Don't worry! It's not dead!

That's right!

In Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes, as Hokage, he had now completely surpassed his mentor, Tobirama Senju.

Back then, his teacher Tobirama Senju had also attempted experiments to restore the Senju clan's Wood Release Kekkei Genkai. Unfortunately, the very first step of the human experiments had met with a disastrous defeat.

At the time, the fifty participants had treated it as a grave threat, making every possible preparation to ensure absolute safety and efficiency.

Yet the instant Hashirama Senju's cells were injected, all sorts of rejection reactions were triggered.

Throughout the process, those Senju-born test subjects either suffered a bloodline collapse amid a massive eruption of Chakra, their bodies bursting into minced flesh, or were swallowed without a trace by enormous Wood Release plants formed from their own bodies turning to wood.

But times had changed!

Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's farsighted leadership.

Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's strict oversight.

Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's remote command.

It was the same experiment to restore the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

The same Senju clan members participated.

Teacher Tobirama's team of fifty had been wiped out completely. Of the more than a hundred Senju test subjects added afterward, they had either been crippled for life or died outright.

Yet all thirty members of the team led by Hiruzen Sarutobi had emerged completely unharmed. They had safely fused with the First Hokage's cells, and their Chakra had increased dramatically. The initial experiment had already succeeded.

What did that prove? The answer was obvious!

As the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had completely surpassed his teacher, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.

Not to mention...

"As long as they awaken Wood Release, we can use the results of this experiment to replicate the same Wood Release for the clan. Then, the Sarutobi clan will no longer be a clan without a Kekkei