Chapter 93:
The next morning, before Orochimaru even woke up, there was a thick stack of documents sitting on the table in his living room.
There was no need to guess who had sent them.
"Dropping off materials in my living room without permission, huh?" Orochimaru muttered to himself, eyeing the stack. "I'll have to address this later. If someone sees something they shouldn't…"
Stretching his arms, he casually walked over and began flipping through the materials. He knew they had come from Danzo, sent without so much as a warning.
The documents contained data from Konoha's previous experiments on the First Hokage's cells, attempts to replicate the legendary Wood Release. While some of the information wasn't particularly useful to Orochimaru, it did contain details he hadn't known before. So, he took his time reading through it carefully.
After about half an hour of reading, Orochimaru tossed the stack aside, realizing it would take much longer to go through everything. He washed up, dressed, and decided to head to the Hokage's office.
After all, Hiruzen was still his teacher, and for now, he had to keep up appearances and check in with him regularly.
Hiruzen, of course, had no idea that Orochimaru had already met with Danzo.
With no missions to undertake that day, Orochimaru spent his time wandering the village streets. Tsunade was off spending time with her younger brother, slowly recovering from the emotional toll of losing their family. Jiraiya, having accepted that his pursuit of Tsunade was hopeless, threw himself into training even harder. On days without missions, he'd often disappear to Mount Myoboku using reverse summoning, seeking solace in his training.