20demayo #121 - Tsunade's little thoughts! Punish Tsunade severely!
#121 - Tsunade's little thoughts! Punish Tsunade severely!
Among the first Akatsuki members, many were young orphans cared for by Konan.
Although the Akatsuki was schemed against and utterly destroyed in a short time, leaving only Nagato Uzumaki and Konan alive, it caused a huge change in both of their personalities.
The once taciturn Nagato Uzumaki became a paranoid, stubborn chuunibyou who fancied himself a god.
The gentle and smiling Konan also transformed into a cold and detached angel.
However, the kindness within her was seemingly reactivated by Luo Fu sending Hinata Hyuga to them.
After entrusting Hinata Hyuga to Konan and Pakura of the Akatsuki, Luo Fu, having just returned to Konoha, received news.
Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, the Cold-Blooded Snake, had returned from the front lines.
Due to the sudden sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru, who should have been recalled from the front lines for rest, had to continue to stay and confront the enemies who had not yet signed a peace treaty.
The conflict between Kumogakure and Konoha was the final echo of the Third Shinobi World War.
When the news of Kumogakure and Konoha signing a peace treaty arrived, Orochimaru finally returned from the front lines.
The reason Luo Fu learned of Orochimaru's return to the village immediately after sending Hinata Hyuga to the Akatsuki was simply because Orochimaru, after handing over the war tasks to the Third Hokage and others, didn't even go home and went straight to Luo Fu.
Fortunately, the news that Luo Fu had been secluded during this time, even if not known to everyone in Konoha, was still widespread, especially after Luo Fu displayed his incredible Avatar of Susanoo.
His existence still sparked much discussion among the Konoha ninjas.
This also meant that Orochimaru's visit, without seeing Luo Fu, did not cause any ripples.
From Orochimaru's eagerness to see Luo Fu upon his return, it's not hard to judge that Luo Fu had indeed left a deep impression on Orochimaru during the previous battles, otherwise, he wouldn't be so impatient.
Of course, Luo Fu didn't actually believe that Orochimaru's eagerness was solely due to their brief encounter on the battlefield.
Luo Fu wasn't in a hurry to meet Orochimaru, after all, Orochimaru was, in Luo Fu's eyes, the most special talent in the ninja world.
Although he didn't have a Kekkei Genkai, Orochimaru's achievements surpassed 99% of ninjas with Kekkei Genkai.
Luo Fu didn't believe that this pervert, determined to master all ninjutsu and pursue immortality, would have set his sights on his Sharingan so early.
What truly made Orochimaru obsessed with the Sharingan was his crushing defeat against Itachi Uchiha, and right now, Itachi Uchiha was just a child of a few years old, still several years away from his defection at the age of thirteen.
Since it wasn't for the Sharingan, yet he so eagerly wanted to see him.
A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Luo Fu's mind.
What was Orochimaru pursuing at the moment?
It was Wood Release experiments.
And what could make him value it so much was probably only Wood Release, and coincidentally, Orochimaru's former teammate Tsunade had awakened the Wood Release, the Kekkei Genkai of the Senju clan, with Luo Fu's help.
Originally, Tsunade's hemophobia was just an excuse to deal with the Konoha higher-ups.
After Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, had his arms sealed by the Third Hokage at the cost of his own life, Orochimaru, wanting to heal his arms, easily found Tsunade.
It was hard to say that Tsunade and Orochimaru might have been in contact all along.
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, so Luo Fu simply used his Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan to lock onto Tsunade's location.
The Mangekyo Sharingan's Kamui, although a space-time ninjutsu derived from a Kekkei Genkai, was, to some extent, similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique, both capable of leaving a mark like a coordinate at a fixed location.
Obito Uchiha could easily travel to various places through the Kamui dimension precisely because he had left Kamui's imprint in those places beforehand.
And Luo Fu could completely treat the ninjas who had consumed his blood and transitioned from the Kaguya Otsutsuki lineage to his command as a coordinate imprint to lock onto their spatial location.
