Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 225 Orochimaru and the Genetically Mutated Girl

Adults generally don't believe this urban legend about Konoha Village.

However, with the mindset of "better safe than sorry," the girl, Nono Yakushi, ultimately decided to discuss it with her uncle and make some arrangements for the children.

"Buy a school bus?" The middle-aged man looked at Yakushi Nonou.

Yakushi Nonou nodded.

Konoha Village has been able to produce cars for several years, but since the village already has buses, and the subway has become quieter and faster with technological advancements in recent years, and learning to drive is quite troublesome, most people don't have any particular thoughts about buying a car.

Regarding this, You Ya said that he had indeed thought too simply. He thought that the appearance of a car would cause a sensation, but in reality, that was not the case.

Although he essentially investigated the supply and demand relationship, and had prepared locations for underground parking lots and the like when he first started renovating Konoha, the current situation in Konoha is that many people would rather walk a few more steps than drive their cars out.

Of course, if you want to sell cars, it's very simple: make them appear more in movies, have them fight more, give them some emotional value, or to put it simply, make them something people can use to show off. Then there should be plenty of buyers.

However, that would be unnecessary.

Youya doesn't lack the money from selling cars.

However, since there was no promotion or marketing, the price of the vehicle naturally couldn't be too high.

Because the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain of a car is in the hands of Youya, theoretically Youya only needs the relevant raw materials to manufacture a car.

As is well known, raw materials are generally very cheap.

Basically, the raw material cost for a car is only tens of thousands of taels. The current cars are all manual, but we'll move on to intelligent ones later...

Then the cost can probably be reduced a little more.

After all, being able to implement intelligent systems means that technology has been upgraded, and factories will also benefit from technological upgrades, potentially saving money on labor costs.

However, the price cannot be calculated that way.

Based on the factory's parts selling price, and adding another 20% to 30%, a car would eventually cost around three million taels.

The price isn't expensive, and you can also finance the purchase.

However, Yakushi Nonou and her uncle didn't have much savings because of running the kindergarten.

After all, the company has only been profitable this year; it had been losing money until last year.

However, because Yakushi Nonou's uncle was a veteran of the war, he received a disability allowance of 200,000 ryo every month without doing anything, which is why he was able to persevere.

Why did Pharmacist Nono dare to propose buying a car?

As I said before, the average person in Konoha's inner city owns two houses.

This uncle and nephew pair also exist.

Uncle Ken frowned in thought, while Pharmacist Nono continued to explain: "We have a school bus, and we'll hire a driver. From now on, we'll pick up and drop off the children every day, so they won't be in any safety danger."

"But...the cost..."

Pharmacist Nonou: "We can increase the tuition, of course, starting next year, by 10,000 ryo per year. Those parents shouldn't mind, right?"

"How long will it take to get it back..." Uncle Jian sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Since it's a school bus, it definitely can't be a regular four-seater vehicle, but rather a large bus with more than fifty seats.

The cheapest of these cars costs six million taels, while the ones with better interiors cost over eight million taels.

Ken-san understood what Yakushi Nonou meant: sell the house to buy a car.

He had some reservations about this.

However, considering the safety concerns raised by Pharmacist Nonou...

He can protect the children in the kindergarten, but there is indeed a possibility of danger after school.

After all, some of the children are picked up by their mothers.

Women and children...

It would be difficult to handle if we really encountered danger.

We can't possibly rely on the Uchiha's security detail, can we?

Who in Konoha doesn't know that the security department is busy to death all day long, yet still can't keep up with the demands?

So I guess I still have to do it myself...?

"We can't just look at the profits, this kindergarten..." Yakushi Nonou said softly, then sighed and shook her head.

They didn't make any money.

But Uncle Jian also understood what his niece wanted to say.

They didn't start this kindergarten to make money at all.

As their lives in Konoha improved over the years, they inevitably thought of the fact that they came to Konoha as children to escape the war.

They were able to survive back then because of a kind person from Konoha, and now that they have the ability, they also want to help some people.

However, with the development of Konoha Village, now anyone with hands and feet in Konoha's inner city will not starve. The two eventually decided to settle for second best and open a kindergarten to help the adults of Konoha Village take care of their children and provide some preschool education.

The adults in Konoha Village are very busy and don't have time to take care of their children. Ninja Academy is only open to children aged ten, and the period between five and ten is the best time to lay a foundation for education. Children from ordinary families would also choose to send their children to elementary school. Since the two of them didn't have the money to hire teachers, they simply set up a two-year kindergarten.

