Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

(Hiruzen Sarutobi's eldest son is Konohamaru's father, but he is only mentioned briefly in the manga and not introduced in detail.)

Sarutobi Asuma was the second son.

Kagura could only marvel at how vigorous and capable Sarutobi-sensei was, despite his advanced age.

Even Tsunade privately inquired with his teacher's wife, Sarutobi Biwako, whether she had any secrets to success.

As for the Uchiha clan, a baby was born that Kagura was particularly concerned about; that baby was named Uchiha Obito.

Yes, he is the villain who was left behind by Madara Uchiha in the original story and silently propelled the entire plot forward.

Although Kagura could clearly sense that, given Madara Uchiha's current state, Obito was unlikely to be used again.

However, he still subconsciously cast a concerned glance at the newborn Uchiha.

Even Fugaku Uchiha, as the clan leader, could clearly sense Kagura's high regard for Obito.

He even thought that Kagura might have seen the baby's talent and was happy that the Uchiha clan could produce another genius.

Speaking of Fugaku Uchiha, he finally got married this year.

He's still marrying Uchiha Mikoto...

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On the day of his wedding, Kagura even considered asking Orochimaru for some medicine to secretly drug Fugaku and make him sterile.

However, considering that Sasuke, that simpleton, was also an important member in the fight against the Otsutsuki, I decided to give up on the idea after thinking about it.

Of course, given Kagura's current strength, she's not too worried about the future birth of that kid named Itachi.

Furthermore, there's the matter of Danzo's defection from Konoha, and now, due to the relationship between Kagura and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

As long as clan leader Fugaku doesn't do anything reckless, the Uchiha clan's plan to exterminate them is unlikely to happen again.

These are the changes that have taken place in Konoha Village in recent years.

To Kagura's relief, it seemed that her "butterfly" influence hadn't caused much of a change in the birth of this Platinum Generation.

However, he has been facing a new problem these days.

Compared to the potential dangers posed by Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki organization, a more pressing issue arose before him.

Orochimaru seems to be in trouble.

Chapter 9 Orochimaru's Troubles

Orochimaru's problem was simple: his research had hit a bottleneck.

In recent years, he has been researching how to transplant Wood Release into new individuals using Hashirama's cells and Kagura's blood.

In fact, Konoha provided tremendous support and assistance after learning about his research direction.

Although Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki candidate, had already been prepared in advance, it's always good to have a backup plan.

Regarding how to seal the Nine-Tails, the Konoha leadership still prefers someone similar to Hashirama Senju.

After all, it was as easy for Hashirama to seal the Nine-Tails as catching a cat back then, a scene that Hiruzen Sarutobi still finds hard to forget.

It was precisely because of Hashirama's existence that he felt at ease allowing his wife to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

After all, as long as he was there, the Nine-Tails posed no threat to Mito's body.

For this reason, the Konoha leadership provided significant assistance to Orochimaru's research.

After years of research, Orochimaru's focus has shifted from early animal experiments to human experiments.

To support his research, the Konoha leadership even recruited a number of volunteers for him.

This era is not lacking in ninjas who dedicate themselves to the village.

Moreover, for these ninjas, if they could obtain one

So even with Konoha's covert recruitment efforts, a large number of volunteers were still found.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the power of Wood Release was too great, or perhaps because this world doesn't allow too many overpowered characters like Hashirama Senju to exist.

Anyway, every volunteer who received a transplant was one of them, but all the volunteers who received transplants of Hashirama cells or Kagura cells failed.

Some of them either had their bodies devour the transplanted cells and were unable to inherit the power of Wood Release.

Either they fail in their struggle against those cells, thus meeting a death.

In short, after several years of experimentation, Orochimaru's research encountered a bottleneck and stagnated.

Because so many volunteers died, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to temporarily halt the project.

However, for Orochimaru, the feeling that the research had reached its final stage and success was just around the corner was somewhat devastating.

To support his research, he is no longer the only person at his institute.

Because his research had recently stalled, Orochimaru was in a low mood and kicked everyone out of his laboratory.

