Chapter 337 Orochimaru's Legacy

After delivering the letter, Pharmacist Dou did not stay and went back home immediately.

Within two days, he returned to his previous base, but when he got back, the place was empty.

"Did Lord Orochimaru change places?"

Koto went down to the basement and checked around. Not only was Orochimaru not there, but Sasuke was nowhere to be seen either, and even some equipment and instruments had been moved away.

It was not the first time he had encountered this situation. In order to avoid being hunted down by the Akatsuki organization, they had often changed their bases.

He had a lot of location information of strongholds in his mind, and every time he changed the stronghold, he could always find them as long as he went somewhere else.

He thought that this time should be similar, so without lingering for too long, he headed towards the strongholds in his mind.

However, the following situation made him a little confused. Three or four strongholds in a row had accumulated a thick layer of dust, and some had even been abandoned, not to mention any trace of Orochimaru.

"Did they encounter some emergency? Otherwise, why is there no news at all?"

As time went by, Dou began to feel uneasy.

After searching two more locations and finding no one there either, Dou fell into deep thought.

"I've searched almost every place I know of. Could it be that they've opened up a new base? Or is there a place I don't know about?"

He slowly sorted out his thoughts. Over the years, Orochimaru would always take him with him wherever he went, and would even inform him when he opened a new base.

There has never been a situation like this where we can't find someone and no message was left.

"There hasn't been any major movement in the ninja world recently. Even Akatsuki and Konoha can't find you, sir!"

After eliminating one possibility after another, he finally thought of a place and a sentence Orochimaru had said to him a long time ago.

“If one day you feel lost and have nowhere to go, you can come here and have a look. Maybe you will find the answer you want here!”

He was doing an experiment at the time and thought Orochimaru wanted him to do a good job. Now he thinks he was wrong.

After thinking of this possibility, Kabuto immediately rushed towards the stronghold.

The reason why I didn't think of that place first was because that stronghold had not been used for a long time and was in a semi-abandoned state.

Two days later, Dou arrived at the territory where the Kingdom of Tang was originally located. He groped for a long time according to the memory in his mind before he found the entrance to the stronghold in the dense forest.

Slowly opening the long-sealed iron cover, a smell mixed with the stench of a decayed corpse rose up, causing Dou to frown unconsciously.

"Hmm? Is this... blood?"

Seeing the dried blood on the steps, a bad feeling came from the bottom of my heart.

Taking the kerosene lamp beside him, Dou followed the bloodstains step by step into the basement.

Other strongholds have water and electricity, but this place is special and still uses the most primitive lighting method.

With the faint light of the fire, when he turned a corner, the scene before him struck him like a bolt of lightning.

"Lord... Orochimaru-sama!"

A body was lying quietly on an operating table, and it was exactly the appearance of Orochimaru.

"How could it be? How could this happen?"

Dou, who seemed to have lost his backbone, rushed forward to check, but without even checking, he could tell at a glance that the body on the operating table had lost any signs of life.

The blood was flowing from the long cut on the neck, staining the operating table and the floor beneath him red, but it had already dried.

"Impossible! How could Lord Orochimaru die so easily!"

Dou, who suffered a huge impact, sat down on the ground, muttering to himself, obviously unable to accept it for the time being.

The firelight illuminated the fear and confusion on his face, and at that moment he felt like the sky was falling.

Over the years, he has become accustomed to getting along with Orochimaru. Although the other party has never acknowledged his identity from beginning to end, he has long regarded Orochimaru as his teacher in his heart.

It was unknown how long it had been before Kabuto staggered to his feet from the ground. Although his mind was still in a mess, his hands had already unconsciously started to deal with Orochimaru's body.

In addition to Orochimaru's body, there are hundreds or even thousands of corpses displayed in this basement.

Most of them were collected by Orochimaru and him from the ninja world. This was why he didn't think of this place at first, because this place was simply a morgue.

Collecting so many corpses is not a hobby of Orochimaru, but a plan for future wars.

"Did Lord Orochimaru foresee this day? He even taught me the Impure World Reincarnation Technique before..."

Fragments of his memories about this stronghold were dug up, and only then did he realize what was going on.

This scene was naturally arranged by Orochimaru long ago, and the corpse on the operating table was also left there deliberately by Orochimaru.

It was the mirror clone that Orochimaru personally killed after being parasitized by Urashiki. He did not destroy the clone at that time, but kept it until now.

Even though a long time has passed, because his body was injected with Hashirama's cells, the cell activity will not disappear for two or three years. He still looks alive for a short period of time, which is not much different from an ordinary person who has died three to five days ago.

In addition, this basement is specially used to store corpses, so there is nothing unusual about the desiccant and preservatives everywhere.

"Lord Orochimaru! I will definitely inherit your legacy! I will realize your unfulfilled dream!"

Kabuto was crying as he sewed up the wounds on Orochimaru's body. Little did he know that all this was part of Orochimaru's calculations.

The reason why he taught him ninjutsu, took him to do experiments, and even told him the location of the Ryuchi Cave was all deliberate on the part of Orochimaru.

No matter how smart he was, he couldn't detect the trap that Orochimaru had set up over several years, and the "fortune" that Orochimaru left for him this time was not small.

The tomb-robbing trio has been searching for dragon caves everywhere for so many years, and it can be said that most of their inventory is here.

For example, the Kages of various major ninja villages, such as the Third Raikage, the Second Tsuchikage, the Third Kazekage, the Fourth Kazekage, the Fourth Mizukage, etc.

The successive Jinchūriki in the ninja world include Bruhi, Han, Yukito, etc.

Some well-known and powerful people, including Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Kagami from the Uchiha family, and even Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Madara were not left out.

In addition to these there are Konoha White Fang, Uzumaki Mito, Chiyo, Sasori, Salamander Hanzo, Danzo and so on.

These people either have their remains found or have personal belongings from their lifetime, which are sufficient to meet the conditions for Reincarnation.

This lineup is not necessarily stronger than the one in the original work, but at least it is not much inferior.

In addition, Orochimaru has intentionally or unintentionally raised Kabuto's vision over the years. Even if he integrates the cells of some strong men into his body as in the original trajectory, he will not choose the Five Sound Ninjas again.

There is also a laboratory and backup cell bank to store cells collected from these corpses.

Even if the cells of Uchiha Madara or Uzumaki Mito have been cultured, not to mention Hashirama's cells, these are no problem for Orochimaru!

In addition to these, Orochimaru also thoughtfully left Kabuto a pair of three-magatama Sharingan, which is an epic enhancement for him.

As to whether he will get beaten to a pulp by then, it is still unknown at this time!