From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 374 Daily life in Ryuchi Cave, Uchiha Sasuke enters Sage Mode!

Longdi Cave.

Inside the cave opened by Orochimaru.

This place has almost been completely transformed into his scientific research base. The huge and wide cave is filled with various experimental instruments and many hideous-looking samples.

For example, there are the horns of an eight-tailed gyu-ki soaked in a petri dish, the experimental subject of Hashirama's cells whose body has been deformed into a monster after the experiment failed, the corpse of a ninja who died after being cursed, and so on. All kinds of strange things make the atmosphere of this cave even darker and more dangerous.

At this time, Orochimaru was wearing a pair of glasses and a white coat, dressed like a scientific researcher. He was leaning over the laboratory table, operating an instrument that looked very sophisticated, and was adjusting some parameters.

And on that instrument, there was a pair of three-magatama Sharingan, soaked in an unknown liquid.

It's not just on the instruments. In the cabinets nearby, there are a whole cabinet full of identical three-magatama Sharingan. A quick glance shows there are probably about fifty or sixty pairs.

Not far from Orochimaru, two wooden men were holding brooms and cleaning up the garbage on the ground in the cave.

While sweeping the garbage on the ground, the two wooden men kept complaining.

"Why would I do such a thing? It's very strange, right? Is it because you were short of a cleaner that you traveled thousands of miles to the Land of Thunder to bring me back?" The two wooden men cursed in a very unhappy tone.

It can be seen that she is in a sealed state at the moment. On the skin of her arms, there are densely packed black sealing spell codes, preventing her from exerting any chakra.

Not only that, when she opened her mouth to speak, the sealing spell flashed on the tip of her tongue from time to time, and judging from the fact that she was sweeping the floor honestly, it was obvious that she had become accustomed to this state.

After all, two and a half months had passed since she was forcibly abducted to Longdi Cave.

From the beginning, the two of them resisted fiercely with wooden figures, tried every means to escape, and then resisted passively, went on hunger strike and committed suicide, but all failed. Until now, she has taken on the role of a cleaner. Although she curses, she seems to have accepted her fate.

Orochimaru adjusted the parameters and cloned the Sharingan while saying without looking up: "As a ninja, you were defeated and captured, but we didn't treat you cruelly or use you as a human experiment. We didn't torture you to get the information in your brain. We didn't abuse or retaliate against you. This is already a manifestation of great tolerance. I just asked you to help me sweep the floor. Why are you still talking so much? Do you think we are too kind to you?"

Having said that, Orochimaru suddenly looked up at the two Yukitos, his eyes flashing with dangerous light, and his slender tongue slid across his lips involuntarily, evil and terrifying.

The two Yukitos seemed to be used to Orochimaru's appearance. They pouted and said, "At the beginning, you could still scare me like this, but now I know very well that before the spiritual master you mentioned comes out of seclusion, no one can control my fate for the time being, not even you, Orochimaru."

"But after Lingzun comes out of retreat, my opinions will be very valuable for reference, so you'd better not provoke me." Orochimaru retracted his dangerous gaze and continued to fiddle with the instrument.

"Why else do you think I would be so obedient as to sweep the floor here?" the two wooden men said with a firm tone.

But the body is very honest and sweeps away the dust, paper scraps, etc. in every corner very cleanly.

Just then, footsteps were heard outside the cave, and soon Nami and Uchiha Sasuke walked in from outside.

Nami was very warm and friendly. She greeted the two Yumu Ren and then walked to a bed and looked at the boy who was sleeping on it.

Glancing at the stable signal on the monitoring instrument, Nami breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that he has been in good condition these days."

As she said this, the green flame of the phoenix bloomed in her hand, and she pressed it on the boy's chest, slowly injecting this life energy into his body.

The young man lying on the hospital bed is naturally Kaguya Kimimaro, the patient with the bloodline disease.

