Chapter 135
Orochimaru's Research Results [4K]
Chapter 135 Orochimaru's Research Results [4K]
Konoha's 55th year was relatively uneventful compared to other years.
Since Itachi Uchiha informed the Third Hokage that Shura and Hikaru Uchiha had visited Fugaku, nothing major has happened.
After Itachi Uchiha joined the Anbu, his actions were mainly led by Kakashi, who also carried out surveillance missions on the Uchiha clan. He would also report any radical voices within the clan to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Although Uchiha Shisui lost one of his Mangekyou Sharingan, he was still an elite Jonin. Moreover, because he was more interested in easing the conflict between the village and the Uchiha clan than other Uchiha clan members, he was increasingly valued by Fugaku.
Days passed by like this, and Menma wandered between Konoha and the Land of Stars, occasionally going out to play with Naruto and Hinata.
However, he learned from Hinata that her mother seemed to be pregnant again.
It seems that Hinata's unstable dual personality is causing Hiashi some concern; moreover, after Shura gouged out the eyes of the older generation of the Hyuga main family elders, the Hyuga main family is in a low mood.
Therefore, Hiashi decided to have another child to see if it would be a boy. If so, and if he had a better personality, he could inherit the position of head of the main family.
Hinata doesn't understand these things, but the eldest sister Hinata knows very well that although she also has a younger sister named Hanabi in the 'Limited Tsukuyomi World', she is still a little unhappy.
this day.
Menma, as usual, was conducting various researches in the capital of the Star Kingdom.
"Yes, it's quite stable now. You can move around the capital from now on, but remember to tell me if you feel unwell." In the medical department's laboratory, Menma, wearing a white coat and a white mask, put away the testing equipment and said to Gota.
"Thank you, sir!" Wu Tai got up from the sickbed and happily buttoned up her open clothes.
After more than half a year of experiments, Wutai's physical characteristics stabilized after being injected with the bloodline gene-regulating fluid, so Menma decided to let him walk in the sunlight.
“Let’s wait another six months and then select three more members of our clan to receive the bloodline gene-regulating fluid.” Menma took off his mask and said to Gota, “No rush, take it slow. At the current pace, I estimate that in a few years, all of your clansmen will be able to walk in the sunlight.”
"The Ibri clan has been loyal to you for generations!" Wu Tai knelt on the ground excitedly.
After seeing off Empress Dowager Go, Menma changed out of his white coat and headed to the Uzumaki family's residence.
Now, Vanilla Whirlpool's house has become half a kindergarten.
Besides Karin Uzumaki, Kimimaro and Haku also live here, and are usually taken care of by Vanilla Uzumaki.
Before Menma even got close, he noticed a thick fog emanating from the Uzumaki family mansion.
Then they saw Kimimaro and Haku conducting a combat exercise in the thick fog.
Karin Uzumaki sat on the veranda, snacking as she watched the sparks flying through the mist with curiosity.
Although she didn't roll her eyes, you could only vaguely see her outline.
"Hey! Menma-nii!" Karin called out enthusiastically upon seeing the person who suddenly appeared beside her.
Kimimaro and Haku, who were conducting combat drills in the courtyard, also stopped.
As the thick fog dissipated, Kimimaro emerged, his body covered in bones like a little hedgehog, with several senbon needles stuck in his body. His white eyes, combined with his fair skin, gave him a somewhat eerie appearance.
"My lord." Kimimaro still preferred to address Menma as such, regarding Menma as a figure to whom he swore to follow and serve to the death.
Bai also walked over, and Ma Weiwei bowed slightly to him.
Although the two were only five or six years old, they already had the strength of Chunin, and were very skilled in both bloodline limits and ninjutsu.
Since Kimimaro acquired Byakugan, his bloodline disease has been alleviated. With the addition of Shikotsumyaku and his bloodline limit, his combat power has exploded, and even Haku can only be his sparring partner.
Menma pondered, thinking that Kimimaro might be able to be trained by Uchiha Hikaru and Kakuzu.
The former was his strongest ninja, while the latter was seventy or eighty years old and had seen many ninjutsu and bloodline limits, so he could give Kimimaro a good lesson.
"Where's Vanilla?" Menma asked, not seeing the Whirlpool Vanilla.
"Mom hasn't gotten off work yet." Karin handed over the bag of potato chips.
Mianma reached out and took a piece, then said to the three little ones, "Have fun, cherish this time, you'll be going to school next year."
The education system of the Star Kingdom has been operating for more than half a year, and has selected the first batch of children with ninja talent from all over the country. There are about 30 children, ranging in age from five or six to sixteen. These children have been uniformly arranged to study at the ninja school in the capital.
