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The transaction with Orochimaru was three days later.
So, taking advantage of this time, Wujie and Xiang Ran first found Tsunade and met up with her. After a brief exchange of information, they let her go to the Land of Waves first to familiarize herself with the situation. After all, managing a ninja village and a country had some differences. Tsunade needed to at least know the size of the territory she was managing and how the common people lived.
Moreover, before this, the Land of Waves had no officials managing its affairs. All common people lived in units of villages in various places, and decisions were made by the virtuous elders within each village. However, the famous bridge builder, Tazuna, had established a bridge connecting the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire, so he enjoyed considerable prestige in this country.
Wujie informed Tsunade of this situation. If she wished, she could also recruit those individuals to assist her in management.
As for the specific remaining matters, they would discuss them in detail with Tsunade after Wujie returned from Orochimaru. For example, how to change the country's name, and how to establish the army in Wujie's words, and so on.
After sending Tsunade away, Wujie again gathered the Anbu from Grass Hidden Village and ordered them to search the entire ninja world for Gatō's former subordinates, the major tycoon who specialized in smuggling.
Gatō had become the richest man in the world through shipping and smuggling. He had a strong reputation in both the light and dark worlds. After his death, his power was not inherited by anyone but split apart. Some went solo, some were absorbed by other forces, some retired dejectedly, and some fell into trouble due to various issues. These people were all Wujie's targets.
Because Gatō's smuggling group was a very mature criminal organization, this group had existed for a long time and had clear divisions of labor and organizational structure. They had earned immense wealth for Gatō through trade, smuggling, and illegal transportation. Now, they held rich resources and personnel in their hands. If Wujie could reunite these people, it would be equivalent to directly inheriting Gatō's smuggling group!
And this was a crucial step in Wujie's plan, because the Land of Waves was simply too impoverished. This small place could not support Wujie and Tsunade's ambitions. Only by controlling maritime transport and smuggling could they earn enough money to support the army and develop the country. After all, Wujie couldn't always be like Naruto, racking his brains daily to find bounty targets and earn "meager" rewards.
After assigning all the tasks, Wujie and Xiang Ran used their remaining time to cultivate.
Wujie's main goal was to master the Four Violet Flames Formation. This was key to ensuring the success of his transaction with Orochimaru.
Xiang Ran, on the other hand, focused on Super Strength. She still couldn't unleash powerful attacks like Tsunade anytime, anywhere in battle. Once she thoroughly mastered this ninjutsu, her taijutsu would see a qualitative leap.
Three days passed quickly, and the two arrived at the contact location provided by Kabuto earlier.
Not long after, a ninja appeared in front of them and led them deep into the mountains. After about half a day of travel, the group entered a natural cave. Deep within the cave was a secret door, and opening it revealed the secret base Orochimaru had established here.
Torches flickered on the walls of the passage, casting the long shadows of their figures.
Wujie looked at this underground base, entirely built of green bricks, and couldn't help but wonder where Orochimaru got all his money from. And it wasn't just the base; the various research equipment and instruments Orochimaru possessed were also the most advanced and expensive in the entire ninja world.
Akatsuki truly made a mistake back then. If they had been a bit clearer-headed, they should have directly tied up Uchiha Madara and handed him over to Orochimaru, then let him be responsible for Akatsuki's finances. Who knows, maybe they would have already had enough money for a full-scale ninja world war years ago.
And why bother constantly hunting those bounty ninjas, working themselves to the bone?
It didn't take long for them to reach the end of the passage. The ninja pushed open the large door in front and bowed, then left.
Orochimaru and Kabuto were already waiting inside.
Wujie and Xiang Ran walked in. Orochimaru looked at the two, a playful smile on his lips, then said, "You two have really made me wait a long time, heheh."
Wujie smiled similarly. "But we weren't late, were we?"
Orochimaru and Kabuto exchanged glances, knowing that the other person was plotting something.
At this moment, Kabuto walked up with a young man and said, "This is the sacrificial candidate. See if there are any issues."
"As long as he's human."
Wujie casually glanced at him, then said, "As long as he has normal human intelligence, that's enough."
Reaper Death Seal and its "release" are not complex, or rather, all "release" techniques are not complex. As long as one masters the correct method, even a genin can use them at will.
The young man's face darkened upon hearing this. He looked at Orochimaru and asked him, "Will you really spare my family?"
