Star Rail: Can't I Just Peacefully Do Commissions? Chapter 35

Shirou spread his hands and then showed an exasperated expression to Orochimaru, "As you can see, even when I tell Konoha jokes, she doesn't get energized."

"Emiya-kun, perhaps your persuasion methods aren't forceful enough."

A sinister expression began to appear on this cold man's face. He had met Dr. Mei yesterday. Initially, he was attracted by some of the terms she used and couldn't help but strike up a conversation, only to be ultimately conquered by her knowledge.

So, He extended an invitation to Mei, sincerely wanting to invite such a great talent in biology to join Konohagakure. In the future, when he took over Konoha's Kage position, he would further honor this Doctor with the status of a national scholar. In fact, if it weren't for his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom he had been cultivating for many years, he truly felt an urge to turn around and become Mei's disciple right now.

Ninjutsu?

Without sufficient Chakra, learning any amount of Ninjutsu is futile.

And the amount of Chakra seems to be fixed from birth for everyone.

To surpass his own limitations, Orochimaru had long understood the only solution: to obtain the "bloodline" that those ninja clans possessed by nature.

And to integrate those bloodlines into himself, this Doctor's knowledge could help him avoid at least thirty to forty years of detours.

"Forceful? Mr. Orochimaru, you shouldn't say such things. Dr. Mei is my dearest friend, like family, a sworn sibling... I'm still waiting for her to introduce her assistant girl group to me as wives."

Cang Xuan, who hadn't yet been promoted to a little ancestor, rolled her eyes. This man was the one Dr. Mei had her eye on. They, the little assistants, wouldn't dare to be greedy and claim him. Moreover, this man seemed a bit too flirtatious, and she wasn't planning on sharing a man with multiple women right now.

"It seems my attitude was a bit too gentle, Emiya-kun... What we ninjas want, we usually... obtain by any means necessary."

"Why didn't you just say so earlier?"

Shirou sneered. Orochimaru was never a kind person, whether in his youth or later when he evolved into the "snake dad" era of Mitsuki's biological father. Only a select few who caught his eye would receive a bit of his emotional investment; everyone else was just a tool to him.

"Shadow Snake Hand—!"

The moment Shirou finished speaking, this cold man, without hesitation, launched a fierce attack. His unique snake-style ninjutsu locked onto Shirou's throat and bit down.

"Calm down a little."

Ninjas' physical fitness isn't bad. As an all-around ninja, Orochimaru's taijutsu is naturally not bad either, but that depends on who you compare him to. Easily dodging the snake-style ninjutsu attack, Shirou's palm landed on Orochimaru's body, directly activating the Devil Fruit's ability...

Paramecia Devil Fruits, some of them, indeed possess excellent 'one-hit kill' capabilities.

"Rewind."

The Age-Age Fruit's ability activated. Orochimaru instinctively sensed danger and, without hesitation, immediately used the Substitution Technique, leaving behind a humanoid figure made of mud in his place. He then quickly burrowed underground, putting distance between himself and Shirou.

When he resurfaced, he found that the temporary mud substitute he had just created not far away had shrunk several times. Although only its appearance had changed slightly, it gave the impression of being "younger," and... the structure constructed by Earth Style was also rapidly disintegrating and turning to sand.

"What a bizarre technique."

"Does it take contact to activate? Some kind of Kekkei Genkai?"

Orochimaru's vigilance increased significantly, but he didn't feel any fear deep down. The combat methods among ninjas were unpredictable. He had encountered too many enemies with novel techniques throughout his life. If the opponent only had this one move...

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique."

Maintaining distance, Orochimaru unhesitatingly chose to use a long-range ninjutsu. Since the opponent's technique could be activated by contact, then... long-range ninjutsu became the best way to fight.

"Fire Style can't kill people. Never mind, I won't waste any more time with you... Projection, begin, Unlimited: Replico!"

Thirty Noble Phantasms were replicated and projected, and the entire sky was instantly obscured by dense blades. The moment he saw those sharp swords, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart...

"Can't block it."

The instant those swords locked onto his position, he could clearly understand that those swords were no ordinary items. Each sword could pose a fatal threat to him.

Each of those swords was a famous blade comparable to the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and there were as many as three hundred such famous swords floating above his head. Even using the Snake Substitution Technique would be difficult to withstand such a saturation bombardment of famous blades.

"Escape."

The moment this thought surfaced in his mind, his body unhesitatingly burrowed underground, quickly fleeing into the distance.

"Trying to escape? Isn't it a bit too late?"

[PS: The previous chapter initially wrote "Seshishi Fruit," which has now been changed to "Age-Age Fruit."]

Chapter 072: Every country has its laws, every village has its rules, and outsider ninja villages are too impolite!

Ninja techniques were honed through long years of warfare.

These types of techniques usually only served two specific purposes:

Killing enemies and preserving oneself.