Before she could turn around, the little loli hurriedly overturned the trash can onto herself, firmly covering herself.
From inside the trash can, the little loli's muffled voice came.
"You've mistaken me, I'm not Tsunade, that big fat sheep just climbed over the wall and disappeared."
"I think you should take off the trash can first and see who I am before you say anything."
The familiar voice traveled through the trash can into her ears.
Tsunade immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She threw the trash can covering her aside.
Her figure returned to her buxom form with a bang, and she raised her hands, stretching lazily, and sensed, "So it's you, I was wondering who could recognize me so easily, what's wrong? Aren't you playing the game of intrigue with the old monkey and the others anymore?"
Luo Fu glanced at Tsunade meaningfully and said, "It seems you haven't given up on paying attention to Konoha. You even know everything that happened between me and Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others."
"Not really, it's just, aren't you aware of how much attention the things you're doing in Konoha have attracted? A Susanoo that surpasses Madara Uchiha's, tsk tsk!" Tsunade curiously sized up Luo Fu and said, "Do you know that just the leak of your information made the Iwagakure ninjas retreat, and even directly facilitated the peace between Konoha and Iwagakure because of you?"
A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and Luo Fu instantly understood Tsunade's meaning.
In the ninja world, Hashirama Senju's title of God of Shinobi was recognized by the entire ninja world.
But to say that the one with the greatest deterrent force to Iwagakure was not Hashirama Senju, but Madara Uchiha.
Back then, Madara Uchiha alone, riding the Complete Body Susanoo, relied on his own strength to subdue the entire Iwagakure.
Even decades later, whenever Madara Uchiha's existence was mentioned, Onoki of the Two Scales would couldn't help but shudder.
Indeed, the psychological shadow of Madara Uchiha back then was really too great.
Madara Uchiha had become an invincible symbol in Onoki of the Two Scales' heart.
When the rumor of Luo Fu, a guy who had also awakened the same eyes as Madara Uchiha and even surpassed Madara Uchiha in the mastery of Susanoo, reached Onoki of the Two Scales' ears, the moment it did, the old man couldn't wait to shrink Iwagakure's lines and even busily sent envoys to Konoha Village to sign a truce and peace agreement with Konoha Village.
He guessed Onoki of the Two Scales's motives for doing so, but Luo Fu didn't care much about it.
He didn't come to Tsunade this time because of whether the ninja world still had wars.
"Tsunade-hime, I'm asking you, have you seen Orochimaru, and even let him know about your awakening of Wood Release, and told Orochimaru about my existence?"
Tsunade's expression changed instantly, and she subconsciously wanted to lie. But soon, as if she had thought of something, she frankly said, "That's right, I did go to see Orochimaru, and I even used Wood Release when I fought him, but I can assure you that I didn't reveal your existence."
Luo Fu glanced at Tsunade meaningfully, and he didn't actually doubt Tsunade's words.
After all, if she really wanted to reveal his information to Orochimaru, Tsunade didn't need to say anything directly, she just needed to give a subtle reminder, and with their years of camaraderie, plus Orochimaru's own intelligence, it wouldn't be strange at all to guess it was Luo Fu.
Luo Fu didn't actually care about his existence being exposed now.
After all, after experiencing the second sharing, with Luo Fu's current strength, unless the Sage of Six Paths jumped out of the Pure Land, otherwise, there wasn't much in the ninja world that could threaten Luo Fu's life.
Even if the Sage of Six Paths opened the coffin and revived in a non-perfect state as a non-Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, who was stronger and who was weaker would only be known after a fight.
Even if Luo Fu didn't have full confidence in winning, he had full confidence that he wouldn't lose.
With his current means, if he really wanted to leave, the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't be able to stop him.
The only thing that Luo Fu cared about was the sealing techniques of the Sage of Six Paths. But after Luo Fu obtained the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques as compensation from Uzumaki Kushina, unless he didn't resist, ordinary sealing techniques would be impossible to take effect on him.
