My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 356 The Sixth Hokage's Incognito Expedition (The End)

Izakaya.

"Gu~ Haa!"

Tsunade took a big gulp of her drink, then leisurely picked up a skewer of yakitori and said as she ate, "I saw your medical report from last week."

"Your cells are completely different from those of a normal human. Whether it's density, weight, or energy storage, they far exceed those of a human."

"Your technique, while removing the disease, will retain to some extent the advantage of your ability to forcibly absorb the tailed beast's chakra."

"Extended lifespan is not the main issue; the most important thing is that your growth period will be extended indefinitely. You don't want to be a child for decades or even hundreds of years, do you?"

“I understand.” Link was surprisingly not angry, but accepted it naturally. “I will reduce my use of the Minor Ailment Extraction Technique.”

Tsunade sighed when she heard the name of the technique. She really didn't want to admit that the bizarre ninjutsu of the other party had a name she was familiar with.

It feels so out of place.

Link tried the yakitori, a classic salt-grilled dish, and it tasted pretty good. He casually remarked, "I sent Orochimaru away."

"I see." Tsunade said with a hint of melancholy; the Sannin still had a lot of feelings for each other.

There are many memories from the past. We were once companions who shared life and death, but now there is no chance to see each other again, which inevitably makes me a little sad.

However, being a ninja for many years, he was used to life and death and quickly composed himself, saying, "By the way, do you have any techniques that can accelerate other people's growth?"

The past exists for the future; there's no need to dwell on meaningless memories.

"Do you think I would?" Link asked, shrugging.

If there really were a technique that could make someone grow up, they would have used it on themselves long ago; why wait until now?

Do you remember Hashirama the Second, who died in World Three?
Even if one can use natural energy to create a new body after reincarnation, it will still be in the same youthful state as in the previous reincarnation.

According to Tobirama Senju's research, it is highly likely that the body the soul remembers during reincarnation is based on the state of the previous life, and the body state cannot be changed at will.

To put it bluntly, you can get smaller, but you can't get older.

If Link could reincarnate once and freely change his physical growth, he would have already planned to risk implanting Primarch cells and reincarnate himself.

"Tch." Tsunade exhaled a breath of alcohol and said, "Orochimaru's gone. How about we consider the Sage Mode experiment?"

"To be honest, given your physical condition, I'm a little worried that if you continue to get stronger, you'll end up digesting the original cells directly."

The reason why experiments on Sage Mode had not been widely conducted before was because of her own experience. She was touched by Orochimaru and immediately lost her fighting ability, almost dying. They were simply too afraid to do it recklessly.

Even if the Sage Mode provides a significant boost, it will create a huge vulnerability when facing Orochimaru, rendering it worthless.

"We'll see." Link wasn't in a hurry to become an immortal or anything like that. He planned to stop using the Minor Ailment Extraction Technique for a while, observe his development, and then consider his subsequent plans to become stronger.

In any case, the peaceful world we live in now provides him with ample time to develop comfortably.

Immortal transformation, Five Elements sealing, and original body are still not fully understood. As the saying goes, "A son of a wealthy family would not sit under a dangerous roof," so why risk going to places where there might be problems?

"By the way, what happened to the beasts we created using the Primarch cells?" He was quite curious about how those fire-breathing, water-spitting beasts were doing. Tsunade thought for a moment and said, "There was a problem with the experiment." She explained the situation in detail.

The beasts implanted with degraded progenitor cells became reproductively isolated from their original kind, either through inbreeding or artificial breeding. Their numbers were too small to allow them to reproduce naturally.

The awkward thing is that the degraded original cells in the bodies of the beasts that have reproduced for generations will aggregate and increase, making them stronger. The problem is that they will mutate when they are emotionally agitated. Now, a beast that has been artificially bred has mutated into human form when it clashed with other beasts.

"Huh?" Link was taken aback. "Wait, what did you just say? You mutated into human form?"

"What do you think Primarch cells are?" Tsunade retorted.

"The Primarch is... uh, I get it." Link understood the logic.

The so-called original body is the body that Orochimaru once abandoned; in essence, it is human cells implanted into a rabbit's body.

Uh, Fury? Orc?
He felt a chill run down his spine. In his past life, he often jokingly pointed at his cat and said, "Transform!" But he couldn't accept the idea of ​​a small animal actually turning into a human.

"That's about it." Tsunade took another sip. "If we continue to cultivate them, we might create a group of 'humans' who are born using natural energy."

"Hey, because Orochimaru was using a female human body back then. The original body is more compatible with females, and those that are prone to mutation are almost always females."

She chuckled inexplicably and said, "You don't know, those female test subjects became too powerful after the mutation, and their intelligence was significantly enhanced. Due to the influence of natural energy, they were more irritable, and ordinary males simply couldn't complete the training with them normally."

"Hmm, if humans and animals are mixed together, it should be called..."

"Human-beast, no, beastman." Link felt his brain short-circuiting. After a moment, he said, "What about the experiment?"

"Let's stop it then," Tsunade said casually. "What else can we do? We can't really train a whole bunch of people, can we? That's much worse than cloning, and the ethical issues are far more serious."

"The entire experimental group stopped."

"The relevant details have been submitted. How to deal with those rabbits depends on the approval from above."

Link paused for a moment. As far as he knew, it wasn't just rabbits that had been modified by the protozoan cells; there were many other animals that had been captured, bred, and observed in the Death Forest. They certainly hadn't escaped, but their numbers were simply too many.

In other words, even if the experiments are not continued, the large number of beasts that have already been bred are destined to gradually give birth to more mutated individuals.

They've even developed humanoid forms, and their intelligence is increasing. Natural evolution will inevitably lead to the emergence of human subspecies like 'beastmen,' which raises serious ethical issues.

Should we just kill all the test subjects?

"Don't think about it too much." Tsunade raised her glass with a smile and said, "Even if they naturally evolve to the point of replacing humans, it will be thousands of years from now. And if they can't use chakra and ninjutsu, they can only be considered special ninja beasts at most."

"As for the problem of being too similar to humans, let future generations consider that."

"Come have a drink," she said, slightly drunk.

Link rubbed his temples, his curiosity about the beastmen born from the Five Elements Seal growing stronger. He really wanted to see what was going on.

However, I'll skip it for today; it's too late. I'll apply for an interventional experiment tomorrow and see what's going on when I get back.

(End of this chapter)