Just then, Araki clapped his hands together again, and then, under Orochimaru's gaze, interlaced his fingers to form a hand seal.
Why this handprint?!
Araki himself was unaware that after obtaining Hashirama Cells, this Hand Seals method naturally appeared in his mind, completely different from the vines he used when he mastered Wood Release in the past.
Buzz!
After Araki made this hand seal, the Hashirama Cells in his heart seemed to be activated, pulsating wildly and replicating and spreading at an extremely fast speed, growing far faster than cancer cells.
Even so, it would still take several months to fully transform the body.
More Hashirama Cells are still needed.
As the Hashirama Cells pulsed, the green Chakra within Araki's body surged violently, almost boiling over. His hair began to rise automatically without wind, and streams of Chakra seemed to solidify and fill the area around his body.
Click! Click! Click...
Glassware in the laboratory began to shatter one after another, even the bottles containing "volunteers" exploded instantly, and the unknown liquid inside spilled onto the ground. However, when it splashed near Araki, it seemed to encounter an invisible air wall, blocking all the droplets.
boom!
Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound rang out from beneath Araki's feet. Cracks instantly appeared at the location of his feet, spreading outwards like a spider web and even reaching the walls of the secret chamber.
This sudden turn of events shocked Orochimaru, and disbelief flashed in his eyes.
Only now did he finally realize the seriousness of the problem, and he began to regret hiring Araki as his assistant.
It's obvious...
Araki has a secret!
This was a secret he hadn't discovered. He had previously thought that Araki might have something unique about him, but he hadn't thought about it that much.
After all, he had chosen Araki, who could become Tsunade's disciple, so he must have many outstanding qualities. However, after investigating Araki, he did not find anything special, so he did not think much of it and thought that Araki was just lucky.
Even when Jiraiya wanted to take Araki as his disciple, he felt that Araki was very lucky to have the advantage of being Tsunade's disciple.
To some extent, Orochimaru also felt that this was wrong, after all, in his opinion, he had underestimated Araki from beginning to end and had not taken Araki seriously enough.
This arrogance has put him in a very unfavorable position.
At this very moment.
Orochimaru's brain was working at lightning speed.
Although he had many questions in his mind, he put them aside and began to think about what had just happened. Under these circumstances, he wanted all the Hashirama Cells to fly onto Araki's face, which is why Araki is now like this.
Prior to this, Araki did not possess such formidable strength, which indicates that Araki acquired this ability only after obtaining Hashirama Cells. However, it is unclear whether this ability was temporary or permanent, or what changes the Hashirama Cells caused for Araki.
but...
Orochimaru stared intently at Araki, feeling immense joy and happiness at this discovery.
Because he had been researching experiments on the transplantation of Hashirama Cells for a long time, but had never succeeded. Araki's case proved that the experiment could be successful. Moreover, after the experiment was successful, many things happened that he had not expected before, which greatly stimulated his thirst for knowledge and exploration.
at the same time.
Orochimaru's gaze toward Araki also became intense.
It must be said that this body is an excellent research subject. Regardless of what happened to him before, he is a living person who has undergone the Hashirama Cells transplantation surgery, even though the surgery looks so bizarre.
After all, it wasn't that they injected the intermediate cells into Araki's body, but rather that the Hashirama Cells flew directly into Araki's body, causing a series of changes in Araki and successfully fusing with the Hashirama Cells.
In this way, the value of the experiment increases many times over.
In the past, Orochimaru's research focused on transplanting Hashirama Cells, but he had never seen a successful case. Yesterday, he himself doubted whether this experiment would succeed. He was completely exploring and had no idea what it would be like if it succeeded.
But now that he has seen the completed human form, he feels that there is no need to study Hashirama Cells transplantation anymore; he can just go straight to studying Araki.
Although Araki displayed tremendous power in that brief moment, he believed that such power wouldn't allow Hanagi to continue his frenzied rampage indefinitely. It was like temporarily taking some Military Rations Pill, making his body incredibly strong, but this power was ultimately not his own and would always have a limited lifespan.
As long as the time limit expires, Araki can still be brought back under control. This is equivalent to giving him a brand new surprise in these laboratories, and he has a very good experimental subject.
No matter what has happened during this time, and no matter how many things have been destroyed in the laboratory, as long as we can capture Araki and study him, then everything will be worthwhile.
In an instant.
Orochimaru's initial doubt turned into joy.
It doesn't matter that he can't find the answers to these questions now; he will slowly search for them. The most important thing is that Araki's appearance filled the gap in his many years of unsuccessful experiments, showing him a direction for the real success of the Hashirama Cells transplantation experiment.
Gradually, Orochimaru's gaze toward Araki became increasingly greedy, because this meant that if he could thoroughly study Araki's cells, he could even transplant Araki's cells to allow him to control Hashirama Cells as well. The rewards he could obtain in this way would be incredibly substantial.
Buzzing...
Just as Orochimaru was pondering, Araki's body trembled to its peak. His entire body was soaked in green Chakra, and he felt completely different from before. However, he could easily control his body, and many newly born ideas were in his mind.
