Qian Ye closed the cross-world chat group interface in his mind.
He had just sent Zhao Hai a detailed analysis of the coming battle through the group.
The Paramount War was a monumental upheaval that would affect the entire Great Pirate Era.
Marine Headquarters, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Shichibukai, and Blackbeard would all be drawn into it.
As long as Zhao Hai could play a pivotal role in that war, the plot deviation points he earned would be astronomical.
Once the Mutual Aid Group reached a higher level, the volume of resources exchanged between the two worlds would increase dramatically as well.
To reap enough benefits from a battlefield where titans clashed, they needed enough strength to hold their own.
Qian Ye stood up and rolled his wrists.
Zhao Hai had to face Whitebeard and the Three Admirals in the Pirate World, while he needed to hurry up and milk more money out of people in the Naruto World.
He changed into ordinary black casual clothes, pushed open the back door, avoided the eyes watching the streets, and slipped into the Hidden Leaf's dark, damp underground tunnels.
A few minutes later, Qian Ye arrived at Orochimaru's underground laboratory, following a familiar route.
The laboratory smelled of disinfectant and formalin.
Orochimaru was bent over, holding tweezers as he examined the cell tissue in a petri dish.
Hearing footsteps, Orochimaru spoke without turning around:
"Qian Ye, every time you come to see me, you bring something that keeps me awake at night."
"What treasure have you brought this time?"
Qian Ye smiled and summoned two freshly cut slabs of Sea King back meat from his storage scroll with a pop.
Living strands of blood still pulsed across the meat's surface.
"Fresh Sea King flesh from the Grand Line. Its cellular activity is