Orochimaru's Ambition, Gelel Ore Vein Intelligence

Six months have passed quietly.

After Isshiki was resurrected using Shinnō's body, he was severely injured by Naruto and Sasuke. After passing through the Dragon Vein, he was attacked by both the Dragon Vein Chakra and the Defensive Wizardry Array. In the end, he had no choice but to use Shinnō's body as the final Vessel for resurrection.

After half a year, Isshiki had become completely familiar with Shinnō's body, but the Kage Level strength of the ninja world was an insult to him.

However, Shinnō's physical limits are limited. Although Isshiki was completely resurrected, he could no longer use the Rinnegan and could only use the Byakugan, which was inherent in the bloodline of the Otsutsuki Clan.

Let alone rising again in this world, it's unknown how many more years it will take to regain our strength.

After much deliberation, Isshiki decided to find someone who could help him regain his strength— Orochimaru.

Isshiki on the memories he obtained from Shinnō, Isshiki already knew that Orochimaru was a talent skilled in human research and had even developed a Reincarnation Jutsu similar to the 'Karma'.

Although Orochimaru's Reincarnation Jutsu seemed crude and unsophisticated to Isshiki, it was quite remarkable from the perspective of a native.

To regain his strength, Isshiki would have to change his Vessel. However, he has now completely merged his Chakra with Shinnō's, so he needs to recover at least one-tenth of his peak Chakra before he can give up Shinnō's body.

However, Shinnō's physique was very ordinary and he could not meet the requirements of the Isshiki.

His best course of action now is to follow the method in Shinnō's memory to create Zero-Tails, then fuse Zero-Tails ' Dark Chakra to improve his physique and Chakra capacity.

We'll figure out a way to change the Vessel later.

Actually, there is a simpler way: collect the Tailed Beast. Unlike Isshiki's own Ten-Tails, which had been starving for over a thousand years, the Ten-Tails in this world was divided into Nine Tailed Beasts by Kaguya's descendants, each of which was in a state of full Chakra.

Once he absorbs the Kurama, Isshiki can instantly gain more than half of his Chakra.

Of course, he can only think about this for now.

According to Shinnō's memories, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki and Yagami Shiraha were the two strongest people in the ninja world.

If Jigen still had Jigen as Isshiki Vessel, he would naturally not take the two of them seriously. However, he has now been resurrected through Shinnō's body, and he cannot unleash any of Otsutsuki's powerful abilities.

Even if they encountered Kage Level ninja whose strength was two levels below that of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki and Yagami Shiraha, they probably wouldn't be a match for them.

Returning to the Dragon Vein to absorb Chakra and recover is a viable option for Isshiki, but the Defensive Wizardry Array he encountered earlier has left him with psychological trauma.

With their current strength, if they were to go to the Dragon Vein Seal and encounter an ambush, they would likely be walking into a trap.

Furthermore, it's uncertain whether Naruto and Sasuke from the Parallel World will relentlessly pursue them all the way here.

Therefore, Isshiki decided to cooperate with Orochimaru.

In Shinnō's memory, he and Orochimaru had always had a relationship of mutual exploitation.

Although Orochimaru had developed the Reincarnation Jutsu and various other means of self-preservation, he still coveted Shinnō's Medical Forbidden Jutsu, Body Regeneration.

For Isshiki, the ability to Body Regeneration was child's play, and he didn't even bother with it.

Once he recovers about one-tenth of his Chakra, he will be virtually Immortal Body unless he is completely defeated in terms of raw power.

Using the Medical Forbidden Jutsu of Body Regeneration to exchange for Orochimaru is an excellent bargaining chip.

With this in mind, Isshiki found Orochimaru's base in the Land of Rice Fields by exchanging coded messages with Orochimaru.

The Land of Land of Rice Fields has vast tracts of farmland suitable for cultivation. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, while the northeastern region bordering the Land of Iron is mainly mountainous and hilly.

It would be hard for anyone to imagine that in just a few years, Orochimaru would establish a ninja village— the Otogakure —in this valley surrounded by mountains and forests.

Although the Otogakure is not large, it still has hundreds of ninjas.

For a small country like the Land of Rice Fields, which originally had no ninja forces, a hundred ninjas was an extremely exaggerated number.

Under Orochimaru's influence, the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields Orochimaru placed a heavy bet on the Otogakure, even rejecting the offer of a military alliance from the Land of Whirlpools.

It must be said that the reason why the Otogakure has grown to such a scale in just a few years is mainly due to Orochimaru's personal charisma and fame.

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human in times of chaos.

This statement is not an exaggeration at all.

