The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

First there was Hyuga Neji, who dominated the entire generation; then there was the Eight Gates technique, which brutally beat the future Kazekage; even the most prestigious Uchiha Sasuke was kicked away without any mercy.

As for Tenten in the middle, she wields her ninja tools with dazzling skill. Although she is not very strong, she is at least extremely entertaining.

When the three of them appeared, they basically created a formidable opponent. However, their final fates were quite tragic: one was banned, one died, and the other eventually successfully transitioned into a businessman.

This is absolutely outrageous.

Their teacher was Might Guy, a guy that Hiroji was somewhat wary of. As long as Kakashi prevented him from unleashing his Kamui, he could barely manage to deal with him.

As for Might Guy, even without using the Eight Gates, he is still an elite Jonin. If he does use the Eight Gates, his strength will leap forward.

Especially during the Eight Gates, if a single kick hits, it could kill even those who have obtained the power of the Six Paths.

Hongzhi didn't want to get involved with him. What if they actually fought and he got kicked to death?

The Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is getting old, and whether he can maintain his Kage-level strength is a serious question, but Hongzhi doesn't want to test this.

It's best to stick to the status quo and maintain stability. The new goals have been clearly defined, and initial results have already been achieved.

[The Art of Healing and Regeneration (Revised); 18%]

After half a month of research, Hongzhi successfully developed a regeneration technique that could be used by a single person. He not only integrated all the techniques but also greatly reduced the amount of chakra consumed.

However, it is still very difficult to complete such a medical ninjutsu, since it originally required eight medical ninjas to take turns working in shifts.

Now that it has become a medical ninjutsu that can be performed by one person, even though the total amount of chakra required has been reduced, it is still not something an ordinary person can sustain.

Even if Hongzhi's chakra recovered quickly, he couldn't do it; in fact, he couldn't even last half of it.

It can only last for a third of the time at most. The new version of the Resurrection Technique consumes less chakra and the number of cells that can differentiate has also increased. Although it cannot regenerate eyeballs or anything like that, it can still regenerate some basic bones and muscles.

Moreover, with the breakthrough of limits, perhaps after breaking through a certain limit, it will be possible to do something similar to Naruto restoring Kakashi's eyes later on.

But that would require a massive amount of chakra, which Hongzhi probably couldn't afford. However, Tsunade's sealing technique might be worth trying, as storing a massive amount of chakra might allow him to perform such an operation in the future.

Then a new question arises: how to increase chakra levels?

Seal a tailed beast?

It's obviously impossible. While sealing a tailed beast might grant access to a massive amount of chakra, once the tailed beast is removed, it's a death sentence.

This is digging his own grave, and normal physical training is obviously unrealistic. Hongzhi's body is tempered with lightning chakra almost every day, but the increase in chakra is like a drop of water.

To reach the required level, it would take at least ten years, and after ten years, one might be directly hung on the sacred tree.

"Ah~"

Hongzhi sighed helplessly, then slumped into a chair. The goal had been achieved, but it had brought new problems, and the problem was quite serious.

The amount of chakra is a major weakness; it's extremely difficult to accumulate it in a short period of time.

If Hashirama's cells could be transplanted directly, the amount of chakra would definitely be sufficient. However, the problem now is that the Regeneration Technique was developed specifically for transplanting Hashirama's cells.

"Improving a medical ninjutsu is very difficult. If it's really impossible, just give up!"

It was already late at night, and Kudo Yuya, who had only come over casually, couldn't help but offer a word of comfort after hearing Hiroji's voice.

For the past two weeks, Hiroji has been staying in the scheduling room of Konoha Hospital every day, which makes her feel a little sorry for him.

"I succeeded, but I also failed!"

Upon seeing Kudo Yuya arrive, Hiroji spoke somewhat dejectedly, and upon hearing this, Kudo Yuya subconsciously took a few steps back.

"What did you say?!"

Chapter 25 What's wrong with taking a few days off?

Inside the training room, Kudo Yuumi was looking at the brand-new scroll in front of her. As the director of Konoha Hospital, although she wasn't an expert in the techniques, she could still understand most of the contents.

But it was precisely because she could understand it that she felt it was somewhat unbelievable, and in the end she was even horrified and shocked, until she couldn't stop trembling when she finished reading.

"Is this what genius is?"

Setting down the scroll and looking at the spot where Hiroji had been sitting, Kudo Yuya was momentarily at a loss for words.

The perfect combination of techniques and the more precise control of chakra make this medical ninjutsu inherently difficult. If we had to categorize it according to the difficulty level of ninjutsu training, it would definitely be an S-rank medical ninjutsu.

The key issue is that no one can use this ninjutsu. Perhaps Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin, could do it, but where can we find that legendary master now?

"You developed this ninjutsu, but you can't learn it yourself?"

Closing the scroll, Kudo Yuya felt utterly exhausted; for a ninja, there was nothing more sorrowful than this.

She now even suspects that Hongzhi might become despondent as a result, or even go astray.

However, this scroll is still valuable. The part about saving chakra can be used for group regeneration techniques, and the latter part about cell differentiation can also be used.

Even so, the requirements for medical ninjas are still very high. In fact, the entire Konoha Hospital cannot find four. This means that whether it is the improved single-person regeneration technique or the comprehensive improvement of the regeneration technique in the above way, it is impossible to find four.

These are all just theoretical concepts. Perhaps in a few years or even decades, someone will succeed, and Konoha's medical standards will be further improved. But for a developer, this might be an even crueler thing.

"Hongzhi..."

Kudo Yuuya looked at the figures faintly visible outside the window and felt a sense of desolation.

In reality, the Hiroji that Kudo Yuya believed was not Hiroji. After successfully developing a solo version of the resurrection technique, Hiroji prepared to proceed to the next step.

