Chapter 226: Ephesians 6
Some time later.
Jūgo's cells had been carefully preserved in the laboratory's freezing containment. It would still take a moment to fix whatever tampering Orochimaru had done to them.
More importantly, it would take the right equipment.
Reverse engineering modified cells involved characterizing changes and identifying mechanisms. There were quite a few ways to fix them, such as genomic analysis, transcriptomic analysis, proteomic analysis, and functional assays.
To perform any one of these processes would require advanced technology that otherwise couldn't be bought from the black market.
While Arthur was having Brie look over the cells, there was one place he had in mind of visiting to get what he needed.
Right now, he stood at the base of the Fire Temple, his guise as Ryugetsu, a monk of the temple, draping him in a veneer of respectability.
The temple, with its tall spires, had never quite lost its majestic charm.
He hadn't visited in a while, and the last time he'd been here, Chiriku hadn't been present. Arthur used his Tamashii, and it was revealed what he already suspected: Chiriku was still away.
That was alright with Arthur. Today, he wasn't here for the eminent monk; he had a more specific purpose, and that purpose brought him to the occult.
Not long ago, Arthur had marked an occultist as an investment during one of their skirmishes with the temple. This occultist was an essential piece of the puzzle.