Bang bang bang—!
"Orochimaru! Open the door! How long has it been since you left the house! And you sent a Shadow Clone to do a mission with me—that's going too far! Open the door, now!"
Tsunade angrily swung her pink fists, abandoning the gentle method of ringing the doorbell for a more violent approach. Each punch slammed against the door, making the doorframe tremble. The falling dust seemed like its tears, and the slightly warped door expressed its final stubbornness as a door.
If she hadn't dragged Orochimaru to the Casino, and then lost all her money, she wouldn't have known that the Orochimaru who accompanied her on the escort mission was a Shadow Clone!
Boom—!
An explosion erupted from Orochimaru's house, and Tsunade's knocking paused.
"Cough cough cough..."
Coughing sounds came from Orochimaru's house.
Crack—!
Tsunade plunged her hands into the doorframe, directly tearing the door off and setting it aside. Pedestrians on the street stared wide-eyed at the scene, then quickly hurried away.
"Orochimaru! Orochimaru, are you okay!"
"I'm fine..."
Orochimaru sat on the ground, her clothes tattered and her face covered in dirt. Her usually smooth black hair was slightly frizzy and messy. She waved at Tsunade, who had rushed in, and a flash of white teeth appeared on her cat-like face.
"Pfft! Hahahahaha!"
Seeing Orochimaru like this, Tsunade, who usually maintained a quiet and aloof demeanor, burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face. She walked over to Orochimaru, looked at the mess in the house, checked if she was injured, and asked, "What on earth are you doing! Getting yourself into such a state, and you even sent a Shadow Clone with me for the escort mission!"
Should I tell you I'm developing smokeless gunpowder?
Orochimaru was extremely annoyed to see Tsunade laughing so happily.
Sulfuric acid, in a Ninja World full of batteries, was incredibly easy to obtain, and its production process was widely known.
Nitric acid could also be obtained through dry distillation of saltpeter, but she had encountered a small problem when making smokeless gunpowder.
"Tsunade, you know I'm improving the soldier pill formula."
"Huh? Improving the soldier pill formula causes explosions?"
Tsunade was surprised. She was skilled in Medical Ninjutsu and had extensive medical knowledge; Orochimaru couldn't fool her.
"Cough cough..."
Orochimaru knew she couldn't fool Tsunade. "While improving the soldier pill formula, I was also researching other things, and I accidentally caused a bit of a commotion."
"Seriously, you need to be careful about your own safety!"
Tsunade, after confirming Orochimaru was not injured, patted her on the shoulder.
"I know."
Orochimaru stood up and walked towards the bathroom.
"Speaking of which, how's your progress on improving the soldier pill formula?"
"Very smoothly."
"Konoha's soldier pills are sold by the Akimichi Clan. If you succeed in improving the soldier pill formula, Orochimaru, won't the Akimichi Clan's soldier pills become unsellable?"
Tsunade sensed Orochimaru's confidence. She believed Orochimaru could successfully improve the soldier pill formula, but there was one problem she had to face: the Akimichi Clan.
"Don't worry, someone will help me solve that."
Orochimaru washed her face and emerged from the bathroom, her small face clean, water droplets trickling down her hair.
"Speaking of which, what is this?"
Tsunade saw a delicate, small black object on the ground. It had a grip and what appeared to be a trigger mechanism. She picked it up and held it in her hand.
"Is this how you pull it?"
Tsunade pulled the trigger, and the miniature pistol made a soft 'Biu' sound.
How to put it, the sound of Kunai colliding was louder than this.
???
Tsunade looked blankly at the small object in her hand, then at Orochimaru, her eyes filled with confusion and inquiry.
"This is my secret weapon. I won't use it unless absolutely necessary."
Orochimaru walked over, took the miniature pistol from Tsunade's hand, infused it with Chakra, and pulled the trigger without loading a bullet. A ball of Chakra flew out of the muzzle, leaving a slightly indented mark on the wall.
This miniature pistol was driven by Chakra, eliminating unnecessary hassle.
"The power of your secret weapon... isn't very impressive!"
Tsunade looked at the mark on the wall. This thing seemed even less useful than a Kunai.
Fool who doesn't realize how great technology is!
Orochimaru didn't want to argue with Tsunade. "I'm going to take a bath. Tsunade, you're responsible for putting my door back."
"Uh..."
Tsunade looked at the severely warped door and awkwardly said, "Can I find someone to fix it?"
"Whatever you want."
Orochimaru paused her steps towards the bathroom, glanced at Tsunade, then entered the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
Ahhh... Orochimaru is angry!
