Chapter 282 Who comes first and who comes last?

In the Land of Fire, in the forest outside Konoha.

Orochimaru, who was walking between tree trunks, froze, but there was a tiny green snake in his sleeves, squirming around his wrist.

The Konoha ninja team also stopped with him, and Uchiha Jinsuke asked, "Lord Orochimaru, what happened?"

"Nothing, continue back to the village."

After giving the order, Orochimaru led the team to the front, looking in the direction of the village, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

Kabuto Yakushi sent back information from the Akatsuki organization, which meant that he had taken White Zetsu on a journey to find rubies in the Ninja world.

Of those two requirements, the latter is to ensure the scientific research results of the Akatsuki organization, while the former is to reduce Obito's monitoring of Konoha.

Just as Nagato and the others thought, now that he has reduced the failure rate of the operation to an extremely low level, he can completely produce wooden ninjas in large quantities.

And in order to have enough first-generation cell experimental subjects, he really had to do this.

Obito cannot fully know the whole thing. If they want to see it, they can only see the part of the iceberg floating on the water.

In order to achieve this goal, in addition to the necessary cover-up, it is also necessary to reduce the amount of energy Obito has to invest in Bai Zetsu.

Of course, Orochimaru would not simply think that just doing these two things would be enough.

Later, when the actual surgical experiment was carried out, he would ask the Djinn to help keep an eye on the ground and catch Bai Zetsu's clone several times to warn Obito.

Doing this alone may not be very effective, and may even arouse Obito's rebellious psychology, but with a series of obstacles, the probability of success will be greatly enhanced.

In addition to restricting Obito, this requirement is also to increase Kabuto's strength.

They also mastered natural energy and practiced the White Snake Immortal Technique. Not to mention their physiques, the gap between the two in terms of souls can be described as a huge gap.

Orochimaru's mental power can penetrate hundreds of meters underground and pull any mineral deposit up to fight the enemy, but this is too difficult for Yakushi Kabuto.

It is easy to say that the amount of chakra will increase further as the age increases and the body matures, but the soul aspect is not so easy to improve, otherwise the threshold of the 'Spiritual Transformation Technique' would not be so high.

Kabuto Yakushi does not prepare specific mineral deposits in advance, so he can only fight the enemy with ordinary soil. Although this is better than the earth escape due to the advantage of natural energy, the advantage is not obvious when facing the blood successor ninja, and he may even be at a disadvantage.

Ruby, also known as corundum, is second only to diamond in hardness, but does not have the disadvantage of being flammable.

To melt corundum, a high temperature of at least two thousand degrees is required, and to vaporize it requires nearly three thousand degrees.

Even Jiraiya's strengthened Senjutsu Fire Release may not be able to reach this temperature. It can be said to be a highly applicable substance.

Orochimaru himself did not choose to use corundum, just because its quantity was scarce and it was troublesome to collect.

Yakushi Kabuto has obtained sufficient corundum, and his self-protection ability will definitely be greatly improved.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Orochimaru kept walking without stopping, leading the Konoha team through the Forest of Fire Country, and finally arrived at the village in the afternoon.

Da da da…

A group of thirteen people arrived at the gate of Konoha. There were a few more people than the usual guards, obviously they had been waiting here early.

When the leader of the ANBU team saw Orochimaru's appearance, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he kept walking, came to Orochimaru, bowed slightly, and said directly, regardless of Orochimaru's dusty state, "Hokage-sama"

Please, please go to the Hokage room immediately."

"Heh... old man, I'm really impatient."

Orochimaru chuckled lightly, stepped on the ground, passed the ANBU team leader, and rushed directly towards the Hokage Building.

Among the remaining members of the Konoha team, Kakashi and Uchiha Shinsuke looked at each other and turned to the direction of the mission center.

Although they experienced twists and turns, there were no dangers. The batch of ore traded with the Kingdom of Thunder was delivered to them on the second night after they arrived at the border fortress, as Lord Orochimaru expected.

Right now, we can do business.

"..."

Stepping on the cornices and brackets, crossing the houses and buildings, Orochimaru and his party arrived at the Hokage Building in a short time.

The ANBU team returned to duty, and Orochimaru opened the door to the Hokage room and walked in.

