Orochimaru was clearly intrigued. "Oh? What new project do you have for me, Shamu?"
When Shamu had first met Orochimaru, he had lured him in with research projects decades ahead of the Shinobi World.
Now, most of those projects had been more or less completed.
If Shamu proposed something new, constructive, and groundbreaking—
Orochimaru would be delighted.
Shamu took a Storage Scroll from his person.
After unsealing it, a lump of muscle tissue appeared. It was the piece carved from Toneri's body.
Judging by its location, it should have been Toneri's erector spinae muscle.
"This is a fragment of the body of Otsutsuki Toneri, a descendant of the moon."
"That old bastard Hagoromo Otsutsuki just attacked the Hyuga Clan together with Toneri."
"They wanted to abduct people from the Main Family with highly concentrated bloodlines and use their Byakugan to awaken the Tenseigan."
"The Tenseigan!?"
Orochimaru's eyes immediately lit up. Shamu's previous materials had mentioned this thing.
During the last Hyuga incident, Orochimaru had obtained many Main Family Byakugan, but they had all come from the same lineage.
They did not meet the conditions for awakening the Tenseigan, so the related project had been shelved.
Shamu nodded slightly. "Hinata's eyes have already been taken, but I deliberately let them leave."
"By my estimation, they should successfully awaken the Tenseigan."
Orochimaru had not yet received any related information, so he was only learning of it now.
"This is flesh from Otsutsuki Toneri."
"Last time, you told me about the lack of genetic compatibility and fusion."
"While I do not understand the technical details very well, I know that Otsutsuki Toneri's bloodline is exceptionally superior."
"In the original timeline, he used his own body to nurture Hanabi's eyes into the Tenseigan."
Shamu suddenly felt his hand grow lighter. The flesh had already