Konoha, Ninja Academy.
The newly established Sealing Team is located in the Ninja Academy, selecting children with a talent for learning Sealing Technique and training them from a young age.
Since they are learning Sealing Technique that require multiple users to perform together, the Chakra requirements are not high.
These little children learning Sealing Technique? Is this for real?
Orochimaru stood at the classroom door, looking at the children sitting in the classroom. She looked up at the class sign that read Sealing Team, and with a hint of hope, she looked at Grandma Mito beside her.
"Grandma Mito, the Sealing Ninja of the Sealing Team wouldn't be them, would it?"
"They are very good children, aren't they? They are the children I selected who have a talent for learning Sealing Technique."
Uzumaki Mito looked at the children in the classroom with a smile. She was about to go teach them soon.
"It will take a long time to train them to be Sealing Ninja."
Orochimaru felt it was necessary to remind Grandma Mito. Training from a young age can produce excellent Sealing Ninja, but it takes a very long time. Moreover, Sealing Technique is a very profound art that requires a considerable accumulation of knowledge.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have proposed multiple users performing Sealing Technique. The purpose was to reduce the difficulty of learning Sealing Technique and quickly train Sealing Ninja capable of sealing Jinchuriki.
However, the result was contrary to her expectations.
Grandma Mito was clearly teaching these children in the same way Uzushiogakure trained Sealing Ninja.
Orochimaru looked at the children in the classroom who had not yet noticed their arrival.
"Don't worry, Orochimaru."
Uzumaki Mito saw that Orochimaru seemed to be worried about something. "The Jinchuriki of the Various Ninja Villages need to be trained from a young age. This period is enough for Konoha to train a group of excellent Sealing Ninja."
"So, you entrusted Nawaki to me?"
Orochimaru looked down at Nawaki, who was tugging at her clothes.
"Hehe!"
Nawaki noticed Orochimaru's gaze, looked up, and showed a bright smile, revealing a set of white, neat little teeth.
"I don't know why, but Nawaki likes you very much. He doesn't even like Xiao Gang that much."
Uzumaki Mito looked at Nawaki, who was very clingy to Orochimaru. This child was not as close to his own older sister as he was to Orochimaru, which was truly strange.
"Do I look like I'm popular with children?"
Orochimaru pointed to her face. She really didn't understand why her face was so liked by children.
"Hmm, I see you're very popular with children!"
Uzumaki Mito stared at Orochimaru's face for a moment, then nodded earnestly. "Perhaps, you'll also be popular with the children of the Sealing Team in the future!"
Orochimaru gives people the impression of being cold and unapproachable, but upon closer contact, one can find that she is easy to get along with and very patient, and also very stubborn in certain matters, not easily swayed by others.
This can be seen from how Hiruzen often tried to get her interested in the Hokage position. She truly had no interest in the Hokage position, even finding it somewhat distasteful, which made her both laugh and cry.
Given Orochimaru's contributions to Konoha, her popularity in Konoha, and her excellent relationships with various Ninja clans, even the Uchiha Clan had a close relationship with her.
If she wanted to be Hokage, if it weren't for her young age, Hiruzen would probably be eager to retire early.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru disdained the Hokage position and had no interest in it whatsoever.
If Hashirama knew that the Hokage position would be so disliked, he might be greatly shocked and show a very interesting expression, wouldn't he?
Uzumaki Mito's eyes held a hint of reminiscence. Thinking of Senju Hashirama often being scolded by Tobirama and his greatly shocked appearance, a smile touched her lips.
"As for children..."
Orochimaru remembered Tsunade and Jiraiya from before. Although they haven't matured much compared to then, facing so many children at once was a bit hard for her to accept.
"Let's just forget it..."
"Orochimaru, you haven't forgotten to come and help, have you?"
Uzumaki Mito's hand rested on Orochimaru's shoulder.
"I haven't forgotten..." I just regret agreeing to you... Orochimaru added in her mind, feeling depressed.
I shouldn't have suggested establishing a Sealing Team in the first place... "Speaking of which, you've been wearing this outfit ever since you returned from Ryūchi Cave."
Uzumaki Mito looked at the white robe Orochimaru was wearing. She hadn't seen her change into any other clothes.
"This is a robe made from the snake skin of a Sage in Ryūchi Cave. It's a rare Ninja tool, with self-repairing functions, and it can also be used to seal Ninja tools, making it more convenient than scrolls."
Orochimaru was very satisfied with the robe she was wearing.
"Could it be the White Snake Sage?"
Uzumaki Mito touched the robe Orochimaru was wearing. The texture felt like touching very smooth snake skin.
"No, it's one of the Three Snake Princesses, who are below the White Snake Sage."
Orochimaru's robe was sewn from Ichikishimahime's snake skin using Sage Chakra threads, and no seams were visible on the robe.
Land of Waves, White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company.
In the finance office, Kakuzu looked at a bill with confusion.
Snacks?
Why would Orochimaru buy so many snacks?
Are soldier pills also considered snacks?
Using soldier pills as snacks, is she even human?
The more Kakuzu looked at the bill, the more question marks appeared above his head. Even he wouldn't dare eat soldier pills like candy!
