Naruto: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

Zhen nodded slightly, slowly adjusted his posture, and then pushed off with his feet, his figure turning into a swift shadow in the wind and snow, rushing straight towards the artificial rock formation covered with thick snow in the distance of the training field, his right arm outstretched.

The crimson, scorching Rasengan in his palm emitted an increasingly violent buzzing sound, as if he were holding a shrunken sun in his hand and pressing it hard against the cold mountain rock!

The moment of contact—

boom!!!!

A deafening explosion shattered the silence of the training ground, and a terrifying burst of light, a mixture of blazing white and crimson, suddenly erupted, instantly engulfing the area!

A massive fireball expanded, and the high-temperature shockwave spread out in a ring-like, overwhelming manner, instantly evaporating and clearing away the snow within a radius of tens of meters, revealing the scorched ground. Even the trees in the distance were violently shaken by the shockwave, and the snow on their branches and leaves fell in a flurry.

The raging fire-style chakra combined perfectly with the tearing power of the Rasengan itself, unleashing astonishing destructive force.

The artificial rock formations crumbled, melted, and vaporized in the light, turning into scattered lava fragments and dust filling the sky!

Such power!?

Even with the Ape Demon King's extensive knowledge and confidence in his "indestructible" body, upon witnessing this scene, he couldn't help but swallow hard, his Adam's apple bobbing.

It knew very well that even if it could tough it out, it would not be a pleasant experience.

The blinding light and billowing dust gradually dissipated.

The Ape Demon King's golden pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression changed.

It instantly ignored the area of ​​the artificial hill that had been completely destroyed and still bore traces of high temperature and melting, its gaze fixed on the boy near the point of the explosion.

Shinichi's right arm hung limply, trembling slightly uncontrollably.

The sleeves from the palms to the forearms had long since turned to ash, and the exposed skin was a mess—charred, cracked, and covered with terrible bloodstains, with the bone almost visible in the deepest places.

Most horrifyingly, those wounds were not simply burns; the flesh seemed to be torn and scorched from the inside by some violent force, and was even emitting eerie blue smoke and heat, with a peculiar fishy smell of burnt flesh and excessively burned chakra permeating the air.

"Kid!"

The Ape Demon King let out a low roar, and its massive body instantly appeared beside Shinichi.

It quickly swept across Shinichi's right arm, and his brows immediately furrowed tightly.

This injury... is not a simple high-temperature burn or blast injury. The skin and flesh are in a bizarre state, as if they were violently torn apart from the inside and instantly burned by extreme high temperature. The residual chakra fluctuations are extremely violent and chaotic, and are even continuing to erode the surrounding intact tissues.

If it were an ordinary ninja, that arm would probably be ruined on the spot, and it could even be life-threatening.

It was only because this kid's physique was far superior to that of ordinary people, and his muscles and bones were incredibly strong, that he was able to barely preserve the integrity of his arm's structure. However, the continuously deteriorating injury still made the Ape Demon King feel extremely troubled.

"Senior, when developing new techniques, it's inevitable to get injured a little." Shinichi's face was pale, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat, but he still managed to force a smile.

He has various attribute bonuses, his physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary people, and now he has the added healing attribute "Endless Life" as a backup, along with the highly efficient energy intake and conversion ability brought by "Big Eater".

He figured that although the injury was troublesome, with his recovery ability, he should be able to recover to about 70-80% in ten days or half a month if he ate and drank well.

"You can still laugh even in this condition!" The Monkey King glared at him, his tone stern, but his concern was obvious: "This injury is serious, don't push yourself! I'll notify Hiruzen immediately!"

Without further delay, it swiftly employed some kind of emergency communication technique with the Third Hokage.

The news reached the Hokage's office at top speed. When the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, learned that Shinichi had been seriously injured while developing a new technique, and that even the Monkey King was finding it troublesome, he immediately put aside all his affairs and personally issued a series of orders.

Shinichi was rushed to Konoha Hospital and immediately admitted to the highest-level emergency ward.

A consultation team composed of several senior medical ninjas rushed to the scene after hearing the news. However, when they saw the injury on Shinichi's right arm and tried to treat it with conventional and even advanced medical ninjutsu, they all looked solemn.

The complexity of the injury far exceeded expectations. The remaining violent energy, which combined highly condensed fire-attribute chakra with the tearing properties of the Rasengan, was like the most stubborn toxin, constantly destroying the new tissue. They could only barely manage to stabilize Shinichi's injury and prevent it from deteriorating further.

Seeing that even the hospital's top team was helpless and there was no sign of improvement, the Third Hokage immediately summoned one of his most trusted ANBU members and personally gave him instructions.

Thus, on that snowy afternoon, the Anbu knocked on Tsunade's door.

Inside a special ward at Konoha Hospital.

Although on her way there, Tsunade had forced herself to do all sorts of mental preparation, repeatedly telling herself that this was just an injured person who needed treatment.

But when she saw the boy's shocking right arm on the hospital bed under the bright lights of the ward, the familiar dizziness and fear still surged up her spine like a cold, venomous snake.

The faint smell of blood and burnt odor mixed with the smell of disinfectant caused her stomach to convulse violently, her face turned pale instantly, and she even took two steps back uncontrollably.

She clenched her teeth tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms, using the stinging pain to force herself to stay rooted to the spot.

After a few breaths, she took a deep breath, and when she looked up again, her face was covered with an icy indifference and mockery, as if her previous loss of composure had never happened.

"Hey, isn't this our promising successor to the 'Will of Fire,' the great genius Shinichi Higashino?"

She crossed her arms, her voice deliberately drawn out with sarcasm: "What, you've turned yourself into this state through training? Looks like determination alone isn't enough; you also need a matching brain. In the end, don't you still need someone like me, someone you look down on and who talks such discouraging things, to save you?"

Faced with this obvious sarcasm, Shinichi, lying on his sickbed, merely smiled palely, his tone as calm as ever, as if the fierce conflict at the barbecue restaurant a few days ago had never happened: "Thank you for your trouble, Lady Tsunade."

His frank, even somewhat apologetic, attitude was like punching cotton, leaving Tsunade with more sarcasm she had prepared stuck in her throat.

She snorted coldly, said no more, and walked straight to the bedside.

She forced herself to focus entirely on her arm itself, rather than on the psychological associations of blood and trauma.

She reached out and placed her hand on Shinichi's right arm. A bright green medical chakra light shone from her fingertips, like the most precise scanner, and began to carefully examine the inside of the wound.

The more she investigated, the more Tsunade frowned.

The complexity and stubbornness of the injuries exceeded her expectations. The remaining raging fire attribute chakra was intertwined with a strange spiral tearing force, continuously destroying her life force.

At the same time, she also clearly sensed that the boy had extremely strong physical abilities and an unusually vigorous life force within him that was autonomously resisting this destruction. This was probably why he could still remain conscious and even laugh.

"Bear with it!"

She said coldly, and then began the actual treatment.