Chapter 43: Conspiracy Target
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Nono Yakushi’s learning talent was quite good. In over a year, she had learned all the medical knowledge from Kaikou Mirai and mastered two medical ninjutsu. Apart from a lack of experience, Nono Yakushi had learned all the skills of Kaikou Mirai.
She could only go to Konoha Hospital to learn if she wanted to improve further. Kaikou Mirai only knew two medical ninjutsu.
Cain was very satisfied with Nono Yakushi’s situation. Next, he planned to recommend Nono Yakushi to Tsunade for a while. Although she had been assigned to a team, it was very easy for Tsunade to get a genin with her status in Konoha.
This way, she could also avoid Danzo. At least Danzo wouldn’t dare to snatch people from Tsunade’s side openly. Otherwise, with her fiery temper, she would definitely not let it go.
As Cain was thinking about this matter, Tsunade came to him directly. However, Cain felt Tsunade’s mood was not very good when he saw her. It wasn’t like she was disappointed but rather simply angry.
“Did you meet a dog on the way?”
Cain joked as he asked and poured a glass of iced lemon tea for Tsunade to cool down.
When Tsunade heard Cain’s words, she chuckled and recalled what had happened just now. It was no different from meeting a dog. Although it was not very nice to think so, the old men’s actions were really disgusting.
“I want to talk to you about the cooperation.”
When it came to business, Tsunade became a little hesitant. She didn’t know how to start. She had just checked the treasures of the Senju clan when she went home and found that there was not much money left. The most valuable things of the Senju clan were probably those houses and her grandfather’s research notes.
The remaining bits and pieces should be worth over a hundred million altogether. It seems like a lot, but buying instruments will take a fortune.
Cain saw that Tsunade didn’t speak for a long time and asked, “Tsunade, it’s rare to see you so shy. Could it be that you agree to cooperate, but you can’t offer anything?”
“How could that be? It’s just those people in the village.”
Tsunade shook her head quickly and then stopped hiding it. She briefly told Cain about the attitudes of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others. Although there was a lot of beautification, Cain still heard the word greed from it.
“You can keep those things in your house. I’ll take care of the equipment and human subjects for the experiment. I’ll go to other places in the Land of Fire and buy some death row prisoners. It shouldn’t cost much.”
Cain calculated in his heart that human lives in the ninja world were much cheaper than in America. If there were too many death row prisoners in the Land of Fire prison, one person would cost 100,000 Ryo or even 50,000 Ryo after bargaining. As for equipment, he would bring some more advanced equipment from there. Anyway, the results would also be used on himself.
“Don’t think about serum anymore. A serum of Extremis Virus is so precious that you can’t imagine it. If there are results, I’ll give you one at most. You should know that one serum costs around 120 million Ryo. If your village won’t pay for it, it’s better not to even think about it.”
“If it weren’t for you, I might have gone elsewhere to try my luck.”
Tsunade said quickly after hearing this, “I know. I will talk to them about this later.” If Cain really ran away, then Nawaki’s hope of becoming a ninja would be gone.
After reaching an agreement, Tsunade and Cain discussed experimental cooperation.
The laboratory should be placed outside the village but not too far from the village. When doing human experiments, living people come in, and corpses come out. It’s not good for villagers to see it. And Tsunade also had to deal with Konoha Hospital’s affairs. It would be hard to balance if it was too far away.
After confirming the location, Tsunade was responsible for finding earth-style ninjas to build the experimental base. Cain was responsible for the equipment and devices and buying death row prisoners from various places in the Land of Fire. After Tsunade was ready, she would start experimenting with the fusion of the Extremis Virus and Hashirama’s cells.
The amount of serum was limited, and she could only give Tsunade two each time, giving Konoha a sense of how expensive the serum was. Fortunately, Cain had all the data on Extremis Virus and could make it without telling Maya and others. Otherwise, it would not be a good idea to take it from the laboratory every time.
After settling some matters, Tsunade went back to prepare.
As Tsunade walked towards her home, she thought, “The grandfather’s cells aren’t too difficult to obtain. I remember my great-uncle sealed away a batch after his research failed. As for the Earth Release ninjas, I’ll just contact Orochimaru. Few in the village are better than him at Earth Release, and he won’t be able to refuse me.”
***
Inside the Hokage building.
“Hiruzen, are you sure this method won’t cause any problems?”
Koharu asked with some worry. She knew Mito-sama was still alive, but her physical condition was very bad. If something happened to Kushina, they would not have the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
“Don’t worry, I have arranged a lot of Anbu, and the borderline leading to the Land of Lightning has also been tightly sealed. They can’t run away.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of smoke and decisively said, “This is a good opportunity to cultivate a bond between Kushina and Konoha. After this incident, she will be grateful to Konoha. Moreover, the spy from the Cloud Village can also help us probe Cain. If we can obtain the secret of the medicine from him…”
This was Danzo’s suggestion, and he also thought it was feasible. If Konoha couldn’t do it directly, they could just use those idiots from Cloud. As long as Konoha didn’t leave any traces of involvement, even if Cain died, his behind-the-scenes forces would send someone else over, and they wouldn’t hate Konoha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought this matter could be done. He could eliminate Cloud’s spy in the village, make Kushina feel good about the people who saved her, and probe Cain’s secrets. It was worth a try!
***
After agreeing on cooperation matters, Cain arranged some things in Konoha village and prepared for death row prisoners and Extremis Virus research equipment.
In the afternoon, Kushina suddenly came to him. This was her first day to join the mission team. Cain thought she wouldn’t come.
But since she came, Cain still entertained Kushina, poured her a cup of tea, and asked: “How do you feel on your first day as a ninja?”
“It’s boring. After self-introduction, it was a combat exercise. The Jonin leader had a problem. He hoped we would cooperate as a team but didn’t say it earlier. He only announced that we passed after we cooperated.”
“This means that your Jonin leader wants to train you.”
Cain hadn’t finished speaking when he suddenly heard a shout from the front, “Is the boss here? I want to buy something.”
“Someone wants to buy something? Boss, I’ll help you.”
Kushina hadn’t experienced selling goods yet. She saw that the staff had left work when she came just now, so she wanted to try being a clerk once. But before she ran out, Cain grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her back.
“You stay here and wait for me. I’ll go ahead and take a look.”
Cain spoke with a slightly serious tone to Kushina. The wooden door had just been shut, and if it was a guest, they would at least knock before entering. What was the purpose of someone bursting in and shouting like that?
Furthermore, this is a dessert shop, not a pharmacy. It’s obvious that the dessert shop is already closed. Is it really that urgent to have dessert tonight?
