"Oh~! Ling also cares about the Uchiha Clan's intelligence leaks. Some Uchiha don't consider you a clansman. I know you're learning Sealing Technique. How about I give you a complete Sealing Technique scroll?"
Orochimaru didn't believe there was anything in this Ninja World that couldn't be bought; if it couldn't be bought, it was only because the value offered wasn't enough.
"Lord Orochimaru, don't you know, the Uchiha Clan are all my beloved relatives, my brothers and sisters!"
Ling's difficult expression made Orochimaru, Gennō, and Black Zetsu underground twitch at the corners of their mouths.
"Gotta add money~!!!"
"I want the Summoning Technique and Rashomon's Summoning Scroll!"
Ling tilted her head, looking quite righteous, imitating her spiritual leader, the Money-Adding Hermit.
Ling's words immediately made the three of them drop their jaws. They thought she would rather die than betray the Uchiha Clan's information. Is that all?
"Heh heh, interesting. I agree, but I can't give you the Summoning Scroll; you can sign your name on it."
Orochimaru himself had only obtained the Summoning Scroll with great difficulty, so how could he just give it to Ling?
"Ah? Is that so? Then add the Reverse Summoning Technique."
Ling was not one to suffer losses. Losing the Summoning Scroll was not secure at all; if someone scratched off her name, she wouldn't be able to summon anymore.
"Alright, here are the Sealing Technique Encyclopedia, and the Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique scrolls."
Orochimaru spat out two scrolls, directly throwing them to Ling, still the old recipe, covered in mucus.
Ling disgustedly shook off the mucus before putting them into her Sealing Scroll.
She trusted Orochimaru's character; although he was an evil scientist, he was also very trustworthy.
"Now you can tell me, right? Tell me this information, and I'll let you sign the Rashomon Summoning Scroll."
Orochimaru didn't care about those Ninjutsu and Sealing Technique; after all, knowledge-based things could be easily duplicated into several copies.
"Of course, but please, Lord Orochimaru, set up a barrier to block sound and light from escaping."
Ever since she knew she was being monitored by many people, Ling decided that all future information trades must involve setting up a Sealing Technique barrier.
"Very good, it's indeed partly my credit that Ling can be so cautious, heh heh!"
Orochimaru's voice carried a hint of teasing; he probably also realized why Ling was so vigilant now.
"No choice, in this Ninja World, there are too many old schemers. One has to be on guard."
Ling spread her hands, also quite helpless. Before, she was very reckless, but now she had to be cautious.
Orochimaru was noncommittal, but he still spat out an arm from a yellowish-brown snake, then formed a hand seal with one hand and slammed it directly onto the ground.
As Sealing Technique runes spread across the ground and surrounding space, a hazy barrier enveloped Ling and Orochimaru directly.
From the outside, the view inside looked as if it were pixelated, and no sound came from within.
It must be said that, apart from Sage Mode and lacking a decisive powerful offensive Ninjutsu, Orochimaru was indeed a Ninja without shortcomings, at least before he performed Reanimation Jutsu.
"Alright, you can speak."
Orochimaru's voice was a bit hoarse; it seemed that using this small snake to cast such a Sealing Technique was quite taxing.
"The Three-Tomoe Sharingan can cast a forbidden ocular Ninjutsu called Izanagi. It allows the user to turn unfavorable factors within a certain period into illusion, selecting only favorable factors to turn into reality, at the cost of one Three-Tomoe Sharingan permanently losing its sight."
Ling also felt that having such a revival coin was indeed very good, no wonder Danzo and Obito liked to use it.
"What a terrifying eye, a terrifying clan."
Orochimaru was somewhat amazed. Although there weren't many Three-Tomoe Sharingan users in the Uchiha Clan, they still had dozens of them. Each person having two lives would be enough to turn the Village upside down.
Orochimaru also had an idea. He planned to find a way to get the Izanagi technique from Danzo, and also find opportunities to get some Three-Tomoe Sharingan for research.
"Good intelligence. This is the Rashomon Summoning Scroll, sign your name yourself."
Orochimaru controlled the small snake to spit out a huge scroll, making Ling envious of this Ninjutsu; it was simply too convenient.
Ling opened the scroll and saw that not many names were written on it, and most of them were already dead.
For example, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uzumaki Mito, and so on.
After them were Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
It seemed that Orochimaru obtained this scroll through somewhat illicit means, otherwise, this Summoning Scroll belonging to the Senju Clan would not have fallen into Orochimaru's hands.
"Heh heh, is Ling wondering how I got this scroll?"
Orochimaru instantly saw what Ling's expression wanted to convey, mainly because Ling herself didn't hide her expression.
"Yes, by force? Or theft?"
While Ling signed her name on the scroll, she carefully sensed it, and only after confirming that she had established contact with a certain place in the ethereal realm did she feel relieved.
"Heh heh, there's not only one Rashomon Summoning Scroll. If you have enough materials, you can copy one yourself."
Orochimaru indeed didn't lie, but making a Summoning Scroll requires adding materials from the Summoning Animal's side.
Otherwise, it would be an invalid Summoning Scroll, so making a new Summoning Scroll is very troublesome.
Especially the Summoning Scrolls of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave, because their populations are large, making a new Summoning Scroll requires the consent of that population.
Of course, if you only want to summon a specific toad or snake, then you only need to sign a Summoning Scroll with that corresponding Summoning Animal.
"I see, thank you for clarifying, Lord Orochimaru."
"Heh heh, how does Ling plan to deal with this Yanyang Village remnant who buried a large number of Exploding Tags in Konoha?"
Orochimaru also knew about the past dispute between Yanyang Village and the Village, but he didn't expect Yanyang Village to have such a trick. If it hadn't been destroyed by a sneak attack from Takigakure Village, Konoha Village, after being blown up, would probably have become a laughingstock among the major Ninja Villages.
"I plan to first extract these Exploding Tags. Anyway, the Great Shinobi War is about to break out, and then whether I sell them for money or use them myself, they'll be excellent."
When she met Gennō, Ling had already set her mind on these large quantities of Exploding Tags; these were all little bits of money.
"Heh heh, interesting. I'm very satisfied with this transaction. I can keep your secret, and I hope you can perfectly solve the Exploding Tag problem."
Orochimaru was not short of money now; he just wanted to complete his experiments as soon as possible and didn't want any unexpected complications. Moreover, Ling's information was still useful to him, so he couldn't offend her.
"Naturally. Since Lord Orochimaru is helping me like this, I can give Lord Orochimaru a piece of information for free next time."
Ling watched Orochimaru's small snake disappear directly from her sight, probably not having heard Ling's voice.
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