This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 58 Danzo and Orochimaru

Deep beneath Konoha lies a secret laboratory unknown to most.

This is not a Root headquarters, but rather the private territory of Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin.

The dark corridor was perpetually filled with the pungent smell of formaldehyde mixed with some unknown herb. The flickering candlelight cast long, distorted shadows of the alien creatures preserved in jars on the walls.

"Da, da, da."

The heavy sound of a cane broke the deathly silence.

With a gloomy face, Shimura Danzo walked alone into the core area of ​​the laboratory. He was in a bad mood. Ever since Root was "legally looted," he had not only lost his voice at the village's high-level meetings, but had also been severely warned by Sarutobi Hiruzen and ordered to suspend all Root activities.

But this did not make him give up; instead, it fueled the fire of malice within him.

Orochimaru.

Danzo stopped in front of a huge dissection table, looking at the pale figure with his back to him, focused on the slices under the microscope.

"How long are you going to keep messing around with these pointless cells? The village is about to be swallowed up by the Uchiha."

Orochimaru didn't turn around, but let out his signature hoarse laugh, his scalpel still as steady as a rock.

"Hehehe...swallow it? Danzo, you overestimate those red-eyed clans and underestimate the teacher."

Orochimaru straightened up, turned his head, and his golden vertical pupils revealed a chilling rationality and indifference.

"Moreover, I heard that your Root organization was recently emptied out by that brat Nishikawa Tetsu? How embarrassing, as Konoha's 'Darkness,' your home was raided in broad daylight."

Hit where it hurt, a hint of killing intent flashed in Danzo's single eye, but he quickly suppressed it.

He came today because he needs something from someone.

"That was just a moment of carelessness on my part."

Danzo snorted and got to the point.

"I've come here today to discuss a collaboration with you."

"Fugaku Uchiha awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, the legendary power of Madara Uchiha. This unstable element must be controlled, or... destroyed."

Danzo walked up to Orochimaru and whispered enticingly:

"You must be very interested in those eyes, right? The secrets of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the structure of Susanoo. If you help me, we can capture Uchiha Fugaku, and those eyes will be your best experimental subjects."

In Danzo's view, Orochimaru was a madman who would stop at nothing to do research, and he would absolutely not be able to refuse a top-tier bloodline limit like the Mangekyou Sharingan.

However, Orochimaru's reaction was beyond his expectations.

"The Kaleidoscope Sharingan?"

Orochimaru smiled contemptuously, picked up a rag and wiped the bloodstains from his hands, his eyes even showing a hint of boredom. He had read Nishikawa Tetsu's report.

"I have no interest in those defective products that require strong emotional fluctuations to activate and will lead to blindness with use."

At this time, Orochimaru was obsessed with exploring immortality and the complete ninjutsu.

In his view, although the Sharingan is powerful, it is ultimately limited by the mortal body and has huge side effects, which does not meet his definition of "perfection".

More importantly, he was disgusted by the Uchiha clan's stale and decadent infighting.

"Danzo, if you've only come to me for this pointless political infighting, then you can go back now."

Orochimaru sat back down at the lab table: "Don't disturb my pursuit of the truth."

Danzo was stunned. He hadn't expected that his biggest bargaining chip would be worthless in Orochimaru's eyes.

"You'll regret this sooner or later, Orochimaru..."

Danzo gritted his teeth. Since Orochimaru refused to take action, he would have to find another way.

Just as he turned to leave, Orochimaru suddenly spoke.

"but……"

Orochimaru licked his lips with his long tongue and pulled out an information scroll with some stains from the messy lab table.

"I'm not interested in the Uchiha clan, but I'm very interested in that brat named Nishikawa Tetsu... or rather, in all the 'little toys' he's been making lately."

Danzo paused, "You mean that so-called scientific ninja tool?"

"That's right."

Orochimaru unrolled the scroll, on which was drawn a sketch of the "Bee Sting" arm guard.

