Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 76 The Red Bean Experiment [Part 1]

"It's so bitter!" Hongdou said with her eyes closed and a pained expression, pinching her nose as she gulped down a bowl of dark, mushy medicine.

After drinking it, Hongdou felt nauseous and thought he needed to drink at least three bowls of red bean soup to suppress the nausea.

"It tastes awful!" Hongdou gritted her teeth and squeezed out each word from her mouth, afraid that if she opened her mouth too wide, she would spit out the medicine.

"Be patient. All medicines are like this," Lu Nie comforted her.

"Have you ever drunk it?" Hongdou asked, covering her mouth.

"The men of the Nara clan are all sickly," Shika Nie replied calmly, pointing to a round platform behind Anko and saying, "It's time to stand up there."

Red Bean glanced at Shikane, then at Orochimaru standing to the side reviewing Shikane's experimental data and procedures, and finally ignored Uchiha Shisui beside Shikane. She quickly jumped onto the round platform and stood ramrod straight, just as Shikane had reminded her to do.

Lu Nie operated the instrument next to him for a few moments, and a cylindrical hollow transparent jar immediately rose from below the platform, with the body of the jar fitting into a funnel-shaped top above it.

A layer of nutrient solution began to seep upwards from the circular platform beneath his feet. Then, the nutrient solution gradually rose and spread over the entire body of the jar, immersing Hongdou completely inside.

A moment later, dense streams of data began to appear on the instruments beside Lu Nie, showing Hong Dou's current physical condition and changes in drug consumption and absorption.

Based on the data, Lu Nie continuously operated the instruments, adding drugs and making interference and adjustments to ensure the safe conduct of the experiment.

During this process, the red bean soaking in the nutrient solution inside the jar seemed to lose control of itself; she was as if under a spell. Only the pained expression on her face at all times indicated that she was experiencing some kind of excruciating pain.

After some adjustments, Lu Nie stopped controlling the instrument. All he could do next was terminate the experiment and save Hongdou.

Once the instrument has been debugged and set up, it will automatically operate according to the input process and settings until the experiment fails or succeeds.

Orochimaru, who was standing nearby, also came up and looked at the red beans in the jar with some anticipation, together with Shikagami.

Perhaps others haven't realized it yet, but in Orochimaru's view, Shikane's experiment was a technological achievement that was almost equivalent to granting a ninja a bloodline limit.

He's done that kind of thing before!

The research into Wood Release bloodline limit was aimed at enabling Konoha to regain its Wood Release bloodline limit.

However, there are still significant differences between Danzo's research and his. Both Danzo and Danzo aimed for quick results, and in order to maximize the success rate of their experiments, they mostly chose members of the Senju clan.

But Lu Nie is not.

His research is more like stripping away a trait from a bloodline and then bestowing it upon a person. This transformation is gentler and less likely to be rejected. Similarly, the chances of success are higher.

Most importantly, Lu Nie has a wider range of candidates for its experiments and does not specifically require them to have the bloodline of a particular race.

Therefore, he was very interested in and supportive of Lu Nie's research. He hoped that the experiment would be successful, and at least that this technology, if Lu Nie did not hide it from him, would become his resource.

"Was the first phase successful?"

After a moment, seeing that Anko's distorted face gradually returned to normal, Orochimaru looked at the data displayed on the instrument.

Without needing Shinobu's reply, Orochimaru had already analyzed the data he had glimpsed and determined whether it was a success or not.

"Yes, the first phase was a success." Lu Nie also breathed a sigh of relief.

The first stage involves fully digesting the previous medication. Under its influence, Red Bean's body undergoes adjustments and improvements to achieve a balance with the external nutrient solution containing Wood Release bloodline limit power. Red Bean is then experimentally allowed to receive a portion of the nutrient solution's power to see if any rejection reaction occurs.

If problems arise at this stage, the experiment needs to be temporarily suspended. The red bean's condition should then be stabilized, and its health should be analyzed, compared with the experimental data, and the cause of the problem identified. After resolving the issue and making adjustments, the first stage process should be repeated.

This will take some time.

If everything goes smoothly in the first stage, with good drug absorption and the red beans showing good vital signs, then we can proceed to the second stage.

The second stage involves a comprehensive and subtle transformation of the body. This is a cellular-level medical technology.

The canister and the lid engraved with sealing runes form a medical chamber and a final line of defense.

The medical pod is controlled by Nonou Yakushi. During Tsunade's absence from the village, Nonou was one of the village's top medical ninjas. She also receives a salary from the technology development department.

At this moment, Yakushi Nonou was wearing a heavy metal helmet made of many jars connected to the jars, and was in the corner taking care of solving problems related to medical ninjutsu.

However, in Lu Nie's test, once the second stage is reached, external influences and assistance become negligible; at most, they can only handle the aftermath.

The second stage is Hongdou's own battlefield. If she can endure the pain, and her body does not reject the new power, and her body begins to transform, the only factor affecting her final success will be whether Hongdou can persevere.

Compared to the first phase, this is a relatively long waiting process.

As for the third stage?

That was the recovery and observation phase.

This stage mainly involves testing Hongdou's body to see if the new energy will cause any side effects, and to what extent it will have an effect and whether it will be stable.

Everyone present was very patient.

Their main bodies are here conducting experiments, but that doesn't stop them from creating shadow clones to do other work. Even Pharmacist Nonou created a clone to oversee the medical department.

Only Shisui did not create a shadow clone at the scene.

The second phase lasted for three days and three nights, with Lu Nie and his team changing shifts several times. Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, Hongdou's consciousness began to activate under the monitoring of the instruments, and she began to regain control of her body.

Bang bang bang!

Upon waking up and opening her eyes, Hongdou realized she was still soaking in the nutrient solution and instinctively began to struggle. She clenched her fair hands into fists and pounded on the glass wall.

The piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire laboratory, startling even Lu Nie, who was on night duty.

(End of this chapter)