Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 447 Youya: The Last Time

Back when Yua was in charge of the overall situation, when did he give Orochimaru money through such a complicated process?

It wasn't like Youya just gave a direct order and the money was transferred.

What now?

Damn it, Orochimaru hasn't written a single proper funding report or application in the last thirty or forty years.

This has truly been an eye-opener.

But even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru dared not act recklessly towards him.

After all, Orochimaru was a student under Hiruzen Sarutobi for two years after graduating from the Ninja Academy. At that time, Hiruzen Sarutobi often compared him to the students under Homura Mitokado.

Given the teacher-student relationship, Orochimaru naturally couldn't act recklessly. He could only tell Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Please help me urge them, teacher. I urgently need the money."

After all... even setting aside everything else, just the materials needed to be purchased once the machine is turned on would cost several million taels of silver, and many materials on the market are very expensive now.

Because it's peacetime, very few people die from accidents.

Orochimaru is extremely short of human materials, so what can he do? Either he makes them himself or he buys them.

Orochimaru had considered doing it himself, but...

What if we get exposed?

Orochimaru wasn't afraid of being hunted down after being exposed; he was afraid that if he was exposed, Yua would get angry and kick him out of the lab.

He had poured almost all his energy into the biological laboratory in the Grass Country, and he could not possibly accept a future where he would be kicked out.

If he dares to do this, Youya is really willing to shut down the lab for him.

After all, he was kicked out of Konoha by Yua back then.

He has poured so much effort and resources into this laboratory that he can no longer leave.

So Orochimaru reluctantly submitted the application. Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't trick him and followed the normal procedures. Three days later, Orochimaru was notified that the application had been approved and submitted to the bank. The money should arrive in ten to fifteen days at most.

It'll take another ten days to half a month?!

Orochimaru was very dissatisfied. After all, if he could get the money a day earlier, he could start the experiment a day earlier. As everyone knows, if you can advance the progress of your work in the laboratory by a day, many people are willing to pay a very high price for it.

Especially before the experiment begins, since once the experiment starts, the research topic is guaranteed to be stable, and you can just publish a paper...

Well, let's not go into that. Anyway, Orochimaru is the most anxious right now.

After waiting for more than a month, Orochimaru finally couldn't hold back any longer and decided to go find Yua.

Why not just call and ask...?

Well, the reason is quite simple.

If Orochimaru dared to call and bring up this matter, Yua would dare to make him come directly to Konoha for a "detailed discussion".

Orochimaru isn't stupid. His other self used his own experience to tell him that Yua was going to use him to death once he was captured. How could he possibly walk into the lion's den unnoticed?

However, without contacting You Ya, the money really wouldn't be enough.

So what should we do?

Orochimaru had a sudden inspiration: If I dare not defy the Hokage, then does that mean he dares to defy the other Hokage?

Well, I happened to learn about the Impure World Reincarnation technique when I was studying scholars and the dead, so that makes things very simple.

Hey, I'll just resurrect the First and Second Hokage directly using the Impure World Reincarnation technique!

And now it's here.

……

You Ya's face twitched after hearing this.

Damn it, you're still the best, Orochimaru. Just for your own funding, you used Edo Tensei to bring the First and Second Hokage to Konoha to find me.

but……

You know what, you really have to admit, after doing this, Yuya really couldn't treat Orochimaru like a laborer.

With a sigh, Yuya looked at Orochimaru and said, "I understand your desire to get the funding immediately, but... I'm sorry, I can't give you the green light this time."

Orochimaru frowned: "Why?"

Yuya looked at Orochimaru with a serious expression: "I can give you the green light this time, but what about next time? Next year? The year after? What about after I die? I can't live forever, and I'm not interested in immortality. You'll have to get used to how Konoha will treat your lab without me."

At this point, You Ya seemed to remember something and said, "Of course, generally speaking, you will have funding no matter what. After all, I have arranged for your laboratory to be a top-level laboratory of the research department, which is the highest level of laboratory. Generally speaking, your project will not be rejected."

"Then why did I wait so long this time?"

You Ya shrugged: "I don't know about that. By the way, can't you find a way to make some money yourself? Your lab has so many good things, so much cutting-edge technology, so many machines and equipment. You could rent them out or just let others use them in your lab and earn a commission."

You Ya remembered that in his previous life, the Western countries in his world were like this: after the technology was monopolized, if you wanted to test something or collect particle data, you had to pay money, not only for the start-up fee, but also for a lot of other miscellaneous fees.

Orochimaru immediately became angry upon hearing Yua's words: "No way! Absolutely not! Those guys don't even know the rules of the lab, how could I possibly let them into my lab!"

As he spoke, Orochimaru looked at Yua, his eyes shifting slightly, and then whispered, "Once you're dead, I'll just resurrect you and continue working, won't I?"

Upon hearing this, You Ya's face darkened immediately: "You, Tomato, you're really ruthless! I just wanted to put you in the research department to work, but you're even trying to make sure I can't die in peace?!"

Then, Yuya saw that both Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were deep in thought, seemingly finding the suggestion quite good.

You Ya immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Hey! Master, Uncle-Master, you don't really want to do this, do you?!"

Hashirama Senju scratched his head awkwardly. He really did think so. Since Yuya was doing so well, it wouldn't be a bad thing to keep letting Yuya do it.

Tobirama looked at Yua and sneered, saying, "Anyway, you did a better job than me. Many people say I'm not as good as you."

You Ya was sweating profusely: "I really don't know where this started..."

With a sigh, Yuya rubbed his forehead and said to Orochimaru, "Fine, fine, this is the last time. Let's go, I'll take you to the bank to ask."

He shook his head; Orochimaru was indeed too much of a worry.

As he said, he couldn't keep approving funding for Orochimaru forever. There would eventually be another Hokage, and once the next Hokage took office, the current situation where Orochimaru gets money whenever he asks for it would definitely not exist.

You may not be used to it now, but you'll have to go through it eventually.

Ugh, this bastard actually had the First and Second Hokage resurrected and come looking for money from him! Who the hell would have thought that?!

A dozen minutes later, Konoha Bank:

Raido Nami glared angrily at Orochimaru and said, "With that utterly nonsensical application you wrote, I need someone to approve it first! You didn't write anything about the specifications for the biological experiment, the materials, or the duration of the experiment. There's no way I'd approve it! Don't you know how awful your report is?!"

Yuya almost burst out laughing when he saw Orochimaru covered in spittle from Namiashi Raito.

He really liked this kind of subordinate who was so meticulous and methodical in his work.

(End of this chapter)