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Resets Weekly! [Monday]
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After resting for two days, Satoru Hyūga felt that the emptiness in his body had returned to normal.
He no longer looked listless as before. After getting everything ready, he decided to go find Orochimaru.
Satoru Hyūga didn't know Orochimaru's exact location. After all, for such a cunning snake like him, he mostly stayed in his secret laboratory.
He's as elusive as a divine dragon that reveals only its head but not its body.
However, he had another way.
Anko.
The main reason he had close contact with Anko back then was that he hoped to get in touch with Orochimaru through her. Now, he finally got the result.
Knock! Knock!
There were several knocks on the door outside the house. Anko was a bit puzzled. It shouldn't be Orochimaru-sensei coming to see her at this time, right? Who could it be?
She opened the door and saw the familiar figure. Anko immediately beamed with joy.
"Hey, Satoru! It's you. Did you finish your mission?"
"Yeah." Satoru Hyūga nodded and smiled. "I've finished it. I just got back the other day."
Anko had changed a great deal in just a few months, with her bio - magnetic field becoming much stronger and her chakra levels increasing significantly. It seemed that Orochimaru had really been teaching her with great care.
Satoru Hyūga sighed inwardly.
"Anko, I'm here this time because I need your help. Do you know where Lord Orochimaru is? I have something to talk to him about."
Satoru Hyūga got straight to the point.
"Orochimaru-sensei? " Anko put her hand under her chin and thought for a moment. "At this time... he should be at the experimental base."
After hesitating for a moment, she looked up.
"I'll take you there."
In the gloomy sewer where the air was extremely damp, every few steps one could hear the pitter - patter sound of water droplets falling from the top of the narrow passage.
"Anko, are you sure? Is Orochimaru really here?"
Satoru Hyūga wrapped his clothes tighter. This path was not only gloomy and damp but also very cold. The sound he made echoed in the pipe and came back to his ears.
Anko hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei spends a lot of time in this laboratory every day. However, he doesn't seem to like me coming to find him there very much."
This was also the reason why she hesitated at first. But thinking that it was Satoru's first time asking her for help, she decided to bring him here.
Suddenly, Satoru Hyūga remembered.
In the original work, it seemed that the scene where Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered Orochimaru conducting human experiments was in a gloomy sewer, which was very similar to this place.
It seems that this is his secret experimental base. However, at this time, he should not have started conducting human experiments yet.
After walking for a while, a beam of light shone in from the exit in front, and the space suddenly became broad.
What came into view were rows of wooden shelves with all kinds of bottles and jars on them, in which were soaked biological tissues that Satoru Hyūga couldn't distinguish.
Orochimaru was carefully observing the microscope, with his back turned to Satoru Hyūga.
"Anko, didn't I tell you not to come here to find me if it's not something important?
"
His hoarse voice rang out.
Anko gave a complicated look at Satoru Hyūga beside her and said, "Master Orochimaru, it was Satoru who came to see you."
Orochimaru's back straightened slightly. He turned around and gave Satoru Hyūga a faint smile.
"It seems I was so engrossed that I didn't notice Satoru Hyūga's arrival."
Satoru Hyūga smiled and asked, "Lord Orochimaru, what kind of experiment has you so engrossed?"
"A comparison of two peculiar cells."
Orochimaru said in great admiration.
"I've never seen two such miraculous cells. One has superhuman vitality and can still divide rapidly decades after leaving the body. The other is equally amazing. Its cell lifespan and cell functions far exceed those of normal cells."
Satoru Hyūga vaguely guessed what they were.
Orochimaru looked at Anko.
"Anko, go back and rest first. Satoru Hyūga and I have other things to discuss."
Anko nodded and walked out of the laboratory.
As soon as Anko left, Orochimaru stared at Satoru Hyūga with even more fanatical eyes.
Satoru Hyūga thought to himself that it was lucky he had been cautious and waited for his body to recover before coming. If he had come in the declining state he was in two days ago, who knows what ideas Orochimaru might have had.
Feeling a bit uncomfortable being stared at by Orochimaru, Satoru Hyūga changed the subject and asked,
"Lord Orochimaru, could you be more specific about the comparison of those two cells you mentioned just now?"
Orochimaru laughed hoarsely and said, "Satoru Hyūga should have guessed that the first type are the cells of Chishima. His cells contain powerful vitality, and the second..."
"Naturally, they are your cells."
"Although your cells don't have as strong vitality as Chishima's cells and their division speed is slow, their activity, the efficiency of cell energy conversion, and their lifespan far exceed those of ordinary cells."
"Compared with them, the abilities of Chishima's cells seem rather one - sided."
"I originally thought Satoru Hyūga's constitution was the result of atavism, but now it seems that's not entirely the case. It's more like a special evolution."
Satoru Hyūga understood what Orochimaru meant.
It was a form of atavism, but not entirely so.
Just then, Orochimaru continued and let out an admiring exclamation.
"Now I finally understand why Satoru Hyūga became the first Hyūga with Dual Bloodline Limits in history."
Satoru Hyūga's heart skipped a beat, and he probed,
"Really?"
Then, Orochimaru paused and let out a sigh, "The Hyūga is one of the oldest clans in the ninja world. It's normal for some accidents to occur during the genetic process. This change should have started at the embryonic stage. Satoru Hyūga is very lucky to have carried this change and been born safely, and to have adapted to this change continuously during the growth process. How amazing..."
Orochimaru rambled on, exclaiming with each sentence.
Satoru Hyūga was a bit speechless.
Self - convincing is the most frustrating. Orochimaru rambled on but never got to the point.
In the end, it was still the same old story, Genetic Mutation.
However, upon closer reflection, it makes sense. In the ninja world, there have emerged scientific prodigies like Orochimaru and geniuses like Tsunade who have advanced medical techniques to a new level. However, it seems there hasn't been an equivalent of Faraday, who discovered electromagnetic induction.
Perhaps there is, but they're just a commoner and haven't caught the attention of the ninja.
In any case, the ninja world's understanding and application of Electromagnetic Force are too crude.
Orochimaru is indeed a scientific prodigy, but limited by differences in knowledge and systems, it's normal for him to come up with this explanation.
Satoru Hyūga pondered for a while, then brought his thoughts back and looked at Orochimaru, saying,
"Orochimaru, I came to see you this time because I hope to borrow your laboratory."
"Laboratory, huh?"
Orochimaru pondered silently for a moment, then smiled.
"It seems Satoru Hyūga can't wait to get rid of the restrictions."
What need could Satoru Hyūga have that requires Orochimaru's laboratory?
The caged bird! Orochimaru just didn't expect that Satoru Hyūga would come to him on his own initiative.
But it suits him just fine. Only when both parties have needs can the cooperation last longer.
Orochimaru doesn't care what those in the main family think. Or rather, as long as it serves his purpose of immortality, he doesn't care about anything, even prohibited human experiments.