Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Hizashi's original "Caged Bird" curse mark, bearing a blue cross, symbolized the eternal enslavement of the Hyuga branch family...

It has disappeared!

His forehead was smooth, without a single scar!

"This is impossible! The Caged Bird Seal is the ultimate curse directly etched into the soul and the optic nerve of the white eye! There is absolutely no way to remove it except through death!" Hiashi exclaimed in shock.

"Nothing in this world is absolutely undeconstructable."

Yue chuckled softly.

In the past few days, he took some time to study the cursed seals of the Hyuga clan.

Compared to the [Ming Seal Parallel Network] with its Kage-level output and the [Yin Release] which can "create form from nothing," the Caged Bird's meager chakra circuits are laughably rudimentary.

He only needed to use Yin Release to envelop Hizashi's optic nerve, then use gravity to meticulously remove the chakra nodes of the cursed seal one by one, and finally use purified Yang Release life force to repair the damaged brain area...

Thus, a perfect, uncontrollable eye roll was born!

"What...what do you really want?"

Hiashi swallowed hard.

Breaking the Caged Bird Seal... the methods that Uchiha Tsukuyomi has demonstrated have completely transcended the common sense of ninjas.

"What I want is very simple."

Yue stood up, walked to Hiashi, and looked down at the head of Konoha's most prestigious clan.

"I don't need you to raise the banner of rebellion and betray Konoha right now, nor do I need you to lead the Hyuga clan to flee to Loulan."

Yue's eyes became incredibly deep and dangerous.

"Next, there may be some events that require your cooperation."

Hijikata clenched his fists tightly, glanced at his younger brother whom he had just regained, and took a deep breath: "Cooperate with what?"

"You'll understand when that time comes."

……

The Land of Wind, a boundless desert of death.

Deep within this forbidden zone where ordinary people could hardly survive, a pale, emaciated figure was moving through the sand dunes.

Orochimaru's once pristine white lab coat had been stained a yellowish-brown by the sandstorm, but his long, golden pupils gleamed with unprecedented excitement.

For Orochimaru, a pure seeker of truth, the power and status of Konoha, and even those so-called "comrades," all seemed too boring and tedious in the face of absolute truth.

He defected, taking with him the scrolls of his life's research, and without hesitation followed the coordinates left by Uchiha Tsuki, heading towards "Loulan" in the heart of the Land of Wind.

Several days later, when Orochimaru finally crossed a mirage-like barrier and stepped into the underground of Loulan.

This peerless genius, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, has unusually fallen into a state of speechlessness.

What came into view was a towering, purplish-black metal tower that seemed to reach into the clouds. The intricate chakra transmission channels resembled the blood vessels of the earth, with steam rumbling and mechanical gears meshing in an extremely precise rhythm.

Rows of neat, automated production lines operate tirelessly, their pale blue light illuminating this cyberpunk empire buried deep underground.

"It really is... a miracle!"

Orochimaru looked up at the endless flow of purple dragon vein energy above him, his pupils flashing with barely suppressed excitement.

"Welcome to Loulan, Orochimaru-senpai."

Uchiha Yue, dressed in a clean white lab coat, warmly welcomed him.

"It seems you've already completed the 'resignation procedures' in Konoha?"

Orochimaru suppressed his shock and stared at Yue: "I've come as promised. Where is what you promised me?"

Yue turned around and handed Orochimaru a scroll containing his and Sasori's idea for eternal "mechanical ascension".

"Come with me."

Orochimaru looked at the scroll in his hand as he followed Yue to a huge alloy door that was extremely thick and covered with intricate sealing techniques.

Yue reached out and pressed her hand on the keypad on the metal door.

"Click—Sizzle—"

The alloy doors slid open slowly to both sides, and a blast of extremely cold air rushed out.

The spacious R&D area for top-tier engineering is filled with all kinds of lathes and robotic arms.

In the very center of the laboratory, a handsome young man with red hair stood with his back to them.

Orochimaru put down the scroll in his hand and looked up at the boy.

"The missing genius puppeteer from Sunagakure, Sasori of the Red Sand?" Orochimaru licked his lips, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "I didn't expect that he was also hiding under your command."

Upon hearing Orochimaru's hoarse, grating voice, Sasori, who was manipulating chakra threads, paused slightly.

He slowly turned his head, his amber eyes coldly sweeping over Orochimaru.

"You're Orochimaru?"

Chapter 136 The Concept of the Fourth Calamity

Sasori's gaze lingered on Orochimaru's pale face for a moment, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.

Although this was their first real meeting, both had heard about each other's notorious reputations in the underworld.

"I've heard of you, one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, a madman obsessed with researching forbidden techniques and human modification." Sasori turned around. "The stench of flesh and blood on you is so strong it's unsettling. Life is always accompanied by decay and fragility. I find it hard to understand why such a genius would waste his time on that pile of carbon-based bodies that will age at any moment?"

Upon hearing this evaluation, which was clearly biased by technical expertise, Orochimaru was not angry at all; instead, he let out a low chuckle.

He strolled into the laboratory, his gaze sweeping across the exquisite mechanical prosthetics and disassembled puppet parts on the Scorpion workbench like radar.

