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He could also use his fists to confront Orochimaru, but he didn't want to do so. After all, he and Orochimaru had a good relationship back in Konoha, and Orochimaru had taken good care of Zhang Ye.

"Who are you?!" the Sound Ninja shouted.

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself!" Zhang Ye introduced himself, "My name is Zhang Ye. Just tell your parents, and they will definitely see me!"

Upon hearing Zhang Ye's words, Yin Ren's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Zhang Ye!? If you're Zhang Ye, the Fourth Hokage, then I'm still Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi!"

Chapter 213 Long time no see, Uncle Snake!

"Uh……"

Zhang Ye stared speechlessly at the Sound Ninja spouting nonsense. Why didn't they believe him when he told the truth? Did they really want him to lie? Well, as they say, a child who lies will never grow up.

"I really am Zhang Ye," Zhang Ye said with a wry smile.

"Tch, I really am the God of the Ninja World!" The Sound Ninja raised the corners of his mouth in disdain.

"Never mind." Zhang Ye shrugged helplessly, turned and left, leaving behind the words, "I'm not talking to an ignorant junior like you anymore."

Seeing Zhang Ye turn and leave, the Sound Ninja panicked and shouted:

"stop!"

It wasn't that he didn't want to step forward and stop Zhang Ye, it's just that his strength wasn't enough. If he had strength far surpassing Zhang Ye's, why would he be here as a watchdog?

"I told you to stop right there and not come any further. I'm giving you a piece of advice: the strength of an adult is beyond your capabilities. If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave!" The Sound Ninja shouted, but his legs trembled uncontrollably.

An astonishing aura emanated from Zhang Ye, causing this insignificant figure below the Shadow level to tremble with fear.

"Ah Ye, isn't it a bit like bullying the weak to scare me like this?"

A sinister voice came from ahead. Upon hearing this voice, the Sound Ninja's eyes lit up with joy. Although he had never seen what that person looked like, he would never forget that person's unique voice.

"I didn't want to either, but your guard is so clueless! If I had my temper before, he would have been a pile of ashes long ago!" Zhang Ye's lips curled into a smile, and his imposing aura vanished. "Who told you to hide in the shadows and not come out!"

A figure emerged from the shadows, with black hair casually draped over his shoulders, silver snake earrings adorning his ears, and pale purple eyeshadow around his eyes. His vertical pupils sent shivers down one's spine.

Orochimaru!

"Long time no see, Orochimaru!" Zhang Ye chuckled as he approached Orochimaru and greeted him.

"Yes, it's been a long time. Thank you for not chasing me last time!" Orochimaru replied with a smile.

Snake? A debt of gratitude for not pursuing him?

The Sound Ninja stood by, dumbfounded, staring at the two. This liar actually knew this person? Wait, what did this person just call him? Ah Ye? Could he really be the Fourth Hokage, Zhang Ye??

"You did a good job," Orochimaru said coldly to the guard.

It's important to know that Orochimaru would never normally praise his subordinates. The only reason he would say "not bad" is if someone was about to die, meaning they had truly done a good job.

"Thank you, sir!" The Sound Ninja's face lit up with joy, and he quickly bowed and said.

"Okay, you can step back now. He's an acquaintance of mine. You can continue guarding him here." Orochimaru gave the order and then said to Zhang Ye, "Come with me."

Zhang Ye followed Orochimaru to a square pit with a downward staircase leading to a two-person-wide iron gate.

"This is your secret base, Orochimaru. It's exactly the same as Konoha's research base. Very impressive!"

Upon entering Orochimaru's base, Zhang Ye's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise it, saying that although it was cold and gloomy, many rooms had their own ingenious uses.

The layout of the rooms here is similar to that of Konoha's research unit. After all, Orochimaru was in charge of the research unit after Konoha was destroyed, and given Orochimaru's personality, it would naturally be built according to his preferences.

