Remnant bones

There were still tens of meters away from the destination, and a strong smell of blood rushed towards him.

Facing such a situation, I raised my eyebrows without any surprise, but I was relieved instead.Knowing his habits, I know that this at least proves that Orochimaru is really annoyed.And there was only the smell of blood and no screams, which also showed that he had almost vented.

Being able to calm down the anger so easily... Judging the general situation from the simple phenomenon, I can conclude.Things didn't make him care as much as he imagined, but he was just unwilling.

really.

Came to the special research room of Orochimaru, which was full of low-level researchers, as well as individual ninjas who looked like guards, and the shredded corpses.A few researchers with relatively high ranks shivered with horror and despair, curled up in a dark corner, and even shrank back in fright when I came.

The thick bright red liquid, mixed with crushed minced meat, stained the floor of the research room red.Every step you take, you can even hear the sound of sizzling water coming from the soles of your feet.

But Orochimaru himself is not here.

So dirty... Looking at the "garbage" all over the floor, I couldn't help frowning.It looks like it will take a lot of time to clean it up completely.There are some more sophisticated instruments inside, which cannot even be cleaned at all, and can only be replaced with new ones.A large number of blood-stained documents must be thoroughly sorted out, reorganized and archived... This kind of workload is quite a lot, but there are so few people.

"I can't find a good place to deal with it..." I couldn't help complaining, I can almost imagine that I might be called back to be a laborer again in the future!If you don't stay up all night for a few nights, the accumulated work will obviously affect the progress of the experiment.

Really, trouble...

"Misami, ask someone to come over and clean up this place." Randomly clicked on one of the "survivors", the one with the highest position.Because of the terrible workload that is about to come, I was in a bad mood, and with a dark face, I ordered without emotion: "The rest, get out of here for now."

Mikami, who was in a state of chaos, realized that it was me who came, and with a happy face, he quickly got up from behind the table where he was hiding, and replied respectfully: "Yes! Master Kaguya, I will do it right away!" , grabbed the colleague beside him, and ran out scrambling.Moreover, he frantically picked up the things I explained.

A scientific researcher who came back to his senses when he arrived at the door was puzzled by the surprise on Sanshang's face and asked, "What's the matter, Sanshang? What happened?" He only remembered that a dozen of his subordinates were in the In front of my eyes, I was torn into pieces by the angry Master Orochimaru with my bare hands!Not long after he worked in the base, this was the first time he saw such a scene, and he was instantly frightened and passed out.Afterwards, his mind was blank and he had no memory at all.

"Master Kaguya, it is Master Kaguya who is back!" Mikami, who had been working with his head up almost all day this year, cheered extremely excitedly, but suddenly realized that the occasion was not right, and consciously lowered his voice.The return of that person finally allowed them, the old employees, to let go of the heart that they had been carrying all the time.But even so, the instinctive fear still caused him to tremble in front of the other party.

"Kaguya...is that Kaguya-sama?" Although they have never met him in person, not many people dare to talk about that person in private.But Ryuzaki remembered that when he first came here, there was indeed a senior who warned: there are five people in the base who cannot be messed with, and the second one is Kaguya-kun Maro who has the same surname as the third-ranked— — Kaguya-kun Mai, second only to Oshemaru-sama.

"Yes! Only Kaguya-sama is the only one who can make Oshemaru-sama listen to him at this time!" It was an answer to Ryuzaki's question, but Mikami didn't dare to say anything more about that person topic, and solemnly warned the other party: "Master Huiye, although he is relatively indifferent, he is still quite tolerant towards others. It's just that he can't tolerate anyone making mistakes at work, so do your part well! Otherwise, there is no People can protect you!"

"Yes, I understand." After all, Ryuzaki has more brains than ordinary ninjas, knowing things that he shouldn't know, there is no benefit in knowing more.He nodded cautiously, and returned gratefully: "Thank you, Mikami."

"It's okay, let's go find someone to clean up the lab!" Patting him on the shoulder, Mikami didn't say much.It's not that he is so kind, but after all, he is his work partner. In order to prevent the other party from hurting himself when he makes mistakes, he still needs to be "vaccinated".

Smart people will always put an end to any possibility of putting themselves in danger.

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I didn't stay longer in the research room, and only after the living people had gone out did I open the hidden door in the room.

Looking in from the entrance, it was pitch black inside.Since it is a basement without any windows, if you don't turn on the lights, you really can't see your fingers.

