The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

The situation is very tricky, and judging from the charred and damaged layer on the Root's corpse, Hongzhi is certain that this guy's memories have been extracted by the Dark Side or Root, but it seems that there will be no results.

Hongzhi used a sealing technique to seal it in a scroll. Although the time was not very long, it should not have been enough to extract its memories.

Extracting memories from the dead is quite difficult; even in Konoha, the initial body needs to undergo special processing to achieve this.

Now, not only is the root of this being sealed by a sealing technique, but it also had close contact with a fire jutsu in the end. Under these circumstances, the cells that were already dead were directly damaged, so naturally there is no way to extract the memories.

To put it bluntly, memories are stored by brain cells. If the cells are practically cooked, how could memories be retrieved?

Moreover, this person was a Root ninja, bound by Danzo's tongue curse, which would directly destroy his brain cells upon death, thus preventing others from stealing clues about Root.

If this person isn't a Root ninja, Hongzhi's plan will have a slight flaw. If that ninja isn't strong enough to completely cook the scapegoat, then once the memories are extracted, Hongzhi will need to run away.

However, there are no "what ifs." Hongzhi initially chose to join the Root as a ninja, naturally taking this into account.

However, although he allowed this Root member to serve as a spy for Kumogakure for a period of time, Koji was about to clear his name.

There are many medical ninjas who can see the wounds caused by using chakra scalpels. If others can see them, wouldn't it directly prove that there is something wrong with him if Hongzhi couldn't see them?

However, unless the Shadow Clone Technique is dispelled, Konoha will most likely only send the Anbu and Root to pursue the escaped Kumogakure spy, rather than suspecting Konoha itself.

Hongzhi carefully examined the Root member's corpse. Of course, he could have given a direct conclusion, but even the most elite medical ninja couldn't draw a conclusion with just a glance. Of course, if the medical ninja had the Byakugan, that would be a different story.

Hiroji turned Root's body over and stopped what he was doing. Upon seeing this, both the Anbu and Root members couldn't help but look over.

They only wanted one conclusion, otherwise they wouldn't have sent the body of the Cloud Village spy here.

"How is the situation?"

The guy spoke up and was clearly from the ANBU, and judging from the way the ANBU members around him looked, he was definitely the captain of this ANBU squad.

"I regret to inform you that the corpse is likely not a spy from Kumogakure..."

Hongzhi looked at the Dark Army captain and spoke with some helplessness. According to the people in Konoha, his teammates were all killed by spies from Kumogakure. Now that he suddenly discovered that this person was not a spy from Kumogakure, his mood was naturally not very good.

"What do you mean?"

The Dark Army captain was a little curious. If this guy wasn't a spy from the Hidden Cloud Village, then where were the spies from the Hidden Cloud Village now?

"Although it looks like he was killed by a fire-style attack, such burns are not fatal. At most, he'll be covered in bandages afterward, provided he was alive before the burns..."

After Hongzhi finished speaking, the surrounding members of the Dark Division and Root Division looked at each other in bewilderment. Of course, they couldn't see eye to eye; instead, they looked at each other's own people.

"The real fatal wound was on his back, right here. And the wound looked like it was caused by a chakra scalpel, which is often used by medical ninjas. It was a fatal blow that severed his heart meridian. The precision of such a chakra scalpel is even more terrifying than mine. And the location of the wound basically rules out the possibility of suicide."

Hongzhi explained in a serious tone, and the previously confused Anbu and Root members began to understand. Even if the spies from Kumogakure wanted to commit suicide, they wouldn't approach it from this angle, as that would violate the body's natural processes.

"That's roughly the situation, and I'm certain that the wound caused by the chakra scalpel occurred before the burn."

After saying this, Hongzhi prepared to leave. Medical ninjas are responsible for examining injuries, and now that the mission is complete, there is no need for them to stay any longer.

After Hongzhi left, the captain of the dark unit touched the spot that Hongzhi had just pointed out. He barely used any force, but he saw that a crooked and twisted wound had appeared in that spot.

Upon seeing this, the Dark Division Captain said nothing. Chakra scalpel wounds are usually straight, but considering the treatment this guy received from being burned, such a wound was perfectly normal.

But this is not good news for the Anbu, since this person is not a spy from Kumogakure.

That would prove that the spies from Kumogakure are still at large, and may even be hiding somewhere in Konoha.

Of course, the most likely scenario is that he took advantage of the chaos caused by this incident to calmly leave Konoha and embark on the road back to Kumogakure.

