Chapter 97: Hashirama Cells
"Kid, get ready to welcome a different kind of life."
When Izayoi came out of the Hokage Building, he couldn't help but be startled by the scene before him.
Outside the Hokage Building, the crowd was dense.
Seeing Izayoi and the other two come out, the crowd immediately stirred.
"Look, that handsome black-haired boy is Izayoi."
"He's so tall! I heard he's in the same year as my boy, and he was the top student in the ninja academy."
"His hair color is also the same as the First Hokage's. As expected of a descendant of the Senju clan."
"I saw his fight during the Chunin Exams. Not only can he fly, but he also has a super powerful ninjutsu!"
"Great! Our Konoha has a Wood Release ninja again. No one will dare to bully us in the future."
"The demon... that incident won't happen again!"
"..."
The sound of discussions entered his ears, and the villagers' gazes towards Izayoi were filled with fervor.
Many villagers with fanatical expressions couldn't wait to rush over and surround Izayoi.
Seeing this, Izayoi quickly grabbed Sasuke Uchiha and Karin, one in each hand, and flew away from the central street.
Looking at Izayoi's departing figure, the cheers below grew even louder.
At this moment, Izayoi enjoyed the treatment that Naruto Uzumaki received as the hero of Konoha in the original story, and he also deeply understood the importance of Wood Release to Konoha.
Both were legendary bloodline limits, but while Sasuke Uchiha, as the last descendant of the Uchiha clan, would at most attract villagers to buy tickets to watch his fights and see the Uchiha clan's Sharingan,
Wood Release caused the entire Konoha to be in an uproar.
The ninja clans and Konoha ninjas all regarded Izayoi as Konoha's future. Morale not only rebounded but even surpassed what it was before the Konoha Crush.
The villagers, even more so, felt a strong sense of security.
They were no longer afraid of the Nine-Tails' rampage, enemy country attacks, or sudden outbreaks of war.
The story of the God of Shinobi was as well-known as the myth of the Sage of Six Paths.
Even ordinary people knew the achievements of Wood Release in pacifying the chaotic world, suppressing tailed beasts, and being a match for an entire country.
Just running to the outskirts of the city and taking a look at the dense forest formed by the towering trees would make both villagers and Konoha ninjas confident and full of assurance.
Wood Release was the pillar of Konoha!
Even if the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths truly existed, their status in Konoha couldn't compare to Wood Release.
After all...
No one had seen the power of the Sage's eyes, but Wood Release... was real.
"You won't have any peace in the future."
Sasuke Uchiha, sandwiched under Izayoi's arm, said gloatingly, "In the future, when you go on dates with Hinata, just wait to be treated like a monkey... Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, Sasuke Uchiha subconsciously let out a cry of surprise.
It turned out that Izayoi had released his grip, letting Sasuke Uchiha fall.
Looking at the ground rapidly enlarging in his eyes, Sasuke Uchiha's face turned pale.
Just then, a wooden vine suddenly wrapped around his waist, suspending his body in the air.
Looking up at Izayoi flying in the sky, who was dangling him below with a vine, Sasuke Uchiha instantly lost it and roared, "Bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
"You really can't read the situation, can you?"
As Izayoi's words fell, Sasuke Uchiha, hanging below, instantly became a human yoyo, being tossed up and down, swung left and right, or spun clockwise and counterclockwise by Izayoi.
By the time Sasuke Uchiha landed, his face had turned purplish-blue.
The intense nausea prevented him from seeking revenge on Izayoi, and he 'oaked' and vomited against a wall.
"I... I will definitely kill you, you bastard!"
After vomiting, Sasuke Uchiha's breath was very weak, but he still wanted to seek revenge on Izayoi.
However, Izayoi cured him with a single sentence.
"Do you still want the gift?"
"...Yes."
Sasuke Uchiha instantly quieted down, showing a subdued and obedient look.
Karin stood beside him, trying hard to suppress her laughter, her shoulders shaking as she went to cook.
Izayoi didn't continue teasing Sasuke and quickly retrieved a small, hand-sized red scroll.
Under Sasuke Uchiha's expectant gaze, Izayoi opened the sealing scroll and took out the item stored inside.
With a 'poof' and the dissipation of smoke, a metal safe came into Sasuke Uchiha's view.
