Seeing Orochimaru agree to his demands, Qingyun nodded in satisfaction. "Orochimaru, you'll be proud of the decision you made today. I'll leave the Flying Fortress here for now. This is how to open its barrier. From now on, arrange for jonin to come here every day and feed their chakra into it. That's the only way to keep the Flying Fortress running."
As he spoke, Qingyun taught Orochimaru the hand seals needed to open the Flying Fortress's barrier.
Orochimaru carefully memorized the hand seals Qingyun taught him. Before long, once he had learned how to open the barrier, he looked at Qingyun and said, "Qingyun, I can get this Energy Conversion Device built in half a month at most.
"Also, since I'm working for you now, do I still need to join the Akatsuki, as that fellow calling himself Madara Uchiha and Danzo asked me to?"
After considering it for a moment, Qingyun looked at Orochimaru. "It's up to you. If you want to join the Akatsuki, go ahead. After all, working with them might bring you some very interesting research material. You can also use their intelligence network to help me track down Hiruko.
"If possible, invite him to join us, too. Besides him, keep an eye out for anyone with a talent for scientific research. Have them work with you to improve this Flying Fortress. It could be an enormous help to me in the future!"
"Is that so? All right. Once I finish researching the Energy Conversion Device, I'll find a way to join the Akatsuki. Speaking of which, I'm quite interested in the Rinnegan. I'd love to get my hands on those eyes and study them!"
As Orochimaru listened to Qingyun, his tongue flicked out now and then. Clearly, he still coveted the Rinnegan.
Qingyun rolled