novelraw Chapter 497 The Experiment of Reincarnation
Chapter 497 The Experiment of Reincarnation
Chapter 497 The Experiment of Reincarnation
"Ugh! Waaaaah—!!!"
The two rogue ninjas struggled frantically, only to be suppressed even more forcefully by the ANBU ninjas behind them.
The chakra suppression shackles further suppressed and disrupted the chakra within their bodies, bringing waves of weakness and dizziness.
They could only writhe in vain like fish out of water, feeling despair wash over them like icy seawater.
The researchers in white coats operated the instruments with expressionless faces, quickly emptying the pale green nutrient solution from the culture containers.
Then, they opened the sealed door in front of the container and carefully lifted the two wet clones out with a specially made robotic arm and stretcher, placing them flat on the two operating tables that had been prepared beforehand.
Once the clones were placed on the operating table, researchers immediately stepped forward and used thick, specially designed restraints with automatic locking to firmly secure their wrists, ankles, waists, and chests to the operating table, ensuring that there would be no accidental movement.
Meanwhile, more monitoring probes were attached to the clone's skin and connected to the adjacent life monitor, where faint but steady heartbeats, respiration, and brainwave curves began to appear on the screen.
Just then, Hiruko asked Orochimaru, "Has the master not arrived yet?"
He frowned slightly as he looked down at the operating table that was already prepared and the two rogue ninjas who were almost paralyzed with extreme fear.
Shortly after he finished speaking.
On the open ground of the command platform, a figure seemed to appear out of nothingness and stood there steadily.
It was Menma who arrived instantly using the "Flying Thunder God Technique".
His attire was completely out of place in this cold and serious research environment. He wore a simple black tracksuit on top, loose-fitting track pants of the same color on the bottom, and a pair of open-toe ninja boots on his feet. His hair was still slightly damp, as if he had just taken a shower. He exuded a casual and relaxed vibe, which was a strange contrast to the tense atmosphere in the laboratory.
"My lord!" Hiruko immediately bowed slightly, his tone respectful.
The other researchers in the laboratory, as well as the ninjas escorting the prisoners, all stopped what they were doing immediately and bowed in unison toward the command post, showing absolute respect for Ma.
Orochimaru merely turned slightly to the side, his golden snake eyes observing the suddenly appearing Menma with interest. The playful smile on his lips deepened slightly as he spoke in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant, but rather familiar: "You're a little late, Shura."
Menma simply nodded casually in response to everyone's greetings and Orochimaru's words.
He didn't exchange pleasantries with Orochimaru. His gaze went straight past Orochimaru and Hiruko, landing on the two clones on the operating table below, and the two rogue ninjas kneeling on the ground, trembling like lambs to the slaughter.
His voice was cold as he asked, "How are the test subjects? Has the intelligence been confirmed?"
Orochimaru was already used to Menma's direct, almost cold, style of doing things. Without further ado, he handed over the tablet he had been browsing, saying, "This is a detailed summary of their information and evidence. 'Blood Hand' Yoshikawa, a rogue ninja from Kusagakure, thirty-seven years old, proficient in Wind Release, cruel in methods, enjoys torture and killing. He has four confirmed records of massacring villages, over thirty records of robbing caravans and travelers, and over ten records of raping women. His bounty totals eleven million ryo."
"Another Rain Demon," Kurihara, a rogue ninja from Amegakure, is thirty-five years old. He is skilled in Water Release and poison, possesses a twisted mentality, and has a penchant for torturing and killing children. He is responsible for three massacres of entire families and over twenty cases of murdering civilians. A bounty of thirteen million ryo is on his head.
"Both of them were assessed as Special Jonin, which is above average among rogue ninja. Their crimes spanned a long period of time, their crimes are conclusive, and the chain of evidence is complete, meeting the standards of serious criminals."
When Orochimaru was "subdued" by Menma and began a deep collaboration, he bluntly stated that the biggest difference between Orochimaru and the Second Hokage was not their research capabilities or strength, but their bottom line.
Therefore, Mianma drew several red lines that could not be crossed.
The most crucial rule is that innocent civilians are strictly prohibited from being used as subjects of any kind of human experimentation or taboo research.
All "experimental subjects" must be prisoners who have undergone rigorous screening, are confirmed to have committed unforgivable heinous crimes, and have been sentenced to "the death penalty is applicable".
Orochimaru knew this was Menma's bottom line. Over the years, at least within the Land of Stars, he had never crossed this line. Therefore, in this report, he specifically emphasized again the serious crimes of the two men and the high bounty, indicating that they deserved to die and met the criteria for "material".
Menma took the tablet, his fingers swiping quickly across the screen as he calmly browsed the text, crime scene photos, and official arrest warrants and judgments from the Land of Rivers and the Land of Fire.
As he looked at these bloody records of crimes, his expression gradually turned cold.
The experiment he was about to conduct truly touched upon the taboo boundaries of the ninja world and even human ethics.
It involves the stripping and transfer of the soul, and the ultimate question of "resurrection".