His eyes swept over the faces of the three Hokage advisors, the Third Generation and Tsunade who were already sitting in the conference room, arguing about something. Orochimaru immediately understood that this was an internal meeting, used to ventilate the atmosphere in advance. Even the Jonin representative Nara

The deer didn't call for a long time.

Hearing someone push the door open and come in, the sound in the conference room stopped for a moment. Everyone's eyes fell on Orochimaru, and they were all surprised to varying degrees.

The height was just a minor issue. What really surprised them was that Orochimaru's chakra reaction was not strong, but only at the level of a jounin. However, those golden snake eyes were so oppressive that they almost made people gasp.

He acts as a pupil ninja.

A mixture of strong and weak, in short, the whole person's temperament is very weird.

If Orochimaru knew what they were thinking, he would probably sigh at the other person's eyesight.

They were right. In fact, on the day he created this clone, he became a ninjutsu ninja.

The one I chose is Byakugan, who is currently the most stable.

Facing everyone's attention, Orochimaru pulled up a chair and sat down, smiling, "What are you talking about? Don't worry about me, you can continue talking."

After hearing this, everyone except Tsunade looked a little unnatural.

What can be said about this meeting? Naturally, after Orochimaru comes back, the question is who will do the 'body strengthening surgery' first and who will do it last.

But before the parties involved arrived, they talked about the distribution in advance, which was really embarrassing.

Now after hearing this question, everyone turned their attention to Sandai, intending to urge him to speak.

As Hokage, after dealing with affairs for so many years, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face has long been tempered. When he spoke now, he directly asked the most critical question, "How are you doing with your research on the physical strengthening surgery mentioned earlier?

What is the specific success rate?”

During these days in Shigulin, Orochimaru had communicated with the village through Slug Immortal, but these surgical matters were kept secretive, and he only said such nonsense as 'the prospects are promising' and 'quite a bit of progress has been made'.

Therefore, until now, the third generation knows very little about this and can only make inferences through the data of some later warriors.

Of course, even that data has already made the third generation very excited.

Orochimaru grinned slightly when he heard this and raised two fingers.

The Third Hokage looked at this gesture and frowned slightly, "Eighty percent?"

"To be precise, it's a 98% chance."

Orochimaru smiled reservedly, "In other words, putting aside those two accidents, I am absolutely sure."

Different from the first generation of cell transplantation, the fusion with Bai Zetsu is a technology that has been completely broken. The two have the same origin, and the theoretical rejection reaction is completely within the controllable range.

It is somewhat ironic to say that compared to the first Hokage Senju Hashirama, White Zetsu, who has alienated the low-level Otsutsuki, is closer to an ordinary ninja.

"Ninety-eight percent probability..."

A flash of light flashed in Sandaime's eyes. From his understanding, Orochimaru is a rational and rigorous person. If he was not really confident, he would never be so confident.

The probability was much higher than he thought.

Koharu and Mito Monobu looked at each other as they went to bed, both of them beaming with joy. They could imagine how powerful the village would become after a round of surgery.

Tsunade's expression was a little complicated.

She also knew something about the body's self-healing ability of the samurai. Although it was not as good as her ninjutsu, it almost did not require treatment by low-level medical ninjas. It is conceivable that after this kind of physique becomes popular, the future director of Konoha Central Hospital

The position may not be easy to fill.

Sitting on the outermost side, Danzo narrowed his eyes slightly to cover up the darkness flashing in his eyes.

This 'physical strengthening surgery' is an opportunity for him. The opportunity to stand up again must be grasped.

But how to operate it under the noses of Orochimaru and the Third Generation is a problem.

Moreover, after all, the surgery had to be done by Orochimaru, which meant that his men could no longer hide underground.

What kind of status can you use to get a quota still needs to be weighed.

After scanning everyone's different looks, Orochimaru added, "If there are enough materials and the operation goes smoothly, I can perform at least ten operations in one day."

This data made everyone feel excited again.

There are tens of thousands of ninjas in Konoha now, among which the jounin is only one in a hundred, only over two hundred.

In other words, as long as conditions permit, Konoha will be able to have two hundred immortal jonin in ten days.

Just thinking about this is exciting enough.

