The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

Hiruzen Sarutobi remarked that the most capable assistant to the Hokage was undoubtedly the Anbu, but for the head of the Sarutobi clan, that was not necessarily the case.

The Sarutobi clan, as the second largest clan in Konoha after the Hyuga clan, possesses a number of ninjas that cannot be overturned by a single Root clan.

Moreover, there are so many clans in Konoha!

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly left the forest where the Root base was located. Not far from the forest, Hiruzen Sarutobi subconsciously looked at a dilapidated house to the side.

After lingering for a short while, Hiruzen Sarutobi left.

Just after Hiruzen Sarutobi left, the door of the house opened, and an ordinary villager slowly walked into the distance. Surprisingly, although he was an ordinary villager, his eyes had a sharpness that ordinary villagers did not possess.

In the Root Base, in a brand-new laboratory, Hiroji looked at the test tubes in front of him with anticipation in his eyes.

Experiments have shown that even with cell fusion, Hongzhi was unable to awaken his Sharingan immediately after fusing with Uchiha Sasuke's stem cells.

This was something Hongzhi had anticipated long ago; the fusion attribute attached to the Palm Healing Technique allowed Hongzhi's cells to fuse with Hashirama's stem cells.

Of course, it is also possible to fuse Hiroji's cells and Sasuke's stem cells, but there is a serious problem with this, namely the concentration issue.

If we compare Hongzhi's body to a container, the container originally contained a blue liquid. Later, through the fusion effect of the Palm Immortal Technique, Hongzhi caused the blue liquid to merge with another liquid, transforming it into a completely new liquid.

Although the new liquid contains the original two liquids, the concentration will be weakened, and there is also an instability.

The instability involved was eliminated by Hiroji through the genetic alteration caused by the birth of the bloodline limit.

However, this does not mean that the current liquid concentration ratio in the container will change; they have simply blended together perfectly.

If the concentration is insufficient, it is naturally impossible to obtain certain special abilities, such as the almost abnormal regenerative ability of interstitial stem cells.

This means that even if you fuse with Sasuke's stem cells, it's impossible to awaken the Sharingan.

After Sasuke Uchiha's stem cells are fused, the concentration will be about one-third, which means he won't even qualify as a member of the Uchiha clan.

It's worth noting that even among pure-blooded Uchiha clan members, there are those who never awaken their Sharingan in their entire lives. This could also be why the Uchiha clan dislikes intermarriage with other clans.

This really affects the genes of the next generation.

One-third of Sasuke Uchiha's cells will be perfectly integrated even if his genes change again later by fusing with a new bloodline limit.

The chances of awakening the Sharingan are extremely slim, and even if one does awaken it, activating the Mangekyou Sharingan is quite difficult.

Honestly, there wasn't anything particularly important to Hiroji in Konoha, not even his so-called master, Kudo Yuya. Perhaps she had high hopes for Hiroji, but if she died, Hiroji might be sad for a while.

However, it's probably still unlikely to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan. Besides, since a way to fuse the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan has already been found, why bother with all that effort?

"Although I really want to perform the transplant surgery now, the root may not be able to calm down until the problems caused by Hiruzen Sarutobi are resolved."

Hongzhi sealed the test tube in his hand into a scroll beside him, and then walked directly into the distance.

"Let the whole root system become a mess."

As they left the unmanned laboratory, Hongzhi said to his shadow clone beside him, "Since Hiruzen Sarutobi has made that request, let's grant it."

Letting those reserve experimental subjects leave the Root might be a good outcome. That way, Hongzhi wouldn't need to have the Shadow Clones keep a close eye on them, and the Shadow Clones could be better used to improve their strength.

Not long after the order was given, the entire Root base was thrown into chaos. At the same time, Hiroji arrived outside the laboratory where Kabuto Yakushi and Danzo were imprisoned, accompanied by a shadow clone.

"The group immediately sealed Danzo away completely."

Hongzhi calmly addressed the shadow clone, saying, "Danzo himself is a hidden danger. There's no need to continue the experiment. It's better to eliminate him."

Afterwards, it was quite good to use Root as a place for shadow clones to train in ninjutsu, but Danzo's identity still had its uses.