As for methods similar to Planetary Devastation, this alternative application of gravity was also ineffective against Luo Fu after he unearthed the gravitational abilities deep within his bloodline.
With Luo Fu's current strength, the only thing he cares about is the Otsutsuki clan from outer space. Who told the Otsutsuki clan to have various Rinnegan with different abilities, which is really frightening?
Within the ninja world, Luo Fu wouldn't dare to say he's invincible, but he would dare to call himself undefeated.
In this situation, wouldn't being cautious and timid be a waste of his own strength?
Guessing that Tsunade reminded Orochimaru of his existence, Luo Fu said with interest: "It seems that you and Orochimaru have always been in contact. Let me guess, could it be that you and Orochimaru are allies to some extent? For example, to deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi, that old codger?"
Tsunade's expression changed, and she quickly revealed a look of resignation, indifferently saying: "Since you guessed it, then I might as well tell you directly, Orochimaru is trustworthy to you. Unless you want to destroy Konoha, you don't need to worry about Orochimaru harming you. Moreover, I think you also know what Orochimaru's dream is, and you can let him see a hope of success!"
"You're doing this for Konoha, aren't you?" Luo Fu sighed softly, understanding Tsunade's intentions.
For Tsunade, even if she suffered great grievances in Konoha, Konoha was still the village that her grandfather had personally built.
You must know that before the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan joined forces, the place where Konoha Village is now was completely barren.
Once, Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju stood on the Hokage Rock, overlooking the scene of that primeval forest, and created the current Konoha Village out of nothing.
In Tsunade's heart, Konoha Village is both the village founded by her grandfather and the place where her family lives.
The Senju clan was indeed tricked to death by Konoha F4 a lot, but because of the decision of her second grandfather, Tobirama Senju, there are now many people in Konoha who have the bloodline of the Senju clan in their bodies.
Although they gave up the Senju surname, in terms of blood, those people are undoubtedly Tsunade's relatives.
Tsunade knew that Luo Fu's goal was never a small Konoha Village, but Konoha Village was her ideal homeland in her heart.
In order to make Konoha Village have more weight in Luo Fu's heart, Tsunade chose to reveal Luo Fu's existence to Orochimaru.
As a teammate, Tsunade knew very well how high Orochimaru's talent was. Letting Orochimaru come into contact with Luo Fu, Tsunade believed that Orochimaru, who was wholeheartedly pursuing immortality and learning all the techniques in the world, would eventually be conquered by Luo Fu. At that time, Orochimaru, plus herself, would definitely be able to change Luo Fu's view of Konoha, and at the very least, be able to help protect Konoha Village.
This is the reason why Tsunade contacted Orochimaru and even reminded Orochimaru from the side.
Understanding Tsunade's original intention, Luo Fu was dissatisfied with Tsunade's presumptuous actions, but he also understood Tsunade's feelings for Konoha.
Because of the bond with Konoha, even if Tsunade knew that many of the Third Hokage's actions would cause harm to Konoha, her nature as a ninja made her unable to question those in power.
But on the other hand, Tsunade knew that compared to the so-called great war between Konoha and other ninjas, once Luo Fu one day started a contest with the Sage of Six Paths, that would be a truly terrifying battle that could change the entire world.
At that time, whether it was the village or the so-called Five Great Nations and other small countries, in the eyes of Luo Fu and the Sage of Six Paths, they were just ants that could be wiped out at will.
On the one hand, it was her cherished family, the foundation left by her grandfather, and on the other hand, it was the feeling of constantly getting closer to Luo Fu in her heart after taking Luo Fu's blood.
Torn between struggles, Tsunade could only turn to her former companion, Orochimaru.
Tsunade's approach, although indeed a win-win situation on various levels.
But her presumptuous actions still ushered in Luo Fu's punishment.
The punishment for Tsunade lasted for several hours, and even after Luo Fu left, Tsunade was still in a deep sleep.