Although these thoughts were born from Hashirama Cells, they seemed to have been dormant in his body for a long time, only to be activated recently.
He felt that every hand gesture and Ninjutsu technique used here was as if it were engraved into his very bones.
The feeling was very strange, yet wonderful, making him want to try it and he had no intention of holding back any longer.
The arrow is on the bowstring and must be released.
Not everyone can tolerate that.
And it also depends on whether it's necessary to tolerate it.
At least Araki has no intention of tolerating this right now.
" Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Araki's deep and clear voice suddenly rang out, echoing clearly in the laboratory. At the same time, streams of green Chakra were rapidly flowing through his legs and feet, into the laboratory floor.
Rumble!
In that instant, the entire laboratory trembled, as if an earthquake had struck.
"What?!"
This sudden change caused Orochimaru's eyes to widen. He had thought that Araki's claim of knowing Wood Release was just talk after obtaining Hashirama Cells. Moreover, even if it wasn't just talk, even if Araki really knew Wood Release, it would only be at the beginner level. He never expected that he could actually use such a terrifying and powerful Wood Release Ninjutsu.
In an instant.
Thick wooden vines rose from the ground beneath his feet, bursting through the floor and rapidly coiling towards Orochimaru.
At that moment, Orochimaru had only one thought in his mind: to run. He couldn't let himself be entangled by this thing. Just hearing the name of the Ninjutsu made him realize how terrifying it was.
In the blink of an eye.
Green vines filled the entire laboratory, smashing down doors and walls and spreading towards the surrounding secret bases.
The vines seemed to possess a life of their own, constantly creeping into the corridor. At the same time, a large number of vines continued to climb towards the roof, breaking through the soil above and shooting straight into the sky with an unstoppable force, as if they were about to burst forth from the earth.
During this process, Orochimaru struggled to avoid being entangled by the wooden vines, but gradually he found that the number of vines was increasing, squeezing his space to move more and more. Finally, with nowhere else to escape, he was still wrapped around the waist by a thick wooden vine.
Almost instantly, as if a myriad of trees were growing from the other vines, soft branches connected to the vines wrapped around Orochimaru's body, instantly binding him and controlling him to push upwards towards the ground, carrying him to break through the Orochimaru's crust.
"I shouldn't have built the base so deep!"
With only this one thought in mind, Orochimaru slammed his face against the thick, hard stone. Countless wooden vines behind him pushed him upwards with terrifying force. If his body hadn't been tough enough, he would have been crushed into mincemeat under such pressure.
at the same time.
Araki sensed the call of the vines.
In a laboratory room in the underground base, he sensed the Hashirama Cells again. They possessed a powerful affinity that gave him a strange feeling, as if they were his own cells.
Chapter 21 Araki VS Orochimaru! (Part 1)
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At this moment, the ground of Konoha was rumbling continuously, as if an earthquake had occurred, leaving many ninjas in the village feeling somewhat bewildered.
People were unaware of what had happened and thought it was an earthquake; some had even started running out to seek refuge.
only...
Nobody knows.
Deep within the underground base of the dense forest, vines were growing at an alarming rate, causing the earth's crust to churn. Through this upheaval, some of the vines had already begun to emerge.
Below ground.
Araki did not remain standing in place, but moved in the direction indicated by the vines. However, the green Chakra in his entire body was boiling, and as his feet touched the ground, it surged continuously into the ground, stimulating the growth of life within it.
Before long, Araki walked into a room, which was also an underground laboratory, filled with many bottles and jars.
This is it.
Araki took a deep breath, as if he could smell the scent within, then slowly closed his eyes, trying his best to calm himself down.
Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--
Just as Araki was sensing the Hashirama Cells, the bottles and jars in the laboratory were constantly pulsating with various kinds of fluctuations.
He was now like a giant magnet, constantly emitting a strong attraction that drew the Hashirama Cells to him.
Even now, Araki has no idea what kind of relationship he has with Hashirama Cells. Not only that, he is also not very clear about the relationship between Hashirama Cells and green Chakra.
but...
Based on his understanding of green Chakra over this period of time and the changes in his own strength after mastering Hashirama Cells, Araki felt he could trust Hashirama Cells.
Araki wasn't worried about being devoured by Hashirama Cells.
He would definitely not want to be a guinea pig, one of those volunteers, injected with Hashirama Cells for research.
But what just happened was that Hashirama Cells actively rushed into his body, more like they were attracted by the green Chakra.
What exactly is the connection between these two things?
Araki still had a question in his mind, and he felt that he would definitely get the answer later, but the most urgent task was to obtain more Hashirama Cells.
As for the Wood Release ninja...
Araki felt that he and Orochimaru had reached a point where they were almost locked in a life-or-death struggle.
He didn't think that way before.
He also wondered whether Orochimaru would help him or react in other ways if this were exposed and the truth came out, such as being trained by the village as a Wood Release ninja like Yamato.
However, judging from the current situation, Orochimaru's reaction is not like that; instead, he wants to conduct research through his body.
So...