"Drip."
The glass door slowly opened, and Orochimaru and Hiruko stared blankly at each other, simultaneously stepping inside.
Although they were mentally prepared, everything before them still subverted their worldview. The two of them looked around, their eyes filled with ignorance and curiosity towards the unknown.
Central control consoles, strangely shaped experimental equipment, petri dishes illuminated by green lights, corridors filled with a cold atmosphere, various forbidden books, scrolls, and mysterious medicine bottles—every place was captivating.
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For two young boys who had grown up in the Hidden Leaf Village and received traditional Ninja education for over a decade, these things were somewhat bizarre, filled with a strong sense of incongruity.
Orochimaru was the first to be attracted to a reagent table. He walked over, examining the colorful chemical reagents with a hint of awe, as well as test tubes, beakers, and many instruments he couldn't name, his vertical pupils gleaming.
Hiruko bypassed rows of glass storage cabinets and went straight to a certain cultivation room in the ecological area. Through the thick glass wall, he saw scorching magma inside, and above the magma, clusters of dark purple plants grew disorderly, with faint black gas slowly rising.
"Kimaera Plant..." he read the sign at the entrance of the cultivation room, muttering to himself.
Suddenly, the sound of flushing water came from a certain room, and Orochimaru instantly entered a state of alert, turning his gaze to the restroom.
Hiruko also woke up as if from a dream, vigilantly drawing a Kunai and quietly hiding in the corner.
The restroom door was pushed open, and a middle-aged uncle wearing sunglasses walked out humming a tune. He shook his wet hands and suddenly met Orochimaru's gaze at the entrance of the corridor, an eternity in a glance.
"Who are you?"
Orochimaru stared straight at him, his pupils swirling with dangerous light.
He didn't speak, but with a "shua" sound, he drew his Wakizashi and walked over step by step.
"Wait, wait!" The uncle was obviously not a Ninja and immediately raised his hands to show surrender. "I'm just a night shift lab worker, no threat."
"But you saw me." Orochimaru's tone became sinister.
"I can pretend I didn't see anything!" The uncle said nervously, "I accidentally fell asleep in the toilet tonight and haven't come out. Please, I'm just an ordinary person earning 100 taels a day, I don't want to risk my life! If you really have to, you can knock me out!"
Orochimaru's eyes flickered. "Aren't there Ninja guarding outside? What are you doing here?"
"Watching the equipment. There's a problem with the circuit of the culture tank, and someone needs to keep an eye on it at all times, adjusting parameters and stuff..." the sunglasses uncle answered truthfully.
"So... you know everything about this place?" Hiruko suddenly appeared from around the corner, startling the uncle.
Having confirmed that there was no threat, Hiruko swaggered up to the man, his eyes fixed on his name tag. "Tono Takuto... right? Tell me, what is the most valuable thing here?"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed this guy hadn't forgotten the mission.
"Valuable? There are many valuable things here..." Takuto blurted out subconsciously, but upon seeing the Kunai in Hiruko's hand, he immediately changed his tune. "But if you're talking about the most valuable thing..."
He took a deep breath, rubbed his face, and exhaled as if heading to the battlefield. "I can take you there, but please don't hurt me. Also, I was knocked out by you today and don't know anything."
Orochimaru nodded. "Okay."
Immediately, Tono Takuto led the two through layers of corridors to the most core room of the Laboratory, and pushed the door open.
Orochimaru was stunned, and Hiruko was dumbfounded on the spot.
The room was dim, with only a few corners flickering with uncertain blue light. And in the deepest part, there was a huge container tank, with a strong man immersed in the green nutrient solution.
He gently closed his eyes, his resolute face full of serenity, and his seaweed-like long hair floated slightly with the dense bubbles constantly surging upwards.
"This... this is..." Hiruko felt like he couldn't breathe.
Orochimaru also showed a rare look of astonishment, because he recognized the man's face at a glance. It was the statue that they saw every day, the one that had been on Hokage Rock the longest, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju!
At this moment, he understood everything.
Why was such an advanced laboratory buried deep beneath the dense forest?
And why did Uchiha Nen possess the Wooden Style Power?
"So the village has never given up on the development of Hashirama cells, never given up on inheriting the Wooden Style..."
He murmured distractedly, "But even so, only Lord Tobirama succeeded, allowing Uchiha Kagami to transplant this power, and... even successfully passed it on to Nen..."
He looked at Hiruko, who was equally immersed in shock, his eyes burning, "I know what we should take!"
"I haven't been here... I haven't been here... I should have fainted..." Tono Takuto trembled as he left.
A moment later.
Two figures quietly left the underground laboratory. Tono Takuto, who had led the way, was also rewarded with a chop to the neck by Orochimaru and fell into a deep sleep.
Taking advantage of the fact that the village's high-level combat power was being drawn away, they changed direction and chose to leave the village through the weakly defended west gate.
"Stop!" The two Chunin guarding the gate spoke at the same time, "It's an emergency, what are you doing?"
Orochimaru stepped forward silently. The snakes, combined with his exquisite Wind Release Ninjutsu, quickly dealt with the Chunin guarding the gate, and beckoned Hiruko to come forward.
The two of them stepped out of the gate at the same time, looking at the starry sky, the night breeze blowing, scattering their long hair.
At this moment, it was as if some kind of shackle that had imprisoned them for decades had been broken open, and they both felt the taste of freedom.
At this moment, a slight breeze stirred in front of them, and a young man appeared silently.
His black hair was loose, his eyes were bright and his teeth were white, and his tall figure was filled with a hazy color under the moonlight.
"Senior!!"
The two spoke at the same time, their expressions filled with excitement.
Shin'yu smiled faintly, "It seems that you have both found the treasure you consider most valuable?"
"Yes!"
Hiruko held up a Scroll, inside which was the Hashirama Gene Liquid he had taken from the safe, as well as a sufficient amount of Kimaera solution, and even a few fresh Kimaera Plants.
Orochimaru also took out a Scroll from his bosom. He had chosen the Secret Technique of the Life Domain Scroll left by Tobirama Senju, the design drawings of the experimental equipment and its operating rules, and the research report on gene fusion experiments.
"Not bad." Shin'yu nodded, reached out and aimed at the open space beside him. As the diamond-shaped mark on his palm flashed, the space suddenly twisted, and a vortex-like passage slowly opened.
"Go, and welcome your new life!"
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