"Heh heh heh... calling flesh and blood 'waste,' it seems your idea of ​​eternity is through these puppets?"

Orochimaru walked to the workbench, his golden eyes gleaming with a look of inquiry.

"What an ingenious mechanical design, almost perfectly simulating the stress structure of the human skeleton... But, Scorpion, I'm very curious."

Orochimaru turned his head, looking directly into Sasori's eyes, and thought of the concept of "mechanical ascension" he had seen on the scroll:

"Metal does not rot, and wood does not bleed."

But inanimate objects can never 'grow' or 'evolve'.

The moment you complete the creation of this body, its potential is completely locked.

You abandoned the infinite mutation possibilities brought about by cell division, and simply used chakra to drive a bunch of lifeless materials...

When facing enemies with greater vitality and explosive power, can your mechanical shell, unable to generate new chakra, truly be considered 'eternal'?

This question instantly turned Scorpion's eyes cold.

Orochimaru astutely grasped the core weakness of puppetry—the non-renewable nature of energy and its inability to evolve on its own.

"Disorderly mutations are nothing more than a breeding ground for defective products! The evolution of flesh and blood is full of unpredictable rejections and aberrations. Only absolute mechanics and constant rules can reduce the error rate to zero!"

Scorpion retorted coldly.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire laboratory plummeted to freezing point.

This is a precise strike launched by two of the most outstanding scientists in the ninja world, who are on completely different paths, against each other's blind spots based on their own knowledge.

Orochimaru believed that machines were rigid and had no limit to their evolution;

Scorpions, on the other hand, believe that disordered genetic evolution makes it easy to produce defective products.

"Alright, you two. Let's stop this nitpicking exchange here."

Uchiha Yue, who had been standing at the door observing coldly, stepped forward at the opportune moment and interrupted the confrontation between the two.

“Scorpion, back in the Land of Wind, I already discussed the idea of ​​the [Soul Cloud Network] with you, uploading consciousness data to achieve true immortality of the soul, but today…”

Yue walked to the central holographic projection platform, her slender fingers rapidly tapping on the control panel.

"What we need to discuss is the reconstruction of the 'real-world terminal' that carries those souls downloaded from the cloud."

As the moon spoke, a complex three-dimensional structure diagram was projected into the air above the laboratory.

It was a half-human, half-machine construct that looked both human and full of mechanical beauty!

"The advantage of flesh and blood lies in its self-repair, chakra regeneration, and infinite evolution;"

The advantages of machinery lie in its absolute physical strength, lack of pain sensation, and structural flexibility.

The moon points to the holographic projection in mid-air.

"Since you two have both seen each other's shortcomings, why not extract their strengths and reassemble them into a 'perfect weapon' that transcends common sense?"

"Serpent! Scorpion! Take a look at this design!"

Yue zoomed in on the image, pointing to the completely removed internal structure of the human body in the projection.

"Step 1: Abandon the redundant weaknesses of the organism! Why does the human body only have one heart to supply energy? Why must it have a fragile respiratory tract and lungs to supply oxygen? These are fatal weaknesses in actual combat!"

“We will not install any fragile carbon-based internal organs inside the mechanical skeleton! Instead, we will use ‘chakra metal miniature power pumps’ and ‘high-pressure reactors’ crafted by Scorpion! Even if the chest cavity is pierced, as long as one power pump is still running, the machine will not die!”

"Step Two: Overcome the rigidity of machines! Pure machines cannot generate chakra, nor can they self-repair, so we need Orochimaru's [Hashirama cells]!"

"We attach Hashirama cells, which possess extremely high vitality, to the mechanical skeleton as 'external armor' and 'chakra production organs'! We use the machinery as the basic structure to forcibly 'constrain and stimulate' the growth and evolution of Hashirama cells!"

Yue placed her hands on the experimental table: "Electrical or chakra stimulation modules can be implanted inside the mechanical system. In battle, the mechanical core actively stimulates the external flesh cells, allowing the body to undergo targeted 'upgrades' and 'berserk' under the precise control of the machine! If the body is damaged, the cells will regenerate on their own; if the mechanical joints break, the proliferation of flesh can forcibly pull and splice the skeleton back together!"

Hearing this grand plan, Orochimaru and Sasori were both deeply shocked.

From their perspective, this is an unprecedented concept.

But in Uchiha Yue's heart, looking at this setting, a ridiculous smile appeared on his lips.

The basic framework is a replaceable mechanical base, with external flesh and blood armor that can be continuously upgraded through experience (stimulation). Even if you die, you can instantly be reborn in a new body via the cloud network...

Isn't this the Fourth Calamity (the player's) mech? A perfect body with modular equipment that can be upgraded by fighting monsters, and even comes with unlimited resurrection coins!

"Using the constancy of machinery to lock down and control the rampant genetic mutations in Hashirama's cells..." Orochimaru's voice trembled slightly. "Flesh and blood are no longer a burden, but 'bio-armor' perfectly controlled by machinery... Moon Lord, you are truly a genius!"

Scorpion was stunned. He stared at the blueprint, his eyes shining with a more intense light than ever before.

Machinery is no longer a lifeless, inanimate object; it can truly possess "growth potential" by stimulating the cells of the epidermis.

This completely shattered his ultimate understanding of puppetry.