When they went to bed, Koharu and Mito Kaden suddenly thought of how they opposed Orochimaru's private human experiments a year or two ago, that is, in this conference room, and they both felt sad.

It's not because I regret my actions at that time, but because I know that even if I do it again, I will do the same thing again, and the weird emotions become more intense.

But in any case, Orochimaru did not violate the regulations and use people from his own village to conduct experiments, and the results are now bearing fruit. They must have made some contribution in it.

Unlike the excited Hokage consultant, the third generation still remained rational and asked in a deep voice, "What is the cost of an operation?"

"It's not high on average, but some things are very rare."

Orochimaru licked his lips, took out a list from his arms, shook it on the conference table, and handed it to Tsunade.

Tsunade glanced briefly and nodded at the third generation.

With her eyesight, it was not difficult to see that the expensive parts were medicines to stabilize the ninja's body, and Orochimaru did not write a single word.

Of course, this cannot be seen in terms of weight.

But judging from this list alone, even if there is selfishness, what I did is not too excessive.

The success rate of the operation is high, the cost is relatively acceptable, and the speed of the operation is not too slow... In every aspect, it is good news for Konoha.

However, huge opportunities also come with huge risks. Everyone present has no doubt that if Konoha launches "physical enhancement surgery" tomorrow, the grass ninja will go to war against Konoha.

The Kingdom of Earth, the Kingdom of Thunder, and even the Kingdom of Wind as an ally will all use their full strength to attack Konoha.

To be honest, if it had been in the past, even if it was besieged, Konoha would have carried out this operation resolutely. Anyway, it wouldn't be once or twice, and it would be over.

But the situation is stronger than the people. Payne of the Akatsuki organization's individual combat power is really scary.

If we really try hard to do it, there is a high probability that the country will be destroyed and the village will be destroyed.

Now Konoha is like an ordinary villager who discovers a ton of gold under his house. If the wealth is exposed, it will be fatal, so they cannot be careful.

This dangerous situation is the same for Danzo.

He will use some small tricks to try his best to let his men participate in the operation, but all this is on the premise of not leaking it to the enemy.

He wants to be the Hokage of Konoha, not a dying lost dog.

Villagers who have a meal of gold can choose to turn a blind eye and pretend that nothing has happened. The most feasible way to turn the gold into actual income is to cut it in batches.

The question now is, how many batches will it be divided into? Who among these batches will get the income first?

"This matter is of huge benefit to the village, but the process must be cautious."

Sandai lowered his brows and glanced at the people present.

"The creature called White Zetsu organized by Akatsuki is really hard to guard against. In the past year, even if the patrol team has joined the Hyuga clan and patrolled the village in batches, traces of the other party will be found from time to time."

"Here are the frequency of discovery and the area where it was discovered."

The map unfolded by the third generation was divided into grids of hexagons, with lighter or darker colors painted in them to indicate the number of times White Zetsu clones were discovered.

The high-level officials of Konoha who were present looked at it, and their expressions were not very good.

Not to mention Konoha Central Hospital, Konoha Prison... these important facilities, even the Hokage Building has been spied on, which is simply shocking.

Although due to the existence of sealing techniques, sensory ninjutsu cannot peek into the internal situation, this behavior itself is worthy of alarm.

"It's not just that."

Tsunade raised the list of medicinal materials in her hand, "If you buy medicinal materials in large quantities later, it will also attract the other party's attention. Generally speaking, although these things are rare, very few people actually use them."

When they went to bed, Koharu and Mito Monoharu also expressed their opinions and listed the issues they thought of one by one.

"..."

After discussing it for half an hour, the specific matters were decided.

The first batch of people to undergo surgery was tentatively scheduled to be fifty people, and they were only chosen among Jonin. It was announced that this was the threshold for low-risk surgery.

Secondly, only one case is performed a day, which increases the time of the operation and exaggerates the difficulty of the operation.

There are also a series of measures that can be regarded as assisting these two steps.

Of course, these are only the candidates for surgery on the surface. Secretly, there are still fifty places.

Orochimaru will provide door-to-door services based on the selected candidates, avoiding the eyes and ears of everyone.

"Whether it's done openly or privately..."

The Third Hokage said, "I want 20% of the quota."

(End of chapter)

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