Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Hiruko initially suspected that Black Zetsu was a filial son, but later she felt that it was unlikely, since Black Zetsu had never monitored her from beginning to end.

Hiruko later suspected that it was the Six Paths Elder, but Hiruko didn't have many ways to monitor the Six Paths Elder.

Moreover, he has a backup plan. At worst, he can escape the ninja world, develop his strength, and then come back to beat up the guy who tried to scheme against him.

What he needs to do most now is to perfect the Ghost Sprout Technique.

Before the ritual is completed, the Oni-Garra Technique can only consume four offerings to gain power in order to make up for its own deficiencies.

The fifth offering can only be added on the day of the annular solar eclipse.

Although transformation is crucial, Hiruko did not intend to directly devour living people with self-awareness.

His choice was to clone his own somatic cells and culture them into embryos, but he did not activate their consciousness.

He then fused these embryos with ninja cells containing special cells that he had collected over the years, transforming them into artificial humans as sacrifices for the Oni-Garaku Technique.

Those individuals who survived the experiments and possessed special abilities were integrated with and controlled by Hiruko, who incorporated a tiny fragment of his own soul into them.

When the time is right, he will be able to devour all of these individuals in one fell swoop to enhance his own power.

In a sense, Hiruko's obsession with immortality was no less than Orochimaru's.

The laboratory where Hiruko is currently located is three thousand meters underground.

Hidden within is a small laboratory.

Inside were rows of special high-tech petri dishes, each containing a different individual with a face resembling that of a karate ko, yet each possessing a unique style.

Their bodies were branded with special tattoos and incantations, a way for Hiruko to identify and control them.

Not only in Konoha Village, but also in every corner of the ninja world, there are hidden laboratories of Hiruko, which preserve a large number of such individuals.

They were both candidates for Hiruko's devouring plan and a backup plan Hiruko left behind to prevent himself from being suddenly killed.

To be honest, Hiruko and Orochimaru are really very similar.

It is extremely difficult to actually kill Biluhu.

As for the method of resurrection, Hiruko referenced Orochimaru's method.

As the saying goes, if one dies, I have thousands more.

Even Orochimaru, who has not yet perfected his ninjutsu, cannot compare to Hiruko in terms of survivability; his survivability is MAX.

Once Hiruko's original body in the outside world dies, he will use his modified and perfected spiritification technique to resurrect himself in a new body using fragments of his soul as a catalyst.

Hiruko's methods made him almost immortal.

Over the years, Hiruko has been researching how to break through the limitations of the Oni-Garaku Technique so that she can accept all abilities without restraint.

Unfortunately, over the past ten years or so, although the Ghost Sprout Technique has become more and more perfect, and biotechnology and expertise have also become more and more advanced.

However, there is still no clue as to any breakthrough in the metaphysics of the Ghost Sprout Technique.

Perhaps only by traveling to different worlds and gaining more knowledge can one achieve a breakthrough.

Minato then earnestly said to Hiruko, "Please, Hiruko-senpai, don't tell any more people about this."

For Konoha, Kushina was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and her pregnancy could not be hidden from everyone, but the fewer people who knew, the better.

Hiruko nodded and said, "Don't worry, apart from Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya and the others, I don't have many friends in Konoha. Even if I wanted to tell them, no one would know."

Then Minato Namikaze asked, "Regarding the money, I'll send it as soon as possible. But is it alright to inject Kushina directly?"

He said with some concern.

Hiruko calmly replied, "If it were used by old guys like Danzo, there would be a mortality rate of over 50%."

Furthermore, additional adjustments and cellular regulation techniques are needed to further reduce the risk.

"Young people will have no problem, Kushina's vitality is too strong! The success rate is 100%! If you're worried, you can have the injection done in my lab!"

"Ah, well, I doubt the Third Hokage would agree!" Minato Namikaze said apologetically.

Minato Namikaze naturally wouldn't be wary of Hiruko, but the Third Hokage and his group wouldn't completely trust anyone.

Beiliuhu didn't mind either.

"By the way, Minato, I want to open a factory, but I don't know what procedures I need to go through?" Hiruko asked again.

"Senior Hiruko, what type of factory are you planning to open? There are some industries in Konoha that cannot be opened casually," Minato Namikaze asked cautiously.

"Oh, I want to start a salt factory, but we need to find our own funding for the research department, so..." Hiruko replied casually, seemingly unaware of the problem.

Minato Namikaze immediately looked embarrassed. He explained, "Lord Hiruko, salt is a commodity monopolized by the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire. It might not be easy for Konoha to get involved..."

His words revealed a hint of helplessness, after all, Konoha wanted Orochimaru and Hiruko to develop new things, but they didn't want to invest any money.

This is undoubtedly an attempt to get something for nothing, and now they're preventing people from opening factories and making money.

"If we could integrate all the salt industries in the Land of Fire, that would be great." Hiruko seemed completely oblivious to the deeper meaning in Minato Namikaze's words and persisted in her own idea.

"Senior Hiruko, there have been some unusual movements in Kumogakure recently. It wouldn't be good for us to make any big moves here." Minato Namikaze tried to make Hiruko understand the current situation.

"It's alright. You can discuss it with the Third Hokage. With the salt factory, many of our plans can be launched. Maybe we'll even have a chance to unify the ninja world!" Hiruko said confidently.

"This... I'll discuss it with the Third Hokage." Minato Namikaze was momentarily speechless, unsure how to respond.

Then he changed the subject and asked, "By the way, senior Hiruko, I heard that you once proposed building transportation infrastructure to connect the world."

The proposal includes not only railway and train engineering projects, but also ideas for air transport and even the spatial transmission of objects.

My question is, are these things really possible?

These words were discovered by Minato Namikaze while reviewing the documents submitted over the years.

In fact, this document had long been disposed of as junk, but Minato Namikaze became very interested in its contents.

The future world described in that document was so wonderful, unbelievably so, that all the common people in the ninja world could have enough to eat, wear, and receive an education.

It was so unbelievable that no one wanted to believe it was real.

In short, the bottom of the document was filled with criticisms from the old man accusing Beiliuhu of having unrealistic ideas.

But can I really implement what's in the document?