For the sake of his son, Hatake Sakumo had worried himself sick. Even though his son Kakashi was seen by everyone as an absolute genius, outsiders would never understand a father's painstaking intentions.
Hatake Sakumo was put in charge of the mission to temper Namikaze Minato. This gave Hikaru time to deal with other matters instead of constantly rushing back and forth.
"My lord, are you sure you want to do this? Besides, our current technology still seems far from perfect. First Hokage's cells aren't something ordinary people can withstand, let alone children."
Inside an underground research base in a remote region of the Land of Fire, Orochimaru looked at the research plan Danzo had laid out and felt that it was inappropriate to launch it now.
It would be better to wait until further progress had been made in the research on the First Hokage's cells.
"There isn't time. You know that both my clan and I are unwelcome in the village now. It's all because of that damned Uchiha Hikaru. I've also discovered that Anbu agents are watching me in secret. This plan must be launched immediately. There can be no delay. I'm afraid that if we wait too long, things may change. If Uchiha Hikaru and the Anbu find this place, all our efforts will have been for nothing."
The originally gloomy Danzo had now become a madman driven by extremism, wanting only to launch the plan at once. Ever since Hikaru had dealt him a vicious blow, Danzo had kept himself hidden in the shadows and rarely appeared before others.
Now, all he wanted was to uncover the secrets of the First Hokage's cells as quickly as possible. In this underground laboratory, large numbers of children had been captured and brought here. The fate awaiting them