"So you want to artificially create the Rinnegan?", Orochimaru was also taken aback, not expecting that Rengoku's goal was actually this.
Rengoku waved his hand, "In the future, every member of the Otsutsuki clan will have Rinnegan-level eyes."
"Even with various abilities that are all kinds of strange and bizarre. Our Shinobi world has too poor a foundation, too few top experts."
"We must take shortcuts to control all of this."
Rengoku stood up, his tone filled with temptation, "Although this is a long-term goal, it's also our first step toward eternal life."
"Only by completing the leap of life can we live longer."
"And the eternal truth you seek also requires longer lifespans to support it."
"Before that, we need to constantly acquire resources to strengthen our power."
"Aren't you now in the Sound Ninja Village?"
"Just right, now our Uchiha has plenty of idle people."
Orochimaru had reasons for establishing the Sound Ninja Village in the Land of Rice Fields. The surroundings there were all small ninja villages.
Their strength was all very poor, and with Orochimaru's methods, the missions the Sound Ninja Village accepted would definitely monopolize the surrounding countries.
Orochimaru needed a large amount of money to do experiments. Not just various high-tech equipment, but also all kinds of experimental materials.
Being called a gold-devouring beast was no exaggeration. In comparison, in the Shinobi world where human life was as cheap as grass, experimental subjects could be easily caught everywhere.
Orochimaru was a genius, so naturally he had his own confidence.
Therefore, he always conducted several experiments simultaneously, and if one didn't work, he would change to another.
Now, with the cooperation of Uchiha Rengoku, he could finally arrange some priority order.
"You first return to the Sound Ninja Village and get things arranged there. Once I'm ready here, I'll send someone to notify you."
"We will build a laboratory for you in the Uchiha. As for the Sound Ninja Village, just use it as a place to raise funds. You don't need to run around anymore."
Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction. Coming to Konoha this time, not only had his horizons widened, but he also gained more interesting research topics.
Doing experiments was, of course, more convenient on the Uchiha side.
After all, Rengoku had already stated that whether it was people or resources he needed, the Uchiha would provide them without reservation.
Much better than making money himself.
As for whether Orochimaru, this rogue ninja, would be discovered by Konoha, it didn't matter at all.
Not to mention that Orochimaru never left the clan grounds. Even if Konoha were told that Orochimaru was in our Uchiha, Konoha wouldn't dare do anything. On the contrary, they would be even more wary of the Uchiha's power.
"Recently, the Uchiha's movements, you're the one commanding them, right?", After fully forming the alliance and arranging the follow-ups, Orochimaru also brought up recent matters.
Rengoku smiled, "No one in the clan is capable of great things, so only I could step up."
In Orochimaru's eyes, there was curiosity and probing directed at Rengoku, "You only awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and you've become this much smarter?"
"So many past events, you couldn't possibly know, could you?"
This was also why he had to use Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru.
Because if he revealed just a bit more, with Orochimaru's logical reasoning ability, he would instantly pierce through Rengoku's lies.
Rengoku smiled, didn't answer directly, but said, "I've already tried many versions of the world after this one."
"But the ever-changing world made every story's ending different."
"If you don't get smarter, you won't live long."
Rengoku's answer was somewhat vague, and also didn't answer why he knew about past events.
Only now, Orochimaru trusted Rengoku deeply, like an old friend.
Naturally, he respected him and didn't ask further.
Instead, he proactively said, "Danzo recently contacted me, planning to exchange something with me for the First Hokage Hashirama's cells."
Rengoku curiously asked, "Doesn't he already have them? Why does he still need to buy them from you?"
"When you defected, did you take all of Hashirama's corpse with you?"
Orochimaru couldn't help but laugh. He could see that although Rengoku seemed to know everything, he was completely clueless when it came to scientific research.
"Senju Hashirama's corpse is only so much. It's not infinite."
"The so-called cell solution is actually an extract cultivated from his blood and flesh."
"Back then, I obtained Hashirama's corpse, and the cell solution was also extracted by me."
"When I left, besides taking Hashirama's corpse—"
"All the other cell solutions should've been confiscated by the old man or by Danzo."
"These cell solutions can be cultivated continuously, but for them to self-replicate, it takes a lot of time and materials."
"Danzo definitely has some, but not in large quantities."
"This time he's looking to trade for Hashirama cells, there's only one possibility: he needs to do a large number of experiments."
"The training from leftover cell solution can't meet his demand."
Rengoku had no clue what experiment Danzo wanted to do. After all, Danzo had messed around with too many crazy things.
Hashirama's cell solution was practically a universal miracle material, he naturally couldn't guess.
"Then how did you respond?", Rengoku asked.
A smile appeared on Orochimaru's face, "I plan to trade it for some funds from Root."
A smile also appeared on Rengoku's face, "Oh, if that's the case, then trade for a bit more. We just happen to be short on money for constructing the lab."
———
When Orochimaru left with Guren, it was already night.
And Rinjin had basically turned into a waiting-wife-stone.
After all, it had been too long.
"Rengoku, are we still going to the clan head now?", Rinjin wasn't too tired. After all, they had just eaten snacks and drank tea.
It's just that Rengoku brought people back for a long secret talk today, so it would be good to at least greet Fugaku.
With plenty of time, Rengoku didn't insist on going to Fugaku at night.
"You go report back to Fugaku, just say that person is Orochimaru. I'll go talk to him tomorrow afternoon."
Rinjin let out a hiss, 'That woman was actually Orochimaru?'
'Didn't see any signs of transformation jutsu at all. As expected of one of the Three Legendary Sannin.'
"I understand."
———
Back home, lying in bed, Rengoku did not rest.
He first looked at the panel of the Bonding Star.
Sure enough, with Orochimaru under the effect of Kotoamatsukami, his Bonding Star had already unlocked Level 4 bond.
["Ding, Orochimaru's Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 bonds have been unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Memory Fragment."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: 10% of the original body's Chakra."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Five Elements Sealing Technique (Unfinished)."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Orochimaru's Soul Power."]
Rengoku unlocked four stars in one go. The first two were fixed items, and the latter two were blind boxes.
He thought he would get something like the Reaper Death Seal or Edo Tensei-type stuff.
Didn't expect it to be Five Elements Sealing.
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