3 Chapter 3
How important is this official position?
In his previous life, Kagura Akihara never had a chance to get such a position!
According to the norms of his previous life, if Orochimaru offered to help Kagura Akihara arrange such a position, Kagura Akihara would need to visit Orochimaru and bring him gifts during each festival...
For Kagura Akihara in this life, the position in Konoha still has a great use. Kagura Akihara can use it to integrate into the most powerful ninja village in the world!
Konoha, it's the center of this world.
Once Kagura Akihara enters Konoha, he can be informed of the world's progress at any time, even influence the future of this world!
Moreover...
The system has also refreshed new superior requirements.
[System Prompt]: [New task: Go to Konoha, find Orochimaru's ally Danzo Shimura, learn Wood Style Ninjutsu, and monitor the alliance between Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura.]
This task has no time limit.
The work tasks issued by the system originate from superiors and have never specified a completion time, which subtly hints that this task may not be finished for quite some time...
However...
This is precisely what alerts Kagura Akihara.
If he goes along with the flow, he will be trapped in work for his whole life; only if he takes the initiative to do something can he escape from a job that has no definite deadline.
Ssss...
A sound of a snake slithering suddenly came out.
A small white snake suddenly drilled out of the grass, affectionately clinging to Orochimaru's leg, showing a very dependent appearance.
Orochimaru bent down, stretched out his palm, and the little white snake opened its mouth to spit out a scroll, which fell into Orochimaru's palm.
The scroll looked even larger than the size of the little white snake, making it hard to imagine how it swallowed the scroll in the first place.
However...
After all, this is the ninja world...
Such strange occurrences are quite common.
Orochimaru opened the scroll in his hand, looked at the text on the scroll, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, as if he had seen some interesting news.
Strictly speaking...
This was a sternly worded inquiry.
This was an inquiry from Danzo Shimura.
When Orochimaru was still in Konoha, Danzo Shimura had always secretly funded and supported his research project on human experiments with Wood Style. He even helped to find materials for human experimentation;
Naturally.
Such an investment definitely requires a return.
Orochimaru once reciprocated Danzo Shimura by giving him a successfully experimented Wood Style ninja, letting Danzo Shimura see the hope of the project's success.
After all, the investor needs to see certain results...
Although that Wood Style ninja was far from perfect compared to Kagura Akihara, that glimmer of hope made Danzo Shimura believe in the future prospects of the Wood Style human experiment project...
This Wood Style experiment...
There's a lot of potential, it's bound to be successful!
Even now that Orochimaru has fled Konoha, Danzo Shimura isn't afraid of the risk of being found colluding with a rogue ninja, and is still earnestly funding Orochimaru's research...
But...
Investors are always looking forward to returns on their investments.
The messages sent by Danzo Shimura were mostly his questions.
Where's my money?
Where did you spend my money?
Have there been any new results in your experiment project these years?
It wasn't until the end of this letter that Danzo Shimura mentioned an issue: the previous not very successful Wood Style test subject was discovered by the Third Hokage and was taken in by the Hokage's direct Anbu. He hoped Orochimaru would help him breed another Wood Style ninja through experiments.
Likewise.
Danzo Shimura also mentioned a request for a meeting.
After all, Orochimaru has been away from Konoha for several years, completely out of Danzo Shimura's control, and this investor wants to check on Orochimaru's project progress.
"Hehe..."
Orochimaru ignored the questions on the scroll, and looked at the last request on the scroll, showing a light smile on his face.
"This is truly too coincidental."
"It happens to... give him an explanation."
"What?"
Kagura Akihara looked at Orochimaru in surprise.
Would this boss have anything to hide from him?
"No, not at all."
Orochimaru smiled at Kagura Akihara, reaching out to stroke his hair, and began speaking with a loving look on his face: "Someone will come to pick you up soon...before that, I will teach you how to break a curse mark."
"What curse mark?"
"The Cursed Seal of Tongue-Root Death."
Orochimaru spoke lightly.
Although the name of this curse mark sounded terrifying, its effect was quite bad, and in fact, it wasn't scary at all.
This was a seal curse mark created by Danzo Shimura, mainly applied to his subordinates to prevent them from leaking his information.
By planting the Cursed Seal of Tongue-Root Death under a person's tongue, anyone who has this curse mark and tries to bring up information about Danzo Shimura will trigger the curse, making them unable to speak or even move.
Another reason why Orochimaru wanted Kagura Akihara to go to Konoha to seek Danzo Shimura was to act as his mole, and from time to time, Kagura Akihara would need to pass on information to him. Of course, he would not let Kagura Akihara be restricted by the Cursed Seal of Tongue-Root Death.
In addition to the method to break the Cursed Seal of Tongue-Root Death, Orochimaru also recalled his hometown in front of Kagura Akihara, giving his a slight understanding of some stories of Konoha.
"My teacher..."
"Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi..."
"He has ruled Konoha for decades..."
"Perhaps because of his age, the old man has become a bit soft-hearted... even when faced with those who may harm Konoha..."
"..."
The young Kagura Akihara raised his eyebrows.
There are quite a few secrets that the young Kagura Akihara knows about the characters of Konoha.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, is perceived to be soft-hearted, if he is perceived as a kind-faced old man, it is because someone else is playing the role of a ruthless figure.
Konoha, as the most powerful organization in the ninja world, could never always be in the sunshine, naturally, it would need some roles that could not be seen in the light to handle the dark secrets.
Undoubtedly.
Danzo Shimura was one such character.
Kagura Akihara wanted to know more about the story of his future boss.
After quietly listening to Orochimaru's recollections about Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kagura Akihara timely asked curiously, "What about the Danzo Shimura that Lord Orochimaru wants me to join? What kind of person is he? Is there anything I need to be aware of?"
"Danzo?"
Orochimaru's smile instantly thickened on his face, and he said with a sinister tone, "Danzo...is the shadow hidden behind the Third Hokage."
"The life of a ninja is filled with darkness."
"The Hokage is the source of this darkness..."
"But humans always love to beautify themselves... my old teacher likes to appear bright, upright and approachable... So he needs someone to handle the troubles lurking in the darkness for him..."
"Hehehehe..."
Orochimaru even seemed a bit smug with his laughter, apparently finding some vulnerabilities of the Third Hokage, and continued to mock, "My old teacher has always been so hypocritical, not wanting others to know that he's tainted with darkness. The idea of using human bodies for the Wood Release experiments, with a death rate nearly a hundred percent, was initially proposed by him... It's just that his will is too weak... He can't bear the cost of continuous failures..."
"..."
Young Kagura Akihara wanted to plug his ears a little.
Why must Orochimaru always mention his old teacher whenever he talks about Konoha?
He has defected from Konoha for several years, yet why is Orochimaru still sarcastic about the Third Hokage? Just because he was not allowed to become the Hokage of Konoha? Just because he was driven out of his hometown?
Wasn't it Orochimaru who made the first mistake?
Now...
I just want to hear the story of Lord Danzo!
