A few months later.
Konoha.
Deep underground of the Hokage Building.
This was Orochimaru's secret research institute, and it was built by Maples specifically for him. Now, Orochimaru is the captain of Konoha's Scientific Force.
In one of the rooms, Maples gently retracted his hand and said:
"It's okay."
In front of Maples, Kimimaro was standing there. His skin was very pale, but at this time, it was gradually recovering, and his lips were no longer dry.
Orochimaru looked at Kimimaro's breathing and said to Maples:
"Thank you, Maples."
"It's okay."
Maples smiled and said: "The Kekkei Genkai of the Shikkotsu Clan is also very rare. He should be the only one left in the Shinobi World. We can't let this Kekkei Genkai disappear, not to mention that Kimimaro is also a very good ninja."
Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai disease has become more and more serious in the past two years. Orochimaru has been trying to study and find a cure. He even found Tsunade to treat Kimimaro, but Tsunade couldn't do anything about it.
If she wants to treat it, Tsunade can do it, but she needs to strip Kimimaro's Chakra Meridians and make him lose his power as a ninja.
This treatment is obviously meaningless.
Kimimaro naturally didn't want to lose his power. He would rather die. So in the end, when he couldn't find a cure, Orochimaru still found Maples.
This disease is naturally easy for Maples to cure. Kimimaro is also one of the ninjas of the Scientific Force. Maples doesn't mind keeping such a talent.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama."
Kimimaro showed a trace of gratitude and bowed to Maples.
Maples is Orochimaru's disciple and the legendary ninja who unified the Shinobi World. He is one of the few ninjas that he respects very much.
Maples looked at Kimimaro and said with a smile: "Don't let your Kekkei Genkai disappear."
"I won't fail, please rest assured, Hokage-sama!"
Kimimaro's eyes showed a touch of faith. He could feel that his disease had been cured. Now, no matter what the task was, he would not fail, and he would never die.
Maples shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant … You're already fifteen. It's time for you to find a girlfriend."
"Uh …"
Kimimaro's expression froze.
Maples looked at him and chuckled, then turned and walked out. He could only remind him here. Now that Orochimaru is in his female body, he can't guarantee that he will have some strange ideas. Maples still doesn't want to see Kimimaru, this cute child, get poisoned by Orochimaru.
After leaving Kimimaro's place, Maples walked in the quiet and dark corridor towards the end of the corridor and slowly said, "How's the progress of the research on the Otsutsuki Style?"
"The first batch of experimental subjects has succeeded."
Orochimaru followed behind Maples, his eyes flashed as he said, "The cells in that body are stronger than the cells of First Hokage, but they are more stable. The rate of loss of control is very low, and it can steadily improve the physical fitness of the experimental subjects."
Maples nodded slightly and said, "This is not surprising. The cells of First Hokage contain too much Yang energy. It's difficult to suppress it without the blood of the Uchiha Clan. On the other hand, the cells of the Otsutsuki Clan are balanced."
Speaking of this, Maples looked at Orochimaru and said, "Is the number of experimental subjects enough? If not, I will ask the Land of Fire to send another batch. "
Nowadays, the punishment in the Land of Fire is permanent imprisonment, death penalty with suspension, and immediate execution of death penalty. The highest punishment is to become an experimental subject of Orochimaru. After all, Maples doesn't want to see Orochimaru catch people indiscriminately to experiment on.
Although Orochimaru notified Konoha, there will inevitably be ninjas who are willing to take the initiative to become experimental subjects for the sake of strength, but in Maples' view, this is not necessary. After all, they are all ninjas of Konoha. Even if they are willing to accept the experiment for the sake of strength, the success rate should reach a certain level, and the risk of failure should be low.
These prisoners were a level higher than the immediate death sentence. Most of them were serial murderers, family exterminators, and so on. Feng Ye also hoped that they could contribute a little more.
"Just continue to send, even if it's enough, there won't be any extra."
Orochimaru's eyes flashed a strange smile.
He knows Maples's character. He is ruthless to his enemies, but he is generally more lenient with his subordinates. Just like Konoha's Chunin Exam in recent years, the death rate is almost zero.
He won't comment on this because he doesn't care about it very much. Whether it's the Blood Mist Hidden Village or Konoha Village, he lost interest in governing it a long time ago.
Now he just wants to explore the mysteries of the human body at a deeper level.
"Yes."
Maples nodded and said, "Then I'll go first, let me know if there are any new results."
"Okay."
…
After leaving Orochimaru's underground experimental base, Maples went all the way back to Hokage's Office. At this time, Kakashi was sitting on the coffee table, sorting out documents.
About half a month ago, he stopped teaching Naruto, Sasuke, and Orochimaru.
Except for Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke have reached the level of Chunin and above. Even if an ordinary Jonin encounters them, there's a possibility of being defeated if they're not careful.
Kakashi stopped guiding the three of them and allowed them to freely accept commissions. After drafting the registration for the three of them to participate in the Chunin Exam, Kakashi began to assume the role of Hokage's assistant, or rather, the role of the next generation of Hokage's successor.
"Is Hinata going to take the Chunin Exam?"
Kakashi, sitting in front of the coffee table, was sorting out the documents for the Chunin Exam. Seeing Maples coming in, he asked Maples.
Maples walked to Kakashi's side, picked up the stack of documents he was dealing with, and looked at it, and said, "Chunin Exam … It's good to let her take it."
Hinata is now a member of the Shadow Guards, but the titles of Shadow Guard and Genin, Chunin, and Jonin don't conflict with each other. The Chunin Exam is a good opportunity to gain experience.
"Then I'll put her name in."
Kakashi nodded and wrote down Hinata's name on a document.
Maples flipped through the documents Kakashi dealt with until the end. Seeing that they were basically neatly handled, he put them back on the coffee table and smiled, "It seems that you've adapted to the work of Hokage. After the Chunin Exam, it's almost all over to you."
Kakashi said, "Pay more attention to your body."
Maples: "?"
Why does this sound weird?
Too lazy to pay attention to Kakashi, Maples directly left the Hokage Office and returned to the top floor.
Watching Maples leave, Kakashi tilted his head and continued to look down at the documents. Because of the existence of Tsunade and Shikaku, the position of Hokage is actually quite easy.
When he takes office, Tsunade may no longer continue to manage Konoha's affairs. In that case, his burden will be slightly heavier. But he's not worried about this.
What he's most worried about is the enemy that even Kaguya is afraid of.
He doesn't know when those enemies will come to the Ninja World, and he doesn't know if Maples can deal with those enemies from outer space.
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