Deep inside Orochimaru's research institute, the sweet smell of formalin and blood in the air is now joined by a hint of burnt metal.
Scorpion stood next to a brand new Human Puppet, the green light in his eyes was brighter than ever before. The prototype of this puppet was a famous rebel ninja on the Land of Water border. His Kekkei Genkai could fuse the Chakra with the two properties of water and thunder to create a deadly lightning that could flow freely.
"Look." Xie's voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement, and he controlled the puppet and stretched out his right hand.
"Zila--"
A barrel-thick silver electric light shot out from the palm of the puppet. It did not go straight forward, but drew a strange arc in the air, twisting like a living creature, and accurately hit an abandoned culture tank in the far corner. There was no violent explosion, only silent melting. The strong special glass and metal bracket, under the silver electric light, were instantly pierced and vaporized, like butter under a hot knife, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror.
"It's a good idea to combine Shape Transformation of Chakra with Nature Transformation to this extent." Amado pushed up his goggles, calmly walked Earth Flow in front of the puppet, stretched out his fingers and tapped on the puppet's arm, making a crisp "knock-knock" sound.
"But its energy circuit is too rough. The conduction loss rate of Chakra is at least 30%. The joint part uses conventional Chakra alloy. Under high-intensity maneuvers, the wear will be very serious." Amado pointed out several problems with a deadpan expression, "The most critical thing is the core. You simply seal the heart as a Chakra source. Once the energy output exceeds the threshold, it will cause irreversible damage to the core."
Xie Xie frowned. What Amado said was exactly the bottleneck he was currently encountering.
"My suggestion is," Amado took out a chip the size of a fingernail from the pocket of his white coat, "Implant a biological monitoring chip to feed back various data of the puppet in real time. Replace the joints with the memory metal I developed, which can fine-tune the shape according to combat needs. As for the core..."
He paused and looked at the still-beating heart fused with Tailed Beast cells in the culture tank.
"Implant this thing into it as an auxiliary energy source. Then use my technology to build a dual-core driven energy circulation system."
Scorpion's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Every suggestion from Amado accurately hit his pain points and put forward solutions that he had never heard of yet full of temptations.
"You... these ideas..." Scorpion's voice was full of excitement, "They are simply tailor-made for my puppet!"
"Data doesn't lie." Amado still looks as calm as ever.
In the next few days, the entire laboratory became the exclusive workshop of these two madmen. Xie contributed the puppet-making skills he had learned throughout his life, while Amado brought out his cutting-edge technologies that surpassed the cognition of this era. Sometimes the two of them were red-faced arguing over the structure of a certain part, and sometimes they smiled wildly at the same time when a perfect idea was achieved.
Orochimaru was like an elegant spectator, watching all this with interest, occasionally licking his lips and coming up with one or two more crazy and bold ideas, making the renovation work run in an even more out-of-control direction.
A week later, a brand new "work" was born.
It stood quietly in the center of the laboratory, with the same appearance as the previous Lightning Release ninja, but under its skin, blue biological circuits were faintly visible flowing. At the core of the chest, a heart fused with Tailed Beast cells coexisted with the prototype heart, connected through precise pipelines, exuding heart-stopping Chakra fluctuations.
"Let's begin." Scorpion's voice was trembling.
The puppet's eyes suddenly lit up red.
"Lightning Release·Leiwang!"
Laser beams burst out from all over its body, intertwining into a dragnet that instantly enveloped half of the laboratory. Wherever the lightning passed, walls, floors, and ceilings were cut open, leaving behind bottomless scorch marks.
"Haha! It worked!" Xie laughed loudly.
However, before the laughter faded, sudden changes occurred.
The blue lines on the puppet's body began to flash crazily, and the Chakra fluctuations on its chest became extremely unstable. A violent energy escaped from its body, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of its body.
"No! The energy is overloaded!" Amado's face changed.
"Boom--!!!"
The deafening explosion resounded throughout the underground space, and the violent air waves mixed with the puppet's broken limbs swept away in all directions.
"Earth Release·Earth-Style Wall!"
Orochimaru reacted extremely quickly, with both hands Hand Seals, three thick earth walls rose from the ground, barely blocking the core impact of the explosion.
When the smoke and dust dispersed, the laboratory was in a mess.
"Tsk, it still failed." Xie looked at the debris on the ground with a gloomy expression, "The energy of Tailed Beast cells is still too violent, and the puppet's body simply cannot bear it for a long time."
"A more stable and vital 'container' is needed to carry this power." Amado adjusted his slightly skewed goggles and analyzed calmly.
"Hahaha... It's hard to find a perfect container." Orochimaru licked his lips and was about to say something when his golden vertical pupils suddenly turned to the entrance of the laboratory.
In the smoke-filled doorway, a figure quietly appeared.
"It seems that I came at the wrong time and disturbed your 'fireworks show'."
The person who came was none other than Senju Chen. He looked at the messy scene with an innocent face, as if he was just a boy next door who happened to be passing by.
"Little Chen?" Orochimaru's eyes narrowed. He looked Senju Chen up and down with a trace of inquiry in his eyes, "You... seem to be a little different. Is it an illusion? The Chakra in your body feels... a little too active."
"The teacher's perception is still so keen." "Senju Chen" smiled and walked in step by step.
At this moment, a huge metal ceiling that was blown away by the explosion fell from above and hit his head.
"Careful!" Scorpion shouted subconsciously.
However, "Senju Chen" didn't even raise his head, he just raised his right hand casually.
"Earth Grudge Fear."
Countless black tentacles burst out from his arms, instantly piercing and tearing the huge metal plate into pieces, turning it into debris all over the sky.
The entire laboratory fell into dead silence for an instant.
Orochimaru, Scorpion, Amado, the three of them had their eyes fixed on the arm of "Senju Chen" that had returned to its original state.
"Is this the one from Kakuzu?!" Xie's voice was full of shock.
"It's not just Earth Grudge Fear." Amado's eyes flashed with excitement, "His cell activity, Chakra conduction mode... have all undergone fundamental changes!"
Orochimaru's breathing became heavier. He stretched out his long tongue and licked his lips. His golden vertical pupils were full of unabashed greed and fanaticism.
"Hehehe...Little Chen, have you finally embarked on this path? What... have you done to yourself?"