Moreover, with such an unparalleled record, he assassinated Danzo, a high-ranking official of Konoha, and destroyed his right eye and right arm. Such a feat is enough to make him famous in Kumogakure.

If this gets out, the spy will go from being completely unknown to becoming a highly skilled ninja that everyone talks about.

Konoha and Danzo will inevitably become mere background figures.

Chapter 23 Reverse Chakra

"You mean the spies from Kumogakure infiltrated Konoha for a year, attacked Danzo, and then escaped unscathed?"

Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the Anbu members in disbelief. Although he had felt a bit bewildered when he first heard the news of Danzo's attack.

I can't quite describe how happy I was, but I wasn't particularly sad either.

But upon receiving the report from the Anbu, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt nothing but anger. If he were to escape like this, what would the other ninja villages think of Konoha?

Will the number of requests from the surrounding area decrease because of this? Don't underestimate the fact that it's just a Kumogakure spy who escaped; the impact of this incident could be quite serious.

This also demonstrates Konoha's strength. Although the assassination attempt on a high-ranking village official failed to kill him, it successfully crippled him by half, and he was even able to escape calmly from Konoha's encirclement.

If this were to get out, the focus of the ninja world's discussion would definitely not be how terrifying the spies from Kumogakure were; no one would talk about an unknown figure.

The focus of the discussion will definitely be on how useless Konoha is. Putting aside everything else, after this incident, other ninja villages will definitely increase their probing of Konoha.

If anything goes wrong during this process, ambitious individuals might set their sights on Konoha, potentially leading to the outbreak of war.

"Based on the injury examination provided by Konoha Hospital, it can be confirmed that the person is definitely not a spy from Kumogakure, but most likely a Kumogakure spy disguised as a Root member."

The Dark Division leader's report continued to come in. Although the identity of the deceased had not yet been verified, the only missing members were those from the Root Division.

"Send the Anbu to search along the route from Konoha to Kumogakure and see if we can find the Kumogakure spy before crossing the border."

Having once again received affirmation from the Anbu, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately issued an order: since the deed has already been done, the best course of action is not to complain, but to find a way to minimize the damage.

If the spy from Kumogakure can be killed or captured within the Land of Fire, the impact of this incident will be minimized.

Even approaching zero, but unfortunately Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan was destined to fail. The Kumogakure spy he had been longing for was now openly sitting in the training room, studying the technique of healing and regeneration.

Kudo Yuya was 100% supportive of Hiroji. In this small training room, there were not only scrolls of the Resurrection Technique, but also development notes on this group medical ninjutsu, as well as various books that might be related to the Resurrection Technique.

These things would definitely enable Hongzhi to learn and understand the art of healing and regeneration in the shortest possible time, and then to develop it to a certain extent.

As he carefully read the records about the development of the Healing and Regeneration Technique, Hiroji discovered something quite interesting: although the Healing and Regeneration Technique is a medical ninjutsu, the most important aspect is not the Healing Palm Technique, but rather the construction of the technique and the precise manipulation of chakra.

The existence of the technique allows the healing chakra generated by the Palm Healing Technique to transform into a chakra with special functions, which, according to Hongzhi's understanding, can be called reverse differentiation chakra.

This reverse differentiation chakra transforms the original cells into stem cells, and then accelerates their differentiation through the counter-effect of the technique, until finally embedding them in the wound.

Because the cells are transformed from your own body's cells, there is no rejection reaction. In the end, you just need to use the Palm Healing Technique to fuse the two together. No, it can't be called fusion. If you have to say, it's just simple healing.

The key part is the technique required for reverse chakra transformation.

Focus your attention on the very front of the scroll, where the entire technique is constructed. What Hongzhi needs to do is dissect this part of the technique and understand the chakra circulation within it.

Techniques are actually a way of utilizing chakra. Don't be fooled by the fact that some techniques look like scribbles; they can have special effects after being infused with chakra, which is quite absurd.

Hongzhi didn't know the exact origin of the technique, but the most terrifying users of the technique must be the Uzumaki clan. Their most famous technique was their sealing technique, which could seal anyone they didn't like.

This is simply outrageous, which means that sealing techniques are helpful to current research. Conversely, if these techniques are understood, they may be used to enhance sealing techniques.

However, this is very difficult. Everything is difficult at the beginning. This requires not only understanding, but also a lot of experimentation.

