Chapter 17

After all, this was something he had wanted to do but failed to accomplish.

Yet he could only watch helplessly as Ishihara achieved it after merely studying Jugo's body!

This...

Even though he had already experienced something similar once before.

At this moment, Orochimaru still felt a sense of frustration in his heart.

"Is the gap between me and Ishihara really this wide?"

Orochimaru was somewhat dazed.

"I'm cured?!"

Jugo looked at Ishihara in shock and hurriedly asked, "What did you do to me?"

Ishihara pointed to the cursed seal on his neck and explained:

"This is a Reverse Cursed Seal. It will prevent natural energy from entering your body!"

"Natural energy is the true cause of your loss of control!"

Jugo looked at Ishihara in disbelief, his voice trembling as he said:

"Does that mean I won't have to worry about losing control anymore?!"

"That's right!"

Ishihara nodded and continued:

"The Reverse Cursed Seal has only one form. Once activated, you will return to your previous state and can lose control at any time!"

"In other words, you can now control your loss of control!"

Jugo stood frozen in place.

He could truly break free from his past life and live like a normal person!

It was just like a dream.

Seeing the two still dazed, Ishihara turned and left.

His recent research on Jugo had sparked many ideas, and he needed to write them down as soon as possible.

After taking two steps, he stopped again, turned, and frowned at Jugo, who was following him.

"Why are you following me?"

Jugo said earnestly, "You helped me solve the problem of losing control. From now on, I will follow you!"

Ishihara raised an eyebrow.

Although he needed to study Jugo, he truly disliked being followed.

At that moment, Orochimaru also came to his senses and looked at Ishihara with a complex expression.

"Let him follow you from now on!"

Unknowingly, his attitude had changed; he now regarded Ishihara as an equal when communicating.

"Fine!"

Ishihara hesitated for a moment, but thinking of Jugo's importance in his plans, he finally nodded.

Jugo happily scratched his head, then followed Ishihara to the data room.

Since he lacked entry permission, he stood guard at the doorway.

Over the next few days,

the entire base entered a state of busyness.

One person after another, like prisoners, was brought deep into the base.

"Orochimaru, may you die a wretched death!"

"You bastard, I will kill you!"

"Orochimaru, don't forget what you promised me!"

Some of these people were forcibly captured, while others entered voluntarily; their expressions varied greatly.

However, the arrival of these people undoubtedly made the entire base much livelier.

Every day, Ishihara could hear roars and screams coming from the depths of the base.

Orochimaru suddenly became extremely busy; for nearly a month, his figure was nowhere to be seen.

During this period, Ishihara also grew busy.

Busy studying Jugo!

"Now enter the loss-of-control state!"

"Alright, you can stop now!"

Ishihara found a room and quietly watched Jugo enter the loss-of-control state and then return to normal.

A pile of experimental equipment lay before him.

At this moment, Ishihara was using a microscope to examine skin samples taken from Jugo while he was in the loss-of-control state.

At the same time, he activated a Genjutsu Space and used his innate sensory ability to carefully sense the chakra on the skin.

"The skin has turned into a keratin layer, and this drastic change occurred in a very short time!"

"The hardness of the keratin layer has undergone a fundamental change, and it even contains chakra pathways!"

"But although the cells have divided far beyond normal levels, Jugo's lifespan has not decreased!"

"No, the chakra has also changed..."

While checking the data, Ishihara observed Jugo's cells.

Whenever the natural energy within them dissipated, he would make Jugo enter the loss-of-control state again to extract new cell tissue.

In his research, where he forgot to eat and sleep, time passed rapidly.

Until this day.

【You carefully studied Kimimaro's body, comprehended the principle of the Cursed Seal state, and created the Sage Art: Petrification Technique!】

【Sage Art Petrification Technique: The skin rapidly divides, forming a layer of keratin on the surface that is far harder than iron and stone, greatly increasing defense!】

【You studied Kimimaro's Cursed Seal state, comprehended the flow of chakra, and created the Burst Secret Technique!】

【Burst Secret Technique: After use, it forcibly unlocks the restrictions on the chakra meridians, greatly increasing chakra output capability!】

【You carefully studied the flow of natural energy within Kimimaro's body, comprehended how natural energy fuses with cells, and created the Sage Art Guidance Technique.】

【Sage Art Guidance Technique: It can absorb natural energy and combine it with body cells, greatly increasing physical quality. Side effect: emotions become violent and bloodthirsty. Not recommended for use!】

Haa...

The consecutive notifications made Ishihara exhale a long breath and stop his research to check his gains.

"Three secret techniques, all defective, completely unsuitable for me to use."

"However, they can be used to report to Orochimaru."

Ishihara shook his head, having no thought of using these three secret techniques.

He looked up and waved at Kimimaro, who was standing obediently at the doorway.

Kimimaro hurriedly ran over, looking at him with a serious expression.

"How is the body-forging technique I gave you going?" Ishihara asked while taking out a blank scroll to write.

Kimimaro said excitedly:

"I have learned it. I can now eat ten buckets of rice and dozens of jin of meat every day!"

"In these past few days, my height has increased by several centimeters!"

Ishihara nodded, looking at Kimimaro whose build had clearly grown larger, then handed him the finished scroll.

"Learn these few secret techniques recently!"

These defective products are even more suitable for those who use the Cursed Seal.

"Yes!"

Kimimaro offered no objection whatsoever and solemnly accepted these secret techniques.

Ever since Ishihara solved the problem of his rampaging, he is now in a state of almost total obedience to Ishihara.

Whatever Ishihara tells him to do, he will not hesitate for a moment.

At the same time, deep within the base, Orochimaru's Cursed Seal experiments also began.