Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

"Thank you so much for caring about whether my body is developing normally!"

Orochimaru glared at Uzumaki Chigusa and stayed away from this dangerous and terrible adult. He didn't know if it was because she often drank medicinal tea, but her development seemed to be better than her peers.

She just hoped that she would not grow up to be the level of the future Tsunade. She looked like a hindrance, and in fact, she was a hindrance in every sense.

That kind of thing is pleasing to the eye when it grows on someone else, but it is a burden when it grows on yourself.

"Orochimaru, why do you suddenly want to read the Uzumaki clan's collection of books?"

Uzumaki Chigusa guessed that the change in Orochimaru's chakra was probably related to her desire to see the books in the library.

Orochimaru frowned slightly and said, "There's a tailed beast sealed inside Granny Mito, Chigusa, you know that, right?"

"Of course I know that the technique used by Mito-sama is from the Uzumaki clan..."

Uzumaki Chigusa stopped mid-sentence, and only then did she realize how Orochimaru knew about this. "Orochimaru, how did you know that?"

Normally, Orochimaru wouldn't know about this, and Lord Mito wouldn't have told her, so how did she know?

"I'm worried that as Granny Mito gets older, the Nine-Tails sealed in her body will hurt her. What if... what if someone else has to seal the Nine-Tails, what will happen to Granny Mito?"

Orochimaru thought that he could tell Chigusa about this matter. Given the relationship between them, she would not tell Mito-san since she knew why he wanted to read the Uzumaki clan's collection of books.

"No wonder your chakra changed. I see."

After knowing why Orochimaru wanted to read the Uzumaki clan's collection of books, Uzumaki Chigusa had a look of relief on her face.

Mito-sama's love for her was not in vain... Orochimaru was a very sentimental child.

"Come with me, I'll take you to the Uzumaki clan's library."

Uzumaki Chigusa walked in front, calling for Orochimaru to follow her.

The Uzumaki clan's library is located in the basement of the Namen-do and is hidden by a special sealing technique. No one can enter without the guidance of someone who has mastered the technique.

These masks...

Orochimaru looked at the masks placed in the Nanmen Hall, among which was the Death Mask that she was most familiar with.

As we all know, in the original work, Orochimaru used a piece of exquisite snake skin to exchange for the Death Mask with four Hokage and a pair of hands from the belly of the Death God.

Uzumaki Chigusa noticed Orochimaru looking at the masks and explained, "Since ancient times, people have believed that masks contain mysterious powers. Every mask here has a long history."

"Don't move! You might get eaten by an evil spirit!"

Uzumaki Chigusa made a ferocious gesture to scare Orochimaru.

"..."

Orochimaru stared at Uzumaki Chigusa expressionlessly, then raised his eyes and considered whether to pretend to be scared to cooperate with her. In the end, he told the truth: "If all evil spirits were like you, I think it would be difficult for me to feel afraid."

"Damn it, can't you just cooperate with me?"

Uzumaki Chigusa formed seals with her hands in frustration, her expression turned stern, and she let out a low growl.

"Seal the Dharma Protector Seal! Release it!"

Uzumaki Chigusa's beautiful red hair moved without wind, and there was no trace of playfulness on her face anymore, as if this was her true self at this moment.

The ground shook slightly, and a sealing spell appeared around the Nanmen Hall, like a huge whirlpool. A library clustered in the whirlpool slowly rose from the ground.

With such confidentiality in the collection, the books in the library must be very precious!

Orochimaru looked at the library rising from the ground with increasing anticipation.

After the library rose from the ground, Uzumaki Chigusa breathed a sigh of relief, walked forward and opened the door of the library. A lot of dust flew out of the library, and a smell of decay that had gone through years wafted out.

"How long has it been since this place was cleaned?"

Orochimaru looked at the astonishing amount of dust in disbelief, "Something's wrong. Isn't the library sealed with that protective seal?"

"The Protector Seal only seals the library underground... No one has been here for a long time. If you didn't want to see the books, I wouldn't have come here."

Uzumaki Chigusa covered her mouth and looked at Orochimaru, her eyes seemed to say, if it weren't for you, would I come back here?

