The leisurely life of the Hyuga main family

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"Hmm. That's right! The Eastern Depot... Ugh!" Bai Yue almost blurted out, then swallowed her words and said again, "You're a talented person. I can give you unlimited space to develop and freely display your talents."

"That's certainly something to look forward to..." Orochimaru looked at Bai Yue with a half-smile, already preparing to run away.

He hates empty promises!

"As a reward for joining my ranks, I'll give you two small gifts now, how about it?" Bai Yue said with a faint smile, ignoring Orochimaru's little tricks.

"Oh? Then I'll wait and see."

"As for the first little gift, how about healing this body vessel that you probably want most?" Looking at Kimimaro behind Orochimaru, Hakugetsu continued, ignoring what he was thinking, "Although I don't think either the Shikotsumyaku or the Sharingan are quite suitable as your reincarnation vessel."

"Would you like to hear the details?" At this, he was no longer sleepy, after all, the Reincarnation Technique was something he was very proud of.

"This relates to the second little gift I'm about to give you." Instantly appearing beside Kimimaro, Bai Yue slapped him unconscious and then condensed a Yang Release sphere of light to heal him, explaining as she did so: "In the ninja world—there exists a pathetic artificial being. They've forgotten everything; they're like tools without any subjective consciousness… Hey! Still trying to run?!"

"Run?!" Orochimaru was shocked, then his pale face turned completely black; his secret base was practically riddled with holes!

First it was Bai Yue, and now there's this artificial creature Bai Yue mentioned. And judging from Bai Yue's words, that thing seems to have been following him all along?!

"Zetsu?!" Orochimaru was taken aback when he saw White Zetsu bound hand and foot in chains, then he gave a very kind smile.

Orochimaru was naturally familiar with Zetsu, or rather, his former colleague Black Zetsu.

He had even tried to invite Zetsu to participate in his experiments, but Zetsu firmly opposed it!

"Heh..." Orochimaru habitually stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, his smile becoming increasingly grotesque.

That's fantastic! He's always wanted to study the unique aspects of Jue, and now he can finally get his wish.

"How is it? This gift is pretty good, isn't it?" Looking at Orochimaru's kind smile, Bai Yue knew that he really liked the gift.

"It is indeed a wonderful gift." Orochimaru's gaze towards Bai Yue held a hint of approval.

"Baiyue-kun, you just said that Zetsu is an artificial creature?" When he was in the Akatsuki organization, Orochimaru had suspected that Zetsu was not human, and now, judging from Baiyue's words, he seems to know something about this creature.

"It can't be called a man-made creature; to be precise, it's a product of human mutation." After stroking her chin and pondering for a moment, Bai Yue continued, "You, who seek the truth, are qualified to know these things. Of course, you may already know a little bit."

"Baiyue-kun, please enlighten me!"

"That's a long story, like a child without a mother, but I happen to have some time right now." With a smile, Bai Yue continued, "But once I say these things, you won't be able to run away even if you want to; you'll have no choice but to come to me."

"Hmm...that's how it should be." After a moment of silence, Orochimaru agreed. But what he was thinking remains unknown.

Bai Yue didn't care about this. Trying to run away? If Orochimaru could escape once he entered the Realm of Truth and Illusion, he'd rip off his head and let Orochimaru use it as a football.

"Chakra isn't a product of this planet; it was brought here by a race from another universe, the Otsutsuki clan," Bai Yue explained regarding the origin of chakra. "You know the Sage of Six Paths, right?"

"Of course, it's a legend passed down through generations in the ninja world."

"The Sage of Six Paths was named Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and his mother was Kaguya Otsutsuki, also known as the Goddess of the Rabbit. She was a member of the Otsutsuki branch family in the universe and was sent to the ninja world by the Otsutsuki higher-ups to plant the Divine Tree. Oh right, the Divine Tree is the Ten-Tails."

"The Ten-Tails... The Akatsuki want to revive the Ten-Tails... Heh..." Combining Bai Yue's words with the information he had obtained within the Akatsuki, Orochimaru easily deduced that someone in the Akatsuki wanted to obtain the power of the Ten-Tails.

Pain? Not really. Although the Rinnegan is said to be the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, he was brutally beaten for coveting it.

However, later, while staying in the Akatsuki organization, he also inquired about Pain's information in order to continue to pursue the Rinnegan, and learned that Pain was an idealist with extreme ideas.

Having surrounded himself with too many idealists, Orochimaru immediately concluded that Pain wasn't cut out for it: "So, there are still people lurking within Akatsuki who covet the Ten-Tails' power? Zetsu? Heh... Things are getting interesting..."

"Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was supposed to sacrifice herself to the Divine Tree to stimulate its growth, chose to kill Isshiki Otsutsuki of the Otsutsuki main family because she was afraid of death. Later, fearing that the Otsutsuki main family would pursue her, she combined the power of the Divine Tree to give birth to two sons (that so-called emperor of the Land of Ancestors is really absurd, even if it's official, I think it's nonsense). These are Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, and his younger brother Hamura."

"Through Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Divine Tree can convert humans into White Zetsu without independent consciousness in large numbers, using them as soldiers to fight against the Otsutsuki main family. Of course, it's actually pretty useless, I just don't understand Kaguya's thought process."

"Infinite Tsukuyomi?...Heh, another familiar thing! Interesting, very interesting!" Orochimaru laughed. He didn't doubt that White Zetsu was lying to him, because combining some clues from his own past, it made sense: "But... White Zetsu? Zetsu? No independent consciousness?"

"Hmm, ordinary White Zetsu, at least mass-produced White Zetsu, are indeed tools without independent consciousness." Seeing Orochimaru's doubts, Bai Yue said calmly, then inserted a Yang Release sphere into Kimimaro's body: "Alright, this kid is healed."

"Then the White Zetsu in the Akatsuki organization... were they tampered with?" Although it was a question, Orochimaru was basically certain.

After a moment of contemplation, Orochimaru focused his attention on Kimimaro: "You can also cure the Shikotsumyaku bloodline disease?"

"I also possess the power to truly bring the dead back to life," Bai Yue said lightly.

"…………" Nonsense? Or has he really mastered it?

Raising its head, its golden serpentine eyes looked at the languid white moon: "What are the conditions for the resurrection of the dead?"

"If you have both a soul and a body, the consumption is minimal. If you only have a soul, the consumption is slightly higher. If you have neither, then the consumption is enormous."

"Orochimaru-sama…" Kabuto Yakushi burst through the door, his pupils shrinking sharply as he stared at the suddenly appearing person in the room with a look of utter disbelief. No! Even seeing a ghost would be better than this!

"Yo, micro-management master!" Bai Yue greeted Yakushi Kabuto, who had just entered the room, with a cheerful smile.