[Orochimaru injected Hashirama Cells into your body.] [You felt pain—excruciating pain.] [You began to deform.] [You broke down.] [You turned into a small sapling.] [You died.] [Please choose one of the following two options as your reward.] [1: Hashirama Cells (tree-transformation state).] [2: The item clenched tightly in your hand before your death.]
"I choose 2!"
The next moment, two scrolls appeared in Uchiha Setsuna's hands.
In this Life Simulation, Uchiha Setsuna had done many things. His gains might not have been great, but he had obtained quite a bit of useful information—information that would come in handy next time.
"First, the secret chamber in the Mizukage Office Building has barrier seals just like the one in the Hokage Office Building's secret chamber. They can't be broken easily."
"All ninja villages place great importance on this."
"Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure must be the same."
"Second, Konoha definitely placed some sort of mark on me—no, on every Uchiha. I just don't know what it is. That's why they discovered me not long after I reentered the Land of Fire."
"No wonder I couldn't escape in so many previous Life Simulations, no matter which direction I fled—whether toward the Land of Fire's border or the Iron Country. Only after entering the Land of Water or the Land of Lightning and fighting ninjas from those two major nations did Konoha's ninjas give up."
"I had suspected it before. This time, it was confirmed."
"Only major ninja villages and powerful factions can buy me time."
"Third, Orochimaru had already established a base in the Land of Fields by this point."
"And he was deeply obsessed with research, desperate for experimental materials."
"So when I made it clear that I had come to be experimental material, Orochimaru was more than happy to take