Chapter 100: Sasuke's Super Evolution
Inside the brightly lit laboratory.
Sasuke Uchiha lay on the operating table, his eyes warily watching Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, who stood on either side.
Seeing this, Izayoi couldn't help but smile, "Don't be nervous, I'll be watching the whole time. If you don't trust them, don't you trust me?"
"Hmph, I'm just afraid you'll sell me out," Sasuke Uchiha curled his lips and snorted coldly.
"Hehe... Izayoi-kun and Sasuke-kun have such a good relationship," Orochimaru couldn't help but chuckle. "As far as I know, the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha were also comrades-in-arms, very good friends. Now that you are descendants of the Senju and Uchiha clans, it seems the friendship of your predecessors will continue through you."
Hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Izayoi, recalling the other's unreserved kindness towards him over the years, and a warmth spread through his heart.
Izayoi, however, corrected him with a serious expression, "It's not friendship, it's father-son affection. I'm Sasuke's adoptive father, he calls me that himself."
Orochimaru and Kabuto's expressions immediately turned bewildered.
"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!" Sasuke Uchiha roared and was about to get up and fight Izayoi for three hundred rounds.
But the next second, wooden vines grew from the ground, binding Sasuke Uchiha to the operating table.
"Don't just talk big now. After your surgery and you become stronger, then prove it to me with your actions," Izayoi teased, then said to Orochimaru and Kabuto, "Hurry up and start. Hinata is still waiting for me to go home."
"...Okay."
Orochimaru nodded somewhat awkwardly, feeling in his heart that he might really be getting old, unable to keep up with the pace of these young people.
Kabuto injected Sasuke Uchiha with an anesthetic, causing him to close his eyes and fall asleep. Then, he arranged the Hashirama cells and disinfected the tools while looking at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru didn't let him start immediately but looked at Izayoi and asked, "Izayoi-kun, where do you want the Hashirama cells transplanted into Sasuke-kun?"
Izayoi answered with a question, "Where does Orochimaru-sama think would be best to transplant them?"
"The five vital organs are the core of the human body and also its greatest treasure," Orochimaru said earnestly without the lies that Izayoi often told, "And among the five vital organs, the heart is the most important pumping organ. In the Eight Gates Formation, the heart is also the location of the Gate of Death. Both blood and chakra are powered and circulated throughout the body by the heart."
"If you want to maximize the effects of the Hashirama cells, then my suggestion is the left chest area."
"Then the left chest area it is," Izayoi nodded, also understanding why Madara Uchiha had transplanted Hashirama cells into his left chest. So that was the reason.
Seeing Izayoi agree, Orochimaru didn't waste any words and directly said to Kabuto, "Begin, Kabuto."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto nodded first, then as if remembering something, asked, "How much dosage is needed?"
Orochimaru looked at Izayoi again.
"Inject until he can't take it anymore," Izayoi thought for a moment. "Anyway, if something goes wrong, my Wood Release can also absorb the energy of the Hashirama cells, he won't die."
Izayoi didn't say one more thing.
If Sasuke Uchiha died in this way, he would definitely meet the Sage of Six Paths and then return with a power-up.
However, according to the unification of Yin and Yang method, Sasuke Uchiha wouldn't die either. No matter how many Hashirama cells were injected, they would be balanced and absorbed by Indra's chakra, only stimulating more potential of the Sage's Eyes (red).
Orochimaru and Kabuto, of course, didn't know Izayoi's thoughts.
Hearing Izayoi's words, they both felt it made a lot of sense.
Especially Kabuto, who had personally experienced the feeling of his chakra being absorbed by Wood Release. The speed was simply too fast.
The chakra absorption of the Copper Armor was not even worthy of carrying Wood Release's shoes.
Kabuto began to operate, first using scissors to cut off Sasuke Uchiha's clothes, then using a chakra scalpel to make a small incision in his left chest. After stopping the bleeding, he used a syringe to transplant the Hashirama cells into the flesh.
Seeing this scene, Orochimaru began to hold his breath.
When he saw a tube of purified Hashirama cells completely injected, and Sasuke Uchiha's body didn't produce a violent rejection reaction, nor did it writhe like those experimental subjects, his eyes immediately filled with greed and fervor again.
Too perfect!
This talent was even better than his brother's.
Although the Sharingan and Hashirama cells could balance each other's power,
Orochimaru, who had conducted experiments with both Hashirama cells and Sharingan, was very clear that this balance was only temporary.
Once the eye power weakened or the Yin Release chakra weakened, the balance would shift, and the Yang Release chakra within the Hashirama cells would become aggressive.
