Kakuzu spread his hands. "The only thing valuable on you is this."
Hiruko had spent years researching his secret technique, so naturally he would not hand it over so easily. "I'm not selling the Chimera Technique."
Kakuzu said disdainfully, "I really don't know whether you're genuinely stupid or just pretending. Who said you had to sell the real thing?"
"Just alter the secret technique a little."
"Then you'll make money without letting the technique slip away. Isn't that perfect?"
As a researcher, Hiruko had never put his mind to such schemes.
His first reaction was hesitation. "The buyer isn't stupid. How can you sell something they can't verify?"
Kakuzu smiled. "That's simple. What indispensable components does your Chimera Technique require?"
"Just make it work the first time and fail the second. Failures are normal for a secret technique like this anyway."
"You invented the Chimera Technique. Don't you know what is essential to it and what determines whether it succeeds or fails?"
Guided by Kakuzu's words, Hiruko gave it some thought and blurted out instinctively:
"Bud Seeds! If I tamper with the Bud Seeds, the Chimera Technique will be completely useless even if someone has it."
Kakuzu nodded in satisfaction.
"Exactly. As long as you keep the Bud Seeds and the method for making them in your hands—"
"—the Chimera Technique can naturally be circulated."
Kakuzu had spent this period conducting experiments alongside Hiruko, so he naturally did not know nothing.
In Kakuzu's view, the most crucial part of this technique was the Bud Seed.
That was why he had proposed this idea to Hiruko.
Kakuzu played true to character. "You know plenty of people have their eyes on your Chimera Technique. You could give my method a try."
"You could make a decent profit. Experiments consume a lot of