Secondary Hashirama Cells

Orochimaru's lab.

Nagasawa was watching Orochimaru doing human experiments.

Yes, after studying Hashirama's cells and Sharingan for some time, Nagasawa and Orochimaru started the human experiments again.

"I didn't expect that Hashirama's cells would undergo such changes so in his body. But even if the experiment is successful this way, it won't grant as much power."

Orochimaru looked at the Root Shinobi, who was lying on the operating table as he discussed the experiment with Nagasawa.

After Orochimaru's research, Yamato actually could not be called a successful experiment, but it could not be said to be a failure either.

It was a success to a certain extent, but not a complete success.

For some reason, the cells in Yamato's body could not be considered complete. They could only be considered incomplete and immature.

However, that was exactly why Yamato was able to survive.

Orochimaru named the cells Secondary Hashirama Cells.

Orochimaru did not want to study Secondary Hashirama Cells at first. He felt that Secondary Hashirama Cells was not up to his standard.

However, Nagasawa had a different idea. Compared to Hashirama's cells, which could easily kill the experiment subjects, Secondary Hashirama's cells relatively produced more results.

In order to raise the Whitebeard template to 100% and, if possible, unlock the third template before the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack, he had to raise Konoha's prosperity as fast as possible.

Therefore, he needed the research results of Secondary Hashirama's cells. If the breakthrough of this research could create a Jonin-level Wood Release Team, it would be a great help to Konoha.

Who knew how long he had to wait until Orochimaru could completely figure out the Hashirama cells?

Moreover, it wasn't completely impossible for him to fail.

In order to truly balance the power of Hashirama's cells, they might need a Mangekyo Sharingan level of spiritual energy.

The reason why Obito could handle the Hashirama cells was that, technically, it was not the original version of Hashirama's cells that merged with his body, but the White Zetsu that was created with Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Hashirama cells.

The only one in Konoha who had Mangekyo Sharingan was only the current patriarch of Uchiha Clan, Fugaku Uchiha.

And there was no guarantee that Mangekyo Sharingan could completely balance out Hashirama's cells.

Therefore, Nagasawa strongly suggested Orochimaru take a look at the secondary Hashirama cells first, saying that the research progressed little by little before making a big breakthrough.

It was partly because of Nagasawa's ideas so far, but Orochimaru was not completely against this idea this time. He began to study the secondary Hashirama cells according to Nagasawa's instructions.

Due to the his research of Hashirama's cells so far, the secondary Hashirama cells' research progressed very fast and it soon reached the stage of human experiments.

Some Root members that Orochimaru brought back during their raid on Danzo's secret base came in handy.

At this moment, the one lying on the operation platform was the leader of the Root Base.

Since he was the strongest among the other Root Members that Orochimaru captured, using him as an experimental subject gave them the highest chance of success.

At this time, his eyes had been gouged out by Orochimaru and were replaced by Sharingan that he obtained in Root Base. His body was then injected with Secondary Hashirama cells.

Nagasawa and Orochimaru did not know the code name of this Root, but it was not important. In Orochimaru's lab, he had a new name.

Secondary Subject No. 1.

Secondary referred to Secondary Hashirama Cells, and the number one was because he was the first experiment subject.

It had been a while since Orochimaru began his research on Secondary Hashirama Cells, and the first human experiment was finally upon them. Now it was the time to decide if this were a success or a failure, so Orochimaru and Nagasawa witnessed this experiment together.

The body of the first experiment subject shook violently, and the expression on his face clearly said that he was in pain. The three-tomoe Sharingan was also constantly rotating as if the tomoes were about to merge.

However, in the end, the first experiment subject finally calmed down. The two of them looked at the laboratory panel.

At this time, the vital signs of the first experiment subject were very stable, and his heartbeat was also normal. Just a moment ago, it was completely unstable as it would spike for a second and then suddenly stop as if he was on the verge of death multiple times.

Nagasawa sighed, slightly disappointed.

Just now, when he saw how intensely the tomoe rotated, he thought that he would be able to gain an extra pair of Mangekyō Sharingan today.

In the end, they didn't merge together.

'Is it because he's not an Uchiha?' Nagasawa assumed this was one of the problems.

Even though an exceptional case like Kakashi awakening Mangekyo Sharingan did happen, it was because it resonated with Obito's Sharingan and awakened at the same time Obito awakened Mangekyo Sharingan.

"What's wrong, Nagasawa? The experiment is a success." Because the two of them were not that far, Orochimaru naturally heard Nagasawa sighing.

"Nothing, I'm just relieved that this experiment is finally going to bear some fruits," Nagasawa said without mentioning anything about Mangekyo Sharingan.

Considering Orochimaru's personality, if he knew that Mangekyō Sharingan existed, he would definitely be curious, and it was very likely that he would secretly cause trouble.

Of course, Orochimaru had not developed an obsession with Uchiha Clan before he was outclassed by Mangekyō Sharingan.

At most, he would be curious because the three-tomoe Sharingan was considered really strong among ordinary Shinobi, so how strong would Mangekyō Sharingan be?

Orochimaru smiled and did not say anything. He then activated a Jutsu that he had placed on the first experiment subject in advance.

Because of the Jutsu, Experiment Subject no. 1 regained his consciousness, and a hint of clarity appeared in his eyes.

"Orochimaru, how dare you attack Root? Danzo won't let you get away with this!" Experiment Subject no. 1 roared at Orochimaru.

"Haha!" Orochimaru just laughed. He sure was counting on it, as Danzo himself couldn't get himself out of prison.

Because the Root leader had served Danzo for a long time and had been brainwashed thoroughly, Orochimaru did not expect to trick him into becoming his subordinate and only treated him as a one-time experiment subject.

"It seems that you are in good spirits. You should have no problem conducting a combat experiment now." Orochimaru revealed a cold smile.

Orochimaru licked his lips as he activated the Jutsu again, which caused Experiment Subject no. 1 subject to faint again.

Nagasawa also undid the seal on Experiment Subject no. 1, and the two of them packed up their things and rushed out of the village.

The next experiment might be somewhat loud, so they could not carry it out in the village if they didn't want to be discovered.

Danzo had his own base outside the village, and so did Orochimaru.

Their next destination was a base that Orochimaru had abandoned.

Because Root had been disbanded, not only had Danzo lost the funds for Root, he also couldn't earn money with Root's name. Therefore, Orochimaru's research funds were reduced by a lot.

Therefore, he abandoned some of the less important research bases.

One of the bases they were going to this time was the research base that Orochimaru used to study some Snakes Summon in Ryuchi Cave.

They planned to conduct the experiment in this abandoned base.

Orochimaru and Nagasawa first checked how much equipment in this base was still intact.

Perhaps because it had not been abandoned for long, the monitoring equipment was in good condition and could still be used.

Orochimaru placed Experiment Subject No. 1 at the center of the base, activated the Jutsu, and summoned a large number of Snakes before returning to the monitoring room.