When Izayoi entered the password and opened the safe, two rows of test tubes filled with green liquid were revealed.
Looking at these two rows of tubes that were clearly medicine, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
"Hashirama cells."
Hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha's expression instantly changed drastically, "The First Hokage's cells! Why do you have this?!"
"Good question. You should ask, why does the village have this?" Izayoi smiled.
Sasuke Uchiha's face was uncertain.
He wasn't stupid and instantly understood everything, "The village once conducted Wood Release experiments?"
"You got it right."
Izayoi nodded and said, "I also discovered it while stealing things and learned some very interesting secrets related to your Uchiha clan's Sharingan."
"What secrets? Wait..." Sasuke Uchiha subconsciously asked, then suddenly widened his eyes as if remembering something, "Is this the risky way to get stronger that you mentioned some time ago?"
"Not bad, your brain works pretty fast." Izayoi looked at Sasuke Uchiha with surprise and then said without any concealment, "Your Uchiha clan's Sharingan, besides the one-tomoe to three-tomoe stages, can continue to evolve..."
"Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Before Izayoi could finish speaking, Sasuke Uchiha interrupted, his face full of killing intent, "Itachi Uchiha's eyes are the eyes beyond the three-tomoe."
"Let me finish."
Izayoi couldn't help but roll his eyes and continued, "The eyes beyond the three-tomoe are indeed called the Mangekyo Sharingan. Moreover, these eyes also have exclusive eye techniques with unknown abilities and very powerful effects. However, once you use the exclusive eye techniques, they will consume a certain amount of eye power. If you use them too much, your eyes will go blind."
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes immediately lit up, "Go blind, really?"
"According to the information I obtained, it is indeed true. But there are also solutions, and there are two of them."
Izayoi held up a peace sign and looked at Sasuke Uchiha with a playful smile, "The first method is to transplant the Mangekyo Sharingan of a close relative, which will grant eternal eye power."
As soon as he finished speaking, Izayoi saw Sasuke Uchiha's expression instantly freeze.
Immediately, Sasuke, without any prompting, began to show Izayoi a variety of facial expressions.
Bewilderment, shock, realization, anger, hatred, distortion... His eyes uncontrollably turned into three-tomoe Sharingan and began to spin wildly.
Sasuke Uchiha's brain continuously secreted Yin Release chakra, and his negative emotions also surged rapidly.
"Heh..."
Sasuke Uchiha suddenly sneered, gritting his teeth and saying, "No wonder he only spared me and said those strange things, telling me to seek revenge after I obtained eyes like his! So this guy was using me as a spare pair of eyes!"
At this moment, Sasuke Uchiha resolved the doubts in his heart, and his hatred for Itachi Uchiha grew stronger and purer.
Izayoi didn't tell him the truth but took out a test tube and lied, "The second method is to transplant Hashirama cells. This is the result of the village's research."
"Scientists have discovered that Hashirama cells can balance the power of the Sharingan. If outsiders possess the Sharingan, they only need to transplant Hashirama cells to minimize the side effects. If the owner is a Mangekyo Sharingan user, as long as they transplant Hashirama cells, not only will the consumption of their eye techniques decrease, but the lost eye power will also automatically recover."
Izayoi didn't say one more thing.
If Sasuke Uchiha transplanted Hashirama cells, his eye power would continuously surge.
Hashirama cells would draw out the Indra chakra within him, rapidly stimulating the potential of his Sage of Six Paths eyes (red).
"However, just like Konoha once conducted Wood Release experiments but hasn't produced a second Wood Release user to this day, if the transplant fails, the result will be... death!"
After saying the last word, Izayoi stared at Sasuke Uchiha's face and teased, "So, do you want to transplant?"
"Yes," Sasuke Uchiha nodded without hesitation.
"You're really not afraid of death?" Izayoi tilted his head, looking at Sasuke Uchiha in surprise.
"Without avenging Itachi Uchiha, I am indeed afraid of death!"
Sasuke Uchiha smiled confidently, "But I believe you won't let me die."
"I'll only help you collect your corpse," Izayoi said unhappily, then put the test tube back and closed the safe.
Seeing this, Sasuke Uchiha looked puzzled, "Aren't you going to help me with the transplant?"
"I'm not a doctor or a scientist."
