Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 98: The Operation Begins

After the meeting ended, Ning Yuan left first, feeling that Orochimaru and Tsunade probably still had something to say to each other.

However, Tsunade and Orochimaru exchanged a glance but said nothing. Instead, they tacitly used Wood Release to erase the traces of the four-room house and disappeared into the forest.

Afterwards, Orochimaru contacted his subordinates while verifying the information Ning Yuan had mentioned: rejection!

In scientific research, sometimes a single direction is more important than decades of effort.

The moment the concept of rejection was introduced, many doubts were instantly resolved.

For example: Why are the corrosive properties of the interstitial cells so strong that no one can withstand them?

Because of rejection.

Even ordinary people can experience cell rejection, let alone interstitial cells.

Instead of directly transplanting Hashirama cells into people, he first collected cell samples in the village to verify the concept of rejection, and then tried to find cells from people with low rejection rates to conduct Wood Release fusion experiments.

Although he had already obtained Wood Release, the powerful vitality of Hashirama's cells was incomparable to mere Wood Release, and the value of Hashirama's cells was much higher than that of Wood Release alone.

Tsunade also began to test the organ transplantation technology.

Following Ning Yuan's advice, she used mice as experimental subjects to first verify rejection, and then used mice whose cells did not repel each other to examine their limbs, internal organs, and even their hearts and heads.

Thanks to her superb medical skills, medical ninjutsu, and even her understanding of tissue characteristics, the survival rate of the mice reached as high as 80%!

"Organs can actually be transplanted!" Tsunade was completely shocked.

Actually, this isn't news, because the Hyuga clan developed the Caged Bird Seal precisely because the Hyuga clan's eyes could be stolen.

However, Tsunade did not draw any further conclusions from this incident; instead, she felt that perhaps only bloodline limits could produce such an effect.

I just found out that not only can eyes be transplanted, but all organs in the whole body can be transplanted!

Even a mouse with only a head left can be reborn by replacing its body with a healthy one!

If this applies to rats, can it also apply to humans?

On Sunday, Tsunade, under the pretext of checking out her sister's boyfriend, had Kushina invite Minato to her home.

After a long and heartfelt conversation among the three, Ning's organization gained two new members.

Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze!

Although Tsunade is not good with words, Ning Yuan had already explained the organization's philosophy clearly, so inviting Minato and Kushina was naturally not difficult.

After all, Minato has only recently become an apprentice and is not yet deeply influenced by the Third Hokage and Jiraiya.

Moreover, Ning Yuan had previously planted a seed in Shui Men's heart.

Besides, Ning's organization is not a terrorist organization. It will not harm Konoha Village. On the contrary, it is for the sake of making the world a better place.

However, both of them are still young and have not yet matured, nor do they have internationally renowned titles recognized by the ninja world, so no new organizational characteristics have been created.

On Monday, Tsunade arrived at the Ninja Academy, took Shizune away, and then left Konoha under the pretext of searching for a cure for hemophobia.

In fact, with the resolution of her psychological issues, her hemophobia had long since disappeared!

As Tsunade left, a large number of retired ninjas from Konoha began to disappear from the village.

This matter should have been a big deal, but with Danzo covering it up, and the fact that Orochimaru's research on Hashirama's cells was originally Hiruzen Sarutobi's request, it didn't cause much of a stir in the village.

Little did they know that Orochimaru had transferred these people outside the village under the pretext of experimental failure and the death of the test subjects, and they then reunited with Tsunade outside the village.

Tsunade replaced their limbs with healthy ones and then invited them to join the Mingkang Group.

That's right, it's not the Ning organization.

After all, there were a lot of people among them. Although they were all Orochimaru's subordinates, it was hard to guarantee that there weren't any die-hard loyalists of Hiruzen Sarutobi among them.

It would be better to first place them in the peripheral organizations of Ning's organization and observe them for a period of time.

Even if someone betrays or informs on you during this stage, it doesn't matter.

Does that mean Tsunade can't start a pharmaceutical company?

Orochimaru had many subordinates, and as many as four hundred of them retired.

Even if you send out two a day, you'll finish in two hundred days.

What's more, he can sometimes send out fifty in a single day.

So, in just two weeks, Orochimaru actually sent all his retired subordinates away!

Even so, the number of people was still not enough.

To sell penicillin, one way is to recruit distributors, and another is to open your own stores for direct sales.

Tsunade naturally chose the second option because the Ning organization needed people, and a large number of civilians.

First recruit people, then cultivate their loyalty, and then raise their children.

Since we're opening our own shops, 400 people are far from enough. There are a huge number of towns and cities in the Land of Fire. If we assign 3 people to each city, 400 people would only be enough for 130 shops.

Moreover, some cities are very large, with a single city capable of accommodating more than a dozen stores!

Moreover, Tsunade had to do more than just that; she also had to run a school, and the teachers had to be ninjas.

Fortunately, some retired ninjas still had families and children, so Orochimaru simply dragged their families and children into the experiment as well, and then sent them away.

After sending out another 600 people, Tsunade was still asking for more.

