Naruto under the bamboo forest

In the dark basement, two figures could be vaguely seen in the flickering candlelight. The two people sat at both ends of the table, and in the center of the table was a culture medium with a white object inside.

"Orochimaru, are your research results okay?"

Looking at the white object in the culture medium in front of him, Danzo, who was covered in bandages with only one eye exposed, asked coldly.

"You can't be wrong! This white artificial substance is definitely integrated into the wood escape cells of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama."

"This thing is extremely complementary to the human body. Although we don't know how the person who created this white object did it, we can definitely find a way to successfully fuse the first-generation cells through it."

Orochimaru didn't pay attention to Danzo's cold attitude. Instead, he stared seriously at the white substance in the culture medium in front of him. The fanaticism flashing in his eyes was the desire for truth. The powerful power of the first Hokage fascinated Orochimaru.

Orochimaru didn't expect that the white substance that the little girl from the Kusasen family brought back would be so important. When Ryūha handed back some of the remains of White Zetsu, he and Danzo had been trying to create a wood-type ninja. He felt it from above. A sense of familiarity. That vigorous life fluctuation is unmistakable, it is definitely Hashirama's cells.

“That’s good, it’s not in vain that I got this thing back from the storage room.

Hearing Orochimaru's affirmative answer, Danzo's only exposed eye couldn't help but flash with joy.

Since the departure of the First Hokage, Konoha has lost the Wood Release that can suppress tailed beasts. The only remaining power that can suppress tailed beasts is the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, but the top management of Konoha has always been extremely vigilant towards the Uchiha clan.

Whether it was due to the power of Wooden, or the need to suppress the tailed beasts or even the Uchiha clan, Konoha's plan to create Wooden ninjas was launched.

The initial experimenters were all volunteers from within Konoha, but the powerful first-generation cells were obviously not something that ordinary people's bodies could suppress. The first-generation cells continued to erode the volunteers' bodies, and the experimenters who implanted the first-generation cells died one after another. In desperation, the Third Hokage ordered the experiment to be stopped and the relevant information was banned.

However, the failure of several experiments and the loss of several lives obviously could not stop Danzo's ambition to obtain a Wooden Ninja. In Danzo's view, those who achieve great things should not be limited to the loss of a few lives.

Since adults are extremely repellent to primary cells, use infants. Danzo kidnapped a large number of infants and young children from nearby villages through the roots of his men, and implanted the first-generation cells to continue the experiments of wood escape ninjas.

Regarding the experimental assistant, Danzo set his sights on Orochimaru. There is no doubt that Orochimaru is an extremely outstanding researcher. With the cooperation of the two, a lot of progress has been made in the first-generation cell fusion experiment. However, facing the powerful Hashirama cells eroding the experimental body, even Orochimaru could not find a way to suppress it.

The first-generation cells in the experiment went out of control one after another, and the infants participating in the experiment turned into tree trunks one after another. Faced with successive failures, Danzo and Orochimaru were about to give up, and even planned to let the remaining experimental subjects fend for themselves, but fortunately, a turning point appeared.

In the previous war, the white substance handed over by Ryūha gave Orochimaru hope again. Orochimaru found inspiration again with the first-generation cell dye mixed in this white artificial substance.

First, the sealed white substance was taken out by Danzo's hand. After a series of preliminary studies, Orochimaru already had some ideas on how to suppress the overly strong vitality of the first-generation cells so that they could maintain balance within the experimental body and finally achieve fusion and symbiosis. Now that we have an idea, all that's left is to conduct specific experiments.

After walking out of Orochimaru's secret experimental base, Danzo's eyes flashed with a coldness. Although a way to successfully fuse the first-generation cells was found through the white object, this also reflected a serious problem, that is, it was not just the Konoha family that had the first-generation cells.

The first-generation cells have been leaked. Who created those white substances?

According to the little girl from the Kusachi clan, she discovered an enemy who was trying to investigate the Konoha camp. When she was trying to kill the enemy, the enemy dropped it while he was escaping.

If what the girl from the Kusanagi family said was true, it meant that the enemy had successfully fused the first-generation cells and used them for intelligence reconnaissance.

If it continues, maybe in the next ninja war, there will even be Wooden ninjas among Konoha's enemies. Therefore, it is urgent to create Wooden ninjas who belong to Konoha.

"Mist Hidden Village!"

Thinking of this, Danzo snorted coldly.

So far, the village with the greatest possibility of stealing the first-generation cells is Kirigakure. In the previous war, there was a big problem when Kirigakure broke the contract and carried out a sneak attack after sending out a peace signal. That's how Kirigakure's troop movements avoided Konoha's detection? The only reliable explanation is these first-generation cells. And this is not the first time that Kirigakure Village has done this. Last time they stole Konoha's Byakugan.

"The first generation cells belong to Konoha!"

Thinking of this, Danzo has already made some decisions. He must not let things that belong to Konoha wander outside. The first thing that should be done is to investigate the spies inside Konoha and find out how the first-generation cells were leaked.

In a courtyard, the Third Hokage took a sip of tea and then looked at the setting sun in the distant sky.

After a while, a black shadow suddenly appeared, half-kneeling in front of the Third Hokage. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an ANBU wearing a cat-print mask. After the ANBU appeared, he respectfully handed over a scroll, and then disappeared again.

Although the current top leader of Konoha is the fourth generation of Feng Minami, the third generation of Hokage still holds a lot of power.

After the Third Hokage opened the scroll, he couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the analysis results of the white substance recorded on it and the secret exchange between Orochimaru and Danzo.

PS:

Regarding the time of Orochimaru's defection, there is no detailed time explanation in the original work.

The direct cause of Orochimaru's defection was that the Third Hokage discovered that Orochimaru was secretly conducting human experiments, and decided to clean up the matter himself. However, he could not bear to do anything to his favorite disciple, and finally let Orochimaru go.

In the process of defecting, Orochimaru encountered Kakashi's obstruction. Kakashi still belonged to the ANBU at that time, and judging from his appearance, it was no longer the time to join the ANBU for the first time. In other words, the specific time for Orochimaru's defection should be the time period after the death of Namikaze Minato and the third Hokage's return to power.

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