Fortunately, Tsunade's physique was amazing, and after obtaining Luo Fu's blood, she awakened a special physique like the Sage Body, which allowed her to withstand Luo Fu's inhuman conquest after several shares.
Konoha Village.
Within the Uchiha clan's compound.
After returning from Tsunade and understanding Orochimaru's intentions, Luo Fu did not wait for Orochimaru to visit again the next day, but directly came to the underground laboratory that Orochimaru had built on the edge of Konoha Village.
Orochimaru is indeed a genius, a rare existence in the ninja world who insists on science, but his own attainments and knowledge in science are not systematic.
Not to mention anything else, Orochimaru's research on various bloodline limits in the ninja world is still at the level of brute force.
Fusing Hashirama Senju's cells has no systematic theory to support it at all, and whether it can succeed depends entirely on fate. Whether the experimental subjects can survive depends on their own hard lives and good luck.
If they have a hard life and good luck, then it is undoubtedly a stroke of luck, and they can immediately obtain a powerful bloodline limit, but those with a hard life but bad luck can mostly survive.
As for the vast majority of those who are not tough enough and not lucky enough, the final result is that it would be a blessing to die directly in the experiment process. Often, more test subjects will die in a miserable backlash.
Logically speaking, with so many experimental subjects as samples and references, Orochimaru should also have a rough systematic theory, but unfortunately, until the Fourth Ninja World War, Orochimaru's experiments still depended on the experimental subjects' own luck and how hard their lives were.
At this moment, Luo Fu, who entered Orochimaru's laboratory, saw a scene like hell.
In the large transparent culture tanks, experimental subjects with various shapes, almost constantly transforming towards the Cthulhu style, filled the empty slots.
Passing through the narrow corridor, even without careful observation, Luo Fu could roughly judge that the experimental subjects in these culture tanks alone were not a small number.
Hiruzen Sarutobi forcing Orochimaru to defect can be considered a last resort to some extent.
After all, who told Orochimaru that as the experiments continued to advance, the number of experimental subjects required became more and more numerous? Continuing like this, it was inevitable that it would arouse the vigilance of the villagers.
When things really got out of hand, even Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, would not have a good end.
More importantly, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart, as he obtained a Wood Release ninja, Orochimaru's value had been greatly reduced.
Being able to let Orochimaru leave Konoha safely was the last bit of kindness from his teacher.
Crossing the long corridor filled with transparent culture tanks, when Luo Fu was finally about to step into Orochimaru's laboratory.
A slightly hoarse voice came from inside the laboratory.
"Mr. Luo Fu, I've been waiting for you for a long time. How is it? Seeing my experiment, what do you think?"
Although Tsunade's reminder did give Orochimaru the idea of joining Luo Fu's command.
But Orochimaru was someone who almost replaced Minato Namikaze and became the Fourth Hokage, so he naturally had his own arrogance in his heart.
At this moment, the question he asked Luo Fu was both a test and a confirmation of whether Luo Fu's views matched his own.
After experiencing cooperation with the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura, Orochimaru increasingly recognized that ordinary people are ignorant and ignorant beings.
He needed to determine whether Luo Fu was that kind of ignorant existence in order to judge whether to join Luo Fu's command, simply cooperate with Luo Fu, or simply treat Luo Fu as an object of exploitation like Danzo Shimura.
"Are you sure those things are called experiments?" Luo Fu pushed open the door to the laboratory.
What came into view was a person wearing a white coat, holding a test tube in his hand, constantly shaking it, and observing the color change of the liquid in the test tube.
"Oh? It seems that Luo Fu, you also have your own views on experiments, so why don't we exchange some ideas?" Orochimaru instantly became interested.
For so long, no matter who it was, almost everyone who saw his experimental subjects for the first time felt an unprecedented huge mental shock.
Many people even thought that they had fallen into the devil's path.
But only Orochimaru himself has always firmly believed that if you don't think about the huge gains after his experiment is successful, the current sacrifices are just necessary accumulation of experience.
