This was the first time Kushina left the Land of Fire to perform a mission after going to Konoha. Nara Shikashin led their team to start with the simplest D-level mission, and only after completing all D-level missions, they moved on to C-level missions.

, I have only recently come into contact with B-level missions.

It can be said that this is definitely the most stable way to receive missions after becoming a ninja. People like Tsunade who get B-level missions are definitely an outlier among the outliers.

Therefore, in terms of the number of tasks alone, Kushina was ahead of Toneri by more than a dozen blocks.

This was her first time in the Kingdom of Rain, and it was inevitable that there would be some curiosity in her eyes as she looked around.

Not long after entering the Land of Rain, Konoha ninjas quickly took them to Konoha's base in the Hidden Rain Village.

The two bosses, Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru, were waiting for them.

"Sakumo, Orochimaru." Nara Shikashin greeted the two of them with a smile.

In terms of strength, both Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru are several blocks ahead of Nara Shikakushin, but in terms of status, the three of them are not much different. Maybe Hatake Sakumo, who also serves as the head of the ANBU, is a little bit different.

High level.

But they are all old acquaintances, so they don't need to worry about these details.

"Haha - you guys, Lu Xin, are finally here. It's a little slower than expected. Now, except for Kirigakure who is not sure whether they will send anyone here, everyone else in the Amegakure Village has already arrived." Hatake Sakumo

Said with a smile.

"Oh? Have Yunyin Village arrived too? It seems they are quite impatient."

The last time Kushina was robbed, the Kumogakure Village represented by Todai was in a very disadvantageous position. Although the alliance was finally signed, only Nara Shikakushin who attended the meeting knew how much concessions Kumogakure Village made.

"Since you are here this time, you must have done some research on the information about Cloud Hidden Village and some of the powerful people who participated in the Chunin Exams, so why don't I let you speak."

When it comes to bringing up genin, Hatake Sakumo believes that he is definitely not as good as Nara Shikakushin.

As for Orochimaru...

Forget it, he hasn't been seen moving since these genin arrived.

Nara Shikashin smiled helplessly, he knew that this was the result. Although it was troublesome, they were all from Konoha after all, the younger generation that Sarutobi Hiruzen valued.

"Some of you may have been to the Hidden Rain Village in the Kingdom of Rain, or you may not have been to it, but in any case, the Kingdom of Rain is completely different now.

People from the three hidden villages of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure have already arrived, as well as some hidden villages in small countries, such as Kusagakure, Takigakure, etc., including Amegakure itself.

Genin who are taking the Chunin Examination, so during this period, you should not leave the Konoha base in the Hidden Rain Village unless you have something special to do.

Even if you go out and meet ninjas from other hidden villages, try not to get into trouble. The chunin exams only start in three days, so I suggest you take advantage of these three days to work hard to adjust your condition."

He took a breath and continued:

"Let me talk about the rules of this Chunin Exam. It is divided into three rounds..."

After a lot of chatter, "The next step is to tell you some information about other hidden villages and the genin we know about them.

Of course, this information is not 100% accurate, you need to judge for yourself..."

All in all, he talked about a lot of things, but no one dared not listen. He probably brought out all the energy he had when he was in school.

This information can sometimes save lives in the future Chunin Exams.

After Shikashin finally finished speaking, and when the ninjas of Konoha arranged for everyone to rest, Orochimaru, who had been squinting his eyes without any expression, stood up and said, "Toneri, follow me."

After saying that, he walked out of the conference room, and Toneri followed Orochimaru obediently out of the conference room.

There was no communication along the way.

The two came to Orochimaru's laboratory here.

Compared to Konoha's laboratory, this place is much smaller.

But when Toneri walked into the laboratory, he was shocked by the scene inside.

A very huge thing that looked like vines or branches was tightly packed into a ball and placed in the middle of the laboratory.

"This...this is...this is..."

I slowly walked up to this group of vegetation, which was taller than others. I didn’t know what kind of vegetation it was.

There are only a few leaves hanging here and there, but this group of plants is growing quite vigorously. If you observe carefully, you can find that it is still growing at the ends of its branches, twisting and moving little by little.