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at the large number of books and scrolls in the library. It would be quite difficult to clean the library, so she gave up. Besides, there were no particularly important books in the library.

"There are no books on sealing techniques here?"

Orochimaru looked at the staggering number of books and scrolls, many of which were made of materials different from those used in current books and scrolls.

She, who often came into contact with books and scrolls, could see this at a glance. The materials used in the library were obviously very ancient.

"No, the books related to sealing techniques are placed somewhere else."

Uzumaki Chigusa was afraid of patting Orochimaru on the head, so she said with a smile: "Don't try to learn the sealing technique secretly!"

"Soon I'll be able to learn the sealing technique from Granny Mito."

Orochimaru glanced at Uzumaki Chigusa with disdain and drove her away, "You awful sir, you are useless now. Go away!"

"How heartless! I was the one who brought you here, but you abandoned me in the end..."

Uzumaki Chigusa pretended to sob a few times, but when she saw that Orochimaru didn't react at all and completely ignored her, she felt bored.

Orochimaru didn't even look at the drama queen, walked into the library and slammed the door shut.

"Cough-cough-!"

Orochimaru's cough was heard from the library.

How many years has it been since this place was cleaned?

Orochimaru felt like he had entered a sea of dust and had been completely swallowed by it.

"I forgot to tell you, there's more dust in the library than it looks."

Uzumaki Chigusa covered her mouth and nose with her hands, gloating.

"Go away! Cough cough cough..."

Orochimaru's angry voice was heard, followed by an even more violent coughing sound.

Uzumaki Chigusa took a few steps back, pretending that she had left. She looked at the door of the library, thinking about what Orochimaru had said before. She was silent for a long time and gave up the idea of telling Lord Mito.

Throughout history, no one who has had anything to do with the tailed beasts has had a good ending, let alone those who use their own bodies to seal the tailed beasts and are called jinchūriki.

Uzumaki Chigusa sighed softly and turned away.

A few hours later...

Uzumaki Chigusa opened the door of the library with food and water and saw ten Orochimaru reading in different places.

Reading with a shadow clone?

Is this how Shadow Clone is used?

Uzumaki Chigusa had never expected that the Shadow Clone Technique developed by the Second Hokage could be used not only for gathering intelligence and fighting, but also for reading.

"You're really able to read this! Many of the books here are obscure ancient books that even I find difficult to understand. I didn't expect you to be able to read this."

Uzumaki Chigusa walked over and was secretly shocked to see Orochimaru and his shadow clones watching with great interest.

"Just because you don't understand doesn't mean I don't understand."

Orochimaru glanced at Uzumaki Chigusa. In fact, there were many books in the library that she could not understand. Those books were more like poems of praise. Among them was one praising the Sage of Six Paths, and another praising the Goddess of the Rabbit. She didn't know what the person who collected these books was thinking, or whether he didn't know who the Goddess of the Rabbit was.

She didn't understand why the Uzumaki clan collected these poems, but that didn't stop her from pretending to know in front of Uzumaki Chigusa.

Uzumaki Chigusa placed the food and water on the table and looked around. She could see that the books had been touched. She asked casually, "Is Mito-sama really that important to you?"

"It's important to both me and Tsunade."

Orochimaru carefully rolled up the scroll in his hand, tied the rope and put it back in place.

"Mother Mito has always taken good care of me. She is the best person to me in Konoha."

Sensei Sarutobi was very good to her, but his kindness to her was mixed with something else... He had the idea of cultivating the next generation for Konoha.

Grandma Mito treated her more like another granddaughter.

Even if it is the same emotional investment, it will be different after all.

Until now, Orochimaru has read many books related to the tailed beasts, but none of them is related to the Jinchūriki.

Come to think of it, Jinchūriki should have appeared in modern times.

The tailed beasts used to live in the wild. If it weren’t for that big idiot with a pair of useless hands, there wouldn’t be so many Jinchūriki.

Why the hell did you catch the tailed beasts? Not only did you catch them, but you also gave them away to other countries. If it weren't for Senju Tobirama, you would have given them away for free, you idiot!

Where is the brain?

The brain and body are both used for photosynthesis and to activate Wood Release, right?

