what those crazy people would do if they found him. They might even use him for experiments.
The more Black Zetsu thought about it, the more afraid he became, and he felt like retreating.
This Laboratory Base isn't worth exploring!
If Uchiha Madara dies, he dies. He'll just wait for the next generation of Indra and Ashura reincarnations, which is what he's always done.
Rashly infiltrating the Laboratory Base, if, even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, he were caught by the people inside, he would wish he were dead.
Black Zetsu, who deeply understood the path of caution, knew very well that he couldn't take risks. Once his mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, was resurrected, she would be invincible. How could a small Chakra bomb harm her?
Black Zetsu completely gave up on the idea of investigating the Chakra bomb. His body sank into the ground and he quietly left.
If Orochimaru in the Laboratory Base knew what she had missed, she might be heartbroken. Why didn't she pay attention to the movements around the Laboratory Base? If Black Zetsu couldn't be caught, many things could be put on the agenda earlier!
Even if Black Zetsu couldn't be caught, obtaining a part of his body tissue would be excellent!
What is Black Zetsu? Although he claims to be Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's son, he is actually a Yin-Yang Release creation.
When Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was about to be completely sealed, she separated a part of her consciousness and used Yin-Yang Release to create him.
And Black Zetsu has lived for over a thousand years. What does this mean?
Analyzing Black Zetsu's structure might allow for a breakthrough in genetic limitations, greatly increasing lifespan.
The Regeneration Technique Orochimaru wanted to develop was not the kind that consumed lifespan and came at a great cost, but rather regeneration that didn't require sacrificing lifespan!
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