To suppress the powerful Hashirama cells, one needed either powerful external force to neutralize them or eye power at the level of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Clearly, Sasuke Uchiha's current body and his eye power couldn't withstand this purity of Hashirama cells.
Injecting such a tube of Hashirama cells into his body now should have caused his body to turn white if there was no external force to neutralize it.
But Sasuke Uchiha's body didn't move at all.
That little bit of Hashirama cells was far from enough.
Kabuto seemed to have also noticed this and looked at Orochimaru in surprise.
After seeing Orochimaru nod, he opened another test tube and transplanted the Hashirama cells inside into Sasuke Uchiha's left chest.
After three tubes, Sasuke Uchiha's body finally showed a reaction.
His left chest suddenly beat violently, the sound of his heartbeat like a drum, so loud in the quiet laboratory.
Logically speaking, with such a violent reaction, blood should have溢出 from the wound.
Amazingly, not only was there no blood at all, but the cut surface was also turning white at a visible speed.
"Continue!" Orochimaru shouted quickly, his expression excited.
Izayoi also raised the corners of his mouth.
Without needing to activate the Tenseigan, Izayoi's Kagura Shingan could sense that the chakra inside Sasuke Uchiha's heart was as vigorous as a bonfire that had grown from a candle flame.
Chakra called Yang Release was constantly circulating within his body.
Drawn by this, Sasuke Uchiha's brain was also frantically secreting Yin Release chakra.
Terrifying physical energy and mental energy automatically merged into chakra.
If Sasuke Uchiha's chakra was quantified, his current value was rising rapidly.
To put it bluntly—he was cheating!
Kabuto also noticed this and continued injecting with a shocked expression.
With each tube, the whitening of Sasuke Uchiha's left chest would spread a little.
But his body didn't show a strong rejection reaction. Instead, his chakra grew stronger and stronger.
Until the tenth tube, a miraculous scene appeared.
Sasuke Uchiha's heartbeat suddenly calmed down, and then a face actually emerged from his completely whitened left chest.
Seeing this face, Orochimaru and Kabuto were both startled, "The First Hokage!"
That's right, Sasuke Uchiha at this time, just like Madara Uchiha in the original story, had the face of Hashirama Senju appearing on his chest.
Izayoi took out his camera, took a picture, and then stared intently at Sasuke Uchiha.
Several bubbles floated around him.
The most conspicuous bubble was naturally the Sage's Eyes (red).
However, before today, Sasuke Uchiha didn't have a golden bubble.
But now, one of his bubbles had undergone sublimation, changing from purple to gold.
[Super Kage Potential (Gold)]
In addition, a new bubble appeared, which was actually... [Bloodline Limit · Wood Release (Blue)]
Seeing the change in ninja aptitude and the new keyword, Izayoi's lips couldn't help but curve into a slight smile. Clearly, Sasuke Uchiha had successfully defied fate.
A mere blue keyword Wood Release would certainly not be enough to sublimate Sasuke Uchiha's aptitude, let alone defy fate.
After all, even Yamato's Bloodline Limit · Wood Release was purple grade.
The reason Sasuke Uchiha could defy fate was because, as Izayoi had thought, the Yang Release chakra, or perhaps Yang power, within the Hashirama cells drew out the Indra chakra within him, causing his chakra to surge and his limit to increase.
Moreover, unlike Obito Uchiha and Yamato's Wood Release, which couldn't be upgraded, Sasuke Uchiha's Bloodline Limit · Wood Release (Blue) was just the beginning.
As he grew and his chakra became stronger, his Wood Release would definitely upgrade to Madara Uchiha's level in the future.
After awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, he would possess nearly infinite eye power and could activate the Complete Body Susanoo without needing to transplant Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan.
If Ashura's chakra still remained in the Hashirama cells, then perhaps Sasuke Uchiha had already begun the unification of Yin and Yang. Even without the Sage of Six Paths passing down power, he would awaken the third Rinnegan in decades.
From now on, weak chakra was no longer Sasuke Uchiha's weakness.
As long as he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he would immediately become one of the strongest individuals in the ninja world.
At that time, the drop rate would also increase, and Izayoi fully expected to burst out the red keyword Sage's Eyes again before the start of Shippuden.
"Incredible..."
Looking at Sasuke Uchiha, who had perfectly fused with the Hashirama cells, and sensing the powerful chakra and life force (which was Yang Release chakra) within him, Orochimaru's tone couldn't help but tremble slightly.
He... seemed to have discovered an incredible secret!
This secret probably involved the origin of the Senju and Uchiha clans.
At this moment, Orochimaru couldn't wait to immediately find the Reaper Mask, retrieve the souls of his arms from the Reaper, and then start experimenting to confirm his conjecture.
