In that case, the Rasa's identity would be forgotten, as well as his reputation, but it wouldn't be a problem to create a new one for an unfamiliar shinobi in a dozen years.
- All right, take him to the lab and have one of the weirdos keep an eye on him," he glanced at the clock, which was almost six in the morning, "and 'me' should be up and about soon.
Sometimes, all this secret stuff that even the closest people shouldn't know about is pretty stressful.
- Got it Boss," picking up the sluggishly moving body of the third generation kanpeki ningyo, Kaguya promptly left the basement, leaving him alone with his thoughts.
And they weren't too rosy - it looked like the costs of maintaining the new puppet would be far more significant than all the past ones and let Kami not all of them put together.
Of course, now they're gradually decreasing, especially with the monk thoroughly engaged in meditation, which is why I decided to increase their numbers so significantly so soon, but in anticipation of an imminent war, as if the fifth one wouldn't have to be sealed until better times. Still, the complete preservation of my combat capability was more important to me.
Besides, I had a lot to think about - my recent thoughts had led me to an interesting idea - what if I tried growing my own clone and then implanting a mold of consciousness into it, just as I had done with the kanpeki ningyo, while keeping the link through the seal permanently active? Of course, it's purely theoretical for now, but the looming prospects are very... interesting.
Considering that people around me are used to seeing a lot of copies of me, and even dojutsu wielders can't identify the real one, no one will even notice the addition of another real body among them. Straight up, let Rikodo get closer and closer to me without any Rinnegan.
Even just the mere speculation of how to utilize such advantages of a spare body began to make me drool. No being sent personally to the front or very dangerous missions, but at the same time, all the experience and opportunities I get will stay with me.
And I've already made progress in this direction - in terms of fuin - I only need to deal with the problem of clone production, where the work is not plowed ground, but as soon as Kaguya equips the second base, the laboratory in it will be devoted exclusively to this issue and this time, will be plowed not Kage Bunshin, but a new kanpeki ninge, created just for this purpose.
If I use a chunin, the cost will be an order of magnitude lower than what it currently costs me to maintain four lab technicians. I can order the equipment, even if it requires a lot of fuin tweaking, through Akira now, but it will be a month or more before it can be manufactured and delivered to the address.
And I'd have to go through old man Hishi's notes and my own library again to see if I could find any information that I hadn't noticed before, but that would give me a boost in my cloning research.
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