Konoha's strongest substitute user

It's cool, dry, and there's almost no moisture in the air, so you'll feel extra thirsty when you're short of water.

It had been a long time since I had eaten or drank, two days, or three days, or more, but that didn't matter. Anyway, with all the trauma on my body, I would have died long ago.

Death is the main theme here. Interestingly, many people living here always feel that this place is full of hope.

They have an inexplicable self-confidence and feel that they are special, unique, and the winner who laughs in the end.

However, the fact is that death is the main theme here, at least for these guys who can't even be called "people".

Some time ago, he also thought this way: "Maybe I am the most special?"

Almost everyone in the ninja world is actively or passively pursuing power. Some particularly proactive people, if they have a higher consciousness than ordinary people, will have the patience and persistence to surpass ordinary people in the process of pursuing power. Bottom line, even at all costs.

Unfortunately, power cannot be obtained at any cost. It's not that you can gain strength by destroying all the things you cherish and destroy yourself again. That would be too simple. There are so many mediocre people in the world who are willing to give up everything to get no chance.

An accident, an opportunity.

Coming to this secret underground base was a pure accident, but the people I met were enough to change my life.

Lord Orochimaru said that he lacked available people and needed to join in to help him.

The reward is the opportunity to gain great power, at the cost of everything, including life.

Going from hope to despair is a very fast process. Although time is fast, it feels very slow in my heart. Every bit of pain endured by the body is lengthening the sensory time, and then remind myself:

Obviously, like those who turned into clay sculptures, whose corpses were mutilated, and whose blood drained away, in the eyes of Lord Orochimaru, he was just an ordinary experimental material with nothing special about him.

I longed for Orochimaru-sama's strength, calmness, and special charm, but I didn't have any ability that made Orochimaru-sama look high on him.

Lying on the ground, with nothing to ease his body and no strength to move, he heard the voices of two guards talking in his ears:

"He's not dead yet?"

"Who knows what kind of experiments Master Orochimaru did on him? Maybe he won't die like this."

"It's really troublesome. It would be nice to die soon."

Oh, please, I'm going to die soon. After I die, I have to rely on your help to move my body out and free up this room so that I can house a few more unlucky people.

Having said that, these guards did not dare to touch him until he was completely transformed into a corpse. This is the rule here. Life is still valuable. They can only continue to deliver food every day and wait for the people in this cubicle to die.

The food that was delivered was taken away again. No one would feed a fatally injured white rat. It was very kind to leave food at the door.

The reason for not eating is not because I want to die, nor is it because I suddenly have some backbone or will and express it through a hunger strike. It's just that I don't have the strength. Even if I can hold the food, I don't have the strength to bring it to my mouth and swallow it. In fact, I don't even have the strength to open my mouth and make a sound.

It doesn't matter whether I eat or not, because I'm not hungry at all, not at all.

Why am I still alive?

It's so strange. From my experience as a ninja, I should have died long ago, but why am I still alive?

Since he is still alive, his brain can continue to think, and this is the only thing it can do now.

So jealous

Jealous of that cute girl and the one who had run away.

Even when he died, he couldn't get even the slightest attention. Only two guards who wished he died early could still notice him as a dying person.

Don't worry. I won't disturb you for too long. I'm going to die, very soon.

The man was severely dehydrated, and even the wounds that were so serious that it was absolutely impossible to recover by self-healing were no longer leaking blood. His chest was still rising and falling at the faintest level.

Tanaka never thought until his death that he was not the first. After Tanaka's death, the only truly successful experimental subject was still lingering in Orochimaru's base, and was even thinking like a thinker.

"Oh? There is an experimental subject who has not eaten for two days and was fatally injured, but he is still alive?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, Orochimaru became interested.

This is obviously an anomaly. No specific rules have been studied for the substitute's ability so far. As long as there is an abnormality, you can verify whether it is a substitute.

Orochimaru didn't blame his men for reporting a little late.

Several people die almost every day in this experimental base. It is normal for an occasional person with half a life to be hard-core. If the life-hardiness does not reach a high enough level to be considered abnormal, these subordinates dare not report it.

The guard in charge of guarding the cell where the experimental subjects were kept leaned his head and answered respectfully: "Yes, Lord Orochimaru. There was a cut of more than fifteen centimeters and a depth of more than one centimeter on his chest, and there was also a penetrating wound on his abdomen. , resulting in severe blood loss. We originally thought he had done some kind of treatment to the wound himself, but he didn't eat anything for two days. After examination, we found that he had not treated the wound in any way. The wound did not heal, but it stopped bleeding."

"Take me to see him." Orochimaru stopped working and decided to go see the man with a particularly great fate.

There was a vibration on the ground. Someone was walking towards where he was. The man couldn't move and could only feel that someone was coming.

Maybe the guards finally couldn't stand a poor guy who wasted food and wanted to die, so they wanted to kill him?

"it's him?"

Hearing this voice, the man's eyes made the largest movement of his whole body except for breathing in the whole day. He exerted great effort, moving his eyes like using a crowbar to pry a piece of wood stuck in the crack of the wall. Point it towards the door.

Although I have heard it only a few times, I remember this voice very clearly. It is the voice of Lord Orochimaru, and it is absolutely correct!

Watching the tiny movements of the experimental subject with great interest, Orochimaru grinned and smiled with unknown meaning.

To Orochimaru, the man in front of him was no different from death.

Orochimaru has been studying the human body for who knows how many years. This body already lacks many necessary conditions for survival. Just the fact that the blood barely flows is enough for an ordinary person to die more than ten times.

He squatted down and used the little snake he channeled to pull open the damaged clothes and check the wound.

The wound was trying to heal in a very abnormal state. The cut skin did not come together. The two sections of the wound were scabbed in an attempt to heal. However, the scabs were very thin and could not even completely cover the wound.

Like a living corpse, Orochimaru took back the little snake biting his clothes: "Can you hear me?"

The man could only continue to move his eyes weakly to show that he could hear.

Orochimaru has confirmed that this person must have awakened some kind of ability.

Standing up, he channeled a python to wrap around the man and stood upright. Orochimaru began to check, trying to find some chakra reaction in the man's body.

Although there are many kinds of abilities of substitutes, Orochimaru has not been able to find a pattern, but the substitutes still have some kind of chakra, Orochimaru can be sure of this.

While checking whether the experimental subject had a chakra reaction, Orochimaru noticed the experimental subject's eyes.

It's really a look full of hope. Thanks to this look, so many people can do things loyally. Hope and ambition, as well as reverence, this is the best and most Sbarasi look in his eyes.

After being briefly distracted by the eyes, Orochimaru finally completed his inspection.

No chakra at all.

This is not very accurate. It should be said that it is exactly the same as ordinary people. Even a novice infant ninja who has just learned to refine chakra should have a stronger chakra reaction in his body than this man.

This cannot be explained by injury or near-death. Even if a ninja dies due to exhaustion of chakra, he will not feel this way at the last moment before death, just like ordinary people who have never refined chakra. .

"It's really disappointing and a waste." Orochimaru believed in his research results. There was no chakra, which meant there was no substitute: "But it is a miracle that he is alive. There may be some special circumstances. Take good care of him and wait for his body to recover. Tell me later."

Orochimaru's calm and slightly disappointed tone made the man's eyes cool down rapidly. The python let go of his body, like a torn bag that was thrown away casually. The man returned to the ground, but he still had no strength to move.

It's a waste

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