### It seemed killing him was unlikely.
Judging by how he looked now, by his reaction to seeing me use Wood Release, he probably had not awakened Wood Release—or perhaps he lacked the aptitude to awaken it.
My body had undergone the localization modifications made by my past self and could adapt to any power in the Naruto World. I could use both Printless Regeneration and Wood Release.
But even as a Reincarnator, he ultimately could not adapt to every ability perfectly.
Wood Release was, after all, a Kekkei Genkai. It was not something that could be inherited with absolute certainty. Even after being injected with Hashirama Cells, he might not necessarily be able to learn Wood Release, right? As he watched the wound in his lower abdomen rapidly return to normal, Chiba narrowed his eyes, which glimmered with a hazy emerald light, as this thought crossed his mind.
Yes.
It was not just Wood Release. Chiba had actually awakened Printless Regeneration as well. However, since Printless Regeneration also required a considerable amount of Chakra to sustain, it only had a tangible effect when he opened Gate of Limit Mode or higher, and it could only remain effective while he maintained Eight Gates Mode above Gate of Limit Mode.
The reason Chiba could open Gate of View Mode was actually because Printless Regeneration was taking effect. In his current Gate of View Mode, the violent Chakra was constantly destroying his body. Hashirama's Power, with its immense vitality—manifested specifically as Printless Regeneration—repaired Chiba's body even as it was being damaged. That was why Chiba could maintain Gate of View Mode without suffering severe injuries.
Compared with Tsunade's Creation Rebirth, Hashirama's Printless Regeneration did not heal by accelerating cell division. Instead, it used powerful vitality to alter the cells, strengthening their self-healing