Chapter 261: Research Project, Cultivating Essence
Two days later, late at night, dim stars were hiding behind a layer of a veil. The moon was appearing and disappearing amid the clouds. A tiny shadow quickly shuttled through the darkness like a black sesame seed flying to the center of the moon. Then, it became larger and larger.
It was a big bird with golden feathers descending towards the ground. And on its back, there was Hatake Kabuto who was holding a glass container. Soon, the big golden bird landed and placed its spread wings on the ground, lowering its head deeply.
A man wearing a white robe was standing in front of it. He was none other than Uchiha Tonan. Kabuto got off the bird while holding the glass container and bowed at Tonan as well. “Tonan-san.”
Tonan nodded his head lightly and replied, “If this thing enters the Konoha base camp, it will attract too much attention, so I came to pick you up.” Kabuto respectfully replied, “I have troubled you, Tonan-san.” Tonan nodded his head again and turned around, walking toward the base camp.
“How are your studies coming along?”
Kabuto followed behind and respectfully answered, “It’s good. In the beginning, there were many things I didn’t understand. But under Sasori-senpai’s patient teaching, I understand almost everything. Now, I’ve already begun to refine chakra and I’ve also dabbled a little in human experiments.”
Tonan raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways at Kabuto. He asked, “Really? Are you particularly choosing to study the knowledge of the human body?”
Kabuto adjusted his golden-rimmed glasses and replied, “I want to help you sooner, so I put aside the study of other miscellaneous subjects for the time being. I’ve also taken care of everything in the laboratory. I can guarantee that I didn’t leave any traces.”
Tonan nodded his head in satisfaction and said, “Not bad, nothing in this world is difficult if you put your heart into it. As long as you use your heart, you can achieve success in anything. By the way, did Sasori leave?”
Kabuto nodded his head and answered lightly, “Sasori-senpai asked me to tell you that he is going to travel around the Ninja World to look for high-quality materials.”
Tonan nodded his head slightly and no longer said anything. With Tonan in the lead, the two of them arrived at the command tent without any obstruction. Afterward, Tonan walked to a corner of the tent and made a series of hand seals.
Then, the soil on the ground spun like a whirlpool, and gradually, a hole appeared. “Go down. The main body is inside.” Kabuto nodded his head. Holding the glass container that had Hatake Isan in it, he walked down the stairs. Because this laboratory was built right below the Konoha base camp, to prevent the movement in the laboratory from affecting the ninjas above, Tonan had dug very deep.
Even the walls of the laboratory were filled with countless holes to weaken the sound waves. The stairs didn’t go straight down. It was a spiral staircase. Kabuto walked downwards for more than ten minutes before he began to hear faint wailing sounds, coming from below.
“Tonan-sama… I’ll be loyal to you… please let me go.”
“Don’t be so pathetic. In any case, I won’t eat you.”
“Uh… ah… kill me, kill me!”
“Even ants don’t live without purpose. As the strongest among the younger Sarutobi generation, why are you making things hard like this? You questioned why I’m being so unyielding when mobilization instruction was given. Persist, I’m not done recording the data.”
“Uh… ah… uh…”
Boom… “Bad luck.”
Following an explosive sound, everything became quiet. Kabuto finally reached the bottom of the stairs and saw three dark holes in front of him. He didn’t know where they would lead.
“The middle one leads to the laboratory, come in.” Kabuto immediately took a step forward and walked into the middle hole. After taking a few turns along the passage, the path in front of him brightened. Under the light, the room was filled with blood, and pieces of flesh were slowly flowing down from the operating table to the ground.
These flesh pieces emitted warm air and the entire room was full of a bloody smell. In the middle room, Tonan, who was wearing a spotless white coat, held a pen and paper and was recording the data of the experiment while frowning.
Kabuto walked over to him, stepping on the flesh and blood on the ground, and bowed deeply, “Tonan-san.” Tonan continued to record the data, and without raising his head, he said, “The materials store is on the left side, and your new residence is on the right side. It’s also the place where you can study.”
Kabuto nodded his head. Then, looking confused, he asked, “Don’t we need a place to imprison the materials?”
Tonan shook his head lightly and pointed at the recording scroll in his hand. “It’s not needed now. We can only use live human study for this experiment. Put down Isan and come over to understand how it works. Do you understand the essence of sound?”
Kabuto carefully put down the glass container on the table. He came to Tonan’s side and stood on tiptoe to look at the record scroll in Tonan’s hand. Tonan had always been taller than his peers.
He lowered the scroll a little so that Kabuto could see it. “When we speak, our vocal cords vibrate. The vocal cords transmit vibrations to the air, and the air also produces vibrations. These are then transmitted through the air to the people’s ears. Then, the brain analyzes the vibrations, thereby hearing the sounds.”
Listening to Tonan’s explanation, Kabuto thought for a while and his eyes flashed as if he had a sudden realization. “I understand.”
A hint of longing appeared on Tonan’s face and he said, “I’ve discovered a very interesting thing. If living beings want to be powerful via cultivation, it needs movements. Regardless of physical or spiritual. And vibration is the most efficient way of movement. It can be subtle to the cellular level.”
Kabuto frowned and thought of a blind spot. He asked in confusion, “But why do we need to meditate after movement to refine chakra?”
The corners of Tonan’s mouth rose a little and he answered, “Why can’t we refine chakra while sleeping? In fact, as long as people are alive, their spirits are in an active state. This is also the reason why the data from this instrument is shown in the waveform diagrams.”
“The spirit movement has two basic properties – frequency and amplitude. Meditation reduces the active amplitude of the spirit but increases the active frequency, stimulating their spiritual power. It is the same for physical strength as well. Large-scale movements are not necessarily the best way to cultivate.”
“Kumo’s Lightning Style Chakra Mode uses lightning-attributed chakra to create an electric current to continuously stimulate the cells in the body. At this time, the cells in the body will vibrate at high frequency, but it’s invisible to the naked eye. Therefore, the most efficient method of cultivation relies on refinement, comprehension, and high frequency.”
After speaking, Tonan pointed to the mangled corpse on the operating table and said, “Look at this person’s flesh, do you see anything different?”
Kabuto looked carefully and sniffed a few times in passing. Then with a look of surprise on his face, he said, “It has a burnt smell.”
Tonan nodded his head and said, “I used high-frequency sound waves to stimulate him in all aspects. The vibration spread to every inch and every cell of his body. But his cells vibrated too violently, emitting a large amount of energy, which led to a sharp increase in heat. If you take a closer look at his bones, you can see that they could not withstand the high temperature and started to turn black.”
After hearing Tonan’s explanation, Kabuto’s eyes were filled with confusion, and asked, “But, why did he explode?”
Tonan frowned a little and a strange look appeared on his face as he answered, “Because he held his fart. At the critical moment, he let it go, and it came into contact with the oxygen in the air.”
Kabuto nodded his head. After reading books about the human body for more than half a month, he knew that the human body contained a large amount of flammable gas. Tonan put the record scroll on the table beside him and rubbed Kabuto’s hair.
“There shouldn’t be any war during this time. Make the best use of your time to study, and come to help me in the laboratory when you have free time. I believe that we’ll be able to find the limit of the frequency that the human body can endure very soon. If my theory is correct, then this will be a completely new type of cultivation, which can even be popular among ordinary people.”
Kabuto’s eyes lit up suddenly on hearing this. He nodded his head and said, “I’ll do my best to help you, Tonan-san.” No one could refuse the temptation of strength. Especially those who had suffered and experienced a sense of powerlessness.