"Well, it's alright. After all, Konoha's research base is one of my life's work, so the layout here is naturally similar to that one!" Orochimaru explained.

The two walked forward and came to a living room, which contained only a sofa, a table, and a map of the ninja world hanging on the wall.

"Speak, what brings you here this time?" Orochimaru sat on the sofa, poured Zhang Ye a cup of tea, and asked, "Also, how did you find me?"

"How could I, as a junior, not come to see you?" Zhang Ye replied with a smile.

“Fine, but…” Orochimaru looked at Zhang Ye with his snake-like eyes and laughed, “I don’t believe your nonsense!”

“Actually, when you defected from Konoha, I secretly searched for your whereabouts, but you hid too well. My useless subordinates only found some insignificant clues,” Zhang Ye explained.

Orochimaru looked at Zhang Ye with a sinister smile.

Zhang Ye, whose hair stood on end under Orochimaru's gaze, shuddered and said, "Uncle Orochimaru, can you please stop looking at me like that? It's really uncomfortable!"

"Go on."

"Alright!" Zhang Ye took a sip of tea and continued, "Actually, it was an accident. If I were you, I would also take over a small ninja village and establish my own village. However, Otogakure was established a year ago, which made me have to pay attention to it."

Orochimaru said, "So that's how it is... I thought the higher-ups in Konoha had become smarter!"

"Alright, now it's time to tell you why you're here!" Orochimaru said calmly.

"Can't I just come to see you...?" Zhang Ye felt a little embarrassed by Orochimaru's gaze and scratched his head. "Actually, I came here this time to ask you for a favor."

As he spoke, Zhang Ye took out the scroll containing the shredded meat, opened the seal, and took out the piece of meat.

"I need your help to see what this piece of meat is!"

"Minced meat? This is just..." Orochimaru picked up the minced meat, intending to mock Zhang Ye, but then frowned, his snake eyes fixed on the piece of minced meat, and stood up, saying, "Wait a minute!"

After saying that, Orochimaru got up and left the living room, heading towards the largest room in the room.

Zhang Ye followed Orochimaru into the house, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

Inside, rows of glass tubes stand upright, filled with nutrient solution, and floating in these nutrient solutions are naked people.

"This is..." Zhang Ye frowned. Could it be that Orochimaru is still using human bodies to research forbidden techniques?

Sensing Zhang Ye's strange gaze, Orochimaru smiled sinisterly: "Don't worry, these are all clones, not the taboos you're thinking about!"

Hearing his explanation, Zhang Ye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that he still held some place in Orochimaru's heart.

“A clone…” Zhang Ye murmured, walking up to a culture tube and looking at the clone inside.

Floating inside was a white-haired adult man with two brown moles between his eyebrows.

"This is...a member of the Kaguya clan?" Zhang Ye couldn't help but look at Orochimaru.

"You know... that's true, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, you even fought against the head of the Kaguya clan." Orochimaru's face showed a fascinated smile as he reached out and stroked the culture tube.

"This is an excellent body. Although it can't compare to the Uchiha clan's body, it's still very good. Moreover, they can freely manipulate osteoblasts and osteoclasts. I really like it," Orochimaru said, fascinated.

Excellent physique?

Zhang Ye couldn't help but look Orochimaru up and down. Could it be that he had already started using the S-rank forbidden technique, the Reanimation Jutsu?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Orochimaru turned his head to look at Zhang Ye.

"I'm wondering if you've already mastered the forbidden technique of immortality and rebirth?" Zhang Ye said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru raised an eyebrow and smirked: "So you're also interested in immortality? If you'd like, I can teach you!"

"No need. Although I am very interested in immortality, there's no need for it if it involves reincarnation!" Zhang Ye shook his head and refused.

The forbidden technique 【Reincarnation】 has a huge flaw.

Changing bodies every three years is something Zhang Ye can't stand. He's not a body-changing maniac, and besides, if he changes bodies, will his child still be his child? He always feels like he'll be wearing a green hat, and he doesn't want to be cuckolded.

