n New Year's Day, a riot broke out in Konoha Prison.
A group of fugitives led by Setsuna Uchiha, after severely injuring several members of the Police Force, were arrested by the Root squad that arrived in time.
Later, after interrogation by Root, it was determined that this matter was the work of Hidden Cloud spies and had nothing to do with the Uchiha clan.
This made the patriarch Ken Uchiha breathe a sigh of relief, exclaiming that with Orochimaru here, Konoha was peaceful; with Orochimaru here, the sky was clear!
And Minato and Orochimaru officially began their exploration of the path of life evolution.
Using Wood Style as a cover, Minato told Orochimaru a story about peas.
After hearing this, Orochimaru called him a genius!
Minato didn't quite understand this. "Can this be considered genius?"
"How should I put it? It's still what you said before, Minato-kun. Children usually find it difficult to perfectly inherit their parents' talents. It is precisely because of this that people increasingly want to solve the mystery within. It's just that with the current level of technology in the ninja world, the principles of heredity and variation still cannot be fully explained."
Orochimaru made an analogy: "If biology is building a house, then researchers' understanding of this aspect today doesn't even count as the foundation, while you, Minato-kun, started building from the roof."
"I never thought Wood Style could be used for scientific creation, hehe... Maybe this is the difference between a genius and an ordinary person?"
"Senior overpraises me. It's just a little accidental discovery."
Minato blushed from Orochimaru's praise.
After all, this was entirely Mendel's credit and had nothing to do with him. He was just a porter of knowledge.
Fortunately, he did conduct experiments in this area, so it was barely justifiable.
"Minato-kun doesn't need to be overly humble."
Orochimaru smiled. "This experiment means that as long as we have enough experimental subjects, we can intercept the genetic information belonging to the Bloodline Limit, thereby thoroughly unraveling the mystery of the Bloodline Limit."
"Of course, with current conditions, there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal. Root's equipment does not yet meet the needs in this regard."
Orochimaru's tone was somewhat helpless. A scientist's wisdom can transcend the times, but technological conditions cannot. So this would be a long process, and it was even very likely that he wouldn't get the results he wanted in his lifetime.
But although he was helpless, he was not discouraged at all.
On one hand, he had confidence in himself; on the other hand, his belief was firm enough.
Minato didn't react much. In the original work, Orochimaru was hunted by Konoha and the Akatsuki organization at the same time, and also offended Hidden Sand and Hidden Cloud.
As a result, he was still able to establish the Hidden Sound Village, create the Living Corpse Reincarnation, and build laboratories all over the ninja world.
Now without these constraints, and with the official status and financial support of Root, his research progress would only be faster.
Not dwelling on this issue, Minato asked about the progress of the experiment. "Speaking of which, how are those Uchiha experimental subjects?"
"Two with two-tomoe died. The remaining few with three-tomoe all survived, but they still cannot completely suppress the erosiveness of the First Hokage's cells. Death is only a matter of time, but at least it proves that our direction is correct."
Orochimaru smiled. He felt that Minato was truly his lucky star.
It seemed now that the powers of Senju and Uchiha indeed had complementary characteristics.
It was just that the cycle of this research wouldn't be short. For now, he still had to focus his research on the reincarnation jutsu. Otherwise, before he could explore the secrets of the Bloodline Limit, he would move to the Pure Land first due to the limit of his lifespan.
For researchers, nothing was more inspiring than finding the right research direction.
In the days that followed, Orochimaru devoted almost all his energy to these two research projects.
But he didn't forget his own job.
Unlike Danzo, who was like a stirrer, Orochimaru monitored the movements of various forces in the ninja world more from the perspective of an observer.
For those emerging forces with certain technology or size but low threat, he would first try to contact and cooperate with them, instead of blindly obliterating and plundering like Danzo.
Although there was no direct evidence for the terrible things Danzo did in the past, the ninja world was only so big. Everyone actually knew in their hearts who did what.
Coupled with the huge difference in attitude towards the outside world between the Third Hokage and Danzo, Konoha appeared completely hypocritical in the eyes of other forces in the ninja world, acting one way on the surface and another behind the scenes.
So the change in attitude shown by Orochimaru now not only brought him many new technologies but also turned around Konoha's reputation a lot.
Minato's life was as usual, going back and forth between school and home every day, occasionally visiting Mito with Tsunade and her brother, or visiting Orochimaru.
Such days lasted for two and a half years.
A period of "one kun" (2.5 years) was enough for many things to happen.
For example, Tsunade successfully mastered the Strength of a Hundred Seal (Yin Seal) and also developed the Ninja Art: Creation Rebirth - Strength of a Hundred Technique along the way.
Jiraiya returned from training at Mount Myoboku, and became much more serious.
Unlike before, looking like a lecherous demon daydreaming when seeing a women's bathhouse, he now had a bit more righteousness between his brows.
The orphanage opened a small ranch, raised a lot of livestock, and had a small fish pond. Now the children could eat meat every day and no longer needed Minato's painstaking help.
In school, Nonō and Kushina became iron-clad best friends, inseparable every day. Unknowingly, they formed a trio with Minato and Kushina.
Of course, the biggest change was Minato's strength.
The nature transformation of all five chakra attributes was completed. He successfully developed the Rasenshuriken, and also learned a lot of medical ninjutsu and the Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu along the way.
Currently, Minato was practicing his signature ninjutsu—Flying Raijin Jutsu.
He got this jutsu from Orochimaru.
It must be said that Root is great!
Who said Root was bad?
This Root is just too good!
In two and a half years, Minato learned almost everything in the Scroll of Seals, plus many ninjutsu from other villages obtained through Root channels.
Even his chakra volume exceeded that of the vast majority of Jonin.
Unfortunately, Kakashi was currently still in his mother's belly, so Minato couldn't determine exactly how many "Kakashis" he was worth.
It is worth mentioning that recently, his body had also undergone some wonderful changes.
For example, his appetite became larger and larger, and his strength became stronger and stronger, vaguely showing a trend of developing towards a "blood cow" (tanky character) in One Piece.
Coupled with the powerful recovery and spiritual power brought by "All Creation," Minato could be sure that without considering the Otsutsuki clan, no one in this ninja world was his opponent.
The only threatening Madara Uchiha was also old and frail, nothing to fear!
Of course, bragging was one thing. If he really encountered Madara Uchiha, he would definitely turn around and run without saying a word.
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