Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 240 Cultivating Lotus

"Scientific research is indeed an industry where ideas are more important than hard work!" Ning Yuan exclaimed as he took a deep breath of fresh air after leaving the research institute.

An elderly couple spent a year researching a problem, but made little progress.

After Ning Yuan arrived, he proposed a new approach, and the problem was solved in just three days!

However, this cannot be blamed on Chiyo and Ebizo being stupid; rather, it is due to their limited thinking.

First, they had no idea that chakra storage crystals existed.

Secondly, their vision is also limited to taking a holistic view.

In addition, coming from the impoverished Sunagakure village, his research approach inevitably tends to be somewhat narrow-minded.

They only thought that one person could contribute 10,000 units of chakra to get things done, but little did they know that Guining was a large country, and could easily find 10,000 people, each contributing one unit!

"So my mother can be resurrected in three days?" Black Zetsu asked excitedly.

Ning Yuan glanced at Black Zetsu speechlessly: "Doesn't it take time to gather chakra? Doesn't it take time to remove a tailed beast?"

Hei Jue fell silent immediately.

"Furthermore!" Ning Yuan asked again, "Who told you that putting the nine tailed beasts into the Ten-Tails' body could revive your mother?"

"My mother!" Black Zetsu said, "The Ten-Tails is my mother's body, the Tailed Beast's will is my mother's will, and the Tailed Beast's energy is my mother's chakra. When the three merge, my mother naturally came back to life!"

"Has she tried this?" Ning Yuan asked again.

"Huh?" Black Zetsu was stunned for a moment, then froze.

"If she's tried it, that's fine. But if she hasn't, what if this approach doesn't work?" Ning Yuan continued, "What if your mother doesn't come back to life but instead dies completely?"

"This..." Hei Jue scratched his head, "Surely that won't happen, since this is the method my mother told me!"

"But she hasn't tried it herself; it's just a method she heard about!" Ning Yuan said. "If it's just hearsay, then the method might be flawed!"

"Perhaps?" Black Zetsu pondered for a moment and asked, "Has she seen others use it?"

"She only saw that others had collected these two items. What if there are some hidden methods that weren't mentioned, like holding a jade in your mouth? Or reciting some kind of incantation?" Ning Yuan said.

Hei Jue fell into deep thought.

He didn't think it was Ning Yuan who didn't want to revive her mother, since Ning Yuan had already explained it to him.

If he wants to go further, he must revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Their interests are aligned.

Therefore, Ning Yuan's words are indeed based on a question raised with the rigorous attitude of a scientist.

Yes, my mother told me that this was the way to bring her back to life.

But since she hasn't tried this method before, what if there are problems?

Even if she learned it from someone else, what if she didn't learn it completely?

If one thing goes wrong, I could lose my mother forever!

"What should we do?" Black Zetsu looked at Ning Yuan pleadingly. "Ning Yuan, you should have a solution, right?"

"What can I do? I'm just a person from this planet. How would I know about the resurrection methods of extraterrestrials?" Ning Yuan shrugged.

"What should we do then?" Hei Jue's features all scrunched up.

Ning Yuan noticed that although Hei Jue was completely black and his face was not visible, his facial features were likely lacking muscle control, so they were prone to flying around. Any emotional fluctuations would be reflected in his facial features.

However, Black Zetsu should be able to control it, otherwise how could he have deceived Madara and Obito for so many years?

It was only because Ning Yuan was on the same side as him that he let down his guard in front of him.

"I don't want anything to happen to my mother. I want everything to be foolproof!" Hei Jue muttered, then turned and grabbed Ning Yuan's shoulder, pleading, "Ning Yuan, you're the smartest person in the world. Please help me think of a way! I've been trying for a thousand years, I don't want to fail!"

"There is a way!" Ning Yuan pushed away Hei Jue's hands and said, "You should have read quite a few of my books, so you know how scientific research is done!"

"How so?" Black Zetsu asked, perking up a bit.

"Start small, and you'll see the big picture from the small things!" Ning Yuan said. "For example, medical research usually starts with mice, then gradually switches to rabbits, then monkeys, and finally studies on humans!"

"It's the same with building engines. We start with a wooden one, then a ceramic one, and only finally a metal one!"

"Firstly, it's to save costs and avoid unnecessary waste; secondly, it's also so that even if something goes wrong, the losses can be minimized!"

"What do you mean?" Kuroze seemed to have realized something.

Ning Yuan pointed to Building No. 5 in front of them: "That's right, the answer is in here!"

Hei Jue looked up and realized that this time he understood how to interpret the research being conducted in this building.

But the sign on Building 5 read: Cloning Research Institute!

"Cloning?" Black Zetsu asked. "What is cloning?"

"Cloning, also called biological replication!" Ning Yuan said, "is taking a cell from a person and then cultivating another person who looks exactly like them!"

"Such technology exists?" Black Zetsu was utterly shocked. "I've lived in the ninja world for so long, how come I've never heard of it before?"

"Of course it exists. This lab has successfully cloned a sheep, two rabbits, and a litter of mice!" Ning Yuan said. "Now this cloning lab is starting to make a profit. They take orders for cloning pets. Some people can't accept the death of their pets, so they clone an exact replica."

Hei Jue's lips twitched; these people really know how to make money.

To be fair, he had witnessed the development of the ninja world over the past thousand years, so he could understand the birth of all sorts of strange and unusual ninjutsu.

After all, his mother was the progenitor of chakra in the ninja world, and in his heart, his mother was omnipotent.

So it's not surprising at all what kind of ninjutsu they developed.

However, cloning does not rely on ninjutsu, but rather on the power of technology.

This power was so unfamiliar to Black Zetsu that it even instilled a faint sense of fear in him.

He walked into the research institute, looking at the laboratories on both sides with curiosity. This place was different from the previous Building No. 4. The buildings here were much taller, with the first floor being more than ten meters high. Moreover, the research team they were going to meet was on the first floor.

Ning Yuan pushed open the door and entered, with Hei Jue following behind. The first thing he saw was the scientist leading the team.

Orochimaru!

"Hiss!" Black Zetsu knew Orochimaru's abilities and his status.

Given his abilities and status, his presence here signifies the immense importance of the research being conducted here!

However, this place looks like a field.

However, they weren't planted in soil, but rather on metal frames, each with water flowing through transparent glass, allowing him to see the plant roots from the outside.

Kuroze recalled that Orochimaru was famous for researching high-yield grains and vegetables.

It was also because of his research on high-yield grains that Hiruzen Sarutobi was unable to capture him, and instead pushed him to the position of Hokage.

Previously, Black Zetsu thought this was a scheme by Orochimaru and Ningyuan, specifically designed to trap Hiruzen Sarutobi.

How come you're still researching plants now that Hiruzen Sarutobi has fallen?

So, your main research project is really plants?

"Snake-kun?" Ning Yuan greeted Orochimaru loudly, then asked directly, "How's the experiment going?"

"What experiment are you asking about? Wheat, rice, or lotus?" Orochimaru didn't even look up, still studying the plants.

"While wheat and rice are important, look who I came with!" Ning Yuan pointed to Hei Jue beside him: "So my target, of course, is the lotus!"

"Lotus, huh!" Orochimaru finally raised his head, then lightly licked his lips. "So this day has finally come!"

"Stop being a riddle-maker, just say it directly!" Ning Yuan was speechless; he hated people who didn't speak in a natural, conversational way.

"Alright!" Orochimaru shrugged. "The lotus has been successfully cultivated!"

(End of this chapter)