"This is definitely difficult, but not impossible!" Aizen said confidently. "As long as you can reach the level of the legendary Sage of the Six Paths or even his mother in the future, you'll practically attain immortality!"
Orochimaru listened with a confused expression. Wasn't the Sage of the Six Paths just a mythological legend? And who the hell was the Sage's mother?
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Seeing Orochimaru's bewildered look, Aizen explained, "Since the Rinnegan has already appeared, isn't it reasonable for another Sage of the Six Paths to emerge?"
Orochimaru wasn't easily fooled. He asked, "If they were already immortal, why aren't they present in the shinobi world today?"
Aizen replied, "The Sage took his own life, and his mother was sealed away by him!"
Orochimaru rubbed his temples, feeling today's information was too complex for him to process.
Aizen continued, "Under normal circumstances, even with ordinary human talent cultivating for a thousand years, it's not guaranteed you'd reach their level. Let alone, humans can't even live that long!"
"So then I need to..."
"Of course, there are shortcuts. Their clan's power mostly comes from bloodline inheritance. As long as you can integrate the inherited branches, trace back to the source, and then transplant the ancestral bloodline into yourself, you could ascend directly, making the leap from human to god!" Aizen tempted.
Although he personally looked down on this bloodline transplantation method, finding it too risky with many hidden dangers, and believing it could never surpass the Otsutsuki, he could still use it on his subordinates!
Not too many needed—just a thousand counterfeit Otsutsuki would be enough. Even if Kaguya were resurrected, he'd be confident in defeating her!
When years of pursuing dreams suddenly became a concrete method before his eyes, even Orochimaru, with his calmness, began breathing rapidly and excitedly.
"Research in the field of biology? This just so happens to be my specialty!" Orochimaru now understood why the other had sought him out, then asked, "Which branches did you mention earlier?"
"Senju and Uchiha, Hyuga and Kaguya!" Aizen replied concisely.
"So it's those families! No wonder the strongest bloodline clans in the shinobi world originally came from one source!" Orochimaru suddenly realized, then his expression changed. "Wait, wasn't the Kaguya Clan already wiped out by Hidden Mist?"
Aizen waved his hand. "Don't worry. I've already adopted children from the Kaguya Clan! Plus, I can also provide you with samples of successfully ancestral-regressed bloodline from the Otsutsuki Family!"
"This guy really plans far ahead!" Orochimaru felt apprehensive inwardly, then asked, "So my task after joining the organization is to research ancestral bloodlines?"
"What are you thinking?" Aizen looked at him strangely. "Isn't this ancestral bloodline meant to help you realize your dream? How could it possibly be a task from me?"
"Then what exactly am I doing here?"
"Of course, you're chasing your dream!" Aizen patted his shoulder condescendingly. "Of course, while chasing your dream, don't forget the tasks from both organizations!"
"Tasks from TWO organizations!"
Orochimaru felt his mouth go dry. Even though he enjoyed research, could someone really be this oppressive? Was this person trying to wring him out like a wet towel?
"I think... time might be a bit tight, don't you think?"
"Finish your work during the day and dream big at night—shouldn't that be enough? Youngsters should work hard instead of always thinking about taking it easy!"
"Me, a youngster?" Orochimaru couldn't help but feel speechless. However, considering the other party knew so many hidden secrets of the shinobi world, perhaps he was some ancient relic unearthed from somewhere. It was only normal to call him a young man!
Though a bit of a headache, Orochimaru finally gave in and asked, "Fine then, what tasks are there exactly?"
"As for the Xu organization, I need you to cooperate with someone on research. He, like you, specializes in the biological field. However, while your goal is deliberately reversing bloodlines, his aim is to combine various Kekkei into Kekkei Mora!"
"Kekkei Mora? What's that?" Hearing this new term, Orochimaru couldn't help but ask.
"Combining two chakra natures creates a Kekkei Genkai! Combining three forms a Kekkei Tota! While fusing seven results in Kekkei Mora!" Aizen explained.
"Combining all chakra natures?" Orochimaru's eyes widened. Many people had developed Kekkei Genkai, but those who had achieved Kekkei Tota were extremely rare—he only knew of Onoki and Mu!
This clearly demonstrated how the difficulty increased geometrically with each additional chakra nature combined!
The thought of fusing seven was enough to make one's skin crawl!
Ignoring Orochimaru's momentary shock, Aizen continued, "As for the Akatsuki organization, your task is to hand over the Impure World Reincarnation technique and make certain improvements to it."
Orochimaru wasn't overly surprised by this. After all, the Akatsuki's objective during their assault on the Kage Summit was precisely the Impure World Reincarnation technique. According to the latest information he'd received, the prevailing sentiment within the village was still against reviving the dead.
"However, modifying a kinjutsu originally developed by the Second Hokage—you really do have high expectations of me!"
"Of course! I have great confidence in you!"
...
Meanwhile, during the meeting after activating the Projection Technique.
"Now that everyone's here..." Yahiko began smoothly with his opening remarks, before noticing an empty spot beside him. "Hmm? Isn't Uncle Aizen here yet?"
"Perhaps he's held up by something," Nagato speculated. "Maybe he's thanking that Byakugan elder from that day!"
"That's possible!" Yahiko didn't dwell on it—he knew well enough about the Uncle's strength.
"In that case, let's begin the meeting!" Yahiko looked around at everyone. "According to the latest intelligence, although a final decision hasn't been made yet within Konoha, they're leaning toward sacrificing the Hokage!"
Kakuzu narrowed his eyes slightly. "This seems somewhat different from our original plan."
Yahiko sighed. "Originally we intended to directly capture Danzo to force Konoha's hand regarding the scandal. Unexpectedly, our demonstrated strength—or rather, the strength displayed by that Byakugan elder—was too overwhelming, causing them to hesitate from making any deals!"
"Eh? Did we overdo it?" Ruiga asked.
"Well, not exactly. Overall, this operation was still quite successful!"
"Yahiko slightly nodded. 'After all, our goal was to divert attention and undermine the authority of the Five Great Hidden Villages, and both objectives have been achieved!'
They never really cared much about obtaining the Impure World Reincarnation technique in the first place, except for Obito and Sasori!
Noticing Obito's frustration from the side, Black Zetsu secretly felt pleased. He had previously considered whether he should interfere with the Akatsuki and sabotage their efforts to prevent them from acquiring the Impure World Reincarnation.
However, he later reconsidered.
The more you try, the more you risk messing up!
Instead, he might as well do everything possible to help them. Once the Five Great Hidden Villages realized the threat of the Akatsuki, they'd likely abandon the use of the Impure World Reincarnation to get their hostages back!
'But we also have the Byakugan guy to thank. Otherwise, relying only on my control of the Konoha brat with Wood Release, it might not have been enough to scare them for real!'
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