"That child...is very interesting."

Orochimaru's eyes gleamed with the light of encountering a kindred spirit, a fervor far more intense than when discussing the Sharingan.

"Ordinary ninjas pursue bloodlines and accumulate chakra. But he's different."

"He is a mortal without a bloodline limit, yet he tries to deconstruct chakra using the rules of physics and replace the physical body with machines."

Orochimaru pointed to the data on the blueprint:

"You see, without hand seals or a huge amount of chakra, just by using coils and magnetic fields, we can create destructive power that surpasses the Wind Release: Vacuum Wave."

"This is not a gift of bloodline, but a product of wisdom."

"This is...science."

Orochimaru turned his head, looked at Danzo, and a strange smile appeared on his lips:

"Danzo, your eyes are too narrow-minded. That boy named Nishikawa Tetsu is walking a path that no one has ever walked before."

"If you really want to deal with the Uchiha, perhaps you should think about why this commoner brat would help Uchiha Fugaku? If you can get rid of him, those Uchiha idiots who are all muscle and arrogance are nothing to fear."

Danzo remained silent.

Although he looked down on so-called science, he had to admit that Nishikawa Tetsu was indeed a more troublesome variable than Uchiha Fugaku.

Fugaku is the sword in the open, while Nishikawa Toru is the hand that wields the sword, or even the whetstone.

"I'll consider it."

Danzo coldly uttered a single sentence and left, leaning on his cane.

Since Orochimaru wouldn't cooperate, he would do it his own way.

Nishikawa Tetsu... since he can't be used by Root, he must be destroyed.

……

Orochimaru only put down his scalpel after Danzo's footsteps had completely disappeared.

He muttered to himself about the ninjutsu he was developing, then his gaze fell on the report about Nishikawa Tetsu.

"What a brilliant idea!"

Orochimaru stretched out his pale fingers and gently stroked the formula on the drawing.

"Nishikawa Tetsu... How could that idiot Jiraiya have such a disciple?"

"However, it would be a waste to follow Jiraiya. So-called 'persistence' and 'passion' will only hinder the path to truth."

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils contracted slightly.

"Maybe I should find some time to have a good talk with this little guy."

……

Meanwhile, on the ground...

Having been rebuffed by Orochimaru, Danzo returned to Root's last remaining secret stronghold.

"Lord Danzo."

Several masked Root elites knelt on one knee.

Orochimaru refused.

Danzo sat in the shadows, his single eye gleaming eerily in the darkness.

"Since we can't get help from outside, we can only try to disintegrate from within."

"Fugaku Uchiha is currently enjoying high prestige, and the reforms of the police department have been quite effective, but this does not mean that the Uchiha clan is monolithic."

Danzo recalled the radicals who had been purged by Fugaku.

"Go and contact those Uchiha clan members who were expelled from the police department by Fugaku, especially the lineage of Elder Uchiha Setsuna."

"Tell them that Fugaku is betraying his clan's interests to curry favor with the village, and that he is making the noble Uchiha clan serve as dogs for the common people."

"Provide them with weapons, funding, and even... some 'accidental' intelligence."

Danzo tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, his tone chilling:

"A fortress is most easily breached from within."

"in addition……"

Danzo recalled Orochimaru's words, and a murderous intent surged in his eyes.

"Develop an 'accidental death' plan for Nishikawa Toru. That brat's mind is too dangerous; we can't let him continue providing the Uchiha with weapons and strategies."

"Whether it's a 'mistake' during the mission or an 'explosion' in the lab, I want him to disappear within a month."

"yes!"

The Root ninja accepted the order and left, his figure disappearing into the darkness in an instant.

Danzo closed his eyes, as if he could already see the Uchiha clan in turmoil and Nishikawa Tetsu lying dead in the street.

"These are necessary sacrifices for the sake of Konoha."

"Not only light, but darkness must also exist. And I am that one and only root."