From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

Upon learning of this, Hatake Tachibana did not delay for a second.

In a moment, he came to Myoboku Mountain from Konoha Village through the special-grade summoning scroll on his body.

As the infinite unfolded, in just the blink of an eye, Hatake Tachibana found the exact location of his elder brother Hatake Sakumo.

Immediately afterwards, Hatake Tachibana jumped up, stepped on the air, and arrived at where he was in less than a minute.

Looking at his elder brother, who had a bandage wrapped around his shoulder and was chatting with Fukasaku Toad, Hatake Tachibana slowly descended from the sky with an expressionless face.

"Brother, can you be Hokage for a few years?"

Looking at the little brother who fell from the sky, Hatake Sakumo, who was confused, blurted out subconsciously:

"Tachibana, what nonsense are you talking about? Isn't the Sandaime still fine? Besides, don't you know me? I didn't want to be a Hokage in the first place, and I have a broken arm, so I am even less qualified now."

"Ah! No! Tachibana, you can fly??"

Hatake Tachibana shook his head and just chuckled.

No more pretending, let's be frank, he is a billionaire...

No, he is the God of Ninja World, the only God of Ninja World at this moment!

As the long-suppressed colorless domineering aura inside his body was slowly released by Hatake Tachibana, an invisible pressure force quickly spread from Hatake Tachibana's body to the entire Myoboku Mountain...

In a twinkling, the earth shook!

Even the clouds within a hundred kilometers above his head disappeared in the blink of an eye!

All the toads, big and small, in the entire Myoboku Mountain, except for the big toad immortal who had just awakened, were killed without exception!

All of them were pinned to the ground by an inexplicable force, unable to move.

Hatake Tachibana rose into the air again, and when he was a hundred meters in the sky, he spoke:

"Brother, do you want to fly? You can do it in the future."

"As for your hand, well... I can't heal it, but someone should be able to."

"Regarding the issue of the Third Hokage's early retirement, I will help you solve it. The rest is up to you, brother."

Looking at his younger brother, who was also unable to move, stepping on the empty air like a staircase and slowly ascending, Hatake Sakumo could not help but secretly think in his heart:

"How did his father, Fuka Hatake, give birth to Tachibana..."

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Having made up his mind, Tachibana Hatake did not waste any more time. After bringing his elder brother Sakumo Hatake back to Konoha Village, Tachibana Hatake began to search the village for Orochimaru.

Yes, he couldn't heal his elder brother Hatake Sakumo's hand, and Tsunade didn't have the ability to regenerate an arm out of thin air.

But Orochimaru certainly can!

...

Looking at the dark, damp and narrow tunnel in front of him, Hatake Tachibana frowned.

Although he can also get in through transformation, why is it so disgusting?

After thinking for a while, Hatake Tachibana opened his mouth and shouted into the narrow cave in front of him:

"Orochimaru, come out for a moment, I need your help with something."

However, at this time, Orochimaru in the cave was already frightened out of a cold sweat, and looked palely at the source of the sound above his head!

He knew the owner of this voice was Tachibana Hatake.

But who is Tachibana Hatake? The captain of the ANBU team!

What is he doing now? Dissecting human corpses...conducting forbidden research...

Even this hidden laboratory has been visited by the Anbu!

How could Orochimaru not be nervous?

However, this was purely Orochimaru's overthinking, and Hatake Tachibana didn't care about him.

As for dissecting corpses, it is not a big deal for a person like Hatake Tachibana who has modern thinking, right?

As long as Orochimaru doesn't go crazy and kill innocent people, he won't interfere.

And Orochimaru can be considered a rare talent for him...

Chapter 43: Orochimaru's Path to Immortality

After hesitating for a long time, Orochimaru, knowing that he could not escape, finally chose to make the ninja seal with his hands, practice the snake transformation technique, and transformed himself into a green-red snake as thick as a bowl, and crawled out of the narrow cave.

Looking at the green and red snake in front of him that was more than ten feet long, he stood up.

It was still spitting out its tongue towards him, as if it was choosing someone to bite, and it looked extremely ferocious. Hatake Tachibana could only shake his head helplessly. This shady snake really only cared about eating and not about being beaten!

