Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

Nana didn't use any anesthetics or similar substances, but rather used her mental abilities to hypnotize people.

Anesthesia doesn't do much good for the body.

Solving the problem of fishing lights wasn't difficult for Qiye, but it was rather troublesome.

It's unclear what kind of fish's genes caused the fish's body to be so severely assimilated.

Or perhaps it's more like devouring?

Sometimes, Qiye feels that this world is really joking about genes and such.

For example, Madara Uchiha bit off a piece of flesh from Hashirama Senju and pressed it onto his own wound, and as a result, he became Hashirama's son, since he carried Hashirama's genes...

Well, Qiye doesn't know the specifics, but he always felt that this world is quite magical, and anything can happen.

For example, Kaguya's origins are unknown, and she may be an alien; for example, toads, slugs, snakes, and the like can talk; for example, a person's soul can be summoned after death; for example, a seven-year-old girl can stir up trouble.

Well, she should be eight years old now, since it's been sixty-one years since Konoha was founded, and she's grown another year older.

But this is not the time to discuss these things.

The surgery performed by Shichiya was not simply about removing the assimilated genes.

In reality, this is very difficult to do. What Qiye can do is restore her to her original state without damaging the fishing fire.

Ultimately, it's just a matter of appearance. As long as there are no negative changes in appearance, that's fine.

Such surgery is very complicated.

Qi Ye was unusually patient, and it took her several days, working on it intermittently, to finish it.

The fishing lights will no longer turn into the shape of fish, but the abilities related to fish will remain.

For example, the ability to breathe underwater.

In this respect, Nanaya did a much better job than Orochimaru.

He was even considering adding genes from other animals to Yuhuo.

If we combine the underwater breathing ability of fish with the running ability of cheetahs and the flying ability of birds, we might be able to create a superhuman.

But thinking about it, I decided against it.

In that case, Yu Huo would no longer be a human being.

"Yes, it's fine as it is now."

Looking at Yuhuo, whose body was no longer wrapped in bandages, Qiye nodded in satisfaction.

Yu Huo simply stared at his reflection in the mirror, speechless for a long time.

After a while, she suddenly squatted down, hugged herself, and burst into tears.

A teenage girl was transformed into a monster and then bullied, scorned, and ridiculed by the other villagers.

Although he seemed indifferent on the surface, deep down he felt a profound sadness and grievance.

But now, it's back to normal, no longer a monster. Although it's still a bit different from ordinary people, it's better than before, isn't it?

"Alright, alright, stop crying. In short, from now on, you'll be in charge of doing the laundry, cooking, serving tea and water, making the bed, and folding the blankets. I'm going to the island to do some research; I'll be staying here for a while."

When it comes to research, there's no time to cook or boil water, so I leave that to Yuhuo.

After saying that, Shichiya left the hospital ship and went to the island.

I've seen quite a few huge animals these past few days. They're no different from ordinary animals, just huge in size. They're not supernatural creatures.

The island isn't very big, but it has a volcano in the middle, and it's an active volcano that could erupt at any time.

There seems to be something else inside the crater.

However, Shichiya did not go to check or capture those animals for research.

The first place we went to was that abandoned house.

Perhaps we can find some valuable clues in there.

"Something feels off."

Walking on the island's roads, Qiye felt uneasy all over, as if someone was watching him.

But upon closer inspection, and after several mental scans, no unusual findings were discovered.

"illusion?"

Seven Nights Bites His Nails.

After thinking about it for a while but not being able to come up with a solution, I finally had to give up and move on.

But after walking only a few steps, he was suddenly startled and quickly stopped.

Its red right eye stared in amazement at a large tree in front of it.

To be precise, it was looking at the girl standing there leaning against the tree trunk.

Yes, a girl.

A girl who doesn't exist in my perception, but I can see her with my own eyes.

"What's going on? Is this a ghost?"

Qi Ye was a little confused.

The eyes couldn't see anything, so he used his mental power again to carefully scan the area.

This time is different from before; I can feel it.

It wasn't that I sensed a person, but rather that I sensed fluctuations in mental energy.

It was a faint spiritual force, as if it could disappear at any moment.

The girl in front of me is merely a spiritual being, or rather, a soul.

Spirit and soul are actually slightly different.

To be precise, spiritual power is just one manifestation of the soul, but the two are closely related.

As for a soul, that means...

"Are you a ghost?"

Qi Ye opened her eyes wide.

It wasn't fear, but excitement.

I haven't been this excited in a long time; a bright smile even appeared on my face.

"Oh my, this is definitely worth studying!"

Qi Ye had never actually seen a ghost before, and now he'd encountered one in broad daylight—this was practically free research material delivered to his doorstep.

Chapter 107: The Soul

On the island.

A young girl and a boy of seventeen or eighteen were walking on the road.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, creating dappled patterns. Every now and then, a gentle breeze would blow, stirring up the dense foliage and the layers of fallen leaves that had carpeted the ground.

Afternoon is a season when it's easy to feel sleepy.

It's not summer yet; it will be even easier to feel sleepy when summer comes.

If it were truly summer, Nanaya would definitely hide in the shrine, stay motionless with the fan blowing, and sleep for a whole day.

Of course, saying "sleep" might not be entirely accurate.

Anyway, he just doesn't know how to exercise.

But now, he has a rare burst of enthusiasm.

A spirit body—that's a very rare thing; it's a legendary ghost.

Although few people would believe that someone could encounter a ghost in broad daylight, Qi Ye was certain that she was a ghost.

"Hey, what's your name? Nie Xiaoqian?"

Qi Ye followed the girl forward, not caring where they were going.

Anyway, a mere soul doesn't have the ability to harm him, so he's not worried at all.

His attention was completely focused on the girl, wanting to know how she came to be such a "ghost".

This was the first time he had encountered such a soul entity, both before and after his transmigration.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes. But if you really are Nie Xiaoqian, then from now on I'll be called Ning Caichen!"

"..."

He still didn't say anything.

He didn't even glance at Qiye, as if Qiye didn't exist at all.

"Hello..."

Qi Ye raised his hand and waved it in front of the girl.

Still no response.

He stopped, biting his nails as he thought.

Although it is a soul, something seems a little off.

It's important to know that even souls can speak and communicate using mental energy.

But why isn't this girl reacting?

"It seems that Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian are just legends after all!"

Or perhaps, he was never destined to be Ning Caichen?

Seven Nights was still pondering.

Seemingly noticing that he had stopped, the girl in front of him also stopped.

She turned around, didn't say anything, and just stared at him.