New Research: Cell Activation

After that, the Third elder began to hand over political affairs to Tsunade.

A few days later, the Succession Ceremony for the Fifth Hokage began.

During the ceremony, Tsunade solemnly announced that she would protect Konoha with her own life in the future and would cherish everyone in Konoha as her own family.

What was supposed to be a deeply moving and inspiring speech turned into an unusual Breath of Chakra Shinki the succession ceremony.

Sensitive to Chakra, the Shinki followed the Breath and discovered it was the one-eyed, bandaged old man he had seen in the Hokage's Office — Danzo.

Danzo seemed very dissatisfied with the Fifth Hokage Tsunade, Chakra, and his chakra nearly went berserk during the Fifth Hokage's Succession Ceremony.

On the other side, the astute Danzo quickly noticed the gaze that Shinki was giving him.

The surging Chakra within him subsided instantly.

Turning his head, Danzo forced a smile at Shinki.

Shinki felt a chill.

This old man, he'd be better off not smiling.

His smile always gives off a sinister vibe, as if he's about to devour someone.

They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but Shinki believes that some appearances reflect the heart, and this old man doesn't look like a good person at all...

From that day on, Shinki became wary of Danzo, this strange old man.

After that, there were a few more peaceful days.

Shinki's Ninja life was quite uneventful. He spent his days doing low-level Ninja missions, teaching Konohamaru and Naruto Ninjutsu, and developing a few new ones on the side.

One day, Shizune knocked on the door of the Shinki family's house.

"What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

Shinki looked up at his cheap senior sister and asked.

Lady Tsunade says she needs your help.

Shizune, she was flustered and breathless as she spoke.

Shinki nodded, thinking that Tsunade had just become the Fifth Hokage, and as a new official, she would probably want to do something that would win people's respect.

The Hokage's Office.

When Tsunade, now the top Tsunade of Konoha, sat behind her desk, she really did have the air of a veteran cadre.

After seeing Shinki enter, Tsunade into a comfortable sitting position and asked, "How's the jutsu I taught you coming along?"

Actually, after asking that question, Tsunade already had a guess about Shinki's answer.

After all, this child is a once-in-a-millennium Ninjutsu genius; a few simple Medical Ninjutsu are really easy for him.

However, Tsunade was still stunned after actually seeing the practical demonstration by the Shinki.

With precise control over Chakra, Shinki condensed Chakra in his hand. "This is the Chakra Scalpel you taught me."

As Shinki spoke, he began Chakra transformation.

"It's actually quite simple to do. After I learned it, I discovered that I could change the amount of Chakra output to extend and widen the scalpel for use in combat."

After saying that, the small scalpel formed from Chakra in Shinki's hand suddenly transformed into a Chakra Great Sword two or three meters long!

Tsunade was so shocked by this that her jaw almost dropped.

Changing the shape of Chakra Scalpel isn't difficult, but condensing the released pure Chakra into a two- or three-meter-long Great Sword requires a massive amount of Chakra to support it!

Ordinary Ninjas simply don't possess such a terrifying amount of Chakra!

But Shinki is different. Not only can he condense Chakra Great Sword, but he also looks relaxed, as if he has no burden at all!

This kid is probably some kind of humanoid Tailed Beast!

The body has such a huge Chakra reserve!

Tsunade was shocked.

After he finished demonstrating, Tsunade remained silent.

Shinki, thinking his teacher was dissatisfied with his understanding, continued reporting on his progress in learning other Ninjutsu, saying, "Besides the Chakra Scalpel, I've also learned the Mystical Palm Technique and a series of other Medical Ninjutsu."

"And you emphasized the Strength of a Hundred Technique that I learned. I have learned it, but it doesn't seem to be very useful to me."

After listening to Shinki's report, Tsunade nodded in satisfaction.

Shinki is absolutely right.

The Strength of a Hundred Technique has side effects and is indeed not suitable for the still young Shinki.

Then, Tsunade in her hands, explained why she had summoned Shinki: "You know a Ninja one year ahead of you named Rock Lee, right?"

Shinki nodded. "Yes, I know. He fought Gaara of the Sand Ninja during the Chunin Ninja Exams preliminaries and had half his body destroyed."

Tsunade nodded. "Yes, the reason I called you here today is for this child's surgery."

"He was severely injured in that battle, suffering comminuted fractures in half of his arm and thigh. Normally, he would have difficulty standing up, let alone functioning as a normal Ninja."

"That's why I advised him to give up the path of Ninja."

"... Since you know Rock Lee, you should know his personality. He's practically a brainless, hot-blooded idiot, extremely Ninja Way with the way of the ninja, as if he can't live without being Ninja."

"Therefore, I tailored a surgical plan for him that would allow his body to fully recover and enable him to resume his Taijutsu."

"Isn't this good?"

Shinki said with delight.

Rock Lee is a pure Ninja; his youth and passion are admired even by Shinki.

So when Shinki heard that Rock Lee could be cured, he was genuinely happy for him.

Tsunade's expression turned serious. She continued, "Don't be too happy yet. High rewards also mean high risks. The success rate of this surgery is only 50%."

"If he fails, that kid will die."

Shinki frowned slightly. "So you called me here to be your assistant during the surgery?"

"No."

Tsunade her head. "There's still one major problem we haven't solved in the surgery: Cell Activation."

"If we can Cell Activation all of Rock Lee's cells during surgery, it will greatly improve his chances of survival."

Shinki asked in confusion, "So...?"

Tsunade cut to the chase, saying, "You're a genius Ninja from Konoha. I'd like you to research Cell Activation."

Shinki: "Huh? ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞"

"But I'm just an ordinary Chunin, I've only just started learning Medical Ninjutsu, and I'm not a professional researcher in Konoha. How could I possibly research something like this?"

If it were about developing a Ninjutsu or practicing a Taijutsu, Shinki would absolutely agree without hesitation.

But the Cell Activation that Tsunade is talking about now is something that Shinki had never even heard of before today, and had no idea how to get started.

Tsunade continued, "You should have come into contact with something like this before, either on Orochimaru or Kabuto Yakushi."

"This kind of Cell Activation is essentially a type of Ninjutsu..."

Seeing that the Shinki had not responded for a long time, Tsunade had no choice but to set conditions.

"Once Cell Activation is successfully researched, it will benefit the entire Konoha."

"Alright then, if you successfully research this, I'll personally reward you with two million Copper Coins."

Shinki was speechless. "Give me a break, you're already drowning in debt yourself."

Tsunade immediately whispered, "There are still hundreds of billions in Konoha's accounts... It's okay to quietly take two million..."

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