Before coming, Yakushi Kabuto had already looked into Takigakure Village.
According to the information, the giant tree in front of them is honored as a sacred tree in their legends. Every hundred years, it will accumulate a small bottle of mysterious liquid that can instantly give ordinary ninja dozens of times more Chakra.
Even if this state cannot be maintained for a long time, it is undoubtedly a precious treasure.
Although Yakushi Kabuto has mastered Sage Mode, Chakra is still a weakness for him.
If the 'Hero Water' really has this effect, it would be a good trump card.
The ninja named Suien was asked for by name by Yakushi Kabuto, his expression changed slightly, and he lowered his eyes and said respectfully,
"What this lord doesn't know is that 'Hero Water' has considerable side effects..."
After taking it, ninja without exception will suffer greatly due to overdrafting their life force. Younger ninja might be okay, but if they are middle-aged or elderly people who are already dying, they will likely die because of it.
"For ninja at your level, this kind of thing is just useless."
Suien's attitude was very respectful, but his words were full of excuses.
The reason he betrayed Takigakure Village was for the Hero Water, so he wouldn't easily give it to others.
"Whether it's useless or not is not up to you."
Yakushi Kabuto licked his lips, a dangerous aura flashing in his eyes, "Since I asked, you will bring it to me."
Now his persona doesn't have any 'good guy' labels. If he wants something, he can just take it by force. He also did the same thing before by destroying Takigakure Village and taking the Tailed Beast.
He should know the price of dealing with a tiger.
Suien met those snakelike eyes, his body chilled, and he felt as if the blood in his whole body had solidified. He turned his head stiffly and looked at Kakuzu for help.
"I promised this a long time ago."
Kakuzu took a step forward, blocking Yakushi Kabuto's gaze, and said expressionlessly, "Hero Water is the reward I promised him."
"You really make a profit without capital."
Yakushi Kabuto smiled slightly and withdrew his gaze. "But it's okay, I'll just come again after this is over. It's just a bit more walking."
Yakushi Kabuto was open and did not hide his intentions, which made Suien, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, feel his heart rise again.
Kakuzu frowned slightly. Yakushi Kabuto was giving him face by not taking it directly, but who can keep track of what happens after that? He won't be Suien's babysitter.
After thinking for a moment, Kakuzu said to Suien, "Give him half of the sacred tree's sap."
"This…"
Suien's expression froze, but he couldn't disobey Kakuzu's order. He immediately took out a gourd-shaped transparent container from his arms, poured out half of it, and handed it to Kabuto as the price of saving his life.
Yakushi Kabuto smiled and immediately put it into a scroll.
Having obtained the Jinchuriki of Takigakure Village, they had no interest in paying attention to the fleeing Takigakure Village ninja and villagers. The group disappeared on the spot.
Ignoring the traces of the battle, the paradise-like village behind the waterfall returned to its former tranquility.
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Laboratory, in the dim light, a python hissed.
On the ground, a viper that appeared out of nowhere slithered to Orochimaru's feet and carefully spat out a white bottle from its mouth.
Orochimaru shook off the mucus on it, opened the letter that the viper also spat out, and glanced at it. He turned his gaze back to the container,
"This is Hero Water, it looks quite simple."
The transparent liquid had no energy fluctuations, almost like ordinary pure water.
After thinking for a moment, Orochimaru poured out a small cup of Hero Water and poured it into the body of a small snake.
Instantly, the Chakra in the python's body began to surge, twisting restlessly in his hand, making a hissing sound, appearing extremely painful.
When the Chakra began to fall back, Orochimaru took a scalpel and cut open the snake's flesh.
In the blood, the texture of the muscles showed a slight woody structure.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, and he healed the small snake's wound, but smiled, "So that's how it is."
In the ninja world, in the original environment, the only things that can make a ninja's Chakra skyrocket are the natural energy accumulated in the earth veins, and the rest is related to the Ootsuki clan.
When he heard about the sacred tree and 'tree sap,' Orochimaru guessed that it was related to the original Divine Tree.
And the price of skyrocketing power, it seems now, is the result of the Divine Tree's characteristics eroding it.
"How is it? Do you want to go to Takigakure Village?"
The lamp spirit poked his head out and glanced at the letter, "That Kabuto is careful; he even prepared the entrance and exit to Takigakure Village."
Orochimaru shook his head. "We'll talk about it later. There's no hurry."
After sending the tail-devourer into the Pure Land through the 'Spiritual Transformation Technique,' his work focus turned back to the study of First Hokage cells.
Now that the Chakra intensity problem has been solved, some cell fusion techniques are almost without danger, but achieving perfect fusion is too difficult.
The invasiveness of First Hokage cells can be fully seen in high-level ninja.
Currently, Orochimaru is studying White Zetsu's clone. This body is a product of humans from the 'Kaguya' era, eroded by the Divine Tree's characteristics inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
It is inherently a product of the balance between human and Ootsuki bloodlines, which is of great research value and has good reference value for his current experiments.
However, after all, it is just a clone, and its strength level is too low. Compared with First Hokage Senju Hashirama, the perfect plant man, it is still much worse.
In a square container, after Orochimaru cultivated them, White Zetsu's cells accumulated half a pool.
After testing, these things are very easy to raise, and they don't refuse any nutrients, it's just a matter of speed of growth.
"I think you should still be careful."
The lamp spirit looked at this pool of cells back and forth and tilted his head, "This thing's life form is different from humans; it may have the ability to be reborn."
After all, the vitality of plants far exceeds that of animals.
In his memory, the lamp spirit felt that the only one who could completely solve White Zetsu was Naruto, who entered 'Nine Tails Chakra Mode,' and directly turned it into a big tree with life-filled Chakra.
"I will pay attention."
Orochimaru nodded slightly, changing methods to stimulate changes in White Zetsu cells, destroying its stable state, in order to explore the boundaries of the plant-man form.
In a flash, another half month passed.
At some point, a python appeared out of nowhere in the laboratory.
Orochimaru frowned slightly as he sensed the snake's aura.
The one communicating with him was not Yakushi Kabuto, but the Snake Princess of Ryuuchi Cave.
"Tsk tsk... It seems that the three Snake Princesses have been waiting too long."
The lamp spirit poked his head out from behind Orochimaru and laughed,
"Although their sense of time is a bit unusual, it is indeed a bit much to say that you would let them get some air, but you left them out for several months."
Orochimaru glanced at the lamp spirit, "Since you remember, why didn't you remind me?"
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