Orochimaru, running away with a bucket

Nara Matsuko looked at the bottles and jars of skin care products Orochimaru gave her with surprise. When she opened the lid of the facial mask, she could smell the unique fragrance of herbs. For a woman who loves beauty, it is really hard to refuse these skin care products that can maintain beauty.

"Sister Songxiang, as a thank you for what happened before."

Orochimaru still remembered Nara Matsuka's help to him and made a small request: "I need to know your experience with it and see if there is anything that needs to be improved."

"Okay, I'll take note of how it feels after using it."

Nara Matsuka looked at Orochimaru who looked like a little adult, took off his gloves, and reached out to touch her head.

boom--!

Orochimaru disappeared in smoke.

"Shadow clone?"

Nara Matsuka looked at Orochimaru in surprise as he disappeared.

Did you guess that I would do this?

Nara Matsuka thought that Orochimaru really didn't like being touched on the head by her, and a nasty smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Next time, I will definitely touch it to my heart’s content!

I knew it……

Orochimaru, standing in front of the Senju Mansion, shuddered. After receiving the memory of the shadow clone, his face turned slightly darker.

As she thought, Nara Matsuka touched her head again. The feeling of being treated like a child was really uncomfortable.

Ding dong——!

Orochimaru reached out and pressed the doorbell, and within a moment, footsteps were heard.

"Who!"

A voice full of impatience was heard.

Did I come at the wrong time?

Orochimaru heard multiple meanings in Tsunade's voice.

When the door opened, Tsunade stuck her head out, her cute little face flushed red and there was a note stuck on it, just like she had a white beard.

Tsunade, who was almost losing, performed a unique face-changing skill the moment she saw Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru you're here!"

"What are you..."

Orochimaru looked at the note on Tsunade's face and knew what was going on.

"Tsunade, you are not playing cards with Mito-san..."

"Alright! Stop talking nonsense! Come and help!"

Tsunade dragged Orochimaru into the house without saying a word and took her to win it back. She wanted to stick the note on her face back!

what?

The winner is Orochimaru?

She and Orochimaru are good friends and besties, so if Orochimaru wins, she wins!

No, please don't involve me in your entertainment with your grandparents, okay?

Orochimaru was dragged away by Tsunade with a messy face.

I should have checked the almanac before going out!

Volume 47: Chapter : The Bond That Cannot Be Let Go

"Why is this happening!"

Tsunade's frantic screams were heard in the Senju Mansion, and the birds resting on the branches in the nearby woods were scared away by her screams.

Pedestrians on the street stopped and looked towards the Senju Mansion.

"Orochimaru! We were two peasants teaming up to fight the landowner, so why did we lose so miserably?"

Tsunade, with more notes stuck on her face, grabbed Orochimaru's shoulders and shook him frantically.

"Maybe Grandma Mito is just too lucky in gambling."

Orochimaru, who also had a lot of notes stuck on his face, glanced at Tsunade while saying this.

"Maybe it's true!"

Uzumaki Mito had several pieces of paper stuck on her cheeks, and she was smiling so happily.

"Ah! Orochimaru, what do you mean by that look? Are you disgusted by my bad luck in gambling?"

Tsunade's face flushed, her eyes widened, her teeth bared, and she looked fierce.

"No, I don't mind."

Orochimaru lowered his head to shuffle the cards and placed them on the table. "Still want to play?"

"Play! This time I want to be with grandma!"

Tsunade decisively abandoned Orochimaru, whom she had pulled in to help her, and threw herself into the arms of her dear grandmother.

"Then, as the landlord, all the cards below this one are mine."

Orochimaru counted three cards from the bottom up and showed Uzumaki Mito and Tsunade what they were.

Tsunade took a look at the three cards and said angrily, "You think I have bad luck in gambling? I want to see how you win this round!"

After a while...

