In the dim underground cavern, high-concentration green nutrient fluid was rapidly drained through the outlet pipes beneath the culture tank. As the liquid level fell, the mangled body was fully exposed beneath the cold laboratory lights. Sutures crisscrossed its pale skin, and clear signs of Hashirama Cells implantation marked its left shoulder. Its eye sockets were empty. It was the finest bloodline vessel of the Uchiha clan from the old era.
Kabuto Yakushi adjusted the round glasses on the bridge of his nose. His gaze shifted between the body in the culture tank and the purple-black Chaos Seed in his palm.
Orochimaru stood nearby, a sickly smile hanging on his pale face. His hoarse voice echoed against the rock walls.
"Do it, Kabuto. Implant that power beyond comprehension into the most perfect vessel of the old era."
Kabuto did not move at once. His fingers closed, concealing the glow of the Chaos Seed in his palm. He slowly paced around the culture tank, his cold gaze assessing Orochimaru.
"Sensei, you are being rather hasty." Kabuto stopped. "The Scavenger biological munitions in the Konoha Arsenal came from your laboratory. Naruto Uzumaki's Steel New Order seems to have completely absorbed you. This meeting is very likely a trap aimed at both me and the seed."
Kabuto suddenly struck. He flung open his palm, and purple-black mist erupted violently from the seed, carrying intense High-Dimensional Spiritual Pollution as it bore down on Orochimaru.
The temperature inside the cavern plummeted. Several summoned white snakes by Orochimaru's feet were brushed by the purple-black mist. Before they could even struggle, they shriveled into a layer of ash. The precise instruments around them were disrupted by the high-dimensional energy, bursting with blinding electrical sparks one after another. Several electronic displays shattered with loud bangs, scattering glass fragments