[Orochimaru's Laboratory]
The bases he established in various countries were as numerous as cow hairs, and regarding things like building basements, one could say he was well-practiced.
Although the hospital was still under construction, Orochimaru's basement had already taken initial shape.
Orochimaru and Rengoku were both on the lowest level, and Orochimaru was drawing a large Edo Tensei formation on the ground.
Kisame was standing beside, just watching, but from the look in his eyes, it could be seen that he was not calm inside.
Orochimaru, while drawing the formation, said, "I haven't yet improved Edo Tensei. Currently, the combat power is very low, but the consciousness is completely intact."
Unlike what Rengoku imagined, the current Orochimaru had not deeply researched Edo Tensei.
In fact, the current version of Edo Tensei was still very basic.
But since Rengoku had already told him what the late-stage Edo Tensei looked like.
Orochimaru naturally would put effort into researching it, after all, there was demand now.
"Just consciousness being complete is enough," Rengoku currently did not need Edo Tensei's combat strength anyway, since there was still plenty of time.
"Alright, place the sacrifice here, put part of the body here," Orochimaru finished drawing the formation, directing Kisame to do the work.
Kisame threw the bounty ninja he had caught outside into that circle.
Then placed the corpse properly.
Orochimaru didn't waste time, quickly forming hand seals.
"Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"
Orochimaru slammed his palm down, and the entire formation began to emit light.
A large number of talisman papers all surged toward the bounty ninja.
Amid ghostly winds and wailing cries, under the coverage of talisman papers, a beautiful female Mist ninja appeared here.
Kisame's emotions were clearly a bit agitated.
But Rengoku pressed him down with his hand, "Wait a moment."
Orochimaru formed seals with his hand, and the female ninja's eyes gradually regained spirit.
She raised her hand and looked at her body in confusion, "I... wasn't I dead?"
Then she looked up and saw Kisame standing in front of her. A smile appeared on her face, "Kisame-nee, what is going on here?"
Kisame opened his mouth a few times at this moment, but couldn't speak.
Rengoku watched from the side and had to help Kisame speak, "You are already dead, but Kisame wanted to see you again, so he asked us to perform this secret technique."
"You can only come back for a short time, say what you need to."
The female ninja looked at Rengoku and showed a grateful smile to him.
Kisame finally managed to organize his words at this moment, squeezing out a smile on his face, "We agreed, after the mission we'd have a meal together. Let's do that today."
The Mist female ninja nodded with a smile, "Great, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time."
She didn't mention anything about being killed by Kisame, as if that was not an important matter at all.
"There's a restaurant in the clan. Let me take you guys," Rengoku signaled for the two to follow, and the two followed behind.
The Uchiha clan grounds were quite large, with all kinds of shops, and Rengoku didn't want any complications, so he led the two to a shop inside the clan.
Rengoku directly booked the entire shop, leaving time and space for the two of them.
He walked outside the shop and saw Orochimaru standing outside.
"You're quite good at winning people's hearts," Orochimaru said with a smile.
Rengoku neither agreed nor disagreed, "Just a convenient thing. Anyway, you'll need to research Edo Tensei later."
Orochimaru chuckled lightly and didn't say more.
"Edo Tensei can't eat, right?", Rengoku asked.
Orochimaru shook his head.
Rengoku guessed the same, since the body was entirely made of talisman papers.
"Are there any pieces of research equipment still lacking?", Rengoku asked.
Orochimaru thought for a moment, "The list I gave last time, the old man hasn't fully bought and delivered it yet."
"Lack is eternal, but some things are hard to buy even in the Land of Fire."
"We'll need to purchase them from other great nations."
Rengoku's eyes turned slightly, "What if there's a channel from the Land of Earth?"
Orochimaru's eyes lit up, "Oh? Where did you get a channel?"
Rengoku pointed to the place where Deidara and Kurotsuchi were imprisoned in the clan, "Letting these two brats go, we should at least get some ransom."
Orochimaru's expression was a bit strange, "You're just going to release them so simply?"
Rengoku's goal had already been achieved, and the next step was waiting for the return.
Actually, they could be released now, but that would be a bit wasteful.
Since Orochimaru needed medical equipment, naturally it was just catching two birds with one stone, a convenient matter.
Rengoku didn't directly answer Orochimaru's question, just said, "This doesn't affect things."
Orochimaru nodded and didn't ask more, "In that case, I'll draft a list for you now."
Orochimaru disappeared quickly and came back quickly, already holding a list of medical equipment written for Rengoku.
Rengoku looked at the names. He could recognize each character individually.
But together, sorry, he didn't recognize any of them.
"Alright, I'll hand these over to Iwagakure."
Orochimaru pointed to a few items, "These ones are the most important. Although not expensive, they're hard to find."
Rengoku nodded and noted them down.
Orochimaru asked curiously, "With your strength, you could totally carry out a military coup. Why play this kind of game with the old man?"
Rengoku thought for a moment. He couldn't exactly say that his clansmen were all tools for his growth, and not a single one could die.
So he said, "A military coup has too many uncontrollable factors. Right now in the Uchiha clan, only I have this level of combat power."
"If I'm trapped, Itachi and Fugaku won't be able to endure being besieged."
"If I get sealed by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, that would be a huge loss."
"To take Konoha without shedding blood, that is my pursuit," Rengoku said half-truthfully, half-lie.
"Right now the development speed in the clan is already fast enough. The benefits brought by a military coup are not worth the risk."
"After all, I'm already the clan head now. I have to take responsibility for the entire Uchiha clan."
Orochimaru looked Rengoku up and down, "You're the most un-Uchiha Uchiha."
Rengoku smiled and patted Orochimaru's shoulder, "The road is still long."
He and Orochimaru didn't chat long by the roadside.
Soon they saw Kisame and the female ninja walking out.
That Mist female ninja had a smile and relief on her face, "Kisame-nee, thank you for still remembering the promise to eat together."
As she spoke, dazzling white light already emerged from her body, and the Edo body had begun to crack, "Hope your future life... won't be so hard."
"Hope in the next life...", Her mouth opened and closed a few times, but no sound came out.
A translucent figure, carrying unwillingness, flew into the sky and disappeared.
Kisame reached out and grabbed toward it, "Kyoko!"
But he only grabbed a pile of talisman paper.
Veins bulged on Kisame's hand, clearly waves of emotion inside.
Rengoku, who knew Edo Tensei, understood, if a soul had no regrets, it could be freed and escape from the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
Orochimaru's eyes were full of amazement, "She actually dispelled it herself?"
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