258 Gundam Squad is Possible in the Future

After dealing with the documents that needed to be dealt with, Nagasawa went to Orochimaru's base.

It was still the same remote forest, the underground base under a big stone.

He made a series of hand seals to move the stone away, and Nagasawa jumped into Orochimaru's base with a single leap.

He came to Orochimaru to see his research's progress on Sharingan.

If there was any result, Uchiha Clan could be a good asset, and it would not be a problem for them to build a 50-man Susanoo army.

Secondly, he wanted to ask if Orochimaru was interested in the alien spaceship and led a team to study it.

Although Konoha had the strength to lead the Ninja World, and was truly the strongest Shinobi Village, in terms of science and technology, Konoha was not the best.

For example, Kumogakure would research a type of Chakra cannon in the future, which could directly destroy meteorites from the ground, which was a really advanced technology.

As for Konoha, no other noteworthy researcher aside from Orochimaru had appeared.

Although Kabuto also showed good potential in the original work, he was not very innovative. He only continued Orochimaru's research with no idea of his own.

But now, there was no reason for Orochimaru to defect, because Nagasawa could give him what he wanted.

Therefore, rather than letting Kabuto take the same path as in the manga, it was better to let him take another path, as Kabuto was really talented.

Nagasawa eventually found the research room where Orochimaru was.

When Nagasawa entered the research room, Orochimaru didn't seem that happy, as if he had encountered a very troubling problem.

Because Nagasawa did not deliberately hide his presence, Orochimaru naturally noticed his arrival.

"Your expression seems to tell me that this research is not going well." Nagasawa walked to Orochimaru's side.

"Yes, the research hits a dead end, and I can't seem to find a solution." Orochimaru nodded and said.

He was not a person who liked to brag, especially in the research he was in charge in.

He'd rather say that he hit a dead end. Who knew? Maybe someone could help him find a solution.

The immortality that he dreamed of was so close that he nearly took a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan and implanted the Hashirama Cells on himself. 

Of course, he knew that Nagasawa wouldn't show him any mercy if he did so.

Orochimaru believed that Nagasawa's current strength was completely equivalent to the legendary First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

Even if he was a very proud person, he had to admit that Nagasawa's strength could not be described with words, and even he was clearly inferior to him.

Orochimaru would love to secretly study Nagasawa to see if his cells were as strong as Hashirama Cells.

"It's normal to hit a dead end. After all, you haven't been studying Sharingan for long. Didn't you also encounter a lot of problems when you were studying Hashirama Cells? You were stuck for several years back then, remember?" Nagasawa said with a smile.

"Tell me exactly what problems you encountered. Maybe I can give you some advice."

Orochimaru nodded, then said in his hoarse voice,

"According to the information you gave me, Fugaku Uchiha awakened Mangekyō Sharingan because his friend died in front of his eyes. In addition, many Uchiha had three-tomoe Sharingan, but only Fugaku Uchiha had Mangekyō Sharingan. According to these facts, I speculate that there were at least two conditions to evolve Sharingan into Mangekyō Sharingan. The first being talented enough and the other is going through a stimulating enough experience. I conducted experiments with that in mind. However, I discovered that even though the experiment subject's Sharingan gave off an intense reaction when exposed to an emotional event, it just could not evolve into Mangekyō Sharingan. I don't know if it's because the experiment subjects is not talented enough, or if there is some other reason." Orochimaru shook his head.

"Because of this experiment, I've run out of experiment subjects."

Nagasawa thought for a moment and said, "I think you need to change your approach. Don't focus on evolving the three-tomoe Sharingan that you transplanted on the experiment subject into Mangekyō Sharingan."

"Oh? do you have any new discoveries, Nagasawa-kun?" Orochimaru looked at Nagasawa.

Recently, I have an Uchiha subordinate, whose three-tomoe Sharingan evolved into Mangekyō Sharingan. Like Fugaku Uchiha, his friend died in front of him, and then he awakened Mangekyō Sharingan. This proves that your hypothesis is correct! And if you have been studying this area but have not achieved any results, I think the reason likely lies to be on the experiment subjects. Maybe the three-tomoe Sharingan can only evolve into Mangekyō Sharingan while it's in Uchiha's possession.

