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"Lord Orochimaru."

Uchiha Yi greeted Orochimaru.

"Yi, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Why did you come to see me suddenly? Have you decided to join my research?"

Orochimaru stared at Yi with his snake pupils, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your reputation has been very loud recently. Have you grown to this point? It's amazing."

There was a hint of unconcealable interest in Orochimaru's eyes, like a hunter eyeing the perfect prey.

"I'm not here for research. I have something I would like to ask Lord Orochimaru for help."

After all, he was asking for help from others, so Uchiha Yi was very humble.

"Oh?"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly. After a moment of silence, he turned sideways and made an inviting gesture, "Yi, are you interested in visiting my laboratory?"

Uchiha Yi also showed some interest and nodded, "If I could visit Lord Orochimaru's research, that would be a great honor."

Judging from Orochimaru's research results, he is definitely the number one scientific inventor in the Naruto world. The curse-sealing technique, regeneration technique, non-corpse reanimation technique, etc. that he researched are all extremely amazing ninjutsu, especially the non-corpse reanimation technique, which has basically achieved immortality.

Visiting his laboratory will also be of great help to Uchiha Yi in the future development of ninjutsu.

Moreover, Orochimaru had already begun studying Hashirama Senju's cells, and had achieved considerable results.

Uchiha Yi was also very interested in Hashirama Senju's cells.

"Come with me, everything I study will definitely surprise you!"

Orochimaru's hoarse voice carried a hint of pride as he led Uchiha Yi deeper into the cave.

As Orochimaru unleashed one seal after another, the rooms hidden in the cave appeared in front of Uchiha Yi.

There are many cylindrical containers in the spacious laboratory, but many of the glass containers are broken.

Uchiha Yi's eyes flickered as he looked at the containers around him.

The containers are filled with all kinds of strange creatures, as well as human organs such as hearts, livers, and eyes.

This should be the place where Orochimaru conducted human experiments. The people inside those broken containers are probably dead.

Uchiha Yi walked and looked, and came to one of the well-preserved giant containers.

"Why is this container so big? I wonder what's inside it."

With a hint of curiosity, he wiped the dust off the surface of the container.

Soon, a terrifying creature appeared before his eyes.

snake!

A huge purple snake!

Moreover, the head shape of this snake is surprisingly similar to that of a human!

If ordinary people saw this kind of scene, they would definitely feel uncomfortable and unbearable.

However, in the past few years, Uchiha Yi has seen too many bloody scenes, and countless people have died at his hands.

The scene before him was nothing to him.

"As expected of you, Yi. It seems that you are indeed suitable to join my research."

Orochimaru was also observing Uchiha Yi's condition out of the corner of his eye.

I was also a little surprised at his calmness.

"Then come in here and take a look."

Walking to an iron gate, Orochimaru formed seals with his hands, then pressed his right palm on the iron gate. Immediately afterwards, a cloud of smoke filled the air, and the iron gate slowly opened a crack. Orochimaru pushed with his right hand, and a bloody human laboratory appeared in front of Uchiha Yi.

The laboratory was not only equipped with all necessary facilities and equipment, but also had four special stone beds for fixing human bodies placed in the center. On each stone bed lay a numb-looking person. Two of them had died tragically, with twisted and painful expressions on their faces.

The bodies of the two dead men did not show any signs of decay or stench, as if they had been specially treated.

Looking at the scene in front of him, a chill surged into Uchiha Yi's heart.

"Well, Yi, what do you think of these things in this laboratory?"

Orochimaru's snake pupils emitted a faint dark light, seemingly calm and peaceful, but concealing a gloom.

Being stared at coldly by those snake eyes, Uchiha Yi felt a chill run through his body.

Uchiha Yi did not expect that Orochimaru would expose all the secret experiments to him without any concealment.

Once the village's top leaders knew about this secret laboratory, Orochimaru would have no choice but to defect from Konoha Village.

Orochimaru actually showed him all this secret stuff directly.

Why does Orochimaru trust me so much?

Or does he want to force himself to express his opinion?

After a long silence, Uchiha Yi said softly: "I have no prejudice against the experimental research here. If you want to gain power, you must pay a price. Too many people died in the war, and these few people are not a big deal. Life is a very fragile thing."

At this moment, Uchiha Yi already knew Orochimaru's secret. If he didn't want to fight Orochimaru to the death, he had to cater to Orochimaru's preferences.

"Haha, I was right, Yi. You and I are the same kind of people. Even though you deliberately disguise yourself, the so-called Will of Fire is nothing in your eyes."

Orochimaru showed a satisfied smile on his face, and looked at Uchiha Yi with a hint of amusement in his eyes, "Not long ago, Danzo came to me."

"Danzo? That old guy, he wouldn't want to join forces with you to get rid of me, right?" Uchiha Yi said calmly.

"You guessed it a long time ago?" Orochimaru looked a little surprised and looked at Yi deeply.

"Danzo thinks he's a man of deep conspiracy, but he doesn't know how to disguise himself. From the first moment he looked at me, I knew he wanted to get rid of me. A guy like Danzo who shows his emotions on his face would have been eliminated long ago if Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want to keep him to do something shameful. To put it bluntly, he's just a tool of the Third Hokage."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Uchiha Yi's tone.

"Yi, I didn't expect you to think this way, but... you are right, this guy Danzo actually wants to use me, it's ridiculous, haha..."

Orochimaru suddenly laughed, and his laughter was full of violence and gloom. After a while, he calmed down again.

"Danzo said he would support me in becoming the Fourth Hokage."

"The Fourth Hokage? That's the position Danzo has always dreamed of, but Sarutobi Hiruzen would never agree to it, so he turned to support you."

"So, Yi, what do you think of the position of the Fourth Hokage?"

"It means nothing to me. Whoever inherits the position of Hokage will be trapped by it instead."

"Oh? I didn't expect you wouldn't even care about the position of Hokage..."

"Lord Orochimaru, you want to fight for the position of the Fourth Hokage?"

"Yes, I have had this thought. Becoming Hokage also has a special meaning to me."

Orochimaru stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, then looked at Uchiha Yi deeply and asked, "So, Yi, why are you looking for me?"

Uchiha Yi said bluntly: "For power."

Orochimaru glanced at Yi expressionlessly, his lips moved, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Just as I guessed, people like us only pursue power. Come with me, I will show you my latest research results."

With that said, Orochimaru turned and walked towards another laboratory.

Uchiha Yi originally planned to directly state that he came for the fairy technique, but he was also very interested in Orochimaru's research, so he was not in a hurry to speak.

Following Orochimaru, the two entered a bright laboratory.