Orochimaru scratched his head. "Where am I supposed to get so many people for you?!"

He simply started arresting orphans in the village. Although there were orphans outside Konoha Village, not all orphans were the same.

Orphans in Konoha are most likely descendants of ninjas, and their ninja aptitude is generally better than that of orphans from outside the village.

Although Orochimaru's actions were very secretive, the number of people who disappeared was too large to hide.

After all, if a child's playmate suddenly disappears, how can they not be curious and tell their parents when they get home?

So, this matter was reported to the Hokage through various channels.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the intelligence, his brows twitched and furrowed.

He sent Orochimaru to study Hashirama cells, partly to reduce Orochimaru's missions and achievements.

Secondly, they wanted to use Orochimaru's human experiments to gain leverage over him, and if necessary, expose the matter to the outside world, leaving Orochimaru with no place to stand in the village.

After all, as a disciple of the second generation, how could he not know that researching Hashirama cells required human experimentation?

However, he envisioned that Orochimaru would be very conservative in the early stages of the experiment, and that human trials would be a much later step.

But he never expected that Orochimaru would become so unscrupulous after only two years of experimentation!

Doesn't he care about his reputation? Does he even want to be Hokage anymore?

Or is he confident that he can recreate Wood Release and use his achievements to clear his name of his sins?

"Sarutobi, what do you want with me?!" The door to the Hokage's office building was opened, and Danzo walked in with his face still gloomy, even without the bandages on his face.

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi wearing the Hokage hat and the large, bright window behind him, Danzo's mood became even more depressed.

I can only hide in the dark underground, while you can exercise the power of Hokage in such a bright and clear environment.

"What's going on?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi handed the report to Danzo: "Nearly 1,500 people have disappeared from the village in just half a month! What on earth is Root doing?!"

"These are necessary sacrifices in order to recreate Wood Release!" Danzo said calmly, without even looking at the others.

"But this is too many!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said irritably, "How many people did our master use back then?"

"Did the teacher succeed?" Danzo asked rhetorically.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent. Yes, the teacher used too few test subjects, so the teacher didn't succeed. That makes sense.

"So, Orochimaru might succeed?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.

"How would I know? I don't understand scientific research!" Danzo said irritably.

In fact, Orochimaru had told him that there had been significant progress in the research, such as the discovery of the phenomenon of "cell rejection".

If there were no results, Danzo would not have given such strong support.

However, he certainly couldn't tell Sarutobi any of this. He was still thinking of keeping all the fruits of his labor to himself and then stepping forward to succeed as Hokage!

"Is that so!" Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette and carefully examined Danzo's expression. He knew Danzo well and felt that things were definitely not as simple as Danzo made them out to be.

Perhaps they had already discovered it, but Danzo didn't tell them?

"Fine!" Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped the table. "I can barely accept that reason, but the village can't just keep disappearing like this. You have to give me a limit."

If 1,500 yuan disappears in half a month, wouldn't 15,000 yuan disappear in half a year?

How many people are there in the whole village?

Danzo also fell silent.

He also asked this question, and Orochimaru's original words were: three to five thousand is not too little, and thirty to fifty thousand is not too much.

In short, the more the better.

But they've already given away most of the retired ninjas who have no influence in the village; if they give away any more, they'll have to give away active ninjas.

"Give me a warrant that allows me to expand my roots!" Danzo said after thinking for a moment.

This is the only legitimate way to recruit active ninjas!

"Impossible!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, not even considering it.

"Then you can only watch as the Hashirama cell experiment is abandoned halfway through!" Danzo said calmly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a toothache, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "The village ninjas and civilians must not be touched!"

So it doesn't matter what happens outside the village, right?

Danzo curled his lip and said, "Tch!"

Then he turned around and left.

Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Danzo slam the door and leave silently, his feelings a mix of emotions.

This behavior certainly goes against the Will of Fire, but when one thinks of the significance of the reappearance of Hashirama's cells to the family, and...

After the retired ninjas and their families disappeared from the village, the village's financial burden was really relieved!

"I did it all for Konoha!" Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up and looked out the window at the bustling Konoha village before him.

As long as it's for Konoha, a little sacrifice is worthwhile!

"Hmm!" Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly saw a child scattering something at the entrance of the Hokage Building.

He would hand a piece of paper to each person who passed by.

"That person is... Hyuga Neon?" Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his chin and ordered, "Someone go check what Neon is doing down there!"

Before long, the secret service returned, holding a piece of paper.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took it and glanced at it; his expression instantly changed from calm to puzzled.

"The Far-Infrared Song and Dance Troupe is established today!"

"Dance master, taking orders online!"

"Grand opening celebrations, birthday parties, wedding blessings, and holiday celebrations are all welcome."

"Contact information: FarRed Records store, located in the very center of Third Avenue in Konoha Village!"

Please note: Due to dancers' classes from Monday to Friday, we only accept bookings for Saturdays and Sundays.

Far Infrared, a song and dance troupe?

As he was pondering this, he heard another loud roar, followed by a pleasant sound that came from afar.

As you spread your wings and take flight, resolve never to look back.

(End of this chapter)