Black Zetsu approached the Konoha Laboratory with unsteady steps.
I've really had enough of Konoha. An unexpected setback with the Nine-Tails was bad enough, but even a nobody like Danzo managed to derail me!
Honestly, I refuse to believe anything will go wrong with Orochimaru too!
He hugged the wall of the Konoha Laboratory, inching forward cautiously, ready to retreat at any moment.
Who knows how far Konoha's scientific research has advanced? In a place as tightly secured as a laboratory, you really can't be too careful...
With that thought, Black Zetsu had Leaf Dragon take the lead. He crept forward slowly, then slipped into Orochimaru's laboratory without a hitch.
The room was packed with experimental equipment, the cold surfaces of the instruments reflecting a harsh light.
A long-haired man in a white lab coat stared intently at the apparatus before him, watching a glass tube filled with translucent liquid. Veins stood out on his arms, and he looked extremely tense.
Orochimaru had the financial backing of all of Konoha, and privately used the Summoning Technique to "borrow" research funds from elsewhere.
He could be said to possess the most luxurious research equipment and experimental materials in the entire shinobi world-everything a researcher could dream of.
Now, he seemed to be conducting some important experiment, and from the looks of it, he was about to succeed.
Holding the tube of medicinal liquid, Orochimaru stretched his mouth into a grin far wider than any ordinary person could manage. His laughter bordered on madness. "I did it! I've succeeded! This is the path to immortality! This is immortality!"
Orochimaru's laughter echoed through the laboratory, his low, hoarse voice brimming with irrepressible delight.
Watching his back, Black Zetsu concealed himself, disdain rising in his heart.
*What an arrogant human, daring to reach for