Senju Chen's movements stopped for half a second.
"What do you mean, teacher?"
"Don't you think, Nagato's eyes look a bit like... someone deliberately stuffed the key into his pocket?"
"I have tested his bloodline, and he should be the orphan of the Uzumaki Clan back then. That is to say, Uzumaki Clan was born with a strong constitution of Chakra. If these eyes were placed on another person, that person would have been sucked to death by these eyes."
"So Little Chen, don't you think it's a bit of a coincidence? It's like someone took a fancy to Nagato's physique and then gave him these eyes."
Senju Chen didn't answer.
He has known this problem for a long time - in the original work, those eyes were dug out by Madara Uchiha and transplanted to Nagato. They were the resurrection switches that Madara Uchiha left for himself.
But he couldn't explain to Orochimaru how he knew.
"Teacher," he said, "It doesn't matter how Nagato got his eyes, whether they were born or acquired."
"Now the key is in our hands, locked beneath our feet."
"As for the person who stuffed the key - if he wants to come back to get it, let him register and queue up."
Recalling the previous discussion between him and Orochimaru, he looked at the three people in front of him who looked worried.
"You three..." He rolled up the drawings and banged them on the table, "Sit back first."
In the end, none of the three people moved.
Nagato stood at the back, one hand even unconsciously raised under his eyes, his fingertips pressed against his eye sockets, as if protecting something.
Senju Chen is speechless.
"What on earth are you thinking? Am I so untrustworthy in your hearts?"
"No... no, Chen-kun, but... but..." The first person to jump out to explain was Konan, but Konan hesitated and couldn't finish his words.
Senju Chen rubbed his eyebrows. He suddenly realized that the reputation of his experimental base seemed to be a bit skewed in everyone's minds.
"Don't worry." He said tiredly, "This is not the kind of research that involves digging out your eyes..."
"Should we draw blood?" Yahiko asked.
"This one needs to be smoked."
"Should I get an injection?"
"Hit."
"..." Yahiko glanced at Nagato with pity.
Recently, because the three of them were in the laboratory for "further training", they had to do a lot of injections and blood drawings, especially Yahiko, who sometimes did it several times a day because of the change of body.
But Senju Chen never expected that this dignified leader of Akatsuki, who was not afraid of death on the battlefield, was actually afraid of injections!!!
Nagato seemed a little embarrassed because of his subconscious action of covering his eyes. After putting his hands down, he took the initiative to speak.
"Chen-kun."
"You want to study my eyes, is it for this plan or for something else."
Nagato asked very straightforwardly.
Upon hearing this, Konan and Yahiko immediately looked at Senju Chen.
"Have both."
"I won't lie to you either. This plan itself has a premise, that is, I have to know how far your eyes can hold up, and based on this, make the worst plan. If one day your eyes are snatched away by the enemy, can we counterattack, or to what extent can we counterattack." Senju Chen put the rolled up drawings back in the drawer, "This part itself is used to support it."
"What about the other part."
"The other part is my selfishness."
Nagato The circles of purple lines in the pupils were half a beat too slow.
He didn't expect Senju Chen to admit it so directly and generously.
"Your eyes can summon that taboo. And the "consumables" in my base are all grown from that taboo." Senju Chen's tone did not fluctuate at all, "I have been 'borrowing' that taboo over the years. But after all, it is a borrowed thing. If someone takes it away one day, I will have nothing."
"So I want to understand how you control your eyes."
"You want to copy my eyes." Nagato stared at Senju Chen and asked.
"Well, to be precise, I want to try to see if I can copy part of the functions of your eyes." Senju Chen corrected, "I don't dare to think of a complete copy. After all, your eyes belong to Sage of Six Paths. Now I just want to see if I can copy some of the permissions of these eyes."
"Permissions." Nagato muttered these two words and said no more.
"Chen-kun," at this time, Konan took the initiative to speak, "Will your research cause any damage to Nagato and his eyes?"
"Don't worry, except maybe some mental fatigue, the whole process will not cause any harm to him." Senju Chen looked at Konan and explained to them with a smile.
She had heard Senju Chen's plan before and thought it was feasible. Although she had always liked Senju Chen, Nagato and Yahiko had already become family members in her heart after spending so many years together.
Like it, she likes it, and she can't let her family get hurt just because she likes someone. When she heard Senju Chen's answer, Konan breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Then you study it." Nagato spoke directly after hearing that there was no damage.
"Nagato!" Yahiko subconsciously wanted to persuade Nagato.
"Yahiko." Nagato didn't look back, "I grew up in Land of Rain. I watched my parents being trampled to death at the door by ninjas from both countries. We walked all the way from the slums to now. These eyes are powerful, but no matter how heavy they are, It's not as important as you. If these eyes can only keep me here, waiting for someone to take them away one day in the future, I won't dare to go anywhere. If these eyes will only bring more death to Land of Rain, then what is the difference between them and a curse."
"Like Chen-kun said, if the other party really threatens Land of Rain's life, then tell me, should I hand over these eyes or not? But now Chen-kun has given us another choice, so what do I have to hesitate about."
He raised his head and looked at Senju Chen.
"Chen-kun, I don't want to be that person waiting to have his eyes gouged out, nor do I want to watch Land of Rain being threatened with his life."
"If you study it, it will prevent us from being threatened, and it will prevent us and Land of Rain from being used as a tool for blackmail in the future - then study it."
"Even if you really have to dig out my eyes, I will fully cooperate with you."
Senju Chen looked at him.
The calculations in my mind suddenly seemed to be out of whack.
At this time, Nagato is much more pleasing to the eye than the guy who calls himself "God" in the original work. The Nagato in the original work takes everyone's pain on himself, and then decides to use greater pain to educate the world, but now this Nagato...
Could it be that the education level at our base has improved recently?
At that moment, Senju Chen seemed to see "light" in Nagato!
So, what people fear most is not suffering, but suffering that no one can see or tolerate.