Ryobu said to the Akatsuki members, "Even if Medical Saint Tsunade came here herself, there would be nothing she could do about injuries like these."
Hearing that, the Akatsuki members felt as if they had plunged to the valley floor.
Then Ryobu changed tack. "But you were lucky enough to meet me. What Tsunade can't do, I can."
Ryobu reached out, and the Chakra of the Mystical Palm Technique slowly covered Great Buddha's body.
Chimera: Reverse Plundering Reincarnation activated.
Injuries like Great Buddha's could only be treated by exchanging lives. Ryobu had once exchanged his life for Madara's, restoring Madara to his peak.
But Great Buddha was not Ryobu's parents, so why should Ryobu give him his own life?
Great Buddha was a good man, that was true, but there were too many good people in this world.
Ryobu could not possibly give up one life for him.
Ryobu had only exchanged his life for Great Buddha's out of consideration for Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
Right now, Ryobu was under suspicion from the Yahiko Trio. If he wanted to win their trust, he needed to be irreplaceable.
His Medical Ninjutsu was undoubtedly the best irreplaceable asset.
Slowly, the crushed stones and debris inside Great Buddha's body were expelled, and his damaged internal organs rapidly repaired under Ryobu's powerful Forbidden Technique.
His liver, his lungs, his stomach and intestines all recovered at an astonishing regenerative speed.
Great Buddha's complexion grew better and better.
Even someone who knew the least about medicine would think this was immortal arts! Only the methods of an immortal could restore Great Buddha.
Everyone looked at Ryobu in worship, as if he were the Six Paths Sage descending to earth.
Nagato's Rinnegan watched all of this in shock, not shocked that Great Buddha had been saved from