The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 38 Black Zetsu, do you want to save your mother?

"That's right." Uchiha An nodded frankly.

"The two great clans of Konoha are actually descendants of the Otsutsuki clan."

"The ancestor of the Uchiha clan was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, while the ancestor of the Hyuga clan was Hamura Otsutsuki."

"The Hyuga clan was originally very powerful. They could synthesize the Tenseigan simply by fusing the eyes of a large number of clan members together. However, because it was too easy, it often led to internal strife within the clan."

"Therefore, in order to prevent such tragedies from happening frequently, the Hyuga clan developed the 'Caged Bird Seal' to prevent clan members from having their eyes forcibly removed."

"But if the Hyuga clan is truly in danger of extermination, the main family can use the 'Caged Bird' technique to force members of the branch families to give up their eyes, thus synthesizing the 'Tenseigan' in one fell swoop, in order to turn the tide and resolve the crisis."

"This Tenseigan is extremely powerful and has no side effects. It is even superior to the ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan and can be compared to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. It is not inferior to the Rinnegan either."

"Otherwise, what makes you think the Hyuga clan can be considered one of the two great clans alongside the Uchiha clan?"

"With their broken, soft-style boxing?"

"I see!" Orochimaru nodded thoughtfully, completely believing Uchiha An's words.

"So, Lord Orochimaru, my goal is indeed as you said, but I didn't lie to you about the method of synthesizing the Tenseigan. You'll know once you try it."

"The problem now is that I don't have a way to break the 'Caged Bird' curse seal, and without breaking the 'Caged Bird' curse seal, the few Byakugan of the Hyuga main family are not enough to synthesize the 'Tenseigan'."

"Hehe..." Orochimaru licked his lips greedily and laughed, "This problem is not difficult to solve."

"Although I don't have a way to break the 'Caged Bird' curse seal here, the Hyuga main family must have one!"

"Once I know this thing exists, I'll naturally find a way to get it."

"Don't worry, I'll share a copy with you once I get it."

"That's not necessary." Uchiha An refused directly: "My eyes will evolve into the Rinnegan, just like the one in Pain's eyes. The Tenseigan is not suitable for me."

"I see!" Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction, his trust in Uchiha An's words increasing considerably.

"Can the Mangekyou Sharingan evolve into the Rinnegan?"

"This is incredible intelligence!"

"But this would create a conflict between your goals and Payne's!"

"Pain wanted to capture the tailed beasts and revive the Ten-Tails, presumably to combine the Rinnegan with the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and achieve the immortality technique of the Sage of Six Paths."

"If he wants to dominate the ninja world and bring lasting peace, immortality is essential. Otherwise, once he dies, the regime will end, and war will return."

"But there's only one Ten-Tails, so who should it belong to?"

"This is truly a difficult decision!"

"hehe……"

Orochimaru made no attempt to hide his malicious smile as he looked at Uchiha An with amusement.

"Ann, I can tell you're a very ambitious person. You will never give up on the Ten-Tails."

"So, you already had a way to deal with Payne, right?"

"Indeed, your Mangekyou Sharingan possesses the ability of 'prophecy,' allowing you to see many things in the future. You must know a great deal about Pain, right?"

"That's none of your concern, Lord Orochimaru," Uchiha An shrugged indifferently.

Orochimaru stared intently at Uchiha An's face with his snake-like vertical pupils, scrutinizing him for a long time. Seeing his indifferent expression, he flicked his long tongue, licked his lips, and laughed again.

"Tsk tsk, this ability to 'prophesy' is truly unreasonable!"

"Fine, this is between the two of you, it has nothing to do with me."

Seeing that his probing had yielded no results, Orochimaru stopped chatting and returned to his original seat.

"So now, can we talk about the compensation?" Uchiha An asked with a smile.

"Can!"

Orochimaru nodded and said very generously:

"Ann, tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Your information is very valuable, and I will not refuse to provide it if I can."

"Haha..." Uchiha An laughed with his head held high, "Lord Orochimaru is indeed straightforward, then I won't hold back."

"I need your help to transplant interstitial cells into me."

"I also need the Impure World Reincarnation technique; you'll have to make some targeted modifications and optimizations for me."

"I also need the method to cultivate the Snake Immortal Technique. Could you please introduce me to the immortal of Ryuchi Cave?"

"I still need..."

Uchiha An made outrageous demands, rattling off a long list of prices. Orochimaru listened silently, and finally nodded decisively.

"Yes, I can agree to all these conditions. I can give you some things right now, but I need some time to prepare others."

"No problem!" Uchiha An replied readily.

A moment later, Uchiha walked out of Orochimaru's room, feeling satisfied.

Actually, he didn't know if there was a way to break the "Caged Bird" curse seal, but it didn't matter. Orochimaru believed there was, and that was enough.

As for Orochimaru not being able to obtain the method to break the curse seal from Hiashi Hyuga or other members of the main Hyuga clan, it can only mean that the main Hyuga clan was too stubborn and refused to hand it over even at the cost of their lives. It cannot be blamed on An Uchiha.

Orochimaru was also very satisfied.

Besides learning about the "Tenseigan," the "technique of immortality," from Uchiha An, he also learned a lot about his future.

For example, the development of cursed seals!

His current development of the Cursed Seal is only in its infancy, but Uchiha An told him that in the future, through research, he will turn the Cursed Seal into an alternative "immortality technique" and has even resurrected himself after death using this method.

This made him even more interested in curse seals, and he decided to spend more time on them in the future.

When researching this kind of thing, what's often lacking is direction.

Often, most studies, after wasting a lot of time and energy, end up concluding that this path is a dead end!

And Uchiha An could tell him which ninjutsu he would successfully develop in the future, and which he would never have seen before.

Based on this information, Orochimaru could naturally adjust the future research and development direction accordingly, so as not to waste time and energy.

However, Uchiha An did not tell him about the "Karma," since the "Karma" is also a "technique of immortality." If Orochimaru knew about it, he would spend his time studying the "Karma" instead of slaughtering the Hyuga clan, which would be bad.

Uchiha An, having just returned to his room with the benefits he had received from Orochimaru, caught a glimpse of a black and white shadow emerging from beneath the ground.

"Uchiha An..."

Before Zetsu could finish speaking, Uchiha An asked with a grin:

"Hey, Black Zetsu, do you want to save your mother?"

"I'll help you!"