Even in Konoha, there is no so-called complete book of techniques that records the function of each technique. Of course, most ninjas can use techniques, such as sealing techniques and summoning techniques, but if you ask them what the function of a technique is...

That's like asking someone a question and they know nothing. For example, the hand seals for the clone technique. Everyone knows which seals are used, but if you ask them to explain why this method can create a clone, they'll be completely clueless.

That's definitely inexplicable.

Hongzhi was quite quick in his experiments on the technique of healing and regeneration, since Konoha Hospital had one type of experimental material that was not lacking: unlucky fish.

The best way to understand the specific effects of each technique is to conduct experiments and study them one by one.

For the next few days, Hiroji was busy at Konoha Hospital, and he didn't even go to his dilapidated house for a long time.

Of course, since Kudo Yuuya only agreed to the evening, Hiroji still needed to perform some surgeries during the day. However, these were not a problem for Hiroji at all, and he could even accumulate experience in the process.

During the surgeries over the past few days, Kudo Yuya discovered something that shocked her: Hiroji's use of the chakra scalpel had become increasingly precise.

This made Kudo Yuya even more aware of Hiroji's genius. Of course, this was just because Hiroji had deliberately hidden his chakra scalpel skills before, since the previous plan to deal with Danzo might require the use of the chakra scalpel.

Therefore, Hongzhi must be careful. If he displays an extremely high level of chakra scalpel skill, he might arouse suspicion after Danzo's assassination.

For example, in the case of the death of that Root member, Hiroji's movements that day were in contact with him for a period of time, but Hiroji was not suspected.

Although it's unclear whether the Anbu and Root didn't think of this, even if they did, Kudo Yuya and the other medical ninjas could confirm that the chakra scalpels used by Hiroji at that time were definitely not at that level.

In that case, Hongzhi would be safe in Konoha. Even if he became incredibly skilled with the chakra scalpel in the future, that would be a matter for later, not before Danzo's assassination.

Chapter 24 I succeeded, but I also failed.

Given the talent that Hiroji has shown so far, it's quite normal for his chakra scalpel skills to improve.

I just hadn't noticed it before. After seeing even more advanced techniques, I naturally wanted to work harder.

This is a reasonable explanation; even Hongzhi himself couldn't find anything wrong with it.

The Dark Side and Root were also forced to accept this fact. If it were before, Hiroji would have worried that Danzo might suddenly pull some crazy moves.

But now it seems impossible. It's not that Danzo's Root organization doesn't have the ability, but rather that Koji wouldn't even consider the members of Root organization a threat now.

Hongzhi's current strength is roughly at the level of a near-Kage, which is slightly above that of an elite Jonin. Excluding Kakashi and Might Guy, there's nothing in Konoha that he needs to worry about too much.

Of course, if Kakashi didn't use Kamui at this moment, he should be able to win the fight, but Might Guy wouldn't be able to.

The two types of enemies that Hiroji was most worried about were those who used illusion magic and those who relied solely on physical combat skills.

Since there are basically no strong individuals on Konoha's side, it's quite easy for them to understand basic genjutsu.

The essence of illusion is to influence the flow of chakra, thereby creating illusions in people.

For Hongzhi, dealing with this situation is relatively simple. He only needs to reserve a portion of chakra in a certain area of ​​his body. Once he discovers that the chakra flow has been altered, he can simply use the Palm Healing Technique.

The disordered chakra flow will then be broken, and eventually it will return to normal.

This usage originated from a veteran spy who had already infiltrated Konoha, and it was always Kabuto Yakushi.

Hongzhi was initially puzzled as to why no one noticed or could find any flaws when Yakushi Kabuto appeared in Konoha.

However, after discovering the training room at Konoha Hospital, I understood a lot.

Orochimaru's partner was Danzo, and Danzo was affiliated with Root. So, if we say that Kabuto Yakushi was originally a ninja trained by Root, then basically no one would doubt it.

Moreover, Kabuto Yakushi's identity isn't a big problem; he's from the Konoha Orphanage, which saves a lot of trouble.

Moreover, the person registered with the identity is only a low-ranking ninja, which would generally not attract the attention of higher-ups.

After all, not all genin can make it into the Golden Generation.

I don't know what the previous clan leader was thinking, agreeing on a time to carry on the important matter of procreation.

The Golden Generation is very strong, but they still have a year before graduation. Just a few days ago, Hongzhi heard the news that the Third Class had been formed.

In other words, among the twelve main characters, he has the most impressive entrance.