In the warehouse of Orochimaru base.

"Onions, potatoes, and frozen meat..."

Gui Deng Shui Yue looked at the ingredients in the warehouse and sighed in surprise: "Your prison food is not bad, and there is such a thing as meat."

"It's the meat of wild beasts in the forest."

Ranmaru, who often cooperates with Black Hoe Raiga in hunting in the wild, added, "If you buy it from Kirigakure Village, it will be worth a lot of money."

"Good eyesight."

Kabuto Yakushi, who had the slug on his back, praised him.

"The quality of the meat is very high, and it is exclusively for those experimental subjects with blood stains. Orochimaru-sama needs them to maintain sufficient physical strength to maintain growth."

Even though he has betrayed a lot of information about Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi still calls Orochimaru by his honorific title, which shows his inner respect for the latter.

"But, I still don't understand..."

Ranmaru asked in confusion: "Since Orochimaru wants to use them for experiments, why bother to cultivate them? Also, Orochimaru can obviously kidnap them directly, why bother to let Wanshe destroy their home first, and then

What if you are asked to abduct these children again?"

"What don't you understand? Looking at the corpses in the laboratory, I know that guy is a complete psychopath, and nothing he does is unusual."

Kito Suigetsu didn't care about the people imprisoned in the base as Ranmaru did, so he wasn't interested.

"If a giant bird flies too high, it will look very small in the eyes of chickens and ducks on the ground."

Pharmacist Kabuto adjusted his glasses with newly replaced lenses and said in a condescending and contemptuous tone, "People who lack wisdom cannot understand him, so they come to your conclusion."

"You're just a prisoner, don't be so proud."

Gui Deng Shui Yue looked sideways, his teeth grinding against each other and squeaking, "If the teacher hadn't specially ordered me, I would have peeled off your skull and played it as a ball for those crazy guys on the second floor."

"Useful people always have privileges."

Giyuu was not around, and even though there was a time bomb attached to his back, Yakushi Kabuto showed no fear and turned his attention to Ranmaru.

"Let me answer your second question first. Why did Orochimaru-sama let the snakes destroy these villages first, and then asked me to recruit children who have blood inheritance limits like you?"

Ranmaru looked like he was all ears.

"The purpose of destroying these villages and killing all the villagers is to plunge these children into despair and darkness. Some children survive and see everything they know disappear. They will either commit suicide on the spot, or they will stay there helplessly and slowly.

Waiting for death; while others will bravely walk out of the village in order to survive. This is the first level of screening. Those who have no desire to survive will also have no value here and can only be reduced to the second level.

Trash on the second floor.

"My task is to contact these children who have a desire to survive, and tell them that we will provide them with food and shelter, and guide them to use their own power. Of course, I also clearly told them that they need to be locked up at the beginning.

, then if they want more power, they have to take more risks, including the risk of death - usually by this time, most of them will take the initiative to follow me back."

Yakushi Kabuto paused, "Therefore, they are different from the real prisoners on the second level. In their hearts, they are 'guests' who actively participate and have the power to choose. No matter what Orochimaru-sama wants them to do in the future,

They will be more proactive and positive, because everything is their 'own choice'. Compared with simple prisoners, people with this illusion have more fighting spirit and will grow faster, and this is what we need

of."

"But one day, they will know that you sent that big snake to kill their family members."

Ranmaru said seriously.

"So what if we know? If we don't destroy these villages in advance, then when their abilities are exposed to everyone, they will be the ones who die. Will those villagers, or even their parents, let them go in order to protect themselves?

?Having had that experience, wouldn’t it be more cruel to them?”

Ranmaru thought about the people in the village trying to starve him to death, and lowered his head in silence.

Kabuto Yakushi said darkly: "Those who are quick-thinking will understand that Lord Orochimaru not only did not harm them, but helped them retain their happy childhood impressions, and also gave them the most precious power and opportunity, reversing the tragic death they should have suffered."

Doom. As for those who can't figure it out, they can only become more advanced consumables. After all, some experiments cannot be carried out until they have grown to a certain level..."

"So these people are living in deception from beginning to end?" Ranmaru murmured.

"Happy people are good at self-deception."

Yakushi Kabuto shook his head and said slowly: "Who really likes the truth?"

"At least the teacher never lies."

Kiden Suigetsu's words made Ranmaru's complexion slightly improve.

"It will happen sooner or later." Kabuto Yakushi's expression looked quite determined, "This is the fate of being a ninja."

"Whatever you say. People like you who like to play with these little tricks know nothing about teachers."

