Orochimaru shook his head and threw these thoughts behind him.
Half an hour later.
The operation is over.
Rin Nohara was pushed into the recovery room, and his body was still connected to various monitoring instruments.
Senju Chen stood outside the glass window, looking at Lin lying on the hospital bed, with a smile on her lips.
"Teacher, thank you for your hard work."
"It's a small matter." Orochimaru took off her surgical clothes, "But this girl has a strong recovery ability and will wake up in about three days."
"Three days..." Senju Chen nodded, "Then I will wait here for three days."
"It's up to you." Orochimaru turned and left, "By the way, the adaptive training over there at Kakuzu is almost done. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Okay."
Senju Chen followed Orochimaru to another area of the laboratory.
This is a venue specially used to test the combat capabilities of "experimental subjects".
A huge underground space surrounded by thick metal walls.
Kakuzu is standing in the center of the field.
Countless black lines were wrapped around his body.
Those lines twist in the air, like living creatures.
"Let's get started." Orochimaru pressed a button.
"Boom--"
The ground cracked, and several humanoid puppets rose from below.
Those puppets exude powerful Chakra fluctuations.
"These are battle puppets I made with special materials." Orochimaru explained, "Each one has Jonin level of strength."
"Let me see what you can do now."
Kakuzu said nothing.
He just raised his right hand.
The black lines suddenly surged and swept towards the puppets.
"Fire Release·Searing Migraine!"
"Wind Release·Press!"
"Lightning Release·False Darkness!"
Ninjutsu with three different attributes are released at the same time.
Those puppets didn't even have time to react before they were blown to pieces.
"Oh?" Orochimaru's eyes lit up, "Ninjutsu uses three attributes at the same time... it seems to be well integrated."
"Teacher, give me a copy of all the data on Kakuzu, including the research data on Earth Grudge Fear."
"Oh? Are you interested in this?" Orochimaru saw Senju Chen's rare interest in experiments and couldn't help but ask.
"Well, thank you, teacher."
Kakuzu returned to his fighting state without any expression on his face.
But Senju Chen can see that this old guy's strength has indeed improved a lot.
At least twice as strong as before.
"Very good." Senju Chen walked into the venue and patted Kakuzu on the shoulder, "It seems that my investment was not in vain."
Kakuzu's mouth twitched.
Invest...
This kid really treats him as a commodity.
"By the way." Senju Chen suddenly remembered something, "I have already collected your bounty, a total of thirty-five million taels."
"Deduct the cost of this transformation and the medical expenses you owed me before..."
"I will transfer the remaining money to your account."
Kakuzu's face turned completely black.
"You... how much did you deduct?"
"Not much." Senju Chen said with a smile, "Only thirty million taels."
"What?!" Kakuzu's voice suddenly rose, "You're robbing someone on horseback!"
"Don't get excited." Senju Chen waved his hand, "Just think, each of five high-quality hearts is worth at least five million taels."
"Coupled with the fusion experiment of Tailed Beast cells, it is a priceless treasure."
"And the surgery fees for my teacher and Mr. Amado..."
"Taken together, thirty million taels is already a friendly price."
Kakuzu Take a deep breath.
Now he just wants to strangle this Senju Clan brat in front of him.
But he can't.
There are marks on his body, he can't be beaten, he can't escape.
"Okay, okay." Senju Chen patted Kakuzu on the shoulder, "Work hard for me from now on. Money and other things are easy to negotiate."
"By the way, I have a task for you in a few days."
"What mission?" Kakuzu asked through gritted teeth.
"Go to the Land of Earth border." Senju Chen's tone became serious, "Go to a puppet master named Sasori of the Red Sand. This guy is the traitorous ninja of Land of Wind. The bounty is not low."
"Rebel?" Kakuzu was stunned.
"Yes." Senju Chen nodded, "Let's find out about him first. This guy is not weak, and ordinary people can't handle it."
"Don't worry, once you find it, the reward will be yours."
"... really?"
Looking at Kakuzu's suspicious eyes, the corners of Senju Chen's mouth twitched unconsciously.
Three days later.
Restoration indoors.
Rin Nohara slowly opened his eyes.
What catches the eye is the white ceiling and various instruments.
"Are you awake?"
A gentle voice came from the side.
Lin turned her head.
Senju Chen is sitting by the bed with a smile on his face.
"Chen-kun..." Lin's voice was hoarse, "Surgery..."
"Very successful." Senju Chen poured a glass of water and handed it to her, "The spell has been completely removed and Three-Tails is also very stable."
Lin took the water glass, her hands shaking slightly.
"Really... succeeded?"
"Of course." Senju Chen nodded, "My teacher is Orochimaru. This minor surgery is nothing to him."
Lin lowered her head, her eyes slightly red.
"Thank you, really thank you, Chen-kun."
"It's okay, let's have a good rest first."
The next morning.
Outside the laboratory.
"Little Chen." Orochimaru came over and handed him a scroll, "This is the body data of Kakuzu and the research report of Earth Grudge Fear."
"Thank you, teacher." Senju Chen took the scroll, "By the way, teacher, over there Xuanyuan Gari..."
"Don't worry. I'll let them come one by one. Make sure everyone gets the best 'upgrade'."
Senju Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"Teacher, I'll leave first."
Senju Chen turned around directly and left the research institute together with Rin Nohara and Kakuzu who were waiting outside.
Orochimaru stood there, looking at the back of Senju Chen, with a trace of complicated emotions flashing in his eyes.
"This kid..." he murmured to himself, "Is getting more and more interesting."
Deep underground.
In the dark cave, only a few luminous plants provided weak light.
Madara Uchiha sat on the stone chair, tapping the armrest with his old fingers.
"Click, click, click..."
Rhythmic sounds echoed in the empty cave.
If Senju Chen were here, he would definitely be shocked, because Madara Uchiha is still alive. You must know that in the original work, after Obito witnessed the death of Rin Nohara, Madara Uchiha couldn't bear to die. As a result, it has been so long now, and this old guy is still holding on.
And his eyes, those eyes that should have been empty in the original work, are now rotating with three Tomoes, staring fixedly at the training ground ahead.
There, Obito Uchiha is training Taijutsu sweating profusely.
A punch, a kick, a turn...
Every movement has the flavor of hard work.
"Huh... huh..."
Obito Uchiha The sound of heavy breathing came.