"Roar—roar!"
A dull, hoarse roar suddenly burst forth.
It sounded like the agonized bellow of countless beasts, their throats forcibly fused together!
The noise made one's scalp tingle.
At the same time, a violent shockwave mixed with a foul, bloody wind surged forward!
Jin turned his head slightly and glanced over.
Curious, he muttered, "If I remember correctly… wasn't that place just a pile of rotten flesh?"
At the deepest part of the laboratory, a massive cultivation tank over two meters tall exploded apart!
Countless streams of foul-smelling, pale-green nutrient fluid sprayed outward—
like corpse water splattering after being bloated and burst under the sun!
Crash—!
Amid the viscous liquid, a twisted figure smashed through the tank wall and crashed heavily onto the ground!
Perhaps it couldn't even be called "human" anymore!
It was more like a crudely stitched-together monster!
Its skin was pallid and swollen!
Muscle masses of different skin tones—some even covered in body hair—had been forcibly pieced together with thick black sutures!
Its left arm was as thick as an adult's waist!
Covered in black hair, the fingers shaped like beastly claws!
Its right arm, however, was slender and pale—ending in a delicate hand with red-painted nails!
A grotesque blend of beauty and beast.
But the most horrifying part was the head.
Three faces of different ages and genders—some twisted in pain, others contorted in savagery—
were crudely sewn onto a single skull!
Three heads and six arms?
No—
three faces, two arms!
Across the three faces were six eyes in total:
two murky human eyes,
two crimson single-tomoe Sharingan,
and even one ghastly pale Byakugan!
They spun madly within torn flesh, locking tightly onto the intruder—Jin!
"Hehehe… eat… eat… eat you…"
Its mouths opened and closed, producing slurred, incoherent sounds.
"Ex-ex-experimental subject… Zero…"
Sai—who had just begun to recover a trace of vitality—instinctively retreated.
He curled up at the edge of the cage, hugging his drawing board tightly.
He had seen this thing before.
It tore apart disobedient "materials" with ease!
Beside him, Shin—who had just awakened—struggled to lift his hand and gently patted his younger brother's head in reassurance.
Separated by half a shattered cage, the two huddled close together.
Seeing this, Jin shook his head helplessly.
The cage had already been torn apart—why didn't they just come out?
Of course, bringing the two of them into the Uchiha clan had been a casual decision.
He didn't particularly care.
What truly caught his attention was the monster behind him…
Looking at the corpse fluid and sprouting flesh buds writhing across its body, Jin frowned deeply.
"This thing… don't tell me it also has Hashirama cells?"
Experimental Subject Zero…
Very likely predating Yamato!
Pshk!
At the same time, the monster kicked off violently from the ground!
Thump!
The sutures binding its organs snapped taut in an instant!
Then, its bloated body erupted with terrifying speed!
In a blink, it rushed straight in front of Jin!
So fast that it rivaled the Body Flicker Technique!
Boom!
The enormous beast claw tore through the air with a shrill screech, raised high and slammed down!
A faint, eerie glow shimmered at the claw tips—clearly laced with deadly poison!
Just the pressure of the wind alone nearly suffocated Sai!
He hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look again.
All he heard was a violent collision.
Bang—crack!
The claw halted abruptly, frozen less than a foot from Jin's body!
Immediately after, a whirlpool-like, pale-silver ripple spread outward.
Kamui—transfer!
Pshk! Crack!
The massive arm—thick as an adult's waist—was forcibly twisted off.
Dragged straight into Kamui space.
And at the very moment it was sent away, Jin didn't forget to fire an air palm, smashing the arm into mush!
Corpse fluid splattered everywhere.
"This thing should stink badly enough to keep Obito from sleeping, right?"
"Maybe White Zetsu could even snack on it…"
Jin thought with dark amusement. Then he extended his right hand and gently stirred the space within three feet of him.
Three Feet Before Me—repulsion!
