After listening to Sarutobi Toru, Star Shadow let out a sigh and said no more.
Sarutobi Toru picked up various medical instruments and began conducting precise examinations of the three of them.
Before long, seven or eight months had passed.
The Mysterious Peacock Method was quite simple to cultivate. As for the meteorite's radiation, taking some anti-radiation medicine before training could prevent physical mutations, allowing only one's Chakra to become activated.
After all, Konoha Village's Medical Ninjutsu had now advanced to a level several decades beyond that of the Original Work. Even there, they could treat ninja who cultivated the Mysterious Peacock Method, much less the present-day Konoha, whose Medical Ninjutsu was even more advanced.
However, researching beneficial mutations in the human body caused by the meteorite's radiation proved extremely difficult. After all, radiation-induced mutations were disorderly, and the vast majority were malignant. Producing beneficial mutations required guided methods.
Although this greatly raised the percentage of beneficial mutations, there was no way to stabilize it. At best, they could maintain the ratio of beneficial to malignant mutations at around one to two.
For people like Sarutobi Toru, Orochimaru, and Hiruko, even a one-percent possibility of malignant mutation was unacceptable.
Root, on the other hand, had quite a few brainwashed ninja who were used as test subjects. The results were mixed, but overall, they had strengthened Root.
Although the project of using radiation to trigger beneficial mutations had not yet succeeded, they had at least gained a flying ninjutsu.
Of course, the Mysterious Peacock Method had one major flaw: while using it, one could not perform any other hand-sign ninjutsu. Becoming an aerial bomber was out of the question. No wonder the Hoshigakure ninja who mastered the Mysterious Peacock Method showed no interest in other ninjutsu. After all, how many ninjutsu