Late at night, the darkness was like a pitch-black curtain, completely hiding the starlight in the sky.
Karn never slept late at night. With his current body and energy, around three hours of rest a day was more than enough to sustain a full day of activity.
At night, Karn usually studied biology. He felt he could not waste his talent, and if he wanted to keep getting stronger, he would certainly have to work on human biology.
Karn could not entrust his entire body to the researchers under him. At most, he would let them handle part of it.
The New Extremis Virus did little to enhance the human body, but it was like a key that unlocked evolution, allowing Karn's body to constantly repair and optimize itself. Every round of repair and optimization pushed him toward becoming the most perfect life-form.
The more genes or abilities he integrated, the more ways Karn would have to deal with danger, until he eventually became all-capable.
But that road was still very long. So far, he had only integrated Hashirama Cells. It would be good if he could successfully integrate Phoenix genes and dragon genes next.
"Hmm."
Karn glanced at the other areas and suddenly discovered that someone had crept near his residence-and there was more than one.
Ever since the last incident with the Cloud Ninja, Karn had taken the opportunity while renovating the shop to properly refurbish the rooms inside as well. He had laid a layer of iron sheets beneath the floor to prevent anyone from sneaking in with Earth Release, and added thermal imaging to the cameras, allowing them to capture images clearly even in the dark.
"Sneaking around, at least four of them. Hiruzen Sarutobi really is..."
Karn shook his head as he spoke. Spies would