blogombal Chapter 189 Science and Metaphysics
Chapter 189 Science and Metaphysics
Chapter 189 Science and Metaphysics
At that moment, looking at the two people chatting and laughing in front of him, Hiruko even doubted for a second that he was under a spell.
Shiba Kiyokawa stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be nervous. Orochimaru isn't here to fight. I told you you don't know him well enough."
"..."
This time, Beiliuhu had nothing to say.
He admitted that he had been shallow.
Afterwards, Orochimaru actually gave him hands-on guidance on how to use regular cells for biological cloning and how to use chakra to accelerate the maturation of embryos.
Orochimaru taught her very carefully, and Hiruko understood it very quickly.
In a daze, Hiruko even had the illusion of returning to the Konoha laboratory a few years ago.
But illusions are just illusions; he always remembered that their identities had long been misplaced.
There's no going back for him!
So he kept his body tense the whole time, ready to take action at any moment.
Although in the end, Orochimaru did nothing but explain the techniques.
After the academic exchange came to a temporary end, Hiruko finally couldn't hold back and called out to Orochimaru, coldly questioning him.
"So why did you come here this time? As the commander of Konoha, aren't you afraid of dying, coming alone to the enemy ninja's headquarters?"
Orochimaru's smile remained enigmatic, his emotions impossible to discern.
"Hehe, are you showing concern for me?"
"Ha! What a joke! How could I possibly care about you! You were the one who abandoned me and chose Tsunade! You haven't forgotten, have you?!"
Hiruko glared fiercely at Orochimaru, her eyes strangely resembling those of a neglected young wife.
However, Orochimaru still didn't explain anything this time. After explaining the technique, he left on his own.
Only after leaving Hiruko's residence and seeing Shiba Kiyokawa again did Orochimaru show a rare expression of gratitude.
"I didn't expect you to trust that idiot so much, not even putting a restriction on him. I thought..."
Orochimaru didn't finish his sentence.
But Shiba Kiyokawa could guess that, and continued, "You think I would completely control him like Danzo did, using a cursed seal similar to the Tongue-Severing Seal?"
Orochimaru remained silent.
Judging from the reaction, Shiba Kiyokawa was clearly right.
This made Shiba Kiyokawa chuckle softly.
"Unexpectedly, Orochimaru, who is known as the Cold Lord, is quite concerned about his former partner."
"I don't care about that idiot, I'm just here to fulfill the deal we agreed on a long time ago."
"hehe."
Shiba Kiyokawa chuckled twice, ceasing his teasing of Orochimaru's cold exterior but warm heart, and pushed the scroll containing more White Zetsu and a complete White Zetsu towards him.
Shiba Kiyokawa was absolutely right when he said that Hiruko didn't understand Orochimaru.
Because Hiruko was unaware that he and Orochimaru had been secretly in contact all along.
Since their initial encounter in the Land of Rivers, the two have established a secret and continuous connection and trade.
This time, Beiruthu's defeat was truly deserved.
Because he only knows Orochimaru's past, while Shiba Kiyokawa knows Orochimaru's present and future!
Even in luring Orochimaru to the Land of Grass, Hiruko's letter only accounted for 30% of the success; the truly decisive factor was the information released by Shiba Kiyokawa beforehand.
"How did you know I was planning a crucial battle? I've never heard of Akatsuki's intelligence network becoming this powerful. You're not lying to me, are you?"
Orochimaru's vertical pupils were now fixed sharply on Shiba Kiyokawa, and he coldly questioned him.
His visit and guidance to Hiruko today were merely incidental; the real reason was that several days ago, shortly after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Shiba Kiyokawa had sent him a coded letter.
The letter, after being deciphered, contained only one sentence—
"Do you believe that even if you achieve a great victory at Mount Kikyo, the Hokage position won't be yours?"
At that moment, Orochimaru, who was far away on the southwestern front of the Land of Fire, was shocked and lost his composure for the first time in front of his disciple Anko.
That was the first time Little Red Bean had ever seen her usually calm and confident master lose his composure like that.
At that moment, Orochimaru felt as if a monstrous wave was crashing within him, his mind filled with countless questions—
How could the Akatsuki know he was making plans around Mount Kikyo?!
He didn't even tell his disciple, Hongdou, about this battle plan!
At this moment, he looked at Shiba Kiyokawa with burning eyes, as if he wanted to pierce through him!
To find the answer to this question, he risked his life to come here and, almost as if offering a tribute, imparted his cell cloning technology without reservation.
Unfortunately, Shiba Kiyokawa simply smiled back at him, ignoring the coldness in those vertical pupils.
"Orochimaru, bluffing questions are meaningless."
You may question Akatsuki's intelligence capabilities, but this is my Shiba Kiyokawa's special intelligence-gathering technique, and you must learn to respect it!
The Battle of Kannabi Bridge is the best proof of this.
You can easily assume I'm just bluffing you, thinking I've done a great job keeping secrets, and that I actually know nothing.
But Orochimaru, are you willing to bet?
With a single sentence, the problem was thrown back at Orochimaru, forcing him to a crossroads of choice.
But in reality, Orochimaru had no choice at all!
Before the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Shiba Kiyokawa wouldn't have been able to intimidate Orochimaru based solely on the place name "Kikyoyama".
Putting aside Orochimaru's trust in his subordinates, Mount Kikyo doesn't have the same crucial strategic value as Kannabi Bridge.
Even with just a location revealed, Orochimaru remained confident in his battle plan.
If you ask what cards Shiba Kiyokawa still has in his hand? He really has none, because the battle at Kikyoyama in the original work is different from the battle at Kannabi Bridge; there is almost no description of it, and the information is pitifully scarce.
As for Shiba Kiyokawa, he really knew nothing about the place except for the name.
But that's alright.
Just like playing cards, many times it doesn't matter what cards you have in your hand, but whether your opponent can guess your hidden cards.
In the battle at Kannabi Bridge, Shiba Kiyokawa used his ingenious plan to severely damage Konoha's strength, almost causing the entire situation in the north to collapse!
To this day, no one in Konoha has figured out how the Akatsuki organization predicted Minato Namikaze's planned attack!
No one knows how Akatsuki's outdated intelligence system obtained this information.
The only explanation is that Shiba Kiyokawa is a person who defies common sense.
So now, facing a nearly identical situation, how can Orochimaru guarantee that his operations won't be completely anticipated like Minato Namikaze's?
Shiba Kiyokawa asked him if he dared to gamble.
Clearly, if he really dared, he wouldn't have even chosen to come to the north. Instead, he would have decisively launched a campaign weeks ago when the entire ninja world's attention was focused on the battle in the north!
As it turns out, even Orochimaru, who spent his life studying cutting-edge science, had moments of awe and reverence for metaphysics.
"Do you really have the ability to foresee the future?"
(End of this chapter)