Or rather—
Shinra Tensei!
Though the range was small—
the power was anything but weak!
Pshk pshk!
Crack!
The stitched monster's body emitted unbearable cracking sounds.
Its limbs bent backward at grotesque angles!
Its huge body was instantly blasted away by the force!
Thud!
It slammed into another cultivation tank, glass shattering everywhere!
"Roar—ugh…?"
On its three faces, all six eyes displayed pain and utter confusion.
Its limited brain couldn't understand—
why it had been blown away.
The enemy hadn't even touched it.
"Ugly thing…"
Across from it, Jin frowned slightly.
Not fear—just pure disgust.
The stench radiating from the monster—a nauseating mix of formalin and rotting flesh—
was perhaps something only White Zetsu could enjoy.
"Aoo—!!!"
After a moment of stunned silence, the monster roared again.
It raised its remaining right arm—the woman's hand with red nail polish—and spread its fingers toward Jin!
At the center of its palm, flesh writhed and split open!
Szz—
Soon, a rapidly spinning, crimson three-tomoe Sharingan emerged!
Dōjutsu power gathered!
A dark-red chakra beam, brimming with ominous aura, shot out like a venomous snake striking—
straight toward Jin's forehead!
"Sharingan… genjutsu shock?"
Jin paused for a moment, then looked at the Sharingan with mockery on his young face.
"Using a Sharingan against a Mangekyō?"
"Who do you think you are—fifty-fifty Kakashi?"
Hiss—!
Wumm!
With a thought, the direction of repulsive force within his domain subtly shifted.
The dark-red beam—originally aimed at his forehead—
was nudged by an invisible hand and abruptly redirected!
Reflected straight back!
Puff!
The beam slammed into the monster's own twisted beast arm!
"Aaaargh—!!!"
The stitched monster shrieked wildly for a moment—
then collapsed.
Silence followed.
"Is… is it over? He killed Zero… just like that?"
Behind them, Sai—who had been curled up—slowly straightened.
His wide eyes were round with shock!
His pale face was filled with disbelief.
This terrifying experimental subject—
which had effortlessly shredded countless Root members—
had been toyed with like a child's plaything?
Just who was this boy, who looked about the same age as him?
At that moment, Sai's heart was filled with curiosity—
and a trace of fear.
Hidden beneath that fear, there was even a faint, unnoticeable spark of admiration and reverence…
Beside him, Shin—who had only recently recovered—said nothing, but his gaze trembled just the same.
"This guy… at such a young age, he already has strength comparable to an elite jōnin…"
"I really can't understand how Lord Danzō let a monster like this wander in…"
As the elder brother, he knew far more than Sai.
And the more he knew—
the more fearful he became.
Elite jōnin!
To the brothers at this moment, such a level was no different from a lofty god—
to be admired from afar.
Naturally, Jin paid no attention to the two of them.
His gaze passed over the fallen monster—
and landed behind it!
On the shattered base of the massive cultivation tank.
Within a hidden compartment beneath the base,
there were still a few drops of viscous emerald-green liquid that hadn't yet dried!
Under the harsh white lights, that liquid faintly radiated an overwhelming, heart-palpitating vitality!
"Hm? This is—?"
The instant he saw it, Jin's pupils contracted sharply!
This aura…
he knew it far too well!
Wood Release cells!
And far purer than the ones he had copied from Danzō's arm!
"That old bastard Danzō really did hide the real good stuff!"
Murmuring, Jin flashed forward and carefully collected those few precious drops.
At that moment, the system's cold prompt sounded.
[Ding! Detected high-purity Wood Release cell residue!]
[Attempting analysis…]
"High-purity Wood Release cells?"
Seeing the prompt, a thought immediately surfaced in Jin's mind.
"Isn't this… Hashirama's?"
With that realization, he suddenly turned his head toward the other cultivation tanks—
a chilling light igniting in his eyes.
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