"Look, I brought Danzo's latest experimental equipment, some Sharingan, and Tsunade in front of you."
"Why don't you invite us to your research institute quickly, put down these experimental equipment, take a good look at the gifts I brought you, and talk about our future."
Uchiha Jie opened his hand and said to Orochimaru with a smile, while the latter looked at his old teammate.
"Tsunade, what do you think?" he asked.
"Go to your snake nest, Orochimaru, I also need your help with some things." Tsunade nodded and said.
The convoy set off again, following in the footsteps of Orochimaru. Through the humid forest, they finally saw Orochimaru's base.
This place doesn't look like a rebel base at all, it just looks like a village in the forest, with only a few medium-sized roads leading out of the village.
The main industry of this village is not tree felling, but various mountain towns. On the way into the village, Uchiha Jie has already seen various mushrooms and game. There are also shops selling wild medicinal materials in the village.
Some medicinal materials are even freshly picked from the forest in the morning. The villagers are preparing them all the time. Even Tsunade couldn't help but praise their quality after seeing them.
Orochimaru is obviously very popular among the villagers. Everyone who sees him calls him "sir" and bows to say hello.
He also bowed slightly, but didn't say a word.
No wonder no one has been able to find his lair. Outsiders would only think it was an ordinary village, and would never have guessed that S-rank Rogue Ninja of Konoha is hiding here.
In addition, the villagers here seem to be his loyal supporters. Not to mention if there is any trouble in the village, even if they find something while hunting in the forest, they will notify Orochimaru as soon as possible.
His base is located in the center of the village. From the yard of an ordinary house, there is a secret passage leading underground. In the yard are several Orochimaru's men, who carefully receive experimental equipment from the caravan.
And Orochimaru led Uchiha Jie and his party directly into the base.
Fans of pale lights lit up, allowing Uchiha Jie to see the whole place clearly. There were only a few rooms, and most of the place was occupied by various experimental equipment.
Tall culture tanks stand tall, almost exactly the same as the base where Danzo conducts human experiments. The only difference is that the culture tanks at Danzo contain some tissues, while the culture tanks at Orochimaru contain a whole person.
"Orochimaru! You..." Tsunade couldn't bear to see such a scene. She looked at her old teammate angrily. She heard that he was kicked out of the village because of human experiments, but she didn't expect that he was even more serious outside the village now.
"This is the price, Tsunade. When the war broke out, the number of people who died in one day exceeded the experimental subjects here hundreds of times. I don't remember that you would show mercy to them at that time."
Orochimaru did not look at Tsunade. Instead, he pointed at a person in a culture tank and introduced Uchiha Jie:
"This Iwa Ninja has a very strange escape technique. He can spit concrete. I was able to build such a big Laboratory thanks to his help."
"But although he has such miraculous abilities, his life span is very short. I am studying the cause of his disease. If it can be cured, he can build two more Laboratory for me."
"There are other guys in the Ninja Village who also have diseases caused by Kekkei Genkai for unknown reasons. If there is no good treatment, just assuming the best case scenario, he will be able to survive until next month."
Soon they entered an empty room, which was Orochimaru's reception room. There was a sofa and a coffee table, but at first glance it looked like it had never been used, and it was covered with a thin layer of dust.
Orochimaru spit out Wind Release, swept away the dust in the room, then sat down carelessly, stretched out his hand, and made a gesture of invitation.
Uchiha Jie sat in the seat closest to him, separated by Tsunade, Uchiha Izumi, and Hinata. He simply regarded this place as his own home. He took out a small scroll, took out a small bag of tea leaves, and brewed a cup of tea for himself.
When Orochimaru had a faint aroma of tea coming out of the unused teapot, Uchiha Jie took out a small scroll again, took out two test tubes from it, and handed it to Orochimaru.
"Two pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, each from two different people, one male and one female."
He took out another scroll. This time there were more Sharingan in the scroll, but the quality was slightly worse. They were only double Tomoe or even Single Tomoe.
Uchiha Jie is still taking out more things, including Uchiha Clan's blood and their body tissues. Except for the lack of complete individuals, it can be said that everything is there.
Orochimaru looked at these gifts in silence, but did not accept them. He knew clearly that everything in this world had already marked their price. To accept these gifts, one must pay a price equal to these gifts.
He looked at these eyes that were like works of art with great interest, and there was a hint of exploration in his deep voice.
"Can you tell me what the price is for accepting these gifts?" he asked.
"Good question, I really like the word price."
Uchiha Jie laughed and nodded lightly. He liked the feeling of communicating with Orochimaru. He went straight to the point without any verbosity, so he naturally got to the point directly.
"I need you to help me research another thing." Uchiha Jie took out a scroll again, which also contained a small test tube, but the thing in the test tube was no longer the red Sharingan, but a pure white eye.
"Byakugan!" There was even a hint of surprise in Orochimaru's voice. He turned to look at Hinata and asked, "Are these her eyes? Did you replace her with Sharingan?"
"No, these are the eyes taken back from Jonin Qing of Kirigakure. It seems that the situation about Kirigakure has not been reported yet." Uchiha Jie replied.
"That's it." Orochimaru nodded, reached out and picked up the test tube containing Byakugan, frowned and asked, "What aspect of Byakugan do you want to study? Is it about its abilities, or do you want to see if it can evolve like Sharingan?"
"None of them." Uchiha Jie shook his head and said softly, "What I want you to study is not Byakugan itself, but it is closely integrated with Byakugan. It locks the fate and future of countless people."
"Caged Bird, I need you to study how to unlock this Curse Mark that is secretly combined with Byakugan."