I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 651 The walls of the hospital have heard more prayers than the church.

Outside a makeshift ward in the Wood Release laboratory, Tatsuma frowned, pursed his lips, and pondered deeply with a solemn expression. Beside him, Might Guy stood with tears in his eyes.

The Fourth Hokage was so concerned about his father's condition that he used the village's most precious resources to treat him. Although he didn't know what the surgery would be like, Might Guy knew it must be very dangerous.

However, at this moment, Tatsuma was not thinking about Might Guy. He was only there in case of emergency. He was thinking about another issue: the bet on Indra.

Now that the village has stabilized, once the matter of Might Guy is resolved, he will only have routine clerical work left in the village. It's time to confront Madara Uchiha head-on.

Although he didn't think Madara could threaten him now, Tatsuma was still a little nervous, after all, no one knew how many trump cards that old guy had left.

Not only Madara Uchiha, but also Black Zetsu, whom even Tatsuma now doesn't know how to find and deal with.

But Tatsuma must seize this opportunity, because there is only a little time left in his gamble with Indra, and waiting until the Fourth Shinobi World War would be too long.

Moreover, Madara Uchiha was too powerful after being resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation and the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique. Besides, Madara Uchiha no longer had Indra's chakra in his body at that time. Who knows if this bet would still be valid?

After all, at that time, Indra and Asura had already started a new round of "gambling", placing their bets on the other's vessel.

Tatsuma found the way Indra, Ashura, and their vessels interacted very interesting. Tatsuma had made many guesses in the past, such as that the vessels of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were actually the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura.

Or perhaps, the growth and choices of the vessel are actually carried out under the intervention of Indra and Asura.

However, after meeting them once, he understood that the relationship between these two people and their host was not one of reincarnation or manipulation, but rather more like a bet.

After each struggle, the two who return to the Pure Land choose their next vessel, much like a horse race, with each person betting on their preferred horse and rider.

The horse is the vessel's talent, and the rider is the will. How fast the horse can run and how it reaches the finish line are determined by the quality of the horse and the rider's skill. As "gamblers," Indra and Asura can only judge and choose based on their eyesight.

As for why their carriers all exhibit characteristics similar to their own, perhaps it's their own confidence—they believe they are stronger, and therefore, those who resemble themselves are also strong.

Therefore, when they place their bets, they choose the person most similar to themselves as the vessel, so each reincarnation seems to follow the same old path.

Therefore, theoretically, from the moment Madara Uchiha truly died for the first time, the gamble between Indra and Ashura had already ended, and the resurrected Madara Uchiha had no further connection with Indra.

After all, Indra had already placed his bets on Sasuke.

Even if Tatsuma could defeat the resurrected Madara Uchiha, it wouldn't be considered a victory over Indra's vessel, since Indra's chakra was no longer contained within Madara Uchiha's soul.

Therefore, without the ability to use the power of the Dragon Vein or Orochimaru's summoning from other timelines, Tatsuma's only chance to defeat the "Indra vessel that is older than himself" is now.

Madara Uchiha has now pretty much finished explaining everything, and no one knows when he will die. Perhaps he will train Obito to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan and become his true successor, or perhaps...

One day, Madara Uchiha might accidentally drink an extra sip of water and choke to death.

After all, everything Madara Uchiha is doing now is a desperate gamble. He cannot fully predict the future, and accidents and risks are always accompanying Madara Uchiha's plans.

Madara Uchiha's resurrection plan was indeed full of surprises. With countless coincidences and corrections, Madara Uchiha barely managed to complete the resurrection plan. Moreover, during the final Eye of the Moon plan, there was still an uncorrectable accident.

Therefore, time is extremely limited for Tatsuma. If he misses this opportunity, he might have to risk offending the Sage of Six Paths and using the power of the Dragon Vein once again.

However, all sorts of emotions, frozen on his face, coincidentally moved Matt Kai to tears.

Inside the ward, Tsunade, Nono, and their medical team were carefully breaking the seal on Might Guy.

At this point, Might Guy only had his head and half a body left. Many of his internal organs had been removed, all in an effort to minimize the consumption of life-sustaining substances and slow down the depletion of the life force left by Tatsuma within him.

In just two days, the life force that Tatsuma left behind, which was enough to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded, had almost completely dissipated. Might Guy was completely unable to absorb this life force, which could only keep water flowing out of his "pond" so that it would not dry up completely.

Might Guy is not so much alive as he is unable to die. This kind of living is even worse than death. If Might Guy knew the truth, he might strongly oppose this treatment.

However, for Chenma, the opinions of the patient's family are not important, and even the patient's wishes are not important when necessary. Treating Mederd is never for Mederd's sake.

Rather than calling this a medical operation, it would be more accurate to say that Tatsuma was planning his next experiment and a scheme to amass wealth. Of course, this wealth was not material wealth, but rather spiritual wealth that would affect countless ninjas and ninja academy students.

