The time on the road was pretty uneventful. They kept the distance and were pretty afraid of him so they didn't speak much. He didn't talk either. He was concentrating on the next part of his plan.
He planned to openly tell Orochimaru about his illness. But he will also tell Orochimaru that he has a way to cure it. And that he needs some research materials from Konoha.
So he will suggest Orochimaru to send him to Konoha as a spy there instead of Kabuto. As well as him going there in an attempt to cure himself. It was tricky, as he can't mention much and can't tell anything about the Otsutsuki clan. But, If worse come to worst, he will suggest Orochimaru that he can steal a new vessel from Konoha for him. He wasn't sure how much Orochimaru knew about Sharingan at this moment. But he will try to explain to him more about Uchiha. And he will offer Orochimaru a fresh new Uchiha body delivered on a silver platter.
His musings stopped once they arrived at the gate of their base in Otogakure. Kabuto welcomed him and said: "Hi there Kimimaro, the mission was successful, no problems I presume?"
I replied: "Mission was successful no problems there, but I came across a different problem, so I'll be going to talk to the Orochimaru now."
He looked surprised and said: "Go, Lord Orochimaru is waiting for you, I'll be there too once I accommodate our guests".
He entered the manor and then the Orochimaru's room. It was pretty dark and gloomy room with all kinds of research materials thrown around everywhere.
Orochimaru looked very happy and said: "Welcome back, my most treasured disciple", and laughed.
I laughed too a little bit, but then my laughter turned bitter. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Lord Orochimaru... "
He looked surprised: "What happened, I thought your mission was successful?"
"It was successful of course, but there's another problem" I replied.
He looked skeptic: "What problem?"
"I acquired one really bad illness after my fight with the patriarch of the Fuma clan. I cough a lot of blood often, my chest hurts a lot, and all my muscles hurt too. I can barely walk right now, to be honest." I replied weakly.
Then he looked really worried: "Wait, I will go and call Kabuto immediately, I'm sure he can cure you!"
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I was waiting in the lab as Kabuto and Orochimaru were having a conversation outside. Orochimaru looked really angry. Soon they came in and an awkward silence started.
"I know that this is an incurable disease," I said, they looked surprised.
I continued: "I realized something was wrong with my body and genes as soon as I started doing basic DNK research back then, but I didn't connect anything until now."
"But don't worry Lord Orochimaru, I'm fairly certain that I can cure this disease. But I need some people to experiment on. Hyuuga people to be exact. I'm fairly certain that they're the key to my illness. I have a strong feeling about that.
I need you to trust me on this one and send me to Konoha as a spy there instead of Kabuto. I overheard a lot of things you two talked about before. I also realized that you two wanted me to become your first vessel.
But wouldn't that be a waste? Maybe you still didn't realize this now, but I know that the perfect vessel for you and the strongest Kekkai Genkai of them all is definitely Sharingan of the Uchiha!"
"I know that that I'm pretty much useless to you right know, so instead of killing me. Allow me to go to Konoha as your spy and I promise that I will get you a perfect Uchiha vessel instead. Take your time to think about this, and I'm sure that you'll realize that Uchiha's are the perfect vessels for you".
Both Kabuto and Orochimaru looked extremely shocked. Orochimaru was even angry a little bit, that was probably because I realized his plan to have me as his vessel.