"Don't rush to push him into the cold storage. Let's see what happens next."
Muzan seemed to have expected this. The instant the ice vanished, the person lying on the experiment table began undergoing a horrifying, chaotic mutation due to the Man-Eating Demon blood in his body.
His genes were destroyed in a short time, and he ultimately turned into a puddle of bloody water.
Glancing at Orochimaru's icy expression, Muzan suspected even he had not expected the reaction to be so violent.
"To some extent, your cells are like Hashirama Cells. Both possess terrifying rejection and infectivity."
This led them into a dead end. Orochimaru stared at the pool of blood on the floor.
He had once researched Hashirama Cells and knew how difficult they were to study. Experiments on Hashirama Cells had been ongoing for decades, yet progress remained slow.
If he began researching Muzan's cells now, even Orochimaru would be stretched too thin.
"Orochimaru-sensei's reincarnation technique is already taking shape. Why not focus on researching that instead? After all, there are plenty of ready-made bodies throughout the Shinobi World."
"For example, the Uchiha Clan..."
Muzan was deliberately steering Orochimaru in that direction. Just as in the original story, Orochimaru had once witnessed Itachi Uchiha's abilities.
He also wanted Orochimaru to turn his attention away from him. No one wanted an ambitious man constantly coveting their body, especially one capable of stealing souls.
The soul was an enigmatic thing. Even Muzan would not casually meddle with it.
"Living Corpse Reincarnation..."
Muzan's words further strengthened Orochimaru's resolve to research Living Corpse Reincarnation and use it to continually replace his soul vessels.
"Kehehe! Hahahaha!"
A cure for a genetic virus would be difficult to develop in a short time, but if he merely researched Living Corpse Reincarnation, he had already