Tsunade's First Birthday and the First to Pick Up the Dice

Failed—

Failed—

Failed—

Over the course of a year, Toji conducted repeated experiments on Uchiha Bing, and every one of them ended in failure.

No two people had the same constitution.

Perhaps from the moment Izanami had influenced him, when he emerged from Izanagi and accepted fate, Uchiha Bing had lost the potential to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

He had always actively cooperated with the experiments and endured trial after trial with astonishing willpower. But the excruciating pain caused by Primordial Chakra being infused into his body was an objective reality that ordinary people could hardly bear.

After a year, the experiments had tortured him into a gaunt, skeletal figure. He was utterly haggard, and more than half his vitality had long since been depleted.

Seeing him in such a state, Toji chose to suspend the experiments.

It was not because he had been moved by the siblings' devotion, nor because Kenji Uchiha's constant gloom had stirred his pity.

It was simply because Uchiha Bing's actual physical condition matched his outward appearance: his life force was rapidly draining away. If the experiments continued by force, Toji would not even need to do anything. The backlash from forcibly inducing the Mangekyō Sharingan would drain him dry, leaving him dead with his lamp extinguished and oil spent.

To avoid exhausting the pond for fish, Toji decided to halt the experiments for the time being and let Uchiha Bing rest and recover.

Konoha Year 14.

Hashirama Senju announced that he would hold a first birthday banquet for Tsunade, and the occasion was as lively as ever.

Every notable figure in the village had been invited to attend.

When Toji arrived at Hashirama's home, he saw Hashirama and Tsunade, who had just turned one.

Hashirama had only two years left to live, yet he