Artificial Human

"Artificial Human?"

Yaowan slowed her breathing, trying to reduce her intake of secondhand smoke.

"Yes, Artificial Human, experimental subjects created using my expertise in Cloning Technology, combined with Ōtsutsuki cells."

Amado, sitting in his office chair, put his pipe in the ashtray, picked up the teacup in front of him, took a big gulp, and continued his introduction to Yaowan.

"The ultimate goal of this experiment was to create a perfect vessel for Jigen, but I discovered that some of the failed attempts possessed strength far exceeding that of ordinary ninjas. With Jigen's permission, I kept them."

As he spoke, Amado looked away from Yaowan.

"Is that Ras one of them?"

Following the other person's gaze, Yaowan saw numerous petri dishes.

Through the outer shell, one can vaguely see the figures floating inside.

"Ras, well, Ras is one of the more outstanding test subjects. He has both superb strength and the ability to think, and he can communicate with people, but unfortunately, he has too few emotional fluctuations."

Upon hearing Yaowan mention the test subjects sent to the Land of Waves, Amado's emotions did not fluctuate much, and he coldly introduced the other party's abilities.

"Moreover, every action he takes puts a tremendous strain on his body, and he needs to enter a specially designed Recovery Pod to recover after each battle."

Hearing this, Yaowan gained a preliminary understanding of the Artificial Human's strength. "So it seems the Artificial Human's strength is nothing special after all."

Upon hearing Yaowan's evaluation of his work, Amado chuckled and put down his teacup.

"That assessment might be suitable for Ras, but if applied to these guys..."

Amado had no desire to continue. In his eyes, Yaowan's intelligence was only similar to that of a summoned beast, and there was no need to explain some of the technical terms.

Therefore, after leaving those words, Amado explicitly issued an order to leave, "Next, I will be conducting experiments related to 'Wedge.' If you have any questions, you can communicate with Scorpion. After all, he has participated in many projects related to the Artificial Human project."

Yaowan nodded and left the room.

"Oh right, the data that Miya Kagura is carrying is very important; we absolutely cannot leave it in the Land of Waves."

Amado's voice rang out before the laboratory doors were completely closed.

Asuma was panting heavily.

The guy in front of him, who called himself Ras, was far stronger than he had imagined.

Despite being unarmed, this guy managed to suppress him even while he was wielding ninja tools; in terms of both speed and strength, the opponent far surpassed him.

"What, shall we continue?"

Ras's emotionless voice rang out. Seeing that Asuma made no move, the Artificial Human leaned forward, his legs tense.

"Well then, it's my turn."

"Hateful!"

Forcibly suppressing the trembling in his hands, Asuma prepared to defend himself the instant his opponent moved.

"Cough!"

Unfortunately, he couldn't defend against it.

Ras swiftly threw a punch that struck Asma in the abdomen, and acid gushed from Asuma's mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Ras grabbed Asuma's right arm and threw him away with an over-the-shoulder throw.

Before Asuma could land, Ras quickly caught up and delivered a follow-up knee strike.

"Bang!"

After being hit repeatedly, Asuma turned into a cloud of smoke.

"So that's how it is, it's Shadow Clone. When did it happen?"

Ras stopped and tilted his head, searching for Asuma.

Fire Style: Ash Pile Burning!

Asuma, who suddenly appeared from behind the tree, chose Fire Style as his first attack, despite being inferior to his opponent in Taijutsu.

Asuma was about to detonate Ras as the smoke enveloped him, he saw Ras wave his sleeve, creating a powerful gust of air that directly dispersed the thick smoke.

"Wind Release: Breakthrough!"

Seeing the smoke turn around and envelop him, Asuma quickly stopped what he was doing and switched to using Wind Release as his attack method.

"Asuma- sensei, behind you!"

Using his Wind Release, Asuma dispelled the smoke he had created and discovered that Ras had vanished from where he had just been standing.

Fortunately, Shikamaru's timely warning allowed Asuma to dodge the straight punch from behind.

But Ras's kick followed, sending Asuma had ducked to avoid the attack, flying through the air and even knocking down several large trees.

"How terrifying..."

Ino was so frightened by the scene before her that her legs trembled Kunai, and she almost dropped the kunai she was holding for self-defense.

"Tch, things are getting a bit complicated."

Seeing that Asuma had disappeared, Shikamaru's mind began to race, trying to find a way out of the predicament.

However, faced with such overwhelming power, even if Shikamaru's own father, Shikaku, were here, he wouldn't be able to think of a way to escape.

Ras calmly retracted his straight leg, his eyes closed the entire time, and his expression remained unchanged.

After waiting a while and realizing that Asuma had no intention of getting up, Ras turned around and faced Tazuna's location.

"He's looking over here!"

Choji shouted to warn his companions.

But the next second, Ras disappeared from their sight.

"Ah!"

Immediately following behind came Tazuna's wailing.

The three were shocked and quickly turned around, only to find that Ras had already come up behind them, grabbing Tazuna by the neck with one hand and lifting him high into the air.