Chapter 220:
Genetic modification is a scientific technique capable of altering human genes at their core.
Orochimaru had already proven its effectiveness in the original series through his experiments on Yamato. While not particularly profound by his standards, to the average person, it was a technology that defied natural laws and human ethics.
After all, these experiments required live subjects, and more often than not, children. To the ordinary observer, such practices represented a grotesque distortion of morality.
But Orochimaru didn't care. To him, this was no longer an experiment, it was merely a process of mass-producing a Wood Release army.
Failures? There wouldn't be any, unless the subject was already terminally ill. The outcome of this "procedure" was almost guaranteed.
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"Hmm? Kato Dan?"
As the evening settled in and Orochimaru returned from Root Headquarters, he paused, frowning slightly as he caught sight of a familiar white-haired figure outside a dango shop in the distance.
Wasn't this man supposed to be dead?