Naruto: The Uchiha's Scientific Madman

"Red Bean, relax—"

Orochimaru looked at the girl on the operating table and gently comforted her.

Just as Hongdou responded, she felt a pain in her neck.

In an instant, the giant snake bit down on Hongdou's neck, its fangs instantly channeling immense natural energy, including the power that connected to the soul.

With the injection of power.

The snake's body gradually shrank.

Eventually, they all disappeared, leaving behind a strange mark of five black magatama symbols below Hongdou's neck.

The gray serpent is a cursed seal technique created by Orochimaru based on Ao's research. It contains all the characteristics of the technique, as well as the most important natural energy and fragments of Orochimaru's soul.

The entire process lasted for three hours.

Throughout the entire process, Orochimaru maintained perfect concentration and controlled his chakra with exquisite precision.

There was not the slightest deviation.

Uchiha Ao watched this scene with eyes full of admiration.

Only a genius like Orochimaru could maintain perfect control over chakra for such a long time.

He probably wouldn't even last ten minutes.

This is the difference between the two.

He's still far from good enough!

Even if all the planned achievements were entrusted to him now, he probably wouldn't be able to inherit them.

"It's a success."

Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief, large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

My body was already mostly soaked.

It's obvious that he overdrawn most of his body's strength.

My spirits have weakened considerably.

He gazed intently at the unconscious Hongdou.

A sense of worry welled up inside him, and he subconsciously reached out his hand. After noticing Hongdou's heavy breathing, he turned around and looked at his assistant behind him.

"Did you notice anything unusual during the whole process? Were you able to keep up?"

Orochimaru asked.

Although Qing is young, some of the ideas he put forward are worth pondering.

Therefore, he also consciously cultivated it.

I hope Qing can grow up and become his true assistant.

Orochimaru never hesitated to share his knowledge with fellow researchers.

Qing nodded gently.

The research project on Danzo that Orochimaru had previously arranged came to mind.

Considering that Orochimaru didn't hold anything back.

He hesitated for a moment, then decided to give Orochimaru a reminder.

"Teacher, are you still going to complete Danzo's remaining experiments? After the Fourth Hokage's death, you should be the most suitable successor, right?"

"If you become Hokage, will you still be able to trust Danzo?"

He had no doubts about the knowledge and questions Orochimaru imparted, because even the spy Kabuto Yakushi, who was planted by others in the future, betrayed his original master Sasori of the Red Sand because of Orochimaru and became Orochimaru's most capable assistant.

After hearing this, Orochimaru nodded thoughtfully.

It takes about an hour.

Hongdou, who had been in a coma, woke up.

"How are you feeling?"

Qing's voice came from beside her ear, and Hongdou's blank mind was filled with previous memories.

A burning sensation came from my neck.

She instinctively covered her face, and a sharp pain shot through her skin the moment it touched her skin.

A chakra that did not belong to her was continuously merging into her body along the cursed seal, changing her physical form.

The chakra within his body more than doubled.

He was promoted directly from Chunin to Jonin, which was a qualitative change.

Some of the ninjutsu techniques that were previously unfamiliar now seem much clearer in my mind.

She rolled over and got out of bed.

After stretching his body, he replied, "Not bad! My body seems stronger, and there are no abnormalities."

She glanced around at her surroundings.

The enclosed room had oil lamps burning on the walls, emitting a pungent smell.

Familiar surroundings.

It was still in a break room in the laboratory.

Where is the teacher?

She asked the question.

The first question I asked after regaining consciousness was where the teacher was.

Qing nodded and said, "This experiment also put a lot of pressure on the teacher, who is now recuperating."

That's true.

To ensure the success of the cursed seal transplant, Orochimaru expended tremendous effort during the experiment and even split off a part of his soul.

It's like forcibly cutting a piece of flesh from the most important spiritual and mental body; this damage will last a lifetime.

Even Orochimaru, who possesses Kage-level strength, couldn't withstand it.

However, before the experiment, Ao had already listed some of the side effects for Orochimaru.

It also provided some remedial measures and solutions.

Orochimaru is currently undergoing treatment according to the plan provided by Ao.

He was given full authority to handle the arrangements for Hongdou.

"Looks like it worked."

"Your body will experience some unusual reactions over the next period of time, and you must tell me everything truthfully."

Qing closed a notebook with Hongdou's name on it. It contained all of Hongdou's information, including her measurements, blood type, and other physical data.

The following week.

The red beans all need to be kept in the laboratory to complete all the indicator tests together with the green beans.

On the third day, Orochimaru emerged from his seclusion.

He found Hongdou, glanced at the data recorded by Qing, and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he went out.

They didn't explain anything.

"Is the teacher alright?"

Anko watched Orochimaru's departing figure and subconsciously asked a question.

The teacher didn't say anything, but her pale face still pained her deeply.

Qing glanced at her.

I secretly admire Orochimaru's pure relationships with those around him; it's truly addictive.

The girl, Anko, completely disregarded her status as experimental material, and instead showed extraordinary concern for Orochimaru, her teacher who treated her as a tool.

"There shouldn't be any major problems."

After putting away the documents in her hands and arranging all the testing equipment, Qing answered.

He offered Orochimaru three solutions for soul repair. One was a method derived from the principles of the Reaper Death Seal, which involved devouring the souls of other creatures to replenish one's own damaged soul.

This method is relatively simple; once the Reaper Death Seal technique is disassembled, it can be easily created.

It's just that it borrows some of the abilities of the Shinigami summoned by the Reaper Death Seal.

It has significant drawbacks and unpredictable long-term consequences.

It's even possible that the souls consumed may not belong to the original being.

The second method is inspired by the Shadow Clone Technique, which involves splitting and separating the differentiated parts of the soul into clones.

Then, the damaged soul is repaired by using the extracted soul fragments.

This can partially heal the wounds caused by the tearing of the soul, but it will permanently reduce the quality of the soul of the original body, making it irreversible.

The last method is based on the cultivation of soul power described in the art of spiritualization, which involves slowly repairing damage to the soul through long-term practice.

Based on Orochimaru's exit time.

Qing roughly guessed that he must have used the second method to temporarily suppress the injuries at the soul level.

It has to be said, Orochimaru is really ruthless to himself.

In order to create the technique of resurrection, he did not hesitate to attack his own soul. If it were someone else, they would probably have had many concerns.

Even Qing himself wouldn't dare to easily adopt those proposals.

However, Orochimaru chose it without hesitation after seeing its feasibility.

He was extremely impressed by this.

Qing took out a notebook, flipped to the latest page, and looked at Hongdou, saying, "The teacher's situation isn't too bad, but you need to familiarize yourself with the power of the cursed seal as soon as possible, otherwise..."

He paused for a moment, then pressed his finger on a set of data.

"If I can't master this power, I'm afraid I won't live long and will become a cripple, or even my life will be threatened."