Standing before Nagato, Uzumaki Reikawa studied his legs thoughtfully. Several hideous scars marked Nagato's calves, left by the Explosive Tag trap Hanzo had laid back then.
Clearly, those wounds held no pleasant memories for Nagato.
Seeing this, Uzumaki Reikawa formed a Chakra Scalpel in his hand and cut away the dead muscle beneath the skin of Nagato's calves.
Without the skin covering them, bright red blood immediately gushed from the wounds, and Nagato's face grew even paler.
"Uh, miss, could you move those Paper Shuriken beside me a little farther away? Unless you want Nagato to lose too much blood."
Even as he spoke, Uzumaki Reikawa remained calm at the sight. His brows merely drew together slightly. Without the Byakugan to assist him, he needed to concentrate even harder.
Have all these nerves already died? Uzumaki Reikawa pondered. With a sweep of his hand, he sliced off a patch of White Zetsu's skin and laid it over Nagato's leg.
At the same time, green chakra appeared around his hand as he used the Mystical Palm Technique to stimulate cellular integration and regeneration.
White Zetsu cells really were useful, though even by the standards of medical knowledge in Naruto, they seemed wildly unscientific.
Fortunately, Nagato's bones had suffered no irreversible damage, which meant recovery was still possible.
Had they truly suffered that sort of irreversible damage, Uzumaki Reikawa's only option for restoring his mobility would have been to risk transplanting White Zetsu's legs onto him. That would have required much more preparation and carried far greater risks.
Transplanting too many White Zetsu cells at once would upset the balance within Nagato's body, turning it into a battlefield for yin-yang power. It would only end once those two foreign powers reached a new equilibrium within him.
Not only would that entail a