I didn't turn on the light... Feeling a little abnormal, I walked in without hesitation.

Orochimaru's eyes, unlike mine, are not real snake pupils.In such a near-blind environment, I can't see anything clearly, including myself.

I don't understand, why is he so abnormal... What the hell happened?Obviously he doesn't seem to care, but it can make him unconsciously make such a different behavior from the past.Such complex and contradictory emotions are really not like the usual Orochimaru would have...

Relying on the image of the heat source in my right eye, I walked around the living specimens sealed in the huge glass nutrition tank one by one, and walked deeper and deeper in the secret room, until I stopped in front of a door at the end.

There is—a place I've never been in either.

Sure enough, what happened...

What's behind that door... Don't say it's me, I'm afraid I don't even know.Orochimaru never lets anyone other than himself enter here, even his most trusted pocket, even his partner... me.There, what is loaded is the "secret" that belongs only to him, which is the most unknown side in his heart.

In the past...

I can vaguely understand his thoughts, so naturally I won't rush in.What's more, I don't know whether I have the qualifications to know all this in his heart.

I respect myself as the only..."friend", so I don't want to lose it.

"Oshemaru..." I pressed my right hand lightly on the cold door panel, I lowered my eyes, a flash of hope that I didn't even notice, and asked in a low voice, in the same tone as usual: "Can you?" Are you going in?"

My answer was a silent silence.

Can't you do it... The bitterness at the corners of her lips was fleeting, but she couldn't hide the faint disappointment in her eyes.

Retracting my hand simply, I turned around and prepared to leave.But at this moment, there was a soft "squeak -" and the closed door suddenly opened.At this moment, the ups and downs of the two emotions made it difficult to restrain the joy in my heart. It was so strong that I couldn't help being slightly dazed.

"Come in..." The familiar hoarse voice was indescribably dry.But it made me reflexively hide my emotions instinctively, at least from the outside, no one can see it.

Pushing open the door, in the middle of the small room, there is the same glass nutrition tank as the outside, and the observation light at the bottom is turned on.The bright green light is not dazzling, but it fills the whole room... In fact, the original design only limited the light to the scope of the nutrition tank.And in this way, the reasons for this can be seen clearly.

It's... empty.

The outer wall of the glass was artificially knocked to pieces.A transparent liquid with dots of fluorescent light dripped all over the floor, exuding the pungent smell of medicine.Orochimaru stood in front of the damaged nutrient tank with my back on his back.

I didn't ask what's the matter, I just stopped beside him, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and didn't speak anymore.

"I lost something..." After a while, Orochimaru, who had no expression on his face, opened his mouth first. His special rustling voice echoed in the slightly empty room, but it revealed a kind of uniqueness that he had never had before. A touch of loneliness: "This place was originally my 'body'... the original, 'body'."

What! ?Because of surprise, the silver-white eyes that had returned to their original shape couldn't help shrinking their pupils.

As early as the first successful attempt at the technique of reincarnation, and after the planned materials were collected, the body disappeared.Dou and I thought it was handled secretly by Orochimaru, so we didn't ask again.After all, with his character, this old body that has been eliminated by time can be said to be a stumbling block on his way to his life goal.Now I can finally get rid of it and get the young body I dreamed of. There is no reason to keep the original one.

It's not just us, it can be said that people who know a little about Orochimaru probably think so.But in fact, it is the exact opposite result.

Not only kept it...he even used the best instruments and medicines in the base to perfectly preserve it.

I don't understand, why did he do this... nostalgia?Longing for eternal life and continuous progress, will he miss the past?Don't say it's us, I'm afraid no one will believe it...including himself.

If so, he is no longer Orochimaru... But what does all this represent?In other words, we never knew him, not even a little bit, at all.

Orochimaru, he... is really just an S-rank rebel who can do anything for immortality?In order to learn ninjutsu all over the world, he would not hesitate to provoke all kinds of disputes and destroy humanity?For his own ambition to conquer the world, the Night Snake King who regards other people's lives as straw shoes and tramples morality and ethics under his feet?

Under the light green, the pale and strange face is reflected in my eyes.

Today, after getting along for nearly five years, I feel for the first time that the relationship between me and him is so strange...

In the eyes of outsiders, he is like a deduced realistic illusion.Only in this room can he get infinitely closer to the real... And at this moment, I realized that I thought I knew him, but I never thought about what he wants to get all of this... What is it for?