Orochimaru's base is still in the old place, in the remote woods in the west.
Nagase was planning to have Orochimaru move to a new base.
The Ninja Village is actually a very strange existence. Although it is a military organization, there are many ordinary people in it.
Konoha was built as a military organization, not an ordinary town.
At the outermost edge of Konoha is a thick wooden wall that is more than 20 meters high. The circular wall perfectly surrounds Konoha, just like the city wall of an ancient city.
The villagers of Konoha don't need to go out at all, as they have everything they need for life in the village.
Konoha actually covers a large area. The Death Forest alone covers an area of 314 square kilometers, and the total area of Konoha is about the size of four Death Forests.
With such a large area, it has only about 300,000 permanent residents, which is truly a situation where there are few people and a lot of land.
Therefore, there is a lot of abandoned land in Konoha, and there are various ninja training grounds. Only the area in the center near the Hokage Rock has been developed.
In Nagase's plan, the nature of Konoha will change in the future. It will no longer be a war organization. At that time, he will tear down the walls, expand outward, and move some large training grounds outside. At that time, the location of Orochimaru's underground base will also be developed.
So Nagase plans to have Orochimaru build a new base outside to ensure the secrecy of his research.
After all, much of Orochimaru's research cannot be made public.
However, development is not something that can be completed by just writing a plan and building a few buildings. It is a slow process, so Orochimaru has plenty of time to choose a good location for himself and then move the base.
Nagase used hand seals to move the boulder and entered Orochimaru's base.
Orochimaru, who was recording experimental data, stopped and walked towards Nagase who walked into the base.
"Have you encountered difficulties in your research, or do you need to buy experimental equipment or capture experimental subjects?" Nagase looked at Orochimaru who was walking towards him and asked.
Orochimaru looked at Nagase, and now he, who had always been bold, felt a little hesitant. The man in front of him could really kill him. If Nagase was really serious, he would have no chance of survival.
However, there was a hint of hesitation, but his confidence won out in the end. Orochimaru asked earnestly, "Nagazawa-kun, can you let me study your cells?"
Nagase looked at Orochimaru with some confusion. He didn't expect Orochimaru to suddenly say this and actually wanted to study his cells.
"Are you interested in me so suddenly?" Yongze asked directly.
"Because I think that no matter how strong Hashirama Senju was back then, he should be not much different from you, Nagasawa-kun. His cells have such powerful power, and your cells may have similar power." Orochimaru said honestly.
Yongze fell into deep thought, and after thinking carefully, he realized that this possibility did exist.
Because Hashirama has a powerful sage body, his cells have extraordinary physical energy.
Even compared to Hashirama, he is stronger in Fiery Sun Mode. His strength has exceeded the limits of normal training and reached the level of Six Paths.
Moreover, he has fused so many templates that his body is no longer that of an ordinary person in the ninja world.
"No." Nagase rejected Orochimaru flatly. God knows what kind of weird things would be discovered if he used his cells for research.
"You haven't even fully understood Hashirama's cells and the Sharingan, so don't think too much about it for now. Even if you have fully understood these two, I will have more advanced things for you." Nagase said.
Although he would not give his own cells to Orochimaru, he could give them to the Otsutsuki clan.
Isn't Kaguya still sealed? When everything is ready, release Kaguya, collect some materials, and then lock her back up.
"Something more advanced?" Orochimaru, who was originally disappointed when he heard that he could not study Nagase's cells, showed an interested look.
These are the cells of the Ninja God Senju Hashirama. Who else is more advanced than him
"That's right, that thing can definitely be regarded as a superior version of Hashirama's cells." Nagase nodded. The Senju and Uchiha are both descendants of Otsutsuki, so it is completely okay to say that Otsutsuki cells are superior to Hashirama's cells.
When Orochimaru wanted to get more information, Nagase suddenly turned into a riddle man, speaking of allusions to mythology.
There was nothing Orochimaru could do if Nagase refused to speak, so Nagase brought up the issue of the Sharingan.
