Flying Fortress.
Laboratory.
Sasuke seemed to have made up his mind about something. He took the initiative and went to Shinji. "Shinji, I want to undergo a First Hokage cell transplant!"
Shinji, who was in the middle of an experiment, raised an eyebrow and glanced at Sasuke. "Have you thought it through?"
Sasuke nodded firmly. "Yeah. I asked Nameless, Yakumo, and the others. I know this transplant is risky, but I don't care!"
Shinji smiled. "You don't care?"
"With the upheaval that's about to come, I don't want to sit around like an idiot in the stands!" After a pause, Sasuke continued, "Don't forget, I'm an Uchiha just like you. I won't disgrace the Uchiha Clan!"
Shinji set aside what he was working on.
He'd been planning to bring this up with Sasuke himself, but he hadn't expected Sasuke to beat him to it.
Looking at Sasuke's eager expression, Shinji understood what was on his mind and said, "If you really want to undergo the First Hokage cell transplant, we'll have to remove the Cursed Seal from your body first."
"Remove the Cursed Seal?!"
Sasuke froze.
He had mixed feelings about the Cursed Seal on his shoulder.
Although the Cursed Seal was constantly trying to consume his body, the boost in strength it gave him when activated was undeniable.
Even with the Cursed Seal's boost, he could barely stay in the lower middle ranks of the organization. Without it, he was worried he might end up at the very bottom.
Seeing Sasuke hesitate, Shinji explained, "The Cursed Seal is Orochimaru's crude imitation of Senjutsu. It contains a lot of impurities besides Natural Energy, and those will interfere with the fusion of your Yin and Yang, reducing the efficiency with which you develop the Power of All Things."
Sasuke gritted his