Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Shen Jue remained silent for a moment.

As a ninja who has killed countless people and whose eyes don't get dry while killing.

After a brief moment of confusion, he quickly composed himself.

The girl in front of them, with cat ears and a cat tail, emitted chakra fluctuations that were exactly the same as those of the pure black kitten, and the faint wood release aura was a sign that the Hashirama cells had initially fused successfully.

He took out another pair of sterile gloves and put them on, his movements as steady as ever.

"Lie flat and don't move."

The cat-eared girl blinked, her vertical pupils gleaming with an amber luster under the cold light of the laboratory.

She did not resist and obediently stretched out her curled-up body on the lab table.

Her long, jet-black hair was scattered across the stainless steel tabletop, and her cat tail swayed nervously from side to side.

Of course, Shen Jue did not very gentlemanly take out his robe to cover the cat-eared girl's exposed skin.

He carefully examined every inch of the cat-eared girl's skin and bones.

And then there are those prominent cat ears and cat tails.

Shen Jue pressed his fingers between the girl's ribs. The touch was warm, and the muscles under her skin were very elastic, with a muscle fiber density that far exceeded that of ordinary humans.

The cat-eared girl's physical strength far surpasses that of ordinary genin and chunin in Konoha.

Next is the chakra system.

Shen Jue formed a hand seal, and a probing sealing technique emerged from his fingertip and entered the girl's lower abdomen.

The moment the Yuanci Chakra came into contact with the chakra within the girl's body, Shen Jue finally confirmed the true reason for this unexpected transformation.

Chakra is the bridge connecting spiritual energy and physical energy.

In the Naruto world, the chakra of any living being contains the will, memories, and emotions of its master.

The Sage of Six Paths' chakra can transcend millennia and possess others; the reincarnation of Indra and Ashura's chakra is based on this principle.

The primordial magnet rotates the chakra of the Nine Heavens.

The amount of information contained in this chakra far exceeds that of any ninjutsu system in this world, and the information it contains is also a mixture of multiple world information.

When he infused the kitten with primordial chakra to accelerate the fusion of Hashirama cells.

Under the catalysis of the terrifying vitality of the Hashirama cells, that massive torrent of information forcibly broke through the boundaries of species.

The kitten's genetic code was fundamentally rewritten under the influence of chakra.

Hashirama cells provided enough vitality to support this dramatic change, while the Magnetic Chakra provided the template for a human form.

Thinking of this, Shen Jue's eyes flickered slightly.

"An interesting woman."

He shifted his gaze to the girl's head, focusing on the development of her brain.

The information he received made him pause for another moment.

The complexity of the folds in the cerebral cortex far exceeds that of ordinary cats, and even surpasses that of most adults.

The density of neural synapses is extremely high, especially in areas responsible for language, logical thinking, and emotional processing.

Enlightenment.

The vast amount of information contained in the Magnetic Chakra not only reshaped the girl's body but also etched a knowledge structure similar to inherited memories into her brain.

Just like those giant dragons in fantasy novels that can speak human language as soon as they hatch, the inherited memories in their bloodline will gradually be unlocked as they grow older and stronger.

The source of inheritance embodied by the cat-eared girl before them is Shen Jue's own knowledge system and combat experience.

"Why is Daddy wearing white gloves when he touches me?"

The cat-eared girl tilted her head, turning her cat ears forward thirty degrees—a gesture of curiosity typical of felines.

Shen Jue withdrew his gaze and calmly corrected, "I am not your father."

"Your biological origin is a black cat, and I assisted in your transformation."

"The most accurate description of this relationship is that of the experimenter and the experimental subject."

The girl's cat tail stopped swaying.

Her amber vertical pupils stared at Shen Jue for three seconds, then the corners of her lips curved down in an almost imperceptible arc.

"But I remember my father's taste."

"It's so warm and comfortable~"

Her voice was soft, yet unusually firm.

Shen Jue did not pursue the matter further.

He then began recording the girl's physical data.

He is 158 cm tall and weighs 207 kg. He has a very low body fat percentage but his muscle lines are not exaggerated. Instead, he has the smooth and slender physique of a dancer.

The cat-eared girl's body density is extremely high.

The tail is 72 centimeters long and extremely flexible, with muscles at the tip sufficient to perform precise grasping movements.

In actual combat, it's equivalent to having an extra hand.

Of course, it can also have other "uses".

