"Hm? You mean the Divine Mechanism?"
Zhuge Qing raised an eyebrow and looked at Reed Hayrick, curious.
"Exactly!"
Reed Hayrick snapped his fingers and continued,
"Based on the information about the Animus I got from the Assassin organization,
I suspect its core principles are very close to the concept of the Divine Mechanism!"
"Oh? Tell me more."
Orochimaru grew interested too and asked curiously.
"The reason the Animus can read ancestral memories from DNA comes down to the Isu—the so-called Precursors—and their technology.
The Isu had a unique triple-helix DNA structure, which gave them a 'sixth sense' that humans didn't possess.
It was thanks to this sense that the Isu could develop technology far beyond their time. Almost everything they created was built around this special faculty.
That's also why, in the original Assassin's Creed, many Isu creations could only be activated by modern humans who had inherited Isu blood."
Reed Hayrick explained.
"Mm."
Hearing this, Zhuge Qing and Orochimaru nodded. The development of science and technology often depended on the limits of human understanding.
Before the microscope was invented, for instance, people couldn't fully imagine the microscopic world, much less propose theories about it.
The Isu had a sixth sense—a superhuman faculty—so it made sense that they could develop such technology...
"Based on my analysis of the fragmentary information I've gathered so far, the inner workings of the Isu's high-tech creations are very similar to those of certain mechanical cores made by the Divine Mechanism.
Simply put, both involve constructing unique, precise channels for energy to circulate inside..."
Reed Hayrick continued.
"Interesting..."
Zhuge Qing stroked his chin, lost in thought.
"So the Animus is a creation similar to the Divine Mechanism?"
Orochimaru licked his lips, his eyes growing brighter.
The Naruto world had things resembling magical artifacts, too, such