Meanwhile, Kimimaro and Haku's condition has improved considerably, and they are preparing to send them, along with Karin who will be five years old next year, to study.
"Ah! I don't want to go to school QAQ" Karin cried, instinctively resisting going to school.
Kimimaro and Haku both smiled gently as they looked at Karin clinging to Menma's leg.
They dote on this little girl and are very happy with their current life.
"Good girl." Menma reached out and patted Karin's head.
In the evening, Whirlpool Vanilla went home from get off work and bought a lot of groceries to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
At the same time, a letter was brought to Mianma.
"My lord, this is a secret letter from Orochimaru." Uzumaki Kaoru handed the letter to Menma.
"Oh?" Menma took the letter. There were no complicated patterns on it, only a few lines of simple text and a familiar snake-shaped mark.
Upon opening the letter, one finds only a few words, yet they reveal astonishing information.
Orochimaru has made a breakthrough in cloning technology and has two interesting things he wants Shura to discuss.
Between the lines, Orochimaru's characteristic cunning and confidence shine through.
Menma's lips curled into a playful smile: "Indeed, it's been half a year since we parted ways in Kirigakure. Orochimaru should have some new products by now."
He has always been interested in Orochimaru's research findings, and he is particularly looking forward to the "two interesting things" that Orochimaru mentioned.
After all, in this era, only Orochimaru could combine science and ninjutsu to such an unparalleled degree.
The next day.
When Menma, disguised as Shura, once again arrives at Orochimaru's base in the Land of Rice Fields.
This once small village has now been renamed Sound Village, and a wall has been erected around it. Two ninjas wearing Sound Ninja headbands are standing guard at the gate.
Mianma had no interest in playing games with these little guys.
His figure moved like a ghost along the edge of the Sound Village, avoiding all patrols and surveillance, and went straight to Orochimaru's secret base deep underground.
Upon entering this vast and complex underground labyrinth, the air was thick with the smells of disinfectant, blood, and some indescribable stench of decay, mixed with the unique aura of chakra experiments, sending chills down one's spine. Menma passed through a series of heavy stone doors reinforced with sealing techniques, finally arriving at a spacious laboratory.
In the center of the laboratory, Orochimaru's tall figure was facing away from him, busily moving among countless petri dishes and experimental equipment.
Orochimaru was dressed in a white lab coat, his long black hair cascading over his shoulders, the purple rope winding around his waist, and his cold, serpentine vertical pupils—all so familiar that Menma was reminded of Orochimaru's appearance during the Konoha Crush plan.
Hearing footsteps, Orochimaru slowly turned around, a mysterious smile playing on his lips.
"Welcome, Shura." Orochimaru's voice was hoarse and deep, carrying a unique allure.
Menma didn't stand on ceremony; he walked directly up to Orochimaru, his sharp eyes scanning the surrounding lab tables.
Several culture dishes contained various strangely shaped tissues, but none of them contained what I wanted.
"I'm only interested in things that are valuable, Orochimaru." Menma's tone was calm, yet carried an unquestionable air of authority.
"Of course." Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, the action carrying a hint of excitement and a wicked smile.
He led Mianma to a group of glass culture tanks.
The liquid in the tank was pale green, with bubbles rising continuously. In the center of the liquid, there were bright red eyeballs floating, with magatama patterns faintly visible on them.
"The Sharingan?" Menma's pupils contracted slightly.
Although these eyeballs are still in the cultivation stage, the clearly visible single-tomoe pattern on them, as well as the unique Yin Release chakra fluctuations, indicate their identity.
"That's right, this is the result of my latest research—cloning the Sharingan." Orochimaru's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible pride. Although his expression behind the Shura Mask could not be seen, he must have been somewhat shocked.
Orochimaru was quite satisfied with his research, but this pride quickly turned into regret: "However, at present, we can only replicate a single tomoe. The generation of double tomoe, or even triple tomoe, requires more in-depth genetic modification and chakra adaptation research. This involves more detailed research on Yin Release chakra, which is far more complicated than imagined."
Orochimaru reached out and picked up a single-tomoe Sharingan, placing it between his index finger and thumb, its pupil facing Shura.
The eyeball gleamed with an eerie red light under the lamp, and the single tomoe pattern was clearly visible, as if it might start to rotate at any moment.
"Although it's only a single tomoe, it's already capable of small-scale mass production, which is truly a qualitative leap," Menma praised.
I have to say, she truly lives up to her nickname, Snake Auntie.