After all, a tail can be used for more than just scratching an itch.

The cat's hearing range far exceeds that of humans in the ninja world; the girl could clearly distinguish the subtle sounds of groundwater seeping through the rock strata thirty meters deep outside the laboratory.

Her night vision ability is equally amazing. After Shen Jue turns off all the lights, her pupils can dilate to their maximum size in 0.3 seconds to capture the only photons left in the environment.

These characteristics all come from the gene expression of felines, and after being enhanced by the Hashirama cells, all indicators far exceed the range of ordinary summoned beasts.

Shen Jue compiled the data and drew a preliminary conclusion.

The girl before me is the perfect prototype of a humanoid summoned beast.

She possesses an almost human appearance, the physical attributes of a Jonin skilled in taijutsu, fragments of knowledge inherited from Shen Jue, and terrifying potential brought by Hashirama cells.

As for how far she can grow in the future, it depends on two variables.

As the fusion of Hashirama cells deepens over time, and the inherited memories of the Magnetic Chakra are gradually unlocked.

"Can you sense the power within your body?" Shen Jue asked.

The girl nodded and raised her right hand.

A faint wisp of golden chakra appeared at her fingertips, swaying in the air like a thin thread.

That was the rudimentary form of the Magnetic Chakra. Although it was far from being able to form combat power, the fact that it could manifest at this stage had already exceeded Shen Jue's expectations.

"What about the interstitial cells?"

The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then put her hands together in prayer.

A vine as thin as a hair sprouted from her palm, struggled to grow upwards for about three centimeters, and then withered and broke off.

Shen Jue added a note to the experimental record: It has initially acquired the Wood Release attribute, but its power still needs to be developed.

He put down the record board, took out the smallest size researcher's white coat from the locker, and tossed it to the girl.

"Put them on."

"From now on, you are my summoned beast."

Shen Jue paused.

"As for the name?"

Shen Jue tapped his fingers; he had originally planned to name the cat-eared girl Meow Meow.

But Shen Jue always felt that once he took this name, he would become very strange every time he returned to the white space and faced Miao Miao Shen Jue.

"Let's call him Cat Xuan."

The girl took the white coat, but did not put it on immediately.

She held the clothes in her arms; the fabric still carried a faint scent of Shen Jue. Then she tilted her head back.

"Mao Xuan?"

"right."

"What's Daddy's name?" The cat-eared girl twitched her ears.

Shen Jue turned and walked towards the specimen rack, entering the experimental data into the sealed scroll on the wall.

His voice remained calm as always, yet carried a subtle emotional fluctuation.

"Shen Jue".

The girl silently repeated the name, and the cat's tail began to sway gently again.

She put on a white lab coat, the sleeves of which were long enough to cover half of her hands, leaving only her slender fingertips exposed.

The hem of her dress barely covered mid-thigh, and a jet-black cat tail peeked out from under the hem, its tip slightly upturned.

After Shen Jue finished entering the last piece of data, he glanced at the girl who was clumsily buttoning her clothes out of the corner of his eye.

The value of cultivating a combat unit with Wood Release and Magnetic Force far exceeds that of any ordinary summoning beast.

The word "Dad" stirred a slight ripple in Shen Jue's heart.

Upon seeing Mao Xuan, Shen Jue's once calm heart was stirred by strange feelings.

But a message from a Root ninja interrupted Shen Jue's plans.

Konoha Anbu Headquarters, third basement level, conference room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe struck the table, leaving three cracks.

The Third Hokage was completely unlike his usual kind old grandfather self at this moment.

His Hokage hat was askew on one side, and his aged fingers trembled as he pointed at "Shimura Danzo" sitting in the shadows, his voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Danzo! Don't think I don't know!"

"Four villagers have gone missing in the past two months!"

"Four people!"

"Do you think I'm senile?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his hand on the table, causing the teacup to bounce three centimeters.

Shen Jue was currently disguised as Danzo, his facial muscles twitching slightly under the bandages.

Because he realized a very, very embarrassing fact.

Every single word that the three generations of people uttered was correct.

The culprit behind the disappearance of Konoha villagers is indeed Danzo.

However, this Danzo is not the same as that Danzo.

The real Danzo had already been imprisoned by him for some time.

Shen Jue's original identity as a Chunin was actually a disguise created by an Anbu ninja using a transformation technique.

