Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Your Body Is Mine
Time flew by during the cultivation. Two years had passed.
"Damn it!"
An irritated shout echoed through the empty training room. With an impatient look on his face, Sasuke slammed his fist against the wall.
Two years after leaving Konoha, Sasuke had grown up and changed a lot in appearance. He had shot up in height, and the lines of his face had become more defined. His nose was high - bridged. Having stayed in the underground base for a long time, his skin had become fairer. Coupled with his slightly angry eyes, he looked rather arrogant.
The process of absorbing Senju Chakra in the past year had not been smooth. For some unknown reason, there was always a force secretly repelling him.
He wracked his brains but couldn't find the reason. Clearly, both Madara Uchiha and Tanzō had relatively smoothly fused with Senju Chakra. Even though Tanzō's fusion was imperfect, at least they had succeeded in fusing.
But for him, not only could he not fuse, even the slightest contact would cause a violent rejection reaction.
This cultivation problem was the first obstacle Sasuke had encountered since his rebirth.
However, his cultivation of the [Sage Art] form was going extremely well. Now, when using the [Sharingan], even if it wasn't the [Eternal Mangekyō], there would be no side effects.
He intended to continue to inherit and develop this advantage.
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"How's it going, Sasuke? Is your cultivation going smoothly?"
Although he could tell the result just by looking at Sasuke's ashen face, Orochimaru still couldn't help but joke when he saw the tall and straight young boy in front of him.
After two years of cultivation, the fruit he had planted had finally blossomed and borne fruit. Sasuke was growing in a direction he liked more and more.
Not bad at all!
"Orochimaru, are you here to jinx me?"
His already furrowed brows knitted even tighter, and his handsome face took on a hint of gloom.
Orochimaru must have done it on purpose. This cunning guy probably knew better than anyone about his progress in cultivating Senju Chakra. Seeing that his cultivation was not going smoothly, he deliberately came to pick a fight.
"Sasuke, you've wronged me. I was just thinking that if someone as talented as you can't fuse successfully, then others have even less of a chance."
"So what are you trying to say?"
Sasuke secretly thought that this guy was just here to mock him. In fact, both Tanzō and Yamato had fused successfully.
"What I mean is, maybe you're simply not suitable for the cells and Chakra of Hashirama Senju?"
"How could that be?"
"Remember the story you told me? In their era, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were the descendants of Asura and Indra, and they were constantly at odds. Madara Uchiha died, and so did Hashirama Senju. The Indra and Asura of that era have perished.
"Their Chakra then searched for new successors. Based on what you told me, I can infer that, Sasuke, you're probably the reincarnation of Indra's Chakra in this generation. Naturally, you in this generation can't use the Chakra of the previous - generation's Asura. That's why you've failed to fuse successfully for so long."
Orochimaru shook his head disappointedly.
"So, it's absolutely impossible for you to fuse Chakra across time and space."
An absurd thought echoed in Sasuke's mind: the Asura Chakra of this generation.
Could it be...
Could it be that he really had to engage in Dual Cultivation with that Naruto kid?
Thinking about this absurd process, Sasuke couldn't help but turn green with disgust. He immediately shook his head, desperately trying to shake those indecent scenes out of his mind and discarded this idea.
Are you kidding me? He traveled back in time to save the ninja world and those innocent people who died. He just needed to do his best, and he couldn't do any more.
There was also some good news. Now, Sasuke had mastered the use of Sage Chakra to near-perfection, but he still felt he was quite a way off from awakening the Rinnegan.
Well, it made sense. Even someone as powerful as Madara Uchiha spent his entire life and only awakened the Rinnegan at the end of his life. He came to terms with it.
He naturally understood the principle of 'you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw' (meaning you can't have two desirable things at the same time).
In the past two years, the drug for Itachi's illness had been successfully developed. The last syringe of medicine had been injected into Itachi's body. Itachi and Kimimaro were now completely recovered, and they no longer had to worry about their short lives.
It was time to say goodbye to this cultivation place.
"Ha ha..."
"What are you laughing at, Orochimaru?"
Hearing Orochimaru's inexplicable laughter, Sasuke frowned, showing his confusion.
"Nothing. I saw your expression. It seems you've made your next plan."
Tsk, this sly old fox. I really can't hide anything from him.
"Yeah, considering the time, the Fourth Great Ninja War is about to begin soon. We need to make preparations as soon as possible..."
"Sasuke, have you forgotten what you promised me?"
"What?"
There were so many things he promised Orochimaru but hadn't done yet that he couldn't remember for a moment.
"You promised me that once Itachi's illness was completely cured, you'd give me your body. Does that still count?"
Orochimaru muttered to himself. He knew Sasuke was just making empty promises and had no intention of giving him his body, not even the slightest bit. Especially seeing Sasuke's disgusted expression now, he was even more certain of it.
"Why are you still bringing this up? There should be many ways to achieve immortality. Instead of eyeing my body, it would be easier to find other methods."
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Well, he knew it.
"By the way, are they all in cultivation? Hurry up and gather everyone back. I'm going to tell everyone the next plan."
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Orochimaru suddenly felt that he had been at a great loss. For the past three years, he had been exhausted. On one hand, he developed syringes of medicine for Sasuke. On the other hand, he took care of the operation of the whole base. In the end, he got nothing and just ran errands for Sasuke every day.
Is there any justice?
"What are you standing there for, still in a daze?"
Sasuke saw Orochimaru standing there stupidly for a long time without moving and impatiently urged him.
Well, Orochimaru had been busy for so many years. As long as this guy was a bit unhappy, he'd give that condescending and manipulative look. He was really fed up with this kind of life.
"Yes, I'll go and do it right away."
Watching Orochimaru walk away dejectedly, Sasuke was quite helpless. Didn't this guy also fail to get my body in the past life? He didn't seem that disappointed at that time. So why does he look like he's about to keel over now?
Orochimaru's inner thoughts: (′- へ -,)
It turns out that in my past life, I didn't do so much work, nor was I manipulated (PUA'd) that much. He kept bossing me around without giving me any perks. I'm really over it.
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