"Suspension, huh..."
Shinji pondered.
According to previous estimates, Fūma Ichirō alone would have been enough. However, because Shinji repelled the Bewitching Hegemon in World No. 6 and obtained more planetary energy than expected, one Fūma Ichirō was no longer sufficient.
However, Shinji didn't rush to reject Amado's proposal.
Firstly, no matter how much the Research Institute sped up preparations, holding the next ritual would take at least a week or two, or even longer, and the Six Rings World couldn't wait.
Secondly, the ritual was indeed somewhat strange. If he weren't entangled with so many matters right now, he would really want to investigate thoroughly. Since he didn't have the energy to investigate now, suspension was also a prudent plan.
After considering for a moment, Shinji said, "Alright, let's stop the ritual for now!"
"Phew..."
Amado breathed a long sigh of relief.
Shinji continued, "What do you think about Fūma Ichirō?"
Amado didn't speak but walked to the safe on the side, took out a document, and handed it to Shinji.
Shinji opened it and his expression darkened slightly: "Interesting!"
The document Amado handed him was a behavioral profile report. The report contained profiling reports from three profilers hired by the Research Institute, and the subject of the profiling was none other than Fūma Ichirō, whom Shinji had just mentioned.
According to the conclusions of the profiling report, the three profilers unanimously believed that Fūma Ichirō showed obvious symptoms of schizophrenia after the ritual.
When Shinji finished reading the report, Amado lit a cigarette: "I suspect Fūma Ichirō has been influenced by something."
Shinji said, "Otsutsuki?"
"Yes!" Amado nodded frankly and said, "Not just Fūma Ichirō. I suspect every experimental subject who hosted the ritual and obtained Otsutsuki power has been influenced to some extent, only the later the subject, the greater the influence!"
Shinji asked, "What about Orochimaru? Is he still trustworthy?"
Amado replied, "I'm not sure!"
Shinji nodded knowingly.
Clearly, Amado's 'not sure' meant untrustworthy. After all, Orochimaru was also one of the experimental subjects. As long as the extent of this influence wasn't clarified, Orochimaru, as one of the subjects, could not be trusted.
Amado continued, "I suspect Fūma Ichirō has already awakened a Shinjutsu, but he concealed it. So I hope you can give me a few days to verify it."
"Okay." Shinji agreed to Amado's request, then smiled, "This is an opportunity. You might as well test the others to see if anyone jumps out on their own."
Amado nodded: "Yes!"
Having given his instructions, Shinji didn't stay long and left the Research Institute directly.
After returning to the flying fortress, Shinji arrived outside the temporary cell holding Urashiki Otsutsuki.
Once the Research Institute suspended the ritual, Fūma Ichirō would be the last artificial Otsutsuki. Therefore, the remaining sacrifice shortage could only fall on Urashiki Otsutsuki.
"Mmm mmm mmm..."
Seemingly sensing Shinji's arrival, Urashiki Otsutsuki, who had lost his eyes, had his ears covered to deprive him of hearing, and his mouth sealed to restrict speech, began to mumble.
Shinji ignored him, weighing in his heart whether to sacrifice Urashiki Otsutsuki to the God Tree.
The reason he didn't sacrifice Urashiki Otsutsuki before was that Urashiki was a rare 'Kekkei Mora' (Bloodline Encompassing) in the Shinobi World, and sacrificing him directly to the God Tree felt somewhat wasteful.
But at Shinji's current realm, 'Kekkei Mora' actually didn't amount to much. Plus, Urashiki Otsutsuki's eyes had already been dug out by him, so Urashiki Otsutsuki's value became very limited. At most, he could turn into a 'Karma' to let one of Shinji's subordinates enter the 'Six Paths Level'.
But such a thing would become effortless once Shinji advanced to 'Kekkei Shinra' (Bloodline of All Creation), so Urashiki Otsutsuki wasn't absolutely necessary.
"Let's just do it!"
Shinji sighed lightly in his heart, then turned and left.
In the current situation, nurturing 'Chakra Fruits' was the highest priority above all else.
After leaving the temporary cell, Shinji paced to his laboratory.
His laboratory had changed greatly now. The equipment inside had all been updated and replaced with the latest models developed by the Research Institute.
Soon, Shinji arrived in front of a row of large culture vessels.
Before his eyes was a long row of fifteen large culture vessels, each three meters high. Inside each vessel floated a cell clone with tightly closed eyes.
These cell clones floating in the nutrient solution were another major undertaking he had been working on during this time, aside from collecting planetary energy and nurturing 'Chakra Fruits'.
After traveling through the River of Time, Shinji realized that one of the foundations of the Shinjutsu 'Omnipotence' might be the complete control over time.
Shinji's own 'Six-Tomoe Rinnegan' dojutsu 'Goshingu' could freeze the flow of time within a certain area, representing 'Pause', which meant control over the present.
And the dojutsu 'Ryūgū-jō' (Dragon Palace Castle) of Urashiki Otsutsuki's 'Blue Rinnegan' could briefly rewind time and reverse events that had already occurred. This ability could be understood as 'Rewind', meaning control over the past.
He had the 'Present' and the 'Past'. So Shinji boldly speculated that if he wanted to achieve true time manipulation, he still needed to seek the 'Future'.
Only by possessing the 'Past', 'Present', and 'Future' simultaneously could he potentially ascend to a higher level in the domain of time!
Looking throughout the entire Shinobi World, the only eye related to the 'Future' was the 'Jōgan' (Pure Eye), which was suspected of being able to foresee the future.
However, the owner of the 'Jōgan' was Boruto Uzumaki, the son of Naruto and Hinata more than ten years later in the original timeline. Shinji couldn't wait for more than ten years, so he secretly collected cell tissues from Naruto and Hinata respectively, and then began cultivating cell clones.
In the Shinobi World where chakra exists, besides cellular DNA, chakra also carries genetic information. So in a sense, a cell clone formed by fusing Naruto and Hinata's chakra could also be considered their 'offspring'.
Shinji wasn't sure if these cell clones floating in the large nutrient tanks could awaken the 'Jōgan' like Boruto Uzumaki in the original timeline, but he had no choice and could only try boldly. If it succeeded, he could assemble 'Past', 'Present', and 'Future'.
Checking the incubation progress of these cell clones, Shinji confirmed that they needed about another month to fully develop.
That is to say, after the great battle in the Six Rings World, he could 'open the box' on these cell clones. By then, he would know if this move could yield a pair of 'Jōgan'.