Chapter 296: The Secret Relationship

After sending Sakura Haruno to the hospital for treatment, Tsunade happened to want to see her for something, so Haruko followed her to her office in the morning.

After closing the door, Tsunade turned around and explained the situation to her.

"Your body is very healthy, but you are lacking vitality. Vitality is something that is both ethereal and real. If you want to restore your original physical condition, you must replenish your vitality."

"But at present, the effect of transmitting or transplanting vitality is very shallow. Perhaps Orochimaru's research will find a way."

"You know he has been studying immortality. I have been asking him about it these past few days, and he said there is a chance."

Confirming that the confidence on Tsunade's face was genuine, Morning Haruko couldn't hide her joy and said, "Really?"

Tsunade nodded, then her expression became angry and unhappy.

"But that guy told you to go find him yourself. It's already this late, and he's still acting so arrogant!"

Morning Haruko comforted her with a smile: "It's okay, maybe he wants to meet me alone."

Seeing Haruko's usual tolerant attitude in the morning, and thinking of Orochimaru's unchanged sinister smile for a hundred years, Tsunade sighed in her heart.

She reached out and held Haruko Hayama's shoulders, begging word by word.

"Haruko, I don't know the details of his research. Maybe these words sound a bit unreasonable, but I hope... you don't reject his research. We all hope you get better."

Don't reject?

Haruko was a little confused in the morning.

Why did Tsunade specifically tell her this? Is there something weird about Orochimaru's research on immortality?

Thinking that it would only add to her tension, Haruko calmed down in the morning and neither refused nor agreed with her.

"I see, thank you Tsunade."

Tsunade told her that Orochimaru's research base was outside the village, and no one knew where it was except for a few important senior officials.

But Tsunade was not worried. Since Orochimaru said so, he must be sure that he could find Haruko in the morning.

So in the morning, Haruko was pushed by Tsunade to go find it quickly.

Standing at the entrance of the village, Haruko Zaoma tried hard to search her mind for memories of the base.

However, the memories leaked by the eye technique seemed to have no discussion between her and Orochimaru about the base, and most of the scenes of their conversations showed the laboratory in the village.

In the morning, Haruko couldn't help but feel annoyed as to why she had no memory of this.

In the darkness, which she did not notice, a plain-colored bird was standing on a branch, staring at her with its dark eyes without even blinking.

Its appearance is so common that no one would suspect that it is not a real bird.

The images transmitted back by the mechanical bird are displayed on a huge screen.

Orochimaru sat lazily on the chair, a white jade kimono with dark patterns running along his slender and graceful figure, ending at his smooth ankles.

Her long, shiny and smooth black hair reached her waist, and a strand of black hair playfully fell in front of her body, which he entangled and kneaded with his fingers.

His skin was abnormally white, but he looked noble because of his appearance that appealed to both the elite and the masses, like a jade stone that had been carefully carved for hundreds of years.

However, another person present at the scene could not appreciate his obvious little thoughts at all.

The projector placed on the left side of the control panel conjured up the appearance of Beiruohu, which was the soft outline of an adult male.

"Heh, you're dressed so fancy, do you think Haruko will be fooled by you?"

Orochimaru glanced at him calmly and responded slowly.

"After all, this is the first time we meet after many years. Unlike some people, we can only be far away from each other and say the grapes are sour."

The corner of Beiliuhu's mouth twitched. This snake's mouth seemed to be poisonous, yet it was still so annoying.

So, he changed the subject and used an innocent tone to hit Orochimaru's sore spot.

"It looks like Haruko doesn't even remember how your base got there. I can only say that some people shouldn't take themselves too seriously."

His provocation was effective, and Orochimaru no longer looked like he was just watching a show.

The narrow and long golden snake eyes flashed with sharpness. The snake coiled on the chair straightened its body, and the lazy aura was completely replaced by an evil and oppressive feeling.

Cold and hoarse words leaked from his mouth: "Even if you don't remember, I can bring her back."

Bei Liuhu frowned, "What are you going to do?"

Orochimaru didn't reply to him, but raised his hand and gestured.

