Konoha.
Orochimaru's underground laboratory.
"Hehehehehehe..."
Orochimaru's hoarse laughter echoed through the laboratory.
"Not bad, very good. This is good stuff."
"Hahahahahaha..."
As Orochimaru watched the cells in the culture dish divide and proliferate madly, his eyes gleamed.
"It perfectly complements the Water of Life. This can drastically shorten the time needed to cultivate living organisms."
"I need to tell Senyo that this Hero's Water is extremely valuable. We must get all of it into our hands."
"I've just finished preparing this ratio for experiments on my body. You go mix some with the Water of Life first."
Just as Senyo had expected, the Hero's Water was extremely useful to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru had just hit a bottleneck in his experiments, so he was naturally overjoyed.
Kabuto had also participated in the experiments and knew that this substance was no less effective than the Water of Life. The two could even complement each other, so it was no wonder Orochimaru was so excited.
He immediately took the Water of Life and Hero's Water to begin mixing them.
At this time, Uchiha Senyo's clone had not returned home, but was patrolling the clan grounds.
After Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped down, the Uchiha Clan had become Konoha's foremost great clan.
It had even become the greatest clan in the Shinobi World.
Over the past ten years, from Uchiha Senyo's sudden rise to the Fourth Hokage's return to office.
Konoha had completely overwhelmed the other ninja villages in terms of military strength.
There was no longer anything like the Third Shinobi World War, when large numbers of Uchiha clan members had been sent to the battlefield and suffered heavy losses.
After all, in the current Shinobi World, resources far exceeded the population.
Many places in the Land of Fire had once remained undeveloped simply because