What Hongzhi needs to do now is to secretly deal with Danzo and have the Root ninjas keep it a secret.

The Root ninjas already possess the Tongue Calamity Seal Technique, so there's no need to worry about them causing any disturbance due to Danzo's death for the time being.

Danzo, on the other hand, still needs to be handled carefully. If possible, Hiroji even wanted to seal Danzo's soul away.

Even if Danzo's body is cleaned up, it's not entirely safe. After all, Danzo's arm and right eye were replaced, and who knows if Orochimaru could resurrect them using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

However, Hongzhi would not neglect to deal with Danzo's body just because Orochimaru might have Danzo's cells. What if Orochimaru didn't have them?

Hongzhi was more inclined to believe that it wasn't true. If it were, why wouldn't Yakushi Kabuto summon Danzo, that troublemaker, when he received the news of Danzo's death?

Putting everything else aside, he's still better than those minor characters.

The laboratory door was pushed open, and Danzo, who had heard some noise outside, immediately looked over.

His face seemed to be smiling. It couldn't be those Root ninjas who had already undergone the transformation that could cause chaos in Root. This meant that someone had noticed the anomaly here.

Perhaps Danzo can be saved!

Chapter 79 Transplanting Kaleidoscope

"The situation outside doesn't sound good..."

Danzo's voice was somewhat low, and Kabuto Yakushi, who had been tortured beyond recognition, also began to move his head, seemingly still fantasizing about turning the tables.

"It's not good, but it has nothing to do with you."

Koji Danzo and Yakushi Kabuto had somewhat indifferent expressions. At this point, Danzo and Yakushi Kabuto were no longer of much use.

The latter needs to be kept under control for the time being because he possesses some special secrets, while Danzo can be eliminated.

After all, Danzo was no longer of any use.

As soon as he finished speaking, the summoned shadow clone appeared directly in front of Danzo, condensing chakra scalpels in its hand and effortlessly slicing open Danzo's throat.

Danzo's eyes widened; he seemed somewhat unwilling, but it seemed there was no point in doing anything about it now.

A few minutes later, Danzo breathed his last. Upon seeing this, the shadow clone immediately took out a scroll and sealed Danzo's body. Then, it began to destroy all the information Danzo had left in the laboratory.

With Danzo's death, the Root ninjas, whose daily lives were confined to a certain atmosphere, suddenly lowered their heads, and then a stream of ink flowed directly from their mouths.

The curse of tongue calamity that Danzo had placed on them was removed. This is the drawback of the curse of tongue calamity: it loses its effect if the caster dies.

"Lord Danzo..."

The Root ninjas, who had already undergone a transformation, all looked in unison towards the depths of Root, where Lord Danzo, who had once ruled the entire Anbu, should be dead.

Among them, Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune had the most complicated expressions, as they were both initially forced by Danzo to leave their clans and join the Root Clan.

After such a long period of training, I had already decided to follow Lord Danzo permanently, but who could have imagined that Danzo would be sealed away?

When that stranger first set up the Tongue Disaster Cultivator, they considered resisting directly like those ninjas, even at the cost of their lives.

It was Lord Danzo who made them abandon this idea. They originally thought that Lord Danzo had other plans, but in the end, what they got was that Lord Danzo was gone.

They could foresee that after some time, that stranger would come to them again, perhaps to offer them amnesty, but this time they would never agree.

Not only them, but the remaining Root ninjas who eradicated the root of the tongue-trouble all had their own thoughts. Of course, no matter what the reason, since they didn't die directly last time, the outcome this time might not be any different.

After all, most of the Root ninjas who were loyal to Danzo were either killed in previous battles or killed due to fierce resistance when he carried out the "Tongue Disaster" technique.

The people currently imprisoned here are either untrained reserve personnel or Root ninjas who already have their own ideas.

For example, Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune did not submit; they wanted to turn the tables.

Although this situation is beyond repair due to Danzo's death.

laboratory.

Hongzhi put away the scroll in his hand and then looked at Yakushi Kabuto beside him. Yakushi Kabuto couldn't hear anything at the moment, so he naturally didn't know what was happening inside the laboratory.

However, Kabuto Yakushi's will was still very strong. Even in this state, he still had the mind to think about how to turn the tide.