Orochimaru nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Of course. Your family is worthless to me, not even as experimental subjects." The young man bit his lip, then retreated and accepted his fate.
Orochimaru... If Wujie's evil deeds committed so far are not enough to regret even a hundred deaths, then what Orochimaru has done, even if he died a million times over, would not be enough to atone for his crimes. For many years, to research ninjutsu, he mercilessly captured ninjas and civilian families everywhere, performing cruel human experiments. He had established countless research bases in the ninja world, and most of the experimental subjects held in each base couldn't live for more than a few months, dying directly on his modification tables.
This situation had lasted for at least a decade. No one knew how much blood he had stained his hands with. But even a villain like him could eventually be publicly whitewashed, join the side of justice, and Konoha would even let him happily and unrestrainedly pursue his favorite scientific research. Konoha's love and peace truly did not include those outside of Konoha.
Wujie smiled faintly, then said to Orochimaru, "Mr. Orochimaru, we already know about your chips. So, let me mention what I need."
Orochimaru's heart stirred, and he chuckled, "I'm listening."
He hasn't even said what he has on hand, so where did the other party get his intelligence from? Heh heh, Naruto is indeed very mysterious.
Wujie said, "First, I need Hashirama cells, and complete transplantation and cultivation technology."
After the grand finale, Naruto's lost arm was cultivated by Tsunade using Hashirama cells, but at this time, only Orochimaru had this technology.
Orochimaru chuckled and nodded, saying at the same time, "It really is as Tsunade said, you always manage to know some information that others aren't clear about."
The conditions were still within an acceptable range. For Orochimaru, Hashirama cells were not particularly important. These things were too invasive and unstable. If one was not careful, they would be swallowed by them.
Wujie laughed. "What I know might exceed your imagination. Second, I need all the research data on Curse Marks and Sage Mode from you."
"Curse Marks and Sage Mode? Your ambition seems to be quite large, no problem, I can give you this too." Orochimaru answered quickly, apparently not intending to put Heavenly Curse Mark into this transaction. This was because his fallback for resurrection was hidden within the Heavenly Curse Mark; there was no way he would hand that over. But it didn't matter. Wujie just wanted to explore the Sage Mode of the Ryuchi Cave through the Curse Mark. In his current situation of being an enemy of Mount Myōboku, Ryuchi Cave was the only way for him to obtain Sage Mode. The source of the Curse Mark could freely enter Sage Mode, and the Sage Mode ability originated from Ryuchi Cave, so the Curse Mark was equivalent to a twice-weakened Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode. He wanted to reference it first, to see if he could infer anything, after all, Ryuchi Cave wasn't easy to deal with.
Wujie continued, "Third, I need at least ten Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and some others too." After saying that, he looked at Kabuto, "And the Dead Soul Jutsu you used before, that ninjutsu that manipulates corpses, I need that too."
Regarding the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, no matter how many there were, it wouldn't be too much, because these were essential tools for casting Izanagi. As for the Dead Soul Jutsu, Kabuto had once used a corpse to impersonate himself and even fooled Kakashi, who possessed the Sharingan. The advantage of this technique was having a physical body, while the disadvantage was the inability to use ninjutsu. In their future plans, they might need this.
Kabuto had no objections to this, so he just nodded to Orochimaru.
But Orochimaru chuckled. "What do you take the Three-Tomoe Sharingan for? That's what Obito gave away like candy. The Sharingan on Uchiha Sasuke's head alone already costs a lot of money. I can only give you five at most. There's no need to bargain further. This is the limit."
Wujie pondered for a moment, then nodded. He had thought he could only squeeze out two or three, but he didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.
"Fourth, and this is the final requirement. I need your biological cloning technology, and also Uchiha Obito's cells. If you have other cloning bodies, that would be even better."
Uchiha Obito possessed an extremely special physique, making him immune to rejection reactions when any tissue was transplanted into his body. Therefore, if transplantation was needed, using his cells could save a lot of time.
It took a lot of time for Tsunade to create Naruto's arm. Sasuke didn't even wait for Tsunade to finish before leaving in his characteristic solitary manner. Moreover, when Kabuto later transplanted the cells of the Sound Five into himself, he also utilized Uchiha Obito's cellular characteristics.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly, then he said, "This really is the final requirement, isn't it?"
"Of course, as long as you prepare the items, we can perform the unsealing ceremony at any time."