Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 19 Base

"Lord Orochimaru!"

In a remote, lawless area on the border of the Land of Fire, several ninjas suddenly leaped out from underground, bowed their heads, and knelt on one knee before Orochimaru.

"Is there anything we need to be careful about?" Orochimaru stopped in his tracks with Shikagure and the other two, and asked the three ninjas who had appeared in front of them.

"Everything is as usual," the leader of the ninjas replied immediately.

"Go do your business. I'll be staying here for a while." Orochimaru waved his hand, signaling the three to leave.

"Where is this, Orochimaru-sensei?" Anko's curiosity was piqued as she watched the three ninjas disappear in a flash.

"It's just a private base I set up outside." Orochimaru led the three of them forward and stopped in front of a mountain wall not far away. His ten fingers flew as he formed hand seals, and finally he clasped his hands together, as if performing a summoning jutsu, and placed his palms on the mountain wall.

Centered on Orochimaru's palm, a dense web of black runes spread outwards from the mountain wall. Under Anko's focused gaze, the mountain wall suddenly trembled and began to move, revealing a dark cave behind it.

"Come in." Orochimaru stepped into the cave first, followed closely by Anko. Once all four of them were inside the cave, the door in the mountain wall that had been moved slammed shut again.

As the mountain walls closed in, the cave suddenly became brightly lit, and torches began to burn, illuminating a path of brilliant light that revealed every detail of the dark cave interior.

This is a base built inside a mountain.

Following the winding steps carved out, you eventually arrive at the open space below.

There were rooms along the way, and even cells with iron bars.

The first floor was filled with all sorts of instruments.

The second floor consists of individual rooms, resembling a living area.

I took a quick look at the three floors, without going deep inside, but the lingering chill in the darkness and the faintly visible fence still indicated what kind of place this was.

"This is where you'll rest. You can choose any room you like. We'll be staying here for a while," Orochimaru said in the corridor on the second floor after giving Shika and the other two a quick tour of the base.

"Also, you'll be my assistant tomorrow, is that alright?" Orochimaru said, turning his gaze to Lu Nie beside him.

"Are you researching natural energy? I'm fine with that." Shiro nodded. He had now mastered quite a few medical ninjutsu and had gained a deeper understanding and improvement in the human body, so he could easily serve as Orochimaru's assistant.

Given Orochimaru's personality, he wouldn't be so secretive as to worry about Shikani learning anything from him. At least based on their current interactions, Orochimaru is genuinely trying to teach Shikani and Anko.

……

The next day.

Jugo was used as a test subject and lay on the experimental table for a whole day.

Orochimaru's ruthlessness and obsession while conducting his research sent chills down Anko's spine as she witnessed her teacher's cold side.

What shocked Anko even more was that Shiro, who was younger than her, was able to remain calm in this research that made her uncomfortable, and could even have a few words with Orochimaru every now and then.

For a moment, Hongdou vaguely thought that Orochimaru and Shikano were the normal people in the team.

Could it be that the team led by their own teacher is a team that recruits perverts?

Even Jugo, who was used as an experimental subject, was an ultimate pervert in Anko's eyes. Who could be studied for an entire day using methods such as bloodletting and dissection, only to groan a few times, and then be simply healed by medical ninjutsu after the study was over, and then be able to put on clothes, sit up and move around as if nothing had happened?

"Aren't you in pain?" Anko leaned close to Jugo, who was now dressed, and asked softly. She felt that Jugo was still kind and honest when he was calm, and could be considered a friend. She always felt a little guilty about enduring those studies on the experimental table that she couldn't bear to look at.

"Pain? No!" Jugo looked at Anko's concerned face, feeling touched, but also shook his head: "The potion prepared by Lu Nie is very good. I'm completely paralyzed, and I don't feel any pain. I'm just a little bored."

"Aren't you angry that the teacher treated you like that?" Anko asked, somewhat bewildered. She had thought Jugo would be angry about Orochimaru and the others' actions, but what had happened?

"I agreed to be their test subject, and before the research, Lu Nie explained the process to me and obtained my consent. Lu Nie kept his promise to me. The process will be painless, and there will be no scars afterward. Why should I be angry?"

"I feel good and at ease being needed, being able to be studied quietly here without having to go out and kill people." Jugo shook his head and said calmly.

"You're such a weirdo!" Red Bean commented on Jugo.

the other side.

"Jugo's body is truly a treasure trove. Looking at these data, I feel an irresistible urge to explore." Orochimaru looked at today's experimental data, a hint of joy showing on his usually calm face.

This data would be of little use to some ignorant brute, but in the eyes of a research-oriented genius like him, it is far more valuable than an S-rank forbidden technique.

They showed him a new direction!

This greatly fueled Orochimaru's research desires. The last time he felt this excited about materials and data involved the First Hokage's Wood Release cells.

But that person was partly curious about Wood Release and partly trying to scam research funding.

The current research on Jugo involves his future path to immortality and becoming a sage. To put it bluntly, having Jugo as research material is equivalent to having a path he can walk ahead of him.

"Orochimaru-sensei, do you want to master Sage Mode?" Shikane stood next to Orochimaru, also holding a document containing data about Jugo's body.

"Who wouldn't want that? Those who can master immortal arts are called immortals! For example, the three sacred lands of summoning beasts. The immortals there have lived for at least a thousand years! From this perspective, if summoning beasts that have mastered immortal energy can live for a thousand years, then what about humans?"

Orochimaru's eyes burned with a kind of fanaticism. It was precisely because of Ryuchi Cave and the other two holy sites that he dared to truly hope for and pursue immortality.

"But the Sage Techniques of Ryuchi Cave..." Orochimaru's face darkened. "Until you have enough power to protect yourself, you'd better not go see the Sage of Ryuchi Cave. He's not someone you can talk to easily."

(End of this chapter)