He truly couldn't understand why Orochimaru would buy so many snacks and have the company produce so many soldier pills.
With so many snacks, the company's people combined wouldn't be able to finish them in a year, would they?
Kakuzu hesitated repeatedly and gave up the idea of asking Orochimaru. After all, she was the true boss of the company, and he'd better not make a fool of himself. Besides, he was still hoping Orochimaru would improve his Jiongu.
Kakuzu currently had no interest in fighting and killing, but if a situation arose where force was needed, he didn't want to regret his lack of strength.
At the same time, in Ryūchi Cave, the individual nests of the Three Snake Princesses were filled with snacks and soldier pills, enough for them to eat for a whole year.
In the Great Snake's communal nest, the individual nests of Manda, Shinza, and Blue Snake each had a mountain-like pile of soldier pills. They hadn't even finished eating, and they had already experienced the feeling of being stuffed, something they hadn't felt in hundreds of years. They lay in their nests, not wanting to move at all.
The Great Snakes in the Great Snake's communal nest were quite curious. Why had Shinza and Manda, who usually liked to cause trouble, suddenly quieted down?
Mangrove Forest, the sparkling sea surface reflected the sunlight. The exceptionally large Chimera Bug King flew through the air, followed by several Chimera Bug larvae, seemingly its offspring.
On the back of the Chimera Bug King sat three figures: Orochimaru, Uzumaki Chigusa, and Uzumaki Naino.
"Chigusa, what did you want to see me about?"
Orochimaru looked at Uzumaki Chigusa, who seemed to have something to say to her.
Uzumaki Naino, who was excitedly looking around, perked up her ears.
"The people of my Village and I have decided to stay in the Land of Waves. How will you arrange us, Orochimaru?"
The cool breeze brushed against her face. Uzumaki Chigusa narrowed her beautiful red eyes, glancing at Orochimaru out of the corner of her eye.
"It's good for you to stay in the Land of Waves. Whether it's doing business in the Land of Waves or working for the company, these should be your own choices, not for me to arrange. If you want to work for the company, just tell Qinghe. Some jobs are suitable for our own people and not for outsiders."
Orochimaru had no more thoughts about the Uzumaki Clan. The cells of the Uzumaki Clan in the cultivation tanks were enough for her future experiments.
"Our own people..."
Uzumaki Naino's eyes widened slightly, shining as she looked at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru turned her head to the side and said somewhat awkwardly, "Don't look at me like that. Your willingness to stay in the Land of Waves might have a little something to do with me. I can't just ignore you."
"There's one more thing. The Various Ninja Villages should all know that the Uzushiogakure survivors are in the Land of Waves. Although they won't dare to attack you directly again, it doesn't rule out them hiring some forces to act secretly. There are many people willing to take on commissions for money. Therefore, I will arrange some personnel to protect the children who are easily targeted in secret."
Orochimaru believed it was very necessary to make this clear. It would be bad if misunderstandings arose. There were quite a few children among the Uzushiogakure survivors.
"Orochimaru, you're very thoughtful!"
Uzumaki Chigusa smiled, a heavy weight lifted from her heart. She moved closer to Orochimaru, put her arm around her shoulder, and said, "Orochimaru, a while ago I saw Mr. Kakuzu flying in the sky in that thing called a car. It was really interesting."
Uzumaki Chigusa blinked her eyes, giving strong hints.
You're really too much... Uzumaki Naino raised a hand to her forehead. She couldn't bear to watch.
"Oh, are your eyes uncomfortable? Should I treat them for you?"
Orochimaru said knowingly, deliberately pretending not to understand Uzumaki Chigusa's hint. Her hands emitted a pale green light, indicating that she could cure her eye condition in a minute.
"No, that's not it! What I mean is, get me a car!"
Uzumaki Chigusa couldn't help but blurt it out, shaking Orochimaru's shoulders with both hands.
"I want to drive a car in the sky too!"
"Are you not ashamed, an adult, to be whining to a child like me?"
Orochimaru looked speechlessly at Uzumaki Chigusa, who showed no signs of being an adult.
This wasn't an adult; it was clearly a giant baby.
"I don't care, there are no outsiders here anyway!"
Uzumaki Chigusa hugged Orochimaru's waist, whining. She glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, and seeing that she didn't agree, she held onto her tightly.
Uzumaki Naino tried hard to suppress the urge to punch her, gritting her teeth and saying, "Chief Chigusa, please treat me as an outsider..."
"Alright... giving you one isn't impossible."
Orochimaru sighed, truly helpless with Uzumaki Chigusa, who was full of drama.
"Then it's settled!"
Uzumaki Chigusa instantly returned to her elegant posture from before, as if the giant baby who had just hugged Orochimaru's waist and wouldn't let go was someone transformed by a Transformation Jutsu.
"Chief Chigusa, you're really a terrible adult..."
Uzumaki Naino complained weakly, then turned to Orochimaru and grumbled, "Orochimaru, this is all your fault for spoiling her."
Orochimaru spread her hands helplessly, indicating, what else can I do?
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