Orochimaru was originally very dissatisfied with Hashirama Senju, and now he is becoming more and more dissatisfied. If he gets the chance in the future, he will definitely use the worst materials to reincarnate Hashirama Senju and let him be beaten!

Look at what he has done!

What a lot of trouble it brought to future generations!

His only achievement was to help Uchiha Madara establish Konoha.

For the next period of time, Orochimaru would take time out almost every day to read books and scrolls in the Uzumaki clan's library.

She had read every book and scroll related to the tailed beasts, but had been unable to find a way to save the life of the Jinchūriki whose tailed beasts had been extracted.

After reading so many books and scrolls, Orochimaru did not gain nothing.

In the distant past, there were people who sealed the tailed beasts in their bodies, wanting to utilize their catastrophic power.

Without exception, no one has a good ending.

Over time, the tailed beasts were regarded as symbols of disaster, and no one wanted to take advantage of them anymore.

The tailed beasts are essentially chakra with self-awareness, and after death they will be resurrected as the chakra condenses.

The repeated deaths of the three-tailed beast in the original work are enough to prove that the tailed beasts can be resurrected after death, but the time required for resurrection is unknown.

Since the essence of the tailed beasts is chakra, can we assume that when the jinchūriki seals the tailed beasts, the jinchūriki's chakra will be entangled with the tailed beasts' chakra, and once the tailed beasts are drawn out, the chakra in the jinchūriki's body will also be drawn out?

Then the cause of the Jinchūriki's death is very obvious. It is very likely that his chakra is exhausted and his organs fail rapidly...

The essence of chakra is a mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy. Depleting chakra means depleting both spiritual energy and physical energy.

Therefore, the Jinchūriki will suffer organ failure and die within a very short time after the tailed beast is extracted.

The sealing techniques for sealing the tailed beasts are different. In principle, they should all use the chakra of the jinchūriki to suppress the tailed beasts and seal them within the jinchūriki's body.

Only a clan like the Uzumaki clan, which has strong vitality, can survive for a period of time after the tailed beast is extracted and not die immediately.

Not only that, for someone like Uzumaki Kushina who was on the verge of death, she could still use the Diamond Seal to seal the Nine-Tails' actions, which was a bit too outrageous no matter how you thought about it.

Only the Uzumaki clan has a special physique that allows them to retain a little chakra after the tailed beast is extracted, but they still cannot avoid death.

It has to be said that the physique of these clans who have even a trace of Otsutsuki bloodline is something that ordinary people riding horses cannot catch up with.

The theory that they died from chakra exhaustion also makes sense when applied to the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee.

When the Eight-Tails was pulled out of Killer Bee's body by Uchiha Madara, he took the initiative to cut off one of his octopus legs to ensure that Killer Bee would not die.

Orochimaru put down the last stroke on the notebook and twirled the pen in his hand.

In other words, as long as we figure out whether the chakra of the tailed beast and the jinchūriki are entangled together, and whether the jinchūriki's chakra is extracted when the tailed beast is extracted, we can figure out why the jinchūriki dies after the tailed beast is extracted.

As expected of me.

Orochimaru raised the corner of his lips, sealed the notebook in the scroll, put the scroll away, stood up and walked out.

"Are you going back?"

Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru with a hint of emotion in her eyes, and finally understood why she was able to develop so many things. Talent and ability were one aspect.

Being able to devote oneself to one thing wholeheartedly and to read those boring books and scrolls tirelessly is something that many people cannot do.

If nothing else, she just can't do it.

"Well, Chigusa, I'm sorry for disturbing you during this period. Thank you for your care."

During the time that Orochimaru was bothering the Uzushiogakure Village, it was Chigusa Uzumaki who took care of her.

"You are too polite, sir!"

Uzumaki Chigusa hugged Orochimaru and ruffled her hair, messing up her smooth black hair. She said with a hint of nostalgia on her face, "I still like the way you were when you were a child. You were so cute back then. It's not fun anymore when you grow up."

Orochimaru struggled to break free from Uzumaki Chigusa's arms, his hair messy as he looked at her with condemning eyes, "No one is forever young, just like the crow's feet at the corners of your eyes, it doesn't disappear just because you ignore it!"

“Crow’s feet?!”