Then teach some crafts, drawing and other skills.

And so the kindergarten was established.

Even now.

Uncle Jian thought for a long time before finally nodding.

He was actually quite concerned about the children's safety.

He just looks a bit fierce.

He's a very nice person.

So, after the weekend, the school buses from Southeast Kindergarten started operating.

A female driver who couldn't stay at home and had just gotten her driver's license started working.

It's true that most people in Konoha Village are quite busy with work these days, so those who have time to take driving tests are mostly housewives.

This was something Youya hadn't expected.

With its own dedicated school bus, Southeast Kindergarten has really made a splash this time.

Although most of the children are from the South District, there are also children from the East District.

The school bus travels along the wide four-lane road, speeding along because there aren't many private cars around. The children, fearless and carefree, think there's nothing wrong with it and shout excitedly.

Occasionally, a vehicle will come from the opposite direction on the road, but most of the time it is either a truck or a bus.

Novelty always excites children, and on the first day they chattered non-stop about the school bus.

Pharmacist Nonou was very happy. Although she was a little tired, she felt that it was enough as long as she could ensure the safety of the children.

……

At the end of the 42nd year of Konoha, Yuya did not attend the year-end accounting meeting, which was held as usual.

He was once the organizer, the manager, the speaker, and the backbone of this conference.

Now, he no longer needs to be a speaker at this conference.

This so-called year-end meeting has, over the years, increasingly resembled a spoils-sharing session.

Although it sounds strange, it is indeed true.

Youya no longer needs to rely on this so-called year-end meeting to curry favor with the patriarchs of various families.

The purpose of this meeting was to make these families understand that by following You Yagan, their families would naturally gain greater benefits.

Now, Yahoo! Asia doesn't need to do that anymore.

Whether or not to follow Youya, these families know in their hearts what they should choose.

Of course, none of us are fools, and neither is You Ya.

Therefore, for the time being, Yua doesn't intend to break this game, after all, this world is ultimately...

The ninja are still the most respected.

Is there something important that Yu Ya is not leading this meeting?

Oh, there really is.

Yuya brought along the two people she trusted most, Hatake Sakumo and Might Guy.

He wants to go to that parallel world again, where the timeline is much later than theirs.

Of course, unlike Tobirama Senju who brought two burdensome teams, Sakumo Hatake and Might Guy were by no means burdensome.

Moreover, if they really encounter an insurmountable problem, Yua will not feel any psychological burden and will let Hatake Sakumo and Might Guy cover the rear while he runs away.

Of course, he also told the two of them all this directly.

Neither of them thought there was anything wrong with it.

The Hokage is far more important than either of them.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that they can live so comfortably now is all thanks to You Ya.

To put it bluntly, anyone in Konoha could die tomorrow, but Yua couldn't.

As long as Yua is there, Konoha Village will be fine.

Their lives were indeed not as valuable as You Ya's.

Yuya mentioned this trip to Tsunade, but only told her that he was going to Konoha Village in another world to discuss the food, clothing, and accommodation of the people who would be coming to their side next year.

Tsunade expressed her understanding, gave Yua a few words of advice, told him to come back soon, and then let him leave.

When Yua arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory in the Land of Grass with Hatake Sakumo and Might Guy, it was already a day later.

After years of development, the railway in the northwest of the Land of Fire, that is, the railway from Konoha Village to the Land of Grass, has been completed.

The next railway line will run from Konoha Village to the Land of Hot Springs.

The reason why there is no railway from Konoha to the Land of Rain is simple: although Hanzo signed a 99 agreement with Yua for the right to use the hydroelectric power station at the source of the canal in Sunagakure, Hanzo was fundamentally unwilling to obey Yua's orders.

If a railway were built connecting Konoha to the Land of Rain, who knows what kind of bad ideas Hanzo might have for it.

This is not impossible.

Yuya might be repaired in the future, but that will definitely be after Kumogakure and Kirigakure.

When Yua arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory, Orochimaru's artificial twin sisters came out to greet him.

Yuya looked at the twins, one with a snake tail and the other with snake scales on the side of her neck, and turned to Orochimaru beside her: "Although they haven't become real people yet, don't be too harsh on them."

To be honest, they are your assistants after all. The last time I saw the two sisters, they were wearing this outfit. You wouldn't keep withholding money from them to buy new ones, would you?

Orochimaru's lips twitched as he led Yua to the sisters' bedroom. There was no such thing as a girls' bedroom, and the boys weren't supposed to stay in. He barged in, opened the wardrobe, and saw more than a dozen identical sets of clothes neatly arranged inside...

