Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 304 Experiment Restart

"Tsunade, what do you think of Jiraiya-sensei?"

"Jiraiya—well, he's not much of a flaw. Aside from being a lecher, stingy, a voyeur, a braggart, and a coward, he doesn't seem to have any other shortcomings."

"It seems like Jiraiya-sensei likes you!"

"Haha, lots of people like your older sister, he's probably number 1761 in the rankings —"

Jiraiya, who was lying on the outside of the door, heard an important conversation coming from inside and pressed his ear even closer to the door.

"What? You're asking who's number one? Of course—"

"Oops!" Jiraiya heard the crucial part, but the door opened directly, and he fell in without warning.

Tsunade stood there with her arms crossed, looking down at him from her elevated position.

Chishi and Lanwu, who were behind them, looked around as if it had nothing to do with them.

"Um—" Jiraiya saw this and knew he had been tricked.

boom-

"Isn't that Jiraiya? What's he doing here? He's not eavesdropping, is he?" Tsunade cracked her knuckles.

"This—information is a ninja's life!" Jiraiya forced a straight face, trying to bluff his way out.

"Oh, then you should be prepared to pay with your life, right?" Tsunade said, already holding Jiraiya in her arms.

at the same time----

"Jiraiya-sensei, my injuries don't seem to have healed yet. I'll go see Nonou for treatment again—" Akaishi said, turning and walking away without looking back.

"I'll go check if Nono's treatment method is correct—" Lan Wu followed, closing the door behind her.

ah-

Intelligence is the lifeblood of a ninja. Jiraiya vividly taught his two students this important lesson.

"Did you come back specifically for information about that person?" Akaishi asked Lanwu after coming out.

"No, Tsunade said that I was transferred to the supply unit. My main task is to patrol the refugee camps and provide emergency treatment and free medical services to the civilians," Lan Wu said.

Although medical ninjas specialize in treating external injuries and poisoning, they usually also have a grasp of general medical knowledge and are at least at the level of a general doctor in treating other illnesses.

What's most needed right now is treatment for external injuries, and Lanwu also knows how to use medicine for some common minor illnesses; she can just organize people to collect some.

"That's great news!" Akaishi exclaimed with delight.

"Hmm?" Lan Wu stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Chi Shi. "You're so happy that I was transferred here?"

"You don't know, but many civilians in the Land of Rain feel that Konoha started the war. Luckily, we have a civilian medical unit, which can help salvage Konoha's image!" Akaishi said confidently.

Lanwu: ————

Tsunade quickly left the supply unit, after all, she had an important mission. The reason she took the time to come over was because it concerned Madara Uchiha and Wood Release, which was why she made an exception.

However, Lan Wu and two other medical ninja assistants stayed with the supply unit, responsible for patrolling some settlements every day. Although it was a drop in the ocean, it was at least a gesture from Konoha.

As for the information about Akaishi, it quickly reached Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk.

Mitomon, Utatane, and Danzo were all there at this time as well.

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"After the Rinnegan—even Wood Release has appeared—who on earth is plotting against Konoha!" Hiruzen Sarutobi was also very troubled.

"First of all, this intelligence comes solely from Uchiha Akaishi's testimony; no one else witnessed it," Danzo added, pausing before continuing, "In fact, he had just sent the Root ninja away shortly before the battle began!"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and said, "Ranma also saw the Rinnegan earlier, as well as the Wood Release—although the battle was over by the time the other ninjas arrived, the traces of the earth being churned up and the remaining huge plant debris do indeed match the characteristics of Wood Release."

Danzo nodded upon hearing this, not annoyed by Sarutobi's rebuttal—he was merely reminding him that the Uchiha clan could not be trusted!

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi did not accept this question, but—

Didn't we also consider the issue of authenticity?

That's enough!

Danzo, having achieved his goal, fell silent. Mitomon then cautiously said, "The matter of the Rinnegan is still uncertain, but since it concerns Wood Release—it's necessary to inform the Jonin to be careful and to ascertain the enemy's identity as soon as possible!"

Wood Release appeared quite a few times during the Warring States period, but it wasn't particularly noteworthy before.

However, after Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, "Wood Release" was given a different meaning.

"Yes, I've already assigned the investigation mission to Jiraiya and Orochimaru." Sarutobi was still quite unhappy when Orochimaru was mentioned.

However, Orochimaru has been away from the battlefield for too long, and we are short of manpower, so we will have to send him back soon.

Koharu Utatane then spoke up: "I heard that—after Tsunade received the news, she took it upon herself to go to the supply corps and secretly meet with Jiraiya—"

"What kind of secret meeting is this?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the wording used in the conversation.

