Obito did not let Hiruko wait too long. On the night of the fourth day after Hiruko joined Akatsuki, a clone of White Zetsu found Hiruko and brought him to a dense forest.
If the forest during the day was cool and comfortable, then the forest at night was a bit scary. The dense leaves covered the moonlight, leaving the forest completely dark.
Fortunately, Hiruko was not an ordinary person. This darkness was nothing to him. He quickly found the masked man standing in the darkness.
"Madara-sama, I finally see you again. I have been looking forward to meeting you again. I have a lot of questions to ask you." Hiruko said first.
"Go ahead," Obito said indifferently.
"What is the relationship between you and Akatsuki? Are you the true leader of Akatsuki?" Hiruko asked.
After joining Akatsuki, Hiruko's predictions were basically useless.
Akatsuki was more mysterious than he had imagined. Through indirect means, Hiruko found out that Kakuzu and others had not joined Akatsuki for long. They were both newcomers like him him. Only the leader and girl were the initial members.
And Pain's "Sage of Six Paths' eyes" bothered Hiruko.
Hiruko was not stupid. He did not think that he was the only one in the whole world who knew about those eyes.
Therefore, he was very concerned about the identity of the masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha.
Even Hiruko could not help but suspect that this person was the real legendary Madara Uchiha.
After all, there were all sorts of Secret Techniques in this world. Maybe Madara Uchiha faked his death to deceive the first Hokage and then used the Secret Technique to stay alive until now.
"Is that very important?" Obito asked.
"If you don't want to answer, it is fine. I am just a little curious." Hiruko smiled and said.
Of course, he was very curious, but he definitely could not show it in front of the masked man.
"If I were to describe, we are partners. However, I'm the more dominant person in the organization, but I relinquish the leader seat to Pain back then." Obito explained.
As Madara Uchiha, Obito had to show Hiruko that he was the boss.
"So that's how it is. In that case, you're Akatsuki's secret leader!" Hiruko complimented with a smile.
"I don't mind if you interpret it that way." Obito nodded.
"Let's cut to the chase. What kind of Bloodline Limit do you want?"
Hiruko thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go with Dark Release and Storm Release first."
Dark Release was the combination of Wind and Fire Nature Types, while Storm Release was the combination of Lightning and Water Nature Types.
Hiruko didn't choose Dark Release and Storm Release randomly. He picked those after a thorough calculation.
The first reason for choosing Dark Release was that Hiruko's Nature Type was Wind, and since Dark Release was the combination of Wind and Fire Nature Types, it should be compatible with him.
On top of that, Dark Release allowed its user to absorb the opponent's Ninjutsu and manipulated it however they wanted. It was a Blood Limit that granted both offensive and defensive capabilities. Of course, its defense was better.
As the creator of Chimera Technique, Hiruko was confident that he would be invincible sooner or later.
Once he gathered five kinds of Bloodline Limits and then snatched the leader of Akatsuki's Rinnegan, he would be a true god.
However, this would take a lot of time. Therefore, Hiruko felt that the first Bloodline Limit that he'd fuse into himself had to be the one that protected him from danger. With that and with some other considerations, he decided on the Dark Release.
Like Dark Release, Hiruko decided on Storm Release through a careful calculation.
Every Konoha Jonin had at least mastered two Nature Types, and Hiruko was naturally no exception.
In addition to his innate Wind Nature Type, he had also practiced Lightning Nature Transformation, and since Storm Release was the combination of Water and Lightning Nature Type, it should be compatible with him.
On top of that, Storm Release possessed super high destructive power. Since he had already chosen the Bloodline Limit that focused on defense, the second one naturally had to be for offense.
"Dark and Storm Release? I understand." Obito nodded.
He didn't pay much attention to Bloodline Limit like those. He didn't know much about the Dark Release Technique, but he did know a bit about the Storm Release.
This was because he felt that those Bloodline Limits weren't much stronger than ordinary Nature Types. In the end, they were inferior to his Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release, the two Bloodline Limits of Sage of the Six Path's descendants.
However, with White Zetsu here, there was no need to worry about information.
"Wait for my news. When I get them, I will inform you." After Obito finished speaking, he immediately used Kamui to leave.
Looking at Obito who suddenly disappeared, Hiruko's eyes were somewhat envious.
He was envious of those geniuses, who could obtain everything they wanted through training. They could bask in everyone's praises all the time.
On the other hand, he was nothing but one of the insignificant passerby in the crowd that praised those geniuses.
Despite his rigorous training, he never came close to Orochimaru and other Sannin.
"However, everything will soon change." Hiruko muttered to himself.
When he became the strongest Shinobi in the world and ruled the entire world, everyone's eyes would be focused on him. Orochimaru and the others would be nothing but some extras.
Therefore, there was no need for companions at all. He could reach the peak by himself.
At this time, Orochimaru, who was studying Uchiha's cells, felt a chill. He looked around vigilantly, but found nothing unusual.
"Is it because I have been spending too much time on research recently? Am I a little tired?" Orochimaru frowned.
However, after careful observation and confirming that there were no abnormalities, Orochimaru once again focused on his research.
Because he had gotten some inspiration from Nagasawa before, the focus of Orochimaru's research had changed.
Previously, he was too focused on implanting three-tomoe Sharingan on the experimental subject, and then stimulated the experimental subject so that Sharingan could evolve.
Now, Orochimaru wanted to use the cells of the Uchiha to create an artificial human, and then used a Secret Technique to insert the soul he had prepared in advance into it, so that he could obtain an experimental subject with the blood of Uchiha Clan.
He had already started to cultivate embryos. In a few months, the first batch of experimental subjects would be available.
However, Orochimaru had not yet started to cultivate his perfect body.
In Orochimaru's vision, this perfect body would have to wait until he deemed his research was complete.
He certainly looked forward to a vessel with the First Hokage's body and Madara Uchiha's eyes.