Wave after wave of Ninja came to assassinate Orochimaru, from Chunin to Jonin, and the methods of assassination were also varied, including poisoning and disguising as children to approach Orochimaru... Every assassination attempt failed.
Many of these Ninja were discovered not long after infiltrating Konoha, while others were eliminated by members of the Iburi Clan who were protecting Orochimaru.
Eventually, fewer and fewer Ninja came to assassinate Orochimaru, until no one came to assassinate her anymore.
This process lasted for three full years. After such a long period of assassination attempts, even the most obtuse of the Shinobi Villages had figured it out: Orochimaru was clearly setting a trap.
She would stroll around Konoha for no reason, and sometimes even deliberately leave Konoha. Wasn't this just baiting Ninja who wanted to assassinate her to make a move?
Who knew why her Body Flicker Technique was so fast, so fast that people couldn't react, and even a Jonin couldn't clearly see her movements.
So many Ninja were sent to assassinate her, but not only did they fail to kill her, almost all of the Ninja sent to assassinate her died. Very few returned alive, and the only intelligence gathered was that she was extremely skilled in the Body Flicker Technique and possessed all Chakra nature transformations.
This wasn't a conflict between Shinobi Villages, and with so many casualties, those Villages naturally couldn't bear it anymore and abandoned their assassination attempts on Orochimaru.
Orochimaru found it quite a pity. It was rather interesting to outwit and outmaneuver those who came to assassinate her.
It was a shame that the fun time had passed so quickly. She really missed the days when those Ninja tried to assassinate her with various methods.
Orochimaru also didn't release any new research results in these three years; in fact, there wasn't much worth releasing.
Cloning technology was still immature. Cloned animals had congenital diseases, were difficult to survive, and died as soon as they left the culture tank, let alone cloning humans.
Regeneration technology had not yet solved the problem of cell division shortening lifespan.
As for genetic technology, with the Chimera Bug as a precedent, Orochimaru was already able to modify the genes of some animals and implant genes from other animals to create new organisms.
However, the success rate was not high, and no human experiments had been conducted.
Human experiments could only be considered after cloning technology matured.
The Eye Sealing Curse Mark, however, had made significant progress. Orochimaru had tested it on Hyuga Mio and found it could interfere with her use of the Byakugan.
According to her, it was like a wall separating her from the Byakugan, making it difficult to perceive the Byakugan's existence, though her ability to see things with her eyes was unaffected.
The material for the liquid invisible contact lenses had been replaced with a more Chakra-sensitive material, and the third generation had already been developed.
Although it hadn't been tested on members of the Uchiha Clan, it should be able to resist the genjutsu of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but resisting the genjutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan was still impossible.
After the liquid invisible contact lenses were developed to the third generation, they were distributed to the Iburi Clan members of the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company and Kakuzu.
It was Kakuzu, that bumpkin, who experienced the power of technology so directly for the first time.
Of course, the price of the liquid invisible contact lenses was also quite hefty.
Kakuzu was not Orochimaru's subordinate, so he naturally had to pay for the liquid invisible contact lenses.
Kakuzu, whose wallet was aching, had nothing to say about this.
Regarding Chakra bombs, after multiple improvements and trying many materials, the effects were not ideal. The amount of Chakra the explosives could hold did not significantly increase, so the research speed was slowed down.
(Uchiha Madara & Black Zetsu: Excellent!)
The White Snake Home Appliance production factory officially began selling more affordable televisions a year and a half ago, making them truly affordable appliances for commoners.
Since the popularization of televisions, advertisements from the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company always managed to capture the attention of those sitting in front of the TV.
After televisions became affordable for even commoner Ninja, Konoha was the first to install television towers, followed by the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning, then Iwagakure in the Land of Earth and Hidden Sand Village in the Land of Wind, and finally the Hidden Mist Village, which was isolated from other countries.
Among the Five Great Ninja Villages, the Hidden Mist Village was also the most troublesome.
To prevent the leakage of Village intelligence, the Hidden Mist Village sent Ninja to learn how to install television towers from the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, then returned to their Village to research how to install them themselves. As a result, there were installation problems, causing televisions to not receive signals from the television towers and thus unable to watch TV stations.
The Ninja from the Hidden Mist Village had to run back and forth several times to resolve it.
It was strange, as if others were so eager to get their useless intelligence. They were so isolated from the world they were practically growing mushrooms, who would care about their intelligence!
Even if the Hidden Mist Village Ninja wanted to take action against other Shinobi Villages, they would have to cross the sea first!
