Orochimaru's base was truly well-hidden. Without his guidance, Linton would never have found this place. Although it appeared to be an ordinary building on the surface, unexpectedly, there was a massive laboratory underground.
Of course, when Linton arrived, the system here had already alerted him to the presence of valuables, and there were more than one, which naturally excited Linton. Of course, Orochimaru beside him didn't realize this. He just thought Linton was very excited to see these experimental materials, which he could understand. After all... he was also a scientist, wasn't he? Linton also claimed to be a researcher, so it was easy to explain. He just didn't know that Linton was excited about the points.
Orochimaru continued to leisurely guide Linton through the tour, and naturally, he also talked about his current main research project, which was the First Hokage's cells.
Orochimaru wasn't so obsessed with the Sharingan yet. Although he cared about it, he didn't value it to the extent he would later. Linton also knew that the reason Orochimaru wanted Sasuke's body so much later was because of what happened after he defected and joined Akatsuki, encountering Itachi. At that time, after being easily defeated by Itachi, he realized how terrifying the Sharingan was as a cheat. Currently, he was more obsessed with the immortality technique, and these First Hokage cells were his main research project.
However, the current research progress was very slow, and almost all the test subjects had died. Previously, Orochimaru had captured more than 60 people for experiments, and now only 2 were still alive. But when he came back this time to check, Orochimaru found that these remaining two had also died.
Judging from the results, the previous experiments were a complete failure. Orochimaru was very disappointed, so this time he wanted Linton to take a look and see if this genius experimenter could offer any useful suggestions.
"The experiment is another matter. The main problem now is to relocate," Linton said. "This place is no longer safe."
"Relocate?" Orochimaru was clearly reluctant to move.
While Orochimaru was still considering Linton's words, Linton couldn't hold back anymore. He had roughly figured out where the things to be uploaded were according to the prompts and couldn't wait to start. But if he did it now, Orochimaru, who discovered the missing items, would directly turn against him. Although he wasn't afraid of Orochimaru, there were many things here to upload. If Orochimaru attacked, he would automatically start fighting, and he might not have time to upload them all one by one.
"If only there was someone to help stall Orochimaru," Linton was thinking when he suddenly heard a "bang." The door they had come through earlier was opened, and it was obviously forced open. A figure appeared at the doorway, and upon seeing this person, Orochimaru's expression changed slightly, showing a rare hint of fear.
"Orochimaru!" The person who appeared was the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom they had just met. He didn't bring anyone else with him but came alone. After all, Orochimaru was his disciple, and he still couldn't believe that his disciple had done these things. He also didn't want to bring a large force to capture him, wanting to come and see for himself first, hoping it was a misunderstanding. However, the scene before his eyes couldn't be described as a misunderstanding.
The corpses of some of the deceased test subjects hadn't been disposed of yet and were just lying there in front of the Third Hokage. Seeing this, the Third Hokage knew he had misplaced his trust in this disciple. He didn't expect him to actually cross that line.
"I didn't expect you to come so quickly, teacher," Orochimaru said, regaining his composure. Although it was a bit unexpected, to be honest, since he had done these things, he had considered the current situation.
"Do you know what you're doing, Orochimaru?" Hiruzen Sarutobi roared. "I didn't expect you to actually harm people from your own village."
"These sacrifices are necessary," Orochimaru said.
"Shut up!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted. "It's my responsibility, I didn't teach you well! But everything ends here. Now, I will personally capture you and make you face the punishment you deserve!"
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!" After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately formed hand seals and unleashed a complex dual-element ninjutsu. Orochimaru was also prepared and directly blocked the attack with an Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. The two sides began to fight.
Of course, seeing this situation, Linton was overjoyed. Was there anything more satisfying than this? It was truly whatever he wanted, he got. Orochimaru was obviously unable to pay attention to him now, so Linton quickly ran towards the direction the system had prompted earlier.
There was a warehouse-like place in the room next door, filled with bottles and jars, as well as some scrolls and the like. Linton didn't know what these were, but there were valuables that the system prompted could be uploaded, and there were more than one. So without hesitation, Linton directly started trying to see if he could upload them.
"System prompt: Successfully uploaded important analysis sample, obtained 20,000 points."
"System prompt: Successfully uploaded important analysis sample, obtained 10,000 points."
