Orochimaru's Research

The Hokage building.

Because of Danzo's proposal, the high-level meeting was once again held.

"I demand the Six Powers that Fourth Hokage's Anbu learn to be taught to the whole Anbu to improve Konoha's strength," Danzo said convincingly.

"I'll have to correct you there. Six Powers don't belong to my Anbu, it belongs to Nagasawa." Minato said seriously.

"So what? Isn't he also an Anbu? A Konoha Shinobi? Shinobi have to sacrifice themselves, mere Taijutsu is nothing compared to that." Danzo retorted.

"Why don't you ask Nara Clan and Inuzuka Clan to hand over their secret techniques then, Elder Danzo?" Minato argued.

Danzo didn't know how to answer Minato's question.

The Clan in Konoha that had their unique secret technique would be enraged if he didn't come up with a good answer.

"How can some basic Taijutsu compare to a secret technique?" Danzo really couldn't think of a way to refute Minato's words, so that was all he could say.

"Would it hurt you to say something, Sarutobi?" Danzo looked at his old classmate.

"Cough cough, since Nagasawa invented this Taijutsu, he has the right to teach it to whoever he wants." The Third Hokage said to Danzo with a disappointed expression after clearing his throat.

Although he also wanted Six Powers, it was invented by the Fourth Hokage Anbu's Commander. Later on, all the Fourth Hokage's Anbu would eventually master Six Powers, and it would still make Konoha stronger at the end of the day.

The two consultants quickly expressed that they shared the same opinion as the Third Hokage.

Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with disappointment.

Before he knew it, Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer the old classmate who would always agree with him.

The current Sarutobi Hiruzen actually favored Minato time and time again and kept denying his proposal.

"Hiruzen, you will regret it." Danzo said as he walked out of the conference room without looking back.

"Sigh." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and said to Minato, "Fourth, don't mind it. Danzo is just too dedicated to Konoha."

Minato nodded, but he kept this conversation in mind.

Ever since he became a Hokage, Danzo had always tried to cause trouble for him, and he didn't even do it that discreetly.

He even secretly sent Root's Shinobi to sabotage the mission he had assigned to Nagasawa.

No matter how patient Minato was, he still couldn't tolerate what Danzo had done.

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After the joint training, the training team's daily life became monotonous again as they were only focused on the mission and training.

Nagasawa was also no longer as busy.

Now that the training team was on the right track, he did not have to keep an eye on them.

He could also leave the work to Shisui and Ensui.

Nagasawa now had 130,000 points after two months of saving.

It looked like a lot, but in fact, it could only raise the Whitebeard template's Fusion Rate by six percent.

It required 20,000 points to raise one percent of Whitebeard template's Fusion Rate after it reached 60% percent Fusion Rate.

Nagasawa felt a headache just thinking about the huge amount of points needed later.

Naruto was born on October 10th, and now it was April, and the Prosperity he got per week was 1750.

In six months, he would receive around 440,000 points.

And with that amount of points, he could only reach 80-ish%. He still needed more than 200,000 points to reach 90% and unlock the challenge mission.

Nagasawa only hoped that Konoha's Shinobi could be a bit atronger.

The improvement of Shinobi's strength would also provide points to Nagasawa. If a Kage-level Shinobi appeared, he would be able to obtain 50,000 points in one go, and the Prosperity he got each week would also increase.

This was also the reason why Nagasawa set up a training team.

Right now, Nagasawa had basically done everything he could at this point.

Subduing the Golden Organization paved the way to get rid of Daimyo's economic control in the future.

Reform Anbu, halt Danzo's power, and increase the strength of the Fourth Hokage's Anbu. This might not have any obvious effects in the short term, but it would continuously increase Prosperity, and at the same time, create a sharp blade for Konoha.

By bringing back Tsunade, he could reduce the probability of Kushina and Minato dying and, at the same time, develop the Medical-nin system of Konoha.

Appease Uchiha Clan and eliminate the friction between them and the village.

Although they were just beginning, it was a good start.

As long as Konoha followed this pace, its development would not be slow, and his Prosperity would increase steadily.

While Nagasawa was busy daydreaming, he suddenly received a message from Orochimaru, asking him to go to his secret laboratory.

Nagasawa followed the previous route and found the entrance to the underground base. He formed a seal and undid the barrier to enter the laboratory.

In the laboratory, Orochimaru was carefully observing something in front of the vials.

Nagasawa did not conceal his presence, so Orochimaru immediately noticed Nagasawa's arrival. A smile appeared on his cold and pale face as he said in a hoarse voice, "Nagasawa-san, you are finally here."

"What's up? Did you find anything?" Nagasawa asked as he walked toward Orochimaru.

"Nagasawa, didn't you say that the spiritual power and physical strength was imbalanced because the physical strength that Hashirama's cells gave was too strong? However, it will take too much time and effort to increase one's spiritual power, and it is also very difficult. It is too demanding for experiment subjects. Therefore, I thought it would be better to tweak Hashirama's cells to balance it out."

Nagasawa nodded and said, "And then?"

"That's where the Uchiha Clan comes. The Uchiha Clan has far more Spiritual Power than an average Shinobi thanks to their Sharingan."

"You have experimented with Uchiha's cells and Hashirama's cells?" Nagasawa couldn't help but ask.

Uchiha and Senju were both descendants of Ōtsutsuki Clan. The former had inherited their Eye Technique, while the latter had inherited their powerful life force and Chakra.

If he researched these two together, he might really be able to find something.

Orochimaru nodded, and the corners of his mouth rose. "That's right, I put some of Uchiha's cells together with Hashirama's cells in the experiment. This experiment was different from the past. Although the Uchiha's cells gave in eventually, it was completely different from the past! That cell was actually able to withstand Hashirama's cells at the beginning and even achieved a temporary balance, and for the record, it was just the cell of an ordinary Chunin.

"It seems that you have already found the solution," Nagasawa said knowingly.

As expected, Orochimaru couldn't be underestimated. He found the solution so quickly.

He just didn't know if he could do more than in the manga.

For some reason, Orochimaru didn't do too much research on Hashirama's cells in the manga.

Danzo's Sharingan arm that could use Wood Release should be Orochimaru's greatest achievement in Hashirama's cell research.