"You don't need to try to persuade me anymore."
Lin Ke saw that Sasori was about to say something and continued, "If you want a Seal or an Original Body, you can apply to the Hokage for a trade."
After Orochimaru was captured, the Original Body, a large number of failed experimental subjects, and all the experimental data were moved back to Konoha Village. The research has been continuing, but he is no longer interested because it has been basically determined that pure Natural Energy is a dead end. Human power cannot compete with the endless Natural Energy of nature.
He constantly used Chakra regeneration through Yakushi Kabuto's special physique to strengthen the regenerative ability brought by the Original Body cells, abandoning the annihilation ability of the Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, and offsetting the side effects, thereby gaining a near-perfect Sage Mode.
In fact, the previous path of destroying the five elements structure with that degraded Original Body cell and transplanting a single type of Natural Energy was a viable option.
The problem is that after being transplanted with that degraded Original Body cell, one would spend their entire life dealing with only one type of Natural Energy. Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, the danger is not high, but the power is not strong either. The Natural Energy attacks released are not as good as a Jonin's casual Ninjutsu. The physical fitness is indeed good, but no matter how good a ninja's physical fitness is, a Kunai stabbed into the head will still kill them.
In Orochimaru's view, this path would not only be mutually restrained but also would not lead to immortality, and it also had requirements for adaptability. The upper limit could be seen at a glance, and giving up Chakra was too great a price.
Having personally witnessed Hashirama and Madara's disaster-level battles, and having also witnessed Lin Ke's incredibility, how could he look favorably on a path that clearly had no chance?
After the experimental data was brought back to Konoha Village, it was Tsunade who felt that there was room for development. If ninjas couldn't use it, many ordinary people who couldn't become ninjas might find it useful, or it could be used to cultivate ninja beasts with good results.
So until now, the Medical Team and Shizune have been constantly pushing forward the subsequent experiments, and it is said that they have made some new achievements. After cultivating more than a dozen generations of degraded Original Body cells in Mr. D's body, they are almost harmless.
When transplanted into ordinary wild rabbits, the rabbits could actually spit out flames, and the offspring of two identical experimental rabbits perfectly inherited the ability to spit flames.
It's weak, but at least it shows promise. The only problem is that these special flame-spitting rabbits all possess supernatural powers, but they are as unintelligent as ordinary rabbits.
In short, no brains.
[ However, I heard that the meat of the Flame Rabbit has a natural spicy taste when eaten. I must find a chance to try it. ]
A strange thought flashed through Lin Ke's mind, and then he said, "About the Human Puppet matter, um, wait a moment."
The Shadow left silently, and Gaara and the others reflexively became vigilant.
They had a bit of PTSD from being beaten by the Shadow before. As soon as they saw a shadow, they would refine Chakra to prepare for battle.
"Lin Ke-sensei," Kankuro suddenly said boldly, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. How about a spar?"
He felt a little embarrassed that he was frightened by the Shadow's departure. Thinking of his growth over the past year, he felt very inflated. Thinking of the Shadow's strength before, if it were the three of them...
They would win.
Sasori looked over in surprise. He had seen Lin Ke's strength in the battle with Kakuzu and Hidan. He wasn't confident in taking down those Shadows. Had this Puppet Technique junior's brain broken?
[ Could it be that he secretly modified his brain? ] Due to Granny Chiyo's precedent of modifying arms, he seriously suspected that Kankuro had secretly modified himself using immature technology.
That's why he would say such a ridiculous thing.
"What I mean is, like before," Kankuro added when he saw everyone looking over, "Lin Ke-sensei, you use the Shadow, and the three of us together, that Bell snatching test."
"So, I stand still, and you attack me to snatch the Shadow?" Lin Ke stroked his chin, pretending to ponder.
Kankuro smiled and said, "Yes, how about it? We've grown a lot, don't underestimate us."
Temari next to him also had a somewhat eager feeling.
Gaara felt it was inappropriate to fight with friends and was about to speak.
"Okay," Lin Ke smiled warmly, tilted his head, and said, "You join in too, Sasori."
[This guy...]
Scorpion was expressionless, completely uninterested in any sparring or testing.
"If you guys win," Lin Ke thought for a moment, then said, "The Human Puppets are all yours, Kankuro."
"Scorpion's Original Body is for you, Gaara."
"I can also take the lead in letting you participate in the research on the Seal, Scorpion."
"As for you." He looked at Temari, a little troubled, not knowing what to give her. The best he could give was to reincarnate Maki from the Main World.
But Maki was deeply bound to the Net, and knew a lot of things on it. Reincarnating him might disrupt the Main World's plans.
But now that even Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had jumped out, what was the point of planning?
"If we win, you have to go on a date with me!" Temari's eyes sparkled.
"Uh..." Lin Ke was stunned for a moment. Although he always felt that he was just waiting to develop, after all, he was only 1.5 meters tall at the age of twelve, which was a bit short.
Most importantly, it was fine if his height didn't develop due to the overuse of the Mystical Palm Technique, but his appearance had always been that of a baby face from two years ago, so tender.
Did the girl in front of him and Tsunade have the same XP? Did they like pulling small carts so much? "What's the matter, are you scared?" Temari said, putting her hands on her hips. She had said that she had a womanly charm, but after a few more words, she immediately revealed her true colors.
After all, she had to carry out tasks in the wind and rain every day, and fighting and killing were unavoidable. She wasn't like the Anti-Demon Ninja of the same profession, so how could her personality be soft.
Lin Ke looked at the four people with a hint of fighting spirit in their eyes, and smiled: "Then, it's a deal."
"Ka~" The standing Shadow came back with the Human Puppet Scroll. He casually threw the Human Puppet Scroll to Kankuro, and said, "The prize will be given to you first. If you lose, you have to pay me."
Honestly, he wouldn't feel bad even if he gave it away. Times were different now.
His current status in Konoha Village was so high that it was off the charts. The Second Hokage, you know, the former fastest ninja in the Ninja World, now the second, was being bullied by him at will, understand?
As for money, he could get as much as he wanted from Konoha Village. The problem that limited the upper limit of his Body Binding Technique had become the carrying capacity.
Without the Utakata brand power bank providing Chakra, he couldn't summon the money in the scroll at all. If he wanted to release the Body Binding Technique, he had to carry money with him. It worked through a wallet, but it didn't work at all through a scroll.
The problem was, how much money could he carry on him? Even if it was all exchanged for large denominations of banknotes, he couldn't carry much, and the release distance of the Body Binding Technique was within ten meters. It was too close. No one was willing to get close to him in high-end games. His mutated Body Binding Technique was clearly a Ninjutsu with an extremely high upper limit, but the actual chance of it working was pitiful.
It was somewhat sympathetic with Amaterasu.
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