He took a step forward with an expressionless face, and a flash of lightning flashed in Hatake Tachibana's eyes. The five senses separation and mind sealing technique from the Kurama clan was completed in the blink of an eye.

The next second, Orochimaru, who made eye contact with him, was instantly hit!

...

Looking at his body that had transformed into a human form again, and the completely unfamiliar and unnatural environment before him, Orochimaru knew that he must have fallen into the illusion of this little brat again!

Why again? Of course, it’s because I’ve been tricked once before...

This is also one of the reasons why he is so wary of Hatake Tachibana.

"Orochimaru, you really have no memory!" Hatake Tachibana's voice, like thunder, resounded throughout this vast space.

After looking around, Orochimaru still didn't see Hatake Tachibana. He just frowned and shouted loudly: "Hatake Tachibana, come out! Stop playing tricks. What do you want from me?"

"Playing tricks? Haha, compared to you, why not compare me to a god?" The voice of Hatake Tachibana resounded in this space again.

Without waiting for Orochimaru to reply, Hatake Tachibana continued:

"Orochimaru, I know everything you did, but I tell you, as long as you don't kill innocent people and use living people for experiments, I have no interest in you! I came to you today mainly for two things."

"First, my eldest brother's arm is broken, you are responsible for healing him, and second, support my eldest brother, Hatake Sakumo, in the village and succeed him as the Fourth Hokage."

"If you can do these two things, not only will I not stop you from conducting research on immortality, I can also help you collect some research materials that you can't get on your own! For example, the cells and some body tissues of the First Hokage."

As expected, Hatake Tachibana knew everything about his forbidden research...

But before Orochimaru could think of a countermeasure, the top-grade research material "cells and body tissues of the First Hokage" mentioned by Hatake Tachibana had already made the eyes of this scientific research fanatic Orochimaru light up instantly!

After thinking for a moment, Orochimaru calmed down again, staring blankly at the air in front of him and said:

"Why should I believe you? If you can give me the first generation of cells first, then I can agree to it, and I will not only..."

But before Orochimaru could finish his words, Hatake Tachibana suddenly interrupted him:

"Orochimaru, you have no other choice. In fact, I can use illusion to influence your thinking and achieve my goal, but to be honest, the most important thing about you is your scientific research brain."

"Believe me, you don't want to destroy it! If you think I'm kidding you, you can give it a try. The flow rate in this space is very slow. We still have a lot of time before the ninjas in the village find us. We can play slowly, and you can also take a good look at my illusion level!"

After saying this, the world where Orochimaru was instantly transformed into the cold, damp dungeon in the Anbu of Konoha Village, which was filled with all kinds of torture instruments.

...

No matter what choice Orochimaru makes, he will of course choose to be stubborn and give it a try.

However, what Orochimaru didn't expect was that there was still a lot of time in Hatake Tachibana's mouth, so much time...

His spirit body was tortured by Hatake Tachibana for a whole month in this strange space. He was tortured by Hatake Tachibana using probably the ten most cruel tortures in the world.

Moreover, all of this pain directly acted on the soul, causing Orochimaru's spiritual body to be on the verge of collapse, and only then did Hatake Tachibana stop.

...

"Hoo-ho...Hoo-ho...Hoo-ho..."

Orochimaru, lying on the execution platform, unable to move, gasped heavily and roared loudly at the air in front of him with a ferocious face:

"Hatake Tachibana! Haven't I promised you countless times in the past month? Why don't you stop?"

As Orochimaru finished speaking, the figure of Hatake Tachibana appeared in front of Orochimaru again after a month.

He looked at Orochimaru with a smile on his face and said:

"Ah? I'm sorry. This is the first time I tried a genjutsu so recklessly. I didn't stop myself. Besides, you, Orochimaru, are not an ordinary person! As one of the three great ninjas, it's not easy for you to give in, right? Orochimaru."

Orochimaru, whose body was controlled by Hatake Tachibana, stood up again and subconsciously lowered his head. He only snorted coldly to hide the fear in his eyes. He was very sensible and did not refute anything.