He had studied the Sunagakure's "Reanimation Jutsu" in depth, and also the Rinnegan's "Rinne Rebirth Jutsu." He wondered if he could control a rogue ninja's body that was strong enough, at least at the Jonin level, and use that body as a price to perform "Reanimation Jutsu" to revive Minato and Kushina.
However, this method ultimately requires sacrificing the complete life of a "sacrifice" and may involve some risks.
As Menma's strength grew at a rate beyond common sense, especially after he completely mastered the power of the Ten-Tails, obtained the Rinnegan and Tenseigan with six tomoe, and reached a level of power comparable to or even surpassing that of the Sage of Six Paths, Menma's vision and way of thinking also underwent a dramatic change.
Creating life is no longer a myth for him now.
Therefore, combining Orochimaru's increasingly sophisticated cloning technology, a perfect clone was created for each of Minato and Kushina, based on their own genes and incorporating Hashirama's cells and White Zetsu cells to enhance their potential. Then, their temporarily existing souls, created through the "Impure World Reincarnation" technique, were completely transferred and injected into these two vibrant new bodies.
Could this bypass the costs of "self-reincarnation" and "rebirth" and achieve a truly perfect "resurrection"?
This idea, like a lighthouse in the darkness, guided him.
But no matter how perfect the theory is, he must conduct sufficiently successful and controlled verification before actually implementing it on his own parents.
Tonight is the first crucial test using "death row inmates" as subjects.
After quickly reviewing the information and confirming its accuracy, he handed the tablet back to Orochimaru and nodded.
"Let's begin."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mianma's expression suddenly changed!
Buzz—!
A vast and powerful dark red chakra erupted from Menma's seemingly frail body without warning, like a volcanic eruption!
The dark red chakra, the moment it surged out of his body, quickly solidified and took shape, transforming into a dark red chakra cloak that enveloped Menma's entire body.
The edges of the coat swayed slightly like burning flames.
Immediately afterwards, ten thick, dark red chakra tails unfurled behind him with a "whoosh," swaying and dancing slowly in mid-air like a peacock spreading its tail, radiating a terrifying pressure that made one's soul tremble.
On either side of his pockmarked forehead, the skin bulged slightly, and a pair of pure white dragon horns slowly grew out.
At the same time, a tiny crack silently opened in the center of his forehead, and a golden eye that seemed to contain the endless starry sky and the mysteries of reincarnation suddenly opened!
In their golden pupils, it seemed as if they could see through the boundaries of life, death, and time.
His left eye, which was originally an ordinary black eye, was instantly replaced by a deeper purple. The pupil turned into rings of purple ripples, and within the ripples, six jet-black tomoe appeared clearly and slowly rotated.
Six-Tomoe Wheel Reincarnation!
Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode, Full Power!
"!!!"
At this moment, inside the entire B-7-3 main laboratory, apart from Menma himself, all the living beings still standing felt as if they had been smashed by an invisible, massive mountain!
The first to be affected was Hiruko, who was closest to Menma!
Before he could even react, he felt an irresistible, terrifying pressure crashing down on him like a tsunami!
Hiru let out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning deathly pale. His legs buckled, and with a "thud," he collapsed to his knees on the cold, hard alloy floor!
His knees struck the ground with a dull thud, but he felt no pain. He only felt his bones creaking under the pressure, as if his soul was about to be crushed by this pure power!
His body and spirit, which combined several bloodline limits and were enough to make him stand out from most Kage-level powerhouses, were as fragile as a candle in a storm before this power.
Next up is Orochimaru.
Although he had seen Menma in this form during the Chunin Exams and knew that Menma's power had already reached an unbelievable level, facing the fully activated Ten-Tails Chakra Mode again was still far beyond his expectations!
He groaned and stumbled. His strong will prevented him from kneeling down like Hiruko, but he couldn't help but bend one knee, barely managing to keep his body from collapsing completely.
His golden snake eyes were now filled with fanaticism, as well as a hint of desire and greed for this power that transcended the mortal realm!
This power!
This power transcends bloodline limits, ninjutsu, and even the boundaries of life and death!
This is the true meaning he pursued throughout his life!
The situation was even worse for the others in the lab.
The two rogue ninjas kneeling on the ground, Yoshikawa and Kurihara, had their minds completely blank the moment this oppressive force, seemingly from a god, descended upon them. All their struggle, fear, and ability to think were stripped away.
They collapsed like two puddles of mud, with foul-smelling urine flowing uncontrollably from beneath them. Their pupils were dilated, drool dripped from their mouths, and all that remained was uncontrollable, violent trembling, as if their hearts would stop or their minds would collapse at any moment.
The ANBU ninjas escorting them were all seasoned veterans with iron wills. At this moment, without exception, they were all kneeling on one knee, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads and under their masks, soaking their inner clothes.
As for the researchers in white coats, most of them only had Chunin-level chakra and physical abilities. Under this pressure, they were like fallen leaves in a storm, their faces turning pale, their breathing becoming labored, their vision going black, and several of them nearly fainting.
Fortunately, Menma realized this and with a slight thought, the terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire area quickly subsided and weakened like a tide, maintaining only a level that was enough to intimidate but would not cause ordinary people to collapse.
