Izumi's clone arrived at the barrier of Konoha Ninja Village. Izumi said, "I can't let the barrier squad notice. I should ask others how to safely pass through the Village's barrier from a place other than the entrance."
Black Divine Ink Chakra appeared on Izumi's hand, and then she carefully touched the barrier.
The moment the barrier was triggered, Izumi's Divine Ink had already connected to the barrier's Jutsu formula, quickly altering it and making herself a part of the barrier.
"Hmph, a piece of cake."
Izumi passed straight through, and the barrier had no reaction at all.
Seeing this, Izumi took a deep breath and then ran towards the laboratory outside.
Arriving at the outside of the laboratory, she found a large stone according to the method on the scroll. Izumi pressed her hand into a depression on the stone, and an underground entrance appeared on the ground.
Izumi looked at the hidden ground entrance and walked in.
"A sealing array?" Izumi unsealed it according to the method on the scroll, then walked in.
Entering the underground room, Izumi saw a wide array of experimental equipment inside and immediately shouted excitedly to the side, "Wow! So much equipment, this is really great, isn't it, Orochimaru-sama!"
A figure emerged from the shadows of the laboratory, it was Orochimaru.
Orochimaru stretched out his long tongue and licked his face, then praised, "Oh my, Uchiha Izumi, you have truly grown tremendously."
Izumi smiled politely and said, "Orochimaru-sama, long time no see."
"Long time no see? Yes, it has been a long time." Orochimaru said with a smile, "I left in too much of a hurry last time and didn't properly guide you, which makes me feel especially guilty."
Izumi said with a smile, "You don't need to guide me anymore. I'm living quite comfortably now. If you have anything you need, I'll do it for you, considering I owe you a favor. But if it's too much trouble, I won't do it, okay?"
After speaking, Izumi adjusted her cheek and looked at him with a smile.
"Hehe." Orochimaru laughed, "You even dare to speak to me like that now. It seems you've made great progress these past few years. Well then, let me see how much you've really improved, hehehe..."
Orochimaru suddenly stretched his neck and bit towards Izumi.
"Hmph!"
Izumi's entire body suddenly turned light blue, with electric arcs occasionally flashing.
"Hmm! Is this the Nin-Taijutsu she learned that the intel mentioned?" Orochimaru excitedly opened his mouth, about to bite Izumi's neck.
Izumi merely gave him a cold glance, then her figure instantly vanished.
"Hmm! So fast! Not good!" Orochimaru was startled, then felt an instant sharp pain in his body.
He looked at his body in disbelief, only to see a huge wound appearing on his chest, and Izumi's left hand was retracting.
His body fell to the ground, and then his long neck and head also fell to the ground.
He exclaimed in shock, "Impossible, Nin-Taijutsu is definitely not that fast, and Nin-Taijutsu isn't like this either."
Izumi stood beside Orochimaru's body and said coldly, "Orochimaru-sama, in front of a speed-type Ninja like me, it's best not to stretch your neck so long. Otherwise, not only will you be inflexible, but you won't be able to see the body behind your head, and then your body will be in danger."
"Hehe..., is that so." Orochimaru's head's mouth opened, and suddenly a pair of hands stretched out. Orochimaru propped open the mouth of his head, then emerged from inside, wet and slimy.
Orochimaru said with a sinister laugh, "Oh my, I didn't expect you to be this fast. It seems you've hidden your strength from the Third and the others."
Izumi said with a smile, "I am a member of the Uchiha Clan. With the Village and Uchiha's relationship being so tense, there's nothing wrong with hiding a trump card, is there?"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and licked his lips, saying, "Is that so? Hehe, Izumi, it seems I can no longer treat you as a mere pawn, hehehe..."
Izumi canceled her lightning mode and said to Orochimaru, "Isn't that better, Orochimaru-sama? You are my idol. In front of your fans, don't do too many things that don't fit an idol."
"Hehehe, hahahaha... Interesting." Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice, "I understand. This laboratory is yours. I will notify you if anything comes up in the future. We should keep in touch more often from now on."
Izumi said with a smile, "Okay, Orochimaru-sama, if you have something, I will help you, of course, if it's not too much trouble."
"Hehe, that's good. We will cooperate frequently in the future." Orochimaru's figure gradually disappeared underground.
"Bye-bye." Izumi smiled and bid farewell to Orochimaru, then looked at the instruments and equipment.
In the forest, Orochimaru punched a tree trunk, saying furiously, "I didn't expect her to be this powerful! She's still just a child."
He licked his lips and said, "However, is this the power of bloodline? As expected, I need this power. Uchiha Izumi is a bit troublesome. I still need you, Uchiha Itachi. Since you are a boy, you are my first choice."
Orochimaru left the area.
Izumi found experiment reports in the laboratory and began to look through them.
"Oh. So these are Orochimaru's experiment records? Wood Release human experimentation records, experiments with forbidden Ninjutsu like the Eight Branches Technique, these are not bad. And that means there are Senju Hashirama's cells here?"
Izumi searched around but found nothing.
Her gaze shifted to the huge cultivation tank nearby. She looked through a pile of buttons and then said, "Which one is it? It should be this green button with a different color."
"Click!" Izumi pressed the button, and a part of the cultivation tank's glass began to lower, leaking a large amount of nutrient solution.
An adult corpse fell out, and there were some tissues on his body that were different in color from his skin.
Izumi pressed that part of the tissue and said in surprise, "Wow, he's been dead for so long, but the Senju cells on the corpse are still alive, that's amazing."
Izumi felt a bit disgusted looking at the corpse, but she still cut off that part of the tissue and carefully preserved it.
After Izumi confirmed that none of the instruments had been tampered with, she stored them all in a scroll. She wanted to transfer them to a new base.
Orochimaru knew about this base, and if he suddenly burst in and disturbed her while she was doing something in the future, it would be troublesome.
Izumi left some useless experimental subjects and scrapped equipment here, then left.
Returning to the training ground, Izumi began to continue practicing Ninjutsu. With Orochimaru's scrolls, Izumi was even happier.
Moreover, Izumi also found some interesting Ninjutsu in Orochimaru's base.
"The Eight Branches Technique, which can transform into a giant snake monster with eight heads, and is almost impossible to kill by ordinary means. In the story, it encountered Itachi, who was overpowered, with both Amaterasu and the Totsuka Blade, so there was nothing it could do.
However, Izumi could record it and decide later if she wanted to learn it. After all, the more one knows, the greater the chance of survival.
Izumi said, "It seems I'll have to go to Ryūchi Cave sometime in the future to learn how their Sage Mode is used, and then develop these snake-based Sage Arts into my own Ninjutsu."