Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

"Well, in the near future, the Blood Pool Clan may join the company."

Orochimaru was very confident that the Blood Pond Clan would choose to join the company, but he would not make a final statement.

"The Blood Pool Clan, the family that possesses the Blood Dragon Eye?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Uzumaki Chigusa's face. "That family was exiled many years ago. It is said that the environment was very harsh."

"The Blood Pond Clan was exiled to Hell Valley in the Land of Hot Springs. The survivors still live in Hell Valley. I met a member of the Blood Pond Clan not long ago."

Orochimaru briefly talked about how he encountered thieves from the Blood Pond Clan after he went to find Tsunade who had finished her training in the Wet Bone Forest.

"Then, the fewer people who master the pupil-sealing curse, the better."

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at the scroll in her hand. She didn't think that the more people who mastered the pupil-sealing curse, the better.

"Chigusa, just make your own decision."

Orochimaru's research on the pupil-sealing seal has not yet been completed. She will not give up even if there is a slight possibility of further improvement in the pupil-sealing seal.

After all, what we will face in the future are a group of monsters with various eye techniques.

Whether it is the pupil-sealing curse, chakra poison or fairy explosives, they were all developed to deal with those monsters.

"you sure?"

Uzumaki Chigusa narrowed her red eyes and stared at Orochimaru.

"I am sure."

Orochimaru looked at Chigusa Uzumaki, his golden eyes as clear as a spring.

Uzumaki Chigusa saw the trust in Orochimaru's eyes, and the hand holding the scroll trembled slightly. At this moment, she found that Orochimaru, whom she had always treated as a child, was very charming and attractive.

Is this why Qinghe and the others followed Orochimaru...

Uzumaki Chigusa didn't quite understand why Qinghe and the others trusted Orochimaru so blindly and were even willing to give their lives to him. Now she kind of understands.

Trust is mutual, just as they trust Orochimaru, Orochimaru also trusts them.

"Then leave it to me."

Uzumaki Chigusa moved closer to Orochimaru and kissed her on the cheek.

"Don't treat me like a child!"

Orochimaru frowned, unhappy with Uzumaki Chigusa's kiss on her cheek, "I'm 15 years old now."

"I don't treat you like a child."

Uzumaki Chigusa narrowed her eyes and smiled, then stood up and said, "I will choose the person I trust the most to teach him the pupil-sealing curse, and Nano is one of them."

"Chigusa, thank you for your hard work."

As the person who developed the pupil-sealing curse, Orochimaru is well aware of the difficulty of learning the pupil-sealing curse.

"It's really too polite to say such things!"

Uzumaki Chikusa was about to leave, but after hearing what Orochimaru said, she turned back and pinched her nose.

Orochimaru covered his nose, his wide eyes full of condemnation as he watched Uzumaki Chigusa leave.

So, it’s time to go to the company.

Orochimaru stood up and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear from the spot.

White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company, President's Office.

"Kakuzu, this is the data from the experiment using your Earth Wrath Tentacles. Take a look at it yourself and tell me when you've made your decision."

Orochimaru gave Kakuzu the documents on the experimental data of implanting Zero Tail cells into the vascular tentacles and engraving the transformation formula on the vascular tentacles, leaving it to him to decide whether to undergo body transformation or not.

Kakuzu was slightly stunned when he saw the lip mark on Orochimaru's cheek. He pretended not to see anything and picked up the document to look through it.

"Qinghe, some people from the Blood Pond Clan may come here soon. You will be responsible for arranging their affairs then. This is information about the Blood Pond Clan's bloodline limit."

Orochimaru took out another document and placed it on the coffee table.

Hmm? Orochimaru-sama's face...

Qinghe also noticed the lip marks on Lord Orochimaru's face and hesitated whether to remind her.

"The Blood Pond Clan? Aren't they the bloodline limit clan exiled from the Land of Lightning?"

Kakuzu paused and sighed, "Even after being exiled to a place like Hell Valley, he managed to survive."

He thought that the Blood Pool Clan had died out long ago and hadn't heard of this clan in many years.

What is Hell Valley? It is not only a barren land, but also has very little food. When the Blood Pond Clan was exiled to Hell Valley, it was the Uchiha Clan who guarded them.

