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"This is a mutation of the body at the genetic level."
Little Bird pointed at the pulsing green waveform on the screen, her tone grave. "That green fluid isn't really blood. It's a highly concentrated active hormone. It can forcibly rewrite a person's physiology, transforming human muscles into superpowered muscle groups like those of a giant gorilla."
She paused, then continued her analysis. "What's even more frightening is that this hormone can trigger a second evolution in the body, giving the host several times the destructive power of a natural gorilla. That's also why the blood is green-it's the metabolic byproduct of the concentrated hormone. That's where the twenty-ton impact of a single punch comes from."
"Bodily mutation..." Xun Uchiha murmured. He recalled the "mummified corpse" he had encountered earlier. Although its readings had not fully exceeded the threshold, it already possessed two tons of strength. So that had been the result of the same method.
"That's not all." Little Bird quickly switched the test subject, and a new stream of data raced across the screen. "The blood DNA of that 'Snake Eyes' just now shows that his body mutated in an entirely different direction."
"What did he turn into?"
"An owl."
Xun Uchiha froze where he stood, disbelief written all over his face.
An owl's keen eyesight and extraordinary hearing were among the finest in the animal kingdom, which was precisely why Snake Eyes had been entrusted with reconnaissance. A note of gravity crept into Little Bird's voice as she explained that the so-called "bodily mutation hormone" could forcibly rewrite the genetic sequences of human cells, reshaping them into the form of any animal and seizing that species' greatest strengths. This biotechnology had long since surpassed the limits of present-day human civilization. Even more chilling, the enemy could