Ever since he came to Ryuchi Cave, he has been in this comatose state. When he was sent here, Bane had already started his retreat, so Orochimaru didn't want to disturb him. Fortunately, Nami's Blue Flame could effectively maintain Kimimaro's vital signs and even make him better, so Kimimaro could hang on to his life in Ryuchi Cave.

Nami was injecting life energy into Kimimaro on a daily basis, while Uchiha Sasuke frowned and glanced at Orochimaru who was fiddling with the Sharingan, and said coldly: "Orochimaru, can you please not always deal with these Sharingans in front of me?"

I am also an Uchiha after all, can you please respect me?

Without even looking up, Orochimaru said, "I hope you can be a little more respectful to me next time you talk to me. Although I don't expect you to call me 'Sir Orochimaru', considering that I taught you so many ninjutsu, it's not too much for you to call me teacher, right?"

"What you call teaching is just throwing some ninjutsu scrolls to me and asking me to read them myself, and then Lady Nami or Senior Weber will give me actual combat training every day?" Uchiha Sasuke said a little unhappily.

Orochimaru has changed!
When we were in the Forest of Death, he was so enthusiastic towards me and seemed to have high hopes for me.

As a result, after I arrived, his attitude changed completely. He became indifferent to me. If I asked him a question, it depended on whether he had time after finishing the experiment. The so-called teaching was just throwing some scrolls to him and letting this genius understand them by himself. When he was done, he could just ask Nami and Weber to master them in practice.

Apart from these, Orochimaru never told him how to become an excellent ninja or how to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

Even Sasuke felt that those ninjutsu scrolls were not as useful as the domineering and taijutsu that Senior Weber explained to him!

"After all, I am still too busy. The research on the Sharingan was arranged for me by the Spirit Master himself. I am conducting it in a cloning way, and it has not harmed your Uchiha clan, right? What's more, this kind of research is also beneficial to you. Once we break through the existing barriers, perhaps we can provide some directional guidance for you to open the Mangekyō Sharingan." Orochimaru still did not even look at Sasuke, and said very calmly.

Actually, at the beginning, Uchiha Sasuke felt very uncomfortable when he saw Orochimaru recklessly cloning and researching the Sharingan, and he wanted to stop it several times. But now, how should I put it? Maybe what Orochimaru said made some sense. After all, he was just a clone and did not harm the Uchiha, and the Uchiha had nothing to harm. Or maybe it was because this research might help him open the Mangekyō Sharingan, or maybe it was because it was related to the order of the Spirit Master.

In short, although Uchiha Sasuke would say a few words to Orochimaru from time to time, he was actually used to him playing with his Sharingan here.

Without continuing to argue with Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke walked to the wall in the corner of the cave, where there was a special futon for him. He walked over and sat directly on the futon.

Soon afterwards, the Heaven's Curse Seal that Orochimaru had left him in the Forest of Death took effect, and dense marks of the curse began to spread all over his body. It seemed that the power was a little violent, and Uchiha Sasuke could not control it, so his body began to deform, transforming into a state of neither human nor ghost.

However, this change did not attract the attention of other people in the cave. Even the two wooden men were too lazy to take a second look. It was obvious that they were used to it.

Although his body was deformed, Uchiha Sasuke did not show any emotional fluctuations. His expression was very calm. He allowed his body to twist, and sat cross-legged on the cushion. He gently put his hands together on the dantian position in his abdomen, crossed his fingers, and palms facing up, entering a state of meditation.

As he meditated, his body, which was originally running wild, gradually stabilized, and the deformed body tissues began to slowly recover. The power of the curse on his body continued to dissipate.

Not far away, Nami, who was changing the nutrient solution bottle for Kimimaro, seemed to have noticed something. She turned her head to look at Uchiha Sasuke and said with a raised eyebrow, "His natural energy has stabilized. He might be able to take that step today. He is indeed a genius in the true sense of the word."