Half a month has passed since Danzo's assassination. As before, the spies from Kumogakure have been forgotten by everyone. During these two weeks, they would secretly steal some nutrient solution and glass bottles every time surgery was performed.

These are all used to store the Sharingan in Danzo's arm. As for Danzo's arm, Koji plans to convert it entirely into Hashirama stem cells.

The chakra required for the regeneration technique was indeed beyond what Hongzhi could supply, but if it was only the first part, it was still quite easy to do.

Only after obtaining interstitial stem cells can we conduct extensive experiments to verify how to reduce their side effects; this is something that must be put on the agenda.

The cabin's basement storage room was small, but it was lit by candlelight.

By candlelight, Hongzhi took out a large cauldron filled with liquid, which was not red but pale green.

This contains a nutrient solution, and within that nutrient solution is Danzo's right arm.

Although the Sharingan above wasn't rotating, it was still somewhat terrifying. Of course, the most terrifying thing was that Koji used a chakra scalpel to cut off each Sharingan along with its optic nerve in the candlelight, and then put them one by one into glass bottles filled with nutrient solution.

The nutrient solution in the bottle was specially formulated by Hongzhi, which is better at maintaining the activity of the Sharingan than the original nutrient solution.

It took Hongzhi until dawn to process all the Sharingan. Apart from Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan, there were a total of eleven Sharingan, all of which had three tomoe.

These certainly wouldn't be Danzo's entire collection. During this time, Danzo has returned to the Anbu, and his right eye may even have been transplanted with the Sharingan again. As for his right arm, there's probably no way to get it back unless he collaborates with Orochimaru again.

After preserving Uchiha Shisui's right eye separately, Koji felt somewhat tired, but still activated the right arm to deal with Danzo.

After about ten minutes of experimentation, Hongzhi realized that one finger could yield approximately one stem cell from the interstitial stem cells.

Having gained experience, Koji directly used the Chakra Scalpel to divide Danzo's right arm into eighty parts, and then silently repeated the same action.

Fortunately, the property gained after breaking the limit of chakra refinement is recovery, which is why Hongzhi was able to complete this task before dark.

After sealing Uchiha Shisui's right eye and most of Hashirama's stem cells in one scroll, and the rest in another, Koji began to clean up the traces in the storage room.

This cleanup was a bit hasty, but it's not a big problem.

When he left Konoha Hospital, he deliberately took some fish to use as experimental subjects. Even if traces inside the storage room were discovered, no one would suspect that he had come here.

After completing all the operations, Hiroji lay on the bed, looking at the results of the day and night. The process of transforming Danzo's right arm into Hashirama stem cells was part of the healing and regeneration technique.

Therefore, proficiency is naturally added to this aspect.

[Healing and Regeneration Technique; Limit Break +1 (19%), Control +1]

The resulting characteristics are still controlled, and this control is more effective when stem cells redifferentiate.

In fact, what Hongzhi wanted most was a feature that would reduce the amount of chakra required, but unfortunately it didn't appear. However, there is still a possibility of improving the regeneration technique.

Of course, it's not about the technique itself, but about the chakra used. If Yang-attribute chakra were used instead of the Palm Healing Technique chakra, there might be different results.

However, the Yang attribute chakra is still quite troublesome. Hongzhi does have it, since the essence of Yang attribute is life energy, which every living being has. But the problem is that he can't use it, so it's as if he doesn't have it.

Hongzhi closed his eyes, ready to rest.

Meanwhile, inside Konoha Hospital, although it was already night, the lights were still on. They were all exhausted because Hiroji hadn't arrived that day.

But at this moment, everyone was looking solemnly at the scroll placed in the center of the training room.

"Is this the result of Hongzhi's half-month research?"

The medical ninja, who was capable of performing regeneration techniques, asked with a slight tremor, "Others may not be able to understand it all, but how could those medical ninjas who are capable of performing regeneration techniques not understand it?"

"Yes, the results of half a month might take us decades to study..."

Kudo Yuya's calm voice rang out, and all the medical ninjas around silently lowered their heads. They had been complaining about Hiroji not coming all day, but after seeing this scroll, they could only shut up.

Half a month's work is equivalent to decades' worth of achievements, so what's wrong with taking a few days off?

Chapter 26 Special Patients

It was already the third day when Hongzhi arrived at Konoha Hospital. He had been busy for a day and a night and then slept for another day and a night.

When we got hungry, the fish that we had originally intended to use to fool people was turned into fish soup. It tasted pretty good, but it felt a little strange.

Upon entering Konoha Hospital again, Hiroji clearly sensed a distinct sense of awe in the eyes of the people there when they looked at him.

Hiroji didn't particularly care about this. Kudo Yuya didn't say anything when she saw Hiroji return. As before, Hiroji was assigned to treatment room number one.

After changing his clothes and entering treatment room number one, Hongzhi felt a little dizzy. After blinking, he noticed a patient sitting there.

He was more like a ninja than a patient, and among the twelve Konoha 11, he was basically at the top of the power rankings in the early stages.

The brief dazzle was due to this person's hairstyle; without a doubt, the person in front of me is Xiao Li.

In the early stages, the Eight Gates technique was used in an attempt to defy fate and change destiny, but it was immediately banned.

The ending hasn't been revealed yet. When he first used the Eight Gates, Neji Hyuga's first reaction upon hearing that this technique was meant to counter him was probably:

You probably want to kill me outright!

Of course, it could also be:

Brother, it's not that serious, it really isn't!

Hongzhi didn't know the specifics, but he was certain that Rock Lee had the same hairstyle as Might Guy less than a month after graduating from the Ninja Academy.

One can only say that the power of youth is truly somewhat bewitching.

"what's the situation?"