It was incomprehensible whether the Hidden Mist Village suffered from paranoia. As the ostensible president of the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, Aokawa didn't even want to cooperate with the Hidden Mist Village. In his opinion, the Hidden Mist Village was just a small, broken Village in a mountain valley, with nothing worth paying attention to.
He didn't even want to earn money from the Hidden Mist Village; it was truly a case of bad money and a whole lot of trouble.
Various towns in different countries also successively installed television towers, and each country, with the help of the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, successively acquired its own television station.
The television stations were nominally owned by each country, but the actual controller was the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, and they would not share a single penny of the advertising revenue from the TV stations.
This was agreed upon from the very beginning.
The Daimyo of various countries stated that they didn't care about that small amount of money, but after they learned how much money the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company earned solely from TV advertising fees, it was too late for them to regret it.
It was written clearly in black and white, and as Daimyo, they still had their pride. If they wanted to go back on their word, they had to consider the consequences.
Movies had always been shown in major cinemas and sold via magnetic tapes.
Now that televisions were widespread, TV stations would purchase movie broadcasting rights to show movies on TV to attract viewers and increase the TV station's ratings.
Many novels and comics were adapted into TV dramas and animated series and broadcast on TV stations.
When televisions were not yet widespread, people who had them at home didn't watch them much, and there wasn't much to watch. Since televisions became widespread, there was more and more to watch.
The popularization of televisions also brought greater profits to the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, allowing Orochimaru to have enough money to mass-produce Chakra bombs.
A late autumn rain caused the temperature in the Land of Fire to plummet. Yellowed leaves were knocked down by the rain, symbolizing that winter would arrive soon.
Ding dong ding dong —!
Tsunade, dressed in beige autumn clothes, stood in front of Orochimaru's house, her fingers rapidly pressing the doorbell.
Footsteps came from inside the door, and soon the door opened. It was Hyuga Mio who opened it, her smooth black hair reaching her thighs.
At 17, she was gentle and beautiful in appearance, her face no longer held its former coldness, and her curvaceous figure was something Tsunade could only look up to.
"Why are you opening the door? Where's Orochimaru?"
Tsunade looked at Hyuga Mio with some displeasure, her gaze lingering on her chest for a second before immediately shifting away.
Ever since she found out this person lived at Orochimaru's house, she couldn't stand the sight of her, but due to her being Orochimaru's assistant, she couldn't cause her trouble.
Years had passed, and she still found Hyuga Mio as annoying as ever.
"Orochimaru is cooking."
Hyuga Mio felt Tsunade's usual hostility and couldn't help but recall the first time she went on a mission with her and Orochimaru; Tsunade had also made no secret of her hostility then.
"Tsunade, could it be that you like Orochimaru?"
Hyuga Mio looked at Tsunade's back and stated her guess.
Bang —!
Tsunade fell to the ground face down.
"You, you, you, what are you talking about!"
Tsunade quickly scrambled up from the ground, covering her nose which had hit the floor, her cute little face bright red, glaring at Hyuga Mio.
"I, I, I, how could I... li... li... li..."
Orochimaru, who was stir-frying in the kitchen, heard a bang and curiously walked out of the kitchen to see what was happening, only to see Tsunade stammering, unable to utter a complete sentence, staring fiercely at Hyuga Mio as if she was about to hit someone.
"Wash? Wash what?"
"That's not it!"
Tsunade glared angrily at Hyuga Mio, then looked at Orochimaru and said, "Orochimaru, how much longer is this person going to live in your house!"
"Mio is my assistant. If she lived in the Hyuga Clan compound, constantly traveling back and forth would be very troublesome."
Orochimaru said helplessly. It had been so long, and Tsunade's hostility towards Hyuga Mio remained unchanged.
"Tsunade, did you just fall?"
Orochimaru quickly walked to Tsunade, moved her hand from her nose, and looked at her reddened nose.
"I'm telling you, you're always so clumsy. Can't you be a little more careful?"
"I... I didn't mean to fall..."
Tsunade mumbled softly. Facing Orochimaru's concerned gaze, she was still very happy inside.
"Hehe!"
"You can still laugh after falling."
Orochimaru looked helplessly at Tsunade, who was still laughing despite her red nose, and couldn't help but think of Tsunade in the original story, who would always run to the Casino or get herself drunk.
Thinking of her experiences, having successively gone through the deaths of Nawaki and Kato Dan, and not long after, her Grandma also died from having the Nine-Tailed sealed within her extracted... Grandma Mito will die?!
