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"It's been such a long time no see. Why, if you don't stay in your own laboratory, what's the point of coming to my place?"

In the living room of the northern stronghold, Orochimaru met with the core member of the same organization as himself - Beilihu.

Leaning against the soft sofa, Orochimaru smiled at Beiruhu.

He was obviously somewhat curious about Bei Liuhu coming to find him.

Just like himself, Bei Liuhu is obsessed with the research on the blood inheritance boundary. He never takes another step towards the door. If there is nothing particularly important, he will never leave his laboratory.

Beiruhu did not answer Orochimaru's question directly, but twitched his nose slightly and frowned slightly.

"The smell of blood here is still as strong as ever."

Although they are both researchers, Bei Liuhu does not like this kind of experimental place that smells of blood.

Orochimaru's place was different. Even if he sprayed a lot of disinfectant and freshener, the bloody smell was still difficult to remove.

It is not difficult to see that this stronghold suffered an extremely cruel 'bloodbath' not long ago.

"I can't help it. I have dealt with a batch of experimental subjects before and haven't had time to clean it up. Besides, this stronghold is almost abandoned, so I haven't thought about cleaning it up. But if you like it, I can give this stronghold to you.

"

Orochimaru spread his hands.

"No, conducting research in a place like this will make you feel bad. Let's not talk about these things, Orochimaru, the purpose of my coming to you this time is to purchase some experimental raw materials from you.

.”

Bei Liuhu said without politeness.

"Didn't I just buy a batch for you half a year ago? You ran out of it so quickly?"

Orochimaru raised his eyebrows.

Although they are both researchers, Beilihu has not developed the power of the Ninja Village like him, so many things need to be done by himself.

The channels for purchasing various experimental materials and instruments are quite expensive.

"The materials have been used up long ago, and the synthetic beast consumes more resources than imagined."

"You should be sparing. In recent years, the raw material market has been very difficult. It has been monopolized by big countries. It is difficult for scattered people like us to get a piece of meat from this market."

Orochimaru sighed helplessly.

With the reserves of Oto Ninja Village, there is indeed no shortage of funds to purchase raw materials for experiments. However, the companies that have raw materials on the market basically cooperate with big countries.

Firstly, big countries have more sufficient funds, and secondly, establishing cooperative relations with big countries can provide a strong guarantee for the company's subsequent business development.

A small ninja village like Oto Ninja Village, which is not even ranked in the rankings, can occupy very little share.

The Kingdom of Ghost alone monopolizes nearly 30%, and the other big countries take a total of 60%. The remaining 10% of raw materials are left to the small countries.

However, the Tian Country that the Sound Ninja Village is backed by is just one of the small countries. The remaining 10% must be shared equally with all the small countries that need raw materials. It can be imagined that the raw materials purchased every year are definitely unsatisfactory.

share.

As for snatching the share of raw materials from big countries, Orochimaru would never dare to think about such a good thing.

Regardless of whether it is the Kingdom of Demons, which is currently at its peak, or the other major countries that are slightly declining, they are still an unshakable behemoth to the Sound Ninja Village.

What's more, now he is being completely targeted by Kumogakure's ninjas.

Kumo Hidden wanted to use him to find Akatsuki behind him and take back the second tail, obviously treating him as a soft persimmon.

Although in front of the extremely powerful Kumogakure, as one of the three ninjas, he does belong to a vulnerable group.

"I have no choice but to find you. In the past, there was a merchant alliance on the isolated island, and you could find some ways from them. However, the merchant alliance on the isolated island has long been taken away by the Kingdom of Ghosts. Other than that, the only other options are from

Look for it on the black market."

However, the price on the black market is a huge figure that Beilihu cannot bear alone.

The price of the same amount of raw materials is dozens or hundreds of times higher than the market price. It is simply a money grab.

"I understand, but I don't have many raw materials that I can give you. You still need to find a way for the remaining raw materials yourself."

"That's enough. By the way, I forgot to tell you that on the way here, I discovered that it's not just the Kumogakure ninjas who are looking for you, the Iwagakure ninjas seem to have also joined the action."

Beilihu stood up from the sofa, suddenly remembered something, and gave Orochimaru some advice.

"Iwagakure?"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes.

Yunyin was eyeing him, which didn't surprise him.

