Hidden Leaf Village, an unknown underground base.
This is Tobirama Senju's personal laboratory.
The facility is located in the core area of the Hidden Leaf Village, grand in scale and surrounded by dense forests, ensuring both the secrecy of the research work and facilitating the development of Ninjutsu or various experiments.
Uchiha Kagami followed Tobirama Senju up the steps, pushing open layers of hidden doors until he entered an empty laboratory, still unable to recover from the shock he had just experienced.
"Master... acknowledged me..."
"He wants me to become Hokage..."
He was somewhat dazed, his mind constantly replaying Tobirama Senju's earnest expression and gratified words, mechanically following him into the laboratory, so much so that he ignored the surrounding scene.
Click!
Tobirama Senju pulled down the power switch, the circuit connected, and several rows of bright yellow lights lit up, immediately illuminating the dark laboratory.
Only then did Kagami recover, and he began to subconsciously look around, a strong sense of incongruity rising in his heart.
The first thing that caught his eye was a huge central control console, covered with flashing screens and buttons, connected to various experimental equipment through precise and complex circuits.
There were special sealing devices for Ninjutsu development, Chakra analysis instruments, and more than a dozen kinds of biochemical experimental equipment he couldn't name. If Tobirama Senju hadn't been there to introduce them, he would have even thought they were some kind of combat machine.
Dust motes floated in the beams of light, and the air was filled with a strange mixture of metal and medicine. Rows of refrigerators and filing cabinets flashed past on both sides, and through the glass storage cabinets, he could see various test tubes, petri dishes, and colorful reagents.
Kagami only felt dizzy, he was now in the center of the laboratory.
Further inside, the laboratory was divided into several well-organized areas: a rest area, a herb area, a training area... Listening to Tobirama Senju's understated introduction, it seemed that each area had different functions.
Kagami opened his mouth wide, looking at his Master in surprise, as if he was seeing him for the first time.
Although the laboratory was equipped with advanced technology, Tobirama Senju still retained some traditional elements, such as the Senju Clan emblem, Shinobi tools, and some ancient scrolls and books hanging on the wall.
This made Kagami breathe a slight sigh of relief, realizing that he was indeed still in the Shinobi World.
He was speechless. He had seen too many things he couldn't understand today. If he had to sum it up in one sentence, Tobirama Senju's laboratory was simply a model of the combination of biology, technology, and Ninjutsu.
In a certain culture room, he even saw lava. In the rolling heat, there grew a dark purple plant, its branches growing wildly, like a cluster of overgrown thorns, with a faint black gas rising from the surface.
The air was distorted, and he could feel the heat even through the glass.
"That's the Kimaera Plant. Don't underestimate it, it's the key to our experiment this time." Tobirama Senju noticed his gaze and explained, "The solution in the Kimaera Plant easily and effectively reduces the body's rejection reaction. This is a kind of penetration and fusion based on the genetic level..."
Soon, Tobirama Senju led him to the core of the laboratory. The moment he pushed the door open, Kagami was dumbfounded, stunned.
What did he see? In the deepest part of the room, in a huge container tank, the First Hokage, who had already been buried, was quietly soaking in a ghostly green solution, his eyes closed, his face peaceful, and his black hair scattered like seaweed.
A stack of thick experimental data was placed on the workbench next to him, and the walls were covered with various charts and data, indicating that a certain research had progressed to a certain extent.
"Master!" Kagami opened his eyes wide, pointing to the glass tank in the distance with a trembling hand, "This is..."
Tobirama Senju sighed softly, "Becoming Hokage requires power, but your current power mainly comes from those Mangekyo Sharingan. Once you lose your sight, your power will also plummet."
"Your information reminded me that if the vitality contained in my brother's cells can be transferred to your body, perhaps the self-healing factor can be used to continuously repair the optic nerve, thereby avoiding the risk of blindness..."
Listening to Tobirama Senju's explanation, Kagami still found it unbelievable, "Can Master even do such a thing?"
"The question is not whether I can do it, but whether you... can accept it?" Tobirama Senju said calmly, "I can't guarantee that the experiment will be successful. Once it fails, your life and the Hidden Leaf Village will perish together."
"It seems Master has handed the village over to me in a roundabout way."
Kagami took a deep breath, "Then let's do it. As long as I can win this war and protect more comrades, I'm not afraid of failure!"
Only he knew his physical condition best. Every time he used the Mangekyo Sharingan's Eye Technique, both his eyesight and physical strength were diminishing day by day.
He didn't know how long he could last, three months? One month? If this continued, there would eventually be a day when he would go completely blind.
Tobirama opened the refrigerator. Accompanied by the gushing cold air, he took out a small bottle of golden liquid as if it were a treasure.
The test tube shook, and under the light, layers of light golden ripples rippled.
"This is the gene fluid I extracted from my brother's cells over several weeks." Tobirama carefully held the test tube, "Our ultimate goal is to inject it into your body, fuse it with the cells all over your body, recreate your genes, and thus completely inherit his power."
Kagami's pupils contracted involuntarily. He felt a surging vitality in this small bottle of solution, that pure life force, as vigorous as the blazing sun.
He even had a feeling that if this solution were dripped into the soil, a towering tree would rise from the ground in an instant! If it were all sprinkled out, it would instantly create a dense forest!
He really couldn't imagine what terrible things would happen if this bottle of solution were injected into his body now...
Either be burned to ashes, or turned into a tree man...
"Don't worry, not now of course."
Tobirama returned the gene fluid to the refrigerator and locked the cabinet door layer by layer, "In the next three days, I will also extract your gene fluid, analyze and compare the differences, and then use a special fusion agent to try to fuse the two..."
"By constantly adjusting and modulating the concentration of the gene fluid, until it is assimilated into the one that suits you best..."
"The injection of the gene fluid will only begin after all the samples are perfectly fused."
"This is destined to be a long process, and we may have to endure countless failures..."
Tobirama's gaze penetrated his eyes, his tone firm with trust, "No matter what the final result is, I, and the entire Hidden Leaf Village, will bet everything on you."
Kagami nodded solemnly.
"First of all, I need to check your current physical condition and comprehensively measure your current physical fitness..."
Three days later, Tobirama had a light red solution in his hand.
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