Chapter 14

At that point, Dr. Kureha paid no attention to the shock on Uchiha Chisato's face and continued, "The blindness in your right eye has something to do with the depletion of your life origin and soul origin, doesn't it?"

"Use that sort of technique less often from now on."

"It shortens your life."

"Also, your left eyeball and the meridians around it have suffered considerable damage."

"Your eyesight must have been affected long ago."

"Although the method that Xunjing boy gave you has recently helped restore your Life Force and eased the condition of your left eye a little in the process, that improvement is nowhere near enough."

"I'll write you a prescription to nourish and strengthen your eyes and the meridians around them. Keep taking it over the long term once you go back."

"Once your eyeballs and the surrounding meridians are strong enough that they won't be damaged so easily, you can stop taking it."

Dr. Kureha figured Uchiha Chisato most likely possessed some kind of eye-related bloodline ability.

But that bloodline was flawed-or rather, it was too diluted, leaving the ability incomplete.

That was why using that power damaged her eyeballs and the meridians around them every time.

Ultimately, the prescription she had devised to strengthen those meridians was only a targeted treatment, not a solution to the root problem.

The true solution would be to strengthen and purify the bloodline, correcting its flaws at the source.

But that would be far more troublesome, and the medicinal ingredients required were exceedingly rare. She couldn't be bothered.

She would leave it to that Xunjing boy to figure out once he had learned her medical skills.

She believed that as long as Xunjing truly mastered seventy or eighty percent of her medical expertise, identifying and solving this problem wouldn't be difficult.

Yes, judging by how Xunjing and his mother had been recovering lately, his medical assessment should have been correct.

As for the hidden dangers of chakra?

She had noticed those too.

But she couldn't be bothered to bring them up.

In her view, this kind of energy wasn't a major problem as long as they kept up their nutrition, ate plenty to replenish themselves, maintained their Life Force, and avoided drawing out so much cellular energy that it caused abnormal cell death and turnover.

And nutrition and Life Force were everywhere in this world. There was no shortage at all.

"You can even do that? Thank you so much, Dr. Kureha!"

Uchiha Chisato had no idea what was going through Dr. Kureha's mind. Hearing that she had a way to address the deterioration of her Mangekyō Sharingan's vision, she was overjoyed and hurried to thank her.

At the same time, a thought occurred to her, filling her with quiet excitement. With this prescription to strengthen my eyeballs and the meridians around them, could I completely solve the problem of my Mangekyo Sharingan deteriorating?

Could this method even take my Mangekyo Sharingan a step further, to the level of Madara Uchiha's Eternal Eye?

Indeed, Uchiha Chisato knew the Eternal Eye existed.

After all, she had lived through that era of the Uchiha clan.

Although she had been young at the time, her family belonged to the Uchiha Grand Elder's branch, and she knew plenty of the clan's secrets that could never see the light of day.

However, when Madara Uchiha left Konoha, he took many of the clan's ancient texts, ninjutsu scrolls, and similar materials with him. As a result, the younger generations-and even many middle-aged and elderly clan members-had no idea how many secrets the clan held.

"No big deal!"

Dr. Kureha waved dismissively, then turned and walked aside. With a few quick strokes, she wrote out prescriptions to help Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato recover, along with another to nourish their eye meridians and eyeballs.

She handed over the prescriptions. "Here! These are what you need! You can buy the ingredients right here on Drum Island, so I won't prepare them for you."

"The nutritional supplements and Body-Tempering Medicine you want, as well as the medicine to nourish and restore your mother's soul, will take a few days."

"But I already have the Longevity Pill prescription ready. I'll get it for you now."

"Come with me and take a look at my medical books while we're at it. In the future, just come and take whatever you want to study."

"Let's go."

With that, Dr. Kureha turned and headed toward a room in the back.

Xunjing hurried after her.

A few steps later, they entered an especially large room.

An entire wall was lined with bookshelves packed with all kinds of medical books.

Dr. Kureha walked to the far end, pressed a mechanism, and opened the lid of a treasure chest. She pulled out a sheet of paper and handed it to Xunjing. "Here's the Longevity Pill formula. Give the paper back once you've memorized it. That'll save me copying it again, and keep you from losing it."

"Your soul and mental strength are both quite high. You should have a photographic memory, right?"

She had seen quite a few interesting things during her earlier examination.

For example, Xunjing's soul and mental power far surpassed those of ordinary people. Then there was the fact that he and his mother had three times the normal number of cells, along with certain unusual features in their eyes and brains.

All of that concerned their secrets, but Dr. Kureha did have some boundaries. She had no intention of exposing them.

Nor did she intend to make them subjects of research without their permission.

Still, in her judgment, with three times the normal cell count, Xunjing and his mother had at least three times the aptitude of others for the Black Blade Technique and Armament Haki.

If they trained properly and kept up their nutrition, becoming Commander-Emperor Level powerhouses in the future wasn't out of the question.

"It seems you noticed quite a lot during that examination. And yes, I can."

Uchiha Xunjing was no fool. The moment he heard Dr. Kureha's words, he understood what she was getting at, and he didn't deny it.

He took the paper and glanced over it, effortlessly committing everything written on it to memory.

Then he handed it back.

"Ha ha!"

As Dr. Kureha locked the paper back inside the treasure chest and secured the mechanism, she laughed cheerfully. "Just a little! You were the ones who let me examine you, so you can't blame me!"

Dr. Kureha hesitated, then added, "You have three times as many cells in your bodies as ordinary people. If you train in taijutsu and Armament Haki, you won't do badly."

"You'd best take that secret to your graves. Don't tell outsiders. If someone with ulterior motives sets their sights on you, you'll be in serious trouble."

"Of course, once you're ridiculously strong, you can treat that warning as so much hot air."

She paused, her tone growing heavier. "There used to be a race called the Lunarians, known as the Tribe of Gods. They could control fire from birth and had absurdly powerful survival abilities. Those very gifts drew the attention of the World **, and they were almost completely wiped out."

"Supposedly, their last descendant is now with Kaido, one of the Four Emperors of the New World."

Uchiha Xunjing's expression turned serious, and he nodded. "I'll remember that and be careful. Thank you for the warning, Dr. Kureha."

In fact, once his body had mostly recovered, he had already discovered the advantages that having three times the cells gave him in Body Tempering.

The effects were even more obvious in his mother.

A thought flashed through his mind. It's not just me and Mom. Pretty much everyone in the Ninja World is born with the same physical traits.

Then wouldn't everyone from the Ninja World be a taijutsu prodigy if they came to the Pirate World, or could get their hands on its training resources?

But he also understood that even with the same tripled cell count, people's aptitude for taijutsu still varied greatly.

Guy's talent for taijutsu left the vast majority of people in the Ninja World in the dust.

He began planning to himself. Once Might Guy is born, I'll have to find a way to bring him over to my side.

For now, I can start with his father. Gradually do him favors, win him over, and get the contract signed first.

Might Duy's talent for taijutsu probably wasn't much worse than his son's.

The vast difference in their achievements came purely from their different circumstances and foundations.

Might Duy had explored and perfected the Eight Gates on his own. The countless hidden injuries he had accumulated along the way had crushed his potential.

And his resources weren't even worth mentioning.

Might Guy at least had his father to pave the way and some resources to support him. Though those resources were limited, he was still far better off than his father had been when he started with nothing.