Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Sure enough, although the number of purple beams appearing from underground decreased significantly over three days, it was clear that the Loulan Queen had temporarily lost her ability to spy on the entire city.

Moreover, upon entering the inner city, they heard that the price of a special purple energy battery had temporarily increased, and equipment in many places had begun to stop.

For example, the shuttle track suspended in the sky is said to have increased in price several times over for a single flight.

This clearly indicates that something must have gone wrong with Loulan.

But what value does this bring him? Arrest people? He doesn't dare to yet.

Even without White Star, even without the Queen.

The knightly order stationed in the inner city is no less powerful than the knightly order outside the city. Each member has powerful equipment, can fly, and can unleash attack power no less than that of a Jonin or even a Kage.

In addition, there are other codenamed members.

For example, Uchiha Hikaru and her friends.

Orochimaru didn't understand either.

Loulan is so powerful, what did Sunagakure do to offend them and force Loulan to declare war on them...?

"All right."

At this moment, a male doctor who was inspecting the rope tree inside pushed open the door and came out in front of everyone, holding a report in his hand.

Tsunade looked over uneasily, Jiraiya was also a little nervous, while Orochimaru calmly turned his head to look at her, then continued to look out the window and listen attentively, temporarily pausing his previous thoughts.

"After multiple instrument examinations, it was confirmed that there was indeed a kind of chakra in Nawaki's hand, but that chakra seemed to be Nawaki's own chakra."

"What?!"×2

Orochimaru's eyes showed a slight surprise, but he remained expressionless.

"Doctor, please explain it more clearly."

"Tsunade, don't get agitated, wait for the doctor to speak."

As he spoke, the male doctor adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and sighed, "Actually, I don't understand this report either. I don't know why the chakra of that mark is gradually transforming into Master Tree's chakra..."

Logically speaking, this should be a good thing...

"You mean a gradual transition?" Orochimaru suddenly asked.

The male doctor nodded and stated the results of multiple examinations: "Yes. Initially, the similarity was only 5%, but it started to rise to 6%, and then to 7% in the last examination. This untouchable chakra seems to be constantly manifesting."

It felt like something that was originally transparent was constantly adapting to the Tree Master's chakra.

Logically speaking, the amount of chakra is considerable. Once fully adapted and reaching 100% similarity, Tree-sama should also gain additional power.

After saying that, the male doctor had a smile on his face.

If Orochimaru hadn't known that this doctor was absolutely trustworthy from Loulan, and even had Shirahoshi's high opinion of him, he would have suspected that the male doctor might be another undercover agent hidden within Loulan by that strange man.

"Oh, I see..." Jiraiya, who knew nothing about science, immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Tsunade, you don't have to worry anymore..."

"Jiraiya..." Orochimaru looked at the silent Tsunade and stated a fact: "Have you forgotten that he once said that he would not grant power to inferior beings?"

"..."

"Well..." Jiraiya hesitated.

Orochimaru nodded: "That's right. If I'm not mistaken, this should be some kind of process that turns the Nawaki's body into a kind of energy that it can absorb... and this process."

I would call it energy analysis.

Chapter 214 'Filial Piety' Erzhuzi

"Orochimaru is right."

In the hospital corridor, the voice of Queen Sally of Loulan, which had not been heard for a long time, could be heard.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru all turned their gazes in that direction.

Besides Sally, there was also Uchiha Hikaru, Guren who was no longer a loli, and the Undying Corner.

"My Queen."

The male doctor greeted him.

"How is the Queen's health? Does she need to be examined at a hospital?"

Queen Sally hid in the inner city tower, always claiming that she was unwell and should not see anyone.

That's why male doctors say that.

"No need. I just heard about what happened with Shu-kun and came here specifically for that. You can go and do other things."

"Yes, Your Lady Queen."

After the male doctor left, only the six of them remained in the corridor.

"Now, you can speak. Who is Otsutsuki Isshiki? Why did Nawaki become like this? And Kakuzu, why are you here? Didn't you say Kakuzu was dead? Tsunade?"

Jiraiya's tone seemed to express his dissatisfaction, and his final words were directed at his own comrade, Tsunade, whose eyes were darting around.

It's one thing to keep it from Orochimaru and the other high-ranking officials in the village, since Orochimaru, though once a close friend, has long since become like strangers due to their differences over the years.

But he is still Jiraiya, he is still the Jiraiya who is devoted to Tsunade!

"This is a meticulously planned scheme, which is why I haven't told you about it to prevent information leaks."