The only bright blue light in the dim room flashed.

Only then did Beiluo realize that there was someone waiting at the door, but the projection prevented him from having a full view.

After giving the order, Orochimaru supported his face with one hand.

He looked quietly at the black-haired girl on the screen who had already walked a distance in the opposite direction, with a smile on her lips.

the other side.

In the morning, Haruko tried to piece together the road in her memory, but after walking for a while, she always felt that the direction seemed wrong.

Just as she was struggling over whether to keep walking a little further or change direction, she suddenly felt a surge of energy that went straight to her head.

Haruko's eyes flashed as she prepared to attack.

There are five enemies, and they are quite strong.

"This weak... ahem, this woman is the target?" A very demanding male voice came from the bushes.

Immediately afterwards, five people dressed similarly jumped to the ground, surrounding Haruko Hayama in the middle.

After seeing their appearance clearly, Zao Qingzi was a little stunned.

Aren't these the four villains that Orochimaru sent to kidnap her in her memory?

No, why is there one more?

In the morning, Haruko looked carefully and found that there were two men who looked exactly the same, both with short gray-blue hair and blue lips.

In her memory, these two, the left and right ones, clearly shared the same body, but now, they were independent individuals, one on the left and one on the right, looking at her with one hand on their waist.

Not only the two of them had changed, but Kidomaru with dark wheat-colored skin also lost his four extra arms.

The five of them stood together, looking no different from ordinary people, with no signs of experimental subject modification at all.

Unhappy with her scrutinizing look, Tayouya clicked his tongue, "Just take her back quickly, please."

Jirobo clenched his fist to his mouth and coughed, and reminded her in a low voice: "Tayuya, the master is watching, be polite."

Thinking of the secret surveillance, Duoyou turned her head away unhappily, but at least she didn't say anything else.

Ignoring Haruko's wary gaze, Kidomaru grinned and approached her, "Hey, come with us."

Zuo Jin laughed sinisterly, "You don't sound like a good person when you say that."

Haruko Asama: ...Actually, you don’t look like good people.

"Are you Orochimaru's men?" Haruko Asahi asked cautiously.

Jirobo, the calmest of the five, stepped forward and said, "Yes Miss Haruko, the Lord sent us to take you back to the base."

Same scene, same people, same situation.

The meaning is completely different.

Before, there were threats and violence, but now, although their tone was still not very polite, it was much more polite than I remembered.

And Haruko did not detect any murderous intent from them in the morning. Compared with the madness and death intent they had when they struggled in the abyss before, they now seemed like real people.

Asahi Haruko took a look at the Konoha forehead guards they were neatly wearing on their heads, and they looked like real ninjas.

"Then I'll trouble you."

After following them for a while, Haruko Asahi vaguely remembered that Orochimaru had taken her along this road before.

Orochimaru only said that the scenery here was beautiful, but he didn't expect that his research base was also chosen here.

Haruko thought about it seriously in the morning.

It seems that Orochimaru really loves this place and even built his headquarters here.

Sakon, who was walking beside her, spoke up, "But yeah, I'm really curious about your relationship with Lord Orochimaru."

Ukon on the other side continued, "So there is a subtle relationship that cannot be revealed, right?"

Being stared at expectantly by two identical faces, Haruko Asahi calmly accepted their words.

"Almost. He may become my lifesaver who I will be grateful to."

Sakon & Ukon: ...?

Is this the subtle relationship that is being talked about so much in the base?

Kidomaru put his hands behind his head and muttered, "Lord Orochimaru is also our savior, why haven't we seen the base be so polite to us?"

"What do you mean?" Haruko Zaoma asked curiously.

Jirobo explained in a thick voice, "We are all children or orphans who survived the war. It was Lord Orochimaru who saved us during his travels. We are grateful and loyal to you."

Without waiting for Haruko Zao to ask further questions, the five people took her to a laboratory and stopped.

Sakon and Ukon stood on both sides of the gate with smiles on their faces, opening the door for her as if to welcome a guest.

Similar voices overlapped: "Please come in."