During the previous experiment, in order to observe the body's reaction, Hiroji released part of the seal on Kabuto Yakushi. This means that although Kabuto Yakushi is blind, deaf, and even unable to speak, he has regained the sense of touch of his head.

This is also why Kabuto Yakushi is able to wriggle; under such circumstances, Kabuto certainly wouldn't know what will happen next.

The entire Root base is under the control of the shadow clones, and since Hiruzen Sarutobi just left, no one will definitely come here in the short term. This means that Hiroji can proceed with the transplant surgery.

Unlike before when he directly fused with Hashirama's stem cells, this time Koji needs to first undergo the transplantation of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and then fuse with Sasuke's stem cells.

After handing the Mangekyou Sharingan he had previously hidden to the shadow clone who was ready to go, Koji lay down on the operating table next to him.

Before the transplant surgery began, Hongzhi directly used lightning-attribute chakra to paralyze the muscles around his right eye.

The shadow clone moved swiftly, and after several cuts with the chakra scalpel, Hongzhi's right eye was cut off directly. After being properly preserved in nutrient solution, Uchiha Shisui's right eye was removed.

With the Shadow Clone Technique at its command, the optic nerve is connected, and then the Mangekyou Sharingan is placed directly into the eye socket, and the Palm Healing Technique begins to take effect.

As the numbing effect gradually wore off, Hongzhi felt a stinging pain near his right eye, followed by a series of cool sensations.

As the transplant surgery ended, the shadow clone beside him was immediately deactivated, and Hiroji slowly stepped down from the operating table.

Hongzhi tentatively opened his right eye, and the cool sensation remained. At the same time, streams of chakra were slowly absorbed by his right eye. For Hongzhi, this amount of chakra consumption was not a big problem.

However, the enhancement brought by this eye was still exceptionally terrifying; the enhanced terror of dynamic vision was the first effect that Hongzhi experienced.

The secrets of this Sharingan will require a lot of time for Hongzhi to study. After all, Hongzhi is not a member of the Uchiha clan, so he cannot simply insert it and use it immediately.

It still needs to be studied gradually, but there's no need to study the dynamic vision aspect, since this kaleidoscope can't be turned off even if you want to.

[Yin attribute chakra: 1%]

While Hongzhi was still getting used to these eyes, a light blue screen appeared. This was exactly what Hongzhi expected. The Sharingan itself has a yin attribute, and now that it has been transplanted into Hongzhi's body, there is no problem with such a prompt.

Moreover, the emergence of this Yin attribute also provided Hongzhi with a simple path: if Yin attribute chakra is fused with Water attribute chakra, a brand new bloodline limit will be created.

At that time, the Yin and Water attributes, as well as the fused bloodline limit, will be engraved in the genes, and perhaps then the Mangekyou Sharingan will be able to be shut down.

After all, the Sharingan is a bloodline limit manifested by the combination of Yin attribute chakra and Uchiha bloodline. If Hongzhi possessed both Yin attribute and Uchiha bloodline and they were both engraved in his genes, there's no reason why this bloodline limit couldn't be closed.

After completing the transplant of the Mangekyou Sharingan, Hongzhi did not immediately transplant Sasuke's stem cells. There were still some problems at the root, and it was time to get rid of those troubles.

Chapter 80 What else could it be?

When he left the laboratory, Hiroji transformed into Danzo. There was no point in using the identity of Yakushi Kabuto all along, since the initial purpose was to prevent his identity from being exposed. Using Danzo's identity now was not bad.

Moreover, Danzo is the de facto controller of Root on the surface, so using this guy's identity won't cause any problems.

Of course, all the Root members knew that Danzo was dead, but that wasn't a big deal.

Although he had the idea of ​​getting rid of these burdens, in order to prevent the information about Danzo's death from being leaked, Koji still needed to take some measures, such as adding a restriction to their original system of eliminating the root of the tongue-twisting disaster.

The previous restriction was: it was forbidden to disclose any information about the caster.

The restriction that needs to be added is: it is forbidden to disclose any information about Danzo.

In this way, those Root ninjas can be released directly. This is a safeguard; if they are exposed, they will die.

This means that it is safe for the time being, and after these Root members leave, Hiroji plans to create a barrier outside the Root base.