With Orochimaru's king bomb ending this round of Landlord, Uzumaki Mito and Tsunade, who were farmers, were defeated by the evil landlord Orochimaru who exploited the farmers.

"Lost again..."

纲手看着手中的3、4、5、10四张牌，她多想手里的牌是四张10啊！

That way she would win before Orochimaru could throw his trump card!

"No more fun, no more fun!"

Tsunade threw the cards in her hand into the air, and lay depressed on the table, biting her lips unwillingly. She just couldn't believe that her luck in gambling was so bad that she would lose whichever side she was on.

When Uzumaki Mito saw Tsunade like this, she looked at Orochimaru, and her eyes seemed to say "thank you for your hard work".

Tsunade didn't notice it, but Uzumaki Mito couldn't have failed to notice it. Many times, Orochimaru deliberately let her win.

Orochimaru smiled and shook his head. He stretched out his hand, and the playing cards scattered on the ground floated up and fell into his hand. Looking at Uzumaki Mito's face, which looked younger than before, it was not difficult to see that her skin had improved. He said sincerely, "Grandma Mito, you are younger and more beautiful than before. It seems that the skin care products I developed are still effective."

"Really? This is all thanks to you, Orochimaru."

Uzumaki Mito was overjoyed, and the smile on her face was gentle and kind.

"Well, can you please share your experience with this product, Mito-san? If there are any negatives, please let me know. It's very important to me."

Orochimaru took out a notebook, which was specially used to record some unimportant things.

Seeing Orochimaru being so serious, Uzumaki Mito couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Orochimaru, are you researching skincare products in order to sell them in the village?"

"No, I want to sell to those big cities. I can't make much money from the female ninjas in the village as potential customers. Skin care products are not necessities like the Hyouryo Pills."

"Orochimaru, are you... so short of money?"

Uzumaki Mito knew about Orochimaru's life experience. She knew that her parents died in the war and she lived alone. Not counting the reward for the mission, the 10% profit from the military ration pills alone should be enough to cover her expenses.

"There must be a lot of things to research, right? Orochimaru is always researching some weird stuff. Sometimes, the ones training with me are her shadow clones! It's too much!"

Tsunade, who was lying on the table, held her chin with one hand. At the end of her speech, she stared at Orochimaru with extreme dissatisfaction. It was obvious that this had happened more than once or twice.

"I have many things I want to research, and I need funding for them. The research funds provided by Danzo-sama and the Akimichi clan are not enough to complete the research I want."

Perhaps because something interesting was mentioned, Orochimaru became more energetic, and his beautiful golden eyes sparkled.

There are currently two things she wants to study: the first is biotechnology, and the second is thermal weapons.

Biotechnology, Orochimaru wants to study cloning and regeneration technology. Cloning technology can allow her to have a steady supply of experimental subjects to study forbidden techniques.

Regenerative technology is naturally used for one's own people, while cloning technology can also be used in medical fields, such as helping disabled people regain a healthy body.

Of course, it is impossible not to charge money.

The purpose of researching thermal weapons is to have effective means to harm the Otsutsuki clan when they arrive in the future. Chakra can be used as energy to drive thermal weapons, but it can never be the source of their power.

Both research directions, whether biotechnology or thermal weapons, require a lot of time and money.

To do this, she needs to make money and have enough industries to accumulate money to achieve her goals.

The goal she set for herself was to grasp both forbidden techniques and science. In order to achieve this goal, she had to overcome all difficulties and everything that stood in her way.

Uzumaki Mito's expression was moved. She placed her hand on Orochimaru's head and stroked it gently. "Orochimaru, you can actually relax a little and slow down your pace. You are still young and have a lot of time. Wouldn't it be good to take it easy on yourself?"

"Mother-in-law Mito, I think things are good now. Every day is fulfilling."

Orochimaru smiled slightly. She knew that Grandma Mito was concerned about her, but she knew very well that peace would not last long. Once the Ninja World War began, she would have no chance to continue her research and would waste a lot of time in meaningless wars.

