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Orochimaru looked at the various data displayed on the instrument in front of him and shook his head.
The explosion just now came from an experimental subject.
[After being injected with the drug Orochimaru was researching, the test subject's body couldn't handle it, and his entire body turned red and warm, with veins resembling magma appearing on his skin.]
[Then, he transformed into a bomb, letting out a final, agonizing scream before exploding.]
Orochimaru remained unfazed by the scene, even when the blasted human remains were only separated from him by a pane of glass.
After yet another failed experiment, Orochimaru didn't rush into the next one. Instead, he took off his somewhat dirty lab coat.
Orochimaru emerged from the laboratory, a facility provided to him by the Hydra organization specifically for conducting experiments.
Orochimaru wasn't actually that enthusiastic about artificial mutants.
In Orochimaru's eyes, artificial mutants were like mass-producing a large group of useless cannon fodder; very few could truly be considered combat power.
[It's not even as strong as his transformed state.]
Orochimaru originally wanted to continue to fleece Dr. Imamura Kohei, but unfortunately, he couldn't find Dr. Imamura Kohei anymore.
Orochimaru even went to the prison himself, but he couldn't find any trace of Dr. Imamura Kohei.
"It would be strange to find Dr. Kohei Imamura, the lizard doctor."
"Dr. Lizard Kohei Imamura has been recruited by the Hydra organization."
"However, since Dr. Lizard Kohei Imamura was taken away by Hydra..."
"Then why couldn't Orochimaru find Dr. Imamura Kohei, the Lizard Doctor?"
Looking at the light screen, Minoru Kageno wonder Orochimaru couldn't find Dr. Imamura Kohei's people, even though they were from the same organization.
"understood."
Suddenly, Minoru Kageno realized the most crucial point: Hydra was not a monolithic organization.
Originally, Hydra might have been in a state of complete unity, but after the legitimate Hydra organization was destroyed by Captain Rogers and his team, Hikari Shinomiya died.
The remaining Hydra members did not unite, but instead went their own way, gathering the surviving Hydra members to form their own Hydra organization.
Therefore, it is understandable that Orochimaru could not find Dr. Lizard, because Dr. Imamura Kohei and Orochimaru may not be in the same Hydra organization.
Other Hydra organizations naturally wouldn't provide resources to other Hydra organizations.
After all, they all wanted to be part of the legitimate Hydra organization.
【"Lord Orochimaru."】
[A figure with long white hair, blue pupils, two red dots on his forehead, and eyeshadow like Orochimaru, but in red.]
[He, who was guarding outside the laboratory door, heard the door open and turned around to see Orochimaru come out, and spoke up.]
The voice was filled with respect and admiration.
"Maro-kun."
Orochimaru looked at Kimimaro with a satisfied expression and smiled as he spoke.
Kimimaro was a treasure he discovered by chance, a perfect treasure of the human body.
Kimimaro is practically a super-powered upgrade in physique.
In Orochimaru's eyes, Kimimaro was simply another experimental subject, albeit one suffering from a serious illness.
Orochimaru initially believed Kimimaro was doomed, as even the strongest experimental subjects couldn't withstand the injections.
This guy, who's seriously ill and looks incredibly weak, probably wouldn't last even half a minute.
Then, something unexpected happened to Orochimaru: among the many test subjects, Kimimaro was the first to succeed, and in fact, he was the kind of person who could not be replicated.
[Because Orochimaru later discovered that Kimimaro's success was due to his special physical condition.]
[After the successful injection, Kimimaro's strength increased significantly, and his serious illness was also cured.]
Orochimaru continued to conduct experiments on Kimimaro, causing Kimimaro to activate his mutant abilities.
Kimimaro's mutated ability allows him to freely manipulate osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and even control calcium concentration to form bone. His bones are harder than steel.
In Orochimaru's eyes, Kimimaro was like Wolverine's counterpart, but a lower-ranking substitute.
After completing his experiments on Kimimaro, including creating artificial mutants and developing his own drugs, Orochimaru conducted his third experiment.
Orochimaru injected Kimimaro with a potion made using his own blood as a copy and Dr. Imamura Kohei's blood as the main component.