Ghost Deng Shuiyue didn't want to continue on this topic, so he walked slowly to the depths of the warehouse, opened the door to the inner room, and slipped in.

Kabuto Yakushi heard the noise and quickly followed him: "Please don't touch the things in that room. It's very dangerous for all of us."

Gui Deng Shui Yue clearly had no intention of obeying.

He held a fist-sized metal container with one hand and stuck out the door: "What is this?"

"Grenade.

"Yakushi Kabuto snatched the thing away with his hands. Before the attack of the ghost light and water, he said with a serious face: "This is a weapon improved by Lord Orochimaru. Its power is equivalent to five top-level detonating talismans. As long as this ring is used,

If you pull it out and throw it out, it will explode, even ordinary people who can't extract chakra can use it."

Some villages, such as the Grass Ninja Village, are particularly fond of this new gadget, and Orochimaru can make a lot of money from them every year.

"Oh my god!" Gui Deng Shui Yue shrank her neck and jumped out of the room.

Without it, there are dozens of identical objects on the shelves in the room. If they explode at the same time, they can destroy the entire base.

Yakushi Kabuto spared Ghost Light Suigetsu, put the grenades back on the shelf, and rearranged them neatly.

"What about the one with the word 'Zhen' written on it next to it?" Gui Deng Shui Yue pointed curiously.

"That's a shock bomb, which can make people lose their sense of direction and faint by making a huge sound." Yakushi Kabuto introduced.

If you want to catch test subjects without causing casualties or casualties, this thing is very useful.

"What about this?"

"Smoke bombs specifically targeted at opponents in closed spaces can make people unable to open their eyes."

"and this……"

Curious Baby Gui Deng Shui Yue had many questions, and Yaoshi Kabuto answered them one by one, fearing that this guy might touch something with his stupid hands.

"What is this last thing?" Gui Deng Shuiyue looked at the delicate white bottle.

Yakushi Kabuto was silent for a while, and suddenly said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, this is a weapon specially developed for the Sharingan after Orochimaru-sama met Shunshen Shisui last time..."

"So what's the use of it?" Gui Deng Shui Yue asked worriedly.

"It can emit a sound that makes people..." Before Yaoshi Kao finished speaking, a "beep-beep-beep" sound suddenly sounded in the base.

"Someone is here." Yaoshi Kabuto pushed Gui Deng Shuiyue out and locked the door, "Ringed the doorbell, it should be a guest."

"Could it be the guy with fire-like hair that the teacher mentioned?"

Kiden Suigetsu ran out happily, followed by Ranmaru and Yakushi Kabuto, all the way to the monitoring room.

On dozens of black and white screens, scenes from various "cells" and corners of the base are played, with floors and locations marked.

In the display screen named "Exit w1", there is a man wearing a cat mask and wearing a black body.

"This is... Kirigakure's pursuit force?"

The mask triggered memories of ghosts and lights.

"No, this is the root ninja of Konoha..."

When the word "root" was mentioned, Yakushi Kabuto wrinkled his nose for a moment and showed strong hostility, but he immediately calmed down and returned to normal.

"I must go out and see him."

"Do you think I'm going to let you reveal what's going on here?"

Gui Deng Shui Yue grinned and said, "Who knows what the relationship is between you two! I've never even heard of 'roots' or anything like that."

"The Roots is a secret service agency under the ANBU of Konoha. Your teacher is a member of the Uchiha. As soon as he arrived here, Konoha's secret agents followed him here. Do you think this is a coincidence?"

Yakushi Kabuto adjusted the middle part of his glasses, "Konoha's attitude towards Uchiha is very similar to the Fourth Mizukage's attitude towards the Oniden clan. Are you sure you don't want to know why he came?"

Sure enough, after listening to Yakushi Kabuto's words, Kiden Shuiyue was not as determined as before.

Seeing Ghost Deng Shuiyue hesitated, Yakushi Kabuto pressed a button at the bottom of the screen: "If you press this button, you will know what I said to him. Is that okay?"

Ghost Light Suigetsu and Ranmaru looked at each other and finally nodded, but the former did not forget to warn: "If you dare to do something strange, this slug will turn you into acid water in an instant!"

"Do not worry."

The pharmacist put on a wide white coat to cover his back and walked out without looking back, "I still cherish my life."

"I don't know who was seeking death and survival yesterday..."

After Gui Deng Shui Yue made a sarcastic comment, he stared closely at the figure on the screen.

A minute later, Kabuto Yakushi opened the secret door in the hidden cave and met the masked Root Ninja. This was one of the exits to the base.
To be continued...