After entering the era of ninja villages, the Second Hokage made the Three Transformations the first lesson that all ninjas must study. During this period, almost all ninjas qualified to graduate as Genin mastered the Three Transformations, a set of life-saving techniques. As for methods to kill enemies, even ordinary shuriken or poison wouldn't be considered despicable or shameless by anyone.

Therefore, In the current era, ninjas often invest more energy in self-preservation than in killing techniques.

Only by staying alive can one deal damage. As long as there's a breath left, even a single kunai can have a chance to ultimately take the enemy's life.

This world isn't like One Piece, where you're tied up and can't be killed.

"Breathing fire is a flashy ability that's not as good as just having a gun. However, the technique of moving underground is quite interesting."

"Changing soil layers to create temporary mobile gaps? Chakra as an energy source is indeed quite interesting."

A look of eagerness appeared in Mei's eyes. In her world, there were too few ways to deal with the Honkai. Apart from special weapons designed for the Honkai, other combat personnel still relied on their flesh and blood to charge the front lines. Even though their physical fitness could be temporarily enhanced by some special agents, compared to the large numbers of Honkai Beasts and pain-indifferent suicide soldiers... humanity's means of survival were still too few.

"It's bio-energy, yet it can interact with the material world."

"The source of this energy must also possess some kind of Imaginary nature."

According to the conjectures of Superstring Theory, Honkai Energy is essentially energy emanating from higher-dimensional space outside the conventionally observable four-dimensional spacetime. This energy can easily manipulate things in the material world of "four-dimensional spacetime," such as the most basic units of matter—particles, electrons, photons, neutrinos, and quarks, all of which are categorized within Superstring Theory as mere excitation states under different vibrational frequencies.

The "Imaginary" strings, currently unobservable by human technology, also possess the function of manipulating these fundamental units of the material world. This is one of the hypotheses derived from observations made by the cutting-edge scientists of the Flame-Chaser, using the Herrscher of the Void Core.

Unfortunately, despite having observable capabilities, humanity cannot derive any direct method to utilize Imaginary Internal Energy from the observational results of this Imaginary Space energy. The only Imaginary Internal Energy people can still touch remains "Honkai Energy."

It was originally a shortcut that could bypass the path of nuclear energy, but the possibility of touching it is hundreds or even thousands of times more difficult than directly researching nuclear fusion.

"What secrets does Chakra hide? I'm getting more and more interested."

"Shirou, I'm also very interested in the knowledge inside his head. Keep him for me."

"Doctor, this slippery snake is hard to catch."

"I'm counting on you. This is a commission."

[You have received a new commission!]

A bad woman is starting to get a hold of him.

"Later, I'll arrange for Mei to come over too. That child is an undisputed beauty."

"You're being too formal, Doctor. We're dear friends, like brothers sworn in brotherhood... If you need anything, I'm duty-bound, my brother!"

Earning points, no shame in that.

Mr. Emiya thought to himself, and his movements slowed slightly. With his current abilities, if he wasn't careful with his strength, he could actually kill Orochimaru. These fragile ninjas, though not easily killed by Fire Style, would die if pierced by blades. Not just Orochimaru, even Old Man Madara would have to sacrifice an eye to survive.

So, ninjutsu clashes can't kill people; blades are more practical.

"Brother Orochimaru, weren't we just having a pleasant chat? Coincidentally, the Doctor is also very interested in you. Why don't you come inside and have a cup of tea with us?"

From a distance, Shirou called out to Orochimaru, who was burrowing through the earth. Orochimaru, who instantly surfaced, merely glanced back at him with a gloomy look and said nothing more, continuing to flee in the distance.

"Every country has its laws, every village has its rules. Outsider ninja villages are too impolite! I invited him so warmly to stay as a guest, and he actually refused to give me face."

"Stop messing around. With the information from a local, at least we won't have to explore many basics from scratch."

"Alright, alright... Then, let's use some of the ninja world's original abilities."

A scarlet hue suddenly appeared in his pupils. Uchiha Hikari was always right under his nose. The eyes of this clan are famously USB-like, plug-and-play. Even Kakashi said they were useful. Although they consume a lot of chakra, it couldn't stop Uchiha Hikari's Mangekyo Sharingan from being "Yachihoko," which could connect to others' Chakra and spirit.

Tens of thousands of people from the Uzumaki Clan were now linked by Shirou's Mangekyo.

Chakra, kid!

Even if Hashirama Senju were resurrected, he wouldn't dare compete with the entire Uzumaki Clan in terms of Chakra quantity.

"Susanoo—!"

With the Chakra of the Uzumaki Clan as his backing, Shirou pushed Susanoo to the limit he could currently support. A three-hundred-meter Karasu Tengu giant with wings, "Miss Hikari's ability? The Herrscher of Reason can completely regenerate human tissue..."