Although Nami is not a natural ability user, and cannot passively absorb violent natural energy for 24 hours without any effort like Bane, Fubuki, and Zoro, but as a phoenix, and with the personal guidance of Bane in the Ryuchi Cave, Nami can smoothly transition natural energy and occasionally "infuse" essence into her body.

So a long time ago, Nami had already mastered natural energy, and was able to activate the perfect Sage Mode and the Eight Gates Ninjutsu with the Sage Chakra.

It was also because of this that she could see at a glance that Uchiha Sasuke seemed to be on the verge of entering the Sage Mode.

Nami's words also attracted the attention of others. The two Yubokuto and Orochimaru stopped what they were doing and looked towards Uchiha Sasuke.

"The legendary Sage Mode?" The two wooden figures looked at this scene with some anticipation.

"Do you want to learn too?" Nami put her arms around the two Yumu people's shoulders and asked with a smile.

"Of course." The two wooden men said without hesitation.

"If you are willing to join us, I will teach you the Sage Mode." Nami said patiently.

Unfortunately, the two Yukito immediately shook their heads and said, "Although I really want to learn, I will never betray the Hidden Cloud Village or the Fourth Raikage for this."

At this moment, the distorted power of the curse seal on Uchiha Sasuke quickly dissipated, and he completely restored his handsome appearance. Then, Orochimaru said with a hint of expectation in his eyes: "Here it comes."

Sure enough, just as Orochimaru said, faint purple eye shadow-like lines began to appear around Uchiha Sasuke's eye sockets, and this is one of the manifestations of Sage Mode.

Along with the appearance of this pattern, Uchiha Sasuke's movements also changed. His hands, which were originally crossed, first loosened, then lifted from the abdomen and quickly pressed together in front of the chest, presenting a posture of clapping his hands.

This posture seemed to allow the fairy chakra in the body to flow more smoothly, and the purple lines around the eye sockets became clearer.

After a few breaths, his condition seemed to be perfect. Uchiha Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes and said in a low voice: "Sage Mode, On!"

The next second, surging senjutsu chakra burst out from his body, and turbulent airflow swept through, but Orochimaru raised his hand slightly, and the airflow that was originally going to sweep the cave dissipated smoothly, and the work of the two wooden men was not in vain.

At the same time, Uchiha Sasuke stood up excitedly, feeling the huge power of fairy chakra flowing in his body. At the same time, his perception of the outside world became clearer.

At this moment, he only felt that his physical fitness had been comprehensively enhanced by his natural abilities. Now, he could at least beat ten of his ordinary selves, right?
"Well done, Sasuke. Today is exactly the 26th day. You are a genius to have mastered the magic within a month." Nami praised with great appreciation.

Compared to Uzumaki Naruto who mastered the Sage Mode in just half a month, Uchiha Sasuke was a little slower, but he is not a Sage Body and does not use Shadow Clones, so it is understandable.

Of course, he also relied on external forces, such as the stable and safe natural energy seeds that Bane left him at the beginning and the power of Orochimaru's curse.

"I'm glad that I didn't disappoint you, Lady Nami." After calming down his excitement, Uchiha Sasuke said to Nami very humbly.

It is obvious that he respects Nami and the "Senior Weber" he mentions very much, and his attitude towards Orochimaru is completely different.

Orochimaru looked at this scene, his eyes flickering constantly, and the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily, as if Uchiha Sasuke's body was even more attractive. But after a moment, he sighed again. Forget it, he had already given up the route of reincarnation a long time ago, so why think so much?
Thinking of this, Orochimaru turned his head and looked at a cloning chamber in the corner. There was an experimental subject in there who looked exactly like him. That was the next container Orochimaru had prepared for himself, a one-to-one clone of his original body.

Today, Orochimaru finally realized that the original is the best.

He planned to ask Ling Zun to help transfer his soul into his own container after cultivating this clone.

As for Uchiha Sasuke, this Uchiha kid who has no respect for his teachers and is born evil, just let him go and spare his life.

(End of this chapter)