"The brute-force method is the most foolish way in experimentation. It lacks technical content and causes a huge waste of experimental subjects," Luo Fu said slowly. "Instead of aimlessly searching for an individual who perfectly matches Hashirama Senju's cells, why don't you consider cloning a new God of Shinobi directly from Hashirama Senju's cells?"
Orochimaru suddenly froze.
Of course, he knew about cloning. Although Orochimaru himself was always accustomed to using the brute-force method for research and experiments.
But this wasn't because he didn't know about experimental methods other than brute force.
Rather, it was because ninjas, perhaps due to the fusion of chakra from the Otsutsuki clan, had undergone tremendous transformations in their physical constitution, cells, and other levels.
This characteristic, which could be inherited generation after generation and gradually changed, should have followed a pattern. However, strangely, Orochimaru had spent a great deal of effort but failed to find the underlying rules.
To obtain experimental results as soon as possible, Orochimaru had to choose the most foolish brute-force method.
Among the experimental subjects who sacrificed themselves, more than 90% were not Orochimaru's original intention.
In the final analysis, Orochimaru was just a tool for conducting experiments. The ones who directed the experiments and plans were Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, and Danzo Shimura.
These two didn't need the rules in the research experiment process, but successful experimental subjects.
With pressure from above and the need to spend a long time searching for rules in what seemed like chaos below, Orochimaru, caught in the middle, had to use the brute-force method to cope with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.
If a successful individual happened to appear in the experiment, then he could earn a wave of funding to satisfy his next experimental purpose.
If everything failed, then it was because there were not enough experimental subjects.
Anyway, in the ninja world, the cheapest thing was life. Orochimaru's kindness was to let them leave this painful world.
Although, on the surface, Orochimaru gave people the impression of being cold, cruel, and ruthless.
In reality, Orochimaru's performance was more like a disapproval of this cruel world.
When the Sannin first encountered Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato Uzumaki.
Orochimaru directly wanted to kill the three children who took the initiative to seek apprenticeship, but his original intention to kill the three children was not out of malice.
On the contrary, he was out of kindness, even pitying the three children for living in this cruel world.
But it must be admitted that Orochimaru's so-called kindness, even people with normal values, would not accept it. Even those who could recognize him were pitifully few.
Luo Fu also couldn't recognize Orochimaru's so-called kindness.
The birth of life itself is a miracle. Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life, and immortality values life!
Although Luo Fu had cultivated the Reverse Life Triple to the peak, he didn't seem like the otherworldly Luo Fu, who, after the Reverse Life Triple, had once again pioneered the path of Reversing Three Lives for the Great Dao of Heaven.
The chakra of the ninja world itself is an extremely incredible energy. After reaching the third level of the Reverse Life Triple, being able to freely transform between his own flesh and chakra, Luo Fu had already achieved another kind of immortality.
Don't look at Luo Fu still maintaining a human form now, but in every minute and every second of the passage of time, he is getting further and further away from the concept of a human.
He is walking a path that overlaps with the tailed beasts, which are chakra lifeforms, to a certain extent, but leads to a different future.
The Otsutsuki clan plants the Divine Tree, plunders countless planets, and uses the Divine Tree as a cauldron to refine the chakra fruit into pills, practicing the method of external elixir. And Luo Fu uses the Reverse Life Triple to refine immortality into gold, completeness into elixir, the internal elixir.
But in addition to the internal elixir, Luo Fu also borrowed some of the methods of the external elixir.
As for the Sage of Six Paths, harvesting the world, in essence, his path is just a variant of the external elixir method.
Luo Fu is actually practicing the path of cultivating the immortal golden elixir internally, and widely cultivating blessings externally, with the internal elixir as the main and the external elixir as the auxiliary.
But no matter which path he takes, he cannot recognize Orochimaru's biased cognition.
Looking at Luo Fu with surprise, Orochimaru's hoarse voice revealed obvious excitement.
"I knew that someone who could be so admired by Tsunade would never be a stubborn, ignorant, and corrupt fellow."
