The virtual world.
Inside the Eternal Life Guild.
Naruto looked at Orochimaru and asked, "Senior Orochimaru, do you know what cloning is?"
"Cloning?" Orochimaru was puzzled by the unfamiliar term.
Seeing his puzzled expression, Naruto knew he had yet to master the core technology behind cloning.
It wasn't so much that he hadn't mastered the technology as... Orochimaru didn't know that his own techniques were actually cloning.
For example, the Hashirama arm he had made for Danzo was an arm cloned from Hashirama cells.
Madara Uchiha had actually mastered this technology too.
But all of it relied on Hashirama cells, or rather, White Zetsu...
Orochimaru didn't yet have the technology to clone an identical person from an ordinary person's cells.
"Cloning means I use your technology to create another you. Then you can use Living Corpse Reincarnation on that other you. If you reincarnate into a cloned body, you shouldn't experience any rejection!"
Naruto's words sent Orochimaru into deep thought.
The steps for Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation were simple: find a vessel, give the vessel a snake bite to plant a Cursed Seal, then perform the reincarnation.
The crucial step was actually the Cursed Seal, a preliminary measure to prevent rejection.
If he reincarnated into himself, he wouldn't even need the Cursed Seal step.
Having worked it all out, Orochimaru washed his face with his tongue, then asked with an excited expression.
"In that case... could we add some Kekkei Genkai during the cloning process?"
"You really are the Shinobi World's greatest scientist! That's right, we can indeed add Kekkei Genkai!"
Hearing that Kekkei Genkai could be added made Orochimaru even more excited, but Naruto's next words silenced him again.
"Heh... don't get excited just yet. We've only just started working together, and you're a very dangerous man,