Since meeting Orochimaru, this was the first time Tsunade had seen her angry. She frantically put the door back and then rushed to find someone for repairs. However, she hadn't gone far when she encountered members of the Police Department who had been called over by pedestrians.
If it weren't for the Uchiha Clan members in the Police Department recognizing Tsunade, they might have arrested her as a thief.
The previous failure was not without its gains. Soon, I will be able to make bullets.
However, that feeling just now... the warm water on her body. Orochimaru recalled what happened in the instant of the failure: it seemed that, disturbed by Tsunade's knocking, she accidentally mixed Lightning Release Chakra into it.
Could it be...---
Bang—!
Water splashed on the surface.
Orochimaru maintained her outstretched hand posture. In her sleeve was a matte, non-reflective black miniature pistol.
Without Chakra enhancement, the miniature pistol's power was limited; it might not even be able to knock off a single hair of the Raikage. However, the miniature pistol could be strengthened by her Chakra. Wind Release Chakra could make bullets fire at a faster speed.
The materials in this world were extremely similar to those in another world. It seemed that at some point in time, a change occurred, making them adaptable to a certain energy, and that energy was Chakra.
Orochimaru suspected that the changes on this planet were related to the God Tree. The appearance of the God Tree transformed this planet, causing everything on it to undergo mutations. This was something she discovered while making smokeless gunpowder.
When Chakra, without undergoing a nature transformation, was injected into smokeless gunpowder, the Chakra would merge with the gunpowder. At the moment of firing, the Chakra would undergo a nature transformation, essentially enchanting the bullet.
The time from the bullet's launch to its travel over a certain distance was sufficient for Chakra's nature transformation to complete. This meant that after a certain amount of time had passed since firing, whether the bullet hit the target or not, it would explode due to the Chakra's nature transformation.
And this time was very, very short, so short that it felt like an instant.
Depending on the Chakra's nature transformation, the way it exploded would also differ.
If the Chakra's nature transformation was not performed, then the Chakra integrated into the smokeless gunpowder would strengthen the gunpowder, greatly increasing the bullet's range and improving its trajectory straightness and firing accuracy.
As for destructive power, don't even think about it. If the hit area wasn't a vital spot, given the average physique of people in this world, dozens of shots might not kill someone. People hit by dozens of bullets might still run away, full of life.
After all, the average physique in this world was superhuman.
The fact that Chakra could be integrated into smokeless gunpowder was a very magical and thought-provoking phenomenon for Orochimaru.
Orochimaru speculated that ever since the God Tree descended, this planet began adapting to the changes it brought, even using the God Tree to evolve itself.
This could be seen from how medicine could restore Chakra.
Note: it restores Chakra, not that the Ninja who eats the medicine then refines Chakra.
You plunder my Natural Energy, and I use you to evolve myself... Hmm... No problem!
If, indeed, it was as she thought.
Then, the appearance of Sages who could absorb and use Natural Energy might also be the planet's way of saving itself.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan, who plundered the planet's Natural Energy and ate the fruits born from Natural Energy, could rightly be called cosmic pests or the cancer of the universe.
Then the planet's self-evolution... Orochimaru wrote rapidly in her notebook, her thoughts flowing like a dragon and snake. Perhaps one day in the future, when she re-reads this notebook, she will have some new insights and ideas.
"Mio, how did you know I was here?"
Orochimaru closed her notebook and looked at Hyuga Mio, with whom she had once completed a mission.
"Thank you for the soldier pills you gave me earlier. Were they specially made by you?"
Hyuga Mio's eyes held a hint of curiosity. The effect and taste of that soldier pill were completely different from the soldier pills she had eaten before, and even the side effects were significantly reduced.
"Those were just experimental products. When I gave them to you, I said you could eat them if you wanted, or throw them away if you didn't," Orochimaru said, waving her hand and shrugging indifferently. The soldier pills she gave Hyuga Mio were merely defective products, a form of waste utilization. If it could earn her goodwill and thus provide access to the Caged Bird Curse Mark, all the better. If not, there would be no loss.
Hyuga Mio looked at the notebook in Orochimaru's hand, a flicker of struggle and hesitation crossing her face. She took a deep breath and said, "Orochimaru, the Hyuga Clan's Caged Bird Curse Mark..."
Hey, I'm not forcing you to tell me information about the Caged Bird Curse Mark!
You're saying it voluntarily!
Orochimaru focused, writing down every word Hyuga Mio said without missing a single one.