A Welcome Grander Than the Hokage's

Orochimaru laughed.

He laughed heartily.

"Cutting it into slices would be too wasteful."

"You're far more valuable alive than as a dead specimen."

Orochimaru's smile faded, and his tone turned serious.

"Qian Ye, I need more of that flesh."

Qian Ye did not hesitate.

"No problem."

"But I don't have much left on hand. I'll have to get it for you gradually."

Orochimaru nodded.

"Over the past few days, I've conducted some research on that piece of flesh you gave me earlier."

"The results were astonishing."

Orochimaru walked over to a dead tree and reached out to stroke its rough bark.

"The cellular activity contained in that flesh exceeds that of any conventional organism in the Ninja World."

"Even Hashirama's cells are, in some ways, less ferocious than it."

Qian Ye was secretly startled.

Sea Kings were, after all, apex creatures of the Pirate World.

They could easily grow hundreds or even thousands of meters long.

That kind of vitality truly was beyond anything humans of the Naruto World could compare to.

"My research has already produced some results." Orochimaru turned around.

A scientist's fervor gleamed in his golden vertical pupils.

"I extracted its active factors and attempted to fuse them with human cells."

"The theoretical model has already been completed."

"All that remains is the final practical test."

Orochimaru looked at Qian Ye.

"Once it succeeds, the human body will be able to naturally convert this high-density energy just like you do."

"No hand seals, no chakra refinement."

"With physical strength alone, one could tear apart ninjutsu."

"This will be an unprecedented revolution in the history of the Ninja World."

Qian Ye knew what Orochimaru meant.

He was hinting at the prototype of the Cursed Seal, or perhaps some entirely new body-modification technique.

If Orochimaru truly managed to integrate