Relatively speaking, RC genes are not very stable; they manifest in different forms according to changes in the mind.
In other words, if you desire flight enough, it is possible to mutate a Ukaku; if you feel insecure, you might evolve a protective Koukaku, and so on.
In this case, the varieties of Ghouls will become quite rich.
Simu was very satisfied with these results. For an experiment, the more samples and possibilities, the better.
The more possibilities there were, the more likely he was to glimpse the world's...
Truth!
He gently adjusted his glasses as the Sword Crow Ukaku behind him dissipated into nothingness. He then turned and walked toward the temple.
Currently, he was only a little over a thousand reputation points away from leveling up. Since this phase of the experiment had concluded, it was time to find something to do.
Inside the temple's Blood Pool, Hidan's body drifted up and down.
As the research proceeded smoothly, Simu gained a deeper understanding of shinobi and the essence of chakra.
Specifically, ninjutsu occurs when a shinobi extracts chakra and, aided by hand signs, directs it through a certain circuit, allowing it to be released as a technique.
Furthermore, chakra is divided into two types: ordinary chakra and elemental chakra.
Ordinary chakra exists in everyone's body, whereas elemental chakra is determined by a specific gene segment within the body's cells.
A shinobi can only extract various attributes of chakra by activating this gene segment through cultivation.
As for how to refine this chakra and apply it to their ninjutsu, that was another matter entirely.
In short, Simu had now captured the genes that determine chakra attributes and could modify them into the bodies of others.
At present, this modification still carried a certain level of risk; only someone like Hidan, who possessed an Immortal Body, could be toyed with by Simu at will.
Under his "tutelage," Hidan now possessed the ability to extract all five attributes of chakra.
Simu even poured the ninjutsu he had mastered into Hidan's body all at once.
It was equivalent to pre-simulating the operation hundreds or thousands of times within his body. Once Hidan woke up, he would only need a moment of realization to perform them as if by instinct.
After all, Simu had not forgotten that Hidan was an absolute illiterate!
You could ask him to learn some Taijutsu, but asking him to learn ninjutsu was practically asking for his life.
How could he learn if he couldn't even understand a ninjutsu scroll?
"Sigh, I really am an empathetic and kind person."
Simu let out a sigh and then placed his hands together toward the Blood Pool.
"However, before letting little Hidan wake up, there is still a bit of business to attend to."
A slight smile played on his lips. The sacrifice at the Sakamoto Company had allowed the Jashin Religion to reap a massive amount of sacrifices and reputation. That dark Lord Jashin must be overjoyed right now.
Since he had earned so much, surely he wouldn't refuse to provide some "operational funds" for his little lackey?
Surely not?
Looking at Hidan floating in the Blood Pool, Simu revealed a mysterious smile.
In the next second, the Blood Pool began to boil rapidly.
Womb of the Creator, activate!
As his own life energy was consumed frantically, countless RC Cell Kagune—the second-generation Kakuhou Simu had developed based on Mori Shiraishi's genes—began to be produced in massive quantities.
Specks of dark shadows emerged from the depths of the Blood Pool, followed by the appearance of a massive silhouette.
Boom!
As the giant shadow rose, the surface of the Blood Pool shattered.
Immediately following this, a massive and eerily shaped dark-red giant snake revealed itself before Simu.
The reason it looked so strange was that the creature was entirely covered in thick, dark-red Koukaku. It was approximately fifty meters long, and its head was a massive, hideous white ghost mask, with crimson ghost fires flickering beneath it.
It did not have fine scales like an ordinary snake; instead, it was covered in piece after piece of pitch-black Koukaku as hard as steel, with sharp protrusions appearing occasionally.
Rather than a snake, it was more like a unique type of sub-dragon.
This was the special creature born after Simu fused shinobi and Kagune with the snake genes from Orochimaru.
[ Evil-Faced Ghost Snake ]
Koukaku (The body surface is covered with a large amount of Koukaku, providing powerful defense)
Ukaku (A large number of Ukaku Kakuhou are implanted in the gaps of the surface armor, allowing it to deploy Ukaku to attack enemies at any time)
Evil Ghost Mask (Crafted from Koukaku and Rinkaku, it can fire Rinkaku to attack)
Heart of the Five Elements (Capable of using Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, and Lightning Style ninjutsu)
Looking at the ghost snake lying obediently before him and sensing the terrifying aura it radiated, Simu nodded with considerable satisfaction.
Although there was room for improvement—for example, the number of ninjutsu the Evil-Faced Ghost Snake could use was still relatively low, and it could not use them in combination.
Perhaps in the future, Simu could create Jashin species similar to two-headed snakes or even hydras based on the genes of other creatures.
But for now, the Evil-Faced Ghost Snake was the pinnacle of Simu's modification technology.
Based on the combat power displayed by the Hidden Steam Village, the Evil-Faced Ghost Snake would face little threat unless it went up against forty or fifty Chunin.
As for Jonin, the data Simu had collected was still insufficient, making it difficult to provide an accurate estimate.
After all, a shinobi's strength is not static. Even among those with the same rank of Jonin or Chunin, the strength of shinobi from different villages can be worlds apart.
Small villages lack the resources and capabilities of the Great Shinobi Nations, so the ninjas they train are naturally much weaker.
In the shinobi profession, having a good master or a prestigious clan is vital.
Certain ninjutsu and secret techniques are almost never shared with outsiders, making them completely inaccessible to ordinary people.
After producing two hundred RC Kakuhou and the Evil-Faced Ghost Snake, Simu did not intend to stop.
In any case, his own health bar had already been depleted; everything being deducted now belonged to the blood of the Great Lord Jashin.
To Simu, Lord Jashin was simply a jumbo-sized health potion!
Praise be to Lord Jashin!
With a thought from Simu, the Blood Pool began to churn again.
This time, he manufactured a small insect similar to the Black Beetle, named the Explosive Insect.
As the name implies, this insect was a creature Simu created through his research into Fire Style and Paper Bombs, combined with his expertise in biotechnology.
Though only the size of a thumb, it could unleash an explosion even more powerful than a Paper Bomb.
Before long, a swarm of Explosive Insects as dark as a storm cloud flew out from the Blood Pool and crawled into a mouth located in the palm of Simu's human clone.
This was also a new design of Simu's: using the mouths in his palms to store the Explosive Insects.
In addition to this, Simu manufactured a new batch of Black Beetles, also stored within his body.
After evolving, these Black Beetles were even smaller—like black sand—and possessed a hardness comparable to steel balls.
On this end, Simu was squandering resources with abandon.
On the other end, that mass known as Lord Jashin began to howl in agony!
Damn it! He had only just "fattened up" for a few months!
He originally thought that if things continued this way, he would regain his freedom in a few years, descend upon the Shinobi World with great terror, and give the Otsutsuki Clan a piece of his mind.
He never expected this.
Today, he was being squeezed dry once again!
Even a saint would lose their temper!
Lord Jashin spent his energy once more to cast his gaze into the divine statue.
There, a man with silver slicked-back hair appeared before his eyes with a look of pure joy.
It's you again! Hidan!