Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Shindai's request and would hand Shindai's transmitter to Pakura.
With this transmitter, as long as Pakura sent him a special signal, he would be able to find her directly based on her location.
If that were the case, it would be pretty much settled.
Pakura's matter was temporarily resolved; next was his own business.
He was about to have a two-person world with Orochimaru; who could handle that!
Hiruzen Sarutobi said to Orochimaru, "Alright, Orochimaru, you and Shindai go prepare and then you can depart. Orochimaru, remember what I said."
Orochimaru nodded, then stood up and left the office with Shindai.
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the pipe he had just put down, took a deep puff, and sighed.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had already sensed some abnormality in Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's personality was becoming increasingly cold, and many strange things had occurred in the areas where Orochimaru had been stationed.
For example, enemy corpses mysteriously disappearing.
When Danzo came to him, hoping Orochimaru would join Root, he should have refused.
Danzo himself was an extremely radical person, resorting to any means necessary, and Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Orochimaru would be influenced by Danzo and become increasingly extreme as well.
Hiruzen Sarutobi really did not want his favorite disciple to go astray.
Originally, Hiruzen Sarutobi intended to have Orochimaru take Anko Mitarashi as his disciple.
Because Anko Mitarashi had a cheerful personality, Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped that Anko Mitarashi's cheerful personality could influence Orochimaru.
However, now there was a more suitable candidate.
Minato Namikaze had mentioned to Hiruzen Sarutobi that thanks to Shindai's help in bringing Kakashi out of the darkness, Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped Shindai could also change Orochimaru's personality.
...
Shindai followed Orochimaru out of the Hokage Building.
Orochimaru suddenly stopped, and Shindai, lost in thought, wasn't paying attention and bumped directly into Orochimaru's rear.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, Orochimaru-sama."
Orochimaru turned... then looked down at Shindai and said, "You have an hour to pack your things and wait for me at the village gate."
"Yes, I understand, Orochimaru-sama!"
Orochimaru turned back and walked forward.
Shindai mumbled softly, "I didn't expect his butt to be so perky and elastic..."
Orochimaru stopped again, turned, and looked at Shindai expressionlessly.
Shindai immediately panicked, not knowing what he was thinking, and actually gave Orochimaru a thumbs-up: "Sexy perky butt, a must-have for men! Orochimaru-sama is truly one of the Sannin, his butt is so perky it almost bounced me over!"
Shindai seemed to see a black line on Orochimaru's forehead.
Orochimaru silently turned his head back again, and left with slightly faster steps than before.
Shindai, meanwhile, stood frozen for a minute, then shivered violently, his toes curling in embarrassment.
What had he just said to Orochimaru!
Shindai scratched his head; he had accidentally mistaken Orochimaru for Obito just now, and his mouth had no filter, just spouting nonsense!
It's all Obito's fault!
Orochimaru shouldn't be so petty, right? He was basically complimenting Orochimaru; who doesn't want a perky butt! He certainly wanted one!
Shindai, having self-hypnotized himself, fled home as if on the run.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had witnessed the entire process from the window, burst into laughter.
Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed until tears almost came out: "That expression on Orochimaru's face just now, I haven't seen it in so long. When was the last time? It feels like a very long time ago, it was Jiraiya who made Orochimaru show that speechless expression just now, I really miss it.
What on earth is in that kid Shindai's head? Sexy perky butt, a must-have for men..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi touched his own butt and immediately stopped laughing.
He was only in his 50s now, and his buttocks were already showing signs of sagging. No, as Hokage, he should be the sexiest man in all of Konoha; he would have to focus on training his glutes from now on.
Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled as he looked at the sky, now feeling more and more that recommending Shindai to be Orochimaru's disciple was the correct decision.
Just at the beginning, he made Orochimaru show such an expression; Orochimaru would have a headache in the future.
...
Shindai returned to his home.
Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara were all at his house.
As soon as they saw Shindai return, they excitedly asked him for the results.
Shindai was now filled with anger seeing these three: "Is this your house or my house? Why does my house feel like a public place where you three can just walk in! Privacy, do you know what privacy is?"
Obito urged, "That's not important! What's important is the result, did Orochimaru-sama take you as his disciple?"
Shindai retorted angrily, "What do you mean 'not important'? This is very important! Forget it, you three clearly have no manners, you definitely don't understand what privacy is.
Orochimaru-sama didn't take me as his disciple, but he didn't refuse either; he wants to observe me. Now I'm going to be Orochimaru-sama's subordinate and follow Orochimaru-sama to guard the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass!"
Obito sighed in disappointment, "What, Shindai, you're so useless! Hokage-sama even helped you make connections, and you still didn't succeed!"
Shindai's face immediately turned red with anger, "You're useful, why don't you go then! It's easy to talk when it doesn't hurt; I really want to gouge out your eyeballs and play with them!"
Obito immediately protected his eyes, "Shindai, how can you be so cruel!"
Kakashi advised, "Alright, Obito, Shindai also said that he's currently in the observation period, which means as long as Shindai passes Orochimaru-sama's observation, there's still a chance for him to become Orochimaru-sama's disciple."
Rin Nohara encouraged, "Shindai, you have to work hard, you absolutely must become Orochimaru-sama's disciple!"
Shindai suddenly felt something was off and asked strangely, "Why are you three so invested in this? You're completely over-invested. Does me becoming Orochimaru-sama's disciple benefit you three in any way?"
"Ha, how could there be any benefit!"
"Because Shindai, you're our comrade, so it's normal for us to care about you, isn't it!"
"Shindai, don't overthink it, aren't you very eager to learn Orochimaru-sama's scientific knowledge? This is a great opportunity!"
Shindai squinted at the three people before him, and a voice in his heart told him that these three definitely had a conspiracy, but there was no evidence.
"Ah! I only have an hour to pack, and half an hour has already passed! I need to hurry! No time to chat with you all!"
Shindai quickly packed his things, stuffing them haphazardly into his backpack, said goodbye to Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, and told them to inform Uzumaki Kushina for him, then left in a hurry. He wouldn't dare stand up Orochimaru.
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