In the laboratory, a prisoner dressed in white was strapped to an operating table. A paralyzed wild boar lay beside him.
Several strange wires connected the prisoner's head to the boar's.
Orochimaru switched on the equipment and used threads to guide the prisoner's hands through a series of hand seals.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Crackle!
As the final seal was completed, the equipment released an electric shock. The man and the boar began shaking wildly on the operating table amid flashes of electricity.
Without a doubt, if someone had added colorful lights, anyone watching would have thought they were doing disco for seniors.
About ten to fifteen seconds later, Chihane followed the noise into the laboratory.
After another bout of violent shaking, the man and the boar stopped their disco routine. Aside from an occasional faint twitch, they lay motionless, as though dead.
Orochimaru noticed Chihane, but the experiment had reached a critical stage, and he could not step away.
He gestured for Chihane to stay quiet, then continued watching the prisoner and the boar.
The existence of life was a miracle in itself, and immortality was a privilege reserved for gods. But Orochimaru was not a man content with being ordinary. He wanted to wield a god's authority through human wisdom.
This experiment was crucial. If it succeeded, it would prove that the direction Orochimaru had been working toward all this time was correct.
And if it failed?
Heh!
Then hundreds or thousands more people would likely become test subjects. A scientist's obsession was beyond an ordinary person's imagination.
The seconds ticked by, but the man and the boar on the operating table still showed no response.
The long wait exhausted Orochimaru's patience. He casually summoned a large snake to dispose of the failures.
This was far from his