Research Samples

"Dr. Vegapunk, we're here at the scheduled time!"

The one who spoke was the alluring kunoichi named Mei Terumi, who was gazing intently at Vegapunk. Next to her were a few members of the Hozuki Clan, along with the recovered members of the Yuki Clan, and the final person was Ao, who possessed a Byakugan.

The common denominator among these people was that they were all connected to the Kekkei Genkai. The members of the Yuki Clan were the earliest Kekkei Genkai ninja clan to suffer persecution, and the Yuki Clan, possessing the Ice Release, had nearly all been killed or injured. The remaining members of the Yuki Clan were all of thin bloodline and unable to awaken the Ice Release.

Among the members of the Hozuki Clan, one had awakened Water Transformation, and the remaining few were also members who could not awaken a Kekkei Genkai.

This was actually a very normal occurrence. Among most Kekkei ninja clan members, at least a large majority were unable to awaken a Kekkei Genkai. Even in the Hyuga Clan, which was famous in the Ninja World and the easiest to awaken a Kekkei Genkai, there were still members who could not awaken the Byakugan.

Vegapunk glanced at these people. Among them were those who had transplanted Kekkei Genkai organs, owners of first-generation synthesized Chakra Kekkei Genkai, and members of Kekkei Genkai ninja clans who had awakened and not awakened a Kekkei Genkai. The samples could already be considered quite sufficient.

Unfortunately, there was no Shikotsumyaku; that was the purest bloodline left behind by the Otsutsuki Clan aliens...

The matter of the Kaguya Clan could be slowly resolved in the future. Vegapunk truly did not believe that the entire Kaguya Clan was completely impervious to reason. Anyway, his requirements for the Kaguya Clan were not large; as long as he had a few Kekkei Genkai awakeners to use as experimental subjects, that would be enough.

All the ninjas looked at Vegapunk, some with fanaticism, some with doubt, and others with a hint of timidity.

Of course, mixed among them was a gaze carrying a trace of infatuation—that was precisely Mei Terumi's gaze. While everyone else was looking at the research department head of the Sea Ninja Village, she alone was looking at a handsome man.

During this period, Vegapunk, who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, had relied on his own ability to make all the doubters in the Sea Ninja Village shut their mouths.

At the very beginning, quite a few people despised him because of Vegapunk's apparent age. After all, scientific research and ninja cultivation were different. Certain monsters who awakened powerful Kekkei Genkai could indeed possess the strength to traverse the Ninja World at thirteen or fourteen, but science required a massive accumulation of knowledge. How much knowledge could a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy learn?

However, Vegapunk's new inventions appeared one after another: Chakra-Enhanced Armor, Mini Orbital Surveillance Satellite, new Chakra Attribute Training Pod...

Although none of these inventions had reached the level of mass production, they had already substantially increased the strength of the Sea Ninja Village. Needless to say, the Chakra-Enhanced Armor was merely Vegapunk strengthening the original Snow Country's chakra armor, and its cost-performance ratio was not high.

The Mini Orbital Surveillance Satellite could see the conditions of the vast majority of the Ninja World's marine areas, including the Water Country, though the resolution was not high.

For wars between ninjas, its role was originally not large. After all, ninjas basically operated in small squads, and large-scale ninja movements were difficult to hide from opponents for ninjas whose intelligence-gathering capabilities were maxed out, requiring no help from an orbital surveillance satellite.

However, that referred to land-based countries. No matter how low the resolution of the Orbital Surveillance Satellite was, it at least had the ability to distinguish ships. In other words, its monitoring capability over the sea surface was still very strong. This was very useful for the Sea Country. After all, even ninjas could not tread on water to cross the sea the entire time; they had to take boats.

As for the Chakra Attribute Training Pod, it was a new generation of training equipment developed by Vegapunk through meticulous research into chakra attributes. It could quickly help ninjas cultivate more chakra attributes by having other ninjas pre-inject chakra of the corresponding attribute.

One must know that one of the so-called standards for a Jonin in this world was to cultivate one's own attribute chakra to the extreme and then develop a second chakra attribute. In this way, a ninja at least had no obvious weaknesses and would not stumble due to attribute restraint.

This was Vegapunk's greatest invention during this period. In fact, this was merely a by-product he casually manufactured while researching the fusion of chakra attributes. But even so, it had already caused all the ninjas of the Sea Ninja Village to revere him like a god.

Alright, everyone probably has some understanding of the reason why I invited you over today, right?

Vegapunk did not chatter much and spoke up first.

"Researching the Kekkei Genkai... Rest assured, we will cooperate with Dr. Vegapunk!"

Mei Terumi was the first to speak, and subsequently, the other ninjas also chimed in.

Vegapunk glanced over the crowd. Mei Terumi was a Kekkei Genkai synthesized through her own chakra fusion; in other words, she could be considered a first-generation Kekkei Genkai user. Having no family to drag her down, she naturally did not care about these issues.

Needless to say about Ao, he was simply a tool fitted with a Byakugan, and essentially not a Kekkei Genkai ninja at all.

The Yuki Clan didn't even have a single person who awakened the Ice Release now, so this group of people was more than happy that Vegapunk was willing to research their Kekkei Genkai!

The only ones somewhat dissatisfied were the Hozuki Clan, which was precisely why the Hozuki Clan only sent a single clansman who had awakened a Kekkei Genkai. Of course, the fact that the Hozuki Clan itself did not have many Kekkei Genkai awakeners was also a reason.

"Correct. Once a capability like the Kekkei Genkai is awakened, it can be said to guarantee the Jonin level. Coupled with other animal transformation modifications and training pods, we can completely mass-produce powerhouses at the elite Jonin level."

Vegapunk spoke frankly and calmly. Seeing the unnatural expressions of those Kekkei Genkai family members, he understood in his heart that the other party was worried about the issue of the Kekkei Genkai spreading.

"However, accomplishing such a thing is indeed quite difficult," Vegapunk changed the subject, "so the first goal I've set is to increase the probability of Kekkei Genkai ninjas awakening!"

Actually, this kind of thing really wasn't considered all that difficult. Transplanting a Kekkei Genkai could by no means be harder than transplanting animal genes! It wasn't like directly transplanting Otsutsuki genes.

Even transplanting Otsutsuki genes wasn't some difficult matter... The crux lay in the fact that wanting to activate Otsutsuki genes required a massive amount of chakra. Otherwise, even with Otsutsuki genes, combat power might not necessarily turn out stronger than downgraded Otsutsuki versions like the Uchiha or Senju.

Of course, Vegapunk certainly wouldn't say such things to these Kekkei Genkai ninjas right now. Wasn't that equivalent to digging up the roots of the Kekkei Genkai ninjas?

Even if he possessed the ability to freely bestow Kekkei Genkai upon others, Vegapunk would not easily help others with transplantation. A subordinate faction was something that always remained just enough when useful. Before the Otsutsuki from beyond the skies descended, Vegapunk did not feel he needed to unseal all his technology to strengthen his subordinates.