"Investors?" Amado sneered as if he heard some big joke, "I don't need investors, especially a young guy like you who looks like he's never touched a knife. My time is precious, and I don't have time to play games with you."
"Really?" Senju Chen smiled nonchalantly. He walked to a workbench, picked up a metal ball with a precise structure, and played with it in his hand.
"Kekkei Genkai, which relies on blood inheritance, and Chakra, which relies on the combination of Mental Energy and body energy... Don't you think this power system is full of too many uncertainties and limitations?"
The voice of Senju Chen sounded leisurely in the cold blacksmith shop.
Amado's movements became stiff for a moment.
"It relies on talent, origin, and is full of chance. A civilian, no matter how hard he tries, cannot unlock Kekkei Genkai. A ninja who spends a lifetime refining Chakra may be snatched away by a more powerful enemy in an instant."
Senju Chen threw the metal ball and continued, "The real power should be replicable, mass-produced, stable, and accurately controlled. Just like the... science in your hands."
He turned his head and looked at Amado with burning eyes.
"Am I right? Mr. Amado."
Amado was silent.
His iceberg face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, showed movement for the first time.
This young man... every word he said hit the core of his concept accurately! This was not something those samurai could say, or even something that any ninja he had ever seen could understand!
"Who... are you?" Amado's voice was solemn for the first time.
"It doesn't matter who I am." Senju Chen put the metal ball back on the table.
"What matters is what I can offer you."
The air in the blacksmith shop seemed to freeze at this moment.
Amado stared at the young man in front of him, his eyes hidden behind the goggles showing a scrutinizing look for the first time.
He has seen too many self-righteous investors. Those people talk about "prospects", "returns", and "markets", but they don't understand the essence of his research at all. They only want things that can be cashed in immediately, and they want toys that they can show off.
But this person in front of me...
Every word he said seemed to be dug out of his own mind.
"What can you provide?" Amado's voice was low, with a hint of temptation, "Funds? Laboratory? Or those stupid samurai as guinea pigs?"
"None of them." Senju Chen shook his head, with a playful curve at the corner of his mouth, "What I can provide is what you lack most - understanding."
He walked to the window and looked out at the silver-covered world through the broken window lattice.
"There are too many people in this world who don't understand you. They think you are a lunatic, a heretic, and are blaspheming the so-called 'traditional power'." Senju Chen's voice is very soft, but it has a penetrating power, "But I am different. I know that what you want to do is not simple human body modification, nor is it to create a few ninja tools that can be sold for money."
He turned around and looked directly at Amado.
"What you want to do is to break the shackles of this world. Make power no longer the patent of a few geniuses, but a tool that can be mass-produced, copied, and mastered by ordinary people."
Amado's breathing became rapid for a moment.
This young man... how could he know so clearly?
"Have you investigated me?" Amado's voice sounded wary.
"There is no need to investigate." Senju Chen smiled, "Because like you, I am an outsider in this world..."
He walked to the workbench, picked up a drawing full of neural circuit diagrams, and looked at it carefully.
"The essence of Kekkei Genkai is a mutation at the genetic level. The essence of Chakra is a mixture of cellular energy and Mental Energy." Senju Chen's fingers slid lightly on the drawing, "What you want to do is to bypass these unstable factors and use pure scientific methods to reproduce or even surpass these powers."
He raised his head, his eyes shining with excitement.
"For example... if the visual nerve structure of Sharingan can be analyzed, can we use scientific means to create artificial eyes with the same function? If we can crack the energy fluctuation pattern of Tailed Beast Chakra, can we use mechanical devices to simulate the same level of destructive power?"
Amado's pupils suddenly contracted.
This young man... every hypothesis he mentioned was a topic that he had deduced countless times alone late at night!
"You..." Amado felt a little frightened.
"My name is Senju Chen." Senju Chen finally reported his name, "Senju Clan from Konoha, you should have heard of it."
"Are you..." Amado frowned, "First Hokage's family? That Senju Chen who is known as the "Tailed Beast hunter"?"
"Yes." Senju Chen nodded, "But I am different from those tribesmen who are obsessed with the power of blood inheritance. I am more interested in how to use scientific methods to deconstruct these powers."
He took out a small scroll from his arms and after unfolding it, various data and formulas were densely recorded inside.
"This is some of the information I have collected over the years. About Wood Release Cells's activity data, about Sharingan's Chakra fluctuation frequency, about Tailed Beast Chakra's energy density..." Senju Chen handed the scroll to Amado, "I think these things should be more valuable than the body data of those warriors, right?"
Amado took the scroll and quickly scanned the contents.
His hands began to tremble slightly.
These data... the accuracy and completeness of these data far exceeded his imagination!
"These... these...?" Amado's voice was filled with a hint of urgency.
"It's not important." Senju Chen waved Teuchi and broke Amado "What's important is that I can continue to provide these things. Funds, materials, experimental subjects, data... As long as you need it, I can find a way to get it."
He walked up to Amado and stretched out his hand.
"I only have one condition - join my team and work for me."
Amado stared at the outstretched hand and was silent for a long time.
He is not a fool. There is no free lunch in the world. This young man is willing to pay so much, and he must have his purpose.
But... so what?
In this cold country, he has hit the wall too many times. Those stupid warriors don't understand his value at all. If he continues like this, his research will always remain on the drawing board.
And the man in front of me... at least, he understands.