"System prompt: Successfully uploaded important analysis sample, obtained 50,000 points."
...
Linton uploaded a bunch of valuables at once. The most valuable among them should be the First Hokage's cells. Linton also discovered that some scrolls could be uploaded. He had no idea what was inside the scrolls, whether they recorded some ninjutsu or sealed something. Although he could probably find some new items in the point shop to figure out what he had uploaded, there was no time now. Getting points was the priority.
With a loud "bang," while Linton was frantically uploading things, the wall next to him suddenly exploded. Linton looked up and saw a person flying towards him. Activating his Sharingan for a closer look, he realized it was Orochimaru.
On the other side, another figure appeared beside the Third Hokage. Linton also took a look and found that it wasn't a person but a monkey. If he remembered correctly, this should be the ninja beast summoned by the Third Hokage's summoning jutsu, seemingly called Enma.
It seemed that only then did the two notice Linton's presence and both looked towards him as he was taking things.
"What are you doing?" Orochimaru glanced at the things in Linton's hands, which were all the materials he had collected, and asked with some suspicion.
"Um... that..." Linton didn't know how to explain. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Orochimaru, you hold on first, I'll go ahead."
"What?" Orochimaru was taken aback. What did he mean by 'you hold on first, I'll go ahead'?
"Uchiha Linton, you can't leave either!" Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately said. "There's a big problem with you. I now suspect you're a spy from another village. You must be thoroughly investigated."
The spy accusation was obviously nonsense. Danzo had just vouched for him, and Linton didn't believe Danzo would slap his own face so quickly. But judging from Hiruzen Sarutobi's attitude, he wouldn't let him leave either. He didn't know what they wanted to do with him after capturing him, but thinking negatively, they might even try to use him to exonerate his disciple, Orochimaru.
Naturally, Linton didn't want to be captured. Being dead was better than being caught. Thinking of this, Linton subconsciously glanced at the escape route beside him. However, at this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi made his move, directly throwing a shuriken at them.
"Detecting hostile target, activating automatic combat mode."
At this moment, Linton's body was suddenly taken over. This had happened many times to Linton, whenever an enemy threw a shuriken at him. However, this time was different. The moment Linton lost control, he immediately shouted, "Don't dodge with your body, the shuriken he throws will multiply!"
As expected, in the next second, Hiruzen Sarutobi formed hand seals: "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" In an instant, the originally single shuriken in the air rapidly increased, instantly turning into a large number of shurikens, flying towards Orochimaru and Linton like a torrential rain.
However, Linton's body reacted quickly. By this time, he had completed the hand seals and, almost simultaneously with Orochimaru beside him, pressed his hand on the ground: "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall."
Two earth walls rose one after the other, and the shurikens hit the walls, many of them piercing through the first wall but still being blocked by the second.
"Please continue to provide combat information, host." Battle Sister seemed to have noticed that the information Linton provided was very accurate and immediately spoke.
"Come on, let me help," Linton ignored Battle Sister and said directly to Orochimaru beside him. He was worried that Orochimaru would run away directly. Now he was being forced by the combat system to fight the enemy, and he couldn't run. He couldn't let Orochimaru go.
"Didn't you just say you were going first?" Orochimaru said with a smile.
"I was just distracting him," Linton said. "How could I leave you alone? I said I'd help you to the end, and look, I stayed."
With a loud "boom," before the two could say anything else, a figure crashed through the earth wall and charged up. Linton looked up and saw that the person rushing towards him was Enma. On the other side, Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to be preparing ninjutsu to deal with Orochimaru.
Linton didn't have time to think about Orochimaru. Enma was already swinging his staff at his face. Of course, Linton's body also started to move on its own, ducking to avoid Enma's first strike. However, Enma's staff changed direction in mid-air, hitting Linton's body directly and sending him flying.
"Alerting host, the opponent's speed is superior to ours," Battle Sister said immediately.
"No kidding!" Linton glanced at his hand while flying. It seemed his left hand was broken again, this time it was broken off. "Quick, tactical retreat, create distance!"
"Host, there is no option to flee."
"Why do you understand me so well at times like this!"
Linton wanted to retort, but Enma didn't give him a chance, pouncing on him again.
(End of Chapter)