"Mom, the pain of loneliness will stay with you for all eternity."
"Mom, when Father and Uncle pass away too, you'll be in terrible pain, won't you? You came out for a stroll to ease your depression because you didn't want to live under that oppressive weight, right?"
"Mom, the longer someone lives, the weaker the urge to reproduce in their genes becomes. Has being immortal reduced your desire to reproduce to almost nothing? Is that why you still haven't had children?"
"Mom, don't worry. I've already started researching it. Even if everyone else leaves you, I'll find a way to achieve immortality. I'll always honor you, and I'll always be your child..."
Yanbai was wandering the streets alone again. Orochimaru had said a great deal to him and once again found an excuse to work nonstop: "To live forever alongside Mother."
This was... utterly awful.
Who wants your company? You little brat! You bastard!
Konoha Shinobi Village was far more prosperous now than it would have been at this point in its original fate, and its population had reached unprecedented heights.
It wasn't just Konoha. The entire Land of Fire was developing rapidly.
Whenever Konoha came up with something new, the Land of Fire would be sure to get it right away.
Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru had become major reasons why the Daimyo of the Land of Fire could not move against Konoha, no matter what.
Their interests were already intertwined.
But if Orochimaru began experimenting on humans...
Some supposedly insignificant people in Konoha Shinobi Village or the Land of Fire would disappear, and that would not do.
Even though the populations of the Land of Fire and Konoha Shinobi Village were already growing rapidly, such inhumane acts were absolutely unacceptable.
Everyone only got one shot at life.