Moreover, this move is very likely to deplete one's own soul. You should know that Orochimaru's genjutsu is at its maximum level in his official guidebook, but he was frequently caught in genjutsu later on.

Even if Itachi was exceptionally talented, it was impossible for him to have beaten Orochimaru so badly when he was only fourteen or fifteen years old. After all, Orochimaru was a veteran ninja!

Moreover, ever since Orochimaru learned the "Immortal Reincarnation" technique, even his gender is no longer fixed. You have to know that Zhang Ye is a straight man!

“That’s true. With such an outstanding physique, you don’t need to change bodies.” Orochimaru squinted at Zhang Ye’s body greedily, and even stuck out his tongue to lick his upper lip, which made Zhang Ye shiver.

Actually, if one could achieve immortality, it would be simple. Once Zhang Ye gets to the world of Dragon Ball, he can collect all seven "good guy" cards... uh, no, all seven Dragon Balls, summon Shenron, and wish for eternal life.

"Come here, I already know what this piece of minced meat is!" Orochimaru said, and led Zhang Ye to a huge computer screen, on which appeared a bunch of messy numbers and images that Zhang Ye couldn't understand.

"This is……"

"Where did you get this scrap of meat?" Orochimaru asked Zhang Ye before he could even ask.

“Two men in black robes invaded Konoha before, and this scrap of flesh was taken from them!” Zhang Ye then asked, “What exactly is this?”

"This is the gene of minced meat. I never expected that someone in Konoha would have cloning technology. Moreover, based on the activity of this minced meat, it is highly likely that it contains the cells of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and there is also a powerful and violent cell among them. Is this your latest research in Konoha? You actually want to clone the First Hokage!" Orochimaru's lips curled into a contemptuous smile: "However, although this clone is a piece of trash, the cells inside are still quite good, especially that powerful and violent cell, which is much stronger than the First Hokage's cells. But the price is that the lifespan is very short, only two or three years!"

"Cloners!!" Zhang Ye frowned and muttered to himself, "I never expected them to use this method!"

"them?"

"Who are they?" Orochimaru asked.

Zhang Ye glanced at Orochimaru and sighed, "To be honest, you know him too!"

"I know him too?" Orochimaru frowned, searched his memory, and then shook his head: "Just say it directly, don't beat around the bush!"

"Uchiha Madara!"

"What!?"

Orochimaru, who had always been calm and collected, finally showed a look of surprise on his face.

Madara Uchiha was a legend in the ninja world, a being no less than the God of Shinobi. Some even claimed that Madara's strength surpassed that of the God of Shinobi, making him the strongest being in the ninja world.

"Isn't he dead?"

He knew that Madara Uchiha was really dead. After all, Orochimaru was also a member of the upper echelons of Konoha at that time. How could he not know such confidential information?

"Yes, but he left himself a backup plan. Even the undercover agent I placed there who was highly trusted by him didn't know. Judging from the current clues, the backup plan he left was the scientist who cloned Uchiha Madara!" Zhang Ye said in a deep voice.

"Wait, you mean besides the First Hokage's cells, there's another type of cell here that belongs to Madara Uchiha!?" Orochimaru's face showed surprise, then his eyes gleamed with greed as he stared at the piece of minced meat on the table.

He wasn't interested in Hashirama Senju's cells, but Madara Uchiha...

He was completely obsessed!

That was the most powerful being in the Uchiha clan. Even his favorite, Uchiha Itachi, was not as good as Madara!

After all, one was a ninja who could rival Hashirama Senju back then, while the other was still a child in the process of growing up. When comparing the two, it was natural to choose the former.

"Give up!" Zhang Ye said irritably.

Even if he could clone Madara Uchiha, could he control himself from being attacked by the backlash? Not to mention using the Reincarnation technique to seize that body.

Orochimaru immediately gave a wry smile.