Patting Orochimaru on the shoulder, Hatake Tachibana began to make big promises, and said to him in a gentle voice: "Orochimaru, as long as you don't break the agreement between us, I promise that your research on immortality will be countless times smoother than before."

After a while, Orochimaru whispered: "Hatake Tachibana, I hope you can keep your word!"

Seeing that Orochimaru had temporarily surrendered, Hatake Tachibana did not make things difficult for him. After taking him away from the spiritual space, Orochimaru's spirit body returned to the body of the blue-red snake.

Orochimaru was instantly shocked when he sensed the loss of chakra in his body, which was almost negligible.

You know, he is still maintaining the snake transformation technique at this time. Although the chakra consumption of the snake transformation technique is not that great, what does such a small loss mean?

This shows that only a very short period of time has passed in the outside world!

Thinking of this, Orochimaru couldn't help but look at Hatake Tachibana and asked, "How long has it been? How long can your technique last..."

Hearing this, Hatake Tachibana touched his chin, thought for a moment, then looked at Orochimaru and replied: "It was less than a minute outside! To be exact, it should be fifty-seven seconds. As for how long my technique can last..."

"It depends on the individual. The stronger the spirit, the more mental energy I have to spend to suppress it. Take you, Orochimaru, as an example. For someone like you, um... I can suppress it for a year. I'm talking about the time in the real world."

"Don't you need to eat? In another year, you would have starved to death." Orochimaru simply retorted. As a scientific researcher, he didn't believe this ridiculous number.

Hatake Tachibana just smiled and shook his head, and explained in a rare way:

"Who told you that I have to stay in that spiritual space to maintain that technique? When you came out just now, didn't you notice that the position of my body has changed? And I really don't need to eat, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru:"..."

Orochimaru was stunned for a moment!

a year?

So the question is, if one year is given in the real world, how many months can he be tortured in that alien space?

At this moment, Orochimaru instantly started his brainstorming... However, ten seconds later, Orochimaru got an answer that was enough to make him feel suffocated.

It’s about 525,600 months!

If converted into years, that would be more than 43,800 years!

But if you think about it from another perspective, isn’t such a long period of time also a kind of eternal life?

You know, the time since the birth of the ninja world has been far shorter than this number!

At this moment, Orochimaru seemed to have opened the door to a new world! He looked at Hatake Tachibana with burning eyes...

In Orochimaru's eyes, Tachibana Hatake at this time has already mastered an alternative way to immortality.

And thanks to the inspiration from Hatake Tachibana, Orochimaru has also figured out his own way to immortality.

——The body can be destroyed! Only the spirit can survive!

If Tachibana Hatake could know Orochimaru's thoughts, I'm afraid he would also sigh at his talent!

If it were an ordinary person, how could he think of these things after being tortured by his illusion for a month?

Therefore, the strong never complain about the environment...Risks are often accompanied by opportunities.

Who can say that Orochimaru's idea is wrong?

Chapter 44 Sarutobi Hiruzen's Selfishness

It's late at night in the Fire Nation capital.

At this time, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was seen wearing a white uniform, sitting at the desk in the room, quickly processing various scrolls and documents piled up in front of him.

It was not until he read a piece of information about the Hatake clan that Sarutobi Hiruzen slowed down his movements...

"Hatake Sakumo returned home at the end of yesterday. His right arm was lost at the shoulder, consistent with the information sent back from the Iwagakure Village."

"In addition: Yesterday at 3 pm, Hatake Tachibana met with Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Namikaze Minato, and Kato Dan in the Akimichi clan tavern in the village for a long time. The details of the conversation are unknown..."

Looking at the information scroll in his hand, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen stood there for a long time, then sighed softly:

"Sakumo! Sakumo... It's me, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is sorry for you. I shouldn't... I shouldn't have let Danzo and Koharu go. They... How dare they do this!!"

"If I had known you were so capable, I would have given you the position of Hokage right now!"

It's not that Sarutobi Hiruzen is just pretending to be nice in this situation. There are no outsiders here and he doesn't need to do that. He really thinks so...

Although at the beginning, he did not want Hatake Sakumo to succeed the position of the Fourth Hokage, so he acquiesced to the actions of people like Shimura Danzo and Utatane Koharu, but he did not expect that these people would be so cruel!