Even so, everyone in the laboratory was drenched in cold sweat, as if they had just been pulled out of the water. When they looked at the figure on the command platform, enveloped in dark red chakra and appearing like a god descending to earth, all they could see was pure awe.
Menma, now at the peak of his power, has a "vision" that is completely different from that of ordinary people.
In his perception, the composition of the world became incredibly clear and "essential".
He could "see" the fluctuations of matter, the flow of chakra and natural energy, the radiance of life, and—
Those even more ethereal, yet undeniably real traces of the soul.
His gaze fell on the two rogue ninjas who were slumped over below.
Under the dual gaze of the golden Tenseigan in his forehead and the six-tomoe Rinnegan in his left eye, he could clearly "see" two dim, turbid soul lights filled with negative emotions such as violence and despair, burning and struggling weakly within the two bodies on the verge of collapse.
Menma slightly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together, and seemingly casually tapped the air in the direction of the two rogue ninjas below.
Whoosh!Whoosh!
Two jet-black chakra rods, each about twenty centimeters long, instantly condensed at his fingertips, transforming into two black lightning bolts that were almost invisible to the naked eye. They tore through the air and pierced the very center of Yoshikawa and Kurihara's foreheads with unparalleled precision!
puff!
Two faint sounds, like water bags bursting.
The two heinous rogue ninjas twitched simultaneously, the last glimmer of light in their eyes went out, and their heads fell limply backward.
The breath of life vanished from their bodies in an instant.
However, in Menma's "worldview," the changes have only just begun.
Just as the flames of their lives were extinguished, the two turbid and dim soul lights that had been attached to their bodies seemed to lose their last anchor and began to vibrate and twist violently.
Then, like two wisps of translucent gray smoke blown by the wind, they involuntarily and slowly drifted out from the foreheads of their respective corpses.
The soul seemed to retain fragments of its consciousness from its previous life, emitting a silent howl and struggle the moment it left the body.
His face remained expressionless as he quickly formed a simple "寅" (Yin) mudra with his hands in front of his chest.
"The art of spirit rebirth!"
As he chanted in a low voice, an invisible and intangible power, yet mixed with Yang Release, Yin Release, and even higher-level soul laws, suddenly spread out from the center of Menma, instantly enveloping the two strands of rogue ninja souls that had just separated from their bodies and were still struggling.
Under the forceful pull of that power, the two chaotic and struggling souls were as if grasped by a pair of invisible hands, and then forcibly "pressed" towards the clone on the operating table.
Within Mianma's "vision," two wisps of soul, like weary birds returning to their nests, slowly disappeared into the brows of the two clones that were identical to them in life.
The soul enters the body.
On the operating table, the two clones, whose eyes were originally closed and lifeless, with only basic vital signs displayed on the monitoring instruments, suddenly opened their eyes almost simultaneously!
"!!!"
The pupils of all four eyes contracted instantly, filled with terror, bewilderment, and a hint of disbelief.
They rolled their eyes, stiffly surveying the unfamiliar and cold ceiling, the instruments, and the researchers in white coats who were pointing their recorders at them.
Then, the memories and fears that remained deep in their souls seemed to be awakened, and they began to struggle more violently, trying to twist their bodies that were firmly fixed by the restraints, making "ho" sounds in their throats.
It worked!
The soul was completely stripped from a recently deceased, sinful body and then forcibly transferred into a pre-prepared, fresh, and robust clone.
The Spirit Reincarnation Technique, an S-rank forbidden technique developed by Menma.
A new forbidden technique that transcends the existing ninjutsu system and can theoretically achieve "soul transfer" and "resurrection" without sacrificing the life of the caster or others, without relying on the Gedo Statue or Samsara.
In the most secret laboratory deep in the desert of the Star Kingdom, it completed its first successful human experiment.
On the command platform, Hiruko had already stood up. He saw the clone struggling with its eyes open after being "resurrected," but he could not see the thrilling process of soul transfer.
His eyes were fixed on the ground below, filled with shock and awe at the unknown power.
Orochimaru, with his golden snake eyes, stared unblinkingly at the two "come alive" clones on the operating table, then slowly moved his gaze to Menma's calm and expressionless profile.
He seemed to have seen something that, for a fleeting moment, transcended matter and was easily controlled and manipulated by the boy before him, as if playing with clay.
That is—the soul!
Orochimaru, who had spent his life pursuing immortality, constantly changing bodies, and dealing with souls countless times, "perceived" the essence of what had just happened more clearly than anyone else present.
His body trembled slightly with extreme excitement.
Although his Reanimation Jutsu has been improved many times and can now allow the caster's soul to be reincarnated into a clone without causing harm to the soul, it is still far inferior to the ninjutsu developed by Menma that manipulates the souls of others to achieve perfect resurrection.
The laboratory lights remained cold, and the humming of the instruments continued rhythmically.
But everyone knew clearly in their hearts that tonight, deep in this desert, certain boundaries concerning life, death, and ethics had been completely rewritten.
Menma, who possessed this ability, undoubtedly became a god-like being!