The next day.
Ryun and Orochimaru walked into the most advanced biological research facility within the Village of Heaven.
"Lord Shadow, Lord Orochimaru..."
There were quite a few researchers inside this laboratory. At a glance, Ryun spotted a certain legendary master of wish fulfillment...
"Kabuto, immediately prepare the Impure World Reincarnation technique. We are going to conduct a reincarnation experiment on a Six Paths level powerhouse!" Orochimaru said to Kabuto Yakushi with great excitement.
It seemed he trusted everyone in the lab very much, to be able to mention such a thing openly in front of other researchers...
Of course, trust sometimes also represented absolute control. The people here were not only physically under Orochimaru's firm control, but their very thoughts belonged to Orochimaru...
"What! No wonder Lord Shadow's presence is required. I will go prepare right away!" Kabuto Yakushi hurriedly began to get busy.
This minor villain boss from the original story was now exceptionally obedient. He had been Orochimaru's right-hand man for a very long time, and from beginning to end, there had been no signs of any betrayal.
Just as Orochimaru had said back in the day, as long as he lived, this child Kabuto would never betray him. No one in this world understood Kabuto Yakushi better than Orochimaru...
Ryun withdrew his gaze from Kabuto Yakushi and began to tour Orochimaru's biological laboratory.
This biological laboratory was the most heavily guarded place in the Village of Heaven. Defensive and anti-sensory barriers were active twenty-four hours a day. Apart from specific individuals, no one was allowed to enter this place. Even the Second Heaven Shadow had to obtain Orochimaru's permission to enter!
A large number of powerful individuals' body cells and remains were sealed here. The cells stored in this lab belonged to individuals who, in life, had at least Kage-level combat power. Among them, cells from Six Paths level powerhouses were not few in number.
"After a trip to the moon, you actually dug up the graves of the moon-dwelling Ōtsutsuki clan..." Ryun couldn't help but comment.
He saw several eyeless corpses wearing ancient garments inside rows of liquid containers. Among them was even the ancestor of the Hyūga clan, Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the second son of Kaguya, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths!
"Haha, you should have told me about these treasures earlier. If you had, I would have gone to the moon long ago!" Orochimaru laughed with a proud smile.
The Ōtsutsuki clan's bodies were treasure troves. The body cells of Ōtsutsuki Hamura, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Momoshiki, and others held extremely high research value. Orochimaru was very dedicated to this kind of research.
Of course, for Orochimaru, the cells with the highest research value always remained Ryun's body cells.
The life energy contained in a single drop of Ryun's blood surpassed the combined life energy of several hundred young, healthy humans.
In terms of cell vitality, even after being diluted ten thousand times, Ryun's body cells were far stronger than Hashirama's cells...
His life level had far exceeded that of a human by too great a margin. In Orochimaru's eyes, Ryun was a living, breathing true god!
He even felt a sense of reverence towards Ryun's body cells, never daring to use them lightly for biological experiments, fearing he might accidentally create some uncontrollable monster!
"You're quite sneaky, sensei. You even managed to obtain the corpse of that guy, Uchiha Obito..." Looking at the familiar corpse inside the glass container, Ryun couldn't help but sigh.
Ryun had been too caught up in the fighting during the Black Iron Plains battle and forgot to recover Uchiha Obito's corpse. He didn't expect Orochimaru, this necrophiliac, to have secretly taken the body.
"Is he special? I saw you weren't paying attention to him anymore, thought no one wanted him, so I collected him..." Orochimaru casually explained.
"He is indeed special..." Ryun replied with a smile.
If Uchiha Obito were reincarnated, he would most likely possess the dual Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan. Once that happened, the Kamui dimension he possessed would most likely be Ryun's Kamui pocket dimension, because their eyes were identical.
"Reincarnate him first later. I need to verify some things on him..." Ryun pointed at Uchiha Obito's corpse and instructed.
"No problem!" Orochimaru nodded.
Ryun continued his tour in the vast corpse 'exhibition hall'. When he saw another familiar corpse, the corner of his eye twitched violently.
"No way, aren't you afraid Sasuke will kill you if he sees this corpse..."
They actually had Uchiha Fugaku's corpse here!
Ryun never expected Orochimaru's audacity to be this immense... If Sasuke saw his own father's corpse stolen and brought here, it would be strange if he didn't try to kill Orochimaru...
This unscrupulous corpse-stealing snake was simply too unscrupulous!
Of course, Ryun was no saint either, having turned Uchiha Itachi into a Six Paths puppet. Master and disciple were two of a kind...
"I didn't want to... This corpse was dug up by the corpse retrieval team in recent years from Konoha. I figured since it was already dug up, I might as well keep it for now. After all, he most likely also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan. Reincarnating him later to study what powerful ocular jutsu he possessed would also be a very interesting thing..."
Orochimaru explained with a smile.
"Send someone to bury him back. Don't be too curious... If that kid finds out about this, he will really try to kill you..." Ryun reminded with a dark expression.
"You still have that guy Itachi's corpse in your Kamui dimension, don't you? Aren't you afraid he'll come for you..." Orochimaru shot him a sidelong glance and retorted.
"I've already made him into a puppet, it's hard to bury now... And back then, Sasuke hadn't joined us yet..." Ryun couldn't help but argue loudly.
"Hmph... Double standards, is it?" Orochimaru sneered coldly.
"..."
"Have someone bury this thing (Fugaku) back. Afterwards, I will also bury Uchiha Itachi..." Ryun sighed helplessly.
"Fine..."
Orochimaru waved his hand and agreed. Uchiha Fugaku wasn't that strong anyway, so burying him was no big loss.
"Lord Shadow, Lord Orochimaru, the reincarnation ritual preparations are almost complete!"
While the master and disciple were chatting and bickering, Kabuto Yakushi finished preparing the Impure World Reincarnation ritual.
However, they still lacked living sacrifices. Kabuto Yakushi originally intended to go out and bring in some condemned ninja prisoners, but Ryun told him not to bother.
"As for sacrifices, I have as many as needed..."
Ryun directly opened the Ten-Tails seal on his abdomen and forcibly made the Ten-Tails spit out one White Zetsu after another. There were plenty of these things inside the Ten-Tails' stomach...
As the master of the Divine Tree, he could naturally easily control White Zetsu. He could even easily create Ten-Tails split bodies stronger than White Zetsu.
"White Zetsu imbued with Ten-Tails power? These are truly excellent reincarnation sacrifices!" Orochimaru exclaimed with delight.
"With their existence, the control power of the Impure World Reincarnation technique will definitely be greatly enhanced."
Hearing this, Ryun spoke calmly, "Ten-Tails power, plus Sage power, plus my body cells. Only this combination will ensure absolute success!"