Orochimaru frowned and said, "If that's really the case, then how did Kakashi awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan?"

"What happened to Kakashi might be a very special event. After all, according to the current information, the awakening of Mangekyō Sharingan requires them to witness their close friend's death, which was the source of the extreme simulation." Nagasawa explained.

After listening to Nagasawa's words, Orochimaru lowered his head and pondered.

There were indeed some cases that could not be replicated.

However, there were too few people who had Mangekyō Sharingan in the first place, only Fugaku Uchiha and Kakashi.

This was one of the important reasons for Orochimaru's misjudgment.

"If that's the case, then how should we solve this problem? I believe you have already thought it through, Nagasawa-kun."

Orochimaru looked at Nagasawa.

After all, Nagasawa wouldn't let him use the Uchiha Clan to conduct human experiments.

"Well, I have no surefire method, but I do have a few ideas." Nagasawa said with a smile.

"Have you ever thought of creating a human through genetic technology?"

"Artificial human, huh? I see where you're going." Orochimaru's eyes lit up. He felt that he had understood Nagasawa's thoughts.

"Nagasawa, you want me to use Uchiha's cells to create an artificial Uchiha, right? Moreover, you have also considered that it might be more troublesome and slower to create a normal human. If I create an artificial human that's incapable of normal processing ability, I can alter its growth as much as I can. Then I can transfer the experiment subject's mind into the artificial human's body through Secret Techniques.

"As expected of Nagasawa. I really can't imagine what kind of breakthrough you can make if you spend most of your time in research." Orochimaru chuckled.

With more complex implementations, wouldn't he be able to create a perfect body for himself through this technique?

Orochimaru's thoughts were different from ordinary people in the ninja world. He did not think that switching body was a big deal.

Nagasawa: ...

The reason why they decided to make an artificial human that wasn't capable of autonomous thinking was to avoid unnecessary problem.

However, the result was good. It seemed that under his guidance, Orochimaru found a new promising approach.

"By the way, I have one more thing to tell you. We found an alien spaceship in the Starfall Valley in the south."

After talking about Sharingan, Nagasawa remembered his true purpose this time.

"Alien Spaceship?" Orochimaru couldn't quite understand what Nagasawa suddenly said.

Fortunately, Nagasawa was already prepared. He had already summarized the information about the spaceship in a paper.

Orochimaru took the paper that Nagasawa handed over and read it curiously.

It was definitely a big deal if Nagasawa personally handed him about a certain information, and he was right. This was piece of paper could shock the world.

"Aliens... Does such a creature really exist? It's really interesting. Did you find their corpses or remains in that spaceship?" Orochimaru's interest was immediately piqued.

As a researcher, it was hard to not be curious when he suddenly heard about aliens and alien spaceships.

"I didn't find anything. Maybe they disappeared when the spaceship fell. Or it simply disappeared due to the passage of time. But you can research it. This is the robots' power source that was stored in the spaceship. It is a kind of energy that is completely foreign in our world, and it gives off a similar vibe to natural energy."

After saying that, Nagasawa took out a blue crystal from his ninja pouch and handed it to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru took the crystal, and then asked as he looked at it carefully:

"This is very interesting. It's close to natural energy. You should know that natural energy is necessary to learn Sage Mode."

"If it really is as you said, this energy might encourage the emergence of a new type of Chakra."

"Who knows? You can study it if you are interested. After all, this is clearly something that doesn't belong to this world. The energy causes Starfall Valley to undergo some changes. It was very likely that the energy leaked out when the spaceship crashed and alters the plants and animals in Starfall Valley. Those animals can even be used as summoned beasts." Nagasawa talked about what he had seen in Falling Star Valley.

"Help me build a laboratory over there. Since I hit a dead end in my Sharingan experiment, I should go there and conduct some experiments." Orochimaru said.

"No problem." Nagasawa agreed. As long as Orochimaru was on Konoha's side, everything was negotiable.

...

"10th February, huh? There's still more than a month before I can attend school with Itachi." Izumi Uchiha said happily right after seeing the calendar.

