"If I'm right, you should have more of an advantage than White Snake Sage."
"Of course, there's also a chance it's more dangerous."
Orochimaru put the Kusanagi Sword in his mouth and took out a scroll, "To know for sure, we can do a test surgery first."
"Start now?"
Slug Sage was surprised by this straightforward attitude. She thought Orochimaru would wait until he learned Senjutsu before trying it.
To be honest, Slug Sage accepted this method.
After all, this isn't the ninja world, it's Shikkotsu Forest, her home turf. She always has a card to play - Orochimaru's life. She's not afraid he won't behave.
"Trust is very important."
"Our brief interaction before may have given you a bad impression of me. I don't want you to think I'm just talking big now."
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, "I don't want to waste time either. Let's skip the game and testing and use that to trade for you teaching me as much as possible."
He knows what Slug Sage is thinking. Showing his cards directly isn't a good choice in this situation.
But the 'cell fusion surgery' isn't just a single chip. He can take it out little by little, in stages.
If it were before, Orochimaru might not be skilled at these things, but after practicing with Uchiha, Danzo, and others, he's now quite experienced.
Anyway, tricking an old shut-in who's been living in the sea for thousands of years, so bored that she plays raising games with orcas, is more than enough.
Slug Sage thought for a moment and said, "How do we do it? How do I help you?"
Orochimaru took out experimental equipment from the scroll and smiled, "No need for any complicated operations. You just need to make a clone that's three or four times the size of a normal human."
"That's easy enough."
Slug Sage nodded slightly. Without any obvious action, a soft, jelly-like blob split off from her body.
It's the same as the original, except for the size. One is all, and all is one. It can be said to be the highest-level use of the shadow clone technique.
Orochimaru has long been envious of this ability. If he could be like Slug Sage, his research progress would be more than doubled.
Of course, that's just a thought. Right now, the top priority is to give Slug Sage a taste of success.
Coiling his snake tail, Orochimaru leaned down, looking up and down at the jelly figure the size of his palm.
"Slug Sage, before the experiment, let me remind you that this first one is just a test."
Orochimaru looked at the soft blob in his palm and chuckled, "There's a high chance of failure, so please focus on recording your feelings during the surgery."
Slug Sage nodded slightly, "I understand. It's just a clone, don't worry about it."
She's not completely ignorant of surgical research. In the early years, Tsunade often summoned her to help maintain injuries.
"Then I can rest assured. I'll do my best to use this clone."
Orochimaru held Slug Sage in his palm, and the fingers of his other hand began to twist and change shape, turning into tentacles that skillfully picked up experimental equipment and began injecting cell fusion fluid into the soft creature.
From the start, Orochimaru chose First Hokage cells fusion fluid.
After all, the experimental subject is an epic creature that has lived for thousands of years and also knows Senjutsu. Seriously, if White Snake Sage wasn't so timid, Orochimaru would have tried it on her too.
The internal structure of a slug is simple, and the cell fusion fluid spread quickly, instantly dyeing it a light green.
The next moment, it began to shrink.
Like an ordinary slug in nature, being sprinkled with salt by a malicious human.
The only difference is that the slug's skin didn't lose a lot of water. Instead, it was being swallowed by some kind of parasite inside it.
Even Slug Sage couldn't help but groan in pain.
At the same time, Orochimaru also felt a burst of stinging pain in his palm and quickly threw it away.
He looked up and saw some slender roots. Looking at the Slug Sage clone, it had actually broken open and turned into a small tree seven or eight meters tall.
Orochimaru wiped the wound on his palm, looked up at Slug Sage, and a look of thought flashed in his eyes.
Honestly, this experiment wasn't very fruitful. He overlooked the most obvious fact.
Both have lived for thousands of years. White Snake Sage is constantly compressing power through molting, while Slug Sage is purely big.
Racial advantage allows her to increase her size without any worries. Even if it exceeds a certain limit, she can just split off the excess.
This method of growth is indeed terrifying, but the drawback is that it's just an accumulation of quantity, with no real improvement.
Obviously, even with the addition of natural energy, the strength of Slug Sage's Senjutsu Chakra is still inferior to that of First Hokage cells, and there's no resistance to Divine Tree characteristics at all.
"Did you learn anything from this test?"
A gentle female voice interrupted Orochimaru's thoughts. Orochimaru came back to his senses and heard the doubt in the greeting.
This is understandable, after all, the test was too short and the process was too intense.
"Of course, I have a general understanding of your physical condition."
Orochimaru's expression didn't change, and he even showed a relaxed smile, "Please split off another clone, exactly like the previous one."
"I understand."
A rustling sound rang out. Slug Sage didn't hesitate.
To her, a clone of this size really isn't much, and although the feeling of being drained was unbearable, it's definitely worth it in order to obtain the power of the Divine Tree.
Slug Sage is well aware of her situation. Continuing to expand her body is a dead end. Only by achieving a qualitative improvement can she change the current situation.
"..."
Orochimaru repeated the process and injected the fusion fluid into the slug in his palm.
But this time, he didn't even choose the Yamato cell version, but directly used White Zetsu's gene fusion fluid.
Given Slug Sage's physical condition, large and useless, it can be said to be the most suitable breeding ground for First Hokage cells to grow. In comparison, the more stable White Zetsu gene is more suitable.
As Orochimaru expected, this time, although the slug clone also shrank and produced some surgical reactions, the surgery proceeded steadily, without even using too many inhibitors.
The slug clone raised itself and shook gently, "This is truly a wonderful state."
She can feel that her body has undergone some fundamental changes.
Orochimaru put it on the ground and smiled, "Now try your previous splitting ability again and see if there are any changes."
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