Chapter 184
Orochimaru Also Wants a Contract - The Fourth Rashomon
Chapter 184 Orochimaru also wants to make a contract with the fourth Rashomon gate.
This thing can be used to knock out four pills at once, and with its incredible effects, it's practically four chances to save your life in a crisis.
"Okay, take it. I don't really need it."
Gen Uchiha pushed the medicine box back into Mikoto's hands.
"Remember, this thing is rare and is for your survival. Don't reveal it to anyone for now, and don't share it with others privately."
Mikoto silently put the medicine box back and nodded heavily to Uchiha Gen.
After saying goodbye to Mikoto, Gen Uchiha traveled through the camp and found Orochimaru.
At this moment, Orochimaru was gesturing with a famous map, explaining the mission to several Konoha ninja.
"Remember, your mission is secondary: gathering intelligence. The real requirement is to stir up trouble and disrupt the Cloud Village's judgment on our reconnaissance focus and troop concentration points. That is the core of your mission."
Once it's done, Root intelligence personnel will meet you and provide other relevant information. At that point, you, the Black Scythe Jonin, will have to decide how to proceed on your own.
The middle-aged Jonin leading the squad nodded steadily at Orochimaru.
"Understood, Lord Orochimaru."
After accepting the mission, the Jonin Kurosaki greeted Uchiha Gen with his squad members and then set off to carry it out without stopping.
"What's up?"
Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Gen, who had entered the tent and was listening in, still holding the map he hadn't had time to put down, and asked.
"Good thing."
Gen Uchiha smiled slightly at Orochimaru and took out a medicine box.
The latter took the medicine box, glanced at Uchiha Gen, and then opened the small box.
Inside were two bottles. Opening one revealed five round, white-red pills.
"Another new soldier ration pill?"
Orochimaru picked up one of the soldier's rations and sniffed it.
He had also tried the replica of the premium soldier pills that Uchiha Gen had previously made, and he thought it was very good.
Although it is less potent than the Nara clan's military ration pills and has more side effects, it still has some ability to heal injuries.
This is unique among all the ninja rations. Based on this alone, the value of his rations is no less than that of the Nara clan's rations.
This is already a top-quality soldier pill in the ninja world.
Orochimaru could only attribute this to Gen Uchiha's talent in medical ninjutsu, and his extraordinary talent in pharmacology, which he developed over time, was able to invent a completely new formula for soldier pills.
Using medicinal properties to stimulate the body's chakra to activate Yang Release and enhance self-healing abilities is an incredibly ingenious idea in the eyes of anyone. It is completely different from the mainstream soldier pill formulas in the ninja world and is almost an epoch-making creation.
The fact that Uchiha Genji is now taking out these soldier ration pills can only mean one thing: he believes that these soldier ration pills are a breakthrough compared to the previous ones.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru was a little surprised, but more than that, he was looking forward to it.
His disciples, like him, are one in a million, a super genius that only appears once every few years. In Orochimaru's view, Uchiha Gen's talent is even a level above his own back then.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei, you can take a few of them to Rashomon Canyon to experiment with, but it's best not to take more than four at a time."
What does it mean to take more than four pills consecutively?
What do you mean by "you can go to Rashomon Canyon to experiment"?
Uchiha Gen believed that this soldier's ration pill could help him form the fourth Rashomon gate.
So, can we assume that—
"You've already created your fourth Rashomon-like situation using this soldier's ration pill contract?"
Orochimaru's snake-like eyes scrutinized Uchiha Gen and asked.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei, so I think you can too."
Orochimaru's near-perfect snake body modification and Orochimaru-style substitution technique are enough to weaken the impact of the shockwave by several percent, while the Yang Release healing ability of the four pills is enough to enhance his endurance and suppress the erosion of Yin Release chakra from the outside world.
The only difficulty is that Orochimaru doesn't have the Sharingan, and the Soldier's Pill doesn't have the effect of purifying negative statuses, so Orochimaru has to bear the mental interference from Yin Release chakra on his own.
However, Uchiha Gen still had enough confidence in his teacher regarding this point.
Every orthodox Kage-level powerhouse like Orochimaru, who rose from weakness to strength and emerged from the bloody battlefields of war, possesses a mental fortitude and will that matches their power, unlike those who take shortcuts.
At least for now, Orochimaru hasn't gone down the path of darkness, and his soul hasn't been weakened by the Reanimation Jutsu. He's fully capable of withstanding these interferences.
Just like Uchiha Gen before him, Orochimaru used his fingernail to scrape off a small piece of the soldier's ration pill and put it in his mouth. After a short while, his somewhat pale face suddenly turned rosy, and his eyes shone with an inexplicable light.
The effects of this medicine are amazing!
Even though he had anticipated it, Orochimaru was still shocked.
"No wonder you wanted those medicinal herbs. It seems you already had a plan for the properties and formula of this new type of military ration pill, but you couldn't put it into practice because the materials were too precious."
The surprise you mentioned earlier, I suppose, refers to these soldier ration pills and the fourth Rashomon-like structure.
Orochimaru solemnly put away the medicine box and looked at Uchiha Gen, asking a question.
"Um.
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Gen Uchiha nodded naturally.
Although the real change came from Xiang's vortex body, and these things were merely derived from it, they did indeed significantly increase the margin for error on the battlefield and enhance overall strength.
This would be of great help not only to him, but also to Orochimaru.
"I'll give it a try. It'll give me two more trump cards before the final battle in three days. With these two cards, you should be able to protect yourself even when facing the Third Raikage."
"The operation will be launched in three days?"
"Yes, I will go to Rashomon Canyon tonight to try it out. If I get injured, you will still be in charge of the daily affairs of the camp from tonight onwards. Don't worry about the net closing. Senior Nara Shikahira has been my deputy before and knows the whole process of the strategic arrangement. If he needs your help, he will notify you."
"Okay, I understand."
Gen Uchiha nodded to Orochimaru.
He had handled similar matters for Orochimaru before.
Orochimaru was an irreplaceable figure in the entire camp. Nara Shikahei had seniority, but his strength was a level below. Uchiha Gen was strong enough, but he was a rising star and lacked the time to accumulate seniority and prestige. Only the two of them working together could keep people in check and make things go smoothly.