One Piece of News... Sold Twice!

"Uchiha Shunichi, what happened here?" Gekko Hayate arrived quickly, yet he still felt as though he had come too late.

"Orochimaru and a red-haired woman came here, but they didn't go all out." Uchiha Shunichi spoke to Gekko Hayate as he tidied up the wrecked room.

Since they were not in the Anbu, Gekko Hayate pretended not to know him well.

"Orochimaru... I understand. Do you need any help here?" Gekko Hayate immediately grasped the situation and asked.

"Not for now. I can tell that Orochimaru does have some interest in Sasuke, but his goal goes far beyond that. Don't waste your strength on our account. He has a deeper plan." Uchiha Shunichi kindly warned him, yet gave him no useful clues.

"I understand. I'll report what happened here to the Hokage." Gekko Hayate nodded and left.

Uchiha Shunichi watched Gekko Hayate's departing back. He wanted to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

This guy has treated me fairly well. If he doesn't have the bad luck to die in the next few days, I'll find a way to save him.

Uchiha Shunichi remembered that Gekko Hayate died before Sarutobi Hiruzen, but he did not know exactly when.

"Sasuke, now that you've graduated from the Ninja Academy, you can barely be considered grown up. From today onward, I won't restrict your choices. Whether it's revenge or whatever else you want to do, once you make a choice, you must bear the consequences."

After roughly cleaning up the room, Uchiha Shunichi spoke to Uchiha Sasuke.

"Hey! Shunichi, we're the same age. Going by our birthdays, you're even younger than me! Don't lecture me in that grown-up tone!" Uchiha Sasuke said unhappily.

"Age is irrelevant. You only need to remember what I said. The choices ahead will be yours, and I won't interfere with your decision." Uchiha Shunichi spoke calmly, then went straight to his laboratory.

Inside the laboratory, Uchiha Shunichi compared the differences between two types of cells under a microscope while recording experimental data on a scroll.

The cells he was comparing naturally belonged to Karin and Naruto Uzumaki. Other than Nagato, the two of them could be considered outstanding representatives of the Uzumaki Clan.

Uchiha Shunichi had acquired Naruto Uzumaki's flesh and chakra long ago, while he had only just obtained a tiny amount of Karin's flesh and chakra.

Although there was less of Karin's flesh, it was still enough for comparison.

Judging from their strength, Karin was more powerful, and she had also undergone some modification experiments by Orochimaru.

However, when comparing their flesh, Naruto's was more aggressive. Karin's flesh appeared gentler, as though it could merge well with other hosts.

Still, there was too little flesh to continue this type of experiment. Uchiha Shunichi merely set up three culture tanks to cultivate them separately.

After handling tonight's gains, Uchiha Shunichi could not help shifting his gaze toward a corner of the laboratory. After hesitating for a long while, he finally activated the concealed sealing technique and opened a hidden door.

Behind the hidden door were tools Uchiha Shunichi had prepared long ago. The most conspicuous were ten albino rats, each over a person's height.

All of the rats had their brains exposed, with various technological neural controllers attached to them. They looked like extremely evil biological weapons.

"As expected, these rats only have a lifespan of a few months." With a single glance, Uchiha Shunichi discovered that the biological weapons he had created had already lost more than half their lifespan.

Still, there would be no problem using them a month from now.

It was a pity he had met Orochimaru too late. Otherwise, he could have tried adding Cursed Seals to these rats, though whether they could still be controlled afterward was another matter.

These rats were products of Naruto's cells being transplanted into them. They were modified ninja beasts. Although they only had a lifespan of a few months, their chakra reserves were around the Jonin level.

If used properly, ten modified ninja beasts were probably equivalent to two or three Jonin?

Maybe not. After all, modified ninja beasts had overly obvious fighting methods and weaknesses. Uchiha Shunichi had not created them for combat in the first place.

After checking the summoning formation on the ground once more, Uchiha Shunichi closed the hidden door and left the laboratory.

All that remained was to wait...

Wait for Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan to begin. When everyone's attention was drawn to Orochimaru, it would be the moment Shimura Danzō died!

At noon the next day, Uchiha Shunichi was resting in a recliner at home. Uchiha Sasuke had already left early to train with Kakashi, and Uchiha Shunichi had no missions from the Anbu either.

So Uchiha Shunichi was quite free at the moment.

"Kabuto, why didn't you come alone?" Uchiha Shunichi suddenly turned his head, his gaze wary as he looked at Yakushi Kabuto and Karin beside him.

"Orochimaru-sama told me to come help you. You saw it last night—I'm very strong..." Karin said impatiently before Yakushi Kabuto could speak.

"Help me? Help me with what?" Uchiha Shunichi was somewhat surprised. He had never told anyone about his plan to assassinate Shimura Danzō.

"I don't know. That's just what Orochimaru-sama said." Karin did not care at all. She moved close to Uchiha Shunichi with an obedient expression.

Uchiha Shunichi ignored Karin and instead turned his gaze toward Yakushi Kabuto.

"I came on my own. Everything else has nothing to do with me." Yakushi Kabuto spread his hands, indicating that he bore no ill intent.

"Oh? Then why did you come looking for me?" Uchiha Shunichi found it somewhat surprising, but did not pay it much mind.

Compared to Orochimaru, neither Karin nor Yakushi Kabuto could pose much of a threat to him. Even without revealing too much of his strength, he could handle them.

"Do you... truly know of a way to revive someone? A real resurrection!" Yakushi Kabuto glanced at Karin, hesitated for a moment, then asked.

"Of course!" Uchiha Shunichi answered without the slightest hesitation.

Clearly, Orochimaru had not told Yakushi Kabuto what he knew. That meant the information he had traded with Orochimaru before could be traded once more.