Chapter 599: Playing with snakes?
After the Five Kage Summit, Orochimaru took the initiative to seek cooperation, but Kaito didn't really think much of it.
Not to mention the previous hatred between the two, just talking about the cunningness of Orochimaru, Kaito felt that he had to be extremely vigilant when cooperating with him.
No one dared to guarantee the authenticity of the information passed by Orochimaru without repeated confirmation.
However, after Kaito drew the white item, the "branch of Xerneas", his mentality changed slightly.
After all, putting aside his personality and character, Orochimaru's scientific research level, especially in life sciences, is simply the black technology of the ninja world.
If Xerneas can really be cultivated through some cells, Kaito felt that even if the strength is not as good as the Ten-tailed Divine Tree, it is estimated that it is not far behind.
Of course, Kaito naturally couldn't directly send the "branch of Xerneas" to Orochimaru at the beginning.
However, in order to induce Orochimaru's research interest, Kaito still picked and chose from the white items, and chose the special Pokémon material of "Snivy's Shedding" as bait, which has the properties of "Wood Style" and snake characteristics.
And Orochimaru really lived up to Kaito's expectations, and successfully completed the cell cloning in just half a year.
However, when Kaito took back the research results and handed them over to the research team in the village for replication.
He doesn't know whether Orochimaru had reservations about the research results or whether the level of the researchers under him was too poor.
The first six cloning cultivations all ended in failure.
And this seventh time, in order to enrich the experimental data and get more control groups, to lay a good foundation for the subsequent Xerneas cultivation.
Kaito also specially added two new Pokémon, namely Charmander and Squirtle.
Unexpectedly, this time his luck exploded, and all three Pokémon were successfully cloned.
Although Kaito is not sure if these Pokémon retained their original evolutionary traits.
However, after a period of sorting and summarizing experience, he believed full-scale Xerneas cloning could soon begin.
Looking at the little Squirtle in Kabuto's arms, who still couldn't restrain his curiosity and once again poked his head out of the turtle shell, looking around.
Kaito smiled and stepped forward to pinch the little head of this guy, and then he gave instructions to other researchers.
"Continue collecting experimental data and aim to achieve stable results as soon as possible."
"But you must pay attention to let everyone not treat these little guys as simple experimental subjects. If there are any experiments that need cooperation, coax them, and no one is allowed to force them!"
Hearing the very serious tone of the Mizukage, everyone in the laboratory became careful.
Although the head researcher didn't quite understand why Kaito had such a request, he still nodded and agreed with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, Mizukage-sama, these are important assets of the Kirigakure Village. We will definitely treat them as treasures and treat them carefully!"
Kaito frowned slightly, but still reminded him again.
"They are not assets, they are partners. Forget it, just treat these little guys as your own sons!"
The person in charge nodded immediately after hearing this, indicating that he understood.
This is not that Kaito is making a fuss or being overly loving.
The main thing is that since the cloned Pokémon has quite good intelligence, rather than just a shell, Kaito naturally needs to adjust his response strategy.
In his impression, there are many such villain organizations in the Pokémon world that do not treat Pokémon as "people".
These organizations basically did not get any good results in the end.
Kaito didn't want his subordinates to come to him and report to him that there was bad news of Pokémon Collective Riot in the laboratory when he was sitting at home one day.
"After collecting current data, stop the suppressant injections for No. 7 and No. 8 as soon as possible and get out of the coma."
"After that, I will arrange for people to build a children's play area and behavioral teachers in the laboratory. When the time comes, let these three little guys live in the play area while observing and studying."
"As for No. 9."
Looking at the Squirtle secretly observing him in the shell, Kaito asked Kabuto softly.
"What do you think, Kabuto? This little guy seems fond of you.. Are you interested in signing a summoning contract with it?"
As Squirtle just escaped from the experimental culture tank, whether it is environmental adaptability or physical gene stability, it is definitely impossible to put them in the outside world in a short period of time.
Now, as an intern researcher here, Kabuto needs to go in and out here frequently, and Kaito trusts him quite a lot.
Becoming a partner with Squirtle seems to be a good choice.
However, Kabuto looked at the blue little turtle in his arms, who was stupid, a little timid, and obviously had no fighting ability. His young, serious face was filled with hesitation.
"Sensei"
"It's okay, don't rush to give me an answer. You should build a good relationship with this little guy first. Whether to sign a summoning contract is also a matter for the future."
Seeing that his sensei didn't even give him a chance to object, Kabuto could only hold the little turtle in his arms and nodded aggrievedly.
'Humph~ You are quite a cute child, why do you have to play with snakes when there are so many things to play with? Just play with turtles honestly in the future~'
Thinking of the ugly appearance of Kabuto after learning the Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode in the original book, Kaito directly made a choice for his own disciple.
After solving the problem on Kabuto's side, Kaito turned his head and looked at the head of the laboratory next to him and continued to give instructions.
"You should carry out the technical summary and follow-up observation as much as possible simultaneously, and the batch cloning work also needs to be put on track as soon as possible."
"I will send some different cell materials later. After the technology of this batch is completely stable, we will consider trying more cloning replication."
Listening to the Mizukage-sama starting to arrange new work, the person in charge of the experiment began to record on paper with sweat.
"Mizukage-sama, at present, this is just the initial result. If we want to replicate in batches, this... this cost and stability are... both difficult to control."
Upon hearing this, Kaito waved his hand and directly took out the unreasonable leadership style.
"There will definitely be difficulties, but I will give you enough support in terms of funds and personnel. If you have any questions or needs, you can report to me at any time."
"But this experiment has been delayed long enough, even with established procedures."
"Don't make me think you are useless."
After saying that, Kaito turned around and left the laboratory.
(End of this chapter)