"At least it was acting on their own initiative, and it also shows that after Uchiha Akaishi and Jiraiya received the information, they notified Tsunade first, and she immediately went to discuss it!" Koharu Utatane emphasized.

"It's not surprising that Akaishi and Jiraiya went to Tsunade to discuss it since it involves Wood Release." Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew what Koharu Utatane wanted to say.

If it were Orochimaru and the Uchiha clan secretly plotting against each other, Hiruzen Sarutobi would really have to think about whether they had any ulterior motives. Of course, how could Orochimaru get involved with the Uchiha clan?

As for Tsunade and Jiraiya—

All together, they don't have much cunning when it comes to this kind of thing!

Danzo then noticed Koharu's reaction and asked, "Sarutobi, can we begin experimenting with the Wood Release cells that were discovered in Sensei's lab earlier?"

Upon hearing Danzo mention this, Sarutobi immediately glared at him.

Two years ago, they returned hastily, upholding their teacher's legacy, to continue leading Konoha—

Before the Second Generation returned to cover the rear, he explained some things, but time was of the essence, so he didn't go into too much detail.

Upon returning, following their teacher's instructions on how to break the curse, they opened several of their teacher's secret laboratories, and the result was—

What was inside nearly scared the four of them to death!

Some forbidden esoteric materials are already the least sensitive content.

Some even raise ethical issues—such as the so-called "Wood Release cells"!

If it's called "Wood Release Cells," whose cells could it actually be?

It was then that they learned that the teacher had preserved cells from the first generation of the target organism for further experiments.

Danzo immediately opened the door to a new world and proposed to continue these experiments, but Sarutobi did not agree.

In the same experiment, Sarutobi believed that the teacher had self-control and could at least adhere to some principles, but—

If it were Danzo, that would be a different story!

"Sigh, even the enemy has Wood Release now. If our Konoha doesn't have it, not to mention whether we'll fall behind in strength, in name only—" Danzo immediately advised upon seeing this.

Sarutobi: ————

Seeing Sarutobi hesitate, Utatane spoke up, "Danzo is right, and—even our teacher didn't succeed, so we might not be able to either. But it's always good to get some information from this."

Danzo did not refute it, but he disagreed in his heart—the teacher had no results because he only had data from animal experiments!

Why only use animals?

Aren't animal lives also lives? Animals are so cute—I think the right to life of orphans in enemy countries should be lower than that of animals!

Instead of using animals, why not just use them directly?

Mitomon wanted to say something, but after hearing what Utatane said, she remained silent.

After a moment of silence, Sarutobi...

On January 30th, in the 38th year of Konoha, Konoha Village restarted the "First Generation Cell Experiment".

A month and a half later, on March 20th.

Orochimaru arrived at the supply corps, bringing with him a genin.

"Rope Tree?" Lan Wu looked at her cousin in surprise, only then realizing who the ninja who Captain Orochimaru had trained was.

Akaishi recognized the kid; he seemed to recall him as the grandson of the First Generation.

"Huh? Why is there only one?" Akashi asked in confusion.

Akaishi:————

So, it's actually possible to send someone back to the ninja academy?

When Orochimaru brought up the matter, he couldn't help but smirk, while Jiraiya shook his head helplessly.

Jiraiya knew the inside story —

This time, it was Sarutobi-sensei who forced Orochimaru to take on the graduates. Orochimaru initially agreed, and the three graduates he accepted were arranged by Sarutobi-sensei. Then—

Orochimaru kicked two of them back, not even sparing their genin status!

Although he didn't say it outright, Jiraiya knew that the old man must be furious.

Jiraiya noticed Orochimaru's smirk and felt that he was now at odds with the old man.

"There's only one genin—that doesn't make a team." Akaishi frowned, feeling that this was somewhat unsafe.

"Nawaki and I can be on the same team," Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.

Orochimaru originally intended to kick all three of them back to teach the old man a lesson.

Although Nawaki is Tsunade's younger brother, Orochimaru would not show him any mercy, but—because Nawaki's performance was indeed beyond Orochimaru's expectations, Orochimaru still spared him.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's arrangement, Akaishi felt that this "upper + lower" combination was either pointless for training or—

—Too dangerous.

However, since Orochimaru had already made his decision, Akaishi had no room to interfere.

"Orochimaru, it's good that you're here. After that—" Jiraiya immediately tried to shirk responsibility.

Orochimaru interrupted, saying, "Jiraiya, your teacher said you did very well. Keep up the good work—even that kid's leadership skills can be brought out. Yeah, good luck."

Jiraiya: ————

Jiraiya felt this guy was weird!