In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

The ruins of the ancient city of Loulan.

"Hatch. Hatch hatch"

For no apparent reason, Qianye sneezed several times, almost bringing tears to her eyes.

"Lord Senya, what's wrong?" Yekura asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I guess someone's thinking about me again." Qianye rubbed his slightly sore nose and turned his gaze to Kakuzu and Sasori opposite him. Kakuzu had put his mask back on and changed into a black robe like Sasori's.

Scorpion, on the other hand, remodeled his body.

Following the concept of the Transformers' Spark, the regeneration core is hidden inside the body. At the same time, the main body also has the ability to transform. In this era where the power levels are not yet completely broken, it is enough to deal with the vast majority of battles.

"Then, Kakuzu, for the time being, you will stay by Sasori's side and assist him in completing his research on the Dragon Vein. Do not show yourself for the time being."

"I don't care, as long as this guy doesn't bother me." Kakuzu crossed his arms, turned his back to Sasori, and looked arrogant, reverting to his usual unfathomable demeanor.

"That's really unfortunate. I don't know how to please people, and I don't have much affection for an old-fashioned person like you who doesn't know how to keep up with the times." Sasori didn't give Kakuzu a friendly look either.

Antiques?

Kakashi had said those three words not long ago, and Kakuzu found them very offensive, so he glared at Sasori and said in a bad tone, "You bastard. Then let me teach you a lesson."

The two argued back and forth, their words flowing freely.

"Lady Senya, is this alright?" Looking at the two noisy people, Yekura rubbed his forehead with a headache.

"It's nothing, just need to administer the drug to the opponent." Qianye smiled and took out a scroll from the system warehouse.

Before he could even speak, Kakuzu's dark green eyes lit up, gleaming with the light of money. "This...this is..."

He recognized at a glance that this was a scroll that Chiya had once taken from the Sarutobi family, and it contained at least a dozen Asuma.

"Kakuzu, didn't you say you wanted to be the treasurer? There's about 500 million taels in here." Chiya handed over the scroll, and Kakuzu was about to take it when Chiya took it back. "Don't rush, there are conditions."

"You say it, you say it, as long as there's money, anything is negotiable." Kakuzu turned into a sycophant.

Upon hearing this, Chiya tossed the scroll to Kakuzu, who immediately treated it as a treasure. "From today onwards, you will obediently cooperate with Sasori and stop acting like a senior. Sasori, the same goes for you. Now that you have finally gained a new life, stop being so stubborn."

At this point, a sly smile suddenly appeared on Chiya's face. "Kakuzu, do you know how much money I have?"

"A billion?" Kakuzu paused, about to unroll the scroll, and roughly stated his guess.

"You really think I've only robbed the Sarutobi clan all these years?" Chiya shook his head, holding up his index finger. "One hundred billion."

Qianye has robbed many of these nouveau riche like Kado who are greedy and heartless.

Although he's not a good person, who cares about having a lot of money?

Kakuzu swallowed hard, looking at Chiyo with eyes full of admiration. Even as the Akatsuki's finance minister, he had never seen a hundred billion before. How much money was that? He estimated it would take several months to count.

"As long as you assist Scorpion in controlling the dragon vein, I will entrust all the money to you to manage." Qianye looked at Scorpion, "And Scorpion, you must miss your parents very much."

Scorpion scoffed, arrogantly turning his head away without denying it. Then Qianye said, "As long as you help me complete this dragon vein, I can give you a Senzu Bean after it's done, so your grandmother can inject life into the puppet and revive your parents, just like she did when she revived Gaara."

"So, now it's up to you to see how you perform. If you're short of funds, feel free to approach Finance Minister Kakuzu."

"No problem," Kakuzu readily agreed.

One hundred billion! One hundred billion! At this moment, Kakuzu was already fantasizing about what it would feel like to be lying in a pile of money.

"I understand." Scorpion nodded slowly, then drifted into memories of his childhood.

Then Qianye gave them some more instructions.

While Sasori was asking Hidan about his actions, he caught a fleeting glimpse of Kakuzu's forlorn expression. While thinking how close Kakuzu and Hidan were as best buddies, a mischievous idea suddenly popped into his head.

Hidan's body seems to have been blown to pieces. In that case, we might as well consider giving him a new body.

Pigs seem pretty good.

Anyway, this guy doesn't seem very smart.

Meanwhile, in Orochimaru's base room.

The place was a mess.

Everywhere there were traces of fighting and discussion.

"Hehe, as expected of Sasuke-kun, youth is indeed an advantage."

Orochimaru chuckled, fastened his long purple rope belt, glanced back at Sasuke, pursed his lips, and seemed to be enjoying himself more.

He realized that he seemed to have come to like this feeling.

At this moment, Erzhuzi's pupils were dilated, forming the shape of the Chinese character "太" (tai), and he lay supine on the ground, utterly despondent. The anesthetic effects from I Love a Chai, Viagra, and the White Phosphorus Serpent had not yet worn off.

Recalling everything Orochimaru had just done to him, an unprecedented rage surged within him.

Driven by this emotion, a special chakra surged from Erzhuzi's brain, acting on his optic nerve and causing changes in his eyes.

First, it transforms into a regular three-tomoe star, then the three-tomoe star begins to spin rapidly, and finally it transforms directly into a six-pointed star shape.

Yes, under the extreme humiliation inflicted by Orochimaru, Sasuke awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan out of sheer rage.

However, unlike the original work, the target of the anger is no longer Konoha after learning the truth about Itachi's massacre of the clan, but Orochimaru.

At the same time, there was also Chiya. If it weren't for Chiya's secret medicine, Orochimaru wouldn't have been able to succeed.

Suddenly, Erzhuzi had two more people on his kill list.

Awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan also requires a huge amount of chakra, just like when Kakashi fainted after he and Obito both awakened their Mangekyou Sharingan.

Sasuke, who had already fought two battles with Orochimaru in different situations, lost all his remaining chakra the moment he activated his Mangekyou Sharingan and immediately fainted.

Orochimaru was unaware that Sasuke had awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan because of him. Seeing Sasuke unconscious, a sinister and dangerous smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Heh, did Sasuke, with his extremely strong sense of pride, faint because he couldn't handle such a blow?"

"But it's alright. There are still ten days until your reincarnation. During this time, I will ensure you live well, and to prevent the Uchiha clan from becoming extinct, I will also leave you with offspring. Haha."

Suddenly, Orochimaru's sinister laughter echoed throughout the vast underground base.