"I met someone from the Blood Pond Clan not long ago. The Blood Dragon Eye of the Blood Pond Clan isn't as powerful as the Sharingan, but they have one thing that the Uchiha Clan doesn't have."

Orochimaru smiled mysteriously and kept the secret on purpose.

"What is it?"

Qinghe really couldn't think of any aspect of the Blood Pond Clan that the Uchiha Clan couldn't compare to, not to mention that the Blood Dragon Eye was restrained by the Sharingan... He couldn't help but glance at the lip print.

Is it...is it a woman's lip print?

"The Blood Dragon Eye of the Blood Pond Clan is not as good as the Sharingan. In what way are the Uchiha Clan inferior to the Blood Pond Clan?"

Kakuzu knew both the Blood Pond Clan and the Uchiha Clan very well, and the former was crushed by the latter in all aspects.

"That is, they no longer belong to any ninja village. The Blood Pond Clan exiled to Hell Valley is no longer a ninja clan from the Land of Lightning. That's why I want them to join the company."

Orochimaru not only wants to study the Blood Dragon Eyes of the Blood Pond Clan, but also wants them to become members of the company. Her current research funding basically comes from the money earned by the company.

Even if the company is absolutely neutral, there will be some villains who will target it.

Therefore, it is also necessary to enhance the company's strength. In addition, the Blood Dragon Eye of the Blood Pond Clan is a rare eye technique bloodline limit in the ninja world, and it is also an eye technique that can cast illusions.

"Indeed, the Blood Pond Clan was exiled to the Hell Valley of the Hot Spring Country by the Daimyo of the Lightning Country. They will not return to the Lightning Country that caused them so much suffering."

Perhaps because he had been betrayed by the Takigakure Village before, Kakuzu still felt a little sympathetic towards the Blood Pond clan's plight, but he still had some things to say.

"Orochimaru, I have to remind you that the Blood Dragon Eye, like the Sharingan, can only be opened through strong emotional stimulation. It is not easy to make them loyal to the company."

"I already have a plan."

Orochimaru was well aware of this, which was why he wanted to teach the eye-sealing seal to Uzumaki Chigusa and Uzumaki Nano.

"That's good."

Kakuzu placed the documents on the coffee table and asked, "When can we start renovating the Earth Grudge?"

"Aren't you worried that something might go wrong?"

Orochimaru asked with a smile. She didn't expect Kakuto to make a decision in such a short time. She thought Kakuto would think about it.

"I know Yuan Yu's weaknesses very well. If your transformation, Orochimaru, can help me get rid of my weaknesses and become stronger, I am willing to undergo the transformation."

Kakuzu believed that Orochimaru would not lie to him about this, which meant that everything written on the document just now was true. After the transformation, he would become a hundred times or a thousand times more difficult to kill than he is now!

As long as there are Earth Grudge Tentacles, he will not be truly dead no matter how many times he is killed, unless all of them are destroyed.

He originally would not trust anyone and only believed in money, but he himself found it strange that he would believe the person who said to him, "You work for money, not for me."

"Earth Grudge Transformation?"

Qinghe was slightly stunned and looked at the document on the coffee table with great curiosity.

"Excuse me, can you let me take a look?"

"up to you."

Orochimaru doesn't care.

"Please."

Kakuzu didn't care. Once Chiyuan Yu's transformation was completed, he would no longer have to worry about his heart. The vitality brought by the Zero Tail cells was enough to keep him alive for a long time. The conversion technique would allow him to perform the Five Elements Ninjutsu more easily.

After getting consent, Qinghe picked up the document and began to look through it. The more he read, the more shocked he became. He didn't expect that Lord Orochimaru had actually studied Kakuzu's Earth Grudge and had already come up with a plan to transform it.

"Kakuzu, before I can transform you into the Earthly Wrath, I need to prepare. You know the transformation technique. Whether it's engraved on the mask or on the vascular tentacles is up to you."

Orochimaru stood up and continued, "If the people of the Blood Pond Clan have any ulterior motives, you can go find Chigusa. She has mastered the method of dealing with bloodline limit ninjas who possess eye techniques."