After all, the more people who know, the more people will leak information. Sally stepped in to help Tsunade out of the predicament. "Besides, shouldn't we be thinking about how to solve the problem inside the Tree Spirit?"

“The Queen is right.” Orochimaru agreed with Sally: “If we continue to dwell on such trivial matters, Nawaki’s life may slip away right under our noses.”

“Then I hope you can give me an explanation later. What do you say, Tsunade?” Jiraiya said.

Tsunade remained silent for a moment before finally nodding in agreement.

"I'll explain."

As she spoke, her gaze drifted towards the examination room:

"But our main priority now is to find a way to solve the problems inside the rope tree."

"Information. The main problem is a lack of information. If we had information about the Otsutsuki clan, we could solve this... That's right."

Kakuzu stroked his chin, suddenly remembering something.

"I remember Shirahoshi left behind quite a bit of information about the Otsutsuki clan in his room. But we weren't allowed in his room..."

Kakuzu's eyes darted around, and his tone was a subtle hint to Queen Sally.

Uchiha Hikaru coughed and said, "No. The Dean once instructed me that no one is allowed to enter his laboratory."

"But this is a critical moment!" Orochimaru said agitatedly, "Are you just going to watch your comrades die here?"

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised by Orochimaru's excitement.

It's worth noting that when Nawaki was captured several years ago, Orochimaru showed no sadness whatsoever, and even returned to the lab that very day to continue his experiments.

but now.

Orochimaru actually got excited?

"Orochimaru, you're not planning to steal Shirahoshi's research data, are you?" Jiraiya asked bluntly.

"..."

Orochimaru, who had just been excited, paused for a moment.

Then, he replied to Jiraiya with a serious expression: "As Shirahoshi's teacher and Nawaki's teacher, as the saying goes, once a teacher, always a teacher. Do you think I, Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin, would be interested in Shirahoshi's research?"

Jiraiya nodded: "Yes."

Orochimaru laughed shamelessly, "You really know me, Jiraiya."

But then he showed a helpless expression and said, "But without Shirahoshi's research, how could I have the technology to study the rope tree problem?"

"You know perfectly well that Tsunade and I examined Nawaki for a long time along the way, but we couldn't find anything wrong with him."

"This is enough to show that neither Tsunade's long medical experience nor my long experimental experience could solve this problem."

Orochimaru's words were indeed correct, but Uchiha Hikaru would not agree.

"No."

"The dean said that unless absolutely necessary, we can only borrow materials from the database, but we are absolutely not allowed to enter the laboratory. Moreover, the dean has left a backup plan. Once the laboratory door is opened, it will trigger the backup plan left by the dean. As for what the backup plan is, I don't know."

"A data room? A data room will do." Orochimaru wasn't picky; he'd accept anything as long as it involved knowledge.

"Then go quickly." Sally nodded slightly, agreeing to the temporary borrowing of the archives.

"I'll leave the problem of Tree-kun to you all."

"Gu Lian, you go with them. With your current strength, you should be able to handle the Sannin."

The Three Ninja: "?"

They looked down at the girl, wondering if they had become combat units now.

Honglian didn't mind at all, and shrugged, saying, "Okay. Please come with me. I've been to the archives before. I used to read books there."

Orochimaru immediately became curious upon hearing this.

"Are you a scientist too?"

Honglian glanced at Orochimaru and said, "I just went to see the Dean's 'works.' I found them quite interesting. I know a little about the experiments and stuff. But I didn't do much research on them afterward. After all, the Dean's knowledge is very complex, and I can't learn it all."

Orochimaru was slightly disappointed, but still nodded and said, "Indeed. I can't understand any of the knowledge that Shirahoshi is currently researching. For example, your Loulan's flying..."

Honglian reminded her: "Flying shuttle."

Orochimaru nodded: "Yes, the shuttle. And that brick of yours, the one you call a cell phone, I don't understand it at all."

The two chatted, and Jiraiya couldn't get a word in edgewise; he could only comfort Tsunade.

Watching the four leave the hospital, Sally stood by the window, gripping the glass, and said to Uchiha Hikaru behind her, "He'll be back in a day."

"Let's delay the matter of Rope Tree being possessed as much as possible."

"Understood." Uchiha Hikaru nodded, then looked at Kakuzu: "Immortal Lord, I'll leave it to you."

"Hmm. Borrowing Sage Chakra, right? I understand." Kakuzu took off his outer robe and walked into the examination room with Uchiha Hikaru.

Whether it's the analysis of natural energy restraint or the timing of the return of the white star.