It's very slow, and if you don't observe carefully, you may not even notice it.

Look towards the root of this vine-like thing.

Immediately afterwards, the pupils suddenly contracted.

It's a little white rabbit.

And...this rabbit...is alive!

"How's it going? This is Mu Dun."

Orochimaru walked up to Toneri, stuck out his tongue and whispered in Toneri's ear.

Feeling Orochimaru's voice, Toneri's body stiffened.

Sure enough, but no matter how many times he went through it, Toneri could never accept Orochimaru being so slimy.

"Wood Release? First Hokage-sama Senju Hashirama's Wood Release?"

Orochimaru smiled and nodded, even though he narrowed his eyes, he did not retract his tongue.

This kind of expression will only show when Orochimaru is extremely interested.

Sure enough, Danzo Shimura had already given Senju Hashirama's cells to Orochimaru. The only good thing was that Orochimaru had not yet started human experiments and was still in the animal stage.

This vine grew on the back of a little white rabbit, and its roots penetrated deeply into its body, absorbing its nutrients.

"To be precise, it is something grown out of the earth-type chakra and water-type chakra, which were blended together by the first-generation cells.

Can you imagine? Just one cell!

An original target cell with low activity actually grew such a large plant.

This is still a situation where the energy supply is insufficient. This vitality... the first generation can actually die...?"

"Teacher, if the cells of the First Hokage... are studied, they will be used by the Third Generation..."

Toneri looked at Orochimaru, whose eyes were filled with excitement and said.

Although saying this is a bit disappointing, I still have to mention it.

Orochimaru's expression did not change at all, "The old man won't tell you, where do you think... I got these things from?"

Hearing this, Shiren was stunned, "What do you mean?"

A slightly mocking smile gradually appeared on Orochimaru's face.

"Danzo, this old guy, does he think that if the cells of the first generation are touched, the old man won't be able to tell? It's just tacitly understood by everyone..."

"Sandaime-sama...have you acquiesced in this matter?"

"Don't take some things for granted. The first person to start studying the first-generation cells was none other than his own clan, the Senju Clan of the Forest.

Don't you think it's strange?

Among the huge Senju clan, only Senju Hashirama has awakened the Wood Release. Even though he is not inferior to him in terms of talent, even the second generation Senju Tobirama, who has a higher attainment in the art, is the same as his brother.

Unable to awaken Mudun.

The Senju clan began to study the cells of the first generation a long time ago, where do you think...Shimura Danzo got the cells of the first generation?"

Orochimaru licked his lips, and these words were expressed in his magnetic voice, which still felt more or less full of conspiracy.

"By the way, teacher, it is said that Konoha was once founded by two powerful families, namely the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, but why have I never seen anyone from the Senju clan in Konoha?

Even Sister Tsunade, she does not use the surname Senju."

Upon hearing Toneri's question, Orochimaru did not answer, but just gave him an expression of understanding.

He walked to the group of vines on his own, gently picked off a seemingly ordinary branch from it, and inserted it into the flower bed that had been prepared nearby.

A magical scene happened. After the newly picked branch was inserted into the soil, its roots quickly pulled out, and the original growth momentum not only did not stop, but became even more rapid.

But after growing for a long time, it quickly withered, slowly turned into a dead branch, and finally even turned into powder.

"Did you see it? After leaving the supply of chakra and leaving the origin, what followed was only a seemingly ferocious surge for a period of time, but in the end it turned into dust."

Immediately afterwards, Orochimaru injected a small amount of chakra into the rabbit on the ground.

I saw the little white rabbit who was originally at ease struggling wildly. In less than a second, wooden spikes from the inside out, like thorn balls, were skewered all over its body.

hole.

Shiren's eyes widened.

Isn't this the same situation as "Wood Release - Cutting Technique"?

"As long as the balance of the water-type and earth-type chakras in the body is slightly disturbed, the first-generation target cells will go berserk and kill people almost instantly.

Therefore, our next research direction is how to suppress the possibility of primary cells running wild and increase stability."

Orochimaru demonstrated this to Toneri just to make him more aware of their next research direction.

The cells of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama are not simple things, and any one of them may bring unexpected consequences.
To be continued...