After a strong, unspoken understanding formed between Yuuki and Orochimaru, Yuuki no longer hesitated and spoke directly.
"According to the records of Root, it seems Senior Orochimaru has cooperated with Root many times. The Military Police Force is willing to replace Root and provide financial support for Senior!"
At this moment, Orochimaru saw Danzo's shadow in Yuuki. What a terrifying person, not just in terms of strength!
Few people caught Orochimaru's eye, and even fewer made him feel difficult to deal with. These included Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Minato Namikaze.
In his brief interaction with Yuuki, Orochimaru sensed the shadows of these individuals in him.
Even setting aside his strength, Yuuki was someone Orochimaru needed to take seriously.
This was unlike that fool Jiraiya; that idiot was useless apart from his strength!
Orochimaru knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.
He didn't rush to agree, but instead asked, "Then what do you want me to do, Yuuki-kun?"
Yuuki smiled and said, "Of course, it's what Senior excels at. Although the experiment records Senior left at Root were quite inhumane, Senior's abilities are truly rare in this world!"
Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Good, another patron!
Orochimaru was very skilled at getting money from patrons and then slacking off.
At the same time, Orochimaru was also very excited. What kind of topic would it be? Would it be the Sharingan?
"What exactly is it? If it's something I've researched before, perhaps I can give Yuuki-kun what he wants right now?"
Yuuki didn't directly answer Orochimaru's question, but instead brought up something else.
"Senior Orochimaru once said he wanted to learn all the Ninjutsu in the world. How is Senior's progress on that goal?"
Orochimaru didn't understand why Yuuki asked this question, but it didn't stop him from answering, after all, he had plenty of time.
"That goal! That's a distant memory. I suppose it's been achieved!"
Having already developed the Impure World Reincarnation, Orochimaru was no longer so fixated on Ninjutsu. After all, with infinite time, he could slowly learn everything.
And after his reincarnation, Orochimaru experienced the differences between people. Now, Orochimaru was more interested in various Kekkei.
Yuuki, however, shook his head and said, "No, Senior Orochimaru, you can never learn all Ninjutsu until you solve one problem."
Although Orochimaru somewhat disagreed with this, after all, he had lived for so many years. Perhaps Yuuki was stronger, but Orochimaru certainly had more experience.
However, he still cooperated and asked, "What problem is that?"
Yuuki was no longer grinning playfully; he had become uncharacteristically serious.
"With Senior's knowledge, you must have seen many Ninjutsu, secret techniques, Kekkei, and even Sage Arts!"
"But Senior has never deeply explored the indispensable thing behind all of this: Chakra!"
"Why does Chakra exist?"
"Aside from the textbook explanation that Chakra is a combination of spiritual and physical energy!"
"What is the true nature of Chakra?"
"Why can Chakra form Ninjutsu and Kekkei?"
"Researching the essence of Chakra is what I hope Senior Orochimaru will do!"
"As long as Senior can achieve results in this area, the Military Police Force's financial support will not be interrupted, and I will not question where the funds are specifically used!"
This was what Yuuki wanted Orochimaru to research. Neither Qing Yue nor Kabuto could compare to Orochimaru in Yuuki's mind.
To cultivate in the Ninja World, Chakra was an unavoidable element. After all, others didn't have templates, and Chakra was the mainstream in the Ninja World.
Yuuki knew that before Kaguya arrived, this planet didn't have something like Chakra.
And after the Six Paths Sage and his brother fought Kaguya, the Six Paths Sage founded the Ninshu Sect and shared Chakra.
From then on, the Ninja World had Chakra. Whether Ninja, ordinary people, or even animals, all had Chakra within them.
Chakra has been confirmed not to be a natural product, and Yuuki really wanted to know why the Six Paths Sage spread Chakra throughout the world.
It wasn't some conspiracy theory, but the Six Paths Sage's actions were clearly part of a grand scheme.
If one looked at the original story in Yuuki's memory, the Six Paths Sage's appearance was too brief, and everything seemed reasonable.
However, Yuuki was now truly living in the Ninja World, and he couldn't help but take seriously a guy who had been hidden for a thousand years, could still provide power-ups, and could later pull Naruto and Sasuke out of Kaguya's dimension.
He didn't look like he appeared at all, which made Yuuki unable to ignore him.
But as the saying goes, when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
Whatever the Six Paths Sage's true purpose, it had to be achieved through Chakra. As long as the mystery of Chakra was deciphered, one could always glimpse a bit of his purpose.
After listening to Yuuki's request, Orochimaru's horizons were also directly broadened.
It wasn't that Orochimaru wasn't smart, but his perspective was different. Orochimaru didn't know that the Ninja World didn't have Chakra before.
For everyone in the Ninja World now, Chakra has existed from beginning to end, like the omnipresent air.
People die if they don't breathe, and the same goes for losing Chakra.
And the various unnatural aspects of Chakra seemed perfectly natural in the eyes of everyone in the Ninja World.
Matter formed by Chakra certainly can't exist forever! Otherwise, why would the Land of Wind lack water?
As for why this is, there is no why; that's just how Chakra is!
Also, as a type of supernatural power, Chakra has almost all the functions of supernatural powers, such as strengthening the body and interfering with the material world.
But why are Ninja still so fragile? Chakra strengthens the physique, but only temporarily when used.
For Yuuki, who was influenced by Chinese culture, this was incredibly illogical. Chakra wasn't an ability; it was a power everyone could generate.
However, its manifestation was like an ability. Although it was cultivated, using it felt like a mutated ability.
All these illogicalities seemed perfectly reasonable to the Ninja of the Ninja World, with no problems whatsoever.
If Yuuki were just an ordinary transmigrator, he would have accepted this setting.
But Yuuki possessed several templates, and after truly experiencing the differences between various powers, Yuuki felt that Chakra had a big problem!
Yuuki fell silent after speaking, but Orochimaru was still immersed in his own thoughts.
Why does Chakra exist?
What is the essence of Chakra?
Why can Chakra form Ninjutsu?
People always overlook things that are easily obtained and ubiquitous, and instead pursue things that are rare and novel.
Orochimaru couldn't fully comprehend the answers to the questions for a moment, so he stopped thinking deeply.
"Yuuki-kun, you've really posed an incredible question to me. Don't worry, I'm equally interested in this. I accept your terms!"
Orochimaru's mind was no longer on Yuuki at all; he was eager to investigate the truth of the matter.
"Then, happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation, Yuuki-kun!"
The two tacitly separated and left, but Yuuki added, "Senior, you should bring that descendant of the Uzumaki Clan. Perhaps she holds part of the answer!"
Orochimaru stopped and said, "Then thank you, Yuuki-kun!"
Immediately, Orochimaru watched Yuuki's slowly departing figure until he completely disappeared.
Recalling Yuuki's words from earlier, Orochimaru pondered silently.
You specifically mentioned that little girl; do you know something, Yuuki-kun?
What an interesting person!
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