As Orochimaru predicted, the others died because their bodies couldn't handle it, while Kimimaro successfully absorbed and adapted to the new environment.
Having undergone Orochimaru's three experiments, Kimimaro's strength has undergone a qualitative leap.
He became one of Orochimaru's most trusted subordinates.
"This Orochimaru doesn't seem honest. He has some powerful people, but he hasn't handed them over to Hydra. Instead, he's keeping them to himself."
Shirogane Miyuki looked at Kimimaro, who was following Orochimaru in the light screen, and said.
"If Orochimaru were honest, he wouldn't have conducted human experiments, nor would he have betrayed Iron Man Zhuge Cong."
Yu Ishigami spoke up.
"That's true. Besides, Kimimaro is just one of Orochimaru's subordinates. We don't know how many people Orochimaru has hidden among his subordinates."
"In a previous trailer for Iron Man 3, there was a scene where a guy with short white hair grabbed Iron Man, Zhuge Cong, by the collar."
"That guy is probably one of them."
Shirogane Miyuki nodded and said.
"It seems that Orochimaru's men are of high quality."
After seeing Orochimaru leave the laboratory, Kimimaro followed behind him like a bodyguard.
After leaving the laboratory, Orochimaru walked down a dimly lit corridor and arrived at a living room where several other people were already inside.
[The people in this living room are all Orochimaru's subordinates, all successful experimental subjects.]
Upon seeing Orochimaru and Kimimaro behind him arrive, everyone in the living room stopped what they were doing.
"Is Lord Orochimaru going out?"
[Hozuki Suigetsu put down the game controller in his hand and looked at Lord Orochimaru, saying...]
“It really is me. I’m on the light screen too. Look, Jugo, you’re right next to me. You’re on the light screen too.”
Hozuki Suigetsu looked at himself in the light screen and Jugo sitting next to him and said.
Jugo didn't say anything, he just nodded. He didn't expect that such ordinary guys like them could be on the light screen.
"Wait, don't we seem to be the villains?"
Hozuki Suigetsu suddenly released his grip on Jugo's hand and said.
Are they Orochimaru's subordinates? Orochimaru is going to take down Iron Man Zhuge Cong, so are they the villains?
Moreover, he was a henchman of the villain.
"You don't need to come with me, I'm just going out for a walk."
"Kimimaro, you don't need to follow me. I'm not so weak that I need someone to protect me."
[Orochimaru said, "This isn't an exaggeration; Orochimaru's strength is indeed quite impressive."]
Orochimaru wanted to go out for a stroll to see if he could find any treasure, since Kimimaro was someone he had picked up from outside.
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru."
Kimimaro was always completely subservient to Orochimaru; whatever Orochimaru said, he did.
Orochimaru, now dressed in casual clothes, also left the laboratory. Lost in his experiments, Orochimaru had little concept of time outside.
So it was already midnight outside, and there weren't many pedestrians on the street anymore. Occasionally, you could see one or two people hurrying by in hoodies.
[Or perhaps they're dead drunk, or maybe it's a group of gangsters gathered there.]
Orochimaru looked at these people, wondering if he should take some of them back to see if there was any treasure among them.
Orochimaru is a man of action; even if he does something major, as long as it doesn't escalate to the heavens, Hydra can still cover it up for him.
[Furthermore, it seems there's been some internal trouble within Hydra recently; his superior appears to have changed.]
Lately, it seems like no one has been pressing me about artificial mutants. Could it be that the new boss doesn't value them anymore?
However, none of this mattered to Orochimaru. Even if Hydra stopped funding him, Orochimaru wouldn't care; if he couldn't win, he would simply leave.
Anyway, he's already squeezed a lot out of Hydra.
[Moreover, Orochimaru also set up a secret base for himself, although it wasn't as impressive as the secret base that the Hydra organization had set up for him, but it wasn't far off.]
"Hey, you over there."
Just as Orochimaru was packing up his "spoils of war," a female voice suddenly came from behind him.
Orochimaru also stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the person who called him "Nekko".
Orochimaru turned around and saw two men standing there, dressed in black bodysuits with golden stripes on them.
Orochimaru initially intended to attack directly, but his intuition told him that doing so might result in his death.
Orochimaru sized up the two men in front of him with his snake-like eyes.