Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 529 Prosthetic Body
Orochimaru nodded gently. Whether Lu Chencheng acknowledged him or not was irrelevant. This was just his opening statement. His goal was to learn something about the Rinnegan and alien life. This knowledge would surely pave the way for his immortality.

"What is your purpose in coming to Konoha?"

Orochimaru's voice remained cold.

Neither of them cared about Danzo being killed. For Orochimaru, interests and knowledge were the most important.

Lu Chen's eyes swept over the Root Ninjas around him and said, "I came to you on purpose. I heard that Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninjas, has technical abilities that surpass those of ordinary ninjas. So I need your help to accomplish something."

Orochimaru smiled cruelly and asked, "What good will it do for me to help you do this?"

He did know about Lu Chen's strength from Jiraiya, but that was just his way of speaking. So he wouldn't change his mind just because of someone else's strength.

Lu Chen stated his conditions directly: "I can give you the eternal life you have always desired!"

There is no line that can make Orochimaru's heart move more than this. Everyone has an extreme desire in his heart.

Orochimaru said with some doubt: "It sounds good, but how can I believe that you can really do this? You have to prove to me that you can do this."

In Orochimaru's eyes, immortality is not something that can be achieved easily. To do so, a lot of research is required.

Lu Chen, looking like a charlatan, spoke with certainty, "Eternal life is sometimes easier than you think. For example, I know you're trying to achieve this by occupying other people's bodies. It's not the wrong approach, but you might lose something if you do it this way."

Having his thoughts revealed to him, which he had never told anyone else, Orochimaru was certain that Lu Chen must have something that would satisfy him. At least the Samsara Eye was something that made him very excited.

So he made a request to Lu Chen, saying, "I can help you with something, but it depends on what it is. This is not the place to talk, so follow me."

Orochimaru turned and walked towards the Root's underground secret base. It was obvious that he did not want to reveal the information about finding Lu Chen to the Hokage. The leaders of the two generations of Root organizations were guys who put their own goals first.

Lu Chen followed behind him and said, "What I need you to do is easy for you, and perhaps you can even gain considerable benefits from it."

Helping V implant a prosthetic body might open Orochimaru's path to immortality, transcending the fragility of flesh and blood to the soaring power of machinery. Reincarnation alone isn't the only path to immortality; perhaps he could upload his consciousness and become the first cyberninja. Aozaki Touko took this path.

The prosthesis in Lu Chen's hand is the most advanced technological crystallization in the cyber world. These things will definitely bring different inspiration to Orochimaru.

Walking in the underground passage, Lu Chen told Orochimaru his first goal. First, he wanted to install a prosthetic body for V, and then he asked how someone without chakra could obtain chakra to use ninjutsu.

Orochimaru listened silently. As a research-oriented ninja, he would not give his own suggestions casually, although he already had an idea of his own.

V watched curiously from the side; he had never seen anything like this before. After walking a short distance, they emerged into a laboratory filled with advanced technology. Numerous barriers, scrolls, and jars lay scattered about. This style was unmistakably a ninja laboratory.

After arriving here, Orochimaru said to Lu Chen: "Now let's do the first thing you mentioned."

Helping people transplant prosthetics was not difficult for Orochimaru at all. To him, prosthetics were just another kind of puppet. He had also seen human puppets before.

Lu Chen took out a very advanced artificial body. When Orochimaru saw the crystallization of technology on this body, he kept praising it, saying, "What a fascinating creation."

It is obvious that these technologies have attracted Orochimaru's attention, not because of how powerful they are, but because Orochimaru saw different technologies on this puppet.

V then spoke up, "I need your help to install the prosthetics from this body on my own body. I heard from Lu Chen that you are the best scientist in the world."

"He's right. I've gone the furthest on this road." Orochimaru still had this confidence.

Orochimaru started a very professional technical discussion with V. Although V was a street thug, he had extraordinary engineering knowledge.

Lu Chen listened to their conversation as if he were listening to someone discussing advanced mathematics. The only thing he didn't know was mathematics.

As he listened, Lu Chen idly picked up the strange objects in Orochimaru's lab and began to examine them. These jars contained numerous organs. Some of the tissue was clearly transplanted from the First Hokage. Konoha had an advantage over other hidden villages in this area. After all, Hashirama's body was in this village, and Orochimaru could easily access his tissues at any time.

Lu Chen continued to look, and there was actually a pair of three-magatama Sharingan. It seemed that all the good things Danzo collected fell into Orochimaru's hands. I didn't expect Danzo to have collected a pair of Sharingan now. Did he not transplant it because he couldn't bear the power at present?
Lu Chen casually looked at all sorts of strange things. V and Orochimaru were happily talking about how they had acquired some different techniques.

V finally told Orochimaru his conditions: "You only need to help me install a prosthetic eye and the corresponding RAM components. The rest of the prosthetic parts in this body can all be your payment."

The remaining components were of little use to V's current form. What he needed was the ability to hack into the network at any time. As for the other components used for combat, he didn't need them right now.

After receiving the gift, Orochimaru licked his lips with his tongue and made a suggestion: "I can add some good things for you, but I'm not sure if you can resist it. So do you want to try it?"

His tone clearly indicated he hoped V would accept. Orochimaru wanted to add Hashirama's cells to V's body. He had previously conducted experiments with Danzo on Wood Release, but the results were unsatisfactory, so Orochimaru wanted to experiment on these people. Perhaps the stronger ones could withstand the domineering Hashirama cells.

As a ruthless person who dares to look at Black Mewtwo when he picks it up on the street, V is very brave.

So when they hear there's something good, they ask with anticipation, "What is it?"

(End of this chapter)