"Negative emotions can stimulate the opening and evolution of the Sharingan, so what about positive emotions?" Nagase asked.
Orochimaru pondered for a moment, then said, "I conducted a related experiment when I was trying to stimulate the test subject to evolve into a Mangekyō.
Although the Sharingan also has certain fluctuations, they are much smaller than the fluctuations caused by negative emotions such as pain and sadness, and cannot support its evolution. "
"Under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible to advance to Mangekyō by relying on positive emotions." Orochimaru said his conclusion.
“I see…” Nagase showed a thoughtful expression.
Indeed, if positive emotions could have the same effect as negative emotions, then the Uchiha would not have so few Mangekyō.
"It cannot advance to the Mangekyō, but it should be enough to open the Sharingan if your disciple has reached the level to awaken the Sharingan." Orochimaru sorted out the information and handed it to Nagase.
In fact, from Orochimaru's perspective, it is not difficult for Nagase's disciple to advance to the Mangekyō. If he is given a group of experimental subjects and the Three-magatama Sharingan, he may be able to develop the Mangekyō in a month.
Although the process is a bit rough, it is also simple and effective.
…
After leaving Orochimaru's base, Nagase found Itachi who was training and gave him some information about the Sharingan.
"This is information about your Uchiha clan's bloodline limit Sharingan. Take a look at it when you have time. It may help you open the Sharingan." Nagase handed the information to Itachi.
Itachi wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the information and bowed to Nagase to thank him: "Thank you very much for your information, teacher. I will read it carefully."
"Just do your best. With your talent, you will start to use the Sharingan sooner or later." Nagase said with a smile.
"But you have to be careful. Just read this information by yourself and don't give it to anyone else." Yongze thought for a moment and reminded.
Although it sounds a bit funny, the current Uchiha clan is not as good at Sharingan as Orochimaru, an outsider.
However, the method of opening the Mangekyō is too extreme, and the Uchiha clan is prone to extreme personalities. Before the problem is resolved, they are not going to tell the Uchiha about Orochimaru's research on the Sharingan.
"Okay, I understand." Itachi nodded, preparing to put the information into a scroll and carry it with him at all times, and destroy it after reading it, so that the possibility of information leakage was greatly reduced.
"Have you had any problems with your cultivation recently? And why didn't you practice with Dou today?" Yongze asked casually.
"Because we might be rivals in the exam in a few days, we have to hide the information to a certain extent," Itachi said seriously.
Nagase stroked Itachi's hair and smiled; "It seems that you really want to win this time."
"Yes, as the teacher said, it is important to learn the truth, but it is also important to have the ability to make others listen to you quietly. If I can defeat Kabuto and take first place, it means that my hard work has achieved certain results." Itachi replied.
"This is a good idea. Strength is very important. If you want to achieve your goal, your strength must at least exceed mine." Nagase commended Itachi.
"Next, I will teach you a breathing burst technique. You should learn it well and try to beat Dou and become the first place." Nagase encouraged.
Itachi's eyes widened slightly, looking a little surprised, and asked, "Isn't Kabuto your brother?"
He didn't expect that Nagase would actually encourage him to defeat Kabuto, and for this he taught him a burst technique.
"I treat him like this because he is my brother." Nagaze said as if it was a matter of course.
"Kabuto's growth experience was really smooth. Thanks to my excellent teaching, he became a genius admired by everyone in the ninja school, and the senior students also gave him some respect.
After graduation, he received a lot of preferential treatment in the special operations class because of my younger brother. He also performed outstandingly in the Death Forest and was praised by many people.
Now he needs a failure, it is a test, if he can accept it, then his future path will be smoother. "
"So that's how it is." After listening to Nagase, Itachi felt suddenly enlightened and understood everything.
At the same time, he also learned from his experience and began to reflect on whether he had spoiled his younger brother too much. As long as his younger brother's requests were normal, he would never refuse them. Thinking this way, would Zuo Zhu become overly dependent on him
"I will try my best to defeat Kabuto." Itachi said this feeling that he had a heavy responsibility. For the growth of his friend, he must defeat him this time!
