Orochimaru's Approval, Kindred Spirits

Inside the tent.

"Heh heh, Tsunade, I was merely curious about the Uchiha's second Kekkei Genkai power."

With a hoarse laugh, Orochimaru's sinister figure slowly entered. Upon seeing Uchiha Yoru, his gaze filled with admiration.

"Truly a perfect creation. A shinobi with a Dual Kekkei Genkai from the Uchiha Clan, it's truly enviable."

"Tch!" Tsunade seemed to be mocking Orochimaru and Jiraiya, but in reality, she was saying that Nawaki's matter was in the past, and this was the destiny of a shinobi.

Orochimaru's casual, hoarse laughter revealed his desire to investigate Uchiha Yoru's other Kekkei Genkai, also telling Tsunade that he didn't care about Nawaki's incident at all.

Seeing this awkward way of expressing emotions made Uchiha Yoru speechless. This truly was a twisted Shinobi World.

However, it was precisely in this distorted Shinobi World that he had room to maneuver.

Inside the tent, with a smile all over his face, Orochimaru licked his lips with his scarlet tongue and said hoarsely:

"It seems Yoru has created a brand new Ninjutsu, and it's even hand-signless!?"

At this moment, Orochimaru, with a smile on his face, watched the gradually dissipating sphere of azure Chakra in Uchiha Yoru's palm, revealing a pathological excitement.

"Heh heh, Yoru is indeed an enviable genius. Not only does he possess a Dual Kekkei Genkai, but he also has the talent to create Ninjutsu."

Good heavens, Orochimaru's barrage of praise left Uchiha Yoru even more speechless.

Could he say this Ninjutsu was plagiarized?

Since he was born in this era, and born into the Uchiha, how could he let Minato Namikaze have all the glory?

Self-created Ninjutsu, whoever uses it first gets it.

"Orochimaru!"

Ever since Nawaki's incident, Orochimaru had become mysterious, which made Tsunade frown.

Although she had secretly protected Nawaki, she could only choose to hide this fact from hidden enemies. Even Orochimaru, she couldn't be sure of.

After all! They were all disciples of the Third Hokage.

"This is the data on this kid's Kekkei Genkai, but Orochimaru, I warn you, don't mess around!"

After handing over all the research on Uchiha Yoru's Kekkei Genkai to Orochimaru, Tsunade stared at him with a solemn expression, her tone laced with a warning.

However, seeing this, Orochimaru's eyes flashed with surprise. Tsunade was actually warning him?

Then, looking at the Uchiha Yoru kid beside him, and recalling the kid's information, Orochimaru seemed to realize something. A flicker of understanding and deeply hidden sadness flashed in his eyes, and he let out a hoarse laugh:

"Heh heh, Tsunade, it seems you've taken this kid as a replacement."

It was obvious that Orochimaru had misunderstood, thinking Tsunade had taken Uchiha Yoru as Nawaki's replacement.

This was Orochimaru!

It was only because Tsunade and he were already familiar with each other that this was the case; otherwise, anyone else would have glared at him angrily.

"Shut up!"

Upon hearing the word "replacement," Tsunade snorted angrily. For some reason, her peripheral vision instinctively swept over Uchiha Yoru's reaction behind her.

Uchiha Yoru looked at the two of them with a respectful smile, seemingly unfazed, which made Tsunade secretly relieved.

It wasn't that she was overthinking; it was just that this kid carried too much on his shoulders. She didn't want him to misunderstand and bear even greater pressure, nor did she want the incident with Nawaki to affect him too much.

However, at this moment, Uchiha Yoru smiled. He had discovered another useful piece of information: a replacement! Perhaps this misunderstanding could allow him to be useful again.

"Yoru, you truly are an enviable genius."

With a hoarse laugh, Orochimaru glanced at Tsunade's Kekkei Genkai report and then took out his own.

"Tsunade, do you know what kind of power Yoru's Kekkei Genkai is? Based on my experiments over the past three months, this Kekkei Genkai power strongly resembles the power of the Sages in the legends of Ryūchi Cave, or rather, the Three Great Sage Locations."