"I should probably go back soon."

Seeing that Qinghe and Kakuzu had nothing to say, Orochimaru was about to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave when Qinghe couldn't help but say, "Sir Orochimaru, the lip print on your face..."

"Lip print?"

Orochimaru was stunned for a moment, and the water droplets condensed together to form a mirror.

"This this……"

Orochimaru stared at the lip print on his cheek with wide eyes. When he thought about how he had spoken for a long time in front of Qinghe and Kakuzu with the lip print on his face, a strong sense of shame and embarrassment surged in his heart.

"You didn't see anything, you know?"

Orochimaru took out a handkerchief and wiped the lip marks on his face, and there was a murderous look in his eyes as he looked at Kakuzu and Aoka.

"Lord Orochimaru, please... please don't worry, I didn't see anything just now."

Qinghe looked up at the ceiling.

"I'm looking at important documents."

Kakuzu didn't want to provoke Orochimaru and said he didn't see anything.

"Humph!"

Orochimaru snorted coldly and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.

Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if he didn't remind Lord Orochimaru, the consequences would definitely be more serious than they were now.

"Uzumaki Chigusa?... I've never heard that the Uzumaki clan has a seal against dojutsu." Kakuzu's eyes flashed with understanding, and he said, "It seems that Orochimaru has been eyeing the Blood Pond clan for a long time."

"Lord Orochimaru wouldn't do anything without confidence. You've been in the company for so long, Kakuzu, don't you know that?"

Qinghe always believes in every decision made by Lord Orochimaru, even to the point of blindness, and never doubts any of her decisions.

"I can't do that to you... No, you trust Orochimaru like that."

Kakuzu looked at Aoka, who never doubted the decisions made by Orochimaru and always carried them out firmly. Since being betrayed by the Takigakure Village, he no longer trusted anyone, and only money would not betray him.

"Then why did you let Lord Orochimaru transform your Earth Grudge?"

“I trust her research.”

"People like you who don't believe in Lord Orochimaru are not worthy of Lord Orochimaru's transformation!"

boom--!

The conversation between Qinghe and Kakuzu ended with Qinghe slamming the door and leaving. Soon Qinghe came back and pointed at the door and said to Kakuzu with a puzzled look: "This is my office, go back to your finance office!"

"..."

Kakuzu was unable to refute Qinghe's words, so he stood up and left the president's office and returned to the finance office.

The Land of Hot Springs, with its numerous hot springs, is a holy place for healing.

It is said that hot spring hotels in other places are all named after Yunokuni Onsen, but in fact the water in the hot springs is not the hot spring water from Yunokuni.

Hell Valley, as the name suggests, is a deep valley like hell. It has also been the first choice for exiling criminals from various countries since ancient times.

With the emergence of the ninja village system, Hell Valley was abandoned, and most serious criminals were imprisoned in the Ghost Lantern Castle in the Hidden Grass Village.

The air in Hell Valley is filled with a pungent smell of sulfur, and the boiling spring water is red due to excessive heavy metals.

The man returned to Hell Valley, looked at the familiar environment, and skillfully found the Blood Pool Clan's territory hidden in the barrier.

"Ash, you're back."

The Blood Pond Clan's leader looked at Xiu as he walked in, and seeing that he was worried, he asked, "Did you encounter anything during your outing this time?"

"Chief Bafu, I met Orochimaru..."

Ash described in detail his experience of leaving Hell Valley and visiting the Short Shot Street in the Land of Fire, and handed the business card to Bafu.

"Leaving Hell Valley and heading to the Land of Waves?"

Bafu looked at the business card in his hand and fell into deep thought. The Blood Pool Clan living in Hell Valley had also heard of the name of the White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company. He was a little worried that the Wave Country was not as good as they knew.

"Ah Xiu, pick a few of your clansmen to go with you to the Wave Country White Snake Medical Technology Company. If the Wave Country is really as good as we know it is, joining the company will be the best choice for us, the Blood Pond Clan."

Bafu returned the business card to Ash. In recent years, the Blood Pool Clan has been affected by the harsh environment and has been getting worse year by year. If this continues, the Blood Pool Clan might completely disappear from the Hell Valley one day.