Chapter 584: Otsutsuki Cells

For Isshiki, today was a rare good day.

Since coming to Blue Star, he had experienced many hardships and had nearly lost his life at one point, but now, everything was finally coming to an end.

Although the leaders of the Ninja World Alliance all knew that the Chakra Technology Company had problems and had instructed their subordinates to deal with it carefully.

But the Ninja World did not only have ninja villages as a form of power. Isshiki’s wide-net plan had finally yielded results.

A member of his Shell Organization had found a gifted child in the Land of Rivers, who successfully received Isshiki’s Kāma.

Even Isshiki, who had always been expressionless, could not help but reveal a trace of a smile, clearly feeling very pleased with himself.

From now on, he did not need to do anything else. He only needed to wait for the Kāma within that child’s body to gradually thaw, and then Isshiki would be able to complete his resurrection, recover all his strength, and return to his peak.

"Everything will come to an end. The final victor will only be me." Isshiki sneered.

He had certainly not forgotten the pain of having half of his body devoured.

This time, not only did he want to resurrect, he also wanted to carry out the action he had failed to complete a thousand years ago, feeding Kaguya to the Divine Tree and allowing the Divine Tree to produce an excellent Chakra Fruit.

Now that Kaguya’s backup plan was under his control, as long as he recovered all his strength, he could resurrect that traitor Kaguya and complete the mission that should have been completed a thousand years ago.

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After the Ninja World Alliance was established, the Ninja World had finally become completely peaceful, and Nagasawa continued to carry out sweeping reforms in Konoha.

The huge walls built around the entire village when Konoha was founded were directly demolished, with only a portion left behind as a memorial.

After all, in a certain sense, these walls still had some historical significance.

Next, Konoha entered a period of rapid expansion. Relying on large amounts of money and its extraordinary status, its urbanization progressed at an astonishing speed.

Because the nature of Konoha had undergone certain changes, the various departments of Konoha also underwent major changes.

After all, although Konoha had plenty of land before, its population was only that of a small town, making it easy to manage.

After expansion, however, changes had to be made. It was no longer suitable to continue using Tobirama’s approach to running a ninja village.

Although Nagasawa could not be considered some extraordinary genius, he understood what matters should be handled by what people. He would not blindly interfere himself. He only needed to bring over the framework from his previous life, and there were no problems.

Through Nagasawa’s efforts, Konoha’s prosperity, which had remained stagnant for a long time, finally began to rise rapidly.

Reform and expansion were things Nagasawa had always wanted to do. After all, there were only so many people in Konoha. How could it develop further? Ninjas were also born from among the populace. Without people, where would ninjas come from?

Population was also an important resource for development.

However, because Konoha’s development had never encountered any major bottleneck before, Nagasawa had not rushed to expand. Instead, he chose to proceed gradually.

After reading the submitted documents, Nagasawa took a sip of tea and sighed that he was practically the hardest-working Six Paths-level powerhouse.

As a terrifying powerhouse capable of destroying an entire planet alone, he was actually still working every day. The workload was so intense that he had to use Shadow Clones. There was really no one else like him.

"Damn Otsutsuki, it’s all your fault!" Nagasawa put down his teacup and cursed the Otsutsuki.

If he were not worried about other Otsutsuki descending upon the Ninja World, why would Nagasawa continue working at such high intensity and strive for prosperity even after gaining enough strength to crush Six Paths-level opponents?

After entering Reaper Chakra Mode Two, he would not even be afraid if Kaguya and Six Paths Madara attacked together.

But Kaguya might only be an ordinary member of the Otsutsuki clan. What if an Otsutsuki above the Six Paths level arrived in the Ninja World? Wouldn’t all of Nagasawa’s efforts be wasted? Therefore, Nagasawa simply did not dare to stop.

Unless one day he directly obtained a Super Saiyan God template and gained the strength to be invincible throughout the universe, then he could relax. He did not believe the Otsutsuki could possibly be stronger than a Super Saiyan God.

Just then, a small snake suddenly emerged from a dark corner and crawled over to Nagasawa.

Nagasawa instantly knew that Orochimaru had something to discuss with him, so he left the office and headed to Orochimaru’s base.

There were not many people who could make him put aside his free time, and Orochimaru happened to be one of them.

Originally, Orochimaru’s base had been secretly built beneath a forest inside the village.

But because Orochimaru’s research could not conveniently be exposed, Nagasawa later had Orochimaru move to a base outside the village.

But now technology was one of Konoha’s key areas of development. A large amount of funding was being invested in research, and extremely advanced laboratories had been established. Now, much of Orochimaru’s research was being conducted in Konoha’s official laboratories.

Of course, some secret research was naturally still kept hidden, with dedicated underground research bases.

Seeing Nagasawa suddenly appear, Orochimaru calmly greeted him.

The two had been old partners who had worked together for many years, and Orochimaru was already accustomed to it.

"I’ve finished researching the cells from Nagato’s body. The cells in his body have many similarities with Hashirama cells, but they are much stronger. They can be used to strengthen Hashirama cells, turning them into even more powerful ’Otsutsuki cells,’" Orochimaru said.

"What about the risks?" Nagasawa asked.

Back when Nagato said that his corpse could be researched however they wanted, Nagasawa had not been polite and had handed a piece of Nagato’s flesh to Orochimaru for research.

After all, according to Nagato himself, the bloodline within his body was no longer that of an ordinary member of the Uzumaki clan. Instead, it had been completed into an Otsutsuki bloodline of the same origin as the Sage of Six Paths.

"If Otsutsuki cells are transplanted directly, nine out of ten will die. If Otsutsuki cells are transplanted into someone who has already received Hashirama cells, there is a chance of success," Orochimaru replied.

He had originally thought Hashirama cells were the strongest cells, extremely domineering, but he had never expected these Otsutsuki cells to be several levels stronger than Hashirama cells.

After repeatedly wasting several experimental subjects that Orochimaru had spent considerable effort cultivating, he still had not succeeded. At present, he could only see a theoretical possibility of success.

"However, once successful, the increase in strength will be unimaginable. Even someone who has never trained before might instantly possess strength surpassing that of a Kage," Orochimaru sighed.

There was a period when his goal had been to surpass his teacher, Hiruzen, but only now did he realize that his teacher’s strength could only be considered decent.

"There’s only a chance?" Nagasawa’s expression remained unchanged. He did not find it strange.

Orochimaru had studied Hashirama cells for countless years and gone through countless failures before succeeding, let alone these current ’Otsutsuki cells.’

"That is the case for now, so I plan to use my current body for an experiment," Orochimaru nodded and said.

His original body had already been discarded. The body he was currently using had been cultivated by combining his own genes with Uchiha genes.

Not only could this body use the Mangekyo Sharingan, but it had also been implanted with Hashirama cells. It could be said to be Orochimaru’s painstaking creation.

Precisely because this body was powerful and possessed both Uchiha and Senju bloodlines, Orochimaru felt that it had the greatest chance of success.

"Then I wish you success in advance." Nagasawa smiled.

If the experiment succeeded, even if it were only used to strengthen people who had already received Hashirama cells, it could still give Konoha quite a few more powerful individuals.