Orochimaru left the Root's base, and before he could even exit Training Ground No. 0, a dark figure pounced towards him.
"Hikari, didn't I tell you to wait for me outside?"
Orochimaru reached out and caught the pouncing figure, saying.
"I wanted to see you sooner."
Uchiha Hikari buried her face in Orochimaru's chest and rubbed it, "I chatted with that masked weirdo for a while."
"Hikari caused you trouble."
Orochimaru looked at the "weirdo" Uchiha Hikari mentioned. He was a Root Ninja responsible for security at Training Ground No. 0.
"Orochimaru-sama, it's my honor."
The Root Ninja wearing a dog mask said respectfully.
"How's your arm?"
Orochimaru remembered that this Root Ninja had lost an arm while on a secret mission and became the person in charge of raising rare beasts at Training Ground No. 0.
"Thanks to the Limb Regeneration Technique developed by Orochimaru-sama, my arm is completely fine!"
The Root Ninja's voice was filled with excitement and gratitude. He had thought he would live the rest of his life like that, never expecting Orochimaru-sama to develop such an amazing technique. After losing his arm for many years, he was once again back among normal people and could continue his Ninja career.
"That's good."
Orochimaru took Uchiha Hikari's hand and walked out.
What could this scroll be?
Orochimaru took out a scroll that Danzo Shimura had mysteriously given her before she left. Opening it, she found it was the A-rank Forbidden Technique, Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, developed by Senju Tobirama. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Good heavens, Danzo-sama, you really know how to stir things up!
Wait, giving me this Forbidden Technique... Orochimaru suddenly thought of the secret mission that Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't chosen anyone to execute yet, a mission that would truly impact the war between Konoha and Iwagakure.
No way?
Is this mission going to be given to me, for me to lead a team to execute?
When you were about to choose someone to execute the mission, were you certain that I could learn it in a short time and prepare the exploding tags required for the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags?
Or... Orochimaru's mind conjured an image of Danzo Shimura walking through the Forbidden Jutsu Chamber, looking for a Forbidden Technique suitable for her, and then choosing Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
Oh, this is powerful. I even saw Tobirama-sama use it!
"Orochimaru?"
Uchiha Hikari looked at Orochimaru's profile, curious about what she was thinking.
"Hikari, I'm thinking about some things."
Orochimaru took Uchiha Hikari's hand and walked out.
A few years ago, Orochimaru might have been happy, however, she had already deduced the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags based on its principles.
This scroll for Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags was in her hand, neither worth keeping nor discarding, it was a mere trifle.
Though it was useless, Orochimaru examined it to see if there were any differences from the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags she had deduced based on its principles.
The result was that the principles and effects were similar, but they actually went to two extremes.
Senju Tobirama's Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags continuously summoned exploding tags for continuous, concentrated, localized explosions, primarily aiming to thoroughly blow up the person on whom the exploding tags were affixed.
However, Orochimaru's Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags covered a certain area with continuous explosions, and what was sealed within the exploding tags was not Fire Release, but genuine Chakra explosives and Sage Art Explosives, making the power not on the same level.
Unleashing them would be enough to cover half of Konoha with continuous, incessant bombing, ensuring that within the bombing range, not even a single Ōtsutsuki cell would remain.
Of course, each explosion was real money, and the cost was not on the same level. Only with Orochimaru's current financial resources could she afford it. If it were Senju Tobirama, even if he arranged for Senju Hashirama to manually craft Sage Art Explosives, he would struggle to bear the cost of materials alone.
With Konoha's financial resources, an unrestrained bombing like Orochimaru's would lead to a fiscal deficit after just one round.
"Hmm?"
Orochimaru sensed a familiar Chakra and looked closely.
Oh, isn't that Chiyo disguised as a middle-aged woman?
She was enthusiastically chatting with a gossipy woman.
Hmm?
Uchiha Hikari followed Orochimaru's gaze and saw that Orochimaru was looking at a somewhat unusual middle-aged woman, and she stated with certainty: "Orochimaru, she's a Ninja."
"Indeed, she's an opponent I've mentioned to you before, one I've fought."
Orochimaru put away the scroll and, taking Uchiha Hikari, silently disappeared from the spot.
The current Konoha... Sunagakure cannot contend with it.
Chiyo walked down the street with a heavy expression. Once the Konoha Higher-Ups gave their answer, she would probably have to leave Konoha.
"What a coincidence."
Orochimaru blocked Chiyo's path, raising her hood to reveal a pair of golden eyes.
"Orochimaru..."
Chiyo was certain that Orochimaru had recognized her. She glanced at the girl beside her, easily recognizing her as a member of the Uchiha Clan, with Three-Tomoe Sharingan in her eyes.
At the barbecue restaurant, Orochimaru thought long and hard and concluded that this was the only place they could talk.
"Gathering intelligence, doesn't Sunagakure have intelligence Ninja stationed in Konoha?"
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