The Days of Being the Richest Man in the Ninja World-Chapter 386 - 32. Picking Up a Delivery?

[V2] - 32. Picking Up a Delivery?

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Traveling to a parallel world?

That's just wishful thinking!

Forget about traveling—he hadn't even seen a so-called parallel world before. Not to mention that even space-time ninjutsu probably couldn't pull it off!

Orochimaru casually muttered a few perfunctory words before hanging up the phone. After all, it was just a trick to get funding—why bother with the details?

Ever since his Impure World Reincarnation processing plant was established, the organization's funds had been more than sufficient, allowing him to continue his research.

He hadn't forgotten his long-held dream: to uncover the secrets of the ninja world and to achieve immortality!

However—

Even now, he still hadn't found a perfect method for true immortality!

As expected, achieving real immortality wasn't going to be so easy. Of course, while the pace of his research had slowed somewhat recently, that didn't mean there were no results.

For example—

The cells of Senju Hashirama and the bloodline of the Uchiha clan.

"Truly amazing!" Orochimaru looked at his experimental data and licked his lips with a grin. "It seems there's definitely some secret hidden within the Senju and Uchiha clans. Maybe... even within the Hyuga clan and the Uzumaki clan?"

What a pity.

Obtaining the Hyuga clan's bloodline was relatively simple. But the Uzumaki clan... there were barely any of them left. Only a few were publicly known across the ninja world.

If he went about it recklessly... his entire processing plant might get exposed.

That Uchiha Yuto was not someone to mess with!

Orochimaru paused in thought, then gave a helpless smile and shook his head. "It looks like I'll still have to approach this from a different angle."

He wondered—

Would the First Hokage be happy if he saw his wife again?

What a shame.

Recently, that Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama seemed to have quieted down. Otherwise, he might've been able to obtain some more interesting results.

Then again, they were both legendary figures from the Warring States Era. How could they still act so childish? Their earlier outbursts were probably just a way of venting their lingering resentment~

Although it was a bit of a pity, Orochimaru didn't really mind. After all, those were just unexpected bonuses.

To be honest, compared to those two, he still felt more at ease with the First Hokage~

For now, maintaining his partnership with Shimura Danzo and using the profits to continue his research was enough. He believed that one day, he would unravel the secrets of the ninja world himself.

That said—

Lately, something seemed to be happening in Konoha?!

According to the information he'd received, ninja movements there had become extremely frequent. Although their supposed target was that so-called pyramid scheme leader—Otsutsuki Urashiki—as a former Konoha ninja, Orochimaru refused to believe that a mere scammer would prompt such a large-scale mobilization.

There had to be something more hidden behind it.

But it appeared to be classified to a high degree. Even his own intelligence network hadn't figured out the reason yet.

"It can't be because of my processing plant, right~" Orochimaru laughed at himself and shook his head. "It looks like I'll need to be a bit more careful for a while. Otherwise, if those guys really find out about it, I probably won't be able to survive in the ninja world anymore~"

He understood his factory all too well. Even though he had the improved Impure World Reincarnation: [Employee Version 007] to keep things under control and prevent problems, he still had to be cautious.

If any of those forcibly resurrected workers got the chance, they—and the villages behind them—would definitely rip him apart!

Orochimaru chuckled and shook his head, then continued with his experiments!

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These days have really been peaceful!

Senju Hashirama sighed with emotion as he looked at his younger brother and close friend, who were no longer bickering and noisy like before, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Things had finally quieted down.

Maybe they had come to understand as well. Everyone's already dead, so why keep fighting like that?

Wouldn't it be better to just play games together, watch movies, and top up 648 in games?

He'd been so worried about those two lately that he didn't even have the heart to play games, and as a result, his ranking had been dropping. Thankfully, last month, a friend he met online introduced him to a teammate—[A Player From an Alternate Ninja World]—whose skills were very impressive, almost on par with theirs. The only problem was his bad temper—once the game started, he'd start to swear.

For example, just a few days ago, the moon finally got internet access!

When he found out that people were actually living on the moon, he was shocked. After all, back when he was alive, he'd never heard of such a thing.

Of course... Madara was also extremely surprised, constantly mumbling things like, [There are people on the moon? People... on the moon? What about my plan then?] Though he said it under his breath, Hashirama still heard it.

It was clear that Madara, like him, found the idea of people living on the moon to be totally unbelievable!

A while ago, the internet was flooded with news about the moon, and he heard even the Little Monkey and his friends were preparing to shoot a new movie related to the moon.

They had already seen some of the movies those guys had made. Although a few of them felt a little weird, they were still pretty fun to watch.

Of course, his favorite was still the one made by the Yuto Group back in the day: [Uchiha Zha]!

It was absolutely amazing!

He couldn't shake the feeling that the movie was telling the story of him and Madara.

They bore the hatred between their two clans, but in the end, put it all aside and created Konoha together.

Especially the character Zha in the movie—he was just like Madara.

Even that Madara, who always mumbled nonsense, would go completely quiet every time he watched [Uchiha Zha], his eyes filled with complex emotions.

You could just tell—Madara definitely loved that movie deep down!

What a shame.

If only the two of them could go to a cinema together, eat popcorn, and happily watch a movie on the big screen in the dark—how great would that be?

Thinking of what the Uchiha Clan Leader said, Hashirama felt even more guilty toward Madara.

Because of him... Madara ended up straying onto a "wrong path." Even though Madara hadn't said anything now, he knew that deep down, Madara hadn't really let go of the past.

It was him.

He was the one who had wronged Madara!

"Madara!" Hashirama looked at the silent Uchiha Madara beside him and grinned, "What are you thinking about again? Come on, let's play a game! Boss Orochimaru paid me some wages a few days ago. I'll top up 648 for you to buy skins! Let's stop thinking about other stuff!"

"...Go away!" Madara shoved Hashirama away, his face dark, "That evil guy... You actually call him boss? Just because of money? Hashirama, you're getting more and more corrupt!"

"Hahaha! Don't you think it's fun?"

"Brother! Have you solved Tsunade's issue yet?" Even Senju Tobirama on the side looked helplessly at his brother. "It's been so many years and you still haven't handled it. And what's the point of spending so much money on games? Once we return to the underworld, that stuff will be useless! You know, I looked it up online—Tsunade's about to sell her house from being broke!"

"How is it useless? She can inherit my account later!"

"..."

Hearing his game-addicted brother say something like that, Tobirama twitched his eyelids, didn't say anything more, just sighed, shook his head, and secretly stared at Uchiha Madara.

Lately, he'd had the feeling—

This Uchiha Madara was planning something!

But with the constraints of Impure World Reincarnation: Employee Version 007, what could he possibly do?

Still, no matter what... he had to stay vigilant!

Evil Uchiha Madara!

But just then—

Hashirama suddenly stood up and, under the surprised eyes of the two, ran out with a smile on his face.

"Wait! Brother, where are you going? That area is restricted, you can't leave!"

"Me? I'm going to pick up a delivery!" Hashirama didn't respond directly, just kept running with a cheerful grin. "I just got a notification online—it's been delivered!"

"???"

Pick up what delivery?

And... how did Orochimaru actually let him leave?

As the two stood there shocked, Hashirama really did just... cheerfully run off outside.

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