You Ya: "..."

Okay, I was too hasty...

So, Yua changed the subject and asked how Orochimaru's immortality experiment was going.

Orochimaru said that thanks to his counterpart from another world, he had an idea.

You Ya became interested and continued to ask questions.

Orochimaru stated that he learned from Jiraiya of that other world how Orochimaru achieved immortality.

Although it's a bit disgusting, it's still a successful case, and he himself must be very disgusted by it.

Having never experienced the ravages of war, nor witnessed his disciple die before his eyes, Orochimaru, though a pervert, has not yet reached the point where he, like his counterpart in another world, seeks immortality even if he becomes a monster or is no longer human.

Yuya then casually asked Orochimaru about his progress.

Orochimaru remained silent.

Youya instantly understood; immortality was probably still a long way off.

So Yuya comforted Orochimaru with a few words.

Orochimaru glared at Yua with annoyance, then led his older brother to the innermost laboratory.

"Although progress on immortality is indeed slow... I'm not without any results."

Orochimaru led Yua to a space filled with cast iron, its silvery sheen filling the bare walls around them.

"I've tested the materials in this lab, and they can withstand a magnitude 10 earthquake. After all, the data here is extremely important."

As he spoke, Orochimaru walked to a wall and placed his hand on it.

Runes appeared, and the ground slowly opened, revealing a box, an operating table, and an experimental vessel containing a black and white eyeball.

Orochimaru handed the documents to Yua, who took them and opened them. Then he felt a wave of dizziness. He frowned and looked at Orochimaru: "You should know that I can't understand these."

Orochimaru sighed, "Then let's show it to Tsunade. She'll definitely be able to understand it."

You Ya nodded and then continued, "Anything else?"

Orochimaru: "..."

Did you come here to buy goods?!

Why is it that every time we meet, you ask me for your research findings?

but……

There really is...

Orochimaru sighed and told Yua about the progress his experiments had made recently.

The most basic point is that he discovered a biological virus.

In the pursuit of immortality, it is inevitable to encounter technologies related to the human body's genes.

Orochimaru discovered a very special pair of genes in the human body.

Half of them are present in everyone's body.

Orochimaru then conducted experiments on this gene.

The ultimate result was that he found a virus that could perfectly disrupt this genetic chain.

To be more precise, this is not poison, because...

Its principle is to catalyze this special genome. Most normal people cannot withstand the physical mutations caused by the mutation of this special gene due to external influences.

But if you can handle it...

Orochimaru led Yua to a vegetable garden behind his laboratory.

Seeing the thin figure struggling to hoe the ground inside, Orochimaru whistled: "P3, come here."

Then Yuya saw the girl turn her head and see Orochimaru. She put down her hoe, ran barefoot towards Orochimaru, and said, "Lord Orochimaru, you were looking for me?"

The little girl looked to be about eleven or twelve years old. Yuya turned to Orochimaru and asked, "The artificial human was successfully created?"

Orochimaru's lips twitched: "She's a refugee, not an artificial human. She volunteered to be my test subject in exchange for food."

Looking at Orochimaru's indifferent expression, Yua sighed inwardly.

He ultimately couldn't save the world; his limit was ensuring that everyone in Konoha Village had enough to eat and wear.

Other countries and other places...

He doesn't have that ability.

Orochimaru must have witnessed many tragedies over the years...

With just a few words, Youya could conjure up a tragic story in his mind.

And that is indeed the case in reality.

The girl with two red dots above her brow bone is a refugee who came to the Land of Grass with her mother because she couldn't make a living anywhere else.

Her mother sold her to Orochimaru just to get something to eat.

Of course, she didn't hate her mother.

Because she has never gone hungry since she came here.

Although... there are always some strange experiments to be done.

"So, she's the one you were talking about who underwent a genetic mutation?"

Yu Ya steered the conversation back on track.

Orochimaru nodded: "Okay, P3, show us your abilities."

You Ya crossed his arms; he wanted to see what this so-called genetic mutation was all about.

Then the little girl in P3 nodded heavily, raised her hand, and with a whoosh, three bone claws extended from between her finger bones...

Yuya looked at Orochimaru in shock.

Orochimaru tapped his chin: "This is the girl's own ability, a genetic mutation, it's coming later."

Yuya quickly turned his head and saw that the protruding bones on the girl in P3 gradually changed color, from white bones to a metallic silver...