Chapter 93 Hashirama Cells and Uchiha
After hearing what Uchiha Feiyu said, Orochimaru's expression changed slightly, and he spoke in a low and hoarse voice:
"How do you know such a thing?! Did Danzo tell you?"

The research on Hashirama's cells and Wood Release is a taboo topic in Konoha. Except for a few senior officials, almost no one else knows anything about it.

After all, the so-called Hashirama cells were left behind by the founder of Konoha, the first Hokage. Studying the corpses of ancestors was obviously not a good name.

Not only that, the number of ninjas and test subjects who died in the Wood Release experiment definitely exceeded three digits, which caused a huge disturbance in Konoha and made the research on Hashirama's cells top secret.

Even now, in the entire Konoha, apart from the experimental subjects and researchers, it is estimated that only Danzo and the Third Hokage know that the research on Hashirama's cells has not been interrupted.

Orochimaru knew his teacher, the Third Hokage, very well. Even if he knew about the research on Hashirama's cells, he would definitely pretend not to know, and it was impossible for him to leak it out. The only person who could leak the secret was Danzo.

"It doesn't matter how I know this. What matters is that the teacher should have Hashirama's cells, right? As long as you give me a copy of Hashirama's cells, I'm willing to complete this mission!"

After Uchiha Feiyu finished speaking, Orochimaru's expression changed. After a moment, he smiled slightly and nodded:

"Okay, as long as you are willing to complete this task, I will provide you with Hashirama cells!"

As soon as these words came out, Uchiha Feiyu was slightly stunned. As the saying goes, ask for a sky-high price and pay back the low. When Uchiha Feiyu first made this request, he did not expect that it would be so easy to get Hashirama's cells.

"Could it be that my cheap teacher attaches great importance to this action? That's right, now the only person who can compete with my cheap teacher for the position of Hokage is Minato Namikaze."

"In the previous battle with the Kumo Ninja, Konoha was completely wiped out. Commander Namikaze Minato was naturally to blame. Under such circumstances, the possibility of Orochimaru taking over naturally increased."

Although Minato Namikaze's failure was actually more due to the fact that the Cloud Ninjas were too powerful, any other Kage-level ninja from Konoha would definitely not end up well if he were to serve as the commander.

But no matter what, failure is failure. After experiencing such a defeat, the prestige of this Golden Flash naturally dropped significantly.

Apart from the Golden Flash, the only people who can compete with Orochimaru for the position of Hokage are Tsunade and Jiraiya. However, these two people don't care about the position of Hokage at all, and even try to avoid it.

It can be said that as long as Orochimaru wins this war, then if nothing unexpected happens, the position of Hokage will be in his pocket. It is no wonder that Orochimaru has invested so much money.

...No, he regarded Hashirama's cells as a bloody investment, but in fact, this thing can multiply. To Orochimaru, Hashirama's cells are just a big secret. Giving away some of them is not a loss at all for him.

Orochimaru didn't want Hashirama's cells to leak out, more because of confidentiality factors, rather than because he thought these materials were precious.

It may be because of these two points that Uchiha Feiyu was able to obtain Hashirama's cells so easily.

"If that's the case, then it's a deal. Give me the mission information!"

In fact, after training the Kusanagi sword into a Sha-breaking Sword, Uchiha Feiyu was no longer averse to this task. Now, not only could he obtain two ninjutsu, but he could even obtain good things like Hashirama's cells. Naturally, Uchiha Feiyu agreed without hesitation.

Orochimaru was decisive and did not even wait for Uchiha Feiyu to go out on the mission. He directly sent the mission reward to him. It included not only his two original ninjutsu, but also a small tube of Hashirama's cells.

However, when handing over the Hashirama cells, Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Tobiha and said quietly, "I have been researching Hashirama cells for quite some time, but so far, there is no way to integrate Hashirama cells into the human body without any side effects. I don't even have a successful Wood Release test subject."

"During my research on Hashirama's cells, I discovered a feature. Hashirama's cells represent the ultimate Yang-style chakra. If they were neutralized by Yin-style chakra that had also reached the ultimate, it might be able to offset their terrible backlash."

Having said that, Orochimaru stopped talking and just stared at Uchiha Feiyu with interest.

Uchiha Feiyu picked up Hashirama's cells and chuckled:
"There is an underground secret room in the Minamigagawa Shrine where the Uchiha clan often holds meetings. There is a stone tablet in the secret room that records some secrets about the Sharingan..."

"There is a saying among them, that is, if two mutually repelling forces are combined into one, everything in the universe can be obtained!"

Seeing that his cheap apprentice wanted Hashirama's cells, Orochimaru obviously guessed something, so he asked to test him. Uchiha Feiyu simply told him the answer directly.

"When two mutually repelling forces are combined into one, the myriad things can be obtained..."

Orochimaru chewed on this sentence several times, and a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face:

"It turns out that my guess was right. To control the power of Hashirama's cells, what is needed is not powerful Yang-style chakra, but extreme Yin-style chakra."

"So when the Senju clan's ninjas were conducting experiments on Hashirama's cells, almost all of them turned into big trees because their cells went berserk. This is because the Senju clan was only proficient in Yang escape and not Yin escape!"

"It seems that if we want to conduct the Wood Release experiment, the best test subjects are the Uchiha clan!"

However, when it comes to this, Orochimaru also shook his head. The strength of the Uchiha clan is not weak, and they have formed a system of their own in Konoha. Even if he becomes Hokage, it will probably be difficult for him to get an Uchiha experimental subject.

Konoha, which had not experienced the Nine-Tails Rebellion, was only somewhat cold towards the Uchiha clan, but had not yet reached the point of being wary and cautious and treating them as imaginary enemies.

In this situation, Orochimaru didn't want to offend the Uchiha clan.

As Orochimaru thought about it, he looked at Uchiha Feiyu, but Uchiha Feiyu seemed to have seen through his cheap teacher's thoughts a long time ago, and when he saw his gaze, he shook his head directly:

"Don't look for me. I have my own way to digest Hashirama's cells. I don't want to be your experimental subject, teacher!"

"That's such a pity..."

There was visible regret on Orochimaru's face, which made Uchiha Feiyu frown. His cheap teacher's research level was indeed good, but unfortunately his moral level was inversely proportional to his research level.

If Uchiha Feiyu really dared to ask Orochimaru to transform Hashirama's cells on him, God knows what this mad scientist would do.

(End of this chapter)