"You are always so cold and rational, you really don't sound like a child over ten years old. You are really not cute. Compared to you, Anko-chan is much cuter." Orochimaru covered his forehead with his hands and expressed with a look as if he was very troubled.
"I also want to be cute, but I want to live even more than that." Asahi said casually while treating the 'experimental material'.
"This is what I appreciate most about you. You are very self-aware and can accurately recognize reality." Orochimaru said with a smile, his tone and eyes full of appreciation. However, Asahi could clearly feel that there was a trace of murderous intent in Orochimaru's tone.
Asahi didn't know where Orochimaru's sudden murderous intention came from, it might just be a threat, or it might be that he was aware of some of his own small actions.
Turning towards Orochimaru, his face turned into a calm smile, and he said respectfully, "The most important thing for a person is to recognize the reality clearly. Only by understanding where you are, can you correct your attitude."
"How are your research results?" Orochimaru did not continue the topic, but suddenly asked about the research results.
When he went to Orochimaru's laboratory for the first time, Asahi proposed the idea of using toxins to suppress the Hashirama Cells. Afterwards, Orochimaru did indeed kept the suggestion in mind. During the negotiation with Sunagakure, he got Sunagakure's information in making poisons.
Although Sunagakure would not take out the bottom of the box, some poisons that had been cracked by Konoha could be handed over to Konoha generously, which also showed the sincerity of Sunagakure's 'peace talks'.
It's just that over the past year, Asahi had been busy practicing and rarely took time to study poisons, so there has been no progress in this regard.
'It seems that Orochimaru is aware of this, so is he warning me?' Asahi thought secretly in his heart.
"There is no progress yet." Asahi said, "The vitality contained in the Hashirama Cells is too powerful, and ordinary toxins have no effect at all. Although powerful toxins can suppress the Hashirama Cells, they have a strong effect on the human body. It's regrettable but I haven't found a way to solve this problem yet."
"You have to work harder during this period. There are so many wounded people in the medical camp. It just so happens that you can test the effect of poison on them." Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice indifferently.
'Damn it, I knew Orochimaru had no good intentions.'
"I understand, Orochimaru-sama." Under the eaves, Asahi could only temporarily agree to Orochimaru's request.
"There's nothing more to do here, you go back first." Orochimaru said.
"Yes."
Coming out of Orochimaru's laboratory, Asahi found that his back was covered in cold sweat. Asahi could feel that Orochimaru was not satisfied with the fact that he had not produced any research results for more than a year. If he continued, it would be difficult to get benefits from Orochimaru.
And now was not the time to have a fall out with Orochimaru. With Asahi's current strength, once he falls out with Orochimaru, the only outcome for him would be death.
But asking Asahi to use the wounded in the medical camp as test subjects, he would never be able to do it. Although he had been Orochimaru's accomplice for more than a year, Asahi still had a deep resistance to human experiments. However, it was Orochimaru who conducted the experiments, and Asahi could not stop it at all, so he just quietly did his part.
'It seems that I can only find solution from other places.'
Returning to the medical team camp with a lot of worries, Asahi walked to the tent where the medicines were stored to see if he could find any new ideas.
"Captain, you are back from your training so early today." The medical ninja guarding the warehouse said enthusiastically.
"Yes, due to the battle against Sunagakure in recent days, I have to reserve some of my energy to treat the wounded more efficiently." Asahi said, "Show me the list of medicines."
"Yes, please wait a moment sir!" The medical ninja said.
Holding the list of medicines, Asahi recalled the materials and functions required for each medicine. At the same time, combined with Sunagakure's poison formula, he thought about how to prepare medicines so that they could be used without harming the human body and could also suppress the Hashirama Cells.
"Captain, what are you looking at?" The medical ninja asked curiously when he saw Asahi staring blankly at the medicine list.
"It's nothing." Asahi handed the medicine list to the medical ninja, and then said: "It's nothing, I just took a look at the list."
"I see."
After leaving the medicine warehouse, Asahi felt that his head was in chaos. Orochimaru's attitude today made Asahi feel a sense of urgency. At the same time, Asahi also realized that Orochimaru seemed to be making some new moves.
Thinking of this, Asahi immediately thought of the Wood-style ninja Yamato in the original work.
Yamato was the product of Orochimaru's Hashirama Cells research, but Yamato's Wood-style does not have the power of the First Hokage's Wood-style at all. Yamato's Wood-style was just about manipulating wood, while the First Hokage's Wood-style made the wood full of vitality. The difference between the two was simply clouds and mud.
If Orochimaru was going to do experiments on transplanting Hashirama Cells, then Orochimaru's attitude today seemed logical.
Orochimaru just wanted to put some pressure on Asahi to produce research results as soon as possible, so that Orochimaru's experiment would go more smoothly.
Similarly, Asahi was also looking forward to Orochimaru's research results, so he could transplant himself with Hashirama Cells. In order to make this plan go more smoothly, Asahi must also help Orochimaru to make his experiment go more smoothly.
'What to do?'
In terms of successful transplantation of the Hashirama Cells in the original work, except for Yamato, the remaining three, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Obito, and Shimura Danzo, relied on the suppression of the Sharingan to suppress the power of the Hashirama Cells.
It was obviously very difficult to develop a drug that could suppress the Hashirama Cells. Even with the strength and resources possessed by Orochimaru and Danzo, neither of them had been able to do such a thing.
Asahi under Tsunade, had only been learning about potion preparation for more than a year. With Asahi's current knowledge, there was no way for him to do such a thing at all.
'Maybe Tsunade could do it.'
'But how to get her to do it?'
Talking directly to Tsunade would definitely not work. If Tsunade knew that Asahi and Orochimaru were studying the Hashirama Cells, Tsunade would probably kill Asahi directly and completely break off her ties with Orochimaru.
And Asahi didn't want to use Tsunade to do such a thing from the bottom of his heart.
'It seems that I can only take one step at a time.'
After returning to his tent, Asahi lay on the bed, constantly thinking about his next action.
In a short period of time, if he wanted to gain the power to fight against Orochimaru, he must learn the [Flying Thunder God]. For that, Asahi must achieve a feat that is enough to alarm the Third Hokage in this war.
Thinking of this, Asahi suddenly sat up from the bed, and a plan that had been abandoned came to his mind again.
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