Hidden Leaf Village, beneath the hospital.
Hinata and Tsunade stood before a cultivation tank, staring at a piece of white flesh floating inside.
"This is the latest result?"
Several days had passed since her conversation with Nagato when Tsunade summoned Hinata here.
All this time, whether it was the Hidden Leaf Village or Orochimaru, their research into the First Hokage's Cells had made virtually no progress.
Orochimaru had come up with a method of using the Sharingan to suppress the First Hokage's Cells, but it was difficult to replicate and its stability could not be guaranteed.
Yamato was the only successful case, yet the power of the Wood Release he obtained was nowhere near as great as expected, which was disappointing.
However, neither the Hidden Leaf Village nor Orochimaru had stopped researching the First Hokage's Cells.
Although Orochimaru understood the First Hokage's Cells better, he intended to cultivate his own team.
Therefore, after obtaining Orochimaru's research materials on the First Hokage's Cells, he handed them over to Tsunade.
A laboratory was established, with Tsunade in charge.
Although Tsunade was not particularly skilled at scientific research, she possessed a deep understanding of human tissue. Moreover, there was no one more suitable in the Hidden Leaf Village, so she was put in charge of researching the First Hokage's Cells.
With Orochimaru's materials, the Hidden Leaf Village's research into the First Hokage's Cells progressed quickly.
Under normal circumstances, even so, there was still a long way to go before the First Hokage's Cells could be transplanted into ninja bodies.
But the Hidden Leaf Village had long known that White Zetsu corpses bore enormous similarities to the First Hokage's Cells. The difference was that the cells in White Zetsu corpses were far more stable!
Then Hinata said to Tsunade, "You could try adding cells