But Orochimaru was surprised that Iwagakure stared at him at this time.

"I remember that they are currently being restrained by the Kingdom of Ghosts..."

"It is precisely because they are restrained that they need to find the missing tailed beast even more. The Tsuchikage-sama does not seem to want the situation at the border. He has been passive. Recovering the lost tailed beast is their only choice.

Turnaround point. Be careful, I don’t want to hear the news that you were suddenly killed one day.”

After saying that, Bei Liuhu stood up from the sofa, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, his figure swayed, melted into the air and disappeared.

"It seems that we can no longer stay in this stronghold. We need to find a more hidden stronghold."

Beiruhu left, but the news he brought made Orochimaru have to pay attention.

I originally planned to stay at this stronghold for a while, until Zuosuke's cultivation of immortality was completely stabilized, and then move to other strongholds.

But now it seems that it must be transferred in advance.

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"The above, the regular meeting in February ends here. Do you have any questions to ask?"

In the conference room, Shiraishi, who was presiding over the meeting, said this in a calm tone.

There were about twenty people sitting on the seats, all high-ranking personnel in the military system of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

These people respectively manage important tasks such as combat, logistics, medical treatment, and research in the military system.

Therefore, not all those involved are jounin. There are even some who are not even ninjas, but have extremely smart brains, rich knowledge, and are authorities in the field of research. Their role in the military is beyond the reach of ordinary ninjas.

Alternative high-end talents.

However, under normal circumstances, these senior executives who are biased in the research field will not express any opinions at meetings.

If they express their opinions at the meeting, then it is basically related to the organizational adjustment of the research department.

At this regular meeting, as expected, they reported this month's work in a simplified form and sat there quietly, waiting for the end of the meeting.

Generally speaking, military meetings in the Kingdom of Ghosts, unless there are special circumstances, will only have a regular meeting at the end of each month, which lasts about three to five hours to summarize the work progress of the month. By the way, let me know

The connections between various departments should be prevented from becoming too distant, which is not conducive to scheduling and organization.

After glancing around and making sure that everyone present had no problems, Shiraishi nodded.

"Since everyone has no new questions, this month's regular meeting will officially end here. However, I want to say one more thing. This is a critical period, and I ask you not to relax in the future work. The meeting is adjourned."

After Shiraishi said these words, he stood up from his seat, organized the documents reported by various military departments in front of him, tucked them under his arm, and left the conference room first.

Everyone has long been accustomed to Shiraishi's vigorous and resolute attitude, and has even become accustomed to it.

Although for active senior executives, this kind of simple and straight-to-the-top meeting lacks a somewhat lively atmosphere, for the senior executives of the research department, where time is of the essence, they are undoubtedly die-hard supporters of Shiraishi's meeting style.

The long corridor has an inorganic white wall on one side and a ventilation window on the other side. It is not a completely enclosed corridor.

Shiraishi stood at the window, looking out at the scenery.

Spring is almost here, but the thaw days are colder than usual.

"You look worried, are you worried about something?"

Liuli came out of the conference room, came to Shiraishi, looked at the scenery outside the window with him, and asked aloud.

"It's not that I'm worried. I just feel that it's a troubled time right now. I have always been against other big countries as opponents before, so I seem to be able to do it with ease. But I don't think the next action will be so smooth."

Shiraishi breathed a sigh of relief, because the current situation was partially different from the strategies formulated in the past.

It should be the problem caused by Myobokuyama's over-involvement.

In the blueprint that he and Guan Cang originally set, there was actually no place for Mt. Miaomu.

Similarly, the Fourth Ninja War is not included in the calculation.

The excessive reaction of the Fire Nation and other major countries was beyond his expectation.

Although the Kingdom of Ghosts relied on its superior strength to obtain the fruits of victory in this war, it also exposed too much strength and showed it on the bright side.

Shiraishi does not want to use these forces in such a meaningless war.

Meaningless is Shiraishi's evaluation of the Fourth Ninja War.

It is true that in the eyes of outsiders, the Kingdom of Ghosts was the winner of the war. It tore off a piece of flesh from the four major countries, especially the Kingdom of Earth, which was completely suppressed by the Kingdom of Ghosts. At the same time,

This war also changed the international landscape.

No matter how you look at it, it should not be called a meaningless war.
To be continued...