Land of Iron, outside Three Wolves Mountain.
This was a vast snowfield, with heavy snow falling day and night, turning the rolling mountains into silver. Occasionally, a cold wind would blow, rolling up the icy and crystalline snowflakes and scattering them in the sky and on the earth.
However, in this place where it was almost impossible for outsiders to discern directions, inside a seemingly ordinary mountain, was hidden a large-scale laboratory.
This was the base that Kamihane had prepared for Orochimaru and Hiruko. In the past year, they had been here, performing gene fusion experiments for Uchiha Hikari.
The reason for choosing this place was that the Land of Iron was a unique and resilient country, and its highly characteristic geographical environment and relatively special foreign policy provided a safe protective shield for the country.
In addition to this natural geographical advantage, the snow that never dissipated all day could also cover up all traces, making the entire base truly "undisturbed."
The center of the mountain had long been hollowed out, but the inside was a different world. Not to mention the sophisticated and numerous advanced experimental equipment, just the heating system inside the mountain, powered by chakra, was already at the forefront of technology in the entire ninja world.
The glass door of the gene sampling room opened to both sides, and a beautiful and refined figure walked out from the curling white mist.
She was tall and graceful, with skin as white as snow. A light purple mark was dotted between her eyebrows, and her black hair was simply tied into a refreshing and neat high ponytail. Her facial features were exquisite, her pupils were clear, and her beautiful face was not adorned with any makeup, but it uniquely contained the beauty of nature, as pure as a daffodil.
She was Uchiha Hikari.
Hearing the movement, the two people who were busy at the operating table in the main laboratory stopped their work and walked over quickly.
Both of these guys were tall and thin, with long hair over their shoulders, and the same sickly pale skin. Their distinct black and white hair was the only thing that distinguished them.
The two arrived almost at the same time, bowed, and said respectfully:
"Hello, Mistress!"
Uchiha Hikari's pretty face flushed slightly, and she opened her red lips lightly: "I've said it before, don't call me that now."
The two looked at each other and changed their words tacitly: "Lord Hikari!"
"Yes." Hikari nodded. "How's the experiment going?"
Hiruko stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, "The key to achieving perfect fusion between gene liquids lies in the concentration ratio of the Oniyara Solution. Its special structure can soften the DNA molecular chain. As long as a theoretical relative balance is achieved, your genes can perfectly absorb the power of Hashirama cells..."
Hikari glanced at him, her voice clear: "Speak human language."
Orochimaru immediately stepped forward, his tone euphemistic, "According to the experimental data left by the Second Hokage, perfectly fusing the power of Hashirama cells requires three steps, but we are still stuck in the first step. In the past year, we have endured countless failures, and only recently has the experimental result become stable."
Hikari thought for a moment and asked, "Becoming stable? Has the fusion succeeded?"
"It's the reaction after the fusion failed, and it's not as violent as before." Orochimaru smiled bitterly.
"Although we have used Uchiha Kagami's experimental data as a basis, and then continuously adjusted the concentration of the gene liquid, you are not him after all. Although you are both from the Uchiha clan, the actual difference is still very large, and we still have to verify it little by little."
"This first step is the most crucial. If it can be completed smoothly, the subsequent practical problems will be easily solved." Orochimaru's voice was low. "Our current progress is already very fast."
Hiruko nodded in agreement. "Yes, if it weren't for this data, we would have had to work behind closed doors for a long time."
"Okay, if you have any difficulties, remember to tell me." Hikari glanced at the two of them one last time, reached out and took back the Flame Fan on the weapon rack, and was about to leave.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. The samples I left behind this time should be enough for a while."
Orochimaru watched Hikari's receding back, and clenched his fists silently.
If he could realize the "cloning technology" mentioned by his teacher, perhaps it wouldn't be so troublesome...
At this moment, the iron door of the laboratory opened automatically, and a gust of cold wind poured in, and snowflakes quickly roamed every corner of the outer hall.
Hikari was stunned slightly, and two familiar figures, one large and one small, appeared in front of her.
"Kamihane? Aren't you in the Uzumaki clan? Could it be..."
Her eyebrows suddenly jumped with a hint of surprise, and she stepped forward to grab Kamihane's wrist, turning his palm over like a kitten, trying to find the "Karma" mark.
When a familiar diamond-shaped mark came into view, she tilted her head slightly, and a little confusion appeared in her squinted eyes.
"Didn't succeed?"
Kamihane spread his hands, his tone slightly helpless, "I've hit a bottleneck. I thought the plan would go smoothly, but..."
It turned out that after verifying that the "Reaper Death Seal" could indeed briefly strip the "Karma" mark from his body, Kamihane immediately began to consider ways to seal it and keep it in his body.
Because the "Reaper Death Seal's" Reaper had no specific consciousness, like an artificial intelligence, it would only mechanically execute the caster's sealing commands, and the caster did not need too complicated operations. They only needed to select the sealing target and issue commands in their hearts, and the subsequent series of sealing manipulations such as "slash," "grab," and "devour" would be completed by the Reaper.
It was a smooth process, and there could be no slight pause in the middle.
This led to the fact that even Uzumaki Kurami couldn't stop the "Reaper Death Seal's" sealing behavior.
Kamihane thought for a long time. He could activate the temporal rewind again to erase the Reaper's shadow from the Yang world, but because the "Ame-no-Tokotachi" had a 1-second cooldown limit, 1 second was enough for the "Karma" data to thaw again.
He thought for a long time, and accidentally glanced at his nephew next to him, and couldn't move his eyes away.
Ideas flowed like a spring, and he instantly thought of a way to deal with it, and put it into practice.
The moment he executed "Ame-no-Tokotachi" to rewind the state was particularly crucial. Everyone had to act at the same time at this moment, without any pause.
Uzumaki Kurami would manipulate the Reaper to swing the sword, instantly cutting off the Ōtsutsuki mark on the body and spirit.
Uchiha Nian would use the "Infinite Purity" copied from his right eye to rewind Uzumaki Kurami's physical state, causing the Reaper and technique represented by the "Reaper Death Seal" to disappear.
Other elders in charge of sealing would act at the same time, casting the strongest sealing technique to completely seal the "Karma" in Kamihane's body.
The first and second steps of the plan were completed seamlessly, but what made Kamihane helpless was that the Uzumaki sealing technique, which he was originally least worried about, failed at a critical moment.
The elders looked at each other and said that at this stage, their Uzumaki clan did not have a seal that simultaneously worked on the soul and the body.
They had the "Four Symbols Seal" that could seal any object or even chakra...
There was the "Five Elements Seal" that sealed the Five Elements ninjutsu...
There was the "Reaper Death Seal" that sealed the soul...
There was even the "Adamantine Sealing Chains" that could imprison tailed beasts in actual combat...
There was even a "Contract Seal" that could seal the enemy's summoning technique...
But, there was no sealing technique that took into account both the body and the spirit.
Of course, this didn't mean that Kamihane's plan was directly shelved. Under the expression of Uzumaki Kurami's acting clan leader, the Uzumaki elders expressed that in order to express Kamihane's kindness, they were willing to start developing a tailor-made sealing technique specifically for the "Karma" from today, and promised to complete it as soon as possible.
Kamihane didn't want to study with this group of guys either. Professional things had to be left to professional people to do.
So, he simply brought his nephew back.
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