With the addition of his mastery of the bloodline limit switch technique, Menma could create an army capable of using the basic abilities of the Sharingan.
This is undoubtedly a huge boost to the Star Kingdom's power system.
If the Sharingan can be cloned, what about the Byakugan? The Red-Eyed? And the Blood Dragon Eye!
There are only four clans in the entire ninja world with this kind of bloodline limit for eyes. Among them, the Red-Eyed Clan and the Blood Pond Clan with the Blood Dragon Eye have fallen to only a handful of members.
Thinking about how his Star Country would be able to mobilize a large number of Sharingan, Byakugan, and Red-Eyed ninjas a few years from now, Menma couldn't help but wonder how the other ninja villages would react.
"By the way, where is the Blood Pond Clan again?" Menma couldn't quite remember. I think they appeared in some movie or Sasuke's novel?
"With these ten single-tomoe Sharingan, you should be able to do a lot. Of course, in exchange, you have to provide me with some live Uchiha samples, especially the cellular tissue of those ninjas with powerful eye abilities." Orochimaru's gaze was sharp as he stared at Shura's white three-eyed fox mask, as if trying to see through his thoughts.
The white three-eyed fox couldn't see Shura's face or expression, but a cold voice came from behind the mask: "Is this what you call a 'major breakthrough'?"
Orochimaru gave a mysterious smile: "This is just an appetizer; the more exciting part is over there."
He turned around and led Shura to another laboratory.
The two entered a new laboratory and saw a boy of about ten years old lying quietly on an experimental table. Several thin chakra tubes were connected to his body. The boy had delicate features, pale skin, and closed eyes, as if he were just asleep.
"His name is Shin. A... very special experimental subject." Orochimaru lowered his voice, his voice filled with an almost fanatical excitement, and he even stuck out his tongue a little.
"Xin?" This name stirred up Menma's memories.
It seems, it looks like, that he was a villain?
Orochimaru continued, "I discovered him by chance. His body possesses a near-perfect biological adaptability. No matter what organ or bloodline limit is transplanted into his body, there will be no rejection reaction. I have tried to implant various bloodline limit cells into his body, and the results are amazing. He is like a living container that can perfectly hold everything."
As Orochimaru explained, Menma remembered.
Uchiha letter.
He was one of Orochimaru's experimental subjects. Later, it seems that Orochimaru used his arm to transplant Sharingan eyes and then traded it to Danzo, so Shin Uchiha left with a group of clones.
In the spin-off short films and Boruto, when he appeared as a villain, he wore Akatsuki attire and had Sharingan eyes transplanted all over his body, making him look like Hyakume Makoto.
He claimed to be Orochimaru's disciple and had a fanatical obsession with Itachi Uchiha, even changing his surname to Uchiha.
Based on Orochimaru's use of his arm to make a deal with Danzo, it can be inferred that Shin left after the night of the Uchiha massacre.
Because the transplanted arm had many three-tomoe Sharingan eyes from the Uchiha clan, which Danzo had obtained on the night of the massacre.
Although not as shocking, Uchiha Shin did indeed deserve the 'major breakthrough' mentioned in Orochimaru's letter, and it was worth Menma's personal visit.
If we could obtain his flesh and blood tissue for research, and then fuse it with Hashirama cells and White Zetsu cells to produce clones...
correct!
Oni Luo Ya's art!
What if we used Shin Uchiha's physical tissue, or a clone, to perform the Kira-ya Jutsu?!
Thinking about the technique of Oni-ro-ya, Menma also felt a sense of anticipation.
This Uchiha Shin is practically a perfect "human laboratory".
“He’s just a child now, not fully grown up yet. But his potential is limitless.” Orochimaru saw that Shura was still unmoved, so he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with greed.
"With him, many experiments that were originally impossible will become possible, such as... developing clones that perfectly fuse interstitial cells and white blood cells as experimental vectors! Of course, all of this will take time."
Menma walked to the experimental table and carefully observed Uchiha Shin, whose eyes were tightly closed.
He used Kagura's Mind's Eye to sense the unique life force within Uchiha Shin's body, as well as the enormous potential hidden deep within his cells.
This body is practically made for all the bloodline limits and forbidden techniques in the ninja world; it's the perfect material for the Bloodline Limit Network!
"Then, what's the price?" Shura, wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, tilted his head slightly, looked at Orochimaru, and asked in a deep voice.
He knew that if Orochimaru dared to take out the Uchiha Shin, it must be because he desperately wanted something from him.
We've already taken advantage of Orochimaru several times before, so let's give him a little treat this time.
(End of this chapter)