Yue Yan only values the people around him. Even towards Konoha, his affection is rather meager.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, is a pervert who never cares about the means. If in the future, for some reason, he uses the people around Yue Yan to threaten him, Yue Yan will never allow such a possibility.
After all, with Orochimaru's ability, it's very easy for him to investigate the information of Yue Yan's close ones. This is something that must be guarded against.
Orochimaru also caught the meaning in Yue Yan's words and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Oh? Is Yue Yan - kun on guard against me?"
"Orochimaru - sama, one should always be on guard against others, right?"
"Hehe, I really can't tell if Yue Yan - kun is just being hot - blooded due to his youth or if he has confidence in his own strength."
The moment he finished speaking, boundless killing intent enveloped Yue Yan's entire body. The intensity of this killing intent far exceeded that of Zabuza, the so - called Demon Man.
This is normal. After all, Orochimaru is someone who never takes human lives seriously. In order to ensure the accuracy of some experiments, he can even dissect the experimental subjects alive without administering anesthesia.
Feeling this killing intent, cold sweat broke out on Yue Yan's forehead. He secretly thought that it was no wonder Orochimaru was one of the Sannin. Even Hizashi Hyuga, an elite of the Hyuga clan, was worlds apart from Orochimaru.
Fortunately, the previous purple treasure chest had brought about a qualitative leap in Yue Yan's strength. Therefore, although Yue Yan might not be able to defeat Orochimaru due to reasons such as lack of experience, Orochimaru couldn't do much to him either.
Right under Orochimaru's surprised gaze, Yue Yan's whole body was wrapped in dazzling golden Lightning Bolt. A terrifying aura swept out.
In a daze, Orochimaru felt that what he was facing was not a child but an extremely terrifying fierce beast.
Just as Orochimaru was about to speak, Yue Yan's figure suddenly appeared in front of him so fast that Orochimaru couldn't even see clearly, leaving no trace of an after - image in mid - air.
"Orochimaru - sama, is my confidence enough?"
This is the new mode developed by Yue Yan. Filling his whole body with Lightning Bolt comprehensively and significantly enhances all his attributes without any more side - effects that damage his body.
Yue Yan named this move the Gale Lightning Mode.
Well, Yue Yan shamelessly plagiarized the move name of Killua from Hunter × Hunter.
As long as Yue Yan has enough chakra, he can continuously generate Lightning Bolt, and the Lightning Bolt can strengthen Yue Yan without limit.
And Yue Yan himself has never lacked chakra.
Looking at Yue Yan's eyes that had turned golden due to the Lightning Bolt, Orochimaru came to his senses and let out a couple of chuckles.
"Your confidence is indeed enough."
Hearing this, Yue Yan also withdrew the Gale Lightning Mode. Although as long as there is enough Lightning Bolt in his body, Yue Yan can keep it on, the speed at which chakra is converted into Lightning Bolt is limited. Therefore, Yue Yan can't keep it on all the time. It's better to save some. What if he really gets into a fight with Orochimaru?
Seeing Yue Yan return to his original appearance, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel curious.
"Yue Yan-kun's move is quite peculiar. It might have reached the level of the Kekkei Genkai, yet it's somewhat different," Orochimaru remarked.
Orochimaru had a discerning eye. He could sense the power from the extremely violent thunder around Yue Yan a moment ago. Yet, this powerful thunder didn't damage Yue Yan's body. The only thing he could think of to explain this was the Kekkei Genkai, a result of the fusion of two chakra attributes. But when he sensed it, Yue Yan's move only had the purest lightning attribute.
However, seeing that Yue Yan obviously wouldn't tell him, Orochimaru didn't continue to ask. Instead, he began to familiarize Yue Yan with the specific content of the experiment.
Time passed slowly, and a week had gone by.
During this week, Yue Yan sent out kage clones every day to the medical department to treat the wounded, while his main body followed Orochimaru to conduct experiments.
Perhaps relying on his foundation from his previous life, Yue Yan could offer some different perspectives during the experiments. However, when it came to actual operations, Yue Yan could only follow behind Orochimaru and learn.
The way Orochimaru and Yue Yan got along now was like a professor researching an experiment in his previous life leading his student.
For Orochimaru, there were so many people who wanted to be his students that they could line up from the entrance of Konoha Village all the way to the Hokage Building. Teaching students was more of a burden for Orochimaru. But Yue Yan was different. With his weird and wacky thinking patterns and knowledge from his previous life, Yue Yan could always surprise Orochimaru.
Thanks to Yue Yan, Orochimaru's research progress picked up a lot.
Watching Yue Yan study seriously and absorb knowledge as fast as a dry sponge, Orochimaru couldn't help but sigh on several occasions that Jiraiya, that idiot, was really lucky. Yue Yan would be more suitable to be his disciple.
However, although Orochimaru was a bit shady at this time, he still had a bond with Jiraiya. Moreover, the Hokage world placed great importance on inheritance. So, he couldn't do the thing of stealing Jiraiya's disciple.
On Yue Yan's side, after returning to the camp from the experiment, he had a rare meal with his team.
It was called a meal, but actually, it was just chatting when everyone was not busy. And the food was just dry Military Rations Pills.
"Hey, when will these days of moving things end? I really want to go to the front line to kill enemies," Asuma complained.
Hearing Asuma's complaint, Yue Yan rolled his eyes and retorted with his usual sarcasm, "You want to go to the front line to kill enemies? Don't end up scattered and being picked up in a sack by others."
"Hey, hey, hey. After not seeing each other for more than a week, as a good brother, shouldn't you encourage me?"
"Come on, you know how strong you are. Besides, I'm very busy. If you come back in pieces, out of team friendship, I can barely piece you back into a human shape."
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"Not, you..."
Asuma opened his mouth but couldn't organize his words to retort Yue Yan for a long time. Facing Yue Yan's sharp tongue, Asuma had never gotten the upper hand. Even his daily complaints would be met with all sorts of sarcasm.
Hong, standing beside them, covered her little mouth and giggled. Since coming to the front line, although she had only been assigned tasks like transporting supplies, she could see the cruelty of the war from the wounded being carried back, which has made her quite nervous lately.
Being able to sit around and chat and laugh with the team like they used to in Konoha had relieved some of Hong's mental tension.
While they were chatting, Xiaolan suddenly raised her head and sniffed around.
Noticing its action, Yue Yan curiously asked.
"What's wrong, Xiaolan?"
"Shoot!"
"You said you smelled a familiar scent?"
Yue Yan repeated what Xiaolan meant in a puzzled tone and then looked around but didn't see any familiar faces.
Seeing Yue Yan looking for someone, Asuma and Hong, who had also heard what was said, also turned their heads and looked around.
Before Yue Yan and the others had searched for long, a figure wearing a large green watermelon - shaped hat and shouting about youth came into view. It was Might Duy, Guy's Father.