Immortal Body (Part 2)

[The protagonist is dead, this is the end of the book, hahaha! Just kidding.]

As my consciousness gradually faded, I heard their voices.

"Hidan, you're too slow!" That was Kakuzu's voice.

What does this mean...? Could it be that Hidan caused my wound? That makes sense, I've already seen Kakuzu's Secret Technique, but Hidan has only demonstrated immortality so far; he might have other Secret Technique...

I struggled to think, trying to lift my head and look in Hidan's direction.

"It hurts so much, Kakuzu!" Hidan could be Hidan seen standing on a circular pattern, his skin a strange mix of black and white. He said with a disgruntled tone, "That girl made me experience the feeling of my heart being pierced twice in one day! Damn it, it hurts like hell! Don't touch her later, I'm going to cut her head off myself!"

It really was him? Seeing Hidan pierce his own heart, I vaguely understood... This guy seems to be able to transfer the damage onto me!

But I'm about to die, so what good would it do to know this...?

I haven't learned Summoning Technique, so I can't send information back via spirit communication...

"Couldn't you have stabbed somewhere else?" Kakuzu walked over to Hidan and plopped down next to him. "You ruined her heart, how am I supposed to use her now! And you have to hold a ritual after every murder, aren't you tired of it?!"

"Shut up! Don't interrupt my ritual!" This was Hidan's impatient voice. "The rules require strict adherence, I can't stop you! Besides, omitting the ritual is blasphemy!"

A minute has already passed, hasn't it? I can still use Chakra to create microcurrents to stimulate brain cells and maintain consciousness, but if it goes on any longer, a large number of brain cells will die due to prolonged lack of oxygen. At that moment, no matter how much stimulation I receive or how much Ninjutsu I use to sustain myself, my death will be irreversible!

What should I do...! I need to do something while they're not paying attention to me!

The heart was damaged to this extent; its structure was completely destroyed, and a large number of myocardial cells died. The emergency treatment I just performed only stitched up the wound; it didn't repair the heart and couldn't make it beat again!

Electric shock!

Chakra transforms into electric current, generating electrical pulses that travel along the conduction pathways to various parts of the heart, stimulating it to beat!

Thump, thump, thump

My heart beat a few times, giving my brain a brief boost of oxygen, which invigorated me slightly before stopping again.

Damn it—again! Electric shock!

Thud... thud, thud...

This time, my heart couldn't even beat a few times!

Increase the current, again!... Again!...

In the end, no matter how much I stimulated it, my heart stopped responding completely!

It failed. The heart is completely destroyed; no amount of stimulation will make it beat. Heart repair surgery is an extremely difficult procedure. Unless Tsunade were here, my rudimentary Medical Ninjutsu is simply incapable of performing it! Death... is it already irreversible? Am I going to die...?

Hidan's long and nauseating prayers kept reaching my ears.

It's been almost two minutes.

Think of something quick... I don't want to die, and I can't die!

Consciousness is further deteriorating. Even Chakra stimulation can't awaken the sluggish brain cells. The spirit is subservient to the body; as brain function declines, the spirit will slowly dissipate, leading to a decrease in Chakra, creating a vicious cycle! Three more minutes... this cycle will lead to death!

So tired... This exhaustion is taking effect mentally, and my mood is gradually sinking...

I don't want to struggle anymore, so be it...?

A series of figures flashed through my mind, from my parents in this life, to Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Tsunade, and even Iruka and Jiraiya... I'm sorry, I'm going to die here...

It's all over.

On my deathbed, I actually began to reflect on my life.

From birth, the fully developed adult mind was crammed into the tender body of an infant. That painful period of incompatibility between body and soul, a period where even the slightest thought brought exhaustion and slumber, I can't remember how I survived it. Then came finally adapting to the body, accepting the fact of transmigration, babbling like an infant, learning to crawl and stand, learning to master this body. Then came the sudden realization that this was a ninja world, that I had transmigrated into Sakura Haruno, shocked by this unbelievable fact, feeling even my own existence was unreal...

Later, I learned to use Chakra. That period was probably the happiest time of my life. No pressure, no one to supervise me, and I could do whatever I wanted—studying Chakra. For the natives of the Hokage world, Chakra was commonplace; what was there to get excited about? But I was, after all, a transmigrator who had lived in a world without Chakra for over twenty years. Perhaps for them, familiar places lacked scenery, but for someone who had once been full of fantasies and was now immersed in modern physics, the fact that Chakra existed and that I could control it was truly amazing!

From that moment on, I resolved to become a ninja—not just to maintain the plot, but because I wanted to understand Chakra, I wanted to learn Ninjutsu, I wanted to explore this unknown world! Having already died once, I didn't want to repeat my past life! Even at the risk of my life, I wanted to see more of this amazing world!

With the Chakra control skills I developed through training, the knowledge I gained at the Ninja Academy, and the scientific knowledge I acquired in my past life preserved in my mind, I developed many powerful and practical Ninjutsu. After experiencing numerous battles, I finally Earth Flow my current level step by step...

Although I often humbly admit that I can't beat Kakashi-sensei now, that's only because Kakashi understands my Ninjutsu very well, knows how to counter it, and happens to be able to restrain me in many ways!

If you didn't understand my Ninjutsu, even Kakuzu, because he underestimated my Body Flicker Technique, had one of his hearts destroyed by me due to carelessness. If it weren't for Hidan, Kakuzu would have died here too!

Am I really that strong...? To die here like this, I'm so unwilling!

