Mapping the complete genome of the Hamura lineage's Sage Body was only the first step. What truly mattered was fully recreating that bloodline, which had existed only a thousand years ago, in the present Shinobi World. With Orochimaru's mature cloning technology, the consciousness-transfer technology of Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Hiruko's body-fusing Chimera Technique already available, the theory had been verified. The remaining work was only a matter of time: prepare carrier cells, cultivate cloned embryos, inject the Kaguya genes, select the individuals with the most stable gene expression and no rejection from a large pool of cloned embryos, and repeat the process through multiple iterations. Finally, the confirmed stable embryo would be grown into a mature clone-a "new body" into which Hyuga Yu could transfer his consciousness.
The last step would be to use the improved Chimera Technique, with Hyuga Yu's original body as the foundation, to absorb this Kaguya Clan "double" of his. That would fully supply the Kaguya Clan components missing from his bloodline and genome. By combining the Hyuga and Kaguya bloodlines and fusing the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai, he would activate and awaken the "Hamura bloodline" genes within him, ultimately obtaining the Sage Body that formed the foundation of all his plans.
According to Orochimaru and Hiruko's estimates, completing all of this would take about a month. That was already remarkably fast. Moreover, thanks to the equipment and technology imported from the Land of Lightning, consciousness transfer-the hardest hurdle-had been solved ahead of time.
All Hyuga Yu had left to do now was wait.
On March 27, the preliminary gene selection and carrier-cell preparation took only half a day. Orochimaru took over the subsequent work, cultivating the cloned embryos for the Chimera Technique. On the fourth underground level beneath the Forest of Death, a