Chapter 76: Obtaining Materials

"I have returned; this is the head of that Hattori Ichiro."

In the gloomy Root base, Shimura Danzo still wore his cold, ruthless expression. After seeing the head Uchiha Feiyu handed to him, he merely nodded slightly.

Behind this Root leader, a ninja from the Yamanaka Clan quickly walked over, respectfully picked up the head, and began to perform ninjutsu to extract information from Hattori Ichiro's brain.

Fortunately, ninjas possess chakra, so even corpses decay slowly. Uchiha Feiyu had also treated the head, so Hattori Ichiro's brain tissue had not yet rotted into tofu, and many secrets could still be extracted from it.

A moment later, that Yamanaka Clan ninja raised his head and nodded to Danzo.

The expression on Danzo's face relaxed a little, and he spoke:

"Well done. My Root still has many backlogged missions; as long as you are willing to carry them out, neither ninjutsu nor money will be lacking for you."

As he spoke, Shimura Danzo took out a scroll and handed it to Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Feiyu opened it and his mouth twitched slightly.

At the very top of the scroll were missions to assassinate the shadows of various villages, such as the Third Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, and the Fourth Mizukage, as well as missions to assassinate the jinchuriki of the ninja villages currently at war with the Leaf.

Besides these, there were missions to plunder the cultivation methods for Dust Release, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Magnet Release, and Ice Release—the difficulty of which was no less than assassinating a village shadow.

Skipping over those missions that were pure fantasy to him, the rest were bounties for famous ninjas from various major ninja villages, basically encompassing all Jonin.

In addition, there were missions to hunt down traitors, plunder intelligence, and even assassinate leaders of small ninja villages or steal the secret techniques of certain ninja clans; these targets even included some Leaf ninja.

However, Uchiha Feiyu was not surprised; it would be strange if Danzo did not take action against Leaf ninja. While Root could not be called incompetent in foreign wars, they were definitely first-class experts in civil wars.

It was just that Danzo's arrogance exceeded Uchiha Feiyu's expectations; he had actually written the names of Leaf ninja directly on the mission list, not fearing Uchiha Feiyu's whistleblowing at all.

"Hey, hey, hey, Elder Danzo, are you kidding me? Is this mission content something I'm allowed to see?"

"They are merely some hidden dangers to the Leaf. Clearing away these withered branches and fallen leaves is more conducive to the development of the village."

Danzo's tone was light and breezy, making Uchiha Feiyu roll his eyes in secret. Uprooting you, this rotten root, would probably be the thing most conducive to the village's development!

Of course, even if the Leaf exploded on the spot, as long as the blood didn't splatter on Uchiha Feiyu, he wouldn't care, so he only made that one snide remark about Danzo's mission targets.

"Fine, as long as the ninjutsu and such are provided, I can help you carry out ordinary missions, not to mention those overly perverted ones."

Uchiha Feiyu put away the scroll and spoke. In reality, he had little interest in Root's ninjutsu, and after obtaining Magnet Release ninjutsu, he no longer cared for those meager scraps of money.

But he was still very interested in the corpses and souls of those target ninjas. Anyway, Danzo's reputation was already that of the "Pot Shadow," so adding a few more black pots to his head probably wouldn't bother this Darkness of the Shinobi World much.

After reporting the mission to Danzo, Uchiha Feiyu immediately went to find his cheap teacher, Orochimaru. A month had passed, and those human materials should have been collected by now; Uchiha Feiyu was impatient to enjoy the effects of the Blood Pool.

In the Root laboratory, Uchiha Feiyu found Orochimaru, who was conducting human experiments. After the latter heard his request, he summoned a huge scroll without a word and handed it to Uchiha Feiyu.

"I won't ask what you intend to do with so many low-level human materials, but whatever you do, it's best not to do it here in the Leaf. The old man, the Third, is still somewhat wary regarding human experiments."

"Teacher, can you stop the human experiment in your hands while you're talking?"

"And here you are in this hellhole called Root, telling me the Leaf is wary of human experiments—are you trying to laugh me to death?"

"Heh, even if I were to conduct human experiments on the largest scale, it wouldn't amount to one percent of the number in the scroll in your hand. 2,000 ninja corpses cannot be hidden in a place like the Leaf."

"That is true..."

Uchiha Feiyu muttered, frowning, and began to worry about where to build the Blood Pool.

If he were the only contractor for Ryuchi Cave, he could build the Blood Pool there. But now that Ryuchi Cave had a mad scientist like Orochimaru, if he dared to build the Blood Pool there, Orochimaru would probably go to study it the very next day.

This old venomous snake was no good person. Even though they had the title of teacher and student, in reality, neither of them cared about it. As long as there was profit to be made, backstabbing was the most normal thing in the world.

If all else failed, he would just have to dig underground. As long as he dug deep enough, with the obstruction of the earth, no Sensory Ninjutsu could detect it.

It just so happened that the Magnet Release Uchiha Feiyu had learned was even better than Earth Release for digging holes, allowing him to dig deeper underground. When the time came, he would find a desolate place, dig deep, and he could create the Blood Pool.

"Alright, I have given you what you wanted. Now, what about the rest of the ninjutsu?"

Orochimaru watched Uchiha Feiyu think for a moment as if he had found an answer, then smiled and reached out his hand to demand the reward.

"It has already been prepared for you, Teacher Orochimaru. This is the remaining half of the Secret Technique. Teacher, take a look first."

Uchiha Feiyu did not hesitate, taking the remaining Lich Transformation Ritual scroll from his person and handing it to Orochimaru.

He really wanted to see what Orochimaru could come up with by combining the Lich Transformation and the Living Corpse Reincarnation. Who knows, maybe in the future Orochimaru could transform into a Lich King and give the Ninja World a taste of the Scourge!

After obtaining the scroll, Orochimaru ignored Uchiha Feiyu, pulled it open, and began to read hungrily. The expression on his face changed constantly, faintly revealing a hint of ecstasy.

Seeing Orochimaru so engrossed, Uchiha Feiyu waited for a moment. Seeing that he had no response, he shrugged and exited the laboratory himself.

(End of chapter)