Looking at Luo Fu with great interest, Orochimaru said, "Cloning a new God of Shinobi from Hashirama. In fact, many years ago, I had such an idea, but Hashirama's cells are different."
After a slight pause, Orochimaru came to a twisted mass of flesh that looked more and more like a Cthulhu product.
"Do you feel it? This mass of flesh is the product of my cloning with Hashirama's cells. If it weren't for being Tsunade's teammate, I would be very sure that Tsunade is a normal human with a special kekkei genkai. I even suspect that the former God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, was not a human at all, but a monster in human skin. His cells cannot be cloned at all. After breeding and growing, they will not develop into a human form, but a chaotic and disordered mass of flesh."
Looking at Luo Fu, Orochimaru's tone became more and more excited and said, "Do you know what I found in these Hashirama cells? I found that these cells will not age. This means that, theoretically, Hashirama Senju himself should be immortal. His cells, with their powerful vitality, can even restore severed limbs in a short time. How could Hashirama Senju die from serious injuries in the battle with Madara Uchiha with this physique?"
"So you discovered that this world has a mysterious side that you don't understand, and you want to pursue this mystery," Luo Fu said slowly.
He miscalculated a bit.
In the ninja world, Hashirama's cells are almost like an omnipotent cheat. Throughout the ninja world, there are countless Hashirama cells.
Madara Uchiha bit off a piece of Hashirama Senju's flesh and sewed it on his chest. This not only allowed him to awaken the Rinnegan that once belonged to the Sage of Six Paths, but also master the ability of Wood Release that was not inferior to Hashirama Senju's normal state.
Obito Uchiha filled half of his body with White Zetsu and also mastered Wood Release.
The only successful experimental subject for Hashirama cell fusion, Yamato, also mastered Wood Release, but even more Hashirama cells were consumed in the experiments over this long period of time.
Danzo Shimura even had the ingenious idea of achieving a perfect balance between Hashirama's cells and Sharingan. A hand that had Hashirama's cells fused into it actually needed ten three-tomoe Sharingan to balance it.
These are just the ones that consume relatively few Hashirama cells.
The real bulk is Madara Uchiha, who developed a different kind of White Zetsu independent of Kaguya Otsutsuki with Hashirama's cells. He also used the body tissue of this White Zetsu to complete the repair of Obito Uchiha's body.
Yes.
There are actually two types of White Zetsu.
One type is from the ancient era, when the goddess Kaguya Otsutsuki pulled them into the illusion of Infinite Tsukuyomi, bound them to the Divine Tree as zongzi, and finally, after their lives were exhausted, transformed them into the biological weapon White Zetsu of the future.
The other type is the new White Zetsu that Madara Uchiha modified with Hashirama Senju's cells.
The latter was the main force faced by the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War. After all, the White Zetsu modified with Hashirama Senju's cells was much more powerful than the biological weapon that Kaguya Otsutsuki transformed after squeezing out chakra, whether in terms of strength or other aspects.
And the sum of these numbers, just the gradually cells that need to be consumed, is an incredibly terrifying astronomical figure.
Even if Hashirama Senju was still alive, with his recovery power, even if he cut his flesh every day, the Hashirama cells obtained would not necessarily be able to keep up with such consumption.
But Hashirama Senju had already died decades ago.
"As expected, I knew that you wouldn't be like Tsunade, who, because of her longing for her grandfather Hashirama Senju, would not accept the truth at all," Orochimaru's usually pale face was now slightly flushed with excitement.
"Can you tell me, what exactly is Hashirama Senju?"
In Orochimaru's heart, the truth about Hashirama's cells is a secret that he has researched for so many years without any success.
Even in Orochimaru's opinion, Luo Fu is very likely the only person who can give him a correct answer.
At this stage, besides Luo Fu, there are more than two people who know Hashirama Senju's identity. If you add the Three Great Sage Lands, the number of people who know the truth is even greater.
It's just that, with Orochimaru's identity, it would be a bit troublesome to find out Hashirama Senju's true identity, because those who know the truth will definitely not tell him.