"Not good! Goto's crotch has turned into a monster!"
"That's terrifying! It's a baby monster made of flesh and blood, and its head is pointy!"
"Tanaka Ninja was sent flying! That monster's too strong!"
"Hyuga Kazeka..."
Looking out the window at the giant, infant-shaped monster, five or six meters tall, growing from Goto's crotch,
Third Hokage was stunned for a moment, then his expression twisted with rage.
"You bastard! What on earth did you do?!"
"Just some physical preparation before the transplant..."
Kazeka waved a hand dismissively.
"As a ninja, especially a male ninja, the two bits of flesh in the crotch are the most sensitive. They're covered in nerves and blood vessels.
"With a little modification, that flesh will keep devouring Chakra and multiplying until it develops into what you see now.
"However..."
A hint of disgust crossed Kazeka's face.
"Since the experiment was interrupted, it hasn't even reached the strength of a half-finished product. This is all it can do!"
"Do you think I'm asking about its strength?!"
Seeing how reluctant Kazeka seemed to leave things at that, Hiruzen Sarutobi nearly lost his mind.
"I'm asking how you're going to turn this guy back to normal!"
"Hm? Turn him back to normal? Third, have you gone senile?"
This time, Kazeka was the one who looked astonished.
"Hasn't Goto gotten stronger?
"Ninjas are willing to sacrifice their lives for the village. This is only a minor physical modification, so why are you making such a fuss?"
"Is this what you call a normal physical modification? Never mind that you ignored his wishes—the result looks absolutely horrifying..."
Flames seemed to shoot from Third Hokage's eyes.
"Konoha is a village full of love, not a base for evil scientists!
"If the other villages find out, what will they think of us? Where will that leave my reputation?"
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Kazeka's eyes widened.
"Are you saying the village's strength matters less than your reputation?"
"That's right!"
"What?! As Third Hokage, you actually admitted that so shamelessly!
"Fine, stop glaring at me. I'll fix it!
"What a troublesome old man!"
Kazeka narrowed his eyes in annoyance, turned around, and slowly left the office.
As soon as Kazeka was gone, a shadow in the corner of the office suddenly twisted.
The next moment, Danzo appeared, his body wrapped in bandages.
"Hiruzen, in my opinion, Kazeka is getting harder and harder to control.
"You should send him to my Anbu, where I can keep an eye on him!"
"Hmph!"
Third Hokage knew exactly what Danzo was thinking. He couldn't help snorting.
"He may still be a boy, but after everything he suffered in that experiment, Kazeka has become an even more cold-blooded scientist than Orochimaru.
"And you've always been indifferent to forbidden experiments.
"If I put him in your hands, you'll turn Konoha upside down!"
"Kazeka was right. For the sake of your so-called reputation, you've cast aside a way to rapidly strengthen the village..."
Danzo snorted and turned toward the door as well.
"Has the Shinobi Hero of old disappeared?"
"Danzo, don't try to dodge the issue..."
Knowing Danzo's character all too well, Third Hokage issued a strict order.
"I'm warning you: you are not to contact Kazeka for the time being!"
"Sarutobi, Kazeka is a weapon. If you don't develop his potential, you'll regret it!"
"Danzo, I'm the Hokage!"
Kazeka couldn't hear Third and Danzo arguing anymore. His entire attention was now captivated by Goto's "demonized" appearance.
"As expected, the ninjas in this world have absurdly strong bodies.
"Even after being used for experiments and losing a great deal of vitality, his body hasn't suffered much damage.
"And from the looks of it, with some recuperation afterward, he'll be able to make a full recovery. It's unbelievable!"
"Kazeka!"
Seeing Kazeka at the entrance to the office building, Iruka hurried over.
"Goto hadn't even made it into the building when he suddenly turned into that... thing.
"A giant monster shaped like a baby burst out of his crotch. I've never heard of anything like it.
"Kazeka, what on earth happened?"
"Heh heh heh. I deliberately planted a trap during the preliminary preparations.
"Once the experiment was interrupted, I could use it as an excuse to keep experimenting on Goto.
"A real scientist always keeps control of the situation from beginning to end!"
Kazeka spoke smugly.
"It's easy to turn him back..."
Kazeka spoke in a sinister voice.
"Just cut off all the growths!"
"Cut them all off..."
Iruka stared blankly at Goto in the distance, then suddenly realized what that meant.
"Wouldn't that make him sterile?!"
"He tricked me into thinking he was willing to be experimented on, then started getting cold feet halfway through.
"And worst of all, he was trying to steal things from my laboratory..."
Kazeka's voice turned cold.
"Sterilization is the perfect choice for a reckless idiot like him!
"Konoha is a place where the strong thrive and the weak perish. We don't need someone like him passing on his genes!"
"Kazeka, don't be unreasonable..."
Mizuki, who had just come downstairs from the office building, spoke to him.
"Lord Hokage just gave an order. You must see to it that this is properly dealt with.
"You're not allowed to use 'restoring' Goto as an excuse to experiment on him again.
"Otherwise, your research funding will be cut!"
"Tch!"
For researchers, initial funding was the most vital thing of all, and Kazeka was no exception.
Thinking of all the research he still wanted to do and the equipment he desperately needed...
All Kazeka could do was grumpily take out a bottle of potion and smash it against the growth.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
As the potion spilled, the baby monster in front of Goto crumbled away in steaming pieces, like a collapsing chain of dominoes.
Soon, all that remained was Goto, with his clothes in disarray!
But Goto didn't relax now that the danger was gone. Instead, he clutched his crotch and howled in agony!
"You should know that sensitive areas are covered in nerves. Getting rid of them all at once causes a little pain. That's normal..."
Seeing the questioning look in Iruka's eyes, Kazeka replied indifferently.
"It's just a little pain, about as bad as being flayed alive.
"If he can't even endure that, he really is a failure!"
"Having your crotch flayed alive... I don't think that counts as just a little pain..."
Looking at Goto's pitiful state, Iruka instinctively squeezed his legs together.
Still, worried that Goto's screams might further annoy Kazeka, he called over some people and hurriedly had them take Goto away.
"Tch, what a bunch of bores!"
Watching them leave, Kazeka looked thoroughly displeased.
In a ninja village, there were plenty of ninjas he could experiment on, yet so many things held him back.
The way everyone else made a fuss, and the nagging from Third Old Man, both irritated Kazeka even more.
"Hm?"
On the way back to the laboratory, Kazeka was already planning a secret experiment on a prisoner he'd secretly captured that morning.
But halfway there, his attention was drawn to a girl with a Bun Head and pure white eyes...
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