"Haha, forget it. With that time, it's better to enjoy the long-lost Konoha life more."
Orochimaru laughed.
Satoru scoffed, "I say you've changed too quickly, hmm… I mean your personality."
Orochimaru, this old fellow, became more active after his resurrection.
That eerie feeling was gone.
He felt like he was looking at Minato Namikaze when he looked at Orochimaru.
Truly.
It was just that his hobbies were different from Minato's.
"Hmph, I just want to see what kind of winds Sasuke can stir up.
Heh, the most important thing is that my goal has been fully achieved.
This body is entirely made of Hashirama's cells, combined with my Impure World Reincarnation, allowing me to achieve immortality and have ample time to research the endless Ninjutsu in the world."
Orochimaru smirked triumphantly.
He finally had time to explore the truth of Ninjutsu.
"But you, with such ability, why do you want to retire?
Sarutobi Sensei's will hasn't been passed on to you!"
He wanted to know even more why Satoru, only 31 years old, was already thinking of retiring; it was simply unbelievable.
"Leave it to the younger generation, and I still have a few children to raise.
Besides, that retirement just means stepping down from the front lines, not that I'm not doing anything at all."
Satoru smiled broadly.
"Being a parent, huh? I don't think I've ever tried it.
My disciple also had a daughter… perhaps I can also try being a parent, experiencing the feeling of life growing in my hands."
Orochimaru pondered for a moment, then spoke with great interest.
"…Hey, don't you dare use the Village's people for experiments again, or it will make things very difficult for us." Satoru said.
"That method is too outdated. I have new ideas, hehe.
Now tell me, what do you need me for?
I don't believe you're so idle that you'd just look for me to fish and chat."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, he looked at Satoru.
Satoru was very serious: "Cough, of course I have something to discuss with you, something very important."
"Oh, what important matter could there be now?"
Orochimaru felt he was very strange.
He had always felt that Satoru had big problems, and he still felt he had problems now.
However, he wanted to know what Satoru was trying to do. It was peacetime now, so there shouldn't be anything important.
And it couldn't be a mission from Konoha's higher-ups either.
"Um… I have a son… he needs a good teacher. I want him to study with you for a while." Satoru said, a bit embarrassed.
He had been busy recently in Kaguya's Starting Ball Space, reading Kaguya's body data.
He thought of having Orochimaru take care of him for a while.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered researching with Orochimaru.
It was just that Kaguya was sealed, and now the only person who could access Kaguya was him, who had made prior arrangements.
Bringing him there would be useless.
Thump!
"…" Orochimaru was completely stunned: "Take care of a child?"
Really… if he remembered correctly, Satoru's two children were already Chunin.
Which meant only the youngest son needed looking after, who seemed to be just over 3 years old.
"Yes, he's very smart. When he grows up, he can even be your assistant, just like Kabuto."
Satoru said.
Orochimaru's teaching ability was beyond doubt.
Especially Keigo's talent, he was indeed very suitable to study with Orochimaru.
"At the same time, I will apply to the Village to establish a special department, and the Village will provide funding for your research."
"…That's a tempting offer. I accept."
When Orochimaru heard about the Village providing funding, his resistance to taking care of a child immediately vanished.
It wasn't like he hadn't taken care of children before.
He was a renowned educator.
Countless outstanding children had emerged under his tutelage.
Shrug!
In the bushes, Yamato's ears twitched.
"Senior Satoru is too bold, actually daring to let Orochimaru take care of his child?"
He was shocked.
Orochimaru was currently a person under Konoha's surveillance.
Before, he was a rogue Ninja of Konoha, the first to experiment on the Village's comrades.
With so many buffs stacked together, he couldn't understand why Senior Satoru would do such a thing.
Keigo was only three years old. If Orochimaru used him for research, it would be over.
He wanted to run out and persuade him.
But thinking of Orochimaru's terror and Senior Satoru's strength, he stopped.
However, he was already prepared to inform Kakashi to keep an eye on things… "Keigo, Dad has some things to do lately, so I might not have much time to teach you.
I've found a good teacher for you. Are you excited?"
Satoru returned home and said with a smile to his youngest son.
Keigo was still tinkering with his newly bought machine: "I can learn by myself without you teaching me. Why do I need a teacher?"
Thump, thump, thump!
Recently, Dad's books have been selling very well, earning a lot of money.
He could buy many resources that he previously had to save, and he was having a great time playing.
He wasn't resistant to teachers, nor did he have any expectations.
In the entire Village, the most powerful was Dad; who else could be his teacher?
Even ordinary teachers only taught simple things, just like at the Ninja Academy.
"One of the Sannin, the legendary Orochimaru, will be your teacher. Surprised?
He is the person in the entire Ninja World who has the deepest research into Chakra.
He will definitely allow you to progress quickly. Try to empty all his knowledge."
Satoru laughed.
It had to be admitted that Orochimaru knew a vast amount of things.
His research was also very deep.
"The person with the deepest research into Chakra, Dad, didn't you say that was you?" Keigo asked.
Satoru: "Haha, we each have our strengths, each have our strengths.
Alright, that's enough for today. You continue studying. I'll go check if there are any problems with the lab equipment."
Bang!
Then he disappeared from the spot.
"What is Dad doing? Didn't he say he was about to retire? Why is he still so busy?"
Keigo was very smart, but he couldn't figure it out…
"What, Satoru is going to let Orochimaru take care of his child?"
Kakashi felt like something was wrong with his ears.
Who was Orochimaru? A terrorist!
Yamato: "That's right, and he also said he's going to apply to establish a new department, to create an experimental place for Orochimaru, with the Village providing funding."
"It feels like a transaction. By the way, does he have some new idea again, and he's even going to establish a department for Orochimaru? Trusting Orochimaru so much is suspicious."
Kakashi was puzzled.
His doubt was reasonable.
The establishment of the World Ninja Association made him see Satoru's thinking, which was indeed exceptionally brilliant.
Now, after these days, the atmosphere of the entire Ninja World had changed.
It showed vigorous vitality.
So he guessed whether Satoru had a similar idea again.
"I just don't understand why Senior Satoru, who has handed over all his work to Ino, is still so busy that he doesn't even have time to take care of his child." Yamato also felt something was strange.
No, these were all normal deductions of information by a Ninja.
"Well, since he trusts Orochimaru, let's go with his idea.
However, Orochimaru still cannot be fully trusted. Satoru will still have to work in the new department.
In this new department, let Satoru keep an eye on Orochimaru."
Kakashi also found it strange why a department needed to be built for Orochimaru.
But the necessary work still had to be done.
And coincidentally, it would give Satoru something to do, so he wouldn't have so much time to tease him, a single man.