"The Imaginary Authority controlled by the Herrschers already involves directly manipulating 'laws.' Those Herrscher Cores must be fully utilized."

As Mei thought about the Imaginary meaning of Chakra and the Imaginary authority controlled by the Herrschers, Mr. Emiya 963 had already completed the Susanoo maneuver and swooped down in front of Mr. Orochimaru.

Facing the Karasu Tengu Susanoo, which exceeded four hundred meters in scale, Mr. Orochimaru politely raised his hands. Against such a monster, struggling was meaningless. The pressure brought by that amount of Chakra...

Even his teacher at their peak couldn't compare to a thousandth of it.

Let alone one of him, even a thousand of him would have no chance of struggling against this monster.

"Mr. Orochimaru, our Doctor wants to invite you back for some tea. What do you say?"

Standing atop the Karasu Tengu Susanoo, Mr. Emiya smiled as he looked at the man whose face couldn't hide his greed. This man wasn't fearing the power of Susanoo at this moment, but coveting it. His instinctive reaction was to obtain this power as well.

"Our Doctor said, as long as you can surrender..."

"I surrender."

"So decisive?"

"Emiya-kun, I'm not joking with my life. I still have the ideal of reaching eternal life... so I absolutely cannot die here."

"Then congratulations. You've saved yourself thirty years of detours. Cold Lord Orochimaru, joining the research institute early to focus on what you like, and also avoiding being used as a tool by a bunch of teenagers."

"What do you mean?"

Chapter 073: By God, Jiraiya, you damn bastard for running off alone?! (5/5)

"Orochimaru, the future S-rank rogue ninja of Konoha, the founder of Otogakure, the organizer of the Konoha Collapse Plan, the great sinner who personally killed the Third Hokage, the inventor of Curse Mark Mode, the spiritual mentor for the orphans of the ninja world, the fuse of the Third Great Ninja War, the perfecter of Impure World Reincarnation, the angel investor for the Indra Reincarnator, the dream fulfiller for the Asura Reincarnator."

"Also, the 'biological father' and 'mother' of Mitsuki, a member of the Seventh Hokage's son's team... See, after all that, haven't you returned to Konoha to honestly be a researcher? So, by saving yourself thirty to forty years of detours, joining us now is not a waste of precious time in your life."

After bringing Orochimaru back to where Mei and the others were, Mr. Emiya recounted Orochimaru's future legendary deeds in the ninja world as if he were listing treasures, Including, but not limited to, personally killing his master only to be sealed by his master instead, nurturing Sasuke Uchiha only to be killed by him, and even having to be dragged out of the Curse Mark as a tool for Impure World Reincarnation while in a state of presumed death.

"Seventh Hokage... Who is the Fourth?"

As Orochimaru listened to his future deeds, although he was shocked, his mind instinctively sought the answer to a crucial question:

"It's not you, it's Jiraiya..."

"Impossible! How could that idiot..."

"...be Jiraiya's student, Minato Namikaze."

Minato Namikaze?

I actually lost to Jiraiya's student?

Mr. Orochimaru seemed unable to accept this for a moment...

[+27 Emotion Value from Orochimaru]

Mr. Emiya, listening to the pleasant sound, continued with a smile, "Don't worry too much about it. Jiraiya's future students are all terrifying. There's Nagato Uzumaki, who was given a pair of Rinnegan and can kill you with a single glare. There's Naruto Uzumaki, who inherited the Sage of Six Paths' Six Paths Yang Power and can casually conjure Sage Mode Tailed Beast Bombs with a raise of his hand... Compared to these two, Minato Namikaze is quite 'ordinary.' He isn't from any ninja clan, he simply sealed half of the Nine-Tails within himself to become a perfect Jinchuriki, he knows Sage Mode, created his own Inkless A-Rank Ninjutsu, perfected the Flying Thunder God Technique, and is known as the fastest in the ninja world."

What the hell, do you even hear yourself?!

These terms sounded like gibberish to him. He understood many of the words individually, but when combined, they made no sense... Sage Mode and Tailed Beast Bombs could be conjured with a casual raise of a hand?

Sealing half of the Nine-Tails within himself to become a perfect Jinchuriki? Was that something an ordinary ninja could do? He also learned Sage Mode and perfected the Flying Thunder God Technique?

The most shocking was the first one, being given a pair of Rinnegan? Damn it... why couldn't I have been given a pair to enjoy too? He could kill me with a single glare? Jiraiya, where the hell did you find these freaks?

[+37 Emotion Value from Orochimaru]

[+21 Emotion Value from Orochimaru]

[+15 Emotion Value from Orochimaru]

Although Orochimaru desperately wanted to deny everything the man before him said, to dismiss it all as lies, the man could transform into a three-hundred-meter-tall Susanoo at will. With that kind of power as his authority, Orochimaru couldn't muster even a shred of doubt.