The person sitting in the chair getting scolded right now is an imposter.

But the problem is...

Those missing villagers were indeed murdered.

Shen Jue used it as experimental material.

Four people, not one missing.

Shen Jue silently praised the Third Generation in his heart. As expected of a monkey, your scolding is reasonable and well-founded. I even want to applaud you.

"Speak!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, oblivious to the turbulent emotions churning within his "old friend," continued to unleash his firepower.

"Where did you take those four villagers?!"

Shen Jue straightened her back.

He is now Danzo Shimura.

Leaf Pot King.

The number one scapegoat in the ninja world.

What is Danzo's most distinctive characteristic?

They refuse to admit it.

"Hiruzen, you have no evidence."

Shen Jue spoke slowly in Danzo's perpetually sinister tone, his voice hoarse yet steady, as if he had everything under control.

"The security issues in Konoha should be the responsibility of the police department, not your place here."

"fart!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately swore.

A slight smile appeared on Shen Jue's lips.

The Third Hokage, known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu," a kind old man who usually spoke of the "Will of Fire," actually swore in front of a room full of Anbu members.

It's clear how much Danzo, played by Shen Jue, angered the Third Hokage.

"Police Department?" Hiruzen Sarutobi sneered, his pipe almost poking Shen Jue's nose.

"The police department is under the control of the Uchiha clan!"

"The Uchiha clan is long gone!"

He stopped mid-sentence, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped himself.

Everyone present knew about the night of the massacre, but it couldn't be discussed openly.

Shen Jue sighed softly to the heavens in his heart.

Here we go again, it's Danzo's fault again.

The extermination of the clan was tacitly approved by three generations, yet now Danzo is being blamed for it all.

However, if you ask Shen Jue to explain now that "the massacre of the clan was not done by Danzo, but by Obito Uchiha disguised as Madara," it would be even more difficult to explain.

He could only continue to wear Danzo's signature expression, which was expressionless.

"Hiruzen." Shen Jue lowered his voice, trying to change the subject.

"Instead of pointing fingers at me, you should think about how to quell the villagers' anger. As far as I know, some people have already started targeting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

This statement precisely hit the weak spot of the third generation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a moment, his anger replaced by a complex weariness.

He knew Naruto's recent situation better than anyone else.

But the third generation quickly raised his head again, his gaze sharp as a knife.

"Danzo, I'll put my words here today."

"If I find out that you have any connection to the missing persons case..."

The Third Hokage bent down, his aged hand pressing on the conference table. The wooden tabletop cracked silently into a spiderweb pattern around his palm.

"I will personally uproot you."

There was a three-second silence in the conference room.

Shen Jue looked at the spiderweb-like cracks on the table, then at the back of the Third Generation as he turned and left, feeling no emotion whatsoever, and even a little like laughing.

He didn't want to laugh because Danzo was thick-skinned enough.

It was because he suddenly thought of it.

He has uprooted it completely.

On the very day he took control of Danzo and took over the Root organization.

The roots, from top to bottom, are all in his shape.

The third generation is clamoring outside to "uproot" them completely.

But the root already belonged to the Shen family.

Shen Jue leaned back in his chair, a barely perceptible smile curving his lips beneath the bandages.

Of course, the act must continue until the truth is revealed.

However, there is a problem that needs to be addressed right now.

Shen Jue took out the intelligence scroll from the base and glanced at the latest investigation progress.

The Konoha Police Department has classified the missing person case as a top priority, and the person in charge of the investigation is none other than [name omitted].

It was Team 7, which included Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.

Shen Jue closed the scroll.

Sasuke's two-tomoe Sharingan was forcibly activated by him last night using his magnetic chakra, and he's probably still in a state of temporary depression right now.

Naruto was being gossiped about behind his back by the villagers until his head was about to explode.

Sakura is probably taking turns caring for both sides.

The real culprit was sitting in the Anbu headquarters, being scolded by the Hokage.

But no matter how much the third generation curses, it's useless.

Because evidence is something that can never actually be produced.

The undercover investigation was destined to be fruitless.

Unless Shen Jue reveals it on his own initiative.

Inside the underground experimental base, the cat-eared girl who called him "Dad" was obediently familiarizing herself with the human body and the use of chakra, just as he had instructed.

Shen Jue hoped she wouldn't dismantle the laboratory.

Even if she's a cat-eared girl, wouldn't destroying things be in her nature?