Izayoi rolled his eyes, stood up, and said, "Let's eat first. Tomorrow we'll clean up the compound and the forest on the Naka River side. In two days, I'll take you to get the injection."
"Oh."
Although Sasuke Uchiha was curious about who they were going to see, he still obediently responded.
...
Just like the Uchiha clan's annihilation and the Konoha Crush couldn't be hidden at all,
The news of Konoha having a Wood Release ninja spread almost on the same day.
As soon as dawn broke, the entire Land of Fire knew about it.
And in less than two days, it spread throughout the entire ninja world.
Izayoi's photos and information were quickly delivered to the top echelons of various forces.
The reason for such speed was naturally Konoha's own promotion.
A genius who hadn't grown up naturally needed protection.
But someone who had mastered five nature transformations shortly after graduation, independently developed several signless ultimate techniques, and was a rare flying ninja in the ninja world, already possessing the power of a trump card with Wood Release, didn't need to be hidden or protected at all.
Even without Wood Release, he possessed the power to threaten a Kage.
Moreover, with the advantage of flight, among the Five Kage, only Onoki could threaten Izayoi.
At this time, pushing Izayoi to the forefront was the best choice.
Konoha had just lost the Third Hokage and an elder, as well as the Root organization comparable to the Anbu. Even with Tsunade succeeding as the Fifth Hokage, the fact that Konoha had become weaker couldn't be avoided.
A weakened Konoha would not only face the doubts of clients but also attract the covetousness of other ninja villages, and even the resistance of smaller ninja villages.
At this time, Wood Release was a powerful stimulant.
Knowing that Konoha had a Wood Release ninja again after decades, those powerful individuals would definitely prioritize choosing Konoha when entrusting missions.
Those old monsters in other ninja villages who hadn't died out would be filled with fear towards Konoha and wouldn't dare to rashly start a war.
This was the strategic deterrent of Wood Release, far above that of the tailed beasts.
After all, the tailed beasts themselves were captured by the First Hokage using Wood Release and then divided equally among the ninja world's countries.
...
Land of Earth, Hidden Stone Village.
"Konoha, it seems fate hasn't abandoned you yet."
Looking at the boy in the photo, Onoki's expression was somewhat dazed, as if returning to many years ago when he also held a photo of a blonde young man, his eyes filled with jealousy as he said, "Whenever they are in a desperate situation, this village always has exceptionally talented young people rise up. Is it just because the Land of Fire has the best resources?"
After speaking, Onoki murmured again with a worried expression.
"At this age, he's still ten or twenty years away from Lord Hashirama's peak. Now is the best time to deal with him."
"But... this old man can't afford to gamble! The Hidden Stone Village can't afford to gamble either!"
Just as Onoki was feeling melancholic, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He dared not gamble, but that didn't mean others wouldn't!
Thinking of this, Onoki couldn't help but float to a window, looking towards the Land of Rain, and said softly, "The Anbu squad disappeared silently. Could it be... that the myth of the Sage of Six Paths is actually true?"
"If it's the Sage's eyes, I wonder if they can deal with Wood Release."
...
Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village.
"Hmph, bluff."
Looking at the information in front of him, the Fourth Raikage snorted coldly, "Even if it's the legendary Wood Release, how much power can a mere brat unleash?"
"Pushing him out now shows that your Konoha has run out of talent."
"If it weren't for the Kara'i incident, which made this old man owe you, Tsunade, a favor, I would have long let your Konoha see what the strongest ninja village truly is."
...
Land of Wind, Hidden Sand Village.
"What a brilliant move..."
Looking at the information in her hand, Chiyo, who was currently the acting Kazekage, couldn't help but sigh slightly, "Letting the Senju abandon their surname and completely integrate into Konoha is both to resolve the gap between ninja clans and commoners and to leave a glimmer of hope for the Senju and Konoha."
"First Hokage, Second Hokage... it seems you had long foreseen this moment."
After speaking, Chiyo looked at Gaara, who had been redeemed last month and was diligently studying, gradually becoming less cold due to the influence of family affection, and instructed, "Gaara, after you become Kazekage, remember not to become an enemy of Konoha. Make good use of the advantage of being an allied nation..."
Chiyo didn't finish the last sentence, fearing it would discourage Gaara.
Because Wood Release was the natural enemy of the tailed beasts!
Gaara was slightly stunned, unable to understand, but still nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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