There are still so many beautiful places in this world I haven't seen, so many amazing Ninjutsu I haven't witnessed... There are still so many people waiting for me to return, so many more things I want to see...

I don't want to give up!

I don't want to die! Chakra stimulated my brain again, my spirits lifted, and my thoughts instantly became clear!

However, this isn't a shonen manga; simply shouting slogans won't bring me back to life or make me as strong as Qiang. Nor is it; I can't unlock my Gene Lock under the threat of death and instantly understand how to fight and survive. This is the real Hokage world, and this is my last moment of mental elation before death. I can only maintain my consciousness for a little over a minute at most. Any later and my brain will be completely dead, and I'll have no power to recover!

There must be another way!

My heart was broken; even after the hole was repaired, it couldn't continue beating, and I didn't know how to repair it! This caused blood to stop circulating, preventing fresh oxygen from reaching the brain, which was the root of all the problems!

In other words, you either need to directly supply oxygen to the brain, or find a way to activate blood circulation!

Breaking water into hydrogen and oxygen inside the brain? No way, the energy required is too high, too dangerous! The heart is the engine of blood circulation; if we can't repair the heart, why not just create a temporary heart, or directly control blood flow with Chakra?

By controlling Chakra to enter the circulatory system and utilizing the "flow" property of water-style Chakra, I can drive the blood in the aorta to move! Ultra-Pure Water permeates the heart tissue, enveloping the heart and forcibly causing it to beat! With my Chakra control abilities... I can do this!

Thump--!

Thump--!

My heart, which had completely stopped functioning, started beating again in my chest!

Blood... is flowing!

Breathing Reset!

The brain and body have regained oxygen!

Clenched fists crushed the pebbles in their palms into powder... Strength and spirit began to return! Blood flowed faster than usual, even making the body's metabolism stronger than at its peak!

This is the third time I've seen someone survive with a pierced heart. I gave a self-deprecating, bitter laugh. So, I've become one too.

Immortality!

This can't last. It's just forcibly maintaining life, and I don't know what the side effects will be. Besides, if I fall asleep, I'll die... Most of my Chakra and focus will be used to maintain life, so I won't be able to continue fighting! So, let's hurry back to Konoha...

However, before that, let's destroy Hidan's strange pattern. We don't know how that Secret Technique works, but let's destroy everything we can! Then, let's use the super long-range Ice Body Flicker Technique to leave this place!

Hidan and Kakuzu noticed my unusual behavior at the same time!

"What's going on?! She's not dead yet!" Kakuzu exclaimed in surprise. "Her heartbeat seems to have returned!"

"I clearly pierced through the heart...!" Hidan interrupted his prayer, got up from the ground, and the strange phenomenon on his body had dissipated, as if he had exited the state of the Secret Technique!

"Even if she's medical-nin, she couldn't heal this kind of injury!"

Now that they've seen through my act, I'm no longer going to lie on the ground pretending to be dead.

"Sorry... I'm immortal too!" I said with a smile.

Water Release: Wind Cutter Water Blade!

The high-pressure water jet wasn't aimed at them, but at the pattern beneath Hidan's feet! At that distance, there was no way it could hit them!

Swish! The stone with the blood-red pattern was sliced to shreds by the water blade. Hidan and Kakuzu dodged the attack at the last second!

As expected... Hidan can only use that Secret Technique after his skin turns black. Otherwise, he would have just stood there and let me hit him!

I stood facing Kakuzu and Hidan from a distance.

Of the three immortal beings present, Kakuzu actually only has multiple hearts, and I only temporarily used Ninjutsu to replace the function of my heart. We are all pseudo-immortals! Only Hidan is truly unkillable. I still can't figure out why he can't die. I even suspect that he could still live even if his head were cut off!

Kakuzu and I are almost out of supplies. He only has two hearts left, and none of them are Fire Style Hearts, so it will be difficult for him to fight me. I only have a little bit of Ultra-Pure Water left, and my Chakra and stamina are also running low. If we really fight, my chances of winning are not high. I only managed to intimidate them by resurrecting myself.

Only Hidan might retain most of his fighting strength. However, I'm not afraid of his Taijutsu.

Another ice mirror has already formed more than ten kilometers away. I want to see how Hidan uses his Secret Technique. I'm prepared to instantly escape the Body Flicker Technique Hidan transforms into that black and white state!

However, Hidan and Kakuzu remained motionless, merely facing each other. Hidan did not activate his Secret Technique; it was clear that even Secret Technique had prerequisites for activation! None of the three of us attacked.

In that instant, all three present understood each other's predicament. Everyone was at their limit; Hidan couldn't be of any use for the time being, and if they continued fighting, no one was confident of winning!

"Looks like you're not joking..." Kakuzu finally confirmed I wasn't bluffing and said coldly, "You really did survive having your heart pierced! Looks like you're not getting that 5 million this time..."

"Hidan, let's retreat...!"

Watching them cautiously leave, I didn't try to stop them, but simply left them with one sentence—

"Kakuzu... you'd better pray you never run into me again, or you're dead!"

Ice Release: Ice Mirror Body Flicker Technique!

The next moment, I appeared more than ten kilometers away!

Ice Release: Ice Shadow Clone!

I summoned the special Shadow Clone from the Chunin Ninja Exams and climbed onto her back. "I need to use all my energy to keep the blood flowing. We have to get back to Konoha as fast as possible for treatment! Once I pass out, you'll take over keeping the blood flowing. The rest is up to you!"

"Clear!"