At the same time, Orochimaru subtly gave Kabuto a look.
Kabuto understood and was about to make a move.
"Hey... don't act like I don't exist."
Izayoi's faint voice came, instantly freezing Kabuto's movements and expression.
Vines grew from the ground, like tentacles, snatching the syringe from Kabuto's hand.
The wooden vines binding Sasuke Uchiha also emitted blue chakra, and then Sasuke Uchiha's wounds rapidly healed.
Immediately, the wooden vines automatically released.
"Mmm..."
Sasuke Uchiha made a nasal sound and groggily opened his eyes.
Three figures were reflected in his blurry vision.
Then a familiar voice entered his ears.
"You're awake... the surgery was very successful. You're a lovely girl now."
"What?!"
The congratulatory voice startled Sasuke Uchiha awake, and he subconsciously touched down there.
After grasping the solid feeling, Sasuke Uchiha finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Click—
At this moment, the sound of a shutter being pressed suddenly rang out.
Looking at Izayoi holding a camera, Sasuke Uchiha was instantly shocked, his face unusually panicked as he said, "Bastard, what are you doing?!"
After speaking, Sasuke Uchiha immediately pounced on Izayoi to snatch the negative.
"Calm down a bit, quickly feel the changes in your body."
"Give me the negative first!"
Sasuke Uchiha shouted loudly, realizing for the first time that strength wasn't everything.
The two turned into afterimages, chasing each other around the laboratory.
Izayoi, of course, wouldn't let go of this super black history and quickly stored the camera back into the wristband-type sealing scroll, shrugging at Sasuke Uchiha.
"Bastard..."
Seeing that he couldn't get back his black history, Sasuke Uchiha immediately threatened fiercely, "If you dare to leak this out, I'll definitely kill you!"
"Don't worry, do I look like that kind of person?"
"You are that kind of person!" Sasuke Uchiha shouted, his face flushed red.
Orochimaru and Kabuto both watched with awkward expressions, resolving in their hearts that they must never offend Izayoi in the future.
This precocious brat was not only extremely cunning but also had a very bad personality.
It was the first time Orochimaru had seen the aloof Uchiha being tormented to such an extent.
Thinking of Izayoi posting that photo all over the streets, Orochimaru's gaze towards Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but be filled with pity.
The strong are not afraid of defeat or death, but they fear... losing face!
This brat would probably be completely controlled by Izayoi-kun in the future.
"Let's not talk about that for now, quickly see if there are any changes in your body," Izayoi said, changing the subject.
Sasuke Uchiha calmed down a bit, and then, before he could feel the changes in his body, he saw the face of Hashirama Senju on his chest and was immediately startled, "What is this thing?"
"It's normal, it's a side effect of transplanting Hashirama cells," Izayoi comforted him. "If you want to gain great power, you definitely have to pay a certain price. Besides, it's not growing on your face, just don't go around shirtless in the future."
Looking at Izayoi's infuriating appearance, Sasuke Uchiha gritted his teeth and said, "You better not let me gain more power than you, or I'll definitely make you regret it."
"If that's the case, then I'll be very happy," Izayoi said sincerely with a smile.
"Hmph."
Sasuke Uchiha snorted softly and then began to feel the changes in his body.
Before long, his expression changed drastically, "Such powerful chakra, and..."
As if discovering something, Sasuke Uchiha excitedly raised his hand, and a branch grew out from his palm, sprouting several green leaves.
"Congratulations, you're also a Wood Release ninja from now on," Izayoi said with a smile of congratulations.
Orochimaru and Kabuto were not surprised at all.
People who successfully transplanted Hashirama cells could indeed awaken Wood Release.
However, this Wood Release was not orthodox. It didn't have strong resilience or the strongest chakra absorption, just a decent bloodline limit.
Sasuke Uchiha quickly discovered this as well, and he curled his lips with slight disappointment, "Tch... it's completely incomparable to your Wood Release."
"Nonsense, you should see how strong my chakra is," Izayoi couldn't help but roll his eyes. "It's already amazing that your current chakra can unleash Wood Release. Moreover, transplanting Hashirama cells mainly enhances your chakra and eye power. Now you also possess Yang and Water-Earth attributes. If you train out Wind Release nature transformation, you'll be an all-attribute physique just like me."
Hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha's eyes immediately shone brightly, and he said excitedly, "So, I can learn all of your ultimate techniques?"
"Yeah, happy?" Izayoi teased with a smile.
"Hmph... I'll forgive you for now."
Sasuke Uchiha crossed his arms, saying with a proud look.
(End of this chapter)
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