After following Mei into the base, Shinji found the scene to be different from what he had imagined.
Although located underground, it was clean and bright inside.
Many people were busy rushing around. They merely nodded in greeting to Mei, the Mizukage, before returning to their work.
"So, Orochimaru really was the anomaly?"
Shinji's impression of research labs in the Naruto world was basically derived from Orochimaru's dark and eerie secret base.
Now, it seemed this was what a proper research base should look like.
In fact, many of the experimental equipment were completely unfamiliar to him, and he couldn't even guess their purpose.
"Does Mizukage-sama have any instructions? And who is this?"
The person in charge here was a flat-chested girl wearing thick glasses. At such a young age, she already had a "flat chest," indicating a limitless future.
"This is Mr. Akagi, a visiting expert in curse spirit studies whom I specifically invited from outside. He knows everything about curse spirits. However, Mr. Akagi is very busy, so if you have any questions, you'll need to be quick."
"Curse spirit studies expert?"
The flat-chested girl gently pushed up her glasses, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. "In that case, Mr. Akagi, please come with me. Our researchers are in great need of help from 'experts' like you."
"A woman, is she trying to betray me?"
Shinji widened his eyes and glanced at Mei. This woman, who exuded a seductive aura at all times, was actually covering her sensual red lips and chuckling twice, selling him out like this?
No wonder she was so generous and allowed him to choose freely.
It turned out she had everything arranged beforehand.
Fine, he'd take a look. He was quite interested in their research topics anyway.
Take the Mediterranean-haired strongman in front of him, for example. His research topic was curse spirit transplantation.
Transplanting parts of curse spirits into animals, or even grafting them with plants.
Or observing the effects of transplanting parts of animals or plants onto curse spirits.
Although most of them failed, he had successfully transplanted leeks onto a certain humanoid curse spirit and achieved remarkable results.
With sufficient curse energy, this curse spirit could grow five hundred kilograms of leeks per day at full power!
Achieving the true feat of harvesting one crop and immediately growing another!
However, the drawback was obvious: no one dared to eat them.
For now, they could only be used to feed chickens, and whether a new industry could be formed required long-term observation.
Then there was that guy who specialized in researching curse spirit genders, trying to uncover the secrets of curse spirit reproduction.
Although he was great and had dedicated himself entirely to scientific research, Shinji couldn't help but feel he was just scamming research funds.
After he finished explaining the common knowledge about curse spirits later, this guy would likely be unemployed.
"Hmm? What are you researching?"
Looking at a woman intently dissecting a still-living curse spirit, Shinji asked curiously.
The woman, in her thirties, seemed to have a good personality. She smiled, put down her scalpel, wiped her hands, and explained, "Through my research, the formation of curse objects… You know what curse objects are, right?"
"Yes, I know."
Shinji almost rolled his eyes.
"There are many factors influencing the formation of curse objects. The stronger the curse spirit was in life, the stronger a certain power remaining in a certain organ or part after death, making it easier to condense into a curse object."
"However, this is not the only factor. Because many curse spirits of slightly weaker, or even much weaker, levels can also give birth to curse objects, although their effects might be relatively weaker, it's not absolute."
Hearing this, Shinji was genuinely surprised. This woman seemed to have some substance.
He became interested, "What other factors are there?"
"For example, I discovered that curse objects born after a curse spirit's death are usually a vital organ or part. For a curse spirit that excels at fighting with its horns, the probability of its horn mutating into a curse object after death is relatively high."
"So I believe that ensuring the integrity of a certain part of the curse spirit's body is one of the key factors in whether a curse object can be obtained!"
"Like this frog monster in front of us, its attack method is by flicking its tongue, which is extremely fast and powerful enough to penetrate iron plates. If it were to condense a curse object after death, it would most likely be this tongue, or something related to it."
"And if this tongue were to be destroyed now, the chance of it forming a curse object after death would be greatly reduced. Even if a curse object were to form, it would likely have nothing to do with this tongue."
Shinji listened carefully to the woman's research and found it to have some merit.
It seemed he would have to be careful in the future and not just smash everything to pieces.
"Then what are you doing now?"
"I am intentionally guiding this frog monster to continuously attack the steel plate above with its tongue. I believe the more times it attacks, the greater the possibility of forming a curse object."
Understood. Continuously flushing with curse energy, over time, there will inevitably be residual curse energy, and it will be perfectly preserved…
Hiss!
Shinji felt like he had grasped the secret to wealth!
But then he thought, he didn't have that much time, nor did he have that many talented people to help him cultivate curse objects artificially.
He felt very envious!
After discovering this new world here, Shinji put away his initial underestimation and began to seriously observe everyone's research.
This was just in Mist Hidden; what about the other major countries?
He presumed they must have also achieved phased research results.
It could only be said that this was indeed a world where the technological tree had gone in a strange direction; they were completely adept at researching biology and genetics.
He suddenly felt a craving for Orochimaru…
He wondered what Tobi had done to that guy. If there was a chance in the future, he would go to the Land of Rice Fields to take a look.
Even if the person was gone, he could help inherit some of his legacy.
After understanding the research directions of these people, Shinji no longer held back and shared all the knowledge he had about the origin and common sense of curse spirits.
From initial strong skepticism to half-belief, the researchers' eyes began to shine frequently.
Clearly, the new concepts proposed by Shinji had opened up a new world in their hearts, and many brilliant ideas emerged, making them eager to return and dive headfirst into research, forgetting to eat and sleep!
After all, they had no shortage of materials now.
After the failed siege, a large number of curse spirit corpses were left behind, definitely enough for them to research for a while.
Of course, there would inevitably be some who didn't believe him.
Shinji had nothing to say to such people.
However, the young man researching curse spirit reproduction didn't stubbornly stick to his original path. With a feint, he actually changed his research topic to: "On the Possibility of Reproduction Between Humans and Curse Spirits."
Hearing this topic, Shijni was so shocked that he immediately gave the young man a thumbs-up.
This young man had a boundless future!
If this topic could be researched, then the peace of the ninja world might depend on him!
Was another extraordinary man about to be born, following in the footsteps of Senior's?!
So, young man, how exactly do you plan to research this?
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