It's not like Orochimaru hadn't considered running away before the war even started, but she found herself unable to let go of the ties she had with Konoha, whether it was Sarutobi, who treated her sincerely, or Mito, who treated her like a second granddaughter, and Tsunade...

Well... I can barely count that idiot Jiraiya as an example.

Sometimes it's not a good thing to have too many ties that you can't let go of.

"You're still researching the Ibri clan's bloodline limit, right? I'm worried you might be exhausting yourself."

Uzumaki Mito rubbed Orochimaru's hair helplessly, and looked at Tsunade who was holding her chin with one hand, wondering what she was thinking. If only her granddaughter could be half as good as Orochimaru, no, at least one-third as good as him!

She couldn't even learn the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique, and only learned the Senju clan's strange strength. If Orochimaru hadn't accompanied her in training, she might still only be able to punch people, let alone develop her own lightning-style ninjutsu.

Although Uzumaki Mito doesn't go out often, it is difficult for any movement in Konoha to escape her eyes and ears. She naturally knows some rumors about Tsunade.

"With a shadow clone, many things will be much more convenient."

When Orochimaru was practicing and researching the Shadow Clone Technique, she always stayed within the range she could bear.

"Don't rely on shadow clones for everything. You know that, right? The shadow clones developed by Tobirama have drawbacks."

Uzumaki Mito was just giving a small reminder that Orochimaru had been practicing and researching the Shadow Clone Technique for a while now, and she believed she would understand.

"Mother-in-law Mito, I am well aware of the disadvantages of shadow clones and have always kept them within my tolerance range."

Orochimaru dared to say that no one in Konoha currently understood Shadow Clones better than her, and that being betrayed by her own Shadow Clones would happen to her.

"Orochimaru, if your research is beneficial to Konoha, I think the village is willing to provide you with sufficient funds."

Uzumaki Mito thought that some of Orochimaru's research might be beneficial to Konoha, so she decided to let Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, fund her research.

"It's a pity that what I'm researching is currently of no use to Konoha. Even Sarutobi-sensei wouldn't invest a lot of money in research that won't yield any results in the long term. Sarutobi-sensei is the Hokage and has more things to consider."

Orochimaru spread her hands. She had thought of this a long time ago, but it would be difficult to see results in the short term for what she wanted to research. Even her beloved angel investors could not invest unlimited funds, not to mention Sarutobi Sensei who was the Hokage.

"That's it..."

Uzumaki Mito suddenly asked: "Orochimaru, do you want to learn sealing techniques?"

"Eh? Grandma Mito, you're not kidding, are you?"

Orochimaru was slightly stunned and looked at Uzumaki Mito in surprise.

boom--!

"Am I kidding?"

Uzumaki Mito's powerful fist hit Orochimaru on the head.

"Well……"

Orochimaru covered his head with his hands. He didn't expect that the always kind Mito grandmother would be so violent. However, it was still very exciting to learn the sealing technique.

Uzumaki Mito held up a finger and said with a smile: "However, if you want to learn the sealing technique from me, there are a few necessary conditions. That is, you must wait until you are 12 years old, and your chakra amount cannot be too low. And the most important point is that when you learn the sealing technique from me, you must be in your original form. Do you understand?"

Not everyone can learn the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique. First of all, there are certain requirements for the amount of chakra. Her granddaughter has the blood of the Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan, so this is naturally no problem, but she has no intention of learning it. Orochimaru's current chakra amount is not small, but it is still not enough.

Therefore, Uzumaki Mito decided to teach Orochimaru the sealing technique after she turned 12 years old.

"12 years old?"

Orochimaru, who was extremely excited, suddenly wilted when he heard Uzumaki Mito's request, with a hint of disappointment on his face.

"What are you disappointed about?" Uzumaki Mito clenched his fists. "Do you think that sealing techniques are so easy to learn? What I'm going to teach you is the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique!"