Orochimaru was clearly interested. "Oh? What kind of project do you have for me this time, Natsuki?"
When Natsuki had first met Orochimaru, he had lured him away with research projects decades ahead of the Ninja World.
Now, most of those projects had more or less been researched to completion.
If Natsuki proposed something new, constructive, and groundbreaking—
Orochimaru would be delighted.
Natsuki pulled a Storage Scroll from his person.
After unsealing it, a lump of muscle tissue appeared. It was the piece he had cut from Toneri's body.
Judging by its location, it should have been Toneri's erector spinae muscle.
"This is a piece of flesh from the Moon Descendant, Otsutsuki Toneri."
"That old fossil Otsutsuki Hagoromo just attacked the Hyuga Clan Members together with Toneri."
"They wanted to abduct people from the main family with high bloodline purity and use their Byakugan to awaken the Tenseigan."
"The Tenseigan!?"
Orochimaru's eyes visibly lit up. Natsuki had mentioned this thing in the materials he had given him before.
During the last time the Hyuga Clan had been thrown into turmoil, Orochimaru had acquired many main-family Byakugan, but they had all come from the same lineage.
They did not meet the requirements to awaken the Tenseigan, so the related project had been shelved.
Natsuki nodded slightly. "Hinata's eyes have already been taken, but I deliberately let them leave."
"By my estimate, they should successfully awaken the Tenseigan."
Orochimaru had not yet received any related information, so he was only learning of it now.
"This is the flesh from Otsutsuki Toneri's body."
"Last time, you told me about deficiencies and Fusion at the genetic level."
"I don't understand the specialized knowledge very well, but I know that Otsutsuki Toneri's bloodline is exceptionally superior."
"In the Original Timeline, he used his own body