Orochimaru at this time did not yet know about the First Hokage's Sage power, but he had already come into contact with Sage training at Ryūchi Cave.

Tsunade sighed, truly worthy of being called a genius, having researched so much in just three months. She herself had been so quick because she stood on the shoulders of giants.

At the same time, Tsunade also frowned. This power strongly resembled her grandfather's Sage Body. How could the Uchiha possess it?

Was it due to their parents' genes? Or a hidden Kekkei Genkai from their ancestors on both sides?

Such a situation was not unheard of in the Shinobi World.

"Orochimaru, you should know how dangerous this power is. Even this kid, as the host, is still suffering from backlash. It's fortunate it was discovered early; otherwise, if it triggered a Bloodline Disease, no one in the Shinobi World could save him."

In Tsunade's eyes, Uchiha Yoru's Kekkei Genkai was discovered by her as soon as it awakened, without causing any illness. Otherwise, it would have been truly difficult to handle.

"Yoru!"

At this moment, Orochimaru looked at him with greedy, burning eyes, as if he had found a rare treasure.

If anyone else were looked at like that, they might have gotten goosebumps, but Uchiha Yoru had long grown accustomed to it over the past three months. He respectfully nodded.

"Lord Orochimaru."

"Yoru, your Kekkei Genkai is definitely a powerful force..."

Orochimaru completely ignored Tsunade's warning from the side. Instead, he familiarly picked up Tsunade's medical equipment from the tent and began to examine Uchiha Yoru's body once more.

"Lord Orochimaru, my Bloodline Disease has always been under Captain Tsunade's care..."

It was just curiosity about researching this Curse Mark Sage Body, and Uchiha Yoru didn't hesitate at all. Instead, he was happy for Orochimaru to study it.

After all, being able to apply curse marks to shinobi, he was also very envious!

While he had the Curse Mark Sage Body, how could he apply curse marks to others? This all required Orochimaru, tsk! It required science.

"Orochimaru!"

Meanwhile, Tsunade watched the two skillfully engage in a willing exchange, which made her unhappy and somewhat helpless.

Finally, Tsunade sat down on a chair to the side with a huff, deciding to ignore them and focus on carefully reading Orochimaru's research report.

Although she was the best medical ninja in Konoha, and even the Shinobi World, when it came to research, Orochimaru's talent was clearly extraordinary.

And Uchiha Yoru was enjoying the research on his body by Tsunade and Orochimaru, two future Sannin.

Curse marks! These were good things.

Applying curse marks to shinobi greatly increased their power. This was a perfect existence for the Uchiha Clan. As for the danger of the power?

Did the Uchiha care?

If he could master this power of applying curse marks to shinobi, he could gain the approval of most of the power-seeking Uchiha within the clan.

"This is so interesting, I never expected there to be such a natural physique."

The more he studied, the more excited Orochimaru became, his golden snake-like eyes filled with endless greed.

The power of a Sage!

The Sage's power cultivated in the Three Great Sage Locations, and it turned out shinobi also had this kind of natural physique.

"Yoru, I'm sure you won't regret your decision today."

After the examination was complete, Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Yoru with an excited smile.

"Then I hope Lord Orochimaru finishes researching this power soon."

Uchiha Yoru also smiled broadly. You're researching my kekkei genkai, and it's not a problem for me to ask for a portion of the research results, right?

Seeing this, Orochimaru smiled, licked his lips, and chuckled hoarsely:

"Yoru, you are indeed different from others. I could tell from 'My Struggle' that you wrote.

Fools like Jiraiya see too narrowly, while I saw your vision and breadth of mind from it. You are a shinobi who has never been confined to just Konohagakure."

Good heavens!

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Uchiha Yoru's heart skipped a beat, and then a sincere smile appeared on his face.

"Lord Orochimaru, this is merely a naive idea of mine."

Studying medicine to save the Shinobi World?

Listening to their conversation, Tsunade couldn't help but think of this sentence.

However, only Uchiha Yoru was secretly alarmed. As expected of this world's master manipulator, Orochimaru, he had discovered the thoughts he had hidden in his book.