Swish, swish!
Just then, two figures suddenly appeared in an open area not far away.
Darui and Karui looked over at the same time, then immediately stood up and said respectfully, "Lady Yugito!"
Yugito glanced at her watch. She was a full twenty minutes late.
She rubbed the back of her head and said a little sheepishly, "Sorry for making you two wait so long."
"Lady Yugito, you needn't apologize."
The two replied respectfully.
At that moment, Neji stepped forward and said calmly, "Let's make proper introductions. My name is Hyuga Neji, and I'm the captain for this exam."
Otogakure.
Guren gently pushed open the door. Beyond it was a sparsely equipped laboratory, where a tall figure stood.
Guren bowed to the figure and said respectfully, "Lord Orochimaru, what do you need me to do?"
The figure turned to look at Guren, his dark golden eyes devoid of emotion.
After studying Guren for a moment, Orochimaru took a chilled glass container from the experimental equipment.
Inside it was a frozen white arm.
Orochimaru handed the container to Guren and said indifferently, "When you go to Konoha this time, give this to Shimura Danzō, the leader of Root."
This white arm
was a Wood Release arm Orochimaru had made using Hashirama Cells.
Ever since defecting from Konoha, Danzo had become Orochimaru's main source of funding.
In recent years, Orochimaru had begun researching Living Corpse Reincarnation and the Eight Branches Technique.
Both of these forbidden techniques consumed vast amounts of money.
Although Orochimaru had secretly established experimental bases throughout the Shinobi World before defecting from Konoha, and had amassed a considerable reserve of funds,
forbidden experiments were a bottomless pit.
Over the years, Orochimaru had almost run out of money.
So although he didn't much care for Danzo, Orochimaru couldn't afford