The Third Shinobi World War basically ended in Konoha Year 47, but localized conflicts continued until Konoha Year 51.

It is now the Early Konoha Year 56.

Five years have passed, and the major powers have recovered from the enormous losses of the war. Although it will take longer for them to fully recover, they have basically returned to stability.

However, for small countries, they may not have even recovered from the damage caused by the Second Ninja World War before the Third Shinobi World War begins.

Almost every major Ninja World War was fought in small countries.

Commoners and wandering ninjas know the importance of strength, but the Great Nations and Five Great Shinobi Villages will not take in ninjas of unknown origin, or to be precise, they look down on them.

But Orochimaru's appearance gave these people hope.

The Konoha Sannin —what a resounding name!

In particular, Orochimaru almost became the Fourth Hokage, and in many people's minds, Orochimaru is a tragic rebel who was subjected to persecution.

Many others saw Orochimaru as a lifeline, actively seeking his help or even willingly becoming his test subjects, all in an effort to gain a sliver of opportunity to rise in society.

Of the hundreds of ninjas in the entire Otogakure, half are wandering ninjas, and the other half are experimental subjects who survived Orochimaru's operating table.

Orochimaru's experiments had a high mortality rate. Many of those who survived were transformed into something neither human nor monster. However, none of these people complained. In fact, they were proud to have been Orochimaru's test subjects.

Because those who survived truly became much stronger.

That's enough for them.

Isshiki traversed the lush mountain paths and finally arrived at the valley where the Otogakure was located.

The ninja who came to greet him led Isshiki to the entrance of the only tall building in the center of the village, and then respectfully said:

"Lord Shinnō, Lord Orochimaru is in the laboratory, please come in."

As he spoke, the ninja who was receiving guests stopped at the door, clearly not intending to go in with Isshiki.

The other ninjas who were scattered around training all looked on with envy when they saw Shinnō being summoned by Orochimaru alone.

Isshiki remained silent and walked into the building.

Following Shinnō's memory, Isshiki did not go upstairs, but instead went to the innermost room on the first floor. Upon opening the room, a dark, gloomy opening came into view, revealing steps leading to the underground.

Isshiki went down to the underground floor, passed through a narrow and cramped corridor, and arrived at the room at the end.

He pushed the door open and entered.

The huge laboratory is filled with various experimental instruments, glass bottles, Culture Dish and other Vessel containing all kinds of specimens, among which snake and human organs are the most numerous.

Orochimaru was standing in front of the operating table in the middle of the laboratory, with his back to Isshiki.

Isshiki stepped forward and came to the side. He could see that the person lying on the operating table was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy with a missing arm. His skin was an unhealthy, pale white.

Orochimaru is transplanting an arm that is significantly larger than the boy's severed arm into the wound.

The boy lay on the operating table, his eyes fixed on Orochimaru, his expression revealing an barely suppressed excitement.

'This is the aura of the Divine Tree!'

Isshiki had only glanced at it casually, but suddenly noticed a familiar Chakra fluctuation coming from Orochimaru's transplanted arm. Although it was so weak that it was almost negligible, Isshiki, as a pure Otsutsuki Clan Member, was extremely sensitive to this Chakra related to the Divine Tree.

Thinking of this, he activated his Byakugan, turning his jet-black eyes into pure white, with veins bulging at the corners of his eyes.

With his clairvoyant abilities, Isshiki became even more convinced of his idea.

'Could this be the physical tissue of a descendant of Kaguya's bloodline? Amado's Cloning Technology, though I haven't studied it, is quite clear about it. If a new Vessel is cultivated using biological cells containing the Divine Tree's Chakra, the compatibility with me should be even higher.'

Isshiki thought to himself, and suddenly realized that coming to find Orochimaru was a very wise choice.

Originally, he only wanted to make a deal with Orochimaru, but now he's considering bringing Orochimaru under his wing.

"Shinnō, it's rare that you took the initiative to come to me."

Orochimaru continued his experiment without stopping, but when he turned around and saw Shinnō Byakugan to pure white, his movements clearly paused.

"It seems a lot has happened to you recently."

As he spoke, Orochimaru continued the experiment.

"Orochimaru, I've come to make a deal with you." Isshiki Shinnō spoke to Orochimaru, Isshiki went straight to the point. "I can teach you the Medical Forbidden Jutsu, Body Regeneration."

"It seems you've made a breakthrough in your research on Dark Chakra, otherwise you wouldn't be willing to exchange your most treasured secret technique with me."

Orochimaru did not show any obvious emotional changes. Through continuous and in-depth experimental research, his Cell Activation Secret Technique had been perfected, and he had also completed the Soft Physique Modification. The lack of Body Regeneration Technique did not affect him.

