Chapter 365 - 363 Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed

Uzumaki Chigusa would not send the children of her clan to Konoha for the sake of the so-called friendship between Konoha and Land of Whirlpools. In the past, she might have considered it, but now, she wouldn't even think about it.

"I understand, Chief Chigusa. I apologize for troubling you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, his disappointment evident as he spoke. He had known the outcome before coming, yet he still held a sliver of hope when he arrived in the Land of Waves.

"Third Hokage, don't say I'm heartless. I'll give you a chance. You can go and persuade the clan members to see if they are willing to let their children become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for Konoha."

Uzumaki Chigusa stood up, drained her cocktail in one go, and set the glass down with a thud.

Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi followed Uzumaki Chigusa to persuade the people of the Uzumaki Clan.

Some reacted with extreme intensity; some refused very directly; some refused politely... An hour later... Bang—!

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the heavily closed door and sighed.

"Third Hokage, I told you, no one would willingly let their child become a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki."

Uzumaki Chigusa tried her best not to look too gleeful. Whether a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki was an ominous existence or not, putting that aside, no normal parent would want a monster sealed inside their child.

After facing repeated rejections, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to admit that Uzumaki Chigusa's words were correct. Moreover, the survivors of the Uzumaki Clan no longer had any ties to Konoha.

"Chief Chigusa, thank you very much. I will take my leave now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took two steps back, turned, and departed.

"Chief, what was the Hokage of Konoha doing here?"

Uzumaki Nano's figure appeared beside Uzumaki Chigusa.

"He was merely searching for someone to succeed Lady Mito as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

"What?! So it was for something like that! Do they really have to make someone from our Uzumaki Clan a Jinchuriki? Can't they use people from their own Village?"

Uzumaki Nano frowned, a hint of displeasure in her tone.

"Little Naino, I have something I need you to do."

Uzumaki Chigusa placed her hand on Uzumaki Nano's shoulder. She didn't want the news of Konoha searching for a new Tailed Beast Jinchuriki to be known by other Ninja Villages. She still needed to inform the clan members not to speak carelessly.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha, the Konoha Higher-Ups began secretly searching for children suitable to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Several children suitable for becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were selected, including children from the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan. For the sake of Konoha, they couldn't ask other Ninja Clans to provide children, so they could only target their own families.

In the brightly lit Laboratory, the temperature plummeted, and a chilling white cold air permeated the room. The walls and surrounding equipment were visibly covered in a layer of white frost.

"Lord Orochimaru, you succeeded!"

Imu watched the changes in the room excitedly, shivering from the cold.

"Yes…"

Orochimaru reached out and touched the white snake that had split from the base of her white snake tail. She had transplanted Ice Release cells, extracted from the cells of Hishiro, an Ice Release Ninja of the Yuki Clan, into the white snake that had split from her white snake tail, giving this white snake the ability to use Ice Release.

The transplantation of Ice Release cells into the white snake that split from the white snake tail would not affect her own body. She didn't want to turn herself into a chimera like Yakushi Kabuto in the original story.

When she used the Eight-Headed Serpent Technique, each snake tail represented one head of the Eight-Headed Serpent, which meant that when she transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent, she would be able to control the Ice Release snake heads to unleash even more powerful Ice Release Ninjutsu.

"The cell fusion was very successful."

The veins beside Hyuga Mio's eyes gradually receded, and the air she exhaled turned into white mist.

"Then, we can proceed with the transplantation of Shikotsumyaku cells."

Orochimaru felt no discomfort and believed she could continue with the transplantation of the next Bloodline Limit cells.

The white snake tail twisted, and a white snake split from its base. The Ice Release snake head hissed, and the temperature in the room rose, melting the ice and snow without leaving a single drop of water.

"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."

Imu immediately went to prepare everything needed for the cell transplantation surgery.

Hyuga Mio waited for Imu to leave, then said worriedly, "Orochimaru, is it too risky to proceed with the transplantation now? Wouldn't it be better to observe for a while before performing the transplantation surgery?"

She was concerned that continuous transplantation of Bloodline Limit cells would affect Orochimaru herself.

"Mio, if anything unexpected happens, we can just cut it off."

Orochimaru knew exactly what Hyuga Mio was worried about. She used her hand as a blade, waving it at the white snake tail. It didn't take much time for the white snake tail to regenerate.

"Cut… cut it off?"

Hyuga Mio was stunned, looking at the white snake tail behind Orochimaru and the two white snakes that had split from it.

"You didn't think that a snake tail in Sage Mode couldn't regenerate if it was cut off, did you?"

Orochimaru walked to Hyuga Mio's side, and the white snake tail wrapped around her waist.

"Mm…"

Hyuga Mio nodded, blushing, her eyes somewhat evasive, worried that Orochimaru would see what she was thinking.

"It would also be interesting to see what kind of rejection reactions occur if we obtain cells from different Bloodline Limit Ninja this way."

Orochimaru was very eager for rejection reactions to occur, as this would yield very interesting data.

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