Once they attended the Academy, she could spend more time with Itachi, and she should get much closer with Itachi. By that time, she would be Itachi's best friend and Kabuto would be out of the picture.

Izumi Uchiha finished washing her face, changed her clothes, and happily walked towards Itachi's house.

Based on her long-term observation, although Itachi was diligent in training, he also cared so much about his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha as he would often spend an entire day to play with Sasuke.

Itachi would often play with Sasuke after six days of training. In other words, there was a great possibility that Itachi would play with Sasuke today instead of training.

Izumi Uchiha felt that it was necessary to seize this opportunity.

While Itachi was training with Kabuto, it was hard for Izumi to join in their conversation, and even if she managed to join in their conversation, it would not last long.

Therefore, Izumi Uchiha was prepared to launch a surprise attack and got Itachi's little brother to her side.

Itachi loved his younger brother so much, so if Sasuke said a few good things about her in front of Itachi, Itachi's evaluation of her should be pretty good.

It didn't take long for Izumi Uchiha to enter Itachi's house. It was not her first time here.

Sure enough, as soon as Izumi Uchiha entered the courtyard, she saw Uchiha Itachi playing with Sasuke.

"Itachi-kun, you didn't go training today?" Izumi Uchiha pretended to be surprised and walked to Itachi's side.

"I'm taking a break today. I'll start my training in the afternoon," Itachi replied.

"That's right. Training all day long is tiring. You should rest from time to time," Izumi Uchiha said with a smile.

On the surface, she was calm, but Izumi was actually a little surprised. Why did Itachi become more diligent?

In the past, he would play with Sasuke for an entire day, but today, he only accompanied Sasuke in the morning and would start training in the afternoon.

Izumi Uchiha mourned for Itachi's future classmates for a second. They didn't know what kind of terrifying person they were going to face.

He was so diligent on top of being talented.

"Hello, Sasuke. Do you still remember me?" Izumi Uchiha smiled and waved to Sasuke.

"I don't remember," Sasuke said honestly.

Izumi Uchiha felt a little embarrassed, but she was in a good mood. She gently pulled up the hair on her forehead and replied with a smile,

"Then you should use this chance to keep in mind that I am Izumi Uchiha, your brother's friend."

"Okay, big bro's friend, I will remember." Sasuke nodded and said.

Seeing the atmosphere, Itachi didn't seem to want to say anything. Izumi thought that she was lucky to come prepared.

When she left the house, she suddenly remembered that Sasuke was a child and definitely liked sweets.

And Itachi liked Dango. So, she went to buy a set of Dango with red bean filling. Wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone?

Izumi then took out a paper bag containing freshly made Dango.

"This is the fresh Dango that I just bought. Do you guys want some?" Izumi Uchiha laughed.

Itachi's eyes lit up, but since Sasuke was beside him, he made sure to retain his composure. He didn't say anything and just watched silently.

Sasuke then took one and had a bite.

Pfft.

Sasuke immediately spat it out after taking a bite. Then, he said with a bitter face, "What is this? It's too sweet! Why do people even make this kind of food?"

Izumi was dumbfounded. It went differently from what she had imagined. Shouldn't Sasuke praise her for the delicious Dango that she bought and then Itachi also flock to her?

She even chose this Dango that was specially made by owner Watanabe. He said that it was the most popular Dango among the child in the village.

"Is that Dango with red bean filling? Sasuke doesn't like sweets," Itachi kindly reminded.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke. I didn't know that you didn't like sweets," Izumi apologized to Sasuke.

"You probably didn't do it on purpose. Just don't give me such a disgusting thing again."

Sasuke thought to himself that he couldn't take food from this person anymore.

"We shouldn't waste food, but since Sasuke doesn't want it. I don't mind taking it off your hands."

Itachi said in a deep voice.

"If you're so mature, you won't like this anyway, so I'd better eat it myself." Or so Izumi wanted to say.

However, considering the chance to get closer to Itachi, Izumi didn't say it and gave the Dango to Itachi.

Although it was different from what she had imagined, the ending seemed to be pretty good.