Kara's Testing Ground!

Shinki didn't hesitate and slowly placed his hand on the red-haired youth's head.

Soon, Shinki possessed all the memories of the red-haired youth!

Sasuke and Naruto were standing nearby, noticed that Shinki's expression became very strange after reading his memories.

"What's wrong? Is there some amazing secret hidden in his memories?" Naruto asked curiously.

Shinki nodded, looking at the unconscious red-haired youth, and said, "His name is Tanno Sachiko. He's an outer member of the 'Kara' organization, currently responsible for guarding the abandoned experimental facilities within Amegakure..."

Sasuke frowned slightly upon hearing this. "Something's not right. This is too much of a coincidence. How come anyone we randomly grab is a member of 'Kara'?"

Shinki also felt there was something strange about this. "But his memory doesn't lie... Let's go check the locations he remembers!"

Sasuke and Naruto nodded, agreeing with Shinki's decision.

A few dozen seconds later, Tanno Sachiko, who had been knocked unconscious, opened her eyes and found herself with her feet dangling in the air, being held up by someone in an extremely humiliating position!

"Let me go! You beasts of Konoha! (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)"

Sachiko struggled for a moment, only to find that the hand holding her was like an iron clamp, completely immobile!

Shinki turned his head to look at Tanno Sachiko, who was being held by his Wood Clone, and a slight twitch appeared on his lips. "Don't worry, I'll throw you into Konoha Prison soon. (ﾉ∇︎ )"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shinki and the others arrived outside the testing ground of the 'Shell' organization, which was in Sachiko's memory.

Shinki pulled out Summoning Scroll, took out several gas masks from it, and put them on everyone.

"To prevent others from approaching, the 'Shell' organization released toxic gas in the abandoned testing site..."

Upon hearing this, Tanno Sachiko sensed something was amiss. "How did you know this was a testing ground?!(´°Δ°`)"

No sooner had he finished asking than Sasuke slapped him unconscious again, "Shut up! ╰_╯"

After a quick tidying up, Shinki had his Wood Clone keep an eye on Tanno Sachiko, while he, along with Naruto Sasuke, jumped into the extensive network of pipes in Amegakure...

After climbing through the pipes for a while, Shinki and his companions arrived at a secret room.

Inside the sealed room, the green poisonous gas was incredibly concentrated!

Wearing a gas mask, Shinki said, "Without protective measures, inhaling even a single breath of this toxic gas could be fatal... Also, this gas is flammable; even a tiny spark could cause a deflagration. Please be careful in your actions."

Naruto asked in a muffled voice, "Shinki, you said it yourself, this place is an abandoned Testing Ground. Since the 'Kara' organization didn't want others to find out, why didn't they destroy all traces as soon as they left? (‧_‧?)"

Shinki replied, "I don't know. Tanno Sachiko's orders were only to protect this abandoned testing ground from being discovered by others, and to destroy it if necessary..."

"Perhaps the experimental equipment inside is very valuable, and the shell doesn't want to destroy it easily?"

Sasuke nodded, thinking that Shinki's words made some sense, "So, does that mean they might come back here?"

As they spoke, the group arrived inside the testing site!

Naruto froze on the spot after entering this place: (꒪⌓꒪)

"These... these are all human limbs?! Σ(っ°Д °;)っ"

As Naruto spoke, he pointed to an operating table that was covered with rotting human limbs!

The dark red blood and yellow fat create a striking visual impact!

This scene was common throughout the entire Laboratory!

Even through his gas mask, Naruto felt like he could smell the pungent, rotten stench!

Sasuke remained remarkably calm. "What's the rush? You haven't seen Orochimaru's old Experimental Base... It's not much different from here. ¯_(ツ)_/¯"

Upon hearing this, Shinki secretly added another mark to Orochimaru's record!

We absolutely cannot let him have too much of a comfortable time in Konoha Prison! ꐦ≖ ≖

Afterwards, Shinki said to the two, "This Laboratory is quite large. Let's split up and see if there's anything useful."

A little while later, Naruto, who was in one of the rooms, discovered something interesting and called out to Shinki and Sasuke, "You two, come and take a look!"

Shinki heard the sound and went over to investigate, where he saw a huge culture tank inside the room!

This jar was enormous, completely transparent, and filled with a yellowish-green culture medium!

At this moment, there was also a little boy soaking in the culture medium!

Shinki had seen this kind of culture jar in Orochimaru's Laboratory.

"This is... Artificial Human experiment?! (≖╻≖;)" Shinki said.

Sasuke arrived quickly, and his words confirmed Shinki's guess. "That's right, there should be a clone in the jar..."

Naruto: "Are the children soaking in here still alive?"

Shinki shook his head. "I can't sense any life force in him."

Konoha Research Institute.

A group of researchers are chatting.

"Why do you think the Lord Hokage banned cloning experiments?" Tanaka, a researcher holding a test tube, asked casually.

"Didn't the Lord Hokage already say that cloning is disrespectful to life?" Kobayashi, the lab technician who was adjusting the machine, replied.

"But according to my inside information, other organizations seem to be secretly researching this," Tanaka, one of the researchers, continued.

"You guys think the Lord Hokage won't let us do this kind of research because he's afraid we'll clone someone just like him and take his place?"

"You're overthinking it. No one can replace the Lord Hokage's position in Konoha!" Kobayashi replied speechlessly.

Researcher Tanaka shrugged. "Probably. I just feel that the Lord Hokage shouldn't be so restrictive with technology. ┐(´-`)┌"

Kobayashi stood up. "If you have any complaints, you can report them to the Hokage's Office. The Lord Hokage is quite receptive to advice. (′д`σ)σ"

Laboratory technician Aikawa chimed in, "Exactly! Don't speak ill of the Lord Hokage behind his back!"

While the testers were chatting, Shinki, carrying a bunch of instruments from the test site, teleported to the entrance of the research institute using the Flying Thunder God!

The researchers came out to greet them upon hearing the sound.

Wearing a gas mask, Shinki stopped everyone. "Don't move. I just brought these things out of the poisonous cave. Let's disinfect them first..."

The next day.

The Hokage's Office.

Laboratory technician Kobayashi came to report on the equipment from yesterday, "Lord Hokage, the equipment you brought back yesterday is extremely advanced; many of it surpasses Konoha's current technological level!"

Shinki nodded upon hearing this. "Yes, can you use it?"

The experimenter, Kobayashi, nodded. "It's possible, but we'll need to explore it gradually..."

"By the way, Lord Hokage- sama, we've also found this pattern on many experimental instruments." As he spoke, lab technician C quickly handed Shinki a photograph.

Shinki took the photo and looked down at it...

The photo shows a strange, disc-shaped pattern...