Orochimaru froze. She had never thought about it this way. The thought of Grandma Mito, who had cared for her, dying because the Nine-Tailed was extracted and sealed into Uzumaki Kushina... she found it difficult to accept, and even more unwilling to accept Grandma Mito dying in such a way. She could accept dying of old age, or even from an incurable disease.
Dying from extracting the Nine-Tailed sealed within her?!
How could she possibly accept such a thing!
What kind of nonsense is 'for the Village'? The Nine-Tailed is an unstable bomb. Looking back since the Ninja World War, when did Konoha ever use the Nine-Tailed?
Facts prove that the Nine-Tailed in Konoha brings no benefit to Konoha!
Did the successive deaths of her lover and relatives, the continuous blows, turn Tsunade into that?
Orochimaru's hand rested on Tsunade's head, stroking her hair.
Tsunade, I won't let that happen... Absolutely!
Tsunade tilted her head in confusion. She could feel that Orochimaru seemed to have made a decision, but she didn't understand what decision Orochimaru had made.
Suddenly, a burnt smell accompanied by black smoke drifted over.
"Orochimaru, the kitchen... the kitchen!"
Hyuga Mio looked towards the kitchen, veins bulging at her temples, seeing the dish in the pot had turned into a charred mess. She didn't want to disturb Tsunade and Orochimaru, but what happened in the kitchen was not up to her.
"Ah! My dish!"
Orochimaru rushed to the kitchen in a panic, immediately turning off the gas stove and then extinguishing the fire. She looked at the charcoal in the pot and raised her hand to her forehead.
How could I make such a basic mistake?
"Puhahahahaha! Orochimaru, you have moments like this too!"
Tsunade looked at the charcoal in the pot, which was no longer recognizable as anything, and burst out laughing. This was the first time since she had known Orochimaru.
"Lunch is delayed. Are you that happy?"
Orochimaru turned her head, staring at Tsunade expressionlessly.
"No, no, I'll wait outside."
Seeing Orochimaru angry, Tsunade shook her head repeatedly, gave a flattering smile, walked out of the kitchen, and closed the door behind her.
What's wrong with Orochimaru?
At the dining table, Tsunade turned on the TV, intending to eat while watching TV.
The TV station was playing an advertisement, an advertisement for the latest White Snake Brand sunscreen from the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company.
The filming location was a beautiful beach. A sexy bikini beauty walked towards the camera, holding White Snake Brand sunscreen. A tall, muscular man walked over and proactively applied sunscreen to the swimsuit beauty.
The advertisement ended with the camera gradually zooming out, concluding with the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company's logo.
Tsunade ate her meal while watching TV, noticing that Orochimaru was distracted. Ever since a while ago, she seemed to have something on her mind.
A Jinchuriki is bound to die if a Tailed Beast is extracted, except for the Eight-Tails, which can sever its octopus tentacles to protect the Jinchuriki from dying... Preventing the Nine-Tailed from being extracted from Grandma Mito's body is naturally the best option.
If... if it can't be prevented, then I can only find a way to save her life.
Orochimaru herself didn't realize that she had already shoveled several mouthfuls of rice into her mouth consecutively.
The Uzumaki Clan, who developed various Sealing Techniques specifically for Tailed Beasts, knows the most about them.
It seems I need to go to Whirlpool Hidden Village. I wonder if I can find a method in the Uzumaki Clan's archives to extract a Tailed Beast without harming the Jinchuriki's life.
I hope Chigusa won't refuse my request to let me see the Uzumaki Clan's archives.
Hmm?
Orochimaru looked at a piece of chicken in her bowl, then at Tsunade.
"Why are you only eating rice? Are you saying the dishes I made are unpalatable?"
Tsunade grinned mischievously; she had felt something was off with Orochimaru since earlier.
"I'm thinking about some things... Also, I'm very confident in the dishes I make."
Orochimaru knew Tsunade was concerned about her, so she deliberately pulled Tsunade's favorite soy sauce chicken in front of her, sighed, and said, "Alas, since you find it unpalatable, I'll just have to eat it with Mio."
"I never said it was unpalatable!"
Tsunade's cheeks puffed out slightly, and she glared at Orochimaru, "You're the one who said it!"
"Alright, alright, eat properly. I won't tease you anymore."
Orochimaru chuckled and pushed the soy sauce chicken back. Some worries were enough for her to bear alone.
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