Extracting Kekkei Genkai!

The air in the laboratory was heavy as lead, filled with the pungent scent of disinfectant mixed with a faint trace of blood.

Minamoto Takuya held his breath and focused, guiding Wind Release and Water Release chakra into the subject's body, carefully melding them together.

He wanted to replicate the path he had used to fuse Ice Release within Haku's body. That time, the fusion of Wind Release and Water Release had gone exceptionally smoothly.

Yet this time, the moment they made even tentative contact, a mountain-like resistance suddenly surged forth.

Wind and water clashed violently at their point of convergence, constantly trying to break free of his mental control and hindering every step of the fusion.

Minamoto Takuya frowned. He knew where the problem lay.

The subject was not a vessel with Kekkei Genkai genes. The fusion of a Kekkei Genkai was itself a transformation deep within one's genes, so it was naturally completely different from the experience with Haku, whose body had already transformed.

For someone without a Kekkei Genkai who had yet to undergo that transformation, every step was like dancing on a blade's edge. Death could come at any moment.

Even though he had previously experienced Ice Release within Haku's body, he could not escape this fated constraint.

Minamoto Takuya could not help sighing. He had only speculated before, but now that he had truly begun the fusion, he could finally grasp just how difficult it was to fuse a Kekkei Genkai.

He concentrated all his attention. He keenly sensed every fluctuation of chakra, and whenever the fusion of wind and water showed even the slightest sign of slipping beyond his control, he decisively halted it and sought another path.

Yet even with such painstakingly cautious probing, he could not avoid every mistake.

Suddenly, Minamoto Takuya's