Inside the operating room, everyone was still somewhat unable to bear looking at Might Guy in his current state. Even Tsunade silently turned her gaze away, looked at Orochimaru, and said, "Orochimaru, the rest is up to you."

Orochimaru was the only one in the operating room who didn't feel terrified. He even looked at Might Guy with interest and murmured, "So, to survive after having so much body tissue removed, life is really tough."

As he spoke, his hands did not stop working. With his operation, a nutrient tank was sent out from the wall device, and the nutrient solution inside was quickly extracted, revealing another complete Mighty.

"This technique, no matter how many times I see it, still makes me feel nauseous."

Tsunade looked terrible, and Nonou had sweat on her forehead. The rest of the medical team were deathly pale; this was no longer considered "medical."

The nutrient tank opened, and Orochimaru attached various patches to Might Guy's new body. Then he said to Tsunade and the others, "Come over here and monitor their vital signs and consciousness."

Tsunade nodded and led the group over, switching places with Orochimaru. All the vital signs of her new body were normal, except for the curve that monitored consciousness reactions, which was completely calm at this moment.

"Let's begin, the vital signs here are starting to decline."

Orochimaru glanced at the information about Might Guy's original body and knew that time was running out. He gathered cursed seal chakra in his hands and began to inscribe it on the original body and the new body. The dense, ominous-looking cursed seal formulas covered both bodies.

After finishing the drawing, Orochimaru formed hand seals and activated the technique.

"Ninja Art! Reincarnation of the Corpse!"

The curse seal began to writhe, as if something was being drawn from Might Guy's original body to his new body, or as if the new body was absorbing something from the original body.

Tsunade took a deep breath, suppressing the nausea, and focused her mind on the monitor screen. Her consciousness remained perfectly calm, without any fluctuations.

While casting his spell, Orochimaru kept glancing at Tsunade, but Tsunade's repeated shaking of her head made Orochimaru's expression turn somewhat serious.

The first time he used the Reincarnation Technique, and even with the modified version, he wasn't entirely confident. He could only resort to the last thing a researcher should use.

"God, I know I have never believed in you before, but if this experiment can succeed, then I will..."

Orochimaru silently prayed, when Tsunade suddenly exclaimed with delight, "It's reacting!"

"I will continue to deny your existence!"

Orochimaru shouted in his mind, instantly appearing beside Tsunade. He watched as Might Guy's new body's consciousness began to fluctuate slightly, the fluctuations growing stronger and stronger, getting closer and closer to the normal curve.

At this moment, the cursed seal stopped writhing and gradually dissipated. Orochimaru looked at the curves where the fluctuations gradually became regular, smiled, and said, "It seems that this operation was a success."

Consciousness transplantation! The art of immortality! It was accomplished by him.

He looked at Matt Dai's original body, a body where even the last signs of life had vanished, and said, "Do you want to take that body back for research? Or use it as teaching material to demonstrate the minimum requirements for sustaining life?"

Tsunade shook her head and waved her hand, saying, "No need."

"Then I'll take it. I never imagined that life could be so resilient."

"You're disgusting!"

Tsunade cursed, but Orochimaru remained unmoved, happily packing up Might Guy's original body and placing it into the sealing scroll.

The consciousness transplant is complete, so the next step is the controllable Wood Release transplant.

"Why is it that even though his consciousness fluctuations have reached the level of a normally conscious person, he still cannot wake up?"

"Nono asked in surprise," Tsunade replied, glancing at Might Guy's other vital signs, which appeared perfectly normal.

Orochimaru said nonchalantly, "Perhaps it's just a period of adjustment. After all, this body is different from his original body, which he has honed through countless trials. It's normal for it to feel unfamiliar. The curves should become even steeper."

As Orochimaru had said, the curve became steeper, and the dramatic ups and downs of the curve made Tsunade and the others a little nervous until the curve began to fall back down.

"Is this the Pure Land? It's so bright."

"Click~"

The operating room door opened, and Orochimaru nodded to Tatsuma, saying, "The surgery was a success."

Tatsuma smiled, looking at Might Guy who was already itching to rush into the operating room, and asked, "Are you awake?"

"Hmm? We can go in and see anytime. There's no need for quarantine or observation, since it's non-invasive."

"Kai, you can go in now."

Tatsuma patted Might Guy's head, and Orochimaru stepped aside to let Might Guy in. Orochimaru ignored the situation inside and said, "Once I finish my research on controllable Wood Release transplantation, you'll have to hand over the test subject to me."

Don't put it so harshly.

"Work with me to conduct further experiments and unveil the mysteries of intercolumnar cells and *Spirit Tree* cells."

"We can consider it, but we also need to ask the person involved for their opinion."

Tatsuma nodded. Now that Might Guy's surgery is complete, let's meet up, Mada.

(End of this chapter)