Orochimaru couldn't help but smile as he looked at the White Zetsu lying on the ground.
The last White Zetsu body had already been used up through Living Corpse Reincarnation, leaving only some tissue samples behind. There hadn't been a complete specimen left for him to study.
Now ten more White Zetsu had appeared—more than enough material to keep him occupied with research for a long time.
"And also…"
Chinya took out two scrolls and summoned the items stored within one of them.
When Orochimaru saw over a dozen glass jars appear from the summoning, his eyes widened slightly.
Inside the jars were numerous Sharingan eyes.
"There are sixteen pairs of Sharingan here, totaling thirty-two eyes. I've brought all of them for you, Orochimaru-sensei."
Though Orochimaru wasn't obsessed with the Sharingan anymore, he was still very interested in studying it.
Kazuya immediately summoned the contents stored in another scroll.
It was another glass jar—but its contents made Orochimaru's slit-like pupils narrow sharply.
Inside this jar was a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan that had been preserved.
"Is this…a Mangekyo Sharingan? Whose is it? Shisui Uchiha's or Itachi Uchiha's?"
Chinya answered, "This is Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan. I destroyed one of Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan, and the other remains with Itachi Uchiha. These two Mangekyo Sharingan will also go to you, sensei.
Orochimaru-sensei, you once told me about your concept for Cell Transplantation Technique—by transplanting cells from various ninja into your own body, you could potentially acquire others' kekkei genkai and ninjutsu.
Perhaps in the future, you might successfully achieve a perfect transplantation of the Mangekyo Sharingan, making it possible to use its abilities."
Orochimaru accepted the jar that Chinya handed to him—it contained Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan.
As he stared into the jar at the Mangekyo Sharingan, Orochimaru sighed, "Chinya, you truly have given me too many surprises."
Smiling, Chinya replied, "You're my teacher—I should treat you with respect. However, there are several points I need to explain to you regarding the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Orochimaru nodded. "Go ahead."
Chinya began explaining, "First, the abilities of this pair of Mangekyo Sharingan—the left eye should contain a dojutsu technique for predicting enemy movements, while the right eye's ability I'm not entirely certain of, though it likely supports the left eye's predictive function.
Second, although the Mangekyo Sharingan is incredibly powerful, using it carries significant risks. The more it's used, the worse the vision becomes, eventually leading to total blindness.
Third, there are only two ways to solve the issue of blindness. One method involves transplanting another person's Mangekyo Sharingan to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The closer the blood relationship between donors, the higher the success rate of achieving the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Once awakened, it can prevent blindness."
The second method is possessing Hashirama's cells. Obito Uchiha was able to continuously use the Mangekyo Sharingan's dojutsu without risking blindness precisely because White Zetsu, used as his prosthetic limb filling his right half-body, contained Hashirama Cells.
A typical example is Kakashi, who doesn't possess Hashirama Cells. Although during the time when Obito Uchiha Activated the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kakashi simultaneously Activated the Mangekyo Sharingan after receiving Obito's left eye Sharingan through transplantation, due to his own lack of Hashirama Cells, not only did using the Sharingan consume excessive chakra, he couldn't even Activate the Mangekyo Sharingan at all.
Even if Kakashi were to Activate the Mangekyo Sharingan, it would drain far more chakra, and he would go blind from using its dojutsu much faster."
Orochimaru gazed into Chinya's eyes and asked, "Since the Mangekyo Sharingan has so many side effects, how are your eyes holding up, Chinya?"
Chinya admitted, "That's right. Right now, I can only see blurred outlines with both eyes; I'm practically blind already."
Orochimaru frowned slightly but before he could speak, Chinya quickly continued, "But you don't need to worry about me. I've already found a way to evolve my Mangekyo Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which will resolve the issue of blindness."
Hearing that Chinya had already figured out a solution himself, Orochimaru didn't ask further since he understood Chinya—if Chinya was willing to share, he would have done so already.
Chinya continued, "Teacher Orochimaru, I'd like to ask you to research how the Mangekyo Sharingan and Hashirama Cells can complement each other. Haku's Sharingan isn't an issue, but we should find a solution in advance for Kakashi's Sharingan.
To be honest, that Sharingan has become Kakashi's burden. Although Kakashi has learned the Yin Seal and solved the problem of extreme chakra consumption by storing chakra, once he Activates the Mangekyo Sharingan in the future, even the chakra stored within the Yin Seal won't be enough to compensate for the immense energy consumed by using the Mangekyo's abilities."
Orochimaru agreed, "I understand, but this research will take some time. After all, everything I know about the Sharingan comes from you. To study how Hashirama Cells and the Mangekyo Sharingan can complement each other, I must thoroughly understand the Sharingan from its earliest forms all the way to the Mangekyo stage."
Chinya replied, "Hmm, I understand. This matter will require quite a bit of effort on your part, Teacher Orochimaru."
Waving his hand dismissively, Orochimaru said, "It's nothing. As long as it's research, I'm always interested."
After finishing their serious discussion, Chinya smiled mischievously and teased, "Teacher Orochimaru, I never expected you'd rescue Kabuto and Nonou. Did you see potential in Kabuto and plan to take him as another disciple, like you did with Nonou?"
In a rather good mood today, Orochimaru unusually responded in a relaxed tone, "Kabuto has great talent for research. Many times, I only need to say one sentence and he immediately knows exactly what to do next. In that regard, he's actually better than you."
Raising his eyebrows, Chinya replied, "Teacher Orochimaru, maybe I also have considerable research talent? Perhaps you just haven't noticed yet?"
Orochimaru gave a light chuckle. "I assessed your aptitude for research a long time ago. Unfortunately, you simply don't have any talent in that area. It's not that I failed to notice — it's just that you don't possess this ability at all.
As for taking on apprentices, I currently have no such intention. What I truly need is a partner who can assist me with experiments, and Kabuto has that potential. So I want to develop a particular skill in him so he can help with my research later. Otherwise, if everything requires my personal involvement, it would waste too much time."
Chinya let out a helpless shrug. "Sensei Orochimaru, there's no need to be so blunt. That kind of remark really hurts my confidence."
Chinya hadn't expected Orochimaru to directly say he had absolutely no talent for research — he thought the response might be more tactful.
But if he were someone who spoke more tactfully, he wouldn't be Orochimaru at all.
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