The giant rat's body began to change. Flesh and machinery melded together, and an immensely powerful ultimate monster was born.
It was a gigantic rat as large as a mountain, its body outfitted with enormous metal-plated armor that looked exceptionally sturdy.
With the final Micro-Nuclear Fusion Power Organ installed inside the rat, the modifications were complete.
Superalloy Chakra Armor, Anti-Gravity Core Driver, Full-Spectrum Data Scanning Electronic Eye, Basic Ninjutsu Combination Emitter, Chakra Field Emission Core...
Although the physical modifications were complete, the changes inside the rat were not over. Its flesh writhed as the Genetic Modification Serum took effect, restructuring it at the cellular level and making it stronger, while also allowing it to integrate more seamlessly with its mechanical prosthetics.
Thanks to the more advanced and perfected technology they had used, this transformation did not take long to finish.
The Full-Spectrum Data Scanning Electronic Eye installed in the giant rat's face activated, glowing red. It fused with the brain, and the Intellect Brain connected to it began running. The rat's intelligence stirred within its mind.
He looked at Uchiha Brahman's Shadow Clones standing nearby.
"Praise Brahman! I thank the great Brahman for his blessing!"
The giant rat clasped its forepaws together with a mechanical clatter. A low, hoarse voice with an electronic, synthesized quality rang out.
"Hahahaha... Hahahahaha!!!"
Seeing that the experiment had succeeded, all the Uchiha Brahmans present burst out laughing. Then they began checking the various readings. Once they had confirmed that everything was in order, all the systems were running smoothly, and the Micro-Nuclear Fusion Power Organ inside the rat was operating steadily, they laughed again.
For Uchiha Brahman, the stronger his followers were, the better. The stronger they became, the more power they could provide him, and the stronger he would become in turn.
Of course, this strength had to come from the very essence of their being, not from relying on mechanical equipment. Even though this giant rat had been outfitted with various mechanical prosthetics, it would still be incredibly powerful in single combat without them.
This was a damn superweapon he had created through genetic programming and a whole host of modification surgeries!
After that, some of the Shadow Clones recorded the experimental data, then dispelled themselves and passed the information to the original.
Uchiha Brahman had always felt that, in the Shinobi World, the most valuable, powerful, and outrageous jutsu wasn't Impure World Reincarnation, Dust Release, or Senjutsu. The most outrageous one was Shadow Clone Technique.
It could create a clone with its own thoughts, capable of thinking, working, and fighting. There were even all sorts of solid-body clones. This jutsu was the most outrageous of them all.
Especially Multi-Shadow Clone Technique. There was no limit to the number of clones it could create. In theory, as long as someone was strong enough and their body could handle it, they could create an infinite number of clones.
And those clones weren't illusions. They could think for themselves.
Most frightening of all, this Clone Technique had practically no barrier to learning.
In certain worlds, this kind of Clone Technique—especially one that created clones capable of independent thought and combat—could only be learned later on, and came with all sorts of restrictions.
But in the world of Naruto, any ninja could learn Clone Technique.
For most people, a Clone Technique that produced clones with their own thoughts was probably just useful for fighting or dodging attacks.
But for a top-tier researcher like Uchiha Brahman, Clone Technique was nothing short of a divine skill.
He could create countless clones as intelligent as himself to conduct research and all kinds of experiments. And when a clone was dispelled, Uchiha Brahman would learn everything it had experienced and discovered.
He was the central data processor, and the Shadow Clones were research units spun off from that massive processor.
With this jutsu, Uchiha Brahman could unleash his astonishing intellect to its fullest.
"You shall be called..."
One of Uchiha Brahman's Shadow Clones studied the giant rat, thinking. He wanted to give it a powerful name.
He noticed the horn on the rat's head, an organ that amplified chakra. That's it!
"You shall be called Great Horned Rat!"
Uchiha Brahman declared.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak... Praise Brahman! I thank my master for bestowing a name upon me! Praise!"
Great Horned Rat immediately prostrated himself and offered devout praise. He felt boundless honor and supreme joy that the great Lord Brahman had given him a name. Tears streamed from his one remaining natural eye.
He was moved to tears!
The great Brahman's kindness! They, the rats, could never repay it!
"I give thanks to Kind Father. His radiance shines upon my heart, filling me with boundless warmth. You are the second sun in the heavens, casting eternal light upon us!"
Great Horned Rat offered his devout praise, his words so sincere and his heart so faithful that heaven and earth themselves were moved.
"Yes, yes!!! Great Horned Rat, praise Brahman!!! Yes, yes!"
His reverent words echoed without end.
"Excellent!"
A delighted smile tugged at Uchiha Brahman's lips. He raised a hand and nodded in satisfaction.
Then they brought over a huge green trident and handed it to Great Horned Rat.
At the same time, in another laboratory in the Shinobi World.
The setup was the same. Countless Shadow Clones of Uchiha Brahman carried out all kinds of research and fine-tuned the various readings.
Countless glass jars stood before them.
Inside the jars, they were growing numerous humanoid creatures that looked immensely powerful.
"The Cockroach Angel Project! We've finally reached the final stage!"
One Uchiha Brahman looked at the scene and nodded.
As a researcher who enjoyed biological modification, Uchiha Brahman had naturally launched more than one modification project.
The Rat Superman Project aimed to strengthen originally weak rats to their absolute limits.
The Cockroach Angel Project involved extracting, combining, and re-editing and modifying the genes of various cockroaches to create a powerful creature: the Angel Cockroach.
And then there was the Deep One Project...
This laboratory was conducting the Cockroach Angel Project.
Looking at the Cockroach-men—creatures made entirely through technology and brutal experimentation, utterly impossible in nature, and resembling the ones from Terra Formars—Uchiha Brahman nodded. Then he placed a hand on a red button and pressed it.
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