Yongze nodded, showing a happy smile and said: "That's it, actually, I'll show you first, you watch carefully."
Next, Nagase began teaching Itachi, instructing him to practice breathing techniques, and later he also gave Itachi some pointers on the changes in the nature of chakra.
After teaching for nearly three hours, Nagase left.
Before leaving, Nagase said to Itachi, "By the way, don't tell Kabuto about this. After all, he is my brother. If he knew that I specifically asked you to defeat him, he might be angry with me."
Itachi nodded, indicating that he would not tell anyone.
Looking at Nagase's departing back, Itachi looked a little reluctant. What a good brother he is, he puts so much thought into his younger brother's growth.
He decided to double his training for these seven days, for himself, for Nagaze, and also for Dou.
…
After leaving Itachi, Nagase found Kabuto.
"Why are you practicing here alone today, Dou?" Nagaze walked up to Dou with a smile.
Kabuto stopped releasing chakra and looked at Nagaze with some confusion. He didn't know why, but when he saw Nagaze smiling so happily, he felt that something bad was going to happen.
If you ask me why I know this, I can only say it is from experience.
"Isn't the third stage a battle alone? If you practice alone, you can take the opportunity to practice a trump card that Itachi doesn't know about." Kabuto gave an explanation similar to Itachi's.
"Is that so? It seems like you really want to defeat Itachi." The smile on Nagase's face became even brighter.
"I really want to defeat Itachi, so, Brother Nagase, do you have anything to say?" Looking at Nagase who was smiling so brightly, Dou became cautious.
"Of course I'm here to guide you in your cultivation. What do you think I'm here for?" Yongze said as a matter of course.
"It would be a good thing if you could defeat Itachi."
"Why?" Dou asked with some confusion.
Although he is Nagase's younger brother, Itachi is still Nagase's disciple. Kabuto doesn't think that Nagase expects him to win because of his status as Nagase's younger brother.
"Alas." Nagase sighed, and then said: "You are so familiar with Itachi, you should know something. Itachi's path is too smooth."
"His father is the patriarch of the Uchiha clan. He has received an excellent education since he was a child. Coupled with his extraordinary talent, he has extraordinary strength even at a young age."
Kabuto nodded. That was true. Itachi was one year younger than him, but he often felt that Itachi was better than him in some aspects.
"As a result, Itachi had nothing more to learn when he entered the ninja school, and he used his shadow clones to attend classes. He graduated in half a year, and his popularity was even higher than yours. In the end, he even became a disciple of me, the Hokage's assistant.
His journey has been too smooth. I am afraid that if he fails once one day, he will never be able to recover. It is a good experience to have a failure in the process of growth."
Dou felt something was wrong, but he also felt that what Nagase said made sense.
"Kabuto." Nagase put his hands on Kabuto's shoulders and looked at him seriously and said, "Just take it as my request. Do your best to defeat Itachi and let him taste the taste of failure."
Kabuto pondered for a moment, then said, "I will try my best, but Itachi is also very strong. I can't guarantee that I will win."
Yongze waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, just do your best."
"As a teacher, I will also help him in my own way. Next, I will teach you a breathing technique to burst out. Even water can be more than just a trickling stream, but also a huge wave that can drown everything."
Although Nagaze's words were full of flaws, why the teacher's help was to teach his enemies, but Kabuto was still very happy that Nagaze was willing to teach.
Next, Nagase also taught Dou for nearly three hours.
After teaching, Nagase gave a few more words of encouragement, and finally said: "By the way, don't tell Itachi about this, lest he thinks I'm biased towards you."
Dou nodded and agreed.
"It seems there is no problem." Dou looked at Nagase's departing back and felt that he might have been wrong this time.
"Never mind, let's just practice." Kabuto decided to concentrate on training, make good use of these seven days to practice, and then defeat Itachi in the exam.
Glancing at Dou from a distance, looking at the serious practicing figure, Yongze nodded secretly and disappeared.
There are not many teachers and brothers as responsible as him these days.