Moreover, Shinnō, who is usually stingy, is suddenly being so generous, so he must need something from him.

At this point, Orochimaru naturally wanted to give him a good beating.

"Besides Medical Forbidden Jutsu, there's also Cloning Technology," Isshiki, throwing out his last trump card.

"What did you say?!"

Orochimaru's pupils contracted, and he completely stopped his experiment, staring directly at Shinnō.

"I can share everything with you, even true immortality is not impossible," Isshiki, "Provided you join us."

Orochimaru was stunned, and his ambition swelled rapidly.

Although he cooperated with Shiraha, he was not completely honest with Shiraha. For example, he concealed the fact that 'Xin', who had a special physique, took the initiative to come to him.

With Shin's special physique, if he also possessed Cloning Technology, he could cultivate a perfect body on his own, and even simultaneously acquire powerful abilities such as Wood Release, Sharingan, and Byakugan.

Shinnō's Byakugan has already provided the evidence.

State all your conditions.

Orochimaru said in a deep voice.

The Land of Whirlpools Peninsula.

In the valley behind the Uzushiogakure.

As is customary, Shiraha endured the Samadhi Fire summoned by Kashin Koji.

As his Mental Power Mental Power becomes more materialized, it grows stronger, requiring him to burn his body with more Samadhi Fire to strengthen his Mental Power. However, this also increases the consumption of Mental Power and prolongs the recovery time.

Shiraha can afford even the most precious medicines, but some raw materials cannot be bought with money, so he still has to rely on Meditation Method to recover slowly.

Of course, overall, the progress of materializing Mental Power is already very fast.

"Continue."

After Shiraha finished absorbing the Samadhi Fire on his body, he gave another instruction to Kashin Koji beside him.

After being tempered by the Samadhi Fire for a long time, Shiraha's silver-white scales, which he had attached to his body using "Demonic Scales," seemed to have adapted to the intensity of the Samadhi Fire, and the edges of the scales began to turn a light red.

"Yes."

The Kashin Koji, standing to the side, was like a ruthless fire-summoning machine, skillfully biting his finger to use his Summoning Technique.

His ten fingers were covered with scars from being bitten, even on the back of his hands and wrists.

"Wait!" Shiraha's expression suddenly changed, and he showed a look of joy.

Boom--!

A large ball of Samadhi Fire had completely engulfed Shiraha's body.

At this moment, Shiraha emerged from the Samadhi Fire, still bearing some of Samadhi Fire. He quickly absorbed the remaining Samadhi Fire Samadhi Fire then used Sealing Jutsu to seal away the excess.

"Today's training ends here. Go back now."

Shiraha carefully put away the scroll, then addressed the Kashin Koji beside him, before channeling his Magic Power to activate the "Teleportation Spell."

A massive Teleportation array appeared, and after Shiraha and Kashin Koji stepped inside, they were instantly transported to a room in the underground laboratory inside the Uzushiogakure.

After leaving the underground laboratory, Shiraha headed straight for the office building in the center of the village.

Just now, he received a message from Lanke.

After advancing to the second level "Spirit Summoning Warlock", Shiraha's control over his bloodline descendants has greatly improved. In particular, when his bloodline descendants and their relatives actively contact him through their bloodline abilities, this connection is greatly enhanced, thus enabling them to establish contact with Shiraha.

His descendants could use this method to seek his Request for Aid when in danger, or simply as a way to determine location and coordinates.

Lanke hadn't contacted him all these years. If Shiraha hadn't been able to sense the blood connection between Lanke and him, he probably would have thought Lanke was dead.

After more than nine years, Lanke suddenly contacted him, which must mean that he had found the Gelel Stone Vein, or at least found information related to the Gelel Stone mine.

The Gelel Stone is crucial to Shiraha's ability to improve the purity of his bloodline, even more so than the Samadhi Fire's ability to materialize Mental Power.

Most importantly, the enhancement from the Gelel Stone has absolutely no side effects. Compared to his risky absorption of things like "Stars," "Demonic Statue of the Outer Path," and "Urashiki Cells," which might have negative effects on him, the Gelel Stone is Shiraha's first choice.

Shiraha has already learned from Issei the information brought back from the Parallel World that Isshiki is indeed seriously injured and on the verge of death, and should not pose much of a threat in the short term.

However, as long as there is Isshiki, it will always be a hidden danger, so Shiraha has always felt a sense of urgency. Now, Lanke's information has come at just the right time.

He needed to greet Kushina and Chiho first, and then immediately set off for the Outer Sea to meet up with Lanke.