Ever since the Shinobi World had settled down, Ye Ning had been completely idle, with nothing to do.
All the affairs of Konoha, big and small, were handled by Tsunade and her "blame-taking squad." As for the Daimyo Mansion in the Land of Fire... His deadbeat father hadn't even written to him much lately.
Ye Ning guessed his old man was probably busy spending all his energy on those dancers and songstresses again, with no time to spare for his own son.
Still, with a master medic like Tsunade around, even if his deadbeat father spent every night carousing and wore himself out, he could probably live another twenty or thirty years. The Land of Fire was a huge responsibility... It wouldn't fall into Ye Ning's lap anytime soon.
So, with nothing else to do, Ye Ning could only bury himself in Orochimaru's laboratory.
He had to admit, watching Orochimaru conduct all sorts of strange experiments he couldn't understand was a great way to pass the time.
Before he knew it, an entire afternoon would have gone by.
For several days in a row, Ye Ning spent his time in Orochimaru's laboratory.
Orochimaru was usually so focused on his experiments that he barely paid Ye Ning any attention, but watching all those bottles and jars turn into experimental materials in his hands was still fascinating.
At the very least, it helped Ye Ning while away a good deal of time.
After spending so much time at Orochimaru's experimental base, Ye Ning ran into someone he'd long since forgotten about: Pakura, the Scorch Release user from Sunagakure.
Of course, she no longer belonged to Sunagakure.
Having lost the person she had always revered and admired, Pakura had undoubtedly been dispirited for a while. According to Shika, she had been in a