So, the information about Orochimaru's abnormal condition actually came from Hiruzen Sarutobi who gave it to Kagura.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew very well that if anyone in the world could persuade Orochimaru, it would not be his teacher, but Kagura.

Kagura was stunned for a moment when she received the message, and then her heart sank.

Because of Orochimaru's otaku-like personality, Kagura hadn't seen his close friend for a long time, but he never expected that he would encounter such a problem.

Perhaps for Hiruzen Sarutobi, this was just a minor matter.

After all, every researcher encounters setbacks at some point.

However, Kagura did not underestimate the seriousness of the matter.

This is because, in his memory, this was a crucial turning point in the original timeline when Orochimaru began to turn evil.

Of course, there are many reasons for Orochimaru's descent into darkness.

Danzo is an indispensable factor in this.

After Danzo began establishing the "Root" organization, it became the dark side of Konoha.

Perhaps out of a desire to monitor him, or perhaps out of support for his old friend, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent his most trusted student, Orochimaru, to his side.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself didn't expect that this would bring such great danger to the future of Konoha.

Orochimaru's relationship with Danzo was more like that of a collaborator than a superior-subordinate relationship.

The two admired each other, and under Danzo's influence, Orochimaru began his path to darkness.

The most important turning point was the research on interstitial cells.

Even after Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the experiment, Orochimaru, unwilling to give up, continued to conduct the experiment secretly under Danzo's influence.

In order to continue his experiments, Orochimaru kidnapped sixty babies from the village's genin, chunin, ANBU, and surrounding villages.

He injected Hashirama's genetic material into sixty infants for human experiments, but the rejection reaction was so severe that all the infants died...

In the end, only one experimental infant survived, and that infant was the later Yamato.

It was during this experiment that Hiruzen Sarutobi, sensing something was amiss, discovered Orochimaru while he was disposing of the corpse.

This led to Orochimaru's defection from Konoha.

Therefore, Kagura took this matter more seriously than anyone else.

Although Danzo is no longer in Konoha Village, many things around her prove one thing to Kagura.

In this world, the powerful inertia of fate is an arrangement that is difficult to escape.

Therefore, even after being modified by Kagura for many years, he still cannot deny the possibility that Orochimaru might turn evil.

After saying goodbye to the three little ones, Kagura thought for a moment and instead of going home immediately, she headed towards Orochimaru's house.

To facilitate his research at any time, Orochimaru set up his research institute directly in his home.

Furthermore, fearing that his research might cause adverse effects such as explosions, Hiruzen Sarutobi specially moved him to a house on the edge of Konoha.

Fortunately, the house is quite large and has a huge yard.

Kagura arrived at Orochimaru's house and entered without even knocking.

You asked why his house isn't locked?

Kagura can only tell you that if anyone really intends to break into Orochimaru's house...

Orochimaru would simply sigh with delight at having new experimental subjects.

In Konoha Village, any villager over the age of five will consciously avoid this mansion on a daily basis, so there is absolutely no possibility of accidentally wandering in.

Even the most mischievous child who wants to play some kind of haunted house adventure game would never be so foolish as to choose this house.

Just as Kagura was walking confidently toward Orochimaru's research institute in the backyard, she suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass.

Kagura was taken aback for a moment, then immediately went inside.

As soon as Kagura passed through the gate of the research institute, a pile of glass and colorful unidentified liquids on the ground came into view.

Before he could observe closely, he saw Orochimaru muttering something to himself with his back to him.

Look at the completely cleared desktop, and Orochimaru's current state.

Without needing to say anything, Kagura knew where all this trash came from.

Without uttering a sound, Kagura moved closer to Orochimaru, but before he could speak, Orochimaru's muttered words reached his ears.

Kagura was also shocked after hearing what Orochimaru said!

Chapter 10 New Research Directions

Seeing the trash all over the ground, Kagura didn't say anything, but silently walked to Orochimaru's side.

However, just as he approached, he heard Orochimaru mutter to himself:

"Why!

Why do those cells still appear normal in